Words that rhyme with monohybrid

  • accede
    v 1: yield to another's wish or opinion; "The government bowed to the military pressure" [syn: submit, bow, defer, accede, give in] 2: take on duties or office; "accede to the throne" [syn: accede, enter] 3: to agree or express agreement; "The Maestro assented to the request for an encore" [syn: assent, accede, acquiesce] [ant: dissent]
  • 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]
  • 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]
  • bleed
    v 1: lose blood from one's body [syn: shed blood, bleed, hemorrhage] 2: draw blood; "In the old days, doctors routinely bled patients as part of the treatment" [syn: bleed, leech, phlebotomize, phlebotomise] 3: get or extort (money or other possessions) from someone; "They bled me dry--I have nothing left!" 4: be diffused; "These dyes and colors are guaranteed not to run" [syn: run, bleed] 5: drain of liquid or steam; "bleed the radiators"; "the mechanic bled the engine"
  • breed
    n 1: a special variety of domesticated animals within a species; "he experimented on a particular breed of white rats"; "he created a new strain of sheep" [syn: breed, strain, stock] 2: a special type; "Google represents a new breed of entrepreneurs" v 1: call forth [syn: engender, breed, spawn] 2: copulate with a female, used especially of horses; "The horse covers the mare" [syn: breed, cover] 3: cause to procreate (animals); "She breeds dogs" 4: have young (animals) or reproduce (organisms); "pandas rarely breed in captivity"; "These bacteria reproduce" [syn: breed, multiply]
  • cede
    v 1: give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another [syn: concede, yield, cede, grant] 2: relinquish possession or control over; "The squatters had to surrender the building after the police moved in" [syn: surrender, cede, deliver, give up]
  • creed
    n 1: any system of principles or beliefs [syn: creed, credo] 2: the written body of teachings of a religious group that are generally accepted by that group [syn: religious doctrine, church doctrine, gospel, creed]
  • deed
    n 1: a legal document signed and sealed and delivered to effect a transfer of property and to show the legal right to possess it; "he signed the deed"; "he kept the title to his car in the glove compartment" [syn: deed, deed of conveyance, title] 2: something that people do or cause to happen [syn: act, deed, human action, human activity]
  • feed
    n 1: food for domestic livestock [syn: feed, provender] v 1: provide as food; "Feed the guests the nuts" 2: give food to; "Feed the starving children in India"; "don't give the child this tough meat" [syn: feed, give] [ant: famish, starve] 3: feed into; supply; "Her success feeds her vanity" 4: introduce continuously; "feed carrots into a food processor" [syn: feed, feed in] 5: support or promote; "His admiration fed her vanity" 6: take in food; used of animals only; "This dog doesn't eat certain kinds of meat"; "What do whales eat?" [syn: feed, eat] 7: serve as food for; be the food for; "This dish feeds six" 8: move along, of liquids; "Water flowed into the cave"; "the Missouri feeds into the Mississippi" [syn: run, flow, feed, course] 9: profit from in an exploitatory manner; "He feeds on her insecurity" [syn: prey, feed] 10: gratify; "feed one's eyes on a gorgeous view" [syn: feed, feast] 11: provide with fertilizers or add nutrients to; "We should fertilize soil if we want to grow healthy plants" [syn: fertilize, fertilise, feed]
  • 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]
  • greed
    n 1: excessive desire to acquire or possess more (especially more material wealth) than one needs or deserves 2: reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins) [syn: avarice, greed, covetousness, rapacity, avaritia]
  • heed
    n 1: paying particular notice (as to children or helpless people); "his attentiveness to her wishes"; "he spends without heed to the consequences" [syn: attentiveness, heed, regard, paying attention] [ant: heedlessness, inattentiveness] v 1: pay close attention to; give heed to; "Heed the advice of the old men" [syn: heed, mind, listen]
  • 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]
  • indeed
    adv 1: in truth (often tends to intensify); "they said the car would break down and indeed it did"; "it is very cold indeed"; "was indeed grateful"; "indeed, the rain may still come"; "he did so do it!" [syn: indeed, so] 2: (used as an interjection) an expression of surprise or skepticism or irony etc.; "Wants to marry the butler? Indeed!"
  • knead
    v 1: make uniform; "knead dough"; "work the clay until it is soft" [syn: knead, work] 2: manually manipulate (someone's body), usually for medicinal or relaxation purposes; "She rubbed down her child with a sponge" [syn: massage, rub down, knead]
  • lead
    n 1: an advantage held by a competitor in a race; "he took the lead at the last turn" 2: a soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element; bluish white when freshly cut but tarnishes readily to dull grey; "the children were playing with lead soldiers" [syn: lead, Pb, atomic number 82] 3: evidence pointing to a possible solution; "the police are following a promising lead"; "the trail led straight to the perpetrator" [syn: lead, track, trail] 4: a position of leadership (especially in the phrase `take the lead'); "he takes the lead in any group"; "we were just waiting for someone to take the lead"; "they didn't follow our lead" 5: the angle between the direction a gun is aimed and the position of a moving target (correcting for the flight time of the missile) 6: the introductory section of a story; "it was an amusing lead- in to a very serious matter" [syn: lead, lead-in, lede] 7: (sports) the score by which a team or individual is winning [ant: deficit] 8: an actor who plays a principal role [syn: star, principal, lead] 9: (baseball) the position taken by a base runner preparing to advance to the next base; "he took a long lead off first" 10: an indication of potential opportunity; "he got a tip on the stock market"; "a good lead for a job" [syn: tip, lead, steer, confidential information, wind, hint] 11: a news story of major importance [syn: lead, lead story] 12: the timing of ignition relative to the position of the piston in an internal-combustion engine [syn: spark advance, lead] 13: restraint consisting of a rope (or light chain) used to restrain an animal [syn: leash, tether, lead] 14: thin strip of metal used to separate lines of type in printing [syn: lead, leading] 15: mixture of graphite with clay in different degrees of hardness; the marking substance in a pencil [syn: lead, pencil lead] 16: a jumper that consists of a short piece of wire; "it was a tangle of jumper cables and clip leads" [syn: jumper cable, jumper lead, lead, booster cable] 17: the playing of a card to start a trick in bridge; "the lead was in the dummy" v 1: take somebody somewhere; "We lead him to our chief"; "can you take me to the main entrance?"; "He conducted us to the palace" [syn: lead, take, direct, conduct, guide] 2: have as a result or residue; "The water left a mark on the silk dress"; "Her blood left a stain on the napkin" [syn: leave, result, lead] 3: tend to or result in; "This remark lead to further arguments among the guests" 4: travel in front of; go in advance of others; "The procession was headed by John" [syn: lead, head] 5: cause to undertake a certain action; "Her greed led her to forge the checks" 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: be in charge of; "Who is heading this project?" [syn: head, lead] 8: be ahead of others; be the first; "she topped her class every year" [syn: lead, top] 9: be conducive to; "The use of computers in the classroom lead to better writing" [syn: contribute, lead, conduce] 10: lead, as in the performance of a composition; "conduct an orchestra; Barenboim conducted the Chicago symphony for years" [syn: conduct, lead, direct] 11: lead, extend, or afford access; "This door goes to the basement"; "The road runs South" [syn: go, lead] 12: move ahead (of others) in time or space [syn: precede, lead] [ant: follow] 13: cause something to pass or lead somewhere; "Run the wire behind the cabinet" [syn: run, lead] 14: preside over; "John moderated the discussion" [syn: moderate, chair, lead]
  • lurid
    adj 1: horrible in fierceness or savagery; "lurid crimes"; "a lurid life" 2: glaringly vivid and graphic; marked by sensationalism; "lurid details of the accident" [syn: lurid, shocking] 3: shining with an unnatural red glow as of fire seen through smoke; "a lurid sunset"; "lurid flames" 4: ghastly pale; "moonlight gave the statue a lurid luminence"
  • 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"
  • mead
    n 1: United States anthropologist noted for her claims about adolescence and sexual behavior in Polynesian cultures (1901-1978) [syn: Mead, Margaret Mead] 2: United States philosopher of pragmatism (1863-1931) [syn: Mead, George Herbert Mead] 3: made of fermented honey and water
  • misdeed
    n 1: improper or wicked or immoral behavior [syn: misbehavior, misbehaviour, misdeed]
  • mislead
    v 1: lead someone in the wrong direction or give someone wrong directions; "The pedestrian misdirected the out-of-town driver" [syn: mislead, misdirect, misguide, lead astray] 2: give false or misleading information to [syn: misinform, mislead]
  • misread
    v 1: read or interpret wrongly; "He misread the data" 2: interpret wrongly; "I misread Hamlet all my life!" [syn: misread, misinterpret]
  • need
    n 1: a condition requiring relief; "she satisfied his need for affection"; "God has no need of men to accomplish His work"; "there is a demand for jobs" [syn: need, demand] 2: anything that is necessary but lacking; "he had sufficient means to meet his simple needs"; "I tried to supply his wants" [syn: need, want] 3: the psychological feature that arouses an organism to action toward a desired goal; the reason for the action; that which gives purpose and direction to behavior; "we did not understand his motivation"; "he acted with the best of motives" [syn: motivation, motive, need] 4: a state of extreme poverty or destitution; "their indigence appalled him"; "a general state of need exists among the homeless" [syn: indigence, need, penury, pauperism, pauperization] v 1: require as useful, just, or proper; "It takes nerve to do what she did"; "success usually requires hard work"; "This job asks a lot of patience and skill"; "This position demands a lot of personal sacrifice"; "This dinner calls for a spectacular dessert"; "This intervention does not postulate a patient's consent" [syn: necessitate, ask, postulate, need, require, take, involve, call for, demand] [ant: eliminate, obviate, rid of] 2: have need of; "This piano wants the attention of a competent tuner" [syn: want, need, require] 3: have or feel a need for; "always needing friends and money"
  • 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"
  • read
    n 1: something that is read; "the article was a very good read" v 1: interpret something that is written or printed; "read the advertisement"; "Have you read Salman Rushdie?" 2: have or contain a certain wording or form; "The passage reads as follows"; "What does the law say?" [syn: read, say] 3: look at, interpret, and say out loud something that is written or printed; "The King will read the proclamation at noon" 4: obtain data from magnetic tapes; "This dictionary can be read by the computer" [syn: read, scan] 5: interpret the significance of, as of palms, tea leaves, intestines, the sky; also of human behavior; "She read the sky and predicted rain"; "I can't read his strange behavior"; "The fortune teller read his fate in the crystal ball" 6: interpret something in a certain way; convey a particular meaning or impression; "I read this address as a satire"; "How should I take this message?"; "You can't take credit for this!" [syn: take, read] 7: be a student of a certain subject; "She is reading for the bar exam" [syn: learn, study, read, take] 8: indicate a certain reading; of gauges and instruments; "The thermometer showed thirteen degrees below zero"; "The gauge read `empty'" [syn: read, register, show, record] 9: audition for a stage role by reading parts of a role; "He is auditioning for `Julius Caesar' at Stratford this year" 10: to hear and understand; "I read you loud and clear!" 11: make sense of a language; "She understands French"; "Can you read Greek?" [syn: understand, read, interpret, translate]
  • screed
    n 1: a long monotonous harangue 2: a long piece of writing 3: an accurately levelled strip of material placed on a wall or floor as guide for the even application of plaster or concrete
  • secede
    v 1: withdraw from an organization or communion; "After the break up of the Soviet Union, many republics broke away" [syn: secede, splinter, break away]
  • seed
    n 1: a small hard fruit 2: a mature fertilized plant ovule consisting of an embryo and its food source and having a protective coat or testa 3: one of the outstanding players in a tournament [syn: seeded player, seed] 4: anything that provides inspiration for later work [syn: source, seed, germ] 5: the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract [syn: semen, seed, seminal fluid, ejaculate, cum, come] v 1: go to seed; shed seeds; "The dandelions went to seed" 2: help (an enterprise) in its early stages of development by providing seed money 3: bear seeds 4: place (seeds) in or on the ground for future growth; "She sowed sunflower seeds" [syn: sow, seed] 5: distribute (players or teams) so that outstanding teams or players will not meet in the early rounds 6: sprinkle with silver iodide particles to disperse and cause rain; "seed clouds" 7: inoculate with microorganisms 8: remove the seeds from; "seed grapes"
  • serried
    adj 1: (especially of rows as of troops or mountains) pressed together; "in serried ranks"
  • speed
    n 1: distance travelled per unit time [syn: speed, velocity] 2: a rate (usually rapid) at which something happens; "the project advanced with gratifying speed" [syn: speed, swiftness, fastness] 3: changing location rapidly [syn: speed, speeding, hurrying] 4: the ratio of the focal length to the diameter of a (camera) lens system [syn: focal ratio, f number, stop number, speed] 5: a central nervous system stimulant that increases energy and decreases appetite; used to treat narcolepsy and some forms of depression [syn: amphetamine, pep pill, upper, speed] v 1: move fast; "He rushed down the hall to receive his guests"; "The cars raced down the street" [syn: rush, hotfoot, hasten, hie, speed, race, pelt along, rush along, cannonball along, bucket along, belt along, step on it] [ant: dawdle, linger] 2: move faster; "The car accelerated" [syn: accelerate, speed up, speed, quicken] [ant: decelerate, retard, slow, slow down, slow up] 3: move very fast; "The runner zipped past us at breakneck speed" [syn: travel rapidly, speed, hurry, zip] 4: travel at an excessive or illegal velocity; "I got a ticket for speeding" 5: cause to move faster; "He accelerated the car" [syn: accelerate, speed, speed up] [ant: decelerate, slow down]
  • stampede
    n 1: a headlong rush of people on a common impulse; "when he shouted `fire' there was a stampede to the exits" 2: a wild headlong rush of frightened animals (horses or cattle) v 1: cause to run in panic; "Thunderbolts can stampede animals" 2: cause a group or mass of people to act on an impulse or hurriedly and impulsively; "The tavern owners stampeded us into overeating" 3: act, usually en masse, hurriedly or on an impulse; "Companies will now stampede to release their latest software" 4: run away in a stampede
  • steed
    n 1: (literary) a spirited horse for state or war
  • storied
    adj 1: having an illustrious past [syn: celebrated, historied, storied] 2: having stories as indicated; "a six-storied building" [syn: storied, storeyed]
  • succeed
    v 1: attain success or reach a desired goal; "The enterprise succeeded"; "We succeeded in getting tickets to the show"; "she struggled to overcome her handicap and won" [syn: succeed, win, come through, bring home the bacon, deliver the goods] [ant: fail, go wrong, miscarry] 2: be the successor (of); "Carter followed Ford"; "Will Charles succeed to the throne?" [syn: succeed, come after, follow] [ant: come before, precede]
  • 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"
  • tweed
    n 1: thick woolen fabric used for clothing; originated in Scotland 2: (usually in the plural) trousers made of flannel or gabardine or tweed or white cloth [syn: flannel, gabardine, tweed, white]
  • 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"
  • weed
    n 1: any plant that crowds out cultivated plants [ant: cultivated plant] 2: a black band worn by a man (on the arm or hat) as a sign of mourning [syn: weed, mourning band] 3: street names for marijuana [syn: pot, grass, green goddess, dope, weed, gage, sess, sens, smoke, skunk, locoweed, Mary Jane] v 1: clear of weeds; "weed the garden"
  • swede
    n 1: a native or inhabitant of Sweden 2: a cruciferous plant with a thick bulbous edible yellow root [syn: rutabaga, turnip cabbage, swede, Swedish turnip, rutabaga plant, Brassica napus napobrassica] 3: the large yellow root of a rutabaga plant used as food [syn: rutabaga, swede, swedish turnip, yellow turnip]
  • 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
  • sparid
    n 1: spiny-finned food fishes of warm waters having well- developed teeth [syn: sparid, sparid fish]
  • 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]
  • guaranteed
  • she'd
  • we'd
  • brede
  • diagrid

See also monohybrid definition