Words that rhyme with costa

  • balaclava
    n 1: a cap that is close-fitting and woolen and covers all of the head but the face [syn: balaclava, balaclava helmet]
  • boll
    n 1: the rounded seed-bearing capsule of a cotton or flax plant
  • cadaver
    n 1: the dead body of a human being; "the cadaver was intended for dissection"; "the end of the police search was the discovery of a corpse"; "the murderer confessed that he threw the stiff in the river"; "honor comes to bless the turf that wraps their clay" [syn: cadaver, corpse, stiff, clay, remains]
  • canasta
    n 1: a form of rummy using two decks of cards and four jokers; jokers and deuces are wild; the object is to form groups of the same rank [syn: canasta, basket rummy, meld]
  • carver
    n 1: United States botanist and agricultural chemist who developed many uses for peanuts and soy beans and sweet potatoes (1864-1943) [syn: Carver, George Washington Carver] 2: makes decorative wooden panels [syn: woodcarver, carver] 3: an artist who creates sculptures [syn: sculptor, sculpturer, carver, statue maker] 4: someone who carves the meat [syn: cutter, carver]
  • cassava
    n 1: a starch made by leaching and drying the root of the cassava plant; the source of tapioca; a staple food in the tropics [syn: cassava, cassava starch, manioc, manioca] 2: cassava root eaten as a staple food after drying and leaching; source of tapioca [syn: cassava, manioc] 3: any of several plants of the genus Manihot having fleshy roots yielding a nutritious starch [syn: cassava, casava]
  • col
    n 1: a pass between mountain peaks [syn: col, gap]
  • doll
    n 1: a small replica of a person; used as a toy [syn: doll, dolly] 2: informal terms for a (young) woman [syn: dame, doll, wench, skirt, chick, bird]
  • guava
    n 1: small tropical shrubby tree bearing small yellowish fruit [syn: guava, strawberry guava, yellow cattley guava, Psidium littorale] 2: small tropical American shrubby tree; widely cultivated in warm regions for its sweet globular yellow fruit [syn: guava, true guava, guava bush, Psidium guajava] 3: tropical fruit having yellow skin and pink pulp; eaten fresh or used for e.g. jellies
  • java
    n 1: an island in Indonesia to the south of Borneo; one of the world's most densely populated regions 2: a beverage consisting of an infusion of ground coffee beans; "he ordered a cup of coffee" [syn: coffee, java] 3: a platform-independent object-oriented programming language
  • kava
    n 1: an alcoholic drink made from the aromatic roots of the kava shrub [syn: kava, kavakava]
  • knoll
    n 1: a small natural hill [syn: knoll, mound, hillock, hummock, hammock]
  • larva
    n 1: the immature free-living form of most invertebrates and amphibians and fish which at hatching from the egg is fundamentally unlike its parent and must metamorphose
  • lava
    n 1: rock that in its molten form (as magma) issues from volcanos; lava is what magma is called when it reaches the surface
  • loll
    v 1: hang loosely or laxly; "His tongue lolled" [syn: droop, loll] 2: be lazy or idle; "Her son is just bumming around all day" [syn: bum, bum around, bum about, arse around, arse about, fuck off, loaf, frig around, waste one's time, lounge around, loll, loll around, lounge about]
  • palaver
    n 1: flattery intended to persuade [syn: blandishment, cajolery, palaver] 2: loud and confused and empty talk; "mere rhetoric" [syn: palaver, hot air, empty words, empty talk, rhetoric] v 1: speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly [syn: chatter, piffle, palaver, prate, tittle- tattle, twaddle, clack, maunder, prattle, blab, gibber, tattle, blabber, gabble] 2: influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering; "He palavered her into going along" [syn: wheedle, cajole, palaver, blarney, coax, sweet-talk, inveigle] 3: have a lengthy discussion, usually between people of different backgrounds
  • pasta
    n 1: a dish that contains pasta as its main ingredient 2: shaped and dried dough made from flour and water and sometimes egg [syn: pasta, alimentary paste]
  • poll
    n 1: an inquiry into public opinion conducted by interviewing a random sample of people [syn: poll, opinion poll, public opinion poll, canvass] 2: the top of the head [syn: pate, poll, crown] 3: the part of the head between the ears 4: a tame parrot [syn: poll, poll parrot] 5: the counting of votes (as in an election) v 1: get the opinions (of people) by asking specific questions [syn: poll, canvass, canvas] 2: vote in an election at a polling station 3: get the votes of 4: convert into a pollard; "pollard trees" [syn: poll, pollard]
  • troll
    n 1: (Scandanavian folklore) a supernatural creature (either a dwarf or a giant) that is supposed to live in caves or in the mountains 2: a partsong in which voices follow each other; one voice starts and others join in one after another until all are singing different parts of the song at the same time; "they enjoyed singing rounds" [syn: round, troll] 3: a fisherman's lure that is used in trolling; "he used a spinner as his troll" 4: angling by drawing a baited line through the water [syn: troll, trolling] v 1: circulate, move around 2: cause to move round and round; "The child trolled her hoop" 3: sing the parts of (a round) in succession 4: angle with a hook and line drawn through the water 5: sing loudly and without inhibition 6: praise or celebrate in song; "All tongues shall troll you" 7: speak or recite rapidly or in a rolling voice
  • woodcarver
    n 1: makes decorative wooden panels [syn: woodcarver, carver]
  • pol
    n 1: a person active in party politics [syn: politician, politico, pol, political leader]
  • sol
    n 1: a colloid that has a continuous liquid phase in which a solid is suspended in a liquid [syn: sol, colloidal solution, colloidal suspension] 2: (Roman mythology) ancient Roman god; personification of the sun; counterpart of Greek Helios 3: the syllable naming the fifth (dominant) note of any musical scale in solmization [syn: sol, soh, so]
  • valdosta
    n 1: a town in southern Georgia near the Florida border
  • bratislava
    n 1: capital and largest city of Slovakia [syn: Bratislava, capital of Slovakia, Pressburg, Pozsony]
  • droste
  • coll
  • scholl
  • acosta
  • stol
  • fausta
  • piassava
  • hasta
  • asta
  • brava
  • subcosta

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