Words that rhyme with banksia
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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
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cea
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garcia
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gensia
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minea
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moriya
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orea
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perea
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rakiya
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sophia
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subia
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urrea
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yehiya
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ciaccia
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dorothea
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galeria
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gelasia
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dyspraxia
See also banksia definition
