Words that rhyme with valium
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bdellium
n 1: aromatic gum resin; similar to myrrh -
berkelium
n 1: a radioactive transuranic element; discovered by bombarding americium with helium [syn: berkelium, Bk, atomic number 97] -
beryllium
n 1: a light strong brittle grey toxic bivalent metallic element [syn: beryllium, Be, glucinium, atomic number 4] -
cilium
n 1: a hairlike projection from the surface of a cell; provides locomotion in free-swimming unicellular organisms 2: any of the short curved hairs that grow from the edges of the eyelids [syn: eyelash, lash, cilium] -
endothelium
n 1: an epithelium of mesoblastic origin; a thin layer of flattened cells that lines the inside of some body cavities -
epithelium
n 1: membranous tissue covering internal organs and other internal surfaces of the body [syn: epithelium, epithelial tissue] -
folium
n 1: a thin layer or stratum of (especially metamorphic) rock -
gallium
n 1: a rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element; brittle at low temperatures but liquid above room temperature; occurs in trace amounts in bauxite and zinc ores [syn: gallium, Ga, atomic number 31] -
helium
n 1: a very light colorless element that is one of the six inert gasses; the most difficult gas to liquefy; occurs in economically extractable amounts in certain natural gases (as those found in Texas and Kansas) [syn: helium, He, atomic number 2] -
ileum
n 1: the part of the small intestine between the jejunum and the cecum -
mycelium
n 1: the vegetative part of a fungus consisting of a mass of branching threadlike hyphae -
nobelium
n 1: a radioactive transuranic element synthesized by bombarding curium with carbon ions; 7 isotopes are known [syn: nobelium, No, atomic number 102] -
petroleum
n 1: a dark oil consisting mainly of hydrocarbons [syn: petroleum, crude oil, crude, rock oil, fossil oil, oil] -
thallium
n 1: a soft grey malleable metallic element that resembles tin but discolors on exposure to air; it is highly toxic and is used in rodent and insect poisons; occurs in zinc blende and some iron ores [syn: thallium, Tl, atomic number 81] -
thulium
n 1: a soft silvery metallic element of the rare earth group; isotope 170 emits X-rays and is used in small portable X-ray machines; it occurs in monazite and apatite and xenotime [syn: thulium, Tm, atomic number 69] -
trillium
n 1: any liliaceous plant of the genus Trillium having a whorl of three leaves at the top of the stem with a single three- petaled flower [syn: trillium, wood lily, wake-robin] -
bethlehem
n 1: a town in eastern Pennsylvania on the Lehigh River to the northwest of Philadelphia; an important center for steel production 2: a small town near Jerusalem on the West Bank of the Jordan River; early home of David and regarded as the place where Jesus was born [syn: Bethlehem, Bayt Lahm, Bethlehem Ephrathah, Bethlehem-Judah] -
ilium
n 1: an ancient city in Asia Minor that was the site of the Trojan War [syn: Troy, Ilion, Ilium] 2: the upper and widest of the three bones making up the hipbone -
psyllium
n 1: plantain of Mediterranean regions whose seeds swell and become gelatinous when moist and are used as a mild laxative [syn: fleawort, psyllium, Spanish psyllium, Plantago psyllium] -
allium
n 1: large genus of perennial and biennial pungent bulbous plants: garlic; leek; onion; chive; sometimes placed in family Alliaceae as the type genus [syn: Allium, genus Allium] -
pallium
n 1: the layer of unmyelinated neurons (the grey matter) forming the cortex of the cerebrum [syn: cerebral cortex, cerebral mantle, pallium, cortex] 2: (zoology) a protective layer of epidermis in mollusks or brachiopods that secretes a substance forming the shell [syn: mantle, pallium] 3: (Roman Catholic Church) vestment consisting of a band encircling the shoulders with two lappets hanging in front and back 4: cloak or mantle worn by men in ancient Rome -
scholium
n 1: a marginal note written by a scholiast (a commentator on ancient or classical literature) [syn: scholium, scholia] -
mesothelium
n 1: epithelium originating in the embryonic mesoderm; lines the primordial body cavity -
ballium
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dentalium
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prothallium
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vitallium
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acidalium
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fitzwilliam
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subsellium
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