Words that rhyme with banksia

  • alexia
    n 1: inability to perceive written words [syn: visual aphasia, alexia, word blindness]
  • anorexia
    n 1: a prolonged disorder of eating due to loss of appetite
  • anoxia
    n 1: severe hypoxia; absence of oxygen in inspired gases or in arterial blood or in the tissues
  • asphyxia
    n 1: a condition in which insufficient or no oxygen and carbon dioxide are exchanged on a ventilatory basis; caused by choking or drowning or electric shock or poison gas
  • ataxia
    n 1: inability to coordinate voluntary muscle movements; unsteady movements and staggering gait [syn: ataxia, ataxy, dyssynergia, motor ataxia]
  • dyslexia
    n 1: impaired ability to learn to read
  • elixir
    n 1: a sweet flavored liquid (usually containing a small amount of alcohol) used in compounding medicines to be taken by mouth in order to mask an unpleasant taste 2: hypothetical substance that the alchemists believed to be capable of changing base metals into gold [syn: philosopher's stone, philosophers' stone, elixir] 3: a substance believed to cure all ills
  • hypoxia
    n 1: oxygen deficiency causing a very strong drive to correct the deficiency
  • panacea
    n 1: (Greek mythology) the goddess of healing; daughter of Aesculapius and sister of Hygeia 2: hypothetical remedy for all ills or diseases; once sought by the alchemists [syn: panacea, nostrum, catholicon, cure-all]
  • pyrexia
    n 1: a rise in the temperature of the body; frequently a symptom of infection [syn: fever, febrility, febricity, pyrexia, feverishness]
  • asea
    adv 1: in the direction of the sea; "the sailor looked seaward" [syn: seaward, seawards, asea]
  • cia
    n 1: an independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest; headed by the Director of Central Intelligence under the supervision of the President and National Security Council [syn: Central Intelligence Agency, CIA]
  • shia
    n 1: one of the two main branches of orthodox Islam; mainly in Iran [syn: Shiah, Shia, Shiah Islam]
  • hosea
    n 1: a minor Hebrew prophet (8th century BC) 2: an Old Testament book telling Hosea's prophecies [syn: Hosea, Book of Hosea]
  • medea
    n 1: (Greek mythology) a princess of Colchis who aided Jason in taking the Golden Fleece from her father
  • sofia
    n 1: capital and largest city of Bulgaria located in western Bulgaria [syn: Sofia, Serdica, Bulgarian capital]
  • cytherea
    n 1: goddess of love and beauty and daughter of Zeus in ancient mythology; identified with Roman Venus [syn: Aphrodite, Cytherea]
  • diarrhea
    n 1: frequent and watery bowel movements; can be a symptom of infection or food poisoning or colitis or a gastrointestinal tumor [syn: diarrhea, diarrhoea, looseness of the bowels, looseness]
  • dulcinea
    n 1: a woman who is a man's sweetheart [syn: ladylove, dulcinea]
  • eritrea
    n 1: an African country to the north of Ethiopia on the Red Sea; achieved independence from Ethiopia in 1993 [syn: Eritrea, State of Eritrea]
  • galatea
    n 1: (Greek mythology) a maiden who was first a sculpture created by Pygmalion and was brought to life by Aphrodite in answer to Pygmalion's prayers
  • galleria
    n 1: a genus of Pyralidae [syn: Galleria, genus Galleria]
  • nicosia
    n 1: the capital and largest city of Cyprus [syn: Nicosia, capital of Cyprus]
  • cachexia
    n 1: any general reduction in vitality and strength of body and mind resulting from a debilitating chronic disease [syn: cachexia, cachexy, wasting]
  • ixia
    n 1: a monocotyledonous genus of the family Iridaceae [syn: Ixia, genus Ixia]
  • apraxia
    n 1: inability to make purposeful movements
  • ataraxia
    n 1: peace of mind
  • oshea
  • cea
  • garcia
  • gensia
  • minea
  • moriya
  • orea
  • perea
  • rakiya
  • sophia
  • subia
  • urrea
  • yehiya
  • ciaccia
  • dorothea
  • galeria
  • gelasia
  • dyspraxia

See also banksia definition