Words that rhyme with morris

  • aurous
    adj 1: of or relating to or containing or derived from gold [syn: aurous, auric]
  • 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]
  • brontosaurus
    n 1: huge quadrupedal herbivorous dinosaur common in North America in the late Jurassic [syn: apatosaur, apatosaurus, brontosaur, brontosaurus, thunder lizard, Apatosaurus excelsus]
  • chorus
    n 1: any utterance produced simultaneously by a group; "a chorus of boos" 2: a group of people assembled to sing together 3: the part of a song where a soloist is joined by a group of singers [syn: refrain, chorus] 4: a body of dancers or singers who perform together [syn: chorus, chorus line] 5: a company of actors who comment (by speaking or singing in unison) on the action in a classical Greek play [syn: chorus, Greek chorus] v 1: utter in unison; "`yes,' the children chorused" 2: sing in a choir [syn: choir, chorus]
  • clitoris
    n 1: a female sexual organ homologous to the penis [syn: clitoris, clit, button]
  • 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]
  • hubris
    n 1: overbearing pride or presumption
  • 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]
  • liquorice
    n 1: deep-rooted coarse-textured plant native to the Mediterranean region having blue flowers and pinnately compound leaves; widely cultivated in Europe for its long thick sweet roots [syn: licorice, liquorice, Glycyrrhiza glabra] 2: a black candy flavored with the dried root of the licorice plant [syn: licorice, liquorice]
  • porous
    adj 1: able to absorb fluids; "the partly porous walls of our digestive system"; "compacting the soil to make it less porous" 2: full of pores or vessels or holes [syn: porous, poriferous] [ant: nonporous] 3: allowing passage in and out; "our unfenced and largely unpoliced border inevitably has been very porous" [syn: holey, porous]
  • spirits
    n 1: an alcoholic beverage that is distilled rather than fermented [syn: liquor, spirits, booze, hard drink, hard liquor, John Barleycorn, strong drink]
  • stegosaurus
    n 1: herbivorous ornithischian dinosaur with a row of bony plates along its back and a spiked tail probably used as a weapon [syn: stegosaur, stegosaurus, Stegosaur stenops]
  • thesaurus
    n 1: a book containing a classified list of synonyms [syn: thesaurus, synonym finder]
  • torus
    n 1: a ring-shaped surface generated by rotating a circle around an axis that does not intersect the circle [syn: torus, toroid] 2: commonly the lowest molding at the base of a column [syn: torus, tore]
  • tyrannosaurus
    n 1: large carnivorous bipedal dinosaur having enormous teeth with knifelike serrations; may have been a scavenger rather than an active predator; later Cretaceous period in North America [syn: tyrannosaur, tyrannosaurus, Tyrannosaurus rex]
  • 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
  • doris
    n 1: (Greek mythology) wife of Nereus and mother of the Nereids 2: a small region of ancient Greece where the Doric dialect was spoken
  • horace
    n 1: Roman lyric poet said to have influenced English poetry (65-8 BC)
  • 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
  • taurus
    n 1: Venezuelan master terrorist raised by a Marxist-Leninist father; trained and worked with many terrorist groups (born in 1949) [syn: Sanchez, Ilich Sanchez, Ilich Ramirez Sanchez, Carlos, Carlos the Jackal, Salim, Andres Martinez, Taurus, Glen Gebhard, Hector Hevodidbon, Michael Assat] 2: (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Taurus [syn: Taurus, Bull] 3: a zodiacal constellation in the northern hemisphere near Orion; between Aries and Gemini 4: the second sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about April 20 to May 20 [syn: Taurus, Taurus the Bull, Bull]
  • chloris
    n 1: tufted or perennial or annual grasses having runners: finger grass; windmill grass [syn: Chloris, genus Chloris]
  • 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]
  • 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
  • boris
  • ferris
  • loris
  • oris
  • harries
  • clarice
  • maurice
  • torrez
  • floris
  • delores
  • dolores
  • fitzmaurice
  • fitzmorris
  • montgoris
  • tortorice
  • mcmorris
  • maquiladoras
  • flores
  • torres
  • borris
  • dorice
  • dorris
  • morice
  • moris
  • sorice
  • voris
  • laurice
  • arris
  • apollinaris
  • farris
  • cantoris

See also morris definition