First Names Rhyming NYX
English Words Rhyming NYX
ENGLISH WORDS WHICH INCLUDES NYX AS A WHOLE:
| jasponyx | noun (n.) An onyx, part or all of whose layers consist of jasper. |
| keratonyxis | noun (n.) The operation of removing a cataract by thrusting a needle through the cornea of the eye, and breaking up the opaque mass. |
| megalonyx | noun (n.) An extinct quaternary mammal, of great size, allied to the sloth. |
| onyx | noun (n.) Chalcedony in parallel layers of different shades of color. It is used for making cameos, the figure being cut in one layer with the next as a ground. |
| pnyx | noun (n.) The place at Athens where the meetings of the people were held for making decrees, etc. |
| sardonyx | noun (n.) A variety of onyx consisting of sard and white chalcedony in alternate layers. |
| trionyx | noun (n.) A genus of fresh-water or river turtles which have the shell imperfectly developed and covered with a soft leathery skin. They are noted for their agility and rapacity. Called also soft tortoise, soft-shell tortoise, and mud turtle. |
ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH NYX (According to last letters):
Rhyming Words According to Last 2 Letters (yx) - English Words That Ends with yx:
| ampyx | noun (n.) A woman's headband (sometimes of metal), for binding the front hair. |
| apteryx | noun (n.) A genus of New Zealand birds about the size of a hen, with only short rudiments of wings, armed with a claw and without a tail; the kiwi. It is allied to the gigantic extinct moas of the same country. Five species are known. |
| archaeopteryx | noun (n.) A fossil bird, of the Jurassic period, remarkable for having a long tapering tail of many vertebrae with feathers along each side, and jaws armed with teeth, with other reptilian characteristics. |
| bombyx | noun (n.) A genus of moths, which includes the silkworm moth. See Silkworm. |
| bostryx | noun (n.) A form of cymose inflorescence with all the flowers on one side of the rachis, usually causing it to curl; -- called also a uniparous helicoid cyme. |
| calyx | noun (n.) The covering of a flower. See Flower. |
| | noun (n.) A cuplike division of the pelvis of the kidney, which surrounds one or more of the renal papillae. |
| coccyx | noun (n.) The end of the vertebral column beyond the sacrum in man and tailless monkeys. It is composed of several vertebrae more or less consolidated. |
| gonocalyx | noun (n.) The bell of a sessile gonozooid. |
| leucoryx | noun (n.) A large antelope of North Africa (Oryx leucoryx), allied to the gemsbok. |
| nectocalyx | noun (n.) The swimming bell or umbrella of a jellyfish of medusa. |
| | noun (n.) One of the zooids of certain Siphonophora, having somewhat the form, and the essential structure, of the bell of a jellyfish, and acting as a swimming organ. |
| nematocalyx | noun (n.) One of a peculiar kind of cups, or calicles, found upon hydroids of the family Plumularidae. They contain nematocysts. See Plumularia. |
| odontopteryx | noun (n.) An extinct Eocene bird having the jaws strongly serrated, or dentated, but destitute of true teeth. It was found near London. |
| oryx | noun (n.) A genus of African antelopes which includes the gemsbok, the leucoryx, the bisa antelope (O. beisa), and the beatrix antelope (O. beatrix) of Arabia. |
| palapteryx | noun (n.) A large extinct ostrichlike bird of New Zealand. |
| pompholyx | noun (n.) Impure zinc oxide. |
| | noun (n.) A skin disease in which there is an eruption of bullae, without inflammation or fever. |
| pyx | noun (n.) The box, case, vase, or tabernacle, in which the host is reserved. |
| | noun (n.) A box used in the British mint as a place of deposit for certain sample coins taken for a trial of the weight and fineness of metal before it is sent from the mint. |
| | noun (n.) The box in which the compass is suspended; the binnacle. |
| | noun (n.) Same as Pyxis. |
| | verb (v. t.) To test as to weight and fineness, as the coins deposited in the pyx. |
| sandyx | noun (n.) See Sandix. |
| styx | noun (n.) The principal river of the lower world, which had to be crossed in passing to the regions of the dead. |
ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH NYX (According to first letters):
Rhyming Words According to First 2 Letters (ny) - Words That Begins with ny:
| nyctalopia | noun (n.) A disease of the eye, in consequence of which the patient can see well in a faint light or at twilight, but is unable to see during the day or in a strong light; day blindness. |
| | noun (n.) See Moonblink. |
| nyctalops | noun (n.) One afflicted with nyctalopia. |
| nyctalopy | noun (n.) Same as Nyctalopia. |
| nycthemeron | noun (n.) The natural day and night, or space of twenty-four hours. |
| nyctibune | noun (n.) A South American bird of the genus Nyctibius, allied to the goatsuckers. |
| nyctitropic | adjective (a.) Turning or bending at night into special positions. |
| nyctophile | noun (n.) Any Australian bat of the genus Nyctophilus, having a very simple nasal appendage. |
| nye | noun (n.) A brood or flock of pheasants. |
| | adverb (a. & adv.) Nigh. |
| nyentek | noun (n.) A carnivorous mannual (Helictis moscatus, or H. orientalis), native of Eastern Asia and the Indies. It has a dorsal white stripe, and another one across the shoulders. It has a strong musky odor. |
| nylghau | noun (n.) Alt. of Nylgau |
| nylgau | noun (n.) A large Asiatic antelope (Boselaphus, / Portax, tragocamelus), found in Northern India. It has short horns, a black mane, and a bunch of long hair on the throat. The general color is grayish brown. |
| nymph | noun (n.) A goddess of the mountains, forests, meadows, or waters. |
| | noun (n.) A lovely young girl; a maiden; a damsel. |
| | noun (n.) The pupa of an insect; a chrysalis. |
| | noun (n.) Any one of a subfamily (Najades) of butterflies including the purples, the fritillaries, the peacock butterfly, etc.; -- called also naiad. |
| nympha | noun (n.) Same as Nymph, 3. |
| | noun (n.) Two folds of mucous membrane, within the labia, at the opening of the vulva. |
| nymphaea | noun (n.) A genus of aquatic plants having showy flowers (white, blue, pink, or yellow, often fragrant), including the white water lily and the Egyptia lotus. |
| nymphal | adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to a nymph or nymphs; nymphean. |
| nymphales | noun (n. pl.) An extensive family of butterflies including the nymphs, the satyrs, the monarchs, the heliconias, and others; -- called also brush-footed butterflies. |
| nymphean | adjective (a.) Of, pertaining to, or appropriate to, nymphs; inhabited by nymphs; as, a nymphean cave. |
| nymphet | noun (n.) A little or young nymph. |
| nymphic | adjective (a.) Alt. of Nymphical |
| nymphical | adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to nymphs. |
| nymphiparous | adjective (a.) Producing pupas or nymphs. |
| nymphish | adjective (a.) Relating to nymphs; ladylike. |
| nymphlike | adjective (a.) Alt. of Nymphly |
| nymphly | adjective (a.) Resembling, or characteristic of, a nymph. |
| nympholepsy | noun (n.) A species of demoniac enthusiasm or possession coming upon one who had accidentally looked upon a nymph; ecstasy. |
| nympholeptic | adjective (a.) Under the influence of nympholepsy; ecstatic; frenzied. |
| nymphomania | noun (n.) Morbid and uncontrollable sexual desire in women, constituting a true disease. |
| nymphomany | noun (n.) Same as Nymphomania. |
| nymphotomy | noun (n.) Excision of the nymphae. |
| nystagmus | noun (n.) A rapid involuntary oscillation of the eyeballs. |
| nyula | noun (n.) A species of ichneumon (Herpestes nyula). Its fur is beautifully variegated by closely set zigzag markings. |
| nyctitropism | noun (n.) The tendency of certain plant organs, as leaves, to assume special "sleeping" positions or make curvatures under the influence of darkness. It is well illustrated in the leaflets of clover and other leguminous plants. |
ENGLISH WORDS BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH NYX:
English Words which starts with 'n' and ends with 'x':
| narthex | noun (n.) A tall umbelliferous plant (Ferula communis). See Giant fennel, under Fennel. |
| | noun (n.) The portico in front of ancient churches; sometimes, the atrium or outer court surrounded by ambulatories; -- used, generally, for any vestibule, lobby, or outer porch, leading to the nave of a church. |
| negotiatrix | noun (n.) A woman who negotiates. |
