10K+ Words That Rhyme With GENUS-DESMODUS

• (of snakes and eels) naturally footless

• the concentration of attention or energy on something

• maximum clarity or distinctness of an image rendered by an optical system

• maximum clarity or distinctness of an idea

• a central point or locus of an infection in an organism

• special emphasis attached to something

• a point of convergence of light (or other radiation) or a point from which it diverges

• a fixed reference point on the concave side of a conic section

• direct one's attention on something

• cause to converge on or toward a central point

• bring into focus or alignment; to converge or cause to converge; of ideas or emotions

• become focussed or come into focus

• put (an image) into focus

• native to eastern Asia; widely cultivated for its large pink or white flowers

• annual or perennial herbs or subshrubs

• white Egyptian lotus: water lily of Egypt to southeastern Africa; held sacred by the Egyptians

• type genus of the Todidae

• fraudulent; having a misleading appearance

• anything that tends to arouse

• an additional payment (or other remuneration) to employees as a means of increasing output

• any utterance produced simultaneously by a group

• a group of people assembled to sing together

• the part of a song where a soloist is joined by a group of singers

• a body of dancers or singers who perform together

• a company of actors who comment (by speaking or singing in unison) on the action in a classical Greek play

• utter in unison

• sing in a choir

• tentacles of octopus prepared as food

• bottom-living cephalopod having a soft oval body with eight long tentacles

• a genus of haws comprising the harriers

• a travelling company of entertainers; including trained animals

• a performance given by a traveling company of acrobats, clowns, and trained animals

• a frenetic disorganized (and often comic) disturbance suggestive of a large public entertainment

• (antiquity) an open-air stadium for chariot races and gladiatorial games

• an arena consisting of an oval or circular area enclosed by tiers of seats and usually covered by a tent

• on the negative side or lower end of a scale

• an arithmetic operation in which the difference between two numbers is calculated

• involving disadvantage or harm

• the relative position or standing of things or especially persons in a society

• a state at a particular time

• North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776

• the second nearest planet to the sun; it is peculiar in that its rotation is slow and retrograde (in the opposite sense of the Earth and all other planets except Uranus); it is visible from Earth as an early `morning star' or an `evening star'

• goddess of love; counterpart of Greek Aphrodite

• type genus of the family Veneridae: genus of edible clams with thick oval shells

• Against; in opposition to.

• Compared with, as opposed to.

• Bringing a legal action against, as used in the title of a court case in which the first party indicates the plaintiff (or appellant or the like), and the second indicates the defendant (or respondent or the like).

• having or showing or expressing reverence for a deity

• variety of sweet eating apples

• greatly pleasing or entertaining

• extremely pleasing to the sense of taste

• to consider or examine in speech or writing

• speak with others about (something); talk (something) over in detail; have a discussion

• someone who has exceptional intellectual ability and originality

• unusual mental ability

• someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field

• exceptional creative ability

• a natural talent

• of or relating to the nervous system

• easily agitated

• causing or fraught with or showing anxiety

• excited in anticipation

• unpredictably excitable (especially of horses)

• concerned with work or important matters rather than play or trivialities

• completely lacking in playfulness

• of great consequence

• causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm

• appealing to the mind

• requiring effort or concentration; complex and not easy to answer or solve

• type genus of the Ceratodontidae: extinct genus of lungfishes

• type genus of the Todidae

• food fish of warm Caribbean and Atlantic waters

• on the positive side or higher end of a scale

• a useful or valuable quality

• the arithmetic operation of summing; calculating the sum of two or more numbers

• involving advantage or good

• equipment designed to serve a specific function

• (anatomy) a group of body parts that work together to perform a given function

• plant whose succulent young shoots are cooked and eaten as a vegetable

• edible young shoots of the asparagus plant

• genus of common molds causing food spoilage and some pathogenic to plants and animals

• any succulent plant of the family Cactaceae native chiefly to arid regions of the New World and usually having spines

• a periodic count of the population

• conduct a census

• any of numerous fruits of the genus Citrus having thick rind and juicy pulp; grown in warm regions

• any of numerous tropical usually thorny evergreen trees of the genus Citrus having leathery evergreen leaves and widely cultivated for their juicy edible fruits having leathery aromatic rinds

• sexual activity between individuals, especially the insertion of a man's penis into a woman's vagina until orgasm and ejaculation occur

• someone that is abnormally large and powerful

• a person of exceptional importance and reputation

• a country on the island of Cyprus; 80% of the people are of Greek origin and 20% or Turkish origin

• an island in the eastern Mediterranean

• the passage between the pharynx and the stomach

• wood of any of various eucalyptus trees valued as timber

• a tree of the genus Eucalyptus

• a journey by a large group to escape from a hostile environment

• the second book of the Old Testament: tells of the departure of the Israelites out of slavery in Egypt led by Moses; God gave them the Ten Commandments and the rest of Mosaic law on Mount Sinai during the Exodus

• an unborn or unhatched vertebrate in the later stages of development showing the main recognizable features of the mature animal

• an unborn or unhatched vertebrate in the later stages of development showing the main recognizable features of the mature animal

• a general kind of something

• (biology) taxonomic group containing one or more species

• an interruption in the intensity or amount of something

• a missing piece (as a gap in a manuscript)

• a natural opening or perforation through a bone or a membranous structure

• any plant of the genus Hibiscus

• massive thick-skinned herbivorous animal living in or around rivers of tropical Africa

• a thick spread made from mashed chickpeas, tahini, lemon juice and garlic; used especially as a dip for pita; originated in the Middle East

• a basal part of the diencephalon governing autonomic nervous system

• an ignorant person

• a force that moves something along

• the act of applying force suddenly