Rhymes with aplomb
a·plomb
A a One-syllable rhymes
- homme — a man.
- malm — an artificial mixture of chalk and clay for making into bricks.
- mam — British Informal. mother.
- mom — mother1 .
- nom — Nomination.
- palm — any of numerous plants of the family Palmae, most species being tall, unbranched trees surmounted by a crown of large pinnate or palmately cleft leaves. Compare palm family.
- palme — (Sven) Olof (Joachim) [sven oo-lawf yoo-ah-kim] /svɛn ˈu lɔf ˈyu ɑ kɪm/ (Show IPA), 1927–86, Swedish political leader: prime minister 1969–76, 1982–86; assassinated.
- prom — Programmable Read-Only Memory
- psalm — a sacred song or hymn.
- qom — a city in NW Iran, SW of Teheran, on the Qom river.
- rom — Read-Only Memory
- som — System Object Model. An implementation of CORBA by IBM.
- tom — Alvan, 1804–87, and his son Alvan Graham, 1832–97, U.S. astronomers and telescope-lens manufacturers.
- balm — Balm is a sweet-smelling oil that is obtained from some tropical trees and used to make creams that heal wounds or reduce pain.
- bohm — Karl (karl). 1894–1981, Austrian orchestral conductor
- bomb — A bomb is a device which explodes and damages or destroys a large area.
- calm — A calm person does not show or feel any worry, anger, or excitement.
- com — a commercial company
- dom — Document Object Model
- fromm — Erich [er-ik] /ˈɛr ɪk/ (Show IPA), 1900–80, U.S. psychoanalyst and author, born in Germany.
- halm — stems or stalks collectively, as of grain or of peas, beans, or hops, especially as used for litter or thatching.
- hom — The soma plant, a leafless vine of eastern India.
Two-syllable rhymes
- becalm — to calm down
- bee balm — Oswego tea
- buzz bomb — a robot bomb, esp. as used against England by Germany in WWII
- car bomb — A car bomb is a bomb which is inside a car, van, or truck.
- cocom — a nontreaty organization of the NATO nations except Iceland, and with the addition of Japan, that sets rules on exports of strategic goods to Communist countries: formed in 1949.
- date palm — A date palm is a palm tree on which dates grow.
- fan palm — a palm having fan-shaped leaves, as the talipot.
- guam — an island, belonging to the U.S., in the N Pacific, E of the Philippines: the largest of the Marianas group; U.S. naval station. 206 sq. mi. (535 sq. km). Capital: Agaña. Abbreviation: GU (for use with zip code).
- horse balm — a lemon-scented plant, Collinsonia canadensis, of eastern North America, having small yellow flowers.
- islam — the religious faith of Muslims, based on the words and religious system founded by the prophet Muhammad and taught by the Koran, the basic principle of which is absolute submission to a unique and personal god, Allah.
- long tom — a towed 155mm field cannon produced by the U.S. throughout World War II.
- oil palm — an African feather palm, Elaeis guineensis, the fruits of which yield palm oil.
- pipe bomb — a small homemade bomb typically contained in a metal pipe.
- pogrom — an organized massacre, especially of Jews.
- salaam — a salutation meaning “peace,” used especially in Islamic countries.
- smoke bomb — a bomb that produces a continuous discharge of smoke rather than an explosion, used to mark a target for aerial attack, indicate wind direction, produce a smoke screen, etc.
- stench bomb — a small bomb made to emit a foul smell on exploding.
- thatch palm — any of several fan palms, especially of the genera Sabal, Thrinax, or Coccothrinax, the leaves of which are used for thatching.
- time bomb — a bomb constructed so as to explode at a certain time.
- uncle tom — a black person, especially a man, considered by other black people to be subservient to or to curry favor with white people.
- wax palm — a tall, pinnate-leaved palm, Ceroxylon alpinum (or C. andicola), of the Andes, whose stem and leaves yield a resinous wax.
- wine palm — any of several palms from whose sap wine is made, as the coquito.
Three-syllable rhymes
- betel palm — a tropical Asian feather palm, Areca catechu, with scarlet or orange fruits
- cabbage palm — a West Indian palm, Roystonea (or Oreodoxa) oleracea, whose leaf buds are eaten like cabbage
- cherry bomb — a powerful firecracker that is shaped like a cherry
- cluster bomb — A cluster bomb is a type of bomb which is dropped from an aircraft. It contains a large number of smaller bombs that spread out before they hit the ground.
- feather palm — any palm having large pinnate or bipinnate leaves, as the date palm or royal palm.
- fission bomb — atomic bomb.
- flying bomb — robot bomb.
- fusion bomb — hydrogen bomb.
- lady palm — any of several palms of the genus Rhapis, native to southeastern Asia and cultivated as houseplants.
- lemon balm — any of various oily, fragrant, resinous substances, often of medicinal value, exuding from certain plants, especially tropical trees of the genus Commiphora.
- neutron bomb — a nuclear bomb designed to release radiation consisting mainly of neutrons, thus causing extensive loss of life but relatively little damage to buildings and property and only brief radioactive contamination.
- peeping tom — a person who obtains sexual gratification by observing others surreptitiously, especially a man who looks through windows at night.
- petrol bomb — Molotov cocktail.
- plastic bomb — a bomb made of plastic explosive.
- robot bomb — a rocket-propelled, gyroscopically steered bomb equipped with wings and control surfaces, usually launched from the ground.
- royal palm — any of several tall, showy feather palms of the genus Roystonea, as R. regia, having a trunk that is swollen in the middle.
- sago palm — any of several tropical Old World palms, as of the genera Metroxylon and Caryota, that yield sago.
- sugar palm — gomuti (def 1).
- surinam — a republic on the NE coast of South America: formerly a territory of the Netherlands; gained independence 1975. 60,230 sq. mi. (155,995 sq. km). Capital: Paramaribo.
- vietnam — Official name Socialist Republic of Vietnam. a country in SE Asia, comprising the former states of Annam, Tonkin, and Cochin-China: formerly part of French Indochina; divided into North Vietnam and South Vietnam during the Vietnam War but now reunified. 126,104 sq. mi. (326,609 sq. km). Capital: Hanoi. Compare North Vietnam, South Vietnam.
Four-or-more syllable rhymes
- aerosol bomb — a metal receptacle, containing an inert gas under pressure, that sprays an insecticide, disinfectant, or the like when the gas is released by opening a valve.
- atomic bomb — An atomic bomb or an atom bomb is a bomb that causes an explosion by a sudden release of energy that results from splitting atoms.
- coconut palm — A coconut palm is a tall tree on which coconuts grow.
- dar es salaam — the chief port of Tanzania, on the Indian Ocean: capital of German East Africa (1891–1916); capital of Tanzania until 1983 when it was officially replaced by Dodoma, though still retaining some functions; university (1963). Pop: 2 683 000 (2005 est)
- hydrogen bomb — a bomb, more powerful than an atomic bomb, that derives its explosive energy from the thermonuclear fusion reaction of hydrogen isotopes.
- ivory palm — the palm bearing the common ivory nut.
Four-or-more syllable rhymes
- fragmentation bomb — a bomb designed to break into many small, high-velocity fragments when detonated.
- thermonuclear bomb — hydrogen bomb.