Words that rhyme with hannis

n 1: native to Egypt but cultivated widely for its aromatic seeds and the oil from them used medicinally and as a flavoring in cookery [syn: anise, anise plant, Pimpinella anisum] 2: liquorice-flavored seeds, used medicinally and in cooking and liquors [syn: anise, aniseed, anise seed]

n 1: an unjust act [syn: injustice, unfairness, iniquity, shabbiness] 2: the practice of being unjust or unfair [syn: injustice, unjustness] [ant: justice, justness]

n 1: predacious long-bodied large-eyed insect of warm regions; rests with forelimbs raised as in prayer [syn: mantis, mantid]

n 1: a square hole made to receive a tenon and so to form a joint [syn: mortise, mortice] v 1: cut a hole for a tenon in [syn: mortise, mortice] 2: join by a tenon and mortise [syn: mortice, mortise]

n 1: an inflammation of the kidney [syn: nephritis, Bright's disease]

n 1: (Greek mythology) one of the 50 Nereids; mother of Achilles by Peleus

n 1: according to legend, an island in the Atlantic Ocean that Plato said was swallowed by an earthquake

n 1: type genus of the Manidae [syn: Manis, genus Manis]

n 1: works for an expert to learn a trade [syn: apprentice, learner, prentice]

n 1: United States inventor who manufactured the first elevator with a safety device (1811-1861) [syn: Otis, Elisha Graves Otis] 2: type genus of the Otididae: European bustard [syn: Otis, genus Otis]

n 1: type genus of the family Haliotidae [syn: Haliotis, genus Haliotis]

n 1: forget-me-nots; scorpion grass [syn: Myosotis, genus Myosotis]