Words that rhyme with ligneous

• acrimonious 0
  adj 1: marked by strong resentment or cynicism; "an acrimonious dispute"; "bitter about the divorce" [syn: acrimonious, bitter]
• calumnious 0
  adj 1: (used of statements) harmful and often untrue; tending to discredit or malign [syn: calumniatory, calumnious, defamatory, denigrative, denigrating, denigratory, libellous, libelous, slanderous]
• ceremonious 0
  adj 1: characterized by pomp and ceremony and stately display [syn: pompous, ceremonious] 2: rigidly formal or bound by convention; "their ceremonious greetings did not seem heartfelt" [syn: ceremonious, conventional]
• consanguineous 0
  adj 1: related by blood [syn: akin(p), blood-related, cognate, consanguine, consanguineous, consanguineal, kin(p)]
• consentaneous 0
  adj 1: in complete agreement; "a unanimous decision" [syn: consentaneous, consentient, unanimous]
• contemporaneous 0
  adj 1: occurring in the same period of time; "a rise in interest rates is often contemporaneous with an increase in inflation"; "the composer Salieri was contemporary with Mozart" [syn: contemporaneous, contemporary] 2: of the same period [syn: coetaneous, coeval, contemporaneous]
• corneous 0
  adj 1: made of horn (or of a substance resembling horn) [syn: corneous, hornlike, horny]
• disharmonious 0
  adj 1: lacking in harmony [syn: discordant, disharmonious, dissonant, inharmonic]
• erroneous 0
  adj 1: containing or characterized by error; "erroneous conclusions"
• euphonious 0
  adj 1: having a pleasant sound; "a euphonious trill of silver laughter" [syn: euphonious, euphonous] [ant: cacophonic, cacophonous] 2: (of speech or dialect) pleasing in sound; not harsh or strident; "her euphonious Southern speech"
• extemporaneous 0
  adj 1: with little or no preparation or forethought; "his ad-lib comments showed poor judgment"; "an extemporaneous piano recital"; "an extemporary lecture"; "an extempore skit"; "an impromptu speech"; "offhand excuses"; "trying to sound offhanded and reassuring"; "an off-the-cuff toast"; "a few unrehearsed comments" [syn: ad-lib, extemporaneous, extemporary, extempore, impromptu, offhand, offhanded, off-the-cuff, unrehearsed]
• extraneous 0
  adj 1: not pertinent to the matter under consideration; "an issue extraneous to the debate"; "the price was immaterial"; "mentioned several impertinent facts before finally coming to the point" [syn: extraneous, immaterial, impertinent, orthogonal] 2: not essential; "the ballet struck me as extraneous and somewhat out of keeping with the rest of the play" 3: not belonging to that in which it is contained; introduced from an outside source; "water free of extraneous matter"; "foreign particles in milk" [syn: extraneous, foreign] 4: coming from the outside; "extraneous light in the camera spoiled the photograph"; "relying upon an extraneous income"; "disdaining outside pressure groups" [syn: external, extraneous, outside]
• felonious 0
  adj 1: involving or being or having the nature of a crime; "a criminal offense"; "criminal abuse"; "felonious intent" [syn: criminal, felonious]
• genius 0
  n 1: someone who has exceptional intellectual ability and originality; "Mozart was a child genius"; "he's smart but he's no Einstein" [syn: genius, mastermind, brain, brainiac, Einstein] 2: unusual mental ability [syn: brilliance, genius] 3: someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field [syn: ace, adept, champion, sensation, maven, mavin, virtuoso, genius, hotshot, star, superstar, whiz, whizz, wizard, wiz] 4: exceptional creative ability [syn: genius, wizardry] 5: a natural talent; "he has a flair for mathematics"; "he has a genius for interior decorating" [syn: flair, genius]
• harmonious 0
  adj 1: musically pleasing [ant: inharmonious, unharmonious] 2: exhibiting equivalence or correspondence among constituents of an entity or between different entities [syn: harmonious, proportionate, symmetrical] 3: suitable and fitting; "the tailored clothes were harmonious with her military bearing" 4: existing together in harmony; "harmonious family relationships"
• heterogeneous 0
  adj 1: consisting of elements that are not of the same kind or nature; "the population of the United States is vast and heterogeneous" [syn: heterogeneous, heterogenous] [ant: homogeneous, homogenous] 2: originating outside the body [syn: heterogenous, heterogeneous] [ant: autogenic, autogenous]
• homogeneous 0
  adj 1: all of the same or similar kind or nature; "a close-knit homogeneous group" [syn: homogeneous, homogenous] [ant: heterogeneous, heterogenous]
• igneous 0
  adj 1: produced under conditions involving intense heat; "igneous rock is rock formed by solidification from a molten state; especially from molten magma"; "igneous fusion is fusion by heat alone"; "pyrogenic strata" [syn: igneous, pyrogenic, pyrogenous] 2: produced by the action of fire or intense heat; "rocks formed by igneous agents" [syn: igneous, eruptive] [ant: aqueous, sedimentary] 3: like or suggestive of fire; "a fiery desert wind"; "an igneous desert atmosphere" [syn: fiery, igneous]
• ignominious 0
  adj 1: (used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame; "Man...has written one of his blackest records as a destroyer on the oceanic islands"- Rachel Carson; "an ignominious retreat"; "inglorious defeat"; "an opprobrious monument to human greed"; "a shameful display of cowardice" [syn: black, disgraceful, ignominious, inglorious, opprobrious, shameful]
• impecunious 0
  adj 1: not having enough money to pay for necessities [syn: hard up, impecunious, in straitened circumstances(p), penniless, penurious, pinched]
• ingenious 0
  adj 1: showing inventiveness and skill; "a clever gadget"; "the cunning maneuvers leading to his success"; "an ingenious solution to the problem" [syn: clever, cunning, ingenious]
• inharmonious 0
  adj 1: not in harmony [syn: inharmonious, unharmonious] [ant: harmonious] 2: lacking in harmony of parts; "an inharmonious (or incongruous) mixture of architectural styles"
• instantaneous 0
  adj 1: occurring with no delay; "relief was instantaneous"; "instant gratification" [syn: instantaneous, instant(a)]
• miscellaneous 0
  adj 1: consisting of a haphazard assortment of different kinds; "an arrangement of assorted spring flowers"; "assorted sizes"; "miscellaneous accessories"; "a mixed program of baroque and contemporary music"; "a motley crew"; "sundry sciences commonly known as social"- I.A.Richards [syn: assorted, miscellaneous, mixed, motley, sundry(a)] 2: having many aspects; "a many-sided subject"; "a multifaceted undertaking"; "multifarious interests"; "the multifarious noise of a great city"; "a miscellaneous crowd" [syn: many- sided, multifaceted, miscellaneous, multifarious]
• parsimonious 0
  adj 1: excessively unwilling to spend; "parsimonious thrift relieved by few generous impulses"; "lived in a most penurious manner--denying himself every indulgence" [syn: parsimonious, penurious]
• sanctimonious 0
  adj 1: excessively or hypocritically pious; "a sickening sanctimonious smile" [syn: holier-than-thou, pietistic, pietistical, pharisaic, pharisaical, sanctimonious, self-righteous]
• sanguineous 0
  adj 1: accompanied by bloodshed; "this bitter and sanguinary war" [syn: gory, sanguinary, sanguineous, slaughterous, butcherly]
• simultaneous 0
  adj 1: occurring or operating at the same time; "a series of coincident events" [syn: coincident, coincidental, coinciding, concurrent, co-occurrent, cooccurring, simultaneous]
• spontaneous 0
  adj 1: happening or arising without apparent external cause; "spontaneous laughter"; "spontaneous combustion"; "a spontaneous abortion" [syn: spontaneous, self- generated] [ant: induced] 2: said or done without having been planned or written in advance; "he made a few ad-lib remarks" [syn: ad-lib, spontaneous, unwritten]
• subcutaneous 0
  adj 1: relating to or located below the epidermis; "hypodermic needle"; "subcutaneous implant" [syn: hypodermic, subcutaneous]
• unceremonious 0
  adj 1: without ceremony or formality; "an unceremonious speech" [syn: unceremonious, unceremonial] 2: without due formalities; "unceremonious dismissal from office"
• antonius 0
  n 1: Roman general under Julius Caesar in the Gallic wars; repudiated his wife for the Egyptian queen Cleopatra; they were defeated by Octavian at Actium (83-30 BC) [syn: Antony, Anthony, Mark Antony, Mark Anthony, Antonius, Marcus Antonius]
• splenius 0
  n 1: either of two flat muscles that extend from the upper vertebrae to the base of the skull and serve to rotate or flex or extend the head and neck [syn: splenius, splenius muscle]
• arsenious 0
  adj 1: relating to compounds in which arsenic is trivalent
• comenius 0
  n 1: Czech educational reformer (1592-1670) [syn: Comenius, John Amos Comenius, Jan Amos Komensky]
• petronius 0
  n 1: Roman satirist (died in 66) [syn: Petronius, Gaius Petronius, Petronius Arbiter]
• symphonious 0
  adj 1: harmonious in sound; "the symphonic hum of a million insects" [syn: symphonic, symphonious]
• antimonious 0
  adj 1: relating to or derived from antimony; "antimonious oxide" [syn: antimonic, antimonious]
• unharmonious 0
  adj 1: not in harmony [syn: inharmonious, unharmonious] [ant: harmonious]
• arminius 0
  n 1: Dutch Protestant theologian who founded Arminianism which opposed the absolute predestinarianism of John Calvin (1559-1609) [syn: Arminius, Jacobus Arminius, Jacob Harmensen, Jakob Hermandszoon] 2: German hero; leader at the battle of Teutoburger Wald in AD 9 (circa 18 BC - AD 19) [syn: Arminius, Armin, Hermann]
• sanious 0
  adj 1: of or resembling or characterized by ichor or sanies; "an ichorous discharge"; "the sanious discharge from an ulcer" [syn: ichorous, sanious]
• calcaneus 0
  n 1: the largest tarsal bone; forms the human heel [syn: heelbone, calcaneus, os tarsi fibulare]
• cutaneous 0
  adj 1: relating to or existing on or affecting the skin; "cutaneous nerves"; "a cutaneous infection" [syn: cutaneous, cutaneal, dermal]
• percutaneous 0
  adj 1: through the unbroken skin; refers to medications applied directly to the skin (creams or ointments) or in time- release forms (skin patches); "transdermal estrogen"; "percutaneous absorption" [syn: transdermal, transdermic, percutaneous, transcutaneous]
• vilnius 0
  n 1: the capital and largest city of Lithuania; located in southeastern Lithuania [syn: Vilnius, Vilna, Vilno, Wilno, capital of Lithuania]
• selenious 0
• polonius 0
• suetonius 0
• apollonius 0
• phineas 0
• gramineous 0
• vimineous 0
• membraneous 0
• ennius 0

See also ligneous definition and ligneous synonyms