Words that rhyme with mimas

n 1: the segment of the public that is easily influenced by mass media (chiefly British)

adv 1: by bad luck; "unfortunately it rained all day"; "alas, I cannot stay" [syn: unfortunately, unluckily, regrettably, alas] [ant: as luck would have it, fortuitously, fortunately, luckily]

v 1: collect or gather; "Journals are accumulating in my office"; "The work keeps piling up" [syn: accumulate, cumulate, conglomerate, pile up, gather, amass] 2: get or gather together; "I am accumulating evidence for the man's unfaithfulness to his wife"; "She is amassing a lot of data for her thesis"; "She rolled up a small fortune" [syn: roll up, collect, accumulate, pile up, amass, compile, hoard]

n 1: a feeling of ill will arousing active hostility [syn: animosity, animus, bad blood]

adj 1: having no known name or identity or known source; "anonymous authors"; "anonymous donors"; "an anonymous gift" [syn: anonymous, anon.] [ant: onymous] 2: not known or lacking marked individuality; "brown anonymous houses"; "anonymous bureaucrats in the Civil Service"

adj 1: of words: having opposite meanings [ant: synonymous]

n 1: 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] 2: a pompous fool 3: hardy and sure-footed animal smaller and with longer ears than the horse 4: slang for sexual intercourse [syn: fuck, fucking, screw, screwing, ass, nooky, nookie, piece of ass, piece of tail, roll in the hay, shag, shtup]

adj 1: (of political bodies) not controlled by outside forces; "an autonomous judiciary"; "a sovereign state" [syn: autonomous, independent, self-governing, sovereign] 2: existing as an independent entity; "the partitioning of India created two separate and autonomous jute economies" 3: (of persons) free from external control and constraint in e.g. action and judgment [syn: autonomous, self-directed, self-reliant]

adj 1: having or denoting a low vocal or instrumental range; "a deep voice"; "a bass voice is lower than a baritone voice"; "a bass clarinet" [syn: bass, deep] n 1: the lowest part of the musical range 2: the lowest part in polyphonic music [syn: bass, bass part] 3: an adult male singer with the lowest voice [syn: bass, basso] 4: the lean flesh of a saltwater fish of the family Serranidae [syn: sea bass, bass] 5: any of various North American freshwater fish with lean flesh (especially of the genus Micropterus) [syn: freshwater bass, bass] 6: the lowest adult male singing voice [syn: bass, bass voice, basso] 7: the member with the lowest range of a family of musical instruments 8: nontechnical name for any of numerous edible marine and freshwater spiny-finned fishes

adj 1: of illegal marriage to a second person while legally married to a first

adj 1: grossly irreverent toward what is held to be sacred; "blasphemous rites of a witches' Sabbath"; "profane utterances against the Church"; "it is sacrilegious to enter with shoes on" [syn: blasphemous, profane, sacrilegious] 2: characterized by profanity or cursing; "foul-mouthed and blasphemous"; "blue language"; "profane words" [syn: blasphemous, blue, profane]

n 1: an alloy of copper and zinc 2: a wind instrument that consists of a brass tube (usually of variable length) that is blown by means of a cup-shaped or funnel-shaped mouthpiece [syn: brass, brass instrument] 3: the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something; "he claims that the present administration is corrupt"; "the governance of an association is responsible to its members"; "he quickly became recognized as a member of the establishment" [syn: administration, governance, governing body, establishment, brass, organization, organisation] 4: impudent aggressiveness; "I couldn't believe her boldness"; "he had the effrontery to question my honesty" [syn: boldness, nerve, brass, face, cheek] 5: an ornament or utensil made of brass 6: the section of a band or orchestra that plays brass instruments [syn: brass section, brass] 7: a memorial made of brass [syn: brass, memorial tablet, plaque]

n 1: a highway that encircles an urban area so that traffic does not have to pass through the center [syn: beltway, bypass, ring road, ringway] 2: a surgically created shunt (usually around a damaged part) 3: a conductor having low resistance in parallel with another device to divert a fraction of the current [syn: shunt, electrical shunt, bypass] v 1: avoid something unpleasant or laborious; "You cannot bypass these rules!" [syn: bypass, short-circuit, go around, get around]

n 1: inversion in the second of two parallel phrases

n 1: a collection of things sharing a common attribute; "there are two classes of detergents" [syn: class, category, family] 2: a body of students who are taught together; "early morning classes are always sleepy" [syn: class, form, grade, course] 3: people having the same social, economic, or educational status; "the working class"; "an emerging professional class" [syn: class, stratum, social class, socio-economic class] 4: education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings; "he took a course in basket weaving"; "flirting is not unknown in college classes" [syn: course, course of study, course of instruction, class] 5: a league ranked by quality; "he played baseball in class D for two years"; "Princeton is in the NCAA Division 1-AA" [syn: class, division] 6: a body of students who graduate together; "the class of '97"; "she was in my year at Hoehandle High" [syn: class, year] 7: (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders 8: elegance in dress or behavior; "she has a lot of class" v 1: arrange or order by classes or categories; "How would you classify these pottery shards--are they prehistoric?" [syn: classify, class, sort, assort, sort out, separate]

adj 1: (of persons) so unrefined as to be lacking in discrimination and sensibility

adj 1: divided or dividing into two sharply distinguished parts or classifications

adj 1: extraordinarily large in size or extent or amount or power or degree; "an enormous boulder"; "enormous expenses"; "tremendous sweeping plains"; "a tremendous fact in human experience; that a whole civilization should be dependent on technology"- Walter Lippman; "a plane took off with a tremendous noise" [syn: enormous, tremendous]

adj 1: being or relating to or bearing the name of an eponym [syn: eponymous, eponymic]

adj 1: characterized by or fit for fertilization by a flower that is not closely related [syn: exogamous, exogamic] [ant: autogamic, autogamous, endogamic, endogamous] 2: pertaining to or characterized by the custom of marrying only outside the limits of a clan or tribe [syn: exogamous, exogamic] [ant: endogamic, endogamous]

adj 1: widely known and esteemed; "a famous actor"; "a celebrated musician"; "a famed scientist"; "an illustrious judge"; "a notable historian"; "a renowned painter" [syn: celebrated, famed, far-famed, famous, illustrious, notable, noted, renowned]

n 1: the state of matter distinguished from the solid and liquid states by: relatively low density and viscosity; relatively great expansion and contraction with changes in pressure and temperature; the ability to diffuse readily; and the spontaneous tendency to become distributed uniformly throughout any container [syn: gas, gaseous state] 2: a fluid in the gaseous state having neither independent shape nor volume and being able to expand indefinitely 3: a volatile flammable mixture of hydrocarbons (hexane and heptane and octane etc.) derived from petroleum; used mainly as a fuel in internal-combustion engines [syn: gasoline, gasolene, gas, petrol] 4: a state of excessive gas in the alimentary canal [syn: flatulence, flatulency, gas] 5: a pedal that controls the throttle valve; "he stepped on the gas" [syn: accelerator, accelerator pedal, gas pedal, gas, throttle, gun] 6: a fossil fuel in the gaseous state; used for cooking and heating homes [syn: natural gas, gas] v 1: attack with gas; subject to gas fumes; "The despot gassed the rebellious tribes" 2: show off [syn: boast, tout, swash, shoot a line, brag, gas, blow, bluster, vaunt, gasconade]

n 1: a brittle transparent solid with irregular atomic structure 2: a container for holding liquids while drinking [syn: glass, drinking glass] 3: the quantity a glass will hold [syn: glass, glassful] 4: a small refracting telescope [syn: field glass, glass, spyglass] 5: an amphetamine derivative (trade name Methedrine) used in the form of a crystalline hydrochloride; used as a stimulant to the nervous system and as an appetite suppressant [syn: methamphetamine, methamphetamine hydrochloride, Methedrine, meth, deoxyephedrine, chalk, chicken feed, crank, glass, ice, shabu, trash] 6: a mirror; usually a ladies' dressing mirror [syn: looking glass, glass] 7: glassware collectively; "She collected old glass" v 1: furnish with glass; "glass the windows" [syn: glass, glaze] 2: scan (game in the forest) with binoculars 3: enclose with glass; "glass in a porch" [syn: glass, glass in] 4: put in a glass container 5: become glassy or take on a glass-like appearance; "Her eyes glaze over when she is bored" [syn: glaze, glass, glass over, glaze over]

n 1: narrow-leaved green herbage: grown as lawns; used as pasture for grazing animals; cut and dried as hay 2: German writer of novels and poetry and plays (born 1927) [syn: Grass, Gunter Grass, Gunter Wilhelm Grass] 3: a police informer who implicates many people [syn: supergrass, grass] 4: bulky food like grass or hay for browsing or grazing horses or cattle [syn: eatage, forage, pasture, pasturage, grass] 5: street names for marijuana [syn: pot, grass, green goddess, dope, weed, gage, sess, sens, smoke, skunk, locoweed, Mary Jane] v 1: shoot down, of birds 2: cover with grass; "The owners decided to grass their property" 3: spread out clothes on the grass to let it dry and bleach 4: cover with grass [syn: grass, grass over] 5: feed with grass 6: give away information about somebody; "He told on his classmate who had cheated on the exam" [syn: denounce, tell on, betray, give away, rat, grass, shit, shop, snitch, stag]

n 1: a contorted facial expression; "she made a grimace at the prospect" [syn: grimace, face] v 1: contort the face to indicate a certain mental or emotional state; "He grimaced when he saw the amount of homework he had to do" [syn: grimace, make a face, pull a face]

v 1: annoy continually or chronically; "He is known to harry his staff when he is overworked"; "This man harasses his female co-workers" [syn: harass, hassle, harry, chivy, chivvy, chevy, chevvy, beset, plague, molest, provoke] 2: exhaust by attacking repeatedly; "harass the enemy"

n 1: massive thick-skinned herbivorous animal living in or around rivers of tropical Africa [syn: hippopotamus, hippo, river horse, Hippopotamus amphibius]

adj 1: of or related to or being homonyms [syn: homonymic, homonymous]

n 1: partially decomposed organic matter; the organic component of soil 2: a thick spread made from mashed chickpeas, tahini, lemon juice and garlic; used especially as a dip for pita; originated in the Middle East [syn: hummus, humus, hommos, hoummos, humous]

n 1: a basal part of the diencephalon governing autonomic nervous system

n 1: an ignorant person [syn: ignoramus, know nothing, uneducated person]

n 1: a situation in which no progress can be made or no advancement is possible; "reached an impasse on the negotiations" [syn: deadlock, dead end, impasse, stalemate, standstill] 2: a street with only one way in or out [syn: blind alley, cul de sac, dead-end street, impasse]

adj 1: known widely and usually unfavorably; "a notorious gangster"; "the tenderloin district was notorious for vice"; "the infamous Benedict Arnold"; [syn: ill-famed, infamous, notorious]

n 1: a relatively narrow strip of land (with water on both sides) connecting two larger land areas 2: a cord-like tissue connecting two larger parts of an anatomical structure [syn: isthmus, band]

n 1: a man who is a stupid incompetent fool [syn: fathead, goof, goofball, bozo, jackass, goose, cuckoo, twat, zany] 2: male donkey [syn: jack, jackass]

n 1: a girl or young woman who is unmarried [syn: lass, lassie, young girl, jeune fille]

adv 1: most_recently; "I saw him last in London" 2: the item at the end; "last, I'll discuss family values" [syn: last, lastly, in conclusion, finally] adj 1: immediately past; "last Thursday"; "the last chapter we read" 2: coming after all others in time or space or degree or being the only one remaining; "the last time I saw Paris"; "the last day of the month"; "had the last word"; "waited until the last minute"; "he raised his voice in a last supreme call"; "the last game of the season"; "down to his last nickel" [ant: first] 3: occurring at or forming an end or termination; "his concluding words came as a surprise"; "the final chapter"; "the last days of the dinosaurs"; "terminal leave" [syn: concluding, final, last, terminal] 4: most unlikely or unsuitable; "the last person we would have suspected"; "the last man they would have chosen for the job" 5: occurring at the time of death; "his last words"; "the last rites" 6: conclusive in a process or progression; "the final answer"; "a last resort"; "the net result" [syn: final, last, net] 7: highest in extent or degree; "to the last measure of human endurance"; "whether they were accomplices in the last degree or a lesser one was...to be determined individually" [syn: last, utmost] 8: not to be altered or undone; "the judge's decision is final"; "the arbiter will have the last say" [syn: final, last] 9: lowest in rank or importance; "last prize"; "in last place" [syn: last, last-place, lowest] n 1: the temporal end; the concluding time; "the stopping point of each round was signaled by a bell"; "the market was up at the finish"; "they were playing better at the close of the season" [syn: stopping point, finale, finis, finish, last, conclusion, close] 2: the last or lowest in an ordering or series; "he was the last to leave"; "he finished an inglorious last" 3: a person's dying act; the final thing a person can do; "he breathed his last" 4: the time at which life ends; continuing until dead; "she stayed until his death"; "a struggle to the last" [syn: death, last] 5: a unit of weight equal to 4,000 pounds 6: a unit of capacity for grain equal to 80 bushels 7: the concluding parts of an event or occurrence; "the end was exciting"; "I had to miss the last of the movie" [syn: end, last, final stage] 8: holding device shaped like a human foot that is used to fashion or repair shoes [syn: last, shoemaker's last, cobbler's last] v 1: persist for a specified period of time; "The bad weather lasted for three days" [syn: last, endure] 2: continue to live through hardship or adversity; "We went without water and food for 3 days"; "These superstitions survive in the backwaters of America"; "The race car driver lived through several very serious accidents"; "how long can a person last without food and water?" [syn: survive, last, live, live on, go, endure, hold up, hold out]

adj 1: noble and generous in spirit; "a greathearted general"; "a magnanimous conqueror" [syn: greathearted, magnanimous] 2: generous and understanding and tolerant; "a heart big enough to hold no grudges"; "that's very big of you to be so forgiving"; "a large and generous spirit"; "a large heart"; "magnanimous toward his enemies" [syn: big, large, magnanimous]

n 1: an extraordinary writ commanding an official to perform a ministerial act that the law recognizes as an absolute duty and not a matter for the official's discretion; used only when all other judicial remedies fail [syn: mandamus, writ of mandamus]

adj 1: formed of separate units gathered into a mass or whole; "aggregate expenses include expenses of all divisions combined for the entire year"; "the aggregated amount of indebtedness" [syn: aggregate, aggregated, aggregative, mass] n 1: the property of a body that causes it to have weight in a gravitational field 2: (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent; "a batch of letters"; "a deal of trouble"; "a lot of money"; "he made a mint on the stock market"; "see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos"; "it must have cost plenty"; "a slew of journalists"; "a wad of money" [syn: batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad] 3: an ill-structured collection of similar things (objects or people) 4: (Roman Catholic Church and Protestant Churches) the celebration of the Eucharist 5: a body of matter without definite shape; "a huge ice mass" 6: the common people generally; "separate the warriors from the mass"; "power to the people" [syn: multitude, masses, mass, hoi polloi, people, the great unwashed] 7: the property of something that is great in magnitude; "it is cheaper to buy it in bulk"; "he received a mass of correspondence"; "the volume of exports" [syn: bulk, mass, volume] 8: a musical setting for a Mass; "they played a Mass composed by Beethoven" 9: a sequence of prayers constituting the Christian Eucharistic rite; "the priest said Mass" v 1: join together into a mass or collect or form a mass; "Crowds were massing outside the palace"

adj 1: (used of relationships and of individuals) having one mate; "monogamous marriage"; "monogamous for life" [ant: polygamous]

n 1: a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot [syn: mire, quagmire, quag, morass, slack]

adj 1: of advancing the ball by throwing it; "a team with a good passing attack"; "a pass play" [syn: passing(a), pass(a)] [ant: running(a)] n 1: (baseball) an advance to first base by a batter who receives four balls; "he worked the pitcher for a base on balls" [syn: base on balls, walk, pass] 2: (military) a written leave of absence; "he had a pass for three days" 3: (American football) a play that involves one player throwing the ball to a teammate; "the coach sent in a passing play on third and long" [syn: pass, passing play, passing game, passing] 4: the location in a range of mountains of a geological formation that is lower than the surrounding peaks; "we got through the pass before it started to snow" [syn: pass, mountain pass, notch] 5: any authorization to pass or go somewhere; "the pass to visit had a strict time limit" [syn: pass, passport] 6: a document indicating permission to do something without restrictions; "the media representatives had special passes" [syn: pass, laissez passer] 7: a flight or run by an aircraft over a target; "the plane turned to make a second pass" 8: a bad or difficult situation or state of affairs [syn: pass, strait, straits] 9: a difficult juncture; "a pretty pass"; "matters came to a head yesterday" [syn: pass, head, straits] 10: one complete cycle of operations (as by a computer); "it was not possible to complete the computation in a single pass" 11: you advance to the next round in a tournament without playing an opponent; "he had a bye in the first round" [syn: bye, pass] 12: a permit to enter or leave a military installation; "he had to show his pass in order to get out" [syn: pass, liberty chit] 13: a complimentary ticket; "the star got passes for his family" 14: a usually brief attempt; "he took a crack at it"; "I gave it a whirl" [syn: crack, fling, go, pass, whirl, offer] 15: (sports) the act of throwing the ball to another member of your team; "the pass was fumbled" [syn: pass, toss, flip] 16: success in satisfying a test or requirement; "his future depended on his passing that test"; "he got a pass in introductory chemistry" [syn: passing, pass, qualifying] [ant: failing, flunk] v 1: go across or through; "We passed the point where the police car had parked"; "A terrible thought went through his mind" [syn: pass, go through, go across] 2: move past; "A black limousine passed by when she looked out the window"; "He passed his professor in the hall"; "One line of soldiers surpassed the other" [syn: travel by, pass by, surpass, go past, go by, pass] 3: make laws, bills, etc. or bring into effect by legislation; "They passed the amendment"; "We cannot legislate how people spend their free time" [syn: legislate, pass] 4: pass by; "three years elapsed" [syn: elapse, lapse, pass, slip by, glide by, slip away, go by, slide by, go along] 5: place into the hands or custody of; "hand me the spoon, please"; "Turn the files over to me, please"; "He turned over the prisoner to his lawyers" [syn: pass, hand, reach, pass on, turn over, give] 6: stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point; "Service runs all the way to Cranbury"; "His knowledge doesn't go very far"; "My memory extends back to my fourth year of life"; "The facts extend beyond a consideration of her personal assets" [syn: run, go, pass, lead, extend] 7: travel past; "The sports car passed all the trucks" [syn: pass, overtake, overhaul] 8: come to pass; "What is happening?"; "The meeting took place off without an incidence"; "Nothing occurred that seemed important" [syn: happen, hap, go on, pass off, occur, pass, fall out, come about, take place] 9: go unchallenged; be approved; "The bill cleared the House" [syn: pass, clear] 10: pass time in a specific way; "how are you spending your summer vacation?" [syn: spend, pass] 11: pass over, across, or through; "He ran his eyes over her body"; "She ran her fingers along the carved figurine"; "He drew her hair through his fingers" [syn: guide, run, draw, pass] 12: transmit information ; "Please communicate this message to all employees"; "pass along the good news" [syn: communicate, pass on, pass, pass along, put across] 13: disappear gradually; "The pain eventually passed off" [syn: evanesce, fade, blow over, pass off, fleet, pass] 14: go successfully through a test or a selection process; "She passed the new Jersey Bar Exam and can practice law now" [syn: pass, make it] [ant: bomb, fail, flunk, flush it] 15: be superior or better than some standard; "She exceeded our expectations"; "She topped her performance of last year" [syn: exceed, transcend, overstep, pass, go past, top] 16: accept or judge as acceptable; "The teacher passed the student although he was weak" [ant: fail] 17: allow to go without comment or censure; "the insult passed as if unnoticed" 18: transfer to another; of rights or property; "Our house passed under his official control" 19: pass into a specified state or condition; "He sank into nirvana" [syn: sink, pass, lapse] 20: throw (a ball) to another player; "Smith passed" 21: be inherited by; "The estate fell to my sister"; "The land returned to the family"; "The estate devolved to an heir that everybody had assumed to be dead" [syn: fall, return, pass, devolve] 22: cause to pass; "She passed around the plates" [syn: pass, make pass] 23: grant authorization or clearance for; "Clear the manuscript for publication"; "The rock star never authorized this slanderous biography" [syn: authorize, authorise, pass, clear] 24: 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] 25: eliminate from the body; "Pass a kidney stone" [syn: excrete, egest, eliminate, pass]

adj 1: having more than one mate at a time; used of relationships and individuals [ant: monogamous] 2: having several forms of gametoecia on the same plant [syn: heteroicous, polyoicous, polygamous]

adj 1: occurring or coming into existence after a person's death; "a posthumous award"; "a posthumous book"; "a posthumous daughter"

n 1: the presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church of Scotland 2: a portable paraffin cooking stove; used by campers [syn: Primus stove, Primus]

adj 1: bearing or identified by an assumed (often pen) name; "the writings of Mark Twain are pseudonymous"

adj 1: lacking in courage and manly strength and resolution; contemptibly fearful [syn: pusillanimous, poor- spirited, unmanly]

n 1: an impudent or insolent rejoinder; "don't give me any of your sass" [syn: sass, sassing, backtalk, back talk, lip, mouth] v 1: answer back in an impudent or insolent manner; "don't sass me!"; "The teacher punished the students who were sassing all morning";

n 1: someone who can be employed as a detective to collect information [syn: private detective, PI, private eye, private investigator, operative, shamus, sherlock]

n 1: abnormal alignment of one or both eyes [syn: strabismus, squint]

v 1: distinguish oneself; "She excelled in math" [syn: excel, stand out, surpass] 2: be or do something to a greater degree; "her performance surpasses that of any other student I know"; "She outdoes all other athletes"; "This exceeds all my expectations"; "This car outperforms all others in its class" [syn: surpass, outstrip, outmatch, outgo, exceed, outdo, surmount, outperform] 3: move past; "A black limousine passed by when she looked out the window"; "He passed his professor in the hall"; "One line of soldiers surpassed the other" [syn: travel by, pass by, surpass, go past, go by, pass] 4: be greater in scope or size than some standard; "Their loyalty exceeds their national bonds" [syn: exceed, transcend, surpass]

adj 1: (of words) meaning the same or nearly the same [ant: antonymous]

n 1: large egg-shaped structures of grey matter that form the dorsal subdivision of the diencephalon

n 1: large genus of Old World mints: thyme [syn: Thymus, genus Thymus] 2: a ductless glandular organ at the base of the neck that produces lymphocytes and aids in producing immunity; atrophies with age [syn: thymus gland, thymus]

adj 1: in complete agreement; "a unanimous decision" [syn: consentaneous, consentient, unanimous] 2: acting together as a single undiversified whole; "a solid voting bloc" [syn: solid, unanimous, whole]

adj 1: extremely poisonous or injurious; producing venom; "venomous snakes"; "a virulent insect bite" [syn: deadly, venomous, virulent] 2: marked by deep ill will; deliberately harmful; "poisonous hate"; "venomous criticism"; "vicious gossip" [syn: poisonous, venomous, vicious]

n 1: chiefly tropical marine fishes with fleshy lips and powerful teeth; usually brightly colored

n 1: period extending from Dec. 24 to Jan. 6 [syn: Christmas, Christmastide, Christmastime, Yule, Yuletide, Noel] 2: a Christian holiday celebrating the birth of Christ; a quarter day in England, Wales, and Ireland [syn: Christmas, Christmas Day, Xmas, Dec 25]

n 1: United States clockmaker who introduced mass production (1785-1859) [syn: Thomas, Seth Thomas] 2: United States socialist who was a candidate for president six times (1884-1968) [syn: Thomas, Norman Thomas, Norman Mattoon Thomas] 3: a radio broadcast journalist during World War I and World War II noted for his nightly new broadcast (1892-1981) [syn: Thomas, Lowell Thomas, Lowell Jackson Thomas] 4: Welsh poet (1914-1953) [syn: Thomas, Dylan Thomas, Dylan Marlais Thomas] 5: the Apostle who would not believe the resurrection of Jesus until he saw Jesus with his own eyes [syn: Thomas, Saint Thomas, St. Thomas, doubting Thomas, Thomas the doubting Apostle]

n 1: prolonged spasm of the jaw muscles

n 1: any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes [syn: hyrax, coney, cony, dassie, das]

n 1: a militant Islamic fundamentalist political movement that opposes peace with Israel and uses terrorism as a weapon; seeks to create an Islamic state in place of Israel; is opposed to the PLO and has become a leading perpetrator of terrorist activity in Israel; pioneered suicide bombing [syn: Hamas, Islamic Resistance Movement]

n 1: (ballet) quick gliding steps with one foot always leading [syn: chasse, sashay] v 1: perform a chasse step, in ballet [syn: chasse, sashay]

n 1: a shot in billiards made by hitting the cue ball with the cue held nearly vertically; the cue ball spins around another ball before hitting the object ball [syn: masse, masse shot]

n 1: (Roman mythology) the twin brother of Romulus

n 1: the posterior part of the mandible that is more or less vertical

adj 1: filled or abounding with fog or mist; "a brumous October morning" [syn: brumous, foggy, hazy, misty]

adj 1: transformed from a liquid into a soft semisolid or solid mass; "coagulated blood"; "curdled milk"; "grumous blood" [syn: coagulate, coagulated, curdled, grumous, grumose]

n 1: god of blame and mockery [syn: Momus, Momos]

n 1: commemorates Saint Peter's miraculous deliverance from prison; a quarter day in Scotland; a harvest festival in England [syn: Lammas, Lammas Day, August 1]

n 1: French astrologer who wrote cryptic predictions whose interpretations are still being debated (1503-1566) [syn: Nostradamus, Michel de Notredame]

n 1: (Greek mythology) the brother of Europa and traditional founder of Thebes in Boeotia

adj 1: migrating from the sea to fresh water to spawn [ant: catadromous, diadromous]

adj 1: migrating from fresh water to the sea to spawn [ant: anadromous, diadromous]

adj 1: in full control of your faculties; "the witness remained collected throughout the cross-examination"; "perfectly poised and sure of himself"; "more self-contained and more dependable than many of the early frontiersmen"; "strong and self-possessed in the face of trouble" [syn: collected, equanimous, poised, self-collected, self-contained, self-possessed]

n 1: widely distributed chiefly evergreen shrubs or small trees or vines [syn: Euonymus, genus Euonymus]

adj 1: (of reproduction) not involving the fusion of male and female gametes in reproduction [syn: agamic, agamous, agamogenetic, apomictic, parthenogenetic]

n 1: a thick spread made from mashed chickpeas, tahini, lemon juice and garlic; used especially as a dip for pita; originated in the Middle East [syn: hummus, humus, hommos, hoummos, humous]

n 1: Dutch humanist and theologian who was the leading Renaissance scholar of northern Europe; although his criticisms of the Roman Catholic Church led to the Reformation, he opposed violence and condemned Martin Luther (1466-1536) [syn: Erasmus, Desiderius Erasmus, Gerhard Gerhards, Geert Geerts]

n 1: extreme malnutrition and emaciation (especially in children); can result from inadequate intake of food or from malabsorption or metabolic disorders

n 1: any tropical Asian palm of the genus Calamus; light tough stems are a source of rattan canes 2: the aromatic root of the sweet flag used medicinally 3: perennial marsh plant having swordlike leaves and aromatic roots [syn: sweet flag, calamus, sweet calamus, myrtle flag, flagroot, Acorus calamus] 4: a genus of Sparidae [syn: Calamus, genus Calamus] 5: the hollow spine of a feather [syn: quill, calamus, shaft]

n 1: muscular contraction that causes the vagina to close; usually an anxiety reaction before coitus or pelvic examination