Words that rhyme with kettledrum

  • 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
  • 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
  • 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]
  • 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]
  • humdrum
    adj 1: not challenging; dull and lacking excitement; "an unglamorous job greasing engines" [syn: commonplace, humdrum, prosaic, unglamorous, unglamourous] 2: tediously repetitious or lacking in variety; "a humdrum existence; all work and no play"; "nothing is so monotonous as the sea" [syn: humdrum, monotonous] n 1: the quality of wearisome constancy, routine, and lack of variety; "he had never grown accustomed to the monotony of his work"; "he was sick of the humdrum of his fellow prisoners"; "he hated the sameness of the food the college served" [syn: monotony, humdrum, sameness]
  • 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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