Words that rhyme with psalterium
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aquarium
n 1: a tank or pool or bowl filled with water for keeping live fish and underwater animals [syn: aquarium, fish tank, marine museum] -
armamentarium
n 1: the collection of equipment and methods used in the practice of medicine -
atrium
n 1: any chamber that is connected to other chambers or passageways (especially one of the two upper chambers of the heart) 2: the central area in a building; open to the sky -
auditorium
n 1: the area of a theater or concert hall where the audience sits -
bacterium
n 1: (microbiology) single-celled or noncellular spherical or spiral or rod-shaped organisms lacking chlorophyll that reproduce by fission; important as pathogens and for biochemical properties; taxonomy is difficult; often considered to be plants [syn: bacteria, bacterium] -
barium
n 1: a soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group; found in barite [syn: barium, Ba, atomic number 56] -
cerium
n 1: a ductile grey metallic element of the lanthanide series; used in lighter flints; the most abundant of the rare-earth group [syn: cerium, Ce, atomic number 58] -
cinerarium
n 1: a niche for a funeral urn containing the ashes of the cremated dead [syn: columbarium, cinerarium] -
columbarium
n 1: a birdhouse for pigeons [syn: dovecote, columbarium, columbary] 2: a niche for a funeral urn containing the ashes of the cremated dead [syn: columbarium, cinerarium] 3: a sepulchral vault or other structure having recesses in the walls to receive cinerary urns -
corium
n 1: the deep vascular inner layer of the skin [syn: dermis, corium, derma] -
crematorium
n 1: a mortuary where corpses are cremated [syn: crematory, crematorium] 2: a furnace where a corpse can be burned and reduced to ashes [syn: crematory, crematorium, cremation chamber] -
curium
n 1: a radioactive transuranic metallic element; produced by bombarding plutonium with helium nuclei [syn: curium, Cm, atomic number 96] -
delirium
n 1: state of violent mental agitation [syn: craze, delirium, frenzy, fury, hysteria] 2: a usually brief state of excitement and mental confusion often accompanied by hallucinations -
deuterium
n 1: an isotope of hydrogen which has one neutron (as opposed to zero neutrons in hydrogen) [syn: deuterium, heavy hydrogen] -
disequilibrium
n 1: loss of equilibrium attributable to an unstable situation in which some forces outweigh others [ant: equilibrium] -
emporium
n 1: a large retail store organized into departments offering a variety of merchandise; commonly part of a retail chain [syn: department store, emporium] -
equilibrium
n 1: a stable situation in which forces cancel one another [ant: disequilibrium] 2: a chemical reaction and its reverse proceed at equal rates [syn: chemical equilibrium, equilibrium] 3: equality of distribution [syn: balance, equilibrium, equipoise, counterbalance] 4: a sensory system located in structures of the inner ear that registers the orientation of the head [syn: equilibrium, labyrinthine sense, vestibular sense, sense of balance, sense of equilibrium] -
herbarium
n 1: a collection of dried plants that are mounted and systematically classified for study -
honorarium
n 1: a fee paid for a nominally free service -
moratorium
n 1: a legally authorized postponement before some obligation must be discharged 2: suspension of an ongoing activity -
opprobrium
n 1: state of disgrace resulting from public abuse [syn: obloquy, opprobrium] 2: a state of extreme dishonor; "a date which will live in infamy"- F.D.Roosevelt; "the name was a by-word of scorn and opprobrium throughout the city" [syn: infamy, opprobrium] [ant: celebrity, fame, renown] -
planetarium
n 1: a building housing an instrument for projecting the positions of the planets onto a domed ceiling 2: an optical device for projecting images of celestial bodies and other astronomical phenomena onto the inner surface of a hemispherical dome 3: an apparatus or model for representing the solar systems -
samarium
n 1: a grey lustrous metallic element of the rare earth group; is used in special alloys; occurs in monazite and bastnasite [syn: samarium, Sm, atomic number 62] -
scriptorium
n 1: a room in a monastery that is set aside for writing or copying manuscripts -
solarium
n 1: a room enclosed largely with glass and affording exposure to the sun [syn: sun parlor, sun parlour, sun porch, sunporch, sunroom, sun lounge, solarium] -
tellurium
n 1: a brittle silver-white metalloid element that is related to selenium and sulfur; it is used in alloys and as a semiconductor; occurs mainly as tellurides in ores of copper and nickel and silver and gold [syn: tellurium, Te, atomic number 52] -
terrarium
n 1: a vivarium in which selected living plants are kept and observed -
thorium
n 1: a soft silvery-white tetravalent radioactive metallic element; isotope 232 is used as a power source in nuclear reactors; occurs in thorite and in monazite sands [syn: thorium, Th, atomic number 90] -
yttrium
n 1: a silvery metallic element that is common in rare-earth minerals; used in magnesium and aluminum alloys [syn: yttrium, Y, atomic number 39] -
vivarium
n 1: an indoor enclosure for keeping and raising living animals and plants and observing them under natural conditions -
sanitarium
n 1: a hospital for recuperation or for the treatment of chronic diseases [syn: sanatorium, sanatarium, sanitarium] -
collyrium
n 1: lotion consisting of a solution used as a cleanser for the eyes [syn: eye-lotion, eyewash, collyrium] -
imperium
n 1: the domain ruled by an emperor or empress; the region over which imperial dominion is exercised [syn: empire, imperium] 2: supreme authority; absolute dominion -
eubacterium
n 1: a large group of bacteria having rigid cell walls; motile types have flagella [syn: eubacteria, eubacterium, true bacteria] -
ferrocerium
n 1: a pyrophoric alloy of iron with cerium; used for lighter flints -
aspersorium
n 1: the basin or other vessel that holds holy water in Roman Catholic Churches 2: a short-handled device with a globe containing a sponge; used for sprinkling holy water [syn: aspergill, aspersorium] -
sudatorium
n 1: a bathhouse for hot air baths or steam baths [syn: sudatorium, sudatory] -
caldarium
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ciborium
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conservatorium
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leprosarium
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rosarium
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sacrarium
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dolphinarium
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frigidarium
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insectarium
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oceanarium
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termitarium
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miriam
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mysterium
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subdelirium
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