Words that rhyme with picus

• abacus 0
  n 1: a tablet placed horizontally on top of the capital of a column as an aid in supporting the architrave 2: a calculator that performs arithmetic functions by manually sliding counters on rods or in grooves
• blunderbuss 0
  n 1: a short musket of wide bore with a flared muzzle
• bus 0
  n 1: a vehicle carrying many passengers; used for public transport; "he always rode the bus to work" [syn: bus, autobus, coach, charabanc, double-decker, jitney, motorbus, motorcoach, omnibus, passenger vehicle] 2: the topology of a network whose components are connected by a busbar [syn: bus topology, bus] 3: an electrical conductor that makes a common connection between several circuits; "the busbar in this computer can transmit data either way between any two components of the system" [syn: busbar, bus] 4: a car that is old and unreliable; "the fenders had fallen off that old bus" [syn: bus, jalopy, heap] v 1: send or move around by bus; "The children were bussed to school" 2: ride in a bus 3: remove used dishes from the table in restaurants
• buss 0
  n 1: the act of caressing with the lips (or an instance thereof) [syn: kiss, buss, osculation] v 1: touch with the lips or press the lips (against someone's mouth or other body part) as an expression of love, greeting, etc.; "The newly married couple kissed"; "She kissed her grandfather on the forehead when she entered the room" [syn: snog, kiss, buss, osculate]
• concuss 0
  v 1: shake violently 2: injure the brain; sustain a concussion
• cuss 0
  n 1: a persistently annoying person [syn: pest, blighter, cuss, pesterer, gadfly] 2: a boy or man; "that chap is your host"; "there's a fellow at the door"; "he's a likable cuss"; "he's a good bloke" [syn: chap, fellow, feller, fella, lad, gent, blighter, cuss, bloke] 3: profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger; "expletives were deleted" [syn: curse, curse word, expletive, oath, swearing, swearword, cuss] v 1: utter obscenities or profanities; "The drunken men were cursing loudly in the street" [syn: curse, cuss, blaspheme, swear, imprecate]
• discuss 0
  v 1: to consider or examine in speech or writing; "The author talks about the different aspects of this question"; "The class discussed Dante's `Inferno'" [syn: discourse, talk about, discuss] 2: speak with others about (something); talk (something) over in detail; have a discussion; "We discussed our household budget" [syn: hash out, discuss, talk over]
• fracas 0
  n 1: noisy quarrel [syn: affray, altercation, fracas]
• fuss 0
  n 1: an excited state of agitation; "he was in a dither"; "there was a terrible flap about the theft" [syn: dither, pother, fuss, tizzy, flap] 2: an angry disturbance; "he didn't want to make a fuss"; "they had labor trouble"; "a spot of bother" [syn: fuss, trouble, bother, hassle] 3: a quarrel about petty points [syn: bicker, bickering, spat, tiff, squabble, pettifoggery, fuss] 4: a rapid active commotion [syn: bustle, hustle, flurry, ado, fuss, stir] v 1: worry unnecessarily or excessively; "don't fuss too much over the grandchildren--they are quite big now" [syn: fuss, niggle, fret] 2: care for like a mother; "She fusses over her husband" [syn: mother, fuss, overprotect]
• muss 0
  n 1: a state of confusion and disorderliness; "the house was a mess"; "she smoothed the mussiness of the bed" [syn: mess, messiness, muss, mussiness] v 1: make messy or untidy; "the child mussed up my hair" [syn: muss, tussle]
• nonplus 0
  v 1: be a mystery or bewildering to; "This beats me!"; "Got me-- I don't know the answer!"; "a vexing problem"; "This question really stuck me" [syn: perplex, vex, stick, get, puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, pose, bewilder, flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound]
• plus 0
  adj 1: on the positive side or higher end of a scale; "a plus value"; "temperature of plus 5 degrees"; "a grade of C plus" [ant: minus] 2: involving advantage or good; "a plus (or positive) factor" [syn: plus, positive] n 1: a useful or valuable quality [syn: asset, plus] [ant: liability] 2: the arithmetic operation of summing; calculating the sum of two or more numbers; "the summation of four and three gives seven"; "four plus three equals seven" [syn: summation, addition, plus]
• pus 0
  n 1: the tenth month of the Hindu calendar [syn: Pus, Pansa] 2: a fluid product of inflammation [syn: pus, purulence, suppuration, ichor, sanies, festering]
• raucous 0
  adj 1: unpleasantly loud and harsh [syn: raucous, strident] 2: disturbing the public peace; loud and rough; "a raucous party"; "rowdy teenagers" [syn: raucous, rowdy]
• thus 0
  adv 1: (used to introduce a logical conclusion) from that fact or reason or as a result; "therefore X must be true"; "the eggs were fresh and hence satisfactory"; "we were young and thence optimistic"; "it is late and thus we must go"; "the witness is biased and so cannot be trusted" [syn: therefore, hence, thence, thus, so] 2: in the way indicated; "hold the brush so"; "set up the pieces thus"; (`thusly' is a nonstandard variant) [syn: thus, thusly, so] n 1: an aromatic gum resin obtained from various Arabian or East African trees; formerly valued for worship and for embalming and fumigation [syn: frankincense, olibanum, gum olibanum, thus]
• truss 0
  n 1: (medicine) a bandage consisting of a pad and belt; worn to hold a hernia in place by pressure 2: a framework of beams (rafters, posts, struts) forming a rigid structure that supports a roof or bridge or other structure 3: (architecture) a triangular bracket of brick or stone (usually of slight extent) [syn: corbel, truss] v 1: tie the wings and legs of a bird before cooking it 2: secure with or as if with ropes; "tie down the prisoners"; "tie up the old newspapers and bring them to the recycling shed" [syn: tie down, tie up, bind, truss] 3: support structurally; "truss the roofs"; "trussed bridges"
• us 0
  n 1: North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776 [syn: United States, United States of America, America, the States, US, U.S., USA, U.S.A.]
• viscous 0
  adj 1: having a relatively high resistance to flow [syn: syrupy, viscous] 2: having the sticky properties of an adhesive [syn: gluey, glutinous, gummy, mucilaginous, pasty, sticky, viscid, viscous]
• percuss 0
  v 1: strike or tap firmly; "the doctor percussed his chest and back"
• huss 0
  n 1: Czechoslovakian religious reformer who anticipated the Reformation; he questioned the infallibility of the Catholic Church was excommunicated (1409) for attacking the corruption of the clergy; he was burned at the stake (1372-1415) [syn: Huss, John Huss, Hus, Jan Hus]
• sus 0
  n 1: type genus of the Suidae [syn: Sus, genus Sus]
• damascus 0
  n 1: an ancient city (widely regarded as the world's oldest) and present capital and largest city of Syria; according to the New Testament, the Apostle Paul (then known as Saul) underwent a dramatic conversion on the road to Damascus [syn: Dimash, Damascus, capital of Syria]
• ficus 0
  n 1: large genus of tropical trees or shrubs or climbers including fig trees [syn: Ficus, genus Ficus]
• adjusts 0
• suss 0
• sarcous 0
• cus 0
• brus 0
• bruss 0
• gus 0
• russ 0
• careplus 0
• banderas 0
• mikus 0

See also picus definition and picus synonyms