Rhymes with cirrus
cir·rus
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- morris — a rural folk dance of north English origin, performed in costume traditionally by men who originally represented characters of the Robin Hood legend, especially in May Day festivities.
- nimbus — Classical Mythology. a shining cloud sometimes surrounding a deity when on earth.
- porous — full of pores.
- sorus — Botany. one of the clusters of sporangia on the back of the fronds of ferns.
- stratus — a cloud of a class characterized by a gray, horizontal layer with a uniform base, found at a lower altitude than altostratus, usually below 8000 feet (2400 meters).
- taurus — a mountain range in S Turkey: highest peak, 12,251 feet (3734 meters).
- terrace — a raised level with a vertical or sloping front or sides faced with masonry, turf, or the like, especially one of a series of levels rising one above another.
- virus — an ultramicroscopic (20 to 300 nm in diameter), metabolically inert, infectious agent that replicates only within the cells of living hosts, mainly bacteria, plants, and animals: composed of an RNA or DNA core, a protein coat, and, in more complex types, a surrounding envelope.
- arris — a sharp edge at the meeting of two surfaces at an angle with one another, as at two adjacent sides of a stone block
- chorus — A chorus is a part of a song which is repeated after each verse.
- citrus — A citrus fruit is a juicy fruit with a sharp taste such as an orange, lemon, or grapefruit.
- cyrus — known as Cyrus the Great or Cyrus the Elder. died ?529 bc, king of Persia and founder of the Persian empire
- doris — an ancient region in central Greece: the earliest home of the Dorians.
- ferrous — of or containing iron, especially in the bivalent state.
- heiress — a woman who inherits or has a right of inheritance, especially a woman who has inherited or will inherit considerable wealth.
- horace — (Quintus Horatius Flaccus) 65–8 b.c, Roman poet and satirist.
- horus — a solar deity, regarded as either the son or the brother of Isis and Osiris, and usually represented as a falcon or as a man with the head of a falcon.
- iris — Anatomy. the contractile, circular diaphragm forming the colored portion of the eye and containing a circular opening, the pupil, in its center.
- merits — claim to respect and praise; excellence; worth.
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- arcturus — the brightest star in the constellation Boötes: a red giant. Visual magnitude: –0.4; spectral type: K2III; distance: 37 light years
- belarus — a republic in E Europe; part of the medieval Lithuanian and Polish empires before being occupied by Russia; a Soviet republic (1919–91); in 1997 formed a close political and economic union with Russia: mainly low-lying and forested. Languages: Belarussian; Russian. Religion: believers are mostly Christian. Currency: rouble. Capital: Minsk. Pop: 9 625 888 (2013 est). Area: 207 600 sq km (80 134 sq miles)
- curious — eager to learn; inquisitive
- desirous — If you are desirous of doing something or desirous of something, you want to do it very much or want it very much.
- high spirits — lively or boisterous mood
- honduras — a republic in NE Central America. 43,277 sq. mi. (112,087 sq. km). Capital: Tegucigalpa.
- nonferrous — (of a metal) containing little or no iron.
- polaris — a distinctive English argot in use since at least the 18th century among groups of theatrical and circus performers and in certain homosexual communities, derived largely from Italian, directly or through Lingua Franca.
- serious — of, showing, or characterized by deep thought.
- slow virus — a virus that remains dormant in the body for a long time before producing symptoms, as in several neurological diseases, including kuru and Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease.
- thesaurus — a dictionary of synonyms and antonyms, such as the online Thesaurus.com.
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- ardent spirits — spirits, such as rum, whisky, etc
- brontosaurus — any very large herbivorous quadrupedal dinosaur of the genus Apatosaurus, common in North America during Jurassic times, having a long neck and long tail: suborder Sauropoda (sauropods)
- ceremony — A ceremony is a formal event such as a wedding.
- neutral spirits — nonflavored alcohol of 95 percent, or 190 proof, obtained chiefly from grain or molasses or redistilled from brandy, rum, etc., used for blending with straight whiskies and in the making of gin, cordials, liqueurs, and the like.
- retrovirus — any of a family of single-stranded RNA viruses having a helical envelope and containing an enzyme that allows for a reversal of genetic transcription, from RNA to DNA rather than the usual DNA to RNA, the newly transcribed viral DNA being incorporated into the host cell's DNA strand for the production of new RNA retroviruses: the family includes the AIDS virus and certain oncogene-carrying viruses implicated in various cancers.
- stegosaurus — any of a suborder (Stegosauria) of large ornithischian dinosaurs of the Upper Jurassic having a small head and heavy bony plates with sharp spikes down the backbone
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- british honduras — Belize
- ebola virus — a highly contagious virus of the family Filoviridae that causes Ebola, a usually fatal disease.
- japanese iris — a plant, Iris kaempferi, native to Japan, having broad, showy flowers in a variety of colors.
- tyrannosaurus — any large carnivorous bipedal dinosaur of the genus Tyrannosaurus, common in North America in upper Jurassic and Cretaceous times: suborder Theropoda (theropods)
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- cytomegalovirus — a virus of the herpes virus family that may cause serious disease in patients whose immune systems are compromised
- tobacco mosaic virus — a retrovirus causing mosaic disease in members of the nightshade family. Abbreviation: TMV.
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- human papilloma virus — a species of virus that causes genital warts. Abbreviation: HPV.
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- human immunodeficiency virus — See under AIDS virus. Abbreviation: HIV.