Words that rhyme with typhus

• amorphous 0
  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]
• polymorphous 0
  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 0
  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 0
  v 1: reappear on the surface 2: cover with a new surface 3: appear again; "The missing man suddenly resurfaced in New York"
• subsurface 0
  adj 1: beneath the surface; "subsurface materials of the moon" [ant: overhead, surface]
• surface 0
  adj 1: on the surface; "surface materials of the moon" [ant: overhead, subsurface] n 1: the outer boundary of an artifact or a material layer constituting or resembling such a boundary; "there is a special cleaner for these surfaces"; "the cloth had a pattern of red dots on a white surface" 2: the extended two-dimensional outer boundary of a three- dimensional object; "they skimmed over the surface of the water"; "a brush small enough to clean every dental surface"; "the sun has no distinct surface" 3: the outermost level of the land or sea; "earthquakes originate far below the surface"; "three quarters of the Earth's surface is covered by water" [syn: surface, Earth's surface] 4: a superficial aspect as opposed to the real nature of something; "it was not what it appeared to be on the surface" 5: information that has become public; "all the reports were out in the open"; "the facts had been brought to the surface" [syn: open, surface] 6: a device that provides reactive force when in motion relative to the surrounding air; can lift or control a plane in flight [syn: airfoil, aerofoil, control surface, surface] v 1: come to the surface [syn: surface, come up, rise up, rise] 2: put a coat on; cover the surface of; furnish with a surface; "coat the cake with chocolate" [syn: coat, surface] 3: appear or become visible; make a showing; "She turned up at the funeral"; "I hope the list key is going to surface again" [syn: come on, come out, turn up, surface, show up]
• dreyfus 0
  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 0
  adj 1: having similar appearance but genetically different [syn: isomorphous, isomorphic]
• dimorphous 0
  adj 1: occurring or existing in two different forms; "dimorphic crystals"; "dimorphous organisms" [syn: dimorphic, dimorphous]
• tophus 0
  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 0
  n 1: an ancient Greek drinking cup; two handles and footed base
• rufous 0
• rufus 0

See also typhus definition and typhus synonyms