lemures

le·mu·res

noun pl \ˈle-mə-ˌrās, ˈlem-yə-ˌrēz\

Definition of LEMURES

: spirits of the unburied dead exorcised from homes in early Roman religious rites

Origin of LEMURES

Latin

First Known Use: 1555

Rhymes with LEMURES

about-face, aerospace, anyplace, boniface, bouillabaisse, carapace, catalase, cellulase, commonplace, contrabass, cyberspace, database, diabase, diastase, double-space, elastase, everyplace, hydrolase, hydrospace, hyperspace, interface, interlace, interspace, invertase, kilobase, lowercase, marketplace, oxidase, pillowcase, reductase, Samothrace, single-space, steeplechase, thoroughbass, thoroughbrace, triple-space, uppercase