Words that rhyme with cercaria

  • area
    n 1: a particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography); "it was a mountainous area"; "Bible country" [syn: area, country] 2: a subject of study; "it was his area of specialization"; "areas of interest include..." 3: a part of an animal that has a special function or is supplied by a given artery or nerve; "in the abdominal region" [syn: area, region] 4: 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] 5: a part of a structure having some specific characteristic or function; "the spacious cooking area provided plenty of room for servants" 6: the extent of a 2-dimensional surface enclosed within a boundary; "the area of a rectangle"; "it was about 500 square feet in area" [syn: area, expanse, surface area]
  • hysteria
    n 1: state of violent mental agitation [syn: craze, delirium, frenzy, fury, hysteria] 2: excessive or uncontrollable fear 3: neurotic disorder characterized by violent emotional outbreaks and disturbances of sensory and motor functions [syn: hysteria, hysterical neurosis]
  • malaria
    n 1: an infective disease caused by sporozoan parasites that are transmitted through the bite of an infected Anopheles mosquito; marked by paroxysms of chills and fever
  • samaria
    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
  • bavaria
    n 1: a state in southern Germany famous for its beer; site of an automobile factory
  • bulgaria
    n 1: a republic in the eastern part of the Balkan Peninsula in southeastern Europe [syn: Bulgaria, Republic of Bulgaria]
  • sharia
    n 1: the code of law derived from the Koran and from the teachings and example of Mohammed; "sharia is only applicable to Muslims"; "under Islamic law there is no separation of church and state" [syn: shariah, shariah law, sharia, sharia law, Islamic law]
  • beria
    n 1: Soviet chief of secret police under Joseph Stalin; was executed by his associates in the power struggle following Stalin's death (1899-1953) [syn: Beria, Lavrenti Pavlovich Beria]
  • feria
    n 1: a weekday on which no festival or holiday is celebrated; "in the middle ages feria was used with a prefixed ordinal number to designate the day of the week, so `secunda feria' meant Monday, but Sunday and Saturday were always called by their names, Dominicus and Sabbatum, and so feria came to mean an ordinary weekday" 2: (in Spanish speaking regions) a local festival or fair, usually in honor of some patron saint
  • filaria
    n 1: European weed naturalized in southwestern United States and Mexico having reddish decumbent stems with small fernlike leaves and small deep reddish-lavender flowers followed by slender fruits that stick straight up; often grown for forage [syn: redstem storksbill, alfilaria, alfileria, filaree, filaria, clocks, pin grass, pin clover, Erodium cicutarium] 2: slender threadlike roundworms living in the blood and tissues of vertebrates; transmitted as larvae by biting insects
  • talaria
    n 1: a winged sandal (as worn by Hermes in Graeco-Roman art)
  • araucaria
    n 1: any of several tall South American or Australian trees with large cones and edible seeds
  • cineraria
    n 1: herb of Canary Islands widely cultivated for its blue or purple or red or variegated daisylike flowers [syn: cineraria, Pericallis cruenta, Senecio cruentus]
  • urticaria
    n 1: an itchy skin eruption characterized by weals with pale interiors and well-defined red margins; usually the result of an allergic response to insect bites or food or drugs [syn: urtication, urticaria, hives, nettle rash]
  • calceolaria
    n 1: any garden plant of the genus Calceolaria having flowers with large inflated slipper-shaped lower lip [syn: calceolaria, slipperwort]
  • carpenteria
    n 1: California evergreen shrub having glossy opposite leaves and terminal clusters of a few fragrant white flowers [syn: carpenteria, Carpenteria californica]
  • aquaria
  • honoraria
  • renteria
  • santeria
  • silveria
  • echeverria
  • fondiaria
  • finanziaria
  • inmobiliaria
  • rosaria
  • erria
  • peria
  • caria
  • tornaria
  • bipinnaria

See also cercaria definition