Words that rhyme with wryness

n 1: the condition of not containing or being covered by a liquid (especially water) [syn: dryness, waterlessness, xerotes] [ant: wetness] 2: moderation in or abstinence from alcohol or other drugs [syn: sobriety, dryness] 3: objectivity and detachment; "her manner assumed a dispassion and dryness very unlike her usual tone" [syn: dispassion, dispassionateness, dryness]

n 1: ovolo molding between the shaft and the abacus of a Doric column

n 1: the quality of being small in number

n 1: the quality of being very good indeed; "the inn is distinguished by the fineness of its cuisine" [syn: fineness, choiceness] 2: the property of being very narrow or thin; "he marvelled at the fineness of her hair" [syn: fineness, thinness] 3: having a very fine texture; "the fineness of the sand on the beach" [syn: fineness, powderiness] 4: the quality of being beautiful and delicate in appearance; "the daintiness of her touch"; "the fineness of her features" [syn: daintiness, delicacy, fineness]

n 1: (Your Highness or His Highness or Her Highness) title used to address a royal person 2: the quality of being high or lofty [syn: highness, loftiness] [ant: lowness] 3: a high degree (of amount or force etc.); "responsible for the highness of the rates"

adj 1: on the negative side or lower end of a scale; "minus 5 degrees"; "a grade of B minus" [ant: plus] 2: involving disadvantage or harm; "minus (or negative) factors" [syn: minus, negative] n 1: an arithmetic operation in which the difference between two numbers is calculated; "the subtraction of three from four leaves one"; "four minus three equals one" [syn: subtraction, minus]

n 1: a feeling of fear of embarrassment

n 1: an abnormal passage leading from a suppurating cavity to the body surface [syn: fistula, sinus] 2: any of various air-filled cavities especially in the bones of the skull 3: a wide channel containing blood; does not have the coating of an ordinary blood vessel [syn: venous sinus, sinus]

n 1: shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception [syn: craft, craftiness, cunning, foxiness, guile, slyness, wiliness]

n 1: conformity to reality or actuality; "they debated the truth of the proposition"; "the situation brought home to us the blunt truth of the military threat"; "he was famous for the truth of his portraits"; "he turned to religion in his search for eternal verities" [syn: truth, the true, verity, trueness] [ant: falseness, falsity] 2: the quality of being loyal [syn: loyalty, trueness] [ant: disloyalty] 3: exactness of adjustment; "I marveled at the trueness of his aim"

adj 1: of or relating to wine [syn: vinous, vinaceous]

adj 1: having spines; "the dorsal fin is spinous" [syn: spinous, spiny] [ant: spineless] 2: shaped like a spine or thorn [syn: acanthoid, acanthous, spinous]

n 1: (Roman Catholic Church) Italian theologian and Doctor of the Church who is remembered for his attempt to reconcile faith and reason in a comprehensive theology; presented philosophical proofs of the existence of God (1225-1274) [syn: Aquinas, Thomas Aquinas, Saint Thomas, St. Thomas, Saint Thomas Aquinas, St. Thomas Aquinas]

n 1: type genus of the Pinaceae: large genus of true pines [syn: Pinus, genus Pinus]

n 1: a constellation in the northern hemisphere near Pegasus and Aquila 2: type genus of the Delphinidae [syn: Delphinus, genus Delphinus]

n 1: Roman philosopher (born in Egypt) who was the leading representative of Neoplatonism (205-270)

n 1: Italian theologian who argued against Trinitarianism (1539-1604) [syn: Socinus, Faustus Socinus, Fausto Paolo Sozzini]

n 1: Emperor of Rome; nephew and son-in-law and adoptive son of Antonius Pius; Stoic philosopher; the decline of the Roman Empire began under Marcus Aurelius (121-180) [syn: Antoninus, Aurelius, Marcus Aurelius, Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, Marcus Annius Verus]

n 1: anaerobic bacterium producing botulin the toxin that causes botulism [syn: botulinus, botulinum, Clostridium botulinum]