Words that rhyme with erwina

n 1: any disease of the throat or fauces marked by spasmodic attacks of intense suffocative pain 2: a heart condition marked by paroxysms of chest pain due to reduced oxygen to the heart [syn: angina pectoris, angina]

n 1: a keel-shaped constellation in the southern hemisphere; contains the start Canopus 2: any of various keel-shaped structures or ridges such as that on the breastbone of a bird or that formed by the fused petals of a pea blossom

n 1: a communist nation that covers a vast territory in eastern Asia; the most populous country in the world [syn: China, People's Republic of China, mainland China, Communist China, Red China, PRC, Cathay] 2: high quality porcelain originally made only in China 3: a government on the island of Taiwan established in 1949 by Chiang Kai-shek after the conquest of mainland China by the Communists led by Mao Zedong [syn: Taiwan, China, Nationalist China, Republic of China] 4: dishware made of high quality porcelain [syn: chinaware, china]

n 1: one whose work is to refine a specific thing; "he was a sugar refiner"

n 1: the lower part of the female reproductive tract; a moist canal in female mammals extending from the labia minora to the uterus; "the vagina receives the penis during coitus"; "the vagina is elastic enough to allow the passage of a fetus"

n 1: tropical Asian starlings [syn: myna, mynah, mina, minah, myna bird, mynah bird]

n 1: a city in western Saudi Arabia; site of the tomb of Muhammad; the second most holy city of Islam [syn: Medina, Al Madinah] 2: the ancient quarter of many cities in northern Africa

n 1: the area of the states of North Carolina and South Carolina [syn: Carolina, Carolinas]

n 1: a peninsula of southeastern Asia that includes Myanmar and Cambodia and Laos and Malaysia and Thailand and Vietnam [syn: Indochina, Indochinese peninsula]

n 1: tropical Asian starlings [syn: myna, mynah, mina, minah, myna bird, mynah bird]

n 1: any of various trees and shrubs of the genus Casuarina having jointed stems and whorls of scalelike leaves; some yield heavy hardwood

n 1: Austrian philosopher who founded anthroposophy (1861-1925) [syn: Steiner, Rudolf Steiner]

n 1: an armchair whose back can be lowered and foot can be raised to allow the sitter to recline in it [syn: recliner, reclining chair, lounger]

n 1: marine protozoan having a rounded shell with spiny processes

n 1: a conservative who is uncompromising

n 1: United States pathologist (born in Austria) who discovered human blood groups (1868-1943) [syn: Landsteiner, Karl Landsteiner]