Words that rhyme with liquorice

  • amateurish
    adj 1: lacking professional skill or expertise; "a very amateurish job"; "inexpert but conscientious efforts"; "an unskilled painting" [syn: amateurish, amateur, inexpert, unskilled]
  • avarice
    n 1: reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins) [syn: avarice, greed, covetousness, rapacity, avaritia] 2: extreme greed for material wealth [syn: avarice, avariciousness, covetousness, cupidity]
  • bearish
    adj 1: expecting prices to fall
  • boorish
    adj 1: ill-mannered and coarse and contemptible in behavior or appearance; "was boorish and insensitive"; "the loutish manners of a bully"; "her stupid oafish husband"; "aristocratic contempt for the swinish multitude" [syn: boorish, loutish, neanderthal, neandertal, oafish, swinish]
  • cherish
    v 1: be fond of; be attached to [syn: care for, cherish, hold dear, treasure]
  • clitoris
    n 1: a female sexual organ homologous to the penis [syn: clitoris, clit, button]
  • currish
    adj 1: base and cowardly 2: resembling a cur; snarling and rude
  • dentifrice
    n 1: a substance for cleaning the teeth; applied with a toothbrush
  • ephemeris
    n 1: an annual publication containing astronomical tables that give the positions of the celestial bodies throughout the year; "today computers calculate the ephemerides"
  • ex
    adj 1: out of fashion; "a suit of rather antique appearance"; "demode (or outmoded) attire"; "outmoded ideas" [syn: antique, demode, ex, old-fashioned, old-hat(p), outmoded, passe, passee] n 1: a man who was formerly a certain woman's husband [syn: ex- husband, ex] 2: a woman who was formerly a particular man's wife; "all his exes live in Texas" [syn: ex-wife, ex] 3: the 24th letter of the Roman alphabet [syn: X, x, ex]
  • fairish
    adj 1: not excessive or extreme; "a fairish income"; "reasonable prices" [syn: fair, fairish, reasonable] 2: (used of hair or skin) pale or light-colored; "a fair complexion"; [syn: fair, fairish]
  • feverish
    adj 1: marked by intense agitation or emotion; "worked at a feverish pace" [syn: feverish, hectic] 2: of or relating to or characterized by fever; "a febrile reaction caused by an allergen" [syn: febrile, feverish] [ant: afebrile] 3: having or affected by a fever [syn: feverish, feverous]
  • flourish
    n 1: a showy gesture; "she entered with a great flourish" 2: an ornamental embellishment in writing 3: a display of ornamental speech or language 4: the act of waving [syn: flourish, brandish] 5: (music) a short lively tune played on brass instruments; "he entered to a flourish of trumpets"; "her arrival was greeted with a rousing fanfare" [syn: flourish, fanfare, tucket] v 1: grow vigorously; "The deer population in this town is thriving"; "business is booming" [syn: boom, thrive, flourish, expand] 2: make steady progress; be at the high point in one's career or reach a high point in historical significance or importance; "The new student is thriving" [syn: thrive, prosper, fly high, flourish] 3: move or swing back and forth; "She waved her gun" [syn: brandish, flourish, wave]
  • garish
    adj 1: tastelessly showy; "a flash car"; "a flashy ring"; "garish colors"; "a gaudy costume"; "loud sport shirts"; "a meretricious yet stylish book"; "tawdry ornaments" [syn: brassy, cheap, flash, flashy, garish, gaudy, gimcrack, loud, meretricious, tacky, tatty, tawdry, trashy]
  • gibberish
    n 1: unintelligible talking [syn: gibberish, gibber]
  • hubris
    n 1: overbearing pride or presumption
  • impoverish
    v 1: make poor [ant: enrich] 2: take away [syn: deprive, impoverish] [ant: enrich]
  • iris
    n 1: plants with sword-shaped leaves and erect stalks bearing bright-colored flowers composed of three petals and three drooping sepals [syn: iris, flag, fleur-de-lis, sword lily] 2: muscular diaphragm that controls the size of the pupil which in turn controls the amount of light that enters the eye; it forms the colored portion of the eye 3: diaphragm consisting of thin overlapping plates that can be adjusted to change the diameter of a central opening [syn: iris, iris diaphragm]
  • liverish
    adj 1: suffering from or suggesting a liver disorder or gastric distress [syn: bilious, liverish, livery] 2: irritable as if suffering from indigestion [syn: atrabilious, bilious, dyspeptic, liverish]
  • nightmarish
    adj 1: extremely alarming [syn: bloodcurdling, hair-raising, nightmarish]
  • nourish
    v 1: provide with nourishment; "We sustained ourselves on bread and water"; "This kind of food is not nourishing for young children" [syn: nourish, nurture, sustain] 2: give nourishment to [syn: nutrify, aliment, nourish]
  • parish
    n 1: a local church community 2: the local subdivision of a diocese committed to one pastor
  • perish
    v 1: pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life; "She died from cancer"; "The children perished in the fire"; "The patient went peacefully"; "The old guy kicked the bucket at the age of 102" [syn: die, decease, perish, go, exit, pass away, expire, pass, kick the bucket, cash in one's chips, buy the farm, conk, give-up the ghost, drop dead, pop off, choke, croak, snuff it] [ant: be born]
  • vinegarish
    adj 1: tasting or smelling like vinegar [syn: acetose, acetous, vinegary, vinegarish] 2: having a sour disposition; ill-tempered [syn: vinegary, vinegarish]
  • derris
    n 1: any of various usually woody vines of the genus Derris of tropical Asia whose roots yield the insecticide rotenone; several are sources of native fish and arrow poisons
  • morris
    n 1: United States suffragist in Wyoming (1814-1902) [syn: Morris, Esther Morris, Esther Hobart McQuigg Slack Morris] 2: English poet and craftsman (1834-1896) [syn: Morris, William Morris] 3: leader of the American Revolution who signed the Declaration of Independence and raised money for the Continental Army (1734-1806) [syn: Morris, Robert Morris] 4: United States statesman who led the committee that produced the final draft of the United States Constitution (1752-1816) [syn: Morris, Gouverneur Morris]
  • norris
    n 1: United States writer (1870-1902) [syn: Norris, Frank Norris, Benjamin Franklin Norris Jr.]
  • orris
    n 1: German iris having large white flowers with lavender-tinged falls and a fragrant rhizome [syn: Florentine iris, orris, Iris germanica florentina, Iris florentina] 2: fragrant rootstock of various irises especially Florentine iris; used in perfumes and medicines [syn: orrisroot, orris]
  • paris
    n 1: the capital and largest city of France; and international center of culture and commerce [syn: Paris, City of Light, French capital, capital of France] 2: sometimes placed in subfamily Trilliaceae [syn: Paris, genus Paris] 3: (Greek mythology) the prince of Troy who abducted Helen from her husband Menelaus and provoked the Trojan War 4: a town in northeastern Texas
  • moorish
    adj 1: relating to or characteristic of the Moors; "Moorish courtyard" [syn: Moorish, Moresque] n 1: a style of architecture common in Spain from the 13th to 16th centuries; characterized by horseshoe-shaped arches [syn: Moorish, Moorish architecture]
  • squarish
    adj 1: somewhat square in appearance or form
  • irish
    adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of Ireland or its people n 1: people of Ireland or of Irish extraction [syn: Irish, Irish people] 2: whiskey made in Ireland chiefly from barley [syn: Irish, Irish whiskey, Irish whisky] 3: the Celtic language of Ireland [syn: Irish, Irish Gaelic]
  • polaris
    n 1: the brightest star in Ursa Minor; at the end of the handle of the Little Dipper; the northern axis of the earth points toward it [syn: Polaris, North Star, pole star, polar star, polestar]
  • parrish
    n 1: United States painter (1870-1966) [syn: Parrish, Maxfield Parrish, Maxfield Frederick Parrish]
  • harris
    n 1: United States author who wrote the stories about Uncle Remus (1848-1908) [syn: Harris, Joel Harris, Joel Chandler Harris] 2: United States linguist (born in Ukraine) who developed mathematical linguistics and interpreted speech and writing in a social context (1909-1992) [syn: Harris, Zellig Harris, Zellig Sabbatai Harris] 3: United States diplomat who was instrumental in opening Japan to foreign trade (1804-1878) [syn: Harris, Townsend Harris] 4: Irish writer noted for his sexually explicit but unreliable autobiography (1856-1931) [syn: Harris, Frank Harris, James Thomas Harris] 5: British marshal of the Royal Air Force; during World War II he directed mass bombing raids against German cities that resulted in heavy civilian casualties (1892-1984) [syn: Harris, Bomber Harris, Sir Arthur Travers Harris] 6: publisher of the first newspaper printed in America (1673-1713) [syn: Harris, Benjamin Harris]
  • eris
    n 1: (Greek mythology) goddess of discord; sister of Ares
  • osiris
    n 1: Egyptian god of the underworld and judge of the dead; husband and brother of Isis; father of Horus
  • vigorish
    n 1: an exorbitant or unlawful rate of interest [syn: usury, vigorish] 2: a percentage (of winnings or loot or profit) taken by an operator or gangster [syn: rake-off, vigorish]
  • lickerish
  • liquorish
  • spinsterish
  • whorish
  • boris
  • ferris
  • loris
  • harries
  • poorish
  • clarice
  • maurice
  • torrez
  • flores
  • torres
  • arris
  • apollinaris
  • farris
  • moreish
  • cantoris

See also liquorice definition and liquorice synonyms