Words that rhyme with assyria

• bacteria 0
  n 1: (microbiology) single-celled or noncellular spherical or spiral or rod-shaped organisms lacking chlorophyll that reproduce by fission; important as pathogens and for biochemical properties; taxonomy is difficult; often considered to be plants [syn: bacteria, bacterium]
• cafeteria 0
  n 1: a restaurant where you serve yourself and pay a cashier
• diphtheria 0
  n 1: acute contagious infection caused by the bacterium Corynebacterium diphtheriae; marked by the formation of a false membrane in the throat and other air passages causing difficulty in breathing
• insomnia 0
  n 1: an inability to sleep; chronic sleeplessness [ant: hypersomnia]
• spiraea 0
  n 1: a Japanese shrub that resembles members of the genus Spiraea; widely cultivated in many varieties for its dense panicles of flowers in many colors; often forced by florists for Easter blooming [syn: spirea, spiraea, Astilbe japonica] 2: any rosaceous plant of the genus Spiraea; has sprays of small white or pink flowers [syn: spirea, spiraea] 3: a dicotyledonous genus of the family Rosaceae [syn: Spiraea, genus Spiraea]
• spirea 0
  n 1: a Japanese shrub that resembles members of the genus Spiraea; widely cultivated in many varieties for its dense panicles of flowers in many colors; often forced by florists for Easter blooming [syn: spirea, spiraea, Astilbe japonica] 2: any rosaceous plant of the genus Spiraea; has sprays of small white or pink flowers [syn: spirea, spiraea]
• syria 0
  n 1: an Asian republic in the Middle East at the east end of the Mediterranean; site of some of the world's most ancient centers of civilization [syn: Syria, Syrian Arab Republic]
• algeria 0
  n 1: a republic in northwestern Africa on the Mediterranean Sea with a population that is predominantly Sunni Muslim; colonized by France in the 19th century but gained autonomy in the early 1960s [syn: Algeria, Algerie, Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria]
• iberia 0
  n 1: an ancient geographical region to the south of the Caucasus Mountains that corresponded approximately to the present- day Georgia 2: a peninsula in southwestern Europe [syn: Iberian Peninsula, Iberia]
• liberia 0
  n 1: a republic in West Africa; established in 1822 by Americans as a way to free negro slaves [syn: Liberia, Republic of Liberia]
• listeria 0
  n 1: any species of the genus Listeria
• nigeria 0
  n 1: a republic in West Africa on the Gulf of Guinea; gained independence from Britain in 1960; most populous African country [syn: Nigeria, Federal Republic of Nigeria]
• siberia 0
  n 1: a vast Asian region of Russia; famous for long cold winters
• gaultheria 0
  n 1: widely distributed genus of creeping or upright evergreen shrubs [syn: Gaultheria, genus Gaultheria]
• illyria 0
  n 1: an uncertain region on the east shore of the Adriatic where an ancient Indo-European people once lived
• porphyria 0
  n 1: a genetic abnormality of metabolism causing abdominal pains and mental confusion
• criteria 0
• millennia 0
• via 0
• seria 0
• elyria 0
• gaviria 0
• cerveceria 0
• styria 0

See also assyria definition