Words that rhyme with cara

n 1: a large crater caused by the violent explosion of a volcano that collapses into a depression

n 1: pig-sized tailless South American amphibious rodent with partly webbed feet; largest living rodent [syn: capybara, capibara, Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris]

n 1: any of various long-legged carrion-eating hawks of South America and Central America

n 1: dried bark of the cascara buckthorn used as a laxative [syn: cascara, cascara sagrada, chittam bark, chittem bark]

n 1: (Greek mythology) fire-breathing female monster with a lion's head and a goat's body and a serpent's tail; daughter of Typhon [syn: Chimera, Chimaera] 2: a grotesque product of the imagination [syn: chimera, chimaera]

n 1: a period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event [syn: era, epoch] 2: a major division of geological time; an era is usually divided into two or more periods [syn: era, geological era] 3: (baseball) a measure of a pitcher's effectiveness; calculated as the average number of earned runs allowed by the pitcher for every nine innings pitched [syn: earned run average, ERA]

n 1: makeup that is used to darken and thicken the eye lashes

n 1: a winged often one-seed indehiscent fruit as of the ash or elm or maple [syn: samara, key fruit, key]

n 1: the whitish fibrous membrane (albuginea) that with the cornea forms the outer covering and protection of the eyeball [syn: sclera, sclerotic coat]

n 1: a range of mountains (usually with jagged peaks and irregular outline) 2: a Spanish mackerel of western North America [syn: sierra, Scomberomorus sierra]

n 1: a jeweled headdress worn by women on formal occasions

n 1: only extant member of the order Rhynchocephalia of large spiny lizard-like diapsid reptiles of coastal islands off New Zealand [syn: tuatara, Sphenodon punctatum]

n 1: (obstetrics) the number of liveborn children a woman has delivered; "the parity of the mother must be considered"; "a bipara is a woman who has given birth to two children" [syn: parity, para] 2: 100 para equal 1 dinar in Yugoslavia 3: a soldier in the paratroops [syn: paratrooper, para] 4: an estuary in northern Brazil into which the Tocantins River flows [syn: Para, Para River] 5: port city in northern Brazil in the Amazon delta; main port and commercial center for the Amazon River basin [syn: Belem, Para, Feliz Lusitania, Santa Maria de Belem, St. Mary of Bethlehem]

n 1: an ancient city in central Palestine founded in the 9th century BC as the capital of the northern Hebrew kingdom of Israel; the site is in present-day northwestern Jordan

n 1: (Old Testament) the wife of Abraham and mother of Isaac

n 1: United States baseball player (born 1925) [syn: Berra, Lawrence Peter Berra, Yogi, Yogi Berra]

n 1: a Chadic language spoken in Chad

n 1: the basic unit of money in Nigeria

n 1: Spanish missionary who founded Franciscan missions in California (1713-1784) [syn: Serra, Junipero Serra, Miguel Jose Serra]

n 1: a village in eastern Ireland (northwest of Dublin); seat of Irish kings until 6th century

n 1: the capital of Australia; located in southeastern Australia [syn: Canberra, Australian capital, capital of Australia]

n 1: a progestin compound (trade name Provera) used to treat menstrual disorders [syn: medroxyprogesterone, Provera]

n 1: socialist Mexican painter of murals (1886-1957) [syn: Rivera, Diego Rivera]

n 1: the world's largest desert (3,500,000 square miles) in northern Africa [syn: Sahara, Sahara Desert]

n 1: a landlocked federal republic in central Europe [syn: Switzerland, Swiss Confederation, Suisse, Schweiz, Svizzera]

n 1: a coastal area between La Spezia in Italy and Cannes in France; "the Riviera contains some of Europe's most popular resorts"

n 1: the independent agency that oversees management of federal government records including presidential libraries and historic collections [syn: National Archives and Records Administration, NARA]

n 1: the capital of Eritrea [syn: Asmara, Asmera]

n 1: a city in northern Italy; "in the 13th century Ferrara was a center of Renaissance learning and the arts"

n 1: an Argentine revolutionary leader who was Fidel Castro's chief lieutenant in the Cuban revolution; active in other Latin American countries; was captured and executed by the Bolivian army (1928-1967) [syn: Guevara, Ernesto Guevara, Che Guevara]

n 1: (Hinduism and Buddhism) the endless cycle of birth and suffering and death and rebirth

n 1: sauce for pasta; contains eggs and bacon or ham and grated cheese

n 1: a city in southwestern Mexico; a popular health resort and site of architecture from the Spanish colonial era

n 1: green algae common in freshwater lakes of limestone districts [syn: Chara, genus Chara]

n 1: a constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma 2: macaws [syn: Ara, genus Ara]

n 1: national capital of Solomon Islands

n 1: the second part of the Talmud consisting primarily of commentary on the Mishna

n 1: sauce for pasta; contains tomatoes and garlic and herbs