Words that rhyme with narcissus

  • amphioxus
    n 1: small translucent lancet-shaped burrowing marine animal; primitive forerunner of the vertebrates [syn: lancelet, amphioxus]
  • census
    n 1: a periodic count of the population [syn: census, nose count, nosecount] v 1: conduct a census; "They censused the deer in the forest"
  • colossus
    n 1: someone or something that is abnormally large and powerful [syn: giant, goliath, behemoth, monster, colossus] 2: a person of exceptional importance and reputation [syn: colossus, behemoth, giant, heavyweight, titan]
  • consensus
    n 1: agreement in the judgment or opinion reached by a group as a whole; "the lack of consensus reflected differences in theoretical positions"; "those rights and obligations are based on an unstated consensus"
  • excursus
    n 1: a message that departs from the main subject [syn: digression, aside, excursus, divagation, parenthesis]
  • metatarsus
    n 1: the skeleton of the human foot between the toes and the tarsus; the corresponding part of the foot in birds or of the hind foot in quadrupeds
  • nexus
    n 1: the means of connection between things linked in series [syn: link, nexus] 2: a connected series or group
  • phthisis
    n 1: involving the lungs with progressive wasting of the body [syn: pulmonary tuberculosis, consumption, phthisis, wasting disease, white plague]
  • plexus
    n 1: a network of intersecting blood vessels or intersecting nerves or intersecting lymph vessels [syn: plexus, rete]
  • princess
    n 1: a female member of a royal family other than the queen (especially the daughter of a sovereign)
  • rhesus
    n 1: of southern Asia; used in medical research [syn: rhesus, rhesus monkey, Macaca mulatta]
  • texas
    n 1: the second largest state; located in southwestern United States on the Gulf of Mexico [syn: Texas, Lone-Star State, TX]
  • byssus
    n 1: tuft of strong filaments by which e.g. a mussel makes itself fast to a fixed surface [syn: byssus, beard]
  • parnassus
    n 1: (Greek mythology) a mountain in central Greece where (according to Greek mythology) the Muses lived; known as the mythological home of music and poetry; "Liakoura is the modern name of Mount Parnassus" [syn: Parnassus, Mount Parnassus, Liakoura]
  • croesus
    n 1: last king of Lydia (died in 546 BC) 2: a very wealthy man
  • dionysus
    n 1: (Greek mythology) god of wine and fertility and drama; the Greek name of Bacchus
  • pegasus
    n 1: (Greek mythology) the immortal winged horse that sprang from the blood of the slain Medusa; was tamed by Bellerophon with the help of a bridle given him by Athena; as the flying horse of the Muses it is a symbol of highflying imagination 2: a constellation in the northern hemisphere near Andromeda and Pisces
  • thyrsus
    n 1: a dense flower cluster (as of the lilac or horse chestnut) in which the main axis is racemose and the branches are cymose [syn: thyrse, thyrsus]
  • versus
  • frances
  • hattusas
  • molossus
  • oxus
  • tibiotarsus

See also narcissus definition