Words that rhyme with cordillera

n 1: someone whose employment involves carrying something; "the bonds were transmitted by carrier" [syn: carrier, bearer, toter] 2: a messenger who bears or presents; "a bearer of good tidings" 3: one of the mourners carrying the coffin at a funeral [syn: pallbearer, bearer] 4: the person who is in possession of a check or note or bond or document of title that is endorsed to him or to whoever holds it; "the bond was marked `payable to bearer'" [syn: holder, bearer]

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

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: the attendant (usually an officer of a nobleman's household) whose duty is to fill and serve cups of wine

n 1: the bridge player in contract bridge who wins the bidding and can declare which suit is to be trumps [syn: contractor, declarer] 2: someone who claims to speak the truth; "a bold asserter"; "a declarer of his intentions"; "affirmers of traditional doctrine"; "an asseverator of strong convictions"; "an avower of his own great intelligence" [syn: asserter, declarer, affirmer, asseverator, avower]

n 1: a light brown raw cane sugar from Guyana 2: a river in northern Guyana that flows northward into the Atlantic 3: a former Dutch colony in South America; now a part of Guyana 4: dark rum from Guyana [syn: demerara, demerara rum] 5: light brown cane sugar; originally from Guyana [syn: demerara, demerara sugar]

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: an official who carries a mace of office [syn: macebearer, mace, macer]

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

n 1: one of the mourners carrying the coffin at a funeral [syn: pallbearer, bearer]

n 1: a skilled worker who mends or repairs things [syn: mender, repairer, fixer]

n 1: a man who serves as a sailor [syn: mariner, seaman, tar, Jack-tar, Jack, old salt, seafarer, gob, sea dog]

n 1: someone who has or gives or receives a part or a share [syn: partaker, sharer]

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: someone who refrains from injuring or destroying

n 1: someone who gossips indiscreetly [syn: tattletale, tattler, taleteller, talebearer, telltale, blabbermouth]

n 1: a pedestrian who walks from place to place 2: a traveler going on a trip [syn: wayfarer, journeyer]

n 1: a person who wears or carries or displays something as a body covering or accessory; "the wearer of the crown"

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

n 1: a republic consisting of 26 of 32 counties comprising the island of Ireland; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1921 [syn: Ireland, Republic of Ireland, Irish Republic, Eire]

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: music composed in duple time for dancing the habanera 2: a Cuban dance in duple time