Words that rhyme with humdrum

  • alum
    n 1: a white crystalline double sulfate of aluminum: the ammonium double sulfate of aluminum [syn: alum, ammonia alum, ammonium alum] 2: a white crystalline double sulfate of aluminum: the potassium double sulfate of aluminum [syn: alum, potassium alum, potash alum] 3: a person who has received a degree from a school (high school or college or university) [syn: alumnus, alumna, alum, graduate, grad] 4: a double sulphate of aluminum and potassium that is used as an astringent (among other things)
  • angstrom
    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]
  • ashram
    n 1: a place of religious retreat modeled after the Indian ashram 2: (India) a place of religious retreat for Hindus
  • become
    v 1: enter or assume a certain state or condition; "He became annoyed when he heard the bad news"; "It must be getting more serious"; "her face went red with anger"; "She went into ecstasy"; "Get going!" [syn: become, go, get] 2: undergo a change or development; "The water turned into ice"; "Her former friend became her worst enemy"; "He turned traitor" [syn: become, turn] 3: come into existence; "What becomes has duration" 4: enhance the appearance of; "Mourning becomes Electra"; "This behavior doesn't suit you!" [syn: become, suit]
  • benumb
    v 1: make numb or insensitive; "The shock numbed her senses" [syn: numb, benumb, blunt, dull]
  • bum
    adj 1: of very poor quality; flimsy [syn: bum, cheap, cheesy, chintzy, crummy, punk, sleazy, tinny] n 1: a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible; "only a rotter would do that"; "kill the rat"; "throw the bum out"; "you cowardly little pukes!"; "the British call a contemptible person a `git'" [syn: rotter, dirty dog, rat, skunk, stinker, stinkpot, bum, puke, crumb, lowlife, scum bag, so-and-so, git] 2: a disreputable vagrant; "a homeless tramp"; "he tried to help the really down-and-out bums" [syn: tramp, hobo, bum] 3: person who does no work; "a lazy bum" [syn: idler, loafer, do-nothing, layabout, bum] 4: the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on; "he deserves a good kick in the butt"; "are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?" [syn: buttocks, nates, arse, butt, backside, bum, buns, can, fundament, hindquarters, hind end, keister, posterior, prat, rear, rear end, rump, stern, seat, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush, bottom, behind, derriere, fanny, ass] v 1: ask for and get free; be a parasite [syn: mooch, bum, cadge, grub, sponge] 2: be lazy or idle; "Her son is just bumming around all day" [syn: bum, bum around, bum about, arse around, arse about, fuck off, loaf, frig around, waste one's time, lounge around, loll, loll around, lounge about]
  • candelabrum
    n 1: branched candlestick; ornamental; has several lights [syn: candelabrum, candelabra]
  • cerebrum
    n 1: anterior portion of the brain consisting of two hemispheres; dominant part of the brain in humans
  • chum
    n 1: a close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities [syn: buddy, brother, chum, crony, pal, sidekick] 2: bait consisting of chopped fish and fish oils that are dumped overboard to attract fish 3: a large Pacific salmon with small spots on its back; an important food fish [syn: chum salmon, chum, Oncorhynchus keta]
  • come
    n 1: the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract [syn: semen, seed, seminal fluid, ejaculate, cum, come] v 1: move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody; "He came singing down the road"; "Come with me to the Casbah"; "come down here!"; "come out of the closet!"; "come into the room" [syn: come, come up] [ant: depart, go, go away] 2: reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress; "She arrived home at 7 o'clock"; "She didn't get to Chicago until after midnight" [syn: arrive, get, come] [ant: go away, go forth, leave] 3: come to pass; arrive, as in due course; "The first success came three days later"; "It came as a shock"; "Dawn comes early in June" 4: reach or enter a state, relation, condition, use, or position; "The water came to a boil"; "We came to understand the true meaning of life"; "Their anger came to a boil"; "I came to realize the true meaning of life"; "The shoes came untied"; "come into contact with a terrorist group"; "his face went red"; "your wish will come true" 5: to be the product or result; "Melons come from a vine"; "Understanding comes from experience" [syn: come, follow] 6: be found or available; "These shoes come in three colors; The furniture comes unassembled" 7: come forth; "A scream came from the woman's mouth"; "His breath came hard" [syn: issue forth, come] 8: be a native of; "She hails from Kalamazoo" [syn: hail, come] 9: extend or reach; "The water came up to my waist"; "The sleeves come to your knuckles" 10: exist or occur in a certain point in a series; "Next came the student from France" 11: cover a certain distance; "She came a long way" 12: come under, be classified or included; "fall into a category"; "This comes under a new heading" [syn: fall, come] 13: happen as a result; "Nothing good will come of this" 14: add up in number or quantity; "The bills amounted to $2,000"; "The bill came to $2,000" [syn: total, number, add up, come, amount] 15: develop into; "This idea will never amount to anything"; "nothing came of his grandiose plans" [syn: come, add up, amount] 16: be received; "News came in of the massacre in Rwanda" [syn: come, come in] 17: come to one's mind; suggest itself; "It occurred to me that we should hire another secretary"; "A great idea then came to her" [syn: occur, come] 18: come from; be connected by a relationship of blood, for example; "She was descended from an old Italian noble family"; "he comes from humble origins" [syn: derive, come, descend] 19: proceed or get along; "How is she doing in her new job?"; "How are you making out in graduate school?"; "He's come a long way" [syn: do, fare, make out, come, get along] 20: experience orgasm; "she could not come because she was too upset" 21: have a certain priority; "My family comes first"
  • condom
    n 1: contraceptive device consisting of a sheath of thin rubber or latex that is worn over the penis during intercourse [syn: condom, rubber, safety, safe, prophylactic]
  • conundrum
    n 1: a difficult problem [syn: riddle, conundrum, enigma, brain-teaser]
  • crumb
    n 1: a very small quantity of something; "he gave only a crumb of information about his plans"; "there were few crumbs of comfort in the report" 2: a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible; "only a rotter would do that"; "kill the rat"; "throw the bum out"; "you cowardly little pukes!"; "the British call a contemptible person a `git'" [syn: rotter, dirty dog, rat, skunk, stinker, stinkpot, bum, puke, crumb, lowlife, scum bag, so-and-so, git] 3: small piece of e.g. bread or cake v 1: coat with bread crumbs; "crumb a cutlet" 2: break into crumbs 3: remove crumbs from; "crumb the table"
  • decorum
    n 1: propriety in manners and conduct [syn: decorum, decorousness] [ant: indecorousness, indecorum]
  • eardrum
    n 1: the membrane in the ear that vibrates to sound [syn: eardrum, tympanum, tympanic membrane, myringa]
  • forum
    n 1: a public meeting or assembly for open discussion 2: a public facility to meet for open discussion [syn: forum, assembly, meeting place]
  • fulcrum
    n 1: the pivot about which a lever turns
  • harem
    n 1: living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim household [syn: harem, hareem, seraglio, serail]
  • kettledrum
    n 1: a large hemispherical brass or copper percussion instrument with a drumhead that can be tuned by adjusting the tension on it [syn: kettle, kettledrum, tympanum, tympani, timpani]
  • nostrum
    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
  • pilgrim
    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
  • pogrom
    n 1: organized persecution of an ethnic group (especially Jews)
  • quorum
    n 1: a gathering of the minimal number of members of an organization to conduct business
  • rostrum
    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]
  • sacrum
    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
  • serum
    n 1: an amber, watery fluid, rich in proteins, that separates out when blood coagulates [syn: serum, blood serum]
  • spectrum
    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
  • tantrum
    n 1: a display of bad temper; "he had a fit"; "she threw a tantrum"; "he made a scene" [syn: fit, tantrum, scene, conniption]
  • theorem
    n 1: a proposition deducible from basic postulates 2: an idea accepted as a demonstrable truth
  • centrum
    n 1: the main body of a vertebra
  • wolfram
    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]
  • rom
    n 1: (computer science) memory whose contents can be accessed and read but cannot be changed [syn: read-only memory, ROM, read-only storage, fixed storage]
  • colostrum
    n 1: milky fluid secreted for the first day or two after parturition [syn: colostrum, foremilk]
  • breadcrumb
    n 1: crumb of bread; used especially for coating or thickening
  • labrum
  • mccrum
  • shoreham
  • agstrom
  • granstrom
  • karakorum

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