Words that rhyme with monopteros

adv 1: to the opposite side; "the football field was 300 feet across" 2: transversely; "the marble slabs were cut across" [syn: across, crosswise, crossways]

n 1: (figurative) something that hinders or handicaps; "she was an albatross around his neck" [syn: albatross, millstone] 2: large web-footed birds of the southern hemisphere having long narrow wings; noted for powerful gliding flight [syn: albatross, mollymawk]

adv 1: crossing one another in opposite directions adj 1: marked with crossing lines [syn: crisscross, crisscrossed] n 1: a marking that consists of lines that cross each other [syn: crisscross, cross, mark] v 1: cross in a pattern, often random 2: mark with or consist of a pattern of crossed lines; "wrinkles crisscrossed her face" 3: mark with a pattern of crossing lines; "crisscross the sheet of paper"

n 1: a game invented by American Indians; now played by two teams who use long-handled rackets to catch and carry and throw the ball toward the opponents' goal

n 1: a tower with a light that gives warning of shoals to passing ships [syn: beacon, lighthouse, beacon light, pharos]

v 1: change from a crossed to an uncrossed position; "She uncrossed her legs" [ant: cross]

n 1: (Greek mythology) god of love; son of Aphrodite; identified with Roman Cupid 2: a desire for sexual intimacy [syn: sexual desire, eros, concupiscence, physical attraction]

n 1: wild and domestic cattle; in some classifications placed in the subfamily Bovinae or tribe Bovini [syn: Bos, genus Bos]

n 1: a long racket with a triangular frame; used in playing lacrosse

n 1: a region of northeastern France famous for its wines [syn: Alsace, Alsatia, Elsass]

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]