Words that rhyme with priestess

  • asbestos
    n 1: a fibrous amphibole; used for making fireproof articles; inhaling fibers can cause asbestosis or lung cancer
  • countess
    n 1: female equivalent of a count or earl
  • giantess
    n 1: a female giant
  • hostess
    n 1: a woman host 2: a woman innkeeper 3: a woman steward on an airplane [syn: stewardess, air hostess, hostess]
  • interstice
    n 1: a small structural space between tissues or parts of an organ; "the interstices of a network" 2: small opening between things
  • poetess
    n 1: a woman poet
  • poultice
    n 1: a medical dressing consisting of a soft heated mass of meal or clay that is spread on a cloth and applied to the skin to treat inflamed areas or improve circulation etc. [syn: poultice, cataplasm, plaster] v 1: dress by covering with a therapeutic substance [syn: poultice, plaster]
  • prophetess
    n 1: a woman prophet
  • solstice
    n 1: either of the two times of the year when the sun is at its greatest distance from the celestial equator
  • cortes
    n 1: Spanish conquistador who defeated the Aztecs and conquered Mexico (1485-1547) [syn: Cortes, Cortez, Hernando Cortes, Hernando Cortez, Hernan Cortes, Hernan Cortez]
  • politesse
    n 1: courtesy towards women [syn: chivalry, gallantry, politesse]
  • augustus
    n 1: Roman statesman who established the Roman Empire and became emperor in 27 BC; defeated Mark Antony and Cleopatra in 31 BC at Actium (63 BC - AD 14) [syn: Augustus, Gaius Octavianus, Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus, Octavian]
  • hephaestus
    n 1: (Greek mythology) the lame god of fire and metalworking in ancient mythology; identified with Roman Vulcan [syn: Hephaestus, Hephaistos]
  • santos
    n 1: a port city in southwestern Brazil on an offshore island near Sao Paulo
  • theophrastus
    n 1: Greek philosopher who was a student of Aristotle and who succeeded Aristotle as the leader of the Peripatetics (371-287 BC)
  • cistus
    n 1: small to medium-sized evergreen shrubs of southern Europe and North Africa [syn: Cistus, genus Cistus]
  • viscountess
    n 1: a wife or widow of a viscount 2: a noblewoman holding the rank of viscount in her own right
  • cultus
    n 1: a system of religious beliefs and rituals; "devoted to the cultus of the Blessed Virgin" [syn: cult, cultus, religious cult]
  • festus
  • vicomtesse
  • saltus
  • cestus
  • asbestus
  • rastus
  • cobaltous
  • lofthouse
  • eustace

See also priestess definition