Words that rhyme with naevus

n 1: a heavy, closely woven fabric (used for clothing or chairs or sails or tents) [syn: canvas, canvass] 2: an oil painting on canvas fabric [syn: canvas, canvass] 3: the setting for a narrative or fictional or dramatic account; "the crowded canvas of history"; "the movie demanded a dramatic canvas of sound" [syn: canvas, canvass] 4: a tent made of canvas fabric [syn: canvas tent, canvas, canvass] 5: a large piece of fabric (usually canvas fabric) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel [syn: sail, canvas, canvass, sheet] 6: the mat that forms the floor of the ring in which boxers or professional wrestlers compete; "the boxer picked himself up off the canvas" [syn: canvas, canvass] v 1: solicit votes from potential voters in an electoral campaign [syn: canvass, canvas] 2: get the opinions (of people) by asking specific questions [syn: poll, canvass, canvas] 3: cover with canvas; "She canvassed the walls of her living room so as to conceal the ugly cracks" 4: consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning; "analyze a sonnet by Shakespeare"; "analyze the evidence in a criminal trial"; "analyze your real motives" [syn: analyze, analyse, study, examine, canvass, canvas]

n 1: the setting for a narrative or fictional or dramatic account; "the crowded canvas of history"; "the movie demanded a dramatic canvas of sound" [syn: canvas, canvass] 2: an inquiry into public opinion conducted by interviewing a random sample of people [syn: poll, opinion poll, public opinion poll, canvass] 3: a large piece of fabric (usually canvas fabric) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel [syn: sail, canvas, canvass, sheet] 4: a tent made of canvas fabric [syn: canvas tent, canvas, canvass] 5: an oil painting on canvas fabric [syn: canvas, canvass] 6: the mat that forms the floor of the ring in which boxers or professional wrestlers compete; "the boxer picked himself up off the canvas" [syn: canvas, canvass] 7: a heavy, closely woven fabric (used for clothing or chairs or sails or tents) [syn: canvas, canvass] v 1: get the opinions (of people) by asking specific questions [syn: poll, canvass, canvas] 2: solicit votes from potential voters in an electoral campaign [syn: canvass, canvas] 3: consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning; "analyze a sonnet by Shakespeare"; "analyze the evidence in a criminal trial"; "analyze your real motives" [syn: analyze, analyse, study, examine, canvass, canvas]

n 1: a deep fissure

adj 1: causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm; "a dangerous operation"; "a grave situation"; "a grave illness"; "grievous bodily harm"; "a serious wound"; "a serious turn of events"; "a severe case of pneumonia"; "a life-threatening disease" [syn: dangerous, grave, grievous, serious, severe, life-threatening] 2: causing or marked by grief or anguish; "a grievous loss"; "a grievous cry"; "her sigh was heartbreaking"; "the heartrending words of Rabin's granddaughter" [syn: grievous, heartbreaking, heartrending] 3: of great gravity or crucial import; requiring serious thought; "grave responsibilities"; "faced a grave decision in a time of crisis"; "a grievous fault"; "heavy matters of state"; "the weighty matters to be discussed at the peace conference" [syn: grave, grievous, heavy, weighty] 4: shockingly brutal or cruel; "murder is an atrocious crime"; "a grievous offense against morality"; "a grievous crime"; "no excess was too monstrous for them to commit" [syn: atrocious, flagitious, grievous, monstrous]

adj 1: naughtily or annoyingly playful; "teasing and worrying with impish laughter"; "a wicked prank" [syn: arch, impish, implike, mischievous, pixilated, prankish, puckish, wicked] 2: deliberately causing harm or damage; "mischievous rumors and falsehoods"

adj 1: easily agitated; "a nervous addict"; "a nervous thoroughbred" 2: causing or fraught with or showing anxiety; "spent an anxious night waiting for the test results"; "cast anxious glances behind her"; "those nervous moments before takeoff"; "an unquiet mind" [syn: anxious, nervous, queasy, uneasy, unquiet] 3: of or relating to the nervous system; "nervous disease"; "neural disorder" [syn: nervous, neural] 4: excited in anticipation [syn: aflutter, nervous] 5: unpredictably excitable (especially of horses) [syn: skittish, flighty, spooky, nervous]

n 1: a blemish on the skin that is formed before birth [syn: birthmark, nevus]

n 1: someone who has entered a religious order but has not taken final vows [syn: novitiate, novice] 2: someone new to a field or activity [syn: novice, beginner, tyro, tiro, initiate]

n 1: a horizontal beam that extends across something [syn: trave, traverse, crossbeam, crosspiece] 2: a horizontal crosspiece across a window or separating a door from a window over it [syn: transom, traverse] 3: taking a zigzag path on skis [syn: traversal, traverse] 4: travel across [syn: traversal, traverse] v 1: travel across or pass over; "The caravan covered almost 100 miles each day" [syn: traverse, track, cover, cross, pass over, get over, get across, cut through, cut across] 2: to cover or extend over an area or time period; "Rivers traverse the valley floor", "The parking lot spans 3 acres"; "The novel spans three centuries" [syn: cross, traverse, span, sweep] 3: deny formally (an allegation of fact by the opposing party) in a legal suit [syn: traverse, deny]

n 1: the last king of Sweden to have any real political power (1882-1973) [syn: Gustavus, Gustavus VI] 2: king of Sweden who kept Sweden neutral during both World War I and II (1858-1950) [syn: Gustavus, Gustavus V] 3: king of Sweden whose losses to Napoleon I led to his being deposed in 1809 (1778-1837) [syn: Gustavus, Gustavus IV] 4: king of Sweden who increased the royal power and waged an unpopular war against Russia (1746-1792) [syn: Gustavus, Gustavus III] 5: king of Sweden whose victories in battle made Sweden a European power; his domestic reforms made Sweden a modern state; in 1630 he intervened on the Protestant side of the Thirty Years' War and was killed in the battle of Lutzen (1594-1632) [syn: Gustavus, Gustavus II, Gustavus Adolphus] 6: king of Sweden who established Lutheranism as the state religion (1496-1560) [syn: Gustavus, Gustavus I]