Words that rhyme with helium

• bdellium 0
  n 1: aromatic gum resin; similar to myrrh
• berkelium 0
  n 1: a radioactive transuranic element; discovered by bombarding americium with helium [syn: berkelium, Bk, atomic number 97]
• beryllium 0
  n 1: a light strong brittle grey toxic bivalent metallic element [syn: beryllium, Be, glucinium, atomic number 4]
• cilium 0
  n 1: a hairlike projection from the surface of a cell; provides locomotion in free-swimming unicellular organisms 2: any of the short curved hairs that grow from the edges of the eyelids [syn: eyelash, lash, cilium]
• endothelium 0
  n 1: an epithelium of mesoblastic origin; a thin layer of flattened cells that lines the inside of some body cavities
• epithelium 0
  n 1: membranous tissue covering internal organs and other internal surfaces of the body [syn: epithelium, epithelial tissue]
• folium 0
  n 1: a thin layer or stratum of (especially metamorphic) rock
• gallium 0
  n 1: a rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element; brittle at low temperatures but liquid above room temperature; occurs in trace amounts in bauxite and zinc ores [syn: gallium, Ga, atomic number 31]
• ileum 0
  n 1: the part of the small intestine between the jejunum and the cecum
• medium 0
  adj 1: around the middle of a scale of evaluation; "an orange of average size"; "intermediate capacity"; "medium bombers" [syn: average, intermediate, medium] 2: (meat) cooked until there is just a little pink meat inside n 1: a means or instrumentality for storing or communicating information 2: the surrounding environment; "fish require an aqueous medium" 3: an intervening substance through which signals can travel as a means for communication 4: (bacteriology) a nutrient substance (solid or liquid) that is used to cultivate micro-organisms [syn: culture medium, medium] 5: a liquid with which pigment is mixed by a painter 6: (biology) a substance in which specimens are preserved or displayed 7: an intervening substance through which something is achieved; "the dissolving medium is called a solvent" 8: a state that is intermediate between extremes; a middle position; "a happy medium" 9: someone who serves as an intermediary between the living and the dead; "he consulted several mediums" [syn: medium, spiritualist, sensitive] 10: (usually plural) transmissions that are disseminated widely to the public [syn: medium, mass medium] 11: an occupation for which you are especially well suited; "in law he found his true metier" [syn: metier, medium]
• mycelium 0
  n 1: the vegetative part of a fungus consisting of a mass of branching threadlike hyphae
• nobelium 0
  n 1: a radioactive transuranic element synthesized by bombarding curium with carbon ions; 7 isotopes are known [syn: nobelium, No, atomic number 102]
• petroleum 0
  n 1: a dark oil consisting mainly of hydrocarbons [syn: petroleum, crude oil, crude, rock oil, fossil oil, oil]
• thallium 0
  n 1: a soft grey malleable metallic element that resembles tin but discolors on exposure to air; it is highly toxic and is used in rodent and insect poisons; occurs in zinc blende and some iron ores [syn: thallium, Tl, atomic number 81]
• thulium 0
  n 1: a soft silvery metallic element of the rare earth group; isotope 170 emits X-rays and is used in small portable X-ray machines; it occurs in monazite and apatite and xenotime [syn: thulium, Tm, atomic number 69]
• trillium 0
  n 1: any liliaceous plant of the genus Trillium having a whorl of three leaves at the top of the stem with a single three- petaled flower [syn: trillium, wood lily, wake-robin]
• valium 0
  n 1: a tranquilizer (trade name Valium) used to relieve anxiety and relax muscles; acts by enhancing the inhibitory actions of the neurotransmitter GABA; can also be used as an anticonvulsant drug in cases of nerve agent poisoning [syn: diazepam, Valium]
• bethlehem 0
  n 1: a town in eastern Pennsylvania on the Lehigh River to the northwest of Philadelphia; an important center for steel production 2: a small town near Jerusalem on the West Bank of the Jordan River; early home of David and regarded as the place where Jesus was born [syn: Bethlehem, Bayt Lahm, Bethlehem Ephrathah, Bethlehem-Judah]
• ilium 0
  n 1: an ancient city in Asia Minor that was the site of the Trojan War [syn: Troy, Ilion, Ilium] 2: the upper and widest of the three bones making up the hipbone
• psyllium 0
  n 1: plantain of Mediterranean regions whose seeds swell and become gelatinous when moist and are used as a mild laxative [syn: fleawort, psyllium, Spanish psyllium, Plantago psyllium]
• allium 0
  n 1: large genus of perennial and biennial pungent bulbous plants: garlic; leek; onion; chive; sometimes placed in family Alliaceae as the type genus [syn: Allium, genus Allium]
• pallium 0
  n 1: the layer of unmyelinated neurons (the grey matter) forming the cortex of the cerebrum [syn: cerebral cortex, cerebral mantle, pallium, cortex] 2: (zoology) a protective layer of epidermis in mollusks or brachiopods that secretes a substance forming the shell [syn: mantle, pallium] 3: (Roman Catholic Church) vestment consisting of a band encircling the shoulders with two lappets hanging in front and back 4: cloak or mantle worn by men in ancient Rome
• scholium 0
  n 1: a marginal note written by a scholiast (a commentator on ancient or classical literature) [syn: scholium, scholia]
• mesothelium 0
  n 1: epithelium originating in the embryonic mesoderm; lines the primordial body cavity
• dentalium 0
• prothallium 0
• fitzwilliam 0
• subsellium 0
• william 0

See also helium definition and helium synonyms