Words that rhyme with scabious

  • amphibious
    adj 1: relating to or characteristic of animals of the class Amphibia [syn: amphibious, amphibian] 2: operating or living on land and in water; "amphibious vehicles"; "amphibious operations"; "amphibious troops"; "frogs are amphibious animals" [ant: aquatic, terrestrial]
  • campus
    n 1: a field on which the buildings of a university are situated
  • compass
    n 1: navigational instrument for finding directions 2: an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control: "the range of a supersonic jet"; "a piano has a greater range than the human voice"; "the ambit of municipal legislation"; "within the compass of this article"; "within the scope of an investigation"; "outside the reach of the law"; "in the political orbit of a world power" [syn: scope, range, reach, orbit, compass, ambit] 3: the limit of capability; "within the compass of education" [syn: compass, range, reach, grasp] 4: drafting instrument used for drawing circles v 1: bring about; accomplish; "This writer attempts more than his talents can compass" 2: travel around, either by plane or ship; "We compassed the earth" [syn: circumnavigate, compass] 3: get the meaning of something; "Do you comprehend the meaning of this letter?" [syn: grok, get the picture, comprehend, savvy, dig, grasp, compass, apprehend]
  • corpus
    n 1: capital as contrasted with the income derived from it [syn: principal, corpus, principal sum] 2: a collection of writings; "he edited the Hemingway corpus" 3: the main part of an organ or other bodily structure
  • dubious
    adj 1: fraught with uncertainty or doubt; "they were doubtful that the cord would hold"; "it was doubtful whether she would be admitted"; "dubious about agreeing to go" [syn: doubtful, dubious] 2: open to doubt or suspicion; "the candidate's doubtful past"; "he has a dubious record indeed"; "what one found uncertain the other found dubious or downright false"; "it was more than dubitable whether the friend was as influential as she thought"- Karen Horney [syn: doubtful, dubious, dubitable, in question(p)] 3: not convinced; "they admitted the force of my argument but remained dubious"
  • encompass
    v 1: include in scope; include as part of something broader; have as one's sphere or territory; "This group encompasses a wide range of people from different backgrounds"; "this should cover everyone in the group" [syn: embrace, encompass, comprehend, cover]
  • eohippus
    n 1: earliest horse; extinct primitive dog-sized four-toed Eocene animal [syn: eohippus, dawn horse]
  • grampus
    n 1: predatory black-and-white toothed whale with large dorsal fin; common in cold seas [syn: killer whale, killer, orca, grampus, sea wolf, Orcinus orca] 2: slaty-grey blunt-nosed dolphin common in northern seas [syn: grampus, Grampus griseus]
  • gyrocompass
    n 1: a compass that does not depend on magnetism but uses a gyroscope instead
  • hippocampus
    n 1: a complex neural structure (shaped like a sea horse) consisting of grey matter and located on the floor of each lateral ventricle; intimately involved in motivation and emotion as part of the limbic system; has a central role in the formation of memories 2: seahorses [syn: Hippocampus, genus Hippocampus]
  • lupus
    n 1: any of several forms of ulcerative skin disease 2: a constellation in the southern hemisphere near Centaurus
  • metacarpus
    n 1: the part of the hand between the carpus and phalanges
  • trespass
    n 1: a wrongful interference with the possession of property (personal property as well as realty), or the action instituted to recover damages 2: entry to another's property without right or permission [syn: trespass, encroachment, violation, intrusion, usurpation] v 1: enter unlawfully on someone's property; "Don't trespass on my land!" [syn: trespass, intrude] 2: make excessive use of; "You are taking advantage of my good will!"; "She is trespassing upon my privacy" [syn: trespass, take advantage] 3: break the law 4: commit a sin; violate a law of God or a moral law [syn: sin, transgress, trespass] 5: pass beyond (limits or boundaries) [syn: transgress, trespass, overstep]
  • pappus
    n 1: calyx composed of scales or bristles or featherlike hairs in plants of the Compositae such as thistles and dandelions
  • atropos
    n 1: the Greek goddess of fate who cuts the thread of life
  • priapus
    n 1: (classical mythology) god of male procreative power and guardian of gardens and vineyards
  • lepus
    n 1: a constellation in the southern hemisphere near Orion and Columba 2: type genus of the Leporidae: hares [syn: Lepus, genus Lepus]
  • eusebius
    n 1: Christian bishop of Caesarea in Palestine; a church historian and a leading early Christian exegete (circa 270-340) [syn: Eusebius, Eusebius of Caesarea]
  • oedipus
    n 1: (Greek mythology) a tragic king of Thebes who unknowingly killed his father Laius and married his mother Jocasta; the subject of the drama `Oedipus Rex' by Sophocles [syn: Oedipus, King Oedipus, Oedipus Rex]
  • lysippus
    n 1: Greek sculptor (4th century BC)
  • canopus
    n 1: supergiant star 650 light years from Earth; second brightest star in the sky
  • olympus
    n 1: a mountain peak in northeast Greece near the Aegean coast; believed by ancient Greeks to be the dwelling place of the gods (9,570 feet high) [syn: Olympus, Mount Olympus, Mt. Olympus, Olimbos]
  • carpus
    n 1: a joint between the distal end of the radius and the proximal row of carpal bones [syn: wrist, carpus, wrist joint, radiocarpal joint, articulatio radiocarpea]
  • acarpous
    adj 1: producing no fruit
  • syncarpous
    adj 1: (of ovaries of flowering plants) consisting of united carpels [ant: apocarpous]
  • apocarpous
    adj 1: (of ovaries of flowering plants) consisting of carpels that are free from one another as in buttercups or roses [ant: syncarpous]
  • habeas
  • chiapas
  • polybius
  • triphibious
  • palpus
  • aristippus
  • monocarpous
  • oligocarpous
  • upas
  • plumbeous

See also scabious definition and scabious synonyms