Words that rhyme with phineus

adj 1: (used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame; "Man...has written one of his blackest records as a destroyer on the oceanic islands"- Rachel Carson; "an ignominious retreat"; "inglorious defeat"; "an opprobrious monument to human greed"; "a shameful display of cowardice" [syn: black, disgraceful, ignominious, inglorious, opprobrious, shameful]

adj 1: occurring with no delay; "relief was instantaneous"; "instant gratification" [syn: instantaneous, instant(a)]

adj 1: accompanied by bloodshed; "this bitter and sanguinary war" [syn: gory, sanguinary, sanguineous, slaughterous, butcherly]

n 1: a mythical Greek warrior who was a leader on the Trojan side of the Trojan War; hero of the Aeneid

n 1: type genus of the Danaidae: monarch butterflies [syn: Danaus, genus Danaus]

n 1: Swedish botanist who proposed the modern system of biological nomenclature (1707-1778) [syn: Linnaeus, Carolus Linnaeus, Carl von Linne, Karl Linne]

n 1: Dutch Protestant theologian who founded Arminianism which opposed the absolute predestinarianism of John Calvin (1559-1609) [syn: Arminius, Jacobus Arminius, Jacob Harmensen, Jakob Hermandszoon] 2: German hero; leader at the battle of Teutoburger Wald in AD 9 (circa 18 BC - AD 19) [syn: Arminius, Armin, Hermann]

n 1: Roman statesman and general who built the Flaminian Way; died when he was defeated by Hannibal (died 217 BC) [syn: Flaminius, Gaius Flaminius]

n 1: Greek lyric poet of Lesbos; reputed inventor of Alcaic verse (611-580 BC)