Words that rhyme with petrocelli

n 1: (genetics) either of a pair (or series) of alternative forms of a gene that can occupy the same locus on a particular chromosome and that control the same character; "some alleles are dominant over others" [syn: allele, allelomorph]

n 1: the region of the body of a vertebrate between the thorax and the pelvis [syn: abdomen, venter, stomach, belly] 2: a protruding abdomen [syn: belly, paunch] 3: a part that bulges deeply; "the belly of a sail" 4: the hollow inside of something; "in the belly of the ship" 5: the underpart of the body of certain vertebrates such as snakes or fish v 1: swell out or bulge out [syn: belly, belly out]

adj 1: offensively malodorous; "a foul odor"; "the kitchen smelled really funky" [syn: fetid, foetid, foul, foul-smelling, funky, noisome, smelly, stinking, ill-scented]

n 1: an electronic device that receives television signals and displays them on a screen; "the British call a tv set a telly" [syn: television receiver, television, television set, tv, tv set, idiot box, boob tube, telly, goggle box]

n 1: English writer who created Frankenstein's monster and married Percy Bysshe Shelley (1797-1851) [syn: Shelley, Mary Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Mary Godwin Wollstonecraft Shelley] 2: Englishman and romantic poet (1792-1822) [syn: Shelley, Percy Bysshe Shelley]

n 1: rim (or part of the rim) into which spokes are inserted [syn: felloe, felly]

n 1: Italian physicist who invented the mercury barometer (1608-1647) [syn: Torricelli, Evangelista Torricelli]

n 1: a statesman of Florence who advocated a strong central government (1469-1527) [syn: Machiavelli, Niccolo Machiavelli]

n 1: (Norse mythology) goddess of old age who defeated Thor in a wrestling match