Words that rhyme with princess

  • abscess
    n 1: symptom consisting of a localized collection of pus surrounded by inflamed tissue
  • access
    n 1: the right to enter [syn: entree, access, accession, admission, admittance] 2: the right to obtain or make use of or take advantage of something (as services or membership) 3: a way of entering or leaving; "he took a wrong turn on the access to the bridge" [syn: access, approach] 4: a code (a series of characters or digits) that must be entered in some way (typed or dialed or spoken) to get the use of something (a telephone line or a computer or a local area network etc.) [syn: access, access code] 5: (computer science) the operation of reading or writing stored information [syn: access, memory access] 6: the act of approaching or entering; "he gained access to the building" v 1: obtain or retrieve from a storage device; as of information on a computer 2: reach or gain access to; "How does one access the attic in this house?"; "I cannot get to the T.V. antenna, even if I climb on the roof" [syn: access, get at]
  • amphioxus
    n 1: small translucent lancet-shaped burrowing marine animal; primitive forerunner of the vertebrates [syn: lancelet, amphioxus]
  • assess
    v 1: evaluate or estimate the nature, quality, ability, extent, or significance of; "I will have the family jewels appraised by a professional"; "access all the factors when taking a risk" [syn: measure, evaluate, valuate, assess, appraise, value] 2: charge (a person or a property) with a payment, such as a tax or a fine 3: set or determine the amount of (a payment such as a fine) [syn: tax, assess] 4: estimate the value of (property) for taxation; "Our house hasn't been assessed in years"
  • business
    n 1: a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it; "he bought his brother's business"; "a small mom-and-pop business"; "a racially integrated business concern" [syn: business, concern, business concern, business organization, business organisation] 2: the activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects; "computers are now widely used in business" [syn: commercial enterprise, business enterprise, business] 3: the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money; "he's not in my line of business" [syn: occupation, business, job, line of work, line] 4: a rightful concern or responsibility; "it's none of your business"; "mind your own business" 5: an immediate objective; "gossip was the main business of the evening" 6: the volume of commercial activity; "business is good today"; "show me where the business was today" 7: business concerns collectively; "Government and business could not agree" [syn: business, business sector] 8: customers collectively; "they have an upper class clientele" [syn: clientele, patronage, business] 9: incidental activity performed by an actor for dramatic effect; "his business with the cane was hilarious" [syn: business, stage business, byplay]
  • census
    n 1: a periodic count of the population [syn: census, nose count, nosecount] v 1: conduct a census; "They censused the deer in the forest"
  • colossus
    n 1: someone or something that is abnormally large and powerful [syn: giant, goliath, behemoth, monster, colossus] 2: a person of exceptional importance and reputation [syn: colossus, behemoth, giant, heavyweight, titan]
  • consensus
    n 1: agreement in the judgment or opinion reached by a group as a whole; "the lack of consensus reflected differences in theoretical positions"; "those rights and obligations are based on an unstated consensus"
  • excess
    adj 1: more than is needed, desired, or required; "trying to lose excess weight"; "found some extra change lying on the dresser"; "yet another book on heraldry might be thought redundant"; "skills made redundant by technological advance"; "sleeping in the spare room"; "supernumerary ornamentation"; "it was supererogatory of her to gloat"; "delete superfluous (or unnecessary) words"; "extra ribs as well as other supernumerary internal parts"; "surplus cheese distributed to the needy" [syn: excess, extra, redundant, spare, supererogatory, superfluous, supernumerary, surplus] n 1: a quantity much larger than is needed [syn: excess, surplus, surplusage, nimiety] 2: immoderation as a consequence of going beyond sufficient or permitted limits [syn: excess, excessiveness, inordinateness] 3: the state of being more than full [syn: surfeit, excess, overabundance] 4: excessive indulgence; "the child was spoiled by overindulgence" [syn: overindulgence, excess]
  • excursus
    n 1: a message that departs from the main subject [syn: digression, aside, excursus, divagation, parenthesis]
  • metatarsus
    n 1: the skeleton of the human foot between the toes and the tarsus; the corresponding part of the foot in birds or of the hind foot in quadrupeds
  • narcissus
    n 1: bulbous plant having erect linear leaves and showy yellow or white flowers either solitary or in clusters 2: (Greek mythology) a beautiful young man who fell in love with his own reflection
  • nexus
    n 1: the means of connection between things linked in series [syn: link, nexus] 2: a connected series or group
  • obsess
    v 1: haunt like a ghost; pursue; "Fear of illness haunts her" [syn: haunt, obsess, ghost] 2: be preoccupied with something; "She is obsessing over her weight"
  • plexus
    n 1: a network of intersecting blood vessels or intersecting nerves or intersecting lymph vessels [syn: plexus, rete]
  • process
    n 1: a particular course of action intended to achieve a result; "the procedure of obtaining a driver's license"; "it was a process of trial and error" [syn: procedure, process] 2: (psychology) the performance of some composite cognitive activity; an operation that affects mental contents; "the process of thinking"; "the cognitive operation of remembering" [syn: process, cognitive process, mental process, operation, cognitive operation] 3: a writ issued by authority of law; usually compels the defendant's attendance in a civil suit; failure to appear results in a default judgment against the defendant [syn: summons, process] 4: a mental process that you are not directly aware of; "the process of denial" [syn: process, unconscious process] 5: a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant; "a bony process" [syn: process, outgrowth, appendage] 6: a sustained phenomenon or one marked by gradual changes through a series of states; "events now in process"; "the process of calcification begins later for boys than for girls" [syn: process, physical process] v 1: subject to a process or treatment, with the aim of readying for some purpose, improving, or remedying a condition; "process cheese"; "process hair"; "treat the water so it can be drunk"; "treat the lawn with chemicals" ; "treat an oil spill" [syn: process, treat] 2: deal with in a routine way; "I'll handle that one"; "process a loan"; "process the applicants" 3: perform mathematical and logical operations on (data) according to programmed instructions in order to obtain the required information; "The results of the elections were still being processed when he gave his acceptance speech" 4: institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against; "He was warned that the district attorney would process him"; "She actioned the company for discrimination" [syn: action, sue, litigate, process] 5: march in a procession; "They processed into the dining room" [syn: march, process] 6: shape, form, or improve a material; "work stone into tools"; "process iron"; "work the metal" [syn: work, work on, process] 7: deliver a warrant or summons to someone; "He was processed by the sheriff" [syn: serve, process, swear out]
  • reassess
    v 1: revise or renew one's assessment [syn: reassess, reevaluate]
  • recess
    n 1: a state of abeyance or suspended business [syn: deferral, recess] 2: a small concavity [syn: recess, recession, niche, corner] 3: an arm off of a larger body of water (often between rocky headlands) [syn: inlet, recess] 4: an enclosure that is set back or indented [syn: recess, niche] 5: a pause from doing something (as work); "we took a 10-minute break"; "he took time out to recuperate" [syn: respite, recess, break, time out] v 1: put into a recess; "recess lights" 2: make a recess in; "recess the piece of wood" 3: close at the end of a session; "The court adjourned" [syn: adjourn, recess, break up]
  • reprocess
    v 1: use again after processing; "We must recycle the cardboard boxes" [syn: recycle, reprocess, reuse]
  • rhesus
    n 1: of southern Asia; used in medical research [syn: rhesus, rhesus monkey, Macaca mulatta]
  • senseless
    adj 1: not marked by the use of reason; "mindless violence"; "reasonless hostility"; "a senseless act" [syn: mindless, reasonless, senseless] 2: unresponsive to stimulation; "he lay insensible where he had fallen"; "drugged and senseless" [syn: insensible, senseless] 3: serving no useful purpose; having no excuse for being; "otiose lines in a play"; "advice is wasted words"; "a pointless remark"; "a life essentially purposeless"; "senseless violence" [syn: otiose, pointless, purposeless, senseless, superfluous, wasted] 4: (of especially persons) lacking sense or understanding or judgment [syn: nitwitted, senseless, soft-witted, witless]
  • success
    n 1: an event that accomplishes its intended purpose; "let's call heads a success and tails a failure"; "the election was a remarkable success for the Whigs" [ant: failure] 2: an attainment that is successful; "his success in the marathon was unexpected"; "his new play was a great success" 3: a state of prosperity or fame; "he is enjoying great success"; "he does not consider wealth synonymous with success" [ant: failure] 4: a person with a record of successes; "his son would never be the achiever that his father was"; "only winners need apply"; "if you want to be a success you have to dress like a success" [syn: achiever, winner, success, succeeder] [ant: failure, loser, nonstarter, unsuccessful person]
  • witness
    n 1: someone who sees an event and reports what happened [syn: witness, witnesser, informant] 2: a close observer; someone who looks at something (such as an exhibition of some kind); "the spectators applauded the performance"; "television viewers"; "sky watchers discovered a new star" [syn: spectator, witness, viewer, watcher, looker] 3: testimony by word or deed to your religious faith 4: (law) a person who attests to the genuineness of a document or signature by adding their own signature [syn: witness, attestant, attestor, attestator] 5: (law) a person who testifies under oath in a court of law v 1: be a witness to; "She witnessed the accident and had to testify in court" 2: perceive or be contemporaneous with; "We found Republicans winning the offices"; "You'll see a lot of cheating in this school"; "The 1960's saw the rebellion of the younger generation against established traditions"; "I want to see results" [syn: witness, find, see]
  • texas
    n 1: the second largest state; located in southwestern United States on the Gulf of Mexico [syn: Texas, Lone-Star State, TX]
  • heterosis
    n 1: (genetics) the tendency of a crossbred organism to have qualities superior to those of either parent [syn: heterosis, hybrid vigor]
  • byssus
    n 1: tuft of strong filaments by which e.g. a mussel makes itself fast to a fixed surface [syn: byssus, beard]
  • parnassus
    n 1: (Greek mythology) a mountain in central Greece where (according to Greek mythology) the Muses lived; known as the mythological home of music and poetry; "Liakoura is the modern name of Mount Parnassus" [syn: Parnassus, Mount Parnassus, Liakoura]
  • chlorosis
    n 1: iron deficiency anemia in young women; characterized by weakness and menstrual disturbances and a green color to the skin [syn: chlorosis, greensickness]
  • fluorosis
    n 1: a pathological condition resulting from an excessive intake of fluorine (usually from drinking water)
  • hidrosis
    n 1: the process of the sweat glands of the skin secreting a salty fluid; "perspiration is a homeostatic process" [syn: perspiration, sweating, diaphoresis, sudation, hidrosis]
  • kyphosis
    n 1: an abnormal backward curve to the vertebral column [syn: kyphosis, humpback, hunchback]
  • psilosis
    n 1: a chronic disorder that occurs in tropical and non-tropical forms and in both children and adults; nutrients are not absorbed; symptoms include foul-smelling diarrhea and emaciation [syn: sprue, tropical sprue, psilosis] 2: falling out of hair
  • pyrosis
    n 1: a painful burning sensation in the chest caused by gastroesophageal reflux (backflow from the stomach irritating the esophagus); symptomatic of an ulcer or a diaphragmatic hernia or other disorder [syn: heartburn, pyrosis]
  • stenosis
    n 1: abnormal narrowing of a bodily canal or passageway [syn: stenosis, stricture]
  • amaurosis
    n 1: partial or total loss of sight without pathology of the eye; caused by disease of optic nerve or retina or brain
  • ankylosis
    n 1: abnormal adhesion and rigidity of the bones of a joint [syn: ankylosis, anchylosis]
  • enarthrosis
    n 1: a freely moving joint in which a sphere on the head of one bone fits into a rounded cavity in the other bone [syn: ball-and-socket joint, spheroid joint, cotyloid joint, enarthrodial joint, enarthrosis, articulatio spheroidea]
  • melanosis
    n 1: a condition characterized by abnormal deposits of melanin (especially in the skin) [syn: melanosis, melanism]
  • anastomosis
    n 1: a natural or surgical joining of parts or branches of tubular structures so as to make or become continuous [syn: anastomosis, inosculation]
  • croesus
    n 1: last king of Lydia (died in 546 BC) 2: a very wealthy man
  • dionysus
    n 1: (Greek mythology) god of wine and fertility and drama; the Greek name of Bacchus
  • pegasus
    n 1: (Greek mythology) the immortal winged horse that sprang from the blood of the slain Medusa; was tamed by Bellerophon with the help of a bridle given him by Athena; as the flying horse of the Muses it is a symbol of highflying imagination 2: a constellation in the northern hemisphere near Andromeda and Pisces
  • thyrsus
    n 1: a dense flower cluster (as of the lilac or horse chestnut) in which the main axis is racemose and the branches are cymose [syn: thyrse, thyrsus]
  • cess
  • cysts
  • princesses
  • versus
  • frances
  • misdiagnosis
  • hattusas
  • francis
  • alexis
  • sorosis
  • byssinosis
  • synarthrosis
  • syndesmosis
  • biocoenosis
  • molossus
  • oxus
  • tibiotarsus

See also princess definition