First Known Use: 1555
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lemures
noun plural le·mu·res \ˈle-mə-ˌrās, ˈlem-yə-ˌrēz\
Definition of LEMURES
: spirits of the unburied dead exorcised from homes in early Roman religious rites
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Origin of LEMURES
Latin
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
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