Words that rhyme with travois

n 1: a system of weights based on the 16-ounce pound (or 7,000 grains) [syn: avoirdupois, avoirdupois weight] 2: excess bodily weight; "she disliked fatness in herself as well as in others" [syn: fatness, fat, blubber, avoirdupois] [ant: leanness, spareness, thinness]

n 1: a procession of land vehicles traveling together 2: a collection of merchant ships with an escort of warships 3: the act of escorting while in transit v 1: escort in transit; "the trucks convoyed the cars across the battle zone"; "the warships convoyed the merchant ships across the Pacific"

n 1: a weight that balances another weight [syn: counterweight, counterbalance, counterpoise, balance, equalizer, equaliser] v 1: constitute a counterweight or counterbalance to [syn: counterweight, counterpoise, counterpose]

n 1: a brief stanza concluding certain forms of poetry [syn: envoy, envoi]

n 1: a diplomat having less authority than an ambassador [syn: envoy, envoy extraordinary, minister plenipotentiary] 2: someone sent on a mission to represent the interests of someone else [syn: emissary, envoy] 3: a brief stanza concluding certain forms of poetry [syn: envoy, envoi]

n 1: equality of distribution [syn: balance, equilibrium, equipoise, counterbalance]

n 1: sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound); "he enjoyed the street noises"; "they heard indistinct noises of people talking"; "during the firework display that ended the gala the noise reached 98 decibels" 2: the auditory experience of sound that lacks musical quality; sound that is a disagreeable auditory experience; "modern music is just noise to me" [syn: noise, dissonance, racket] 3: electrical or acoustic activity that can disturb communication [syn: noise, interference, disturbance] 4: a loud outcry of protest or complaint; "the announcement of the election recount caused a lot of noise"; "whatever it was he didn't like it and he was going to let them know by making as loud a noise as he could" 5: incomprehensibility resulting from irrelevant information or meaningless facts or remarks; "all the noise in his speech concealed the fact that he didn't have anything to say" 6: the quality of lacking any predictable order or plan [syn: randomness, haphazardness, stochasticity, noise] v 1: emit a noise [syn: make noise, resound, noise]

n 1: a cgs unit of dynamic viscosity equal to one dyne-second per square centimeter; the viscosity of a fluid in which a force of one dyne per square centimeter maintains a velocity of 1 centimeter per second 2: a state of being balanced in a stable equilibrium 3: great coolness and composure under strain; "keep your cool" [syn: aplomb, assuredness, cool, poise, sang-froid] v 1: be motionless, in suspension; "The bird poised for a few moments before it attacked" 2: prepare (oneself) for something unpleasant or difficult [syn: brace, poise] 3: cause to be balanced or suspended 4: hold or carry in equilibrium [syn: poise, balance]

n 1: usually herbivorous land turtles having clawed elephant- like limbs; worldwide in arid area except Australia and Antarctica

n 1: a blue to grey green mineral consisting of copper aluminum phosphate; "blue turquoise is valued as a gemstone" 2: a shade of blue tinged with green [syn: greenish blue, aqua, aquamarine, turquoise, cobalt blue, peacock blue]

n 1: a geographical region of historical importance; a former duchy in what is now southwestern France, western Switzerland, and northwestern Italy 2: head of soft crinkly leaves [syn: savoy cabbage, savoy]

n 1: English poet (1880-1958) [syn: Noyes, Alfred Noyes]