Words that rhyme with asia
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acacia
n 1: any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia -
aphasia
n 1: inability to use or understand language (spoken or written) because of a brain lesion -
azure
adj 1: of a deep somewhat purplish blue color similar to that of a clear October sky; "October's bright blue weather" [syn: azure, cerulean, sky-blue, bright blue] n 1: a light shade of blue [syn: azure, cerulean, sapphire, lazuline, sky-blue] v 1: color azure; "Morning azured the village" -
dysphasia
n 1: an impairment of language (especially speech production) that is usually due to brain damage -
embrasure
n 1: an opening (in a wall or ship or armored vehicle) for firing through [syn: port, embrasure, porthole] -
erasure
n 1: a correction made by erasing; "there were many erasures in the typescript" 2: a surface area where something has been erased; "another word had been written over the erasure" 3: deletion by an act of expunging or erasing [syn: expunction, expunging, erasure] -
euthanasia
n 1: the act of killing someone painlessly (especially someone suffering from an incurable illness) [syn: euthanasia, mercy killing] -
fantasia
n 1: a musical composition of a free form usually incorporating several familiar themes -
geisha
n 1: a Japanese woman trained to entertain men with conversation and singing and dancing [syn: geisha, geisha girl] -
paronomasia
n 1: a humorous play on words; "I do it for the pun of it"; "his constant punning irritated her" [syn: pun, punning, wordplay, paronomasia] -
plaza
n 1: a public square with room for pedestrians; "they met at Elm Plaza"; "Grosvenor Place" [syn: plaza, place, piazza] 2: mercantile establishment consisting of a carefully landscaped complex of shops representing leading merchandisers; usually includes restaurants and a convenient parking area; a modern version of the traditional marketplace; "a good plaza should have a movie house"; "they spent their weekends at the local malls" [syn: plaza, mall, center, shopping mall, shopping center, shopping centre] -
dysplasia
n 1: abnormal development (of organs or cells) or an abnormal structure resulting from such growth -
eurasia
n 1: the land mass formed by the continents of Europe and Asia -
malaysia
n 1: a constitutional monarchy in southeastern Asia on Borneo and the Malay Peninsula; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1957 [syn: Malaysia, Malaya] -
australasia
n 1: Australia, New Zealand, and neighboring islands in the South Pacific -
hyperplasia
n 1: abnormal increase in number of cells -
nasa
n 1: an independent agency of the United States government responsible for aviation and spaceflight [syn: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, NASA] -
dalmatia
n 1: a historical region of Croatia on the Adriatic Sea; mountainous with many islands -
galatia
n 1: an ancient country in central Asia Minor -
osteomalacia
n 1: abnormal softening of bones caused by deficiencies of phosphorus or calcium or vitamin D -
abasia
n 1: inability to walk -
astasia
n 1: inability to stand due to muscular incoordination -
caucasia
n 1: a large region between the Black and Caspian seas that contains the Caucasus Mountains; oil is its major resource [syn: Caucasia, Caucasus] -
dyscrasia
n 1: an abnormal or physiologically unbalanced state of the body -
laurasia
n 1: a hypothetical continent that (according to plate tectonic theory) broke up later into North America and Europe and Asia -
cataphasia
n 1: a speech disorder in which the same word is repeated several times in succession -
cataplasia
n 1: (biology) degenerative reversion of cells or tissue to a less differentiated or more primitive form -
haemostasia
n 1: surgical procedure of stopping the flow of blood (as with a hemostat) [syn: hemostasis, haemostasis, hemostasia, haemostasia] -
hemostasia
n 1: surgical procedure of stopping the flow of blood (as with a hemostat) [syn: hemostasis, haemostasis, hemostasia, haemostasia] -
hypoplasia
n 1: underdevelopment of an organ because of a decrease in the number of cells -
keratectasia
n 1: abnormal bulging of the cornea of the eye -
appalachia
n 1: an impoverished coal mining area in the Appalachian Mountains (from Pennsylvania to North Carolina) -
cetacea
n 1: an order of Eutheria [syn: Cetacea, order Cetacea] -
crustacea
n 1: class of mandibulate arthropods including: lobsters; crabs; shrimps; woodlice; barnacles; decapods; water fleas [syn: Crustacea, class Crustacea] -
austrasia
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anastasia
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athanasia
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ciscaucasia
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endophasia
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exophasia
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fibroplasia
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gastrectasia
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hemerasia
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kataplasia
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metaplasia
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homeoplasia
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horatia
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sarmatia
See also asia definition
