Words that rhyme with piscine

• adenosine 0
  n 1: (biochemistry) a nucleoside that is a structural component of nucleic acids; it is present in all living cells in a combined form as a constituent of DNA and RNA and ADP and ATP and AMP
• arsine 0
  n 1: a poisonous colorless flammable gas used in organic synthesis and to dope transistors and as a poison gas in warfare
• assign 0
  v 1: give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person) [syn: delegate, designate, depute, assign] 2: give out; "We were assigned new uniforms" [syn: assign, allot, portion] 3: attribute or credit to; "We attributed this quotation to Shakespeare"; "People impute great cleverness to cats" [syn: impute, ascribe, assign, attribute] 4: select something or someone for a specific purpose; "The teacher assigned him to lead his classmates in the exercise" [syn: assign, specify, set apart] 5: attribute or give; "She put too much emphasis on her the last statement"; "He put all his efforts into this job"; "The teacher put an interesting twist to the interpretation of the story" [syn: put, assign] 6: make undue claims to having [syn: arrogate, assign] 7: transfer one's right to 8: decide as to where something belongs in a scheme; "The biologist assigned the mushroom to the proper class" [syn: assign, attribute]
• australopithecine 0
  adj 1: of or belonging to the hominid genus Australopithecus n 1: any of several extinct humanlike bipedal primates with relatively small brains of the genus Australopithecus; from 1 to 4 million years ago
• casein 0
  n 1: a milk protein used in making e.g. plastics and adhesives 2: a water-base paint made with a protein precipitated from milk [syn: casein paint, casein]
• cosine 0
  n 1: ratio of the adjacent side to the hypotenuse of a right- angled triangle [syn: cosine, cos]
• cytosine 0
  n 1: a base found in DNA and RNA and derived from pyrimidine; pairs with guanine [syn: cytosine, C]
• epicene 0
  adj 1: having an ambiguous sexual identity [syn: bisexual, epicene] 2: having unsuitable feminine qualities [syn: effeminate, emasculate, epicene, cissy, sissified, sissyish, sissy] n 1: one having both male and female sexual characteristics and organs; at birth an unambiguous assignment of male or female cannot be made [syn: hermaphrodite, intersex, gynandromorph, androgyne, epicene, epicene person]
• hircine 0
  adj 1: of or pertaining to or suggestive of a goat (especially in strong odor)
• hoatzin 0
  n 1: crested ill-smelling South American bird whose young have claws on the first and second digits of the wings [syn: hoatzin, hoactzin, stinkbird, Opisthocomus hoazin]
• kerosene 0
  n 1: a flammable hydrocarbon oil used as fuel in lamps and heaters [syn: kerosene, kerosine, lamp oil, coal oil]
• lysine 0
  n 1: an essential amino acid found in proteins; occurs especially in gelatin and casein
• nankeen 0
  n 1: a durable fabric formerly loomed by hand in China from natural cotton having a yellowish color
• obscene 0
  adj 1: designed to incite to indecency or lust; "the dance often becomes flagrantly obscene"-Margaret Mead 2: offensive to the mind; "an abhorrent deed"; "the obscene massacre at Wounded Knee"; "morally repugnant customs"; "repulsive behavior"; "the most repulsive character in recent novels" [syn: abhorrent, detestable, obscene, repugnant, repulsive] 3: suggestive of or tending to moral looseness; "lewd whisperings of a dirty old man"; "an indecent gesture"; "obscene telephone calls"; "salacious limericks" [syn: lewd, obscene, raunchy, salacious]
• oscine 0
  adj 1: of or relating to the songbirds n 1: passerine bird having specialized vocal apparatus [syn: oscine, oscine bird]
• palanquin 0
  n 1: a closed litter carried on the shoulders of four bearers [syn: palanquin, palankeen]
• porcine 0
  adj 1: relating to or suggesting swine; "comparison between human and porcine pleasures" 2: repellently fat; "a bald porcine old man" [syn: gross, porcine] 3: resembling swine; coarsely gluttonous or greedy; "piggish table manners"; "the piggy fat-cheeked little boy and his porcine pot-bellied father"; "swinish slavering over food" [syn: hoggish, piggish, piggy, porcine, swinish]
• pyridoxine 0
  n 1: a B vitamin that is essential for metabolism of amino acids and starch [syn: vitamin B6, pyridoxine, pyridoxal, pyridoxamine, adermin]
• pyroxene 0
  n 1: any of a group of crystalline silicate mineral common in igneous and metamorphic rocks
• reassign 0
  v 1: transfer somebody to a different position or location of work [syn: transfer, reassign]
• resign 0
  v 1: leave (a job, post, or position) voluntarily; "She vacated the position when she got pregnant"; "The chairman resigned when he was found to have misappropriated funds" [syn: vacate, resign, renounce, give up] 2: give up or retire from a position; "The Secretary of the Navy will leave office next month"; "The chairman resigned over the financial scandal" [syn: leave office, quit, step down, resign] [ant: take office] 3: part with a possession or right; "I am relinquishing my bedroom to the long-term house guest"; "resign a claim to the throne" [syn: release, relinquish, resign, free, give up] 4: accept as inevitable; "He resigned himself to his fate" [syn: resign, reconcile, submit]
• tyrosine 0
  n 1: an amino acid found in most proteins; a precursor of several hormones
• unforeseen 0
  adj 1: not anticipated; "unanticipated and disconcerting lines of development"- H.W.Glidden; "unforeseen circumstances"; "a virtue unlooked-for in people so full of energy"; "like a bolt out of the blue" [syn: unanticipated, unforeseen, unlooked-for, out of the blue(p)]
• unseen 0
  adj 1: not observed [syn: unobserved, unseen] n 1: a belief that there is a realm controlled by a divine spirit [syn: spiritual world, spiritual domain, unseen]
• ursine 0
  adj 1: of or relating to or similar to bears
• vaccine 0
  n 1: immunogen consisting of a suspension of weakened or dead pathogenic cells injected in order to stimulate the production of antibodies [syn: vaccine, vaccinum]
• achene 0
  n 1: small dry indehiscent fruit with the seed distinct from the fruit wall
• alkene 0
  n 1: any unsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbon [syn: alkene, olefine, olefin]
• glycine 0
  n 1: the simplest amino acid found in proteins and the principal amino acid in sugar cane 2: genus of Asiatic erect or sprawling herbs: soya bean [syn: Glycine, genus Glycine]
• nicene 0
  adj 1: of or relating to the ancient city of Nicaea in Asia Minor [syn: Nicaean, Nicene]
• racine 0
  n 1: French advocate of Jansenism; tragedian who based his works on Greek and Roman themes (1639-1699) [syn: Racine, Jean Racine, Jean Baptiste Racine] 2: a city in southeastern Wisconsin on Lake Michigan to the south of Milwaukee
• colchicine 0
  n 1: an analgesic drug derived from the saffron plant and used to treat gout
• damascene 0
  adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of Damascus or its people; "damascene city gates" 2: (of metals) decorated or inlaid with a wavy pattern of different (especially precious) metals; "a damascened sword" n 1: a native or inhabitant of Damascus 2: a design produced by inlaying gold or silver into steel v 1: inlay metal with gold and silver
• eocene 0
  n 1: from 58 million to 40 million years ago; presence of modern mammals [syn: Eocene, Eocene epoch]
• holocene 0
  n 1: approximately the last 10,000 years [syn: Holocene, Holocene epoch, Recent, Recent epoch]
• hyoscine 0
  n 1: an alkaloid with anticholinergic effects that is used as a sedative and to treat nausea and to dilate the pupils in ophthalmic procedures; "transdermal scopolamine is used to treat motion sickness"; "someone sedated with scopolamine has difficulty lying" [syn: scopolamine, hyoscine]
• miocene 0
  n 1: from 25 million to 13 million years ago; appearance of grazing mammals [syn: Miocene, Miocene epoch]
• pliocene 0
  n 1: from 13 million to 2 million years ago; growth of mountains; cooling of climate; more and larger mammals [syn: Pliocene, Pliocene epoch]
• oligocene 0
  n 1: from 40 million to 25 million years ago; appearance of sabertoothed cats [syn: Oligocene, Oligocene epoch]
• thylacine 0
  n 1: rare doglike carnivorous marsupial of Tasmania having stripes on its back; probably extinct [syn: thylacine, Tasmanian wolf, Tasmanian tiger, Thylacinus cynocephalus]
• alkyne 0
  n 1: a colorless flammable gas used chiefly in welding and in organic synthesis [syn: acetylene, ethyne, alkyne]
• thyroxine 0
  n 1: hormone produced by the thyroid glands to regulate metabolism by controlling the rate of oxidation in cells; "thyroxine is 65% iodine" [syn: thyroxine, thyroxin, tetraiodothyronine, T]
• fascine 0
• foreseen 0
• glassine 0
• overseen 0
• francine 0
• maxine 0
• anthracene 0
• neocene 0
• palaeocene 0

See also piscine definition