Words that rhyme with surface

  • amorphous
    adj 1: having no definite form or distinct shape; "amorphous clouds of insects"; "an aggregate of formless particles"; "a shapeless mass of protoplasm" [syn: amorphous, formless, shapeless] 2: lacking the system or structure characteristic of living bodies [syn: amorphous, unstructured] 3: without real or apparent crystalline form; "an amorphous mineral"; "amorphous structure" [syn: amorphous, uncrystallized, uncrystallised]
  • furnace
    n 1: an enclosed chamber in which heat is produced to heat buildings, destroy refuse, smelt or refine ores, etc.
  • polymorphous
    adj 1: relating to the crystallization of a compound in two or more different forms; "polymorphous crystallization" [syn: polymorphous, polymorphic] 2: relating to the occurrence of more than one kind of individual (independent of sexual differences) in an interbreeding population; "a polymorphic species" [syn: polymorphic, polymorphous] 3: having or occurring in several distinct forms; "man is both polymorphic and polytypic"; "a polymorphous god" [syn: polymorphic, polymorphous]
  • preface
    n 1: a short introductory essay preceding the text of a book [syn: foreword, preface, prolusion] v 1: 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]
  • resurface
    v 1: reappear on the surface 2: cover with a new surface 3: appear again; "The missing man suddenly resurfaced in New York"
  • subsurface
    adj 1: beneath the surface; "subsurface materials of the moon" [ant: overhead, surface]
  • typhus
    n 1: rickettsial disease transmitted by body lice and characterized by skin rash and high fever [syn: typhus, typhus fever]
  • dreyfus
    n 1: French army officer of Jewish descent whose false imprisonment for treason in 1894 raised issues of anti- Semitism that dominated French politics until his release in 1906 (1859-1935) [syn: Dreyfus, Alfred Dreyfus]
  • isomorphous
    adj 1: having similar appearance but genetically different [syn: isomorphous, isomorphic]
  • dimorphous
    adj 1: occurring or existing in two different forms; "dimorphic crystals"; "dimorphous organisms" [syn: dimorphic, dimorphous]
  • tophus
    n 1: a deposit of urates around a joint or in the external ear; diagnostic of advanced or chronic gout [syn: tophus, chalkstone] 2: an incrustation that forms on the teeth and gums [syn: tartar, calculus, tophus]
  • scyphus
    n 1: an ancient Greek drinking cup; two handles and footed base
  • rufous
  • rufus

See also surface definition and surface synonyms