Words that rhyme with paramecium

  • axiom
    n 1: a saying that is widely accepted on its own merits [syn: maxim, axiom] 2: (logic) a proposition that is not susceptible of proof or disproof; its truth is assumed to be self-evident
  • caesium
    n 1: a soft silver-white ductile metallic element (liquid at normal temperatures); the most electropositive and alkaline metal [syn: cesium, caesium, Cs, atomic number 55]
  • calcium
    n 1: a white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light; the fifth most abundant element in the earth's crust; an important component of most plants and animals [syn: calcium, Ca, atomic number 20]
  • dysprosium
    n 1: a trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; forms compounds that are highly magnetic [syn: dysprosium, Dy, atomic number 66]
  • francium
    n 1: a radioactive element of the alkali-metal group discovered as a disintegration product of actinium [syn: francium, Fr, atomic number 87]
  • gymnasium
    n 1: a school for students intermediate between elementary school and college; usually grades 9 to 12 [syn: secondary school, lyceum, lycee, Gymnasium, middle school] 2: athletic facility equipped for sports or physical training [syn: gymnasium, gym]
  • lutetium
    n 1: a trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; usually occurs in association with yttrium [syn: lutetium, lutecium, Lu, atomic number 71]
  • magnesium
    n 1: a light silver-white ductile bivalent metallic element; in pure form it burns with brilliant white flame; occurs naturally only in combination (as in magnesite and dolomite and carnallite and spinel and olivine) [syn: magnesium, Mg, atomic number 12]
  • potassium
    n 1: a light soft silver-white metallic element of the alkali metal group; oxidizes rapidly in air and reacts violently with water; is abundant in nature in combined forms occurring in sea water and in carnallite and kainite and sylvite [syn: potassium, K, atomic number 19]
  • symposium
    n 1: a meeting or conference for the public discussion of some topic especially one in which the participants form an audience and make presentations
  • trapezium
    n 1: a quadrilateral with no parallel sides [ant: parallelogram] 2: a multiple star in the constellation of Orion 3: the wrist bone on the thumb side of the hand that articulates with the 1st and 2nd metacarpals [syn: trapezium, trapezium bone, os trapezium]
  • elysium
    n 1: a place or condition of ideal happiness 2: (Greek mythology) the abode of the blessed after death [syn: Elysium, Elysian Fields]
  • cesium
    n 1: a soft silver-white ductile metallic element (liquid at normal temperatures); the most electropositive and alkaline metal [syn: cesium, caesium, Cs, atomic number 55]
  • androecium
    n 1: a male gametoecium
  • lutecium
    n 1: a trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; usually occurs in association with yttrium [syn: lutetium, lutecium, Lu, atomic number 71]
  • indusium
    n 1: a membrane enclosing and protecting the developing spores especially that covering the sori of a fern
  • monochasium
  • indicium

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