Words that rhyme with galatea

• althea 0
  n 1: any of various plants of the genus Althaea; similar to but having smaller flowers than genus Alcea [syn: althea, althaea, hollyhock]
• charioteer 0
  n 1: the driver of a chariot 2: a conspicuous constellation in the northern hemisphere; between Great Bear and Orion at edge of Milky Way [syn: Auriga, Charioteer]
• diarrhoea 0
  n 1: frequent and watery bowel movements; can be a symptom of infection or food poisoning or colitis or a gastrointestinal tumor [syn: diarrhea, diarrhoea, looseness of the bowels, looseness]
• frontier 0
  n 1: a wilderness at the edge of a settled area of a country; "the individualism of the frontier in Andrew Jackson's day" 2: an international boundary or the area (often fortified) immediately inside the boundary 3: an undeveloped field of study; a topic inviting research and development; "he worked at the frontier of brain science"
• gazetteer 0
  n 1: a journalist who writes for a gazette 2: a geographical dictionary (as at the back of an atlas)
• idea 0
  n 1: the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about; "it was not a good idea"; "the thought never entered my mind" [syn: idea, thought] 2: your intention; what you intend to do; "he had in mind to see his old teacher"; "the idea of the game is to capture all the pieces" [syn: mind, idea] 3: a personal view; "he has an idea that we don't like him" 4: an approximate calculation of quantity or degree or worth; "an estimate of what it would cost"; "a rough idea how long it would take" [syn: estimate, estimation, approximation, idea] 5: (music) melodic subject of a musical composition; "the theme is announced in the first measures"; "the accompanist picked up the idea and elaborated it" [syn: theme, melodic theme, musical theme, idea]
• muleteer 0
  n 1: a worker who drives mules [syn: muleteer, mule skinner, mule driver, skinner]
• musketeer 0
  n 1: a foot soldier armed with a musket
• pamphleteer 0
  n 1: a writer of pamphlets (usually taking a partisan stand on public issues)
• panacea 0
  n 1: (Greek mythology) the goddess of healing; daughter of Aesculapius and sister of Hygeia 2: hypothetical remedy for all ills or diseases; once sought by the alchemists [syn: panacea, nostrum, catholicon, cure-all]
• pizzeria 0
  n 1: a shop where pizzas are made and sold [syn: pizzeria, pizza shop, pizza parlor]
• privateer 0
  n 1: an officer or crew member of a privateer [syn: privateer, privateersman] 2: a privately owned warship commissioned to prey on the commercial shipping or warships of an enemy nation
• profiteer 0
  n 1: someone who makes excessive profit (especially on goods in short supply) v 1: make an unreasonable profit, as on the sale of difficult to obtain goods
• puppeteer 0
  n 1: one who operates puppets or marionettes
• racketeer 0
  n 1: someone who commits crimes for profit (especially one who obtains money by fraud or extortion) v 1: carry on illegal business activities involving crime
• sonneteer 0
  n 1: a poet who writes sonnets
• tortilla 0
  n 1: thin unleavened pancake made from cornmeal or wheat flour
• urea 0
  n 1: the chief solid component of mammalian urine; synthesized from ammonia and carbon dioxide and used as fertilizer and in animal feed and in plastics [syn: urea, carbamide]
• volunteer 0
  adj 1: without payment; "the soup kitchen was run primarily by unpaid helpers"; "a volunteer fire department" [syn: unpaid, volunteer(a)] n 1: (military) a person who freely enlists for service [syn: volunteer, military volunteer, voluntary] [ant: conscript, draftee, inductee] 2: a person who performs voluntary work [syn: volunteer, unpaid worker] 3: a native or resident of Tennessee [syn: Tennessean, Volunteer] v 1: tell voluntarily; "He volunteered the information" 2: agree freely; "She volunteered to drive the old lady home"; "I offered to help with the dishes but the hostess would not hear of it" [syn: volunteer, offer] 3: do volunteer work
• asea 0
  adv 1: in the direction of the sea; "the sailor looked seaward" [syn: seaward, seawards, asea]
• cia 0
  n 1: an independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest; headed by the Director of Central Intelligence under the supervision of the President and National Security Council [syn: Central Intelligence Agency, CIA]
• stria 0
  n 1: any of a number of tiny parallel grooves such as: the scratches left by a glacier on rocks or the streaks or ridges in muscle tissue [syn: stria, striation] 2: a stripe or stripes of contrasting color; "chromosomes exhibit characteristic bands"; "the black and yellow banding of bees and wasps" [syn: band, banding, stria, striation]
• dia 0
  n 1: an intelligence agency of the United States in the Department of Defense; is responsible for providing intelligence in support of military planning and operations and weapons acquisition [syn: Defense Intelligence Agency, DIA]
• gaea 0
  n 1: (Greek mythology) goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology [syn: Gaea, Gaia, Ge]
• ia 0
  n 1: a state in midwestern United States [syn: Iowa, Hawkeye State, IA]
• pia 0
  n 1: perennial herb of East Indies to Polynesia and Australia; cultivated for its large edible root yielding Otaheite arrowroot starch [syn: pia, Indian arrowroot, Tacca leontopetaloides, Tacca pinnatifida]
• rhea 0
  n 1: fertility goddess in ancient Greek mythology; wife of Cronus and mother of Zeus; identified with Roman Ops and Cybele of ancient Asia Minor 2: smaller of two tall fast-running flightless birds similar to ostriches but three-toed; found from Peru to Strait of Magellan [syn: rhea, nandu, Pterocnemia pennata] 3: larger of two tall fast-running flightless birds similar to ostriches but three-toed; found from Brazil to Patagonia [syn: rhea, Rhea americana]
• shia 0
  n 1: one of the two main branches of orthodox Islam; mainly in Iran [syn: Shiah, Shia, Shiah Islam]
• shiah 0
  n 1: one of the two main branches of orthodox Islam; mainly in Iran [syn: Shiah, Shia, Shiah Islam]
• thea 0
  n 1: (Greek mythology) the Titaness who was mother of Helios and Selene and Eos in ancient mythology [syn: Thea, Theia]
• tia 0
  n 1: brief episode in which the brain gets insufficient blood supply; symptoms depend on the site of the blockage [syn: transient ischemic attack, TIA]
• crimea 0
  n 1: a Ukrainian peninsula between the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov
• hosea 0
  n 1: a minor Hebrew prophet (8th century BC) 2: an Old Testament book telling Hosea's prophecies [syn: Hosea, Book of Hosea]
• judea 0
  n 1: the southern part of ancient Palestine succeeding the kingdom of Judah; a Roman province at the time of Christ [syn: Judea, Judaea]
• korea 0
  n 1: an Asian peninsula (off Manchuria) separating the Yellow Sea and the Sea of Japan; the Korean name is Dae-Han-Min- Gook or Han-Gook [syn: Korea, Korean Peninsula, Dae- Han-Min-Gook, Han-Gook]
• maria 0
  n 1: a dark region of considerable extent on the surface of the moon [syn: mare, maria] 2: valuable timber tree of Panama [syn: Maria, Calophyllum longifolium]
• medea 0
  n 1: (Greek mythology) a princess of Colchis who aided Jason in taking the Golden Fleece from her father
• sofia 0
  n 1: capital and largest city of Bulgaria located in western Bulgaria [syn: Sofia, Serdica, Bulgarian capital]
• caesarea 0
  n 1: an ancient seaport in northwestern Israel; an important Roman city in ancient Palestine
• cytherea 0
  n 1: goddess of love and beauty and daughter of Zeus in ancient mythology; identified with Roman Venus [syn: Aphrodite, Cytherea]
• diarrhea 0
  n 1: frequent and watery bowel movements; can be a symptom of infection or food poisoning or colitis or a gastrointestinal tumor [syn: diarrhea, diarrhoea, looseness of the bowels, looseness]
• dulcinea 0
  n 1: a woman who is a man's sweetheart [syn: ladylove, dulcinea]
• eritrea 0
  n 1: an African country to the north of Ethiopia on the Red Sea; achieved independence from Ethiopia in 1993 [syn: Eritrea, State of Eritrea]
• galleria 0
  n 1: a genus of Pyralidae [syn: Galleria, genus Galleria]
• gonorrhea 0
  n 1: a common venereal disease caused by the bacterium Neisseria gonorrhoeae; symptoms are painful urination and pain around the urethra [syn: gonorrhea, gonorrhoea, clap]
• nicosia 0
  n 1: the capital and largest city of Cyprus [syn: Nicosia, capital of Cyprus]
• samaria 0
  n 1: an ancient city in central Palestine founded in the 9th century BC as the capital of the northern Hebrew kingdom of Israel; the site is in present-day northwestern Jordan
• tanzania 0
  n 1: a republic in eastern Africa [syn: Tanzania, United Republic of Tanzania]
• gadgeteer 0
  n 1: a person who delights in designing or building or using gadgets
• peripeteia 0
  n 1: a sudden and unexpected change of fortune or reverse of circumstances (especially in a literary work); "a peripeteia swiftly turns a routine sequence of events into a story worth telling" [syn: peripeteia, peripetia, peripety]
• via 0
• mcteer 0
• marketeer 0
• summiteer 0
• cea 0
• bria 0
• chia 0
• cleah 0
• dhia 0
• freia 0
• leah 0
• lia 0
• mia 0
• ria 0
• badeah 0
• belyea 0
• berea 0
• corea 0
• duryea 0
• garcia 0
• sophia 0
• alethea 0
• amalea 0
• bramalea 0
• cananea 0
• ciaccia 0
• dorothea 0
• anamaria 0
• bengoechea 0
• alyea 0
• corsetiere 0
• mcateer 0
• pulpiteer 0
• rocketeer 0

See also galatea definition