Words that rhyme with torrez

adv 1: to the same degree (often followed by `as'); "they were equally beautiful"; "birds were singing and the child sang as sweetly"; "sang as sweetly as a nightingale"; "he is every bit as mean as she is" [syn: equally, as, every bit] n 1: a very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms; arsenic and arsenic compounds are used as herbicides and insecticides and various alloys; found in arsenopyrite and orpiment and realgar [syn: arsenic, As, atomic number 33] 2: a United States territory on the eastern part of the island of Samoa [syn: American Samoa, Eastern Samoa, AS]

n 1: reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins) [syn: avarice, greed, covetousness, rapacity, avaritia] 2: extreme greed for material wealth [syn: avarice, avariciousness, covetousness, cupidity]

n 1: a female sexual organ homologous to the penis [syn: clitoris, clit, button]

n 1: a substance for cleaning the teeth; applied with a toothbrush

n 1: an annual publication containing astronomical tables that give the positions of the celestial bodies throughout the year; "today computers calculate the ephemerides"

adj 1: out of fashion; "a suit of rather antique appearance"; "demode (or outmoded) attire"; "outmoded ideas" [syn: antique, demode, ex, old-fashioned, old-hat(p), outmoded, passe, passee] n 1: a man who was formerly a certain woman's husband [syn: ex- husband, ex] 2: a woman who was formerly a particular man's wife; "all his exes live in Texas" [syn: ex-wife, ex] 3: the 24th letter of the Roman alphabet [syn: X, x, ex]

n 1: a city in north central Morocco; religious center [syn: Fez, Fes] 2: a felt cap (usually red) for a man; shaped like a flat-topped cone with a tassel that hangs from the crown [syn: fez, tarboosh]

n 1: overbearing pride or presumption

n 1: plants with sword-shaped leaves and erect stalks bearing bright-colored flowers composed of three petals and three drooping sepals [syn: iris, flag, fleur-de-lis, sword lily] 2: muscular diaphragm that controls the size of the pupil which in turn controls the amount of light that enters the eye; it forms the colored portion of the eye 3: diaphragm consisting of thin overlapping plates that can be adjusted to change the diameter of a central opening [syn: iris, iris diaphragm]

n 1: empty rhetoric or insincere or exaggerated talk; "that's a lot of wind"; "don't give me any of that jazz" [syn: wind, malarkey, malarky, idle words, jazz, nothingness] 2: a genre of popular music that originated in New Orleans around 1900 and developed through increasingly complex styles 3: a style of dance music popular in the 1920s; similar to New Orleans jazz but played by large bands v 1: play something in the style of jazz 2: have sexual intercourse with; "This student sleeps with everyone in her dorm"; "Adam knew Eve"; "Were you ever intimate with this man?" [syn: sleep together, roll in the hay, love, make out, make love, sleep with, get laid, have sex, know, do it, be intimate, have intercourse, have it away, have it off, screw, fuck, jazz, eff, hump, lie with, bed, have a go at it, bang, get it on, bonk]

n 1: deep-rooted coarse-textured plant native to the Mediterranean region having blue flowers and pinnately compound leaves; widely cultivated in Europe for its long thick sweet roots [syn: licorice, liquorice, Glycyrrhiza glabra] 2: a black candy flavored with the dried root of the licorice plant [syn: licorice, liquorice]

n 1: the activeness of an energetic personality [syn: dynamism, pizzazz, pizzaz, oomph, zing]

n 1: any exciting and complex play intended to confuse (dazzle) the opponent [syn: razzle-dazzle, razzle, razzmatazz, razmataz]

n 1: a yellow quartz [syn: topaz, false topaz, common topaz] 2: a mineral (fluosilicate of aluminum) that occurs in crystals of various colors and is used as a gemstone 3: a light brown the color of topaz [syn: tan, topaz]

n 1: any of various usually woody vines of the genus Derris of tropical Asia whose roots yield the insecticide rotenone; several are sources of native fish and arrow poisons

n 1: United States suffragist in Wyoming (1814-1902) [syn: Morris, Esther Morris, Esther Hobart McQuigg Slack Morris] 2: English poet and craftsman (1834-1896) [syn: Morris, William Morris] 3: leader of the American Revolution who signed the Declaration of Independence and raised money for the Continental Army (1734-1806) [syn: Morris, Robert Morris] 4: United States statesman who led the committee that produced the final draft of the United States Constitution (1752-1816) [syn: Morris, Gouverneur Morris]

n 1: United States writer (1870-1902) [syn: Norris, Frank Norris, Benjamin Franklin Norris Jr.]

n 1: German iris having large white flowers with lavender-tinged falls and a fragrant rhizome [syn: Florentine iris, orris, Iris germanica florentina, Iris florentina] 2: fragrant rootstock of various irises especially Florentine iris; used in perfumes and medicines [syn: orrisroot, orris]

n 1: the capital and largest city of France; and international center of culture and commerce [syn: Paris, City of Light, French capital, capital of France] 2: sometimes placed in subfamily Trilliaceae [syn: Paris, genus Paris] 3: (Greek mythology) the prince of Troy who abducted Helen from her husband Menelaus and provoked the Trojan War 4: a town in northeastern Texas

n 1: a port on Alaska's southern coast from which oil is shipped to markets around the world

n 1: Mexican composer of nationalistic works using themes from Indian folk music (1899-1978) [syn: Chavez, Carlos Chavez] 2: United States labor leader who organized farm workers (born 1927) [syn: Chavez, Cesar Chavez, Cesar Estrada Chavez]

n 1: Spanish conquistador who defeated the Aztecs and conquered Mexico (1485-1547) [syn: Cortes, Cortez, Hernando Cortes, Hernando Cortez, Hernan Cortes, Hernan Cortez]

n 1: a city in southwestern Spain that is famous for making sherry [syn: Jerez, Jerez de la Frontera]

n 1: the brightest star in Ursa Minor; at the end of the handle of the Little Dipper; the northern axis of the earth points toward it [syn: Polaris, North Star, pole star, polar star, polestar]

n 1: United States author who wrote the stories about Uncle Remus (1848-1908) [syn: Harris, Joel Harris, Joel Chandler Harris] 2: United States linguist (born in Ukraine) who developed mathematical linguistics and interpreted speech and writing in a social context (1909-1992) [syn: Harris, Zellig Harris, Zellig Sabbatai Harris] 3: United States diplomat who was instrumental in opening Japan to foreign trade (1804-1878) [syn: Harris, Townsend Harris] 4: Irish writer noted for his sexually explicit but unreliable autobiography (1856-1931) [syn: Harris, Frank Harris, James Thomas Harris] 5: British marshal of the Royal Air Force; during World War II he directed mass bombing raids against German cities that resulted in heavy civilian casualties (1892-1984) [syn: Harris, Bomber Harris, Sir Arthur Travers Harris] 6: publisher of the first newspaper printed in America (1673-1713) [syn: Harris, Benjamin Harris]

n 1: (Greek mythology) goddess of discord; sister of Ares

n 1: Egyptian god of the underworld and judge of the dead; husband and brother of Isis; father of Horus