Words that rhyme with charivari

  • buttery
    adj 1: unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating in manner or speech; "buttery praise"; "gave him a fulsome introduction"; "an oily sycophantic press agent"; "oleaginous hypocrisy"; "smarmy self-importance"; "the unctuous Uriah Heep"; "soapy compliments" [syn: buttery, fulsome, oily, oleaginous, smarmy, soapy, unctuous] 2: resembling or containing or spread with butter; "a rich buttery cake" n 1: a small storeroom for storing foods or wines [syn: pantry, larder, buttery] 2: a teashop where students in British universities can purchase light meals
  • certiorari
    n 1: a common law writ issued by a superior court to one of inferior jurisdiction demanding the record of a particular case [syn: certiorari, writ of certiorari]
  • contributory
    adj 1: tending to bring about; being partly responsible for; "working conditions are not conducive to productivity"; "the seaport was a contributing factor in the growth of the city"; "a contributory factor" [syn: conducive, contributing(a), contributive, contributory, tributary]
  • curare
    n 1: a toxic alkaloid found in certain tropical South American trees that is a powerful relaxant for striated muscles; "curare acts by blocking cholinergic transmission at the myoneural junction" [syn: tubocurarine, curare]
  • lottery
    n 1: something that is regarded as a chance event; "the election was just a lottery to them" 2: players buy (or are given) chances and prizes are distributed by casting lots [syn: lottery, drawing]
  • mare
    n 1: female equine animal [syn: mare, female horse] 2: a dark region of considerable extent on the surface of the moon [syn: mare, maria]
  • pottery
    n 1: ceramic ware made from clay and baked in a kiln [syn: pottery, clayware] 2: the craft of making earthenware 3: a workshop where clayware is made
  • safari
    n 1: an overland journey by hunters (especially in Africa) [syn: campaign, hunting expedition, safari]
  • sari
    n 1: a dress worn primarily by Hindu women; consists of several yards of light material that is draped around the body [syn: sari, saree]
  • starry
    adj 1: abounding with or resembling stars; "a starry night"; "starry illumination" [ant: starless]
  • tarry
    adj 1: having the characteristics of pitch or tar [syn: pitchy, resinous, resiny, tarry] v 1: be about; "The high school students like to loiter in the Central Square"; "Who is this man that is hanging around the department?" [syn: loiter, lounge, footle, lollygag, loaf, lallygag, hang around, mess about, tarry, linger, lurk, mill about, mill around] 2: leave slowly and hesitantly [syn: tarry, linger]
  • bari
    n 1: capital city of the Apulia region on the Adriatic coast
  • mari
    n 1: a member of a rural Finnish people living in eastern Russia [syn: Cheremis, Cheremiss, Mari] 2: the Finnic language spoken by the Cheremis [syn: Cheremis, Cheremiss, Mari]
  • bihari
    n 1: the Indic language spoken in Bihar (and by some people in Pakistan and Bangladesh)
  • harare
    n 1: the capital and largest city of Zimbabwe [syn: Harare, Salisbury, capital of Zimbabwe]
  • calamari
    n 1: (Italian cuisine) squid prepared as food [syn: squid, calamari, calamary]
  • stradivari
    n 1: Italian violin maker who developed the modern violin and created violins of unequaled tonal quality (1644?-1737) [syn: Stradivari, Antonio Stradivari, Stradivarius, Antonius Stradivarius]
  • distributary
    n 1: a branch of a river that flows away from the main stream and does not rejoin it [ant: affluent, confluent, feeder, tributary]
  • vasari
    n 1: Italian painter and art historian (1511-1574) [syn: Vasari, Giorgio Vasari]
  • kalahari
    n 1: a desert in southwestern Africa - largely Botswana [syn: Kalahari, Kalahari Desert]
  • bijouterie
  • fluttery
  • persecutory
  • scutari
  • ari
  • cagliari
  • ricercare
  • sparry
  • askari
  • shikari
  • martyry
  • godwottery

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