Words that rhyme with hecuba

n 1: a degree or grade of excellence or worth; "the quality of students has risen"; "an executive of low caliber" [syn: quality, caliber, calibre] 2: diameter of a tube or gun barrel [syn: bore, gauge, caliber, calibre]

n 1: a device (trade name Aqua-Lung) that lets divers breathe under water; scuba is an acronym for self-contained underwater breathing apparatus [syn: aqualung, Aqua- Lung, scuba]

n 1: the lowest brass wind instrument [syn: bass horn, sousaphone, tuba]

n 1: a fleshy underground stem or root serving for reproductive and food storage 2: type genus of the Tuberaceae: fungi whose fruiting bodies are typically truffles [syn: Tuber, genus Tuber]

n 1: (Old Testament) the wife of Uriah and later the wife of king David; Solomon was her son by David (circa 10th century BC)

n 1: a communist state in the Caribbean on the island of Cuba [syn: Cuba, Republic of Cuba] 2: the largest island in the West Indies

n 1: Jordan's port; located in southwestern Jordan on the Gulf of Aqaba [syn: Al Aqabah, Aqaba, Akaba]

n 1: Israeli religious philosopher (born in Austria); as a Zionist he promoted understanding between Jews and Arabs; his writings affected Christian thinkers as well as Jews (1878-1965) [syn: Buber, Martin Buber]

n 1: the legendary sword of King Arthur

n 1: a popular island resort in the Netherlands Antilles

n 1: a member of a Bantu people in southeastern Congo [syn: Luba, Chiluba] 2: a Bantu language spoken in southeastern Congo [syn: Luba, Tshiluba]

n 1: a member of a West African people living chiefly in southwestern Nigeria 2: a Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba in southwestern Nigeria [syn: Yoruba, Aku]

n 1: the basic unit of money in Nicaragua; equal to 100 centavos 2: Spanish explorer who discovered Yucatan (1475-1526) [syn: Cordoba, Francisco Fernandez Cordoba, Cordova, Francisco Fernandez de Cordova] 3: a city in southern Spain; center of Moorish culture [syn: Cordoba, Cordova] 4: a city in central Argentina; site of a university founded in 1613 [syn: Cordoba, Cordova]