Words that rhyme with orris

• avarice 0
  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]
• chorus 0
  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 0
  n 1: a female sexual organ homologous to the penis [syn: clitoris, clit, button]
• dentifrice 0
  n 1: a substance for cleaning the teeth; applied with a toothbrush
• ephemeris 0
  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 0
  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 0
  n 1: overbearing pride or presumption
• iris 0
  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 0
  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]
• spirits 0
  n 1: an alcoholic beverage that is distilled rather than fermented [syn: liquor, spirits, booze, hard drink, hard liquor, John Barleycorn, strong drink]
• derris 0
  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 0
  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 0
  n 1: Roman lyric poet said to have influenced English poetry (65-8 BC)
• morris 0
  n 1: United States suffragist in Wyoming (1814-1902) [syn: Morris, Esther Morris, Esther Hobart McQuigg Slack Morris] 2: English poet and craftsman (1834-1896) [syn: Morris, William Morris] 3: leader of the American Revolution who signed the Declaration of Independence and raised money for the Continental Army (1734-1806) [syn: Morris, Robert Morris] 4: United States statesman who led the committee that produced the final draft of the United States Constitution (1752-1816) [syn: Morris, Gouverneur Morris]
• norris 0
  n 1: United States writer (1870-1902) [syn: Norris, Frank Norris, Benjamin Franklin Norris Jr.]
• paris 0
  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
• chloris 0
  n 1: tufted or perennial or annual grasses having runners: finger grass; windmill grass [syn: Chloris, genus Chloris]
• polaris 0
  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 0
  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 0
  n 1: (Greek mythology) goddess of discord; sister of Ares
• osiris 0
  n 1: Egyptian god of the underworld and judge of the dead; husband and brother of Isis; father of Horus
• boris 0
• ferris 0
• loris 0
• harries 0
• clarice 0
• maurice 0
• torrez 0
• floris 0
• morriss 0
• delores 0
• dolores 0
• fitzmaurice 0
• fitzmorris 0
• montgoris 0
• tortorice 0
• flores 0
• torres 0
• borris 0
• dorice 0
• dorris 0
• morice 0
• moris 0
• sorice 0
• voris 0
• laurice 0
• arris 0
• apollinaris 0
• farris 0
• cantoris 0

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