Words that rhyme with extra
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sumatra
n 1: a mountainous island in western Indonesia -
aspidistra
n 1: evergreen perennial with large handsome basal leaves; grown primarily as a foliage houseplant [syn: aspidistra, cast-iron plant, bar-room plant, Aspidistra elatio] -
mantra
n 1: a commonly repeated word or phrase; "she repeated `So pleased with how its going' at intervals like a mantra" 2: (Sanskrit) literally a `sacred utterance' in Vedism; one of a collection of orally transmitted poetic hymns -
orchestra
n 1: a musical organization consisting of a group of instrumentalists including string players 2: seating on the main floor in a theater -
contra
n 1: a member of the guerrilla force that opposed a left-wing government in Nicaragua -
sinatra
n 1: United States singer and film actor (1915-1998) [syn: Sinatra, Frank Sinatra, Francis Albert Sinatra] -
cleopatra
n 1: beautiful and charismatic queen of Egypt; mistress of Julius Caesar and later of Mark Antony; killed herself to avoid capture by Octavian (69-30 BC) -
maharashtra
n 1: a historical area in west-central India -
tantra
n 1: any of a fairly recent class of Hindu or Buddhist religious literature concerned with ritual acts of body and speech and mind 2: doctrine of enlightenment as the realization of the oneness of one's self and the visible world; combines elements of Hinduism and paganism including magical and mystical elements like mantras and mudras and erotic rites; especially influential in Tibet [syn: Tantra, Tantrism] -
chartres
n 1: a town in northern France that is noted for its Gothic Cathedral -
sartre
n 1: French writer and existentialist philosopher (1905-1980) [syn: Sartre, Jean-Paul Sartre] -
electra
n 1: (Greek mythology) the daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra; persuaded her brother (Orestes) to avenge Agamemnon's death by helping her to kill Clytemnestra and her lover (Aegisthus) -
fenestra
n 1: a small opening covered with membrane (especially one in the bone between the middle and inner ear) -
palaestra
n 1: a public place in ancient Greece or Rome devoted to the training of wrestlers and other athletes [syn: palestra, palaestra] -
palestra
n 1: a public place in ancient Greece or Rome devoted to the training of wrestlers and other athletes [syn: palestra, palaestra] -
clytemnestra
n 1: (Greek mythology) wife of Agamemnon who had him murdered when he returned from the Trojan War -
dicentra
n 1: North American and Asian herbs with divided leaves and irregular flowers [syn: Dicentra, genus Dicentra] -
intra
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rostra
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spectra
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centra
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terra
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tatra
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astra
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petra
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triquetra
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shastra
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sentra
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bumiputra
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socotra
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