Words that rhyme with pumice

• amiss 0
  adv 1: away from the correct or expected course; "something has gone awry in our plans"; "something went badly amiss in the preparations" [syn: awry, amiss] 2: in an improper or mistaken or unfortunate manner; "if you think him guilty you judge amiss"; "he spoke amiss"; "no one took it amiss when she spoke frankly" 3: in an imperfect or faulty way; "The lobe was imperfectly developed"; "Miss Bennet would not play at all amiss if she practiced more"- Jane Austen [syn: imperfectly, amiss] [ant: perfectly] adj 1: not functioning properly; "something is amiss"; "has gone completely haywire"; "something is wrong with the engine" [syn: amiss(p), awry(p), haywire, wrong(p)]
• bliss 0
  n 1: a state of extreme happiness [syn: bliss, blissfulness, cloud nine, seventh heaven, walking on air]
• dermis 0
  n 1: the deep vascular inner layer of the skin [syn: dermis, corium, derma]
• dismiss 0
  v 1: bar from attention or consideration; "She dismissed his advances" [syn: dismiss, disregard, brush aside, brush off, discount, push aside, ignore] 2: cease to consider; put out of judicial consideration; "This case is dismissed!" [syn: dismiss, throw out] 3: stop associating with; "They dropped her after she had a child out of wedlock" [syn: dismiss, send packing, send away, drop] 4: terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position; "The boss fired his secretary today"; "The company terminated 25% of its workers" [syn: displace, fire, give notice, can, dismiss, give the axe, send away, sack, force out, give the sack, terminate] [ant: employ, engage, hire] 5: end one's encounter with somebody by causing or permitting the person to leave; "I was dismissed after I gave my report" [syn: dismiss, usher out] 6: declare void; "The President dissolved the parliament and called for new elections" [syn: dissolve, dismiss]
• epidermis 0
  n 1: the outer layer of the skin covering the exterior body surface of vertebrates [syn: epidermis, cuticle]
• hiss 0
  n 1: a fricative sound (especially as an expression of disapproval); "the performers could not be heard over the hissing of the audience" [syn: hiss, hissing, hushing, fizzle, sibilation] 2: a cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt [syn: boo, hoot, Bronx cheer, hiss, raspberry, razzing, razz, snort, bird] v 1: make a sharp hissing sound, as if to show disapproval [syn: hiss, siss, sizz, sibilate] 2: move with a whooshing sound [syn: hiss, whoosh] 3: express or utter with a hiss [syn: hiss, sizz, siss, sibilate] 4: show displeasure, as after a performance or speech [syn: boo, hiss] [ant: acclaim, applaud, clap, spat]
• hypodermis 0
  n 1: layer of cells that secretes the chitinous cuticle in e.g. arthropods
• kiss 0
  n 1: the act of caressing with the lips (or an instance thereof) [syn: kiss, buss, osculation] 2: a cookie made of egg whites and sugar 3: any of several bite-sized candies [syn: kiss, candy kiss] 4: a light glancing touch; "there was a brief kiss of their hands in passing" 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] 2: touch lightly or gently; "the blossoms were kissed by the soft rain"
• miss 0
  n 1: a young woman; "a young lady of 18" [syn: girl, miss, missy, young lady, young woman, fille] 2: a failure to hit (or meet or find etc) [syn: miss, misfire] 3: a form of address for an unmarried woman v 1: fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind; "I missed that remark"; "She missed his point"; "We lost part of what he said" [syn: miss, lose] 2: feel or suffer from the lack of; "He misses his mother" 3: fail to attend an event or activity; "I missed the concert"; "He missed school for a week" [ant: attend, go to] 4: leave undone or leave out; "How could I miss that typo?"; "The workers on the conveyor belt miss one out of ten" [syn: neglect, pretermit, omit, drop, miss, leave out, overlook, overleap] [ant: attend to, take to heart] 5: fail to reach or get to; "She missed her train" 6: be without; "This soup lacks salt"; "There is something missing in my jewelry box!" [syn: miss, lack] [ant: feature, have] 7: fail to reach; "The arrow missed the target" [ant: collide with, hit, impinge on, run into, strike] 8: be absent; "The child had been missing for a week" 9: fail to experience; "Fortunately, I missed the hurricane" [syn: miss, escape]
• piss 0
  n 1: liquid excretory product; "there was blood in his urine"; "the child had to make water" [syn: urine, piss, pee, piddle, weewee, water] 2: informal terms for urination; "he took a pee" [syn: peeing, pee, pissing, piss] v 1: eliminate urine; "Again, the cat had made on the expensive rug" [syn: make, urinate, piddle, puddle, micturate, piss, pee, pee-pee, make water, relieve oneself, take a leak, spend a penny, wee, wee-wee, pass water]
• premise 0
  n 1: a statement that is assumed to be true and from which a conclusion can be drawn; "on the assumption that he has been injured we can infer that he will not to play" [syn: premise, premiss, assumption] v 1: set forth beforehand, often as an explanation; "He premised these remarks so that his readers might understand" 2: furnish with a preface or introduction; "She always precedes her lectures with a joke"; "He prefaced his lecture with a critical remark about the institution" [syn: precede, preface, premise, introduce] 3: take something as preexisting and given [syn: premise, premiss]
• promise 0
  n 1: a verbal commitment by one person to another agreeing to do (or not to do) something in the future 2: grounds for feeling hopeful about the future; "there is little or no promise that he will recover" [syn: promise, hope] v 1: make a promise or commitment [syn: promise, assure] 2: promise to undertake or give; "I promise you my best effort" 3: make a prediction about; tell in advance; "Call the outcome of an election" [syn: predict, foretell, prognosticate, call, forebode, anticipate, promise] 4: give grounds for expectations; "The new results were promising"; "The results promised fame and glory"
• reminisce 0
  v 1: recall the past; "The grandparents sat there, reminiscing all afternoon"
• remiss 0
  adj 1: failing in what duty requires; "derelict (or delinquent) in his duty"; "neglectful of his duties"; "remiss of you not to pay your bills" [syn: derelict, delinquent, neglectful, remiss]
• sis 0
  n 1: a female person who has the same parents as another person; "my sister married a musician" [syn: sister, sis] [ant: blood brother, brother]
• koumiss 0
  n 1: an alcoholic beverage made from fermented mare's milk; made originally by nomads of central Asia [syn: koumiss, kumis]
• dis 0
  n 1: god of the underworld; counterpart of Greek Pluto [syn: Dis, Orcus]
• diss 0
  v 1: treat, mention, or speak to rudely; "He insulted her with his rude remarks"; "the student who had betrayed his classmate was dissed by everyone" [syn: diss, insult, affront]
• kris 0
  n 1: a Malayan dagger with a wavy blade [syn: kris, creese, crease]
• suisse 0
  n 1: a landlocked federal republic in central Europe [syn: Switzerland, Swiss Confederation, Suisse, Schweiz, Svizzera]
• swiss 0
  adj 1: of or relating to Switzerland or its people or culture; "the Swiss army" n 1: the natives or inhabitants of Switzerland [syn: Swiss, Swiss people]
• artemis 0
  n 1: (Greek mythology) the virgin goddess of the hunt and the Moon; daughter of Leto and twin sister of Apollo; identified with Roman Diana [syn: Artemis, Cynthia]
• epididymis 0
  n 1: a convoluted tubule in each testis; carries sperm to vas deferens
• premiss 0
  n 1: a statement that is assumed to be true and from which a conclusion can be drawn; "on the assumption that he has been injured we can infer that he will not to play" [syn: premise, premiss, assumption] v 1: take something as preexisting and given [syn: premise, premiss]
• plumbous 0
  adj 1: relating to or consisting of lead [syn: plumbic, plumbous]
• amice 0
• extremis 0
• kermis 0
• this 0
• chris 0
• fis 0
• lis 0
• liss 0
• rys 0
• vis 0
• wis 0
• alusuisse 0
• amis 0
• bis 0
• commis 0
• pomace 0
• semiramis 0
• airmiss 0

See also pumice definition and pumice synonyms