Words that rhyme with lurid

  • acrid
    adj 1: strong and sharp;"the pungent taste of radishes"; "the acrid smell of burning rubber" [syn: pungent, acrid] 2: harsh or corrosive in tone; "an acerbic tone piercing otherwise flowery prose"; "a barrage of acid comments"; "her acrid remarks make her many enemies"; "bitter words"; "blistering criticism"; "caustic jokes about political assassination, talk-show hosts and medical ethics"; "a sulfurous denunciation"; "a vitriolic critique" [syn: acerb, acerbic, acid, acrid, bitter, blistering, caustic, sulfurous, sulphurous, virulent, vitriolic]
  • antacid
    adj 1: acting to neutralize acid (especially in the stomach) n 1: an agent that counteracts or neutralizes acidity (especially in the stomach) [syn: antacid, gastric antacid, alkalizer, alkaliser, antiacid]
  • arid
    adj 1: lacking sufficient water or rainfall; "an arid climate"; "a waterless well"; "miles of waterless country to cross" [syn: arid, waterless] 2: lacking vitality or spirit; lifeless; "a technically perfect but arid performance of the sonata"; "a desiccate romance"; "a prissy and emotionless creature...settles into a mold of desiccated snobbery"-C.J.Rolo [syn: arid, desiccate, desiccated]
  • farad
    n 1: the capacitance of a capacitor that has an equal and opposite charge of 1 coulomb on each plate and a voltage difference of 1 volt between the plates [syn: farad, F]
  • florid
    adj 1: elaborately or excessively ornamented; "flamboyant handwriting"; "the senator's florid speech" [syn: aureate, florid, flamboyant] 2: inclined to a healthy reddish color often associated with outdoor life; "a ruddy complexion"; "Santa's rubicund cheeks"; "a fresh and sanguine complexion" [syn: rubicund, ruddy, florid, sanguine]
  • horrid
    adj 1: exceedingly bad; "when she was bad she was horrid" 2: grossly offensive to decency or morality; causing horror; "subjected to outrageous cruelty"; "a hideous pattern of injustice"; "horrific conditions in the mining industry" [syn: hideous, horrid, horrific, outrageous]
  • hurried
    adj 1: moving rapidly or performed quickly or in great haste; "a hurried trip to the store"; "the hurried life of a city"; "a hurried job" [ant: unhurried]
  • hybrid
    adj 1: produced by crossbreeding [syn: hybrid, intercrossed] n 1: a word that is composed of parts from different languages (e.g., `monolingual' has a Greek prefix and a Latin root) [syn: loanblend, loan-blend, hybrid] 2: a composite of mixed origin; "the vice-presidency is a hybrid of administrative and legislative offices" 3: (genetics) an organism that is the offspring of genetically dissimilar parents or stock; especially offspring produced by breeding plants or animals of different varieties or breeds or species; "a mule is a cross between a horse and a donkey" [syn: hybrid, crossbreed, cross]
  • lucid
    adj 1: (of language) transparently clear; easily understandable; "writes in a limpid style"; "lucid directions"; "a luculent oration"- Robert Burton; "pellucid prose"; "a crystal clear explanation"; "a perspicuous argument" [syn: limpid, lucid, luculent, pellucid, crystal clear, perspicuous] 2: having a clear mind; "a lucid moment in his madness" 3: capable of thinking and expressing yourself in a clear and consistent manner; "a lucid thinker"; "she was more coherent than she had been just after the accident" [syn: coherent, logical, lucid] 4: transmitting light; able to be seen through with clarity; "the cold crystalline water of melted snow"; "crystal clear skies"; "could see the sand on the bottom of the limpid pool"; "lucid air"; "a pellucid brook"; "transparent crystal" [syn: crystalline, crystal clear, limpid, lucid, pellucid, transparent]
  • married
    adj 1: joined in matrimony; "a married man"; "a married couple" [ant: single, unmarried] 2: of or relating to the state of marriage; "marital status"; "marital fidelity"; "married bliss" [syn: marital, matrimonial, married] n 1: a person who is married; "we invited several young marrieds"
  • microfarad
    n 1: a unit of capacitance equal to one millionth of a farad
  • monohybrid
    n 1: a hybrid produced by crossing parents that are homozygous except for a single gene locus that has two alleles (as in Mendel's experiments with garden peas)
  • picofarad
    n 1: a unit of capacitance equal to one trillionth of a farad
  • placid
    adj 1: (of a body of water) free from disturbance by heavy waves; "a ribbon of sand between the angry sea and the placid bay"; "the quiet waters of a lagoon"; "a lake of tranquil blue water reflecting a tranquil blue sky"; "a smooth channel crossing"; "scarcely a ripple on the still water"; "unruffled water" [syn: placid, quiet, still, tranquil, smooth, unruffled] 2: not easily irritated; "an equable temper"; "not everyone shared his placid temperament"; "remained placid despite the repeated delays" [syn: equable, even-tempered, good- tempered, placid]
  • putrid
    adj 1: of or relating to or attended by putrefaction; "putrid decomposition" 2: in an advanced state of decomposition and having a foul odor; "horrible like raw and putrid flesh"- Somerset Maugham 3: morally corrupt or evil; "the putrid atmosphere of the court"
  • rancid
    adj 1: (used of decomposing oils or fats) having a rank smell or taste usually due to a chemical change or decomposition; "rancid butter"; "rancid bacon" 2: smelling of fermentation or staleness [syn: sour, rancid]
  • serried
    adj 1: (especially of rows as of troops or mountains) pressed together; "in serried ranks"
  • storied
    adj 1: having an illustrious past [syn: celebrated, historied, storied] 2: having stories as indicated; "a six-storied building" [syn: storied, storeyed]
  • torrid
    adj 1: characterized by intense emotion; "ardent love"; "an ardent lover"; "a fervent desire to change society"; "a fervent admirer"; "fiery oratory"; "an impassioned appeal"; "a torrid love affair" [syn: ardent, fervent, fervid, fiery, impassioned, perfervid, torrid] 2: emotionally charged and vigorously energetic; "a torrid dance"; "torrid jazz bands"; "hot trumpets and torrid rhythms" 3: extremely hot; "the torrid noonday sun"; "sultry sands of the dessert"
  • unburied
    adj 1: not buried [ant: buried, inhumed, interred]
  • unhurried
    adj 1: relaxed and leisurely; without hurry or haste; "people strolling about in an unhurried way"; "an unhurried walk"; "spoke in a calm and unhurried voice" [ant: hurried] 2: capable of accepting delay with equanimity; "was unhurried with the small children"
  • unmarried
    adj 1: not married or related to the unmarried state; "unmarried men and women"; "unmarried life"; "sex and the single girl"; "single parenthood"; "are you married or single?" [syn: unmarried, single] [ant: married]
  • unwearied
    adj 1: with unreduced energy [syn: untired, unwearied, unweary]
  • varied
    adj 1: characterized by variety; "immigrants' varied ethnic and religious traditions"; "his work is interesting and varied" [ant: unvaried, unvarying] 2: widely different; "varied motives prompt people to join a political party"; "varied ethnic traditions of the immigrants" [syn: varied, wide-ranging] 3: broken away from sameness or identity or duplication; "her quickly varied answers indicated uncertainty"
  • viscid
    adj 1: having the sticky properties of an adhesive [syn: gluey, glutinous, gummy, mucilaginous, pasty, sticky, viscid, viscous]
  • hasid
    n 1: a member of a Jewish sect that observes a form of strict Orthodox Judaism [syn: Hasid, Hassid, Chasid, Chassid]
  • harrod
    n 1: English merchant who expanded his father's shop in London into a prestigious department store (1841-1905) [syn: Harrod, Charles Digby Harrod] 2: English merchant who took over a shop in London that was expanded by his son into a prestigious department store (1800-1885) [syn: Harrod, Charles Henry Harrod]
  • herod
    n 1: king of Judea who (according to the New Testament) tried to kill Jesus by ordering the death of all children under age two in Bethlehem (73-4 BC) [syn: Herod, Herod the Great]
  • unworried
    adj 1: free of trouble and worry and care; "the carefree joys of childhood"; "carefree millionaires, untroubled financially" [syn: carefree, unworried]
  • acarid
    n 1: very small free-living arachnid that is parasitic on animals or plants; related to ticks
  • millifarad
    n 1: a unit of capacitance equal to one thousandth of a farad
  • sparid
    n 1: spiny-finned food fishes of warm waters having well- developed teeth [syn: sparid, sparid fish]
  • capsid
    n 1: a variety of leaf bug [syn: mirid bug, mirid, capsid] 2: the outer covering of protein surrounding the nucleic acid of a virus
  • unvaried
    adj 1: lacking variety [syn: unvaried, unvarying] [ant: varied]
  • winfred
    n 1: (Roman Catholic Church) Anglo-Saxon missionary who was sent to Frisia and Germany to spread the Christian faith; was martyred in Frisia (680-754) [syn: Boniface, Saint Boniface, St. Boniface, Winfred, Wynfrith, Apostle of Germany]
  • carried
  • jared
  • herrod
  • sherod
  • sherrod
  • intermarried
  • diagrid
  • garrod
  • statfarad

See also lurid definition and lurid synonyms