Words that rhyme with stroboscope

• bioscope 0
  n 1: a South African movie theater 2: a kind of early movie projector
• bronchoscope 0
  n 1: a slender tubular instrument used to examine the bronchial tubes
• chronoscope 0
  n 1: an instrument for accurate measurements of small intervals of time
• cope 0
  n 1: brick that is laid sideways at the top of a wall [syn: header, coping, cope] 2: a long cloak; worn by a priest or bishop on ceremonial occasions v 1: come to terms with; "We got by on just a gallon of gas"; "They made do on half a loaf of bread every day" [syn: cope, get by, make out, make do, contend, grapple, deal, manage]
• dope 0
  n 1: street names for marijuana [syn: pot, grass, green goddess, dope, weed, gage, sess, sens, smoke, skunk, locoweed, Mary Jane] 2: an ignorant or foolish person [syn: dumbbell, dummy, dope, boob, booby, pinhead] 3: carbonated drink flavored with extract from kola nuts (`dope' is a southernism in the United States) [syn: cola, dope] 4: slang terms for inside information; "is that the straight dope?" [syn: dope, poop, the skinny, low-down] v 1: take drugs to improve one's athletic performance 2: add impurities to (a semiconductor) in order to produce or modify its properties; "The resistors have been doped" 3: give a narcotic to; "The athletes were dope by the coach before the race" [syn: dope, dope up]
• electroscope 0
  n 1: measuring instrument that detects electric charge; two gold leaves diverge owing to repulsion of charges with like sign
• elope 0
  v 1: run away secretly with one's beloved; "The young couple eloped and got married in Las Vegas" [syn: elope, run off]
• endoscope 0
  n 1: a long slender medical instrument for examining the interior of a bodily organ or performing minor surgery
• epidiascope 0
  n 1: an optical projector that gives images of both transparent and opaque objects
• fluoroscope 0
  n 1: an X-ray machine that combines an X-ray source and a fluorescent screen to enable direct observation [syn: fluoroscope, roentgenoscope]
• grope 0
  n 1: the act of groping; and instance of groping v 1: feel about uncertainly or blindly; "She groped for her glasses in the darkness of the bedroom" [syn: grope, fumble] 2: search blindly or uncertainly; "His mind groped to make the connection" 3: fondle for sexual pleasure; "He made some sexual advances at the woman in his office and groped her repeatedly"
• gyroscope 0
  n 1: rotating mechanism in the form of a universally mounted spinning wheel that offers resistance to turns in any direction [syn: gyroscope, gyro]
• hope 0
  n 1: a specific instance of feeling hopeful; "it revived their hope of winning the pennant" 2: the general feeling that some desire will be fulfilled; "in spite of his troubles he never gave up hope" [ant: despair] 3: grounds for feeling hopeful about the future; "there is little or no promise that he will recover" [syn: promise, hope] 4: someone (or something) on which expectations are centered; "he was their best hope for a victory" 5: United States comedian (born in England) who appeared in films with Bing Crosby (1903-2003) [syn: Hope, Bob Hope, Leslie Townes Hope] 6: one of the three Christian virtues v 1: expect and wish; "I trust you will behave better from now on"; "I hope she understands that she cannot expect a raise" [syn: hope, trust, desire] 2: be optimistic; be full of hope; have hopes; "I am still hoping that all will turn out well" [ant: despair] 3: intend with some possibility of fulfilment; "I hope to have finished this work by tomorrow evening" [syn: hope, go for]
• horoscope 0
  n 1: a prediction of someone's future based on the relative positions of the planets 2: a diagram of the positions of the planets and signs of the zodiac at a particular time and place
• hygroscope 0
  n 1: hygrometer that shows variations in the relative humidity of the atmosphere
• kaleidoscope 0
  n 1: a complex pattern of constantly changing colors and shapes 2: an optical toy in a tube; it produces symmetrical patterns as bits of colored glass are reflected by mirrors
• kinescope 0
  n 1: a cathode-ray tube in a television receiver; translates the received signal into a picture on a luminescent screen [syn: kinescope, picture tube, television tube]
• laryngoscope 0
  n 1: a medical instrument for examining the larynx
• lope 0
  n 1: a slow pace of running [syn: jog, trot, lope] 2: a smooth three-beat gait; between a trot and a gallop [syn: canter, lope] v 1: run easily
• microscope 0
  n 1: magnifier of the image of small objects; "the invention of the microscope led to the discovery of the cell"
• mope 0
  n 1: someone who wastes time [syn: dallier, dillydallier, dilly-dallier, mope, lounger] v 1: move around slowly and aimlessly [syn: mope, mope around] 2: be apathetic, gloomy, or dazed [syn: mope, moon around, moon about]
• ophthalmoscope 0
  n 1: medical instrument for examining the retina of the eye
• oscilloscope 0
  n 1: electronic equipment that provides visual images of varying electrical quantities [syn: oscilloscope, scope, cathode-ray oscilloscope, CRO]
• periscope 0
  n 1: an optical instrument that provides a view of an otherwise obstructed field
• pope 0
  n 1: the head of the Roman Catholic Church [syn: pope, Catholic Pope, Roman Catholic Pope, pontiff, Holy Father, Vicar of Christ, Bishop of Rome] 2: English poet and satirist (1688-1744) [syn: Pope, Alexander Pope]
• rope 0
  n 1: a strong line 2: street names for flunitrazepan [syn: R-2, Mexican valium, rophy, rope, roofy, roach, forget me drug, circle] v 1: catch with a lasso; "rope cows" [syn: lasso, rope] 2: fasten with a rope; "rope the bag securely" [syn: rope, leash]
• scope 0
  n 1: 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] 2: the state of the environment in which a situation exists; "you can't do that in a university setting" [syn: setting, background, scope] 3: a magnifier of images of distant objects [syn: telescope, scope] 4: electronic equipment that provides visual images of varying electrical quantities [syn: oscilloscope, scope, cathode-ray oscilloscope, CRO]
• slope 0
  n 1: an elevated geological formation; "he climbed the steep slope"; "the house was built on the side of a mountain" [syn: slope, incline, side] 2: the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the horizontal; "a five-degree gradient" [syn: gradient, slope] v 1: be at an angle; "The terrain sloped down" [syn: slope, incline, pitch]
• soap 0
  n 1: a cleansing agent made from the salts of vegetable or animal fats 2: money offered as a bribe 3: street names for gamma hydroxybutyrate [syn: soap, scoop, max, liquid ecstasy, grievous bodily harm, goop, Georgia home boy, easy lay] v 1: rub soap all over, usually with the purpose of cleaning [syn: soap, lather]
• spectroscope 0
  n 1: an optical instrument for spectrographic analysis [syn: spectroscope, prism spectroscope]
• stereoscope 0
  n 1: an optical device for viewing stereoscopic photographs
• stethoscope 0
  n 1: a medical instrument for listening to the sounds generated inside the body
• telescope 0
  n 1: a magnifier of images of distant objects [syn: telescope, scope] v 1: crush together or collapse; "In the accident, the cars telescoped"; "my hiking sticks telescope and can be put into the backpack" 2: make smaller or shorter; "the novel was telescoped into a short play"
• tope 0
  n 1: a dome-shaped shrine erected by Buddhists [syn: stupa, tope] v 1: drink excessive amounts of alcohol; be an alcoholic; "The husband drinks and beats his wife" [syn: drink, tope]
• trope 0
  n 1: language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense [syn: trope, figure of speech, figure, image]
• auriscope 0
  n 1: medical instrument consisting of a magnifying lens and light; used for examining the external ear (the auditory meatus and especially the tympanic membrane) [syn: otoscope, auriscope, auroscope]
• fiberscope 0
  n 1: a flexible medical instrument involving fiber optics that is used to examine internal organs
• gastroscope 0
  n 1: a type of endoscope for visually examining the stomach
• otoscope 0
  n 1: medical instrument consisting of a magnifying lens and light; used for examining the external ear (the auditory meatus and especially the tympanic membrane) [syn: otoscope, auriscope, auroscope]
• proctoscope 0
  n 1: an endoscope for examining the rectum
• rhinoscope 0
  n 1: medical instrument consisting of a mirror mounted at an angle on a rod; used to examine the nasal passages (through the nasopharynx)
• laparoscope 0
  n 1: a slender endoscope inserted through an incision in the abdominal wall in order to examine the abdominal organs or to perform minor surgery
• polariscope 0
  n 1: an optical device used to measure the rotation of the plane of vibration of polarized light [syn: polarimeter, polariscope]
• episcope 0
• hagioscope 0
• nope 0
• riflescope 0
• groep 0
• koep 0
• koepp 0
• koeppe 0
• kope 0
• ope 0
• sope 0
• stope 0
• strope 0
• swope 0
• cystoscope 0
• diascope 0
• seismoscope 0
• snooperscope 0
• statoscope 0

See also stroboscope definition