Words that rhyme with caravella

n 1: the basic unit of luminous intensity adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites; equal to 1/60 of the luminous intensity per square centimeter of a black body radiating at the temperature of 2,046 degrees Kelvin [syn: candle, candela, cd, standard candle]

n 1: an agricultural laborer in Arab countries

n 1: a short novel [syn: novelette, novella]

n 1: a small flat triangular bone in front of the knee that protects the knee joint [syn: patella, kneecap, kneepan] 2: type genus of the family Patellidae: common European limpets [syn: Patella, genus Patella]

n 1: a contagious viral disease that is a milder form of measles lasting three or four days; can be damaging to a fetus during the first trimester [syn: German measles, rubella, three-day measles, epidemic roseola]

n 1: rod-shaped Gram-negative enterobacteria; cause typhoid fever and food poisoning; can be used as a bioweapon

adj 1: covering or applying simultaneously to a number of similar items or elements or groups; "an umbrella organization"; "umbrella insurance coverage" n 1: a lightweight handheld collapsible canopy 2: a formation of military planes maintained over ground operations or targets; "an air umbrella over England" 3: having the function of uniting a group of similar things; "the Democratic Party is an umbrella for many liberal groups"; "under the umbrella of capitalism"

n 1: a constellation in the southern hemisphere between Carina and Pyxis; "because of its configuration Vela is sometimes called `the Sails'"

n 1: an extreme leftist terrorist group formed in Greece in 1971 to oppose the military junta that ruled Greece from 1967 to 1974; a revolutionary group opposed to capitalism and imperialism and the United States [syn: Revolutionary People's Struggle, ELA]

n 1: a boy or man; "that chap is your host"; "there's a fellow at the door"; "he's a likable cuss"; "he's a good bloke" [syn: chap, fellow, feller, fella, lad, gent, blighter, cuss, bloke]

n 1: United States minimalist painter (born in 1936) [syn: Stella, Frank Stella, Frank Philip Stella]

n 1: the brightest star in Auriga 2: snipes [syn: Gallinago, genus Gallinago, Capella, genus Capella]

n 1: typical gazelles [syn: Gazella, genus Gazella]

n 1: South African statesman who was released from prison to become the nation's first democratically elected president in 1994 (born in 1918) [syn: Mandela, Nelson Mandela, Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela]

n 1: small genus of perennial mostly Eurasian having terminal spikes of small purplish or white flowers [syn: Prunella, genus Prunella] 2: type genus of the Prunellidae [syn: Prunella, genus Prunella]

n 1: a fabric made from a twilled mixture of cotton and wool

n 1: a woman whose merits were not been recognized but who then achieves sudden success and recognition 2: a fictional young girl who is saved from her stepmother and stepsisters by her fairy godmother and a handsome prince

n 1: the queen of Castile whose marriage to Ferdinand of Aragon in 1469 marked the beginning of the modern state of Spain; they instituted the Spanish Inquisition in 1478 and sponsored the voyages of Christopher Columbus in 1492 (1451-1504) [syn: Isabella, Queen Isabella, Isabella I, Isabella the Catholic]

n 1: a Hindu disciple of a swami 2: a grasping structure on the limb of a crustacean or other arthropods [syn: claw, chela, nipper, pincer]

n 1: an ancient upright stone slab bearing markings [syn: stele, stela]