Words that rhyme with tiresias
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caduceus
n 1: an insignia used by the medical profession; modeled after the staff of Hermes -
gaseous
adj 1: existing as or having characteristics of a gas; "steam is water is the gaseous state" [ant: liquid, solid] -
nauseous
adj 1: causing or able to cause nausea; "a nauseating smell"; "nauseous offal"; "a sickening stench" [syn: nauseating, nauseous, noisome, queasy, loathsome, offensive, sickening, vile] 2: feeling nausea; feeling about to vomit [syn: nauseated, nauseous, queasy, sick, sickish] -
paterfamilias
n 1: the male head of family or tribe [syn: patriarch, paterfamilias] -
palliasse
n 1: mattress consisting of a thin pad filled with straw or sawdust [syn: paillasse, palliasse] -
athanasius
n 1: (Roman Catholic Church) Greek patriarch of Alexandria who championed Christian orthodoxy against Arianism; a church father, saint, and Doctor of the Church (293-373) [syn: Athanasius, Saint Athanasius, St. Athanasius, Athanasius the Great] -
phidias
n 1: ancient Greek sculptor (circa 500-432 BC) [syn: Phidias, Pheidias] -
odysseus
n 1: (Greek mythology) a famous mythical Greek hero; his return to Ithaca after the siege of Troy was described in the Odyssey -
dionysius
n 1: the tyrant of Syracuse who fought the Carthaginians (430-367 BC) [syn: Dionysius, Dionysius the Elder] -
alcaeus
n 1: Greek lyric poet of Lesbos; reputed inventor of Alcaic verse (611-580 BC) -
theseus
n 1: (Greek mythology) a hero and king of Athens who was noted for his many great deeds: killed Procrustes and the Minotaur and defeated the Amazons and united Attica -
caseous
adj 1: of damaged or necrotic tissue; cheeselike -
celsius
n 1: Swedish astronomer who devised the centigrade thermometer (1701-1744) [syn: Celsius, Anders Celsius] -
perseus
n 1: (Greek mythology) the son of Zeus who slew Medusa (with the help of Athena and Hermes) and rescued Andromeda from a sea monster 2: a conspicuous constellation in the northern hemisphere; between Auriga and Cassiopeia and crossed by the Milky Way -
photius
n 1: Patriarch of Constantinople and saint of the Greek Orthodox Church; was condemned by the Fourth Council of Constantinople in 869 but was reinstated by a later pope -
theodosius
n 1: the last emperor of a united Roman Empire, he took control of the eastern empire and ended the war with the Visigoths; he became a Christian and in 391 banned all forms of pagan worship (346-395) [syn: Theodosius, Theodosius I, Theodosius the Great, Flavius Theodosius] -
laurentius
n 1: Roman martyr; supposedly Lawrence was ordered by the police to give up the church's treasure and when he responded by presenting the poor people of Rome he was roasted to death on a gridiron (died in 258) [syn: Lawrence, Saint Lawrence, St. Lawrence, Laurentius] -
asturias
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herodias
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lysias
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coeus
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lucius
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tiberias
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pelias
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loxias
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toxeus
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tertius
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gypseous
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hypseus
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phyxius
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accius
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masius
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yglesias
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manutius
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asius
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statius
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gelasius
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galimatias
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barocius
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ancius
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briseus
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hyrtius
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marsyas
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acesius
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arcesius
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catharsius
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frumentius
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hortensius
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propertius
See also tiresias definition
