Words that rhyme with neurosurgeon

  • allergen
    n 1: any substance that can cause an allergy
  • an
    n 1: an associate degree in nursing [syn: Associate in Nursing, AN]
  • antigen
    n 1: any substance (as a toxin or enzyme) that stimulates an immune response in the body (especially the production of antibodies)
  • bludgeon
    n 1: a club used as a weapon v 1: overcome or coerce as if by using a heavy club; "The teacher bludgeoned the students into learning the math formulas" 2: strike with a club or a bludgeon [syn: club, bludgeon]
  • bourgeon
    v 1: produce buds, branches, or germinate; "the potatoes sprouted" [syn: shoot, spud, germinate, pullulate, bourgeon, burgeon forth, sprout]
  • burgeon
    v 1: grow and flourish; "The burgeoning administration"; "The burgeoning population"
  • collagen
    n 1: a fibrous scleroprotein in bone and cartilage and tendon and other connective tissue; yields gelatin on boiling
  • contagion
    n 1: any disease easily transmitted by contact [syn: contagious disease, contagion] 2: an incident in which an infectious disease is transmitted [syn: infection, contagion, transmission] 3: the communication of an attitude or emotional state among a number of people; "a contagion of mirth"; "the infection of his enthusiasm for poetry" [syn: contagion, infection]
  • curmudgeon
    n 1: a crusty irascible cantankerous old person full of stubborn ideas
  • dudgeon
    n 1: a feeling of intense indignation (now used only in the phrase `in high dudgeon') [syn: dudgeon, high dudgeon]
  • dungeon
    n 1: the main tower within the walls of a medieval castle or fortress [syn: keep, donjon, dungeon] 2: a dark cell (usually underground) where prisoners can be confined
  • engine
    n 1: motor that converts thermal energy to mechanical work 2: something used to achieve a purpose; "an engine of change" 3: a wheeled vehicle consisting of a self-propelled engine that is used to draw trains along railway tracks [syn: locomotive, engine, locomotive engine, railway locomotive] 4: an instrument or machine that is used in warfare, such as a battering ram, catapult, artillery piece, etc.; "medieval engines of war"
  • gudgeon
    n 1: small spiny-finned fish of coastal or brackish waters having a large head and elongated tapering body having the ventral fins modified as a sucker [syn: goby, gudgeon] 2: small slender European freshwater fish often used as bait by anglers [syn: gudgeon, Gobio gobio]
  • legion
    adj 1: amounting to a large indefinite number; "numerous times"; "the family was numerous"; "Palomar's fans are legion" [syn: numerous, legion(p)] n 1: archaic terms for army [syn: host, legion] 2: association of ex-servicemen; "the American Legion" 3: a large military unit; "the French Foreign Legion" 4: a vast multitude [syn: horde, host, legion]
  • pigeon
    n 1: wild and domesticated birds having a heavy body and short legs
  • region
    n 1: the extended spatial location of something; "the farming regions of France"; "religions in all parts of the world"; "regions of outer space" [syn: region, part] 2: a part of an animal that has a special function or is supplied by a given artery or nerve; "in the abdominal region" [syn: area, region] 3: a large indefinite location on the surface of the Earth; "penguins inhabit the polar regions" 4: the approximate amount of something (usually used prepositionally as in `in the region of'); "it was going to take in the region of two or three months to finish the job"; "the price is in the neighborhood of $100" [syn: region, neighborhood] 5: a knowledge domain that you are interested in or are communicating about; "it was a limited realm of discourse"; "here we enter the region of opinion"; "the realm of the occult" [syn: region, realm]
  • smidgen
    n 1: a tiny or scarcely detectable amount [syn: shred, scintilla, whit, iota, tittle, smidgen, smidgeon, smidgin, smidge]
  • sturgeon
    n 1: large primitive fishes valued for their flesh and roe; widely distributed in the North Temperate Zone
  • surgeon
    n 1: a physician who specializes in surgery [syn: surgeon, operating surgeon, sawbones]
  • belgian
    adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of Belgium or the Belgian people; "the Belgian Queen" n 1: a native or inhabitant of Belgium
  • pidgin
    n 1: an artificial language used for trade between speakers of different languages
  • trojan
    adj 1: of or relating to the ancient city of Troy or its inhabitants; "Trojan cities" n 1: a native of ancient Troy [syn: Trojan, Dardan, Dardanian] 2: a program that appears desirable but actually contains something harmful; "the contents of a trojan can be a virus or a worm"; "when he downloaded the free game it turned out to be a trojan horse" [syn: trojan, trojan horse]
  • mutagen
    n 1: any agent (physical or environmental) that can induce a genetic mutation or can increase the rate of mutation
  • habergeon
    n 1: (Middle Ages) a light sleeveless coat of chain mail worn under the hauberk
  • spurgeon
  • neologian
  • largen
  • virgen
  • haubergeon

See also neurosurgeon definition and neurosurgeon synonyms