Words that rhyme with burkina

n 1: (classical mythology) a serpent with a head at each end of its body 2: type genus of the Amphisbaenidae [syn: Amphisbaena, genus Amphisbaena, Amphisbaenia, genus Amphisbaenia]

n 1: a particular environment or walk of life; "his social sphere is limited"; "it was a closed area of employment"; "he's out of my orbit" [syn: sphere, domain, area, orbit, field, arena] 2: the central area of an ancient Roman amphitheater where contests and spectacles were held; especially an area that was strewn with sand 3: a large structure for open-air sports or entertainments [syn: stadium, bowl, arena, sports stadium] 4: a playing field where sports events take place [syn: arena, scene of action]

n 1: a female ballet dancer [syn: ballerina, danseuse]

n 1: a keel-shaped constellation in the southern hemisphere; contains the start Canopus 2: any of various keel-shaped structures or ridges such as that on the breastbone of a bird or that formed by the fused petals of a pea blossom

n 1: a chain of connected ideas or passages or objects so arranged that each member is closely related to the preceding and following members (especially a series of patristic comments elucidating Christian dogma)

n 1: a preparation used in cleaning something [syn: cleansing agent, cleanser, cleaner] 2: the operator of dry-cleaning establishment [syn: cleaner, dry cleaner] 3: someone whose occupation is cleaning

n 1: coiled barbed wire used as an obstacle 2: free-reed instrument played like an accordion by pushing its ends together to force air through the reeds v 1: collapse like a concertina

n 1: a minor chemical constituent that gives a wine or liquor its distinctive character 2: an animal or plant that bears a relationship to another (as related by common descent or by membership in the same genus) [syn: relative, congener, congenator, congeneric] 3: a whole (a thing or person) of the same kind or category as another; "lard was also used, though its congener, butter, was more frequently employed"; "the American shopkeeper differs from his European congener"

n 1: the member of a group whose duty it is to convene meetings

n 1: (behavioral attributes) the way a person behaves toward other people [syn: demeanor, demeanour, behavior, behaviour, conduct, deportment]

n 1: fine meal made from cereal grain especially wheat; often used as a cooked cereal or in puddings

n 1: soft blue-grey mineral; lead sulfide; a major source of lead

n 1: someone who picks up grain left in the field by the harvesters 2: someone who gathers something in small pieces (e.g. information) slowly and carefully

n 1: doglike nocturnal mammal of Africa and southern Asia that feeds chiefly on carrion [syn: hyena, hyaena]

n 1: an oblong metal ring with a spring clip; used in mountaineering to attach a rope to a piton or to connect two ropes [syn: carabiner, karabiner, snap ring]

n 1: the basic unit of money in Papua New Guinea

n 1: a fancy dock for small yachts and cabin cruisers

n 1: a crime less serious than a felony [syn: misdemeanor, misdemeanour, infraction, violation, infringement]

n 1: a Roman Catholic devotion consisting of prayers on nine consecutive days

n 1: egg-shaped terra cotta wind instrument with a mouthpiece and finger holes [syn: ocarina, sweet potato]

n 1: a fine coating of oxide on the surface of a metal

n 1: a guard at an airport who checks passengers or their luggage at a security checkpoint

n 1: milled product of durum wheat (or other hard wheat) used in pasta

n 1: a writ issued by court authority to compel the attendance of a witness at a judicial proceeding; disobedience may be punishable as a contempt of court [syn: subpoena, subpoena ad testificandum] v 1: serve or summon with a subpoena; "The witness and her records were subpoenaed"

n 1: parasitic nematode occurring in the intestines of pigs and rats and human beings and producing larvae that form cysts in skeletal muscles [syn: trichina, Trichinella spiralis]

n 1: the wife or widow of a czar [syn: czarina, tsarina, tzarina, czaritza, tsaritsa]

n 1: a blood vessel that carries blood from the capillaries toward the heart; "all veins except the pulmonary vein carry unaerated blood" [syn: vein, vena, venous blood vessel]

n 1: any of numerous tropical or subtropical American plants of the genus Verbena grown for their showy spikes of variously colored flowers [syn: verbena, vervain]

n 1: United States mathematician and founder of cybernetics (1894-1964) [syn: Wiener, Norbert Wiener] 2: a smooth-textured sausage of minced beef or pork usually smoked; often served on a bread roll [syn: frank, frankfurter, hotdog, hot dog, dog, wiener, wienerwurst, weenie]

n 1: a city in western Saudi Arabia; site of the tomb of Muhammad; the second most holy city of Islam [syn: Medina, Al Madinah] 2: the ancient quarter of many cities in northern Africa

n 1: the Babylonian goddess of the watery deep and daughter of Ea

n 1: (Greek mythology) goddess of wisdom and useful arts and prudent warfare; guardian of Athens; identified with Roman Minerva [syn: Athena, Athene, Pallas, Pallas Athena, Pallas Athene]

n 1: a cobwebby partial veil consisting of silky fibrils

n 1: small Asiatic wild bird; believed to be ancestral to domestic fowl [syn: jungle fowl, gallina]

n 1: a port city in northeastern Sicily on the Strait of Messina

n 1: the provincial capital of Saskatchewan

n 1: a town in central Kansas

n 1: pilchards [syn: Sardina, genus Sardina, genus Sardinia]

n 1: a republic in southern South America; second largest country in South America [syn: Argentina, Argentine Republic] 2: type genus of the Argentinidae: argentines [syn: Argentina, genus Argentina]

n 1: a port in southeastern Spain on the Mediterranean 2: a port city in northwestern Colombia on the Caribbean

n 1: a Romanian resort city on the Black Sea

n 1: a river that rises in the Andes mountains in southwestern Colombia and flows generally northward to empty into the Caribbean Sea at Barranquilla [syn: Magdalena, Magdalena River]

n 1: goddess of the underworld; counterpart of Greek Persephone [syn: Proserpina, Proserpine]

n 1: the battle in 1806 in which Napoleon decisively defeated the Prussians [syn: Jena, Battle of Jena]

n 1: a Russian river in Siberia; flows northward into the Laptev Sea [syn: Lena, Lena River]

n 1: tropical Asian starlings [syn: myna, mynah, mina, minah, myna bird, mynah bird]

n 1: the wife or widow of a czar [syn: czarina, tsarina, tzarina, czaritza, tsaritsa]

n 1: doglike nocturnal mammal of Africa and southern Asia that feeds chiefly on carrion [syn: hyena, hyaena]

n 1: a masked dancer during a Pueblo religious ceremony who is thought to embody some particular spirit 2: a deified spirit of the Pueblo people 3: a carved doll wearing the costume of a particular Pueblo spirit; usually presented to a child as a gift

n 1: any of various trees and shrubs of the genus Casuarina having jointed stems and whorls of scalelike leaves; some yield heavy hardwood

n 1: a city in southwestern California to the east of Los Angeles

n 1: an acute communicable disease (usually in children) characterized by fever and a red rash [syn: scarlet fever, scarlatina]

n 1: an Italian courtesy title for an unmarried woman; equivalent to `Miss', it is either used alone or before a name 2: an Italian title or form of address for an unmarried woman

n 1: a short and simple sonata

n 1: (law) a party who interposes in a pending proceeding

adj 1: of or relating to the palm of the hand or to the area at the base of the thumb [syn: thenal, thenar] n 1: the fleshy area of the palm at the base of the thumb 2: the inner surface of the hand from the wrist to the base of the fingers [syn: palm, thenar]

n 1: an oblong metal ring with a spring clip; used in mountaineering to attach a rope to a piton or to connect two ropes [syn: carabiner, karabiner, snap ring]