Words that rhyme with homonymy

• academy 0
  n 1: a secondary school (usually private) 2: an institution for the advancement of art or science or literature [syn: academy, honorary society] 3: a school for special training 4: a learned establishment for the advancement of knowledge
• agronomy 0
  n 1: the application of soil and plant sciences to land management and crop production [syn: agronomy, scientific agriculture]
• alchemy 0
  n 1: the way two individuals relate to each other; "their chemistry was wrong from the beginning -- they hated each other"; "a mysterious alchemy brought them together" [syn: chemistry, interpersonal chemistry, alchemy] 2: a pseudoscientific forerunner of chemistry in medieval times
• anomie 0
  n 1: personal state of isolation and anxiety resulting from a lack of social control and regulation [syn: anomie, anomy] 2: lack of moral standards in a society [syn: anomie, anomy]
• antinomy 0
  n 1: a contradiction between two statements that seem equally reasonable
• appendectomy 0
  n 1: surgical removal of the vermiform appendix [syn: appendectomy, appendicectomy]
• astronomy 0
  n 1: the branch of physics that studies celestial bodies and the universe as a whole [syn: astronomy, uranology]
• autonomy 0
  n 1: immunity from arbitrary exercise of authority: political independence [syn: autonomy, liberty] 2: personal independence [syn: autonomy, self-direction, self-reliance, self-sufficiency]
• bigamy 0
  n 1: having two spouses at the same time 2: the offense of marrying someone while you have a living spouse from whom no valid divorce has occurred
• blasphemy 0
  n 1: blasphemous language (expressing disrespect for God or for something sacred) 2: blasphemous behavior; the act of depriving something of its sacred character; "desecration of the Holy Sabbath" [syn: profanation, desecration, blasphemy, sacrilege]
• bosomy 0
  adj 1: (of a woman's body) having a large bosom and pleasing curves; "Hollywood seems full of curvaceous blondes"; "a curvy young woman in a tight dress" [syn: bosomy, busty, buxom, curvaceous, curvy, full-bosomed, sonsie, sonsy, stacked, voluptuous, well- endowed]
• colostomy 0
  n 1: a surgical operation that creates an opening from the colon to the surface of the body to function as an anus
• economy 0
  n 1: the system of production and distribution and consumption [syn: economy, economic system] 2: the efficient use of resources; "economy of effort" 3: frugality in the expenditure of money or resources; "the Scots are famous for their economy" [syn: economy, thriftiness] 4: an act of economizing; reduction in cost; "it was a small economy to walk to work every day"; "there was a saving of 50 cents" [syn: economy, saving]
• elemi 0
  n 1: fragrant resin obtain from trees of the family Burseraceae and used as incense [syn: elemi, gum elemi]
• endogamy 0
  n 1: marriage within one's own tribe or group as required by custom or law [syn: endogamy, intermarriage, inmarriage] [ant: exogamy, intermarriage]
• enemy 0
  n 1: an opposing military force; "the enemy attacked at dawn" 2: an armed adversary (especially a member of an opposing military force); "a soldier must be prepared to kill his enemies" [syn: enemy, foe, foeman, opposition] 3: any hostile group of people; "he viewed lawyers as the real enemy" 4: a personal enemy; "they had been political foes for years" [syn: foe, enemy] [ant: ally, friend]
• exogamy 0
  n 1: marriage to a person belonging to a tribe or group other than your own as required by custom or law [syn: exogamy, intermarriage] [ant: endogamy, inmarriage, intermarriage]
• hysterectomy 0
  n 1: surgical removal of the uterus
• infamy 0
  n 1: a state of extreme dishonor; "a date which will live in infamy"- F.D.Roosevelt; "the name was a by-word of scorn and opprobrium throughout the city" [syn: infamy, opprobrium] [ant: celebrity, fame, renown] 2: evil fame or public reputation [ant: fame]
• mastectomy 0
  n 1: surgical removal of a breast to remove a malignant tumor
• metonymy 0
  n 1: substituting the name of an attribute or feature for the name of the thing itself (as in `they counted heads')
• misogamy 0
  n 1: hatred of marriage
• monogamy 0
  n 1: having only one spouse at a time [syn: monogamy, monogamousness]
• physiognomy 0
  n 1: the human face (`kisser' and `smiler' and `mug' are informal terms for `face' and `phiz' is British) [syn: countenance, physiognomy, phiz, visage, kisser, smiler, mug]
• polygamy 0
  n 1: having more than one spouse at a time
• sashimi 0
  n 1: very thinly sliced raw fish
• sesame 0
  n 1: East Indian annual erect herb; source of sesame seed or benniseed and sesame oil [syn: sesame, benne, benni, benny, Sesamum indicum]
• sodomy 0
  n 1: intercourse via the anus, committed by a man with a man or woman [syn: sodomy, buggery, anal sex, anal intercourse]
• synonymy 0
  n 1: the semantic relation that holds between two words that can (in a given context) express the same meaning [syn: synonymy, synonymity, synonymousness]
• taxidermy 0
  n 1: the art of mounting the skins of animals so that they have lifelike appearance
• taxonomy 0
  n 1: a classification of organisms into groups based on similarities of structure or origin etc 2: (biology) study of the general principles of scientific classification 3: practice of classifying plants and animals according to their presumed natural relationships
• tonsillectomy 0
  n 1: surgical removal of the palatine tonsils; commonly performed along with adenoidectomy
• vasectomy 0
  n 1: surgical procedure that removes all or part of the vas deferens (usually as a means of sterilization); is sometimes reversible
• lumpectomy 0
  n 1: surgical removal of a tumor without removing much of the surrounding tissue or lymph nodes; performed in some cases of breast cancer
• gastrectomy 0
  n 1: surgical removal of all or part of the stomach
• lobectomy 0
  n 1: surgical removal of a lobe from any organ of the body (as the lung or brain)
• nephrectomy 0
  n 1: surgical removal of a kidney
• splenectomy 0
  n 1: surgical removal of the spleen
• oophorectomy 0
  n 1: surgical removal of one of both ovaries [syn: oophorectomy, ovariectomy]
• polysemy 0
  n 1: the ambiguity of an individual word or phrase that can be used (in different contexts) to express two or more different meanings [syn: polysemy, lexical ambiguity] [ant: monosemy]
• toponymy 0
  n 1: the nomenclature of regional anatomy [syn: toponymy, toponomy] 2: the branch of lexicology that studies the place names of a region or a language [syn: toponymy, toponomy]
• laramie 0
  n 1: a university town in southeast Wyoming
• allogamy 0
  n 1: cross-fertilization in plants [ant: autogamy]
• autogamy 0
  n 1: self-fertilization in plants [ant: allogamy]
• cleistogamy 0
  n 1: the production of small nonopening self-pollinating flowers
• anisogamy 0
  n 1: (biology) reproduction by the union or fusion of two differing gametes (especially differing in size)
• ptolemy 0
  n 1: Alexandrian astronomer (of the 2nd century) who proposed a geocentric system of astronomy that was undisputed until the late Renaissance [syn: Ptolemy, Claudius Ptolemaeus] 2: an ancient dynasty of Macedonian kings who ruled Egypt from 323 BC to 30 BC; founded by Ptolemy I and ended with Cleopatra [syn: Ptolemy, Ptolemaic dynasty]
• enterostomy 0
  n 1: surgical operation that creates a permanent opening through the abdominal wall into the intestine [syn: enterostomy, enterotomy]
• ileostomy 0
  n 1: surgical procedure that creates an opening from the ileum through the abdominal wall to function as an anus; performed in cases of cancer of the colon or ulcerative colitis
• tracheostomy 0
  n 1: a surgical operation that creates an opening into the trachea with a tube inserted to provide a passage for air; performed when the pharynx is obstructed by edema or cancer or other causes [syn: tracheostomy, tracheotomy]
• blossomy 0
• isonomy 0
• mcmenemy 0
• colectomy 0
• cystectomy 0
• tubectomy 0
• aeronomy 0
• teknonymy 0
• diseconomy 0
• bellamy 0
• jeremy 0
• digamy 0
• homogamy 0
• xenogamy 0
• heterogamy 0
• hypergamy 0

See also homonymy definition