Words that rhyme with griqua

n 1: gibberish and nonsense

n 1: the mathematics of generalized arithmetical operations

n 1: a shade of blue tinged with green [syn: greenish blue, aqua, aquamarine, turquoise, cobalt blue, peacock blue]

n 1: a flatbottomed jar made of glass or plastic; used for chemistry 2: a cup (usually without a handle)

n 1: branched candlestick; ornamental; has several lights [syn: candelabrum, candelabra]

n 1: venomous Asiatic and African elapid snakes that can expand the skin of the neck into a hood

n 1: an alloy of copper and nickel with high electrical resistance and a low temperature coefficient; used as resistance wire [syn: constantan, Eureka] 2: a town in northwest California on an arm of the Pacific Ocean

n 1: electro-acoustic transducer that converts electrical signals into sounds loud enough to be heard at a distance [syn: loudspeaker, speaker, speaker unit, loudspeaker system, speaker system]

adj 1: shockingly repellent; inspiring horror; "ghastly wounds"; "the grim aftermath of the bombing"; "the grim task of burying the victims"; "a grisly murder"; "gruesome evidence of human sacrifice"; "macabre tales of war and plague in the Middle ages"; "macabre tortures conceived by madmen" [syn: ghastly, grim, grisly, gruesome, macabre, sick]

n 1: plant bearing large mild thick-walled usually bell-shaped fruits; the principal salad peppers [syn: sweet pepper, bell pepper, pimento, pimiento, paprika, sweet pepper plant, Capsicum annuum grossum] 2: a mild powdered seasoning made from dried pimientos

n 1: a fringe region of partial shadow around an umbra

n 1: someone making a search or inquiry; "they are seekers after truth" [syn: seeker, searcher, quester] 2: a missile equipped with a device that is attracted toward some kind of emission (heat or light or sound or radio waves)

n 1: a canvas shoe with a pliable rubber sole [syn: gym shoe, sneaker, tennis shoe] 2: someone acting as an informer or decoy for the police [syn: fink, snitch, snitcher, stoolpigeon, stool pigeon, stoolie, sneak, sneaker, canary]

n 1: someone who expresses in language; someone who talks (especially someone who delivers a public speech or someone especially garrulous); "the speaker at commencement"; "an utterer of useful maxims" [syn: speaker, talker, utterer, verbalizer, verbaliser] 2: electro-acoustic transducer that converts electrical signals into sounds loud enough to be heard at a distance [syn: loudspeaker, speaker, speaker unit, loudspeaker system, speaker system] 3: the presiding officer of a deliberative assembly; "the leader of the majority party is the Speaker of the House of Representatives"

n 1: any artifact that makes a squeaking sound when used; "those sneakers are squeakers"; "which hinge is the squeaker?" 2: something achieved (or escaped) by a narrow margin [syn: close call, close shave, squeak, squeaker, narrow escape]

n 1: a case or sheath especially a pollen sac or moss capsule [syn: theca, sac] 2: outer sheath of the pupa of certain insects

n 1: a region of complete shadow resulting from total obstruction of light

n 1: a surreptitious informant; "the president wanted to know who the leakers were"

n 1: someone who takes off all their clothes and runs naked through a public place

n 1: a native-born Israeli

n 1: a fortified Moorish palace built near Granada by Muslim kings in the Middle Ages

n 1: the capital of the state of Kansas; located in eastern Kansas on the Kansas river [syn: Topeka, capital of Kansas]

n 1: a country on the island of Dominica [syn: Dominica, Commonwealth of Dominica] 2: a volcanic island in the Windward Islands that was once a stronghold of the Carib Indians

n 1: the longest lake in the world in central Africa between Tanzania and Congo in the Great Rift Valley [syn: Lake Tanganyika, Tanganyika] 2: a former state in East Africa; united with Zanzibar in 1964 to form Tanzania

n 1: small short-eared burrowing mammal of rocky uplands of Asia and western North America [syn: pika, mouse hare, rock rabbit, coney, cony]

n 1: any of several tall tropical palms native to southeastern Asia having egg-shaped nuts