Words that rhyme with gundrum

n 1: a metric unit of length equal to one ten billionth of a meter (or 0.0001 micron); used to specify wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation [syn: angstrom, angstrom unit, A]

n 1: a place of religious retreat modeled after the Indian ashram 2: (India) a place of religious retreat for Hindus

n 1: a difficult problem [syn: riddle, conundrum, enigma, brain-teaser]

n 1: a public meeting or assembly for open discussion 2: a public facility to meet for open discussion [syn: forum, assembly, meeting place]

n 1: the pivot about which a lever turns

n 1: living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim household [syn: harem, hareem, seraglio, serail]

n 1: hypothetical remedy for all ills or diseases; once sought by the alchemists [syn: panacea, nostrum, catholicon, cure-all] 2: patent medicine whose efficacy is questionable

n 1: someone who journeys in foreign lands 2: one of the colonists from England who sailed to America on the Mayflower and founded the colony of Plymouth in New England in 1620 [syn: Pilgrim, Pilgrim Father] 3: someone who journeys to a sacred place as an act of religious devotion

n 1: organized persecution of an ethnic group (especially Jews)

n 1: a gathering of the minimal number of members of an organization to conduct business

n 1: a platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it [syn: dais, podium, pulpit, rostrum, ambo, stump, soapbox] 2: beaklike projection of the anterior part of the head of certain insects such as e.g. weevils [syn: snout, rostrum]

n 1: wedge-shaped bone consisting of five fused vertebrae forming the posterior part of the pelvis; its base connects with the lowest lumbar vertebra and its tip with the coccyx

n 1: an amber, watery fluid, rich in proteins, that separates out when blood coagulates [syn: serum, blood serum]

n 1: an ordered array of the components of an emission or wave 2: a broad range of related objects or values or qualities or ideas or activities

n 1: a display of bad temper; "he had a fit"; "she threw a tantrum"; "he made a scene" [syn: fit, tantrum, scene, conniption]

n 1: a proposition deducible from basic postulates 2: an idea accepted as a demonstrable truth

n 1: the main body of a vertebra

n 1: a heavy grey-white metallic element; the pure form is used mainly in electrical applications; it is found in several ores including wolframite and scheelite [syn: tungsten, wolfram, W, atomic number 74]

n 1: a city of north central North Carolina; site of Duke University 2: English breed of short-horned cattle [syn: Durham, shorthorn]

n 1: 100 dirhams equal 1 riyal in Qatar [syn: Qatari dirham, dirham] 2: the basic unit of money in the United Arab Emirates; equal to 1,000 fils [syn: United Arab Emirate dirham, dirham] 3: the basic unit of money in Morocco; equal to 100 centimes [syn: Moroccan dirham, dirham] 4: 100 dirhams equal 1 dinar in Tunisia [syn: Tunisian dirham, dirham] 5: 100 dirhams equal 1 dinar in Libya [syn: Libyan dirham, dirham] 6: worth one tenth of a Kuwaiti dinar; equal 100 fils [syn: Kuwaiti dirham, dirham]

n 1: a mountain range in northern Kashmir; an extension of the Hindu Kush; contains the 2nd highest peak [syn: Karakoram, Karakoram Range, Karakorum Range, Mustagh, Mustagh Range]

n 1: (Middle Ages) the nephew of the king of Cornwall who (according to legend) fell in love with his uncle's bride (Iseult) after they mistakenly drank a love potion that left them eternally in love with each other [syn: Tristan, Tristram]