Words that rhyme with hysteria

  • anterior
    adj 1: of or near the head end or toward the front plane of a body [ant: posterior] 2: earlier in time [syn: anterior, prior(a)] n 1: a tooth situated at the front of the mouth; "his malocclusion was caused by malposed anteriors" [syn: front tooth, anterior]
  • area
    n 1: a particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography); "it was a mountainous area"; "Bible country" [syn: area, country] 2: a subject of study; "it was his area of specialization"; "areas of interest include..." 3: a part of an animal that has a special function or is supplied by a given artery or nerve; "in the abdominal region" [syn: area, region] 4: a particular environment or walk of life; "his social sphere is limited"; "it was a closed area of employment"; "he's out of my orbit" [syn: sphere, domain, area, orbit, field, arena] 5: a part of a structure having some specific characteristic or function; "the spacious cooking area provided plenty of room for servants" 6: the extent of a 2-dimensional surface enclosed within a boundary; "the area of a rectangle"; "it was about 500 square feet in area" [syn: area, expanse, surface area]
  • bacteria
    n 1: (microbiology) single-celled or noncellular spherical or spiral or rod-shaped organisms lacking chlorophyll that reproduce by fission; important as pathogens and for biochemical properties; taxonomy is difficult; often considered to be plants [syn: bacteria, bacterium]
  • cafeteria
    n 1: a restaurant where you serve yourself and pay a cashier
  • diphtheria
    n 1: acute contagious infection caused by the bacterium Corynebacterium diphtheriae; marked by the formation of a false membrane in the throat and other air passages causing difficulty in breathing
  • exterior
    adj 1: situated in or suitable for the outdoors or outside of a building; "an exterior scene"; "exterior grade plywood"; "exterior paints" [ant: interior] n 1: the region that is outside of something [syn: outside, exterior] [ant: inside, interior] 2: the outer side or surface of something [syn: outside, exterior] [ant: inside, interior]
  • inferior
    adj 1: of or characteristic of low rank or importance [ant: superior] 2: of low or inferior quality [ant: superior] 3: written or printed below and to one side of another character [syn: subscript, inferior] [ant: adscript, superior, superscript] 4: having an orbit between the sun and the Earth's orbit; "Mercury and Venus are inferior planets" [ant: superior] 5: lower than a given reference point; "inferior alveolar artery" 6: falling short of some prescribed norm; "substandard housing" [syn: deficient, inferior, substandard] n 1: one of lesser rank or station or quality [ant: higher-up, superior, superordinate] 2: a character or symbol set or printed or written beneath or slightly below and to the side of another character [syn: subscript, inferior] [ant: superior, superscript]
  • insomnia
    n 1: an inability to sleep; chronic sleeplessness [ant: hypersomnia]
  • interior
    adj 1: situated within or suitable for inside a building; "an interior scene"; "interior decoration"; "an interior bathroom without windows" [ant: exterior] 2: inside the country; "the British Home Office has broader responsibilities than the United States Department of the Interior"; "the nation's internal politics" [syn: home(a), interior(a), internal, national] 3: located inward; "Beethoven's manuscript looks like a bloody record of a tremendous inner battle"- Leonard Bernstein; "she thinks she has no soul, no interior life, but the truth is that she has no access to it"- David Denby; "an internal sense of rightousness"- A.R.Gurney,Jr. [syn: inner, interior, internal] 4: inside and toward a center; "interior regions of the earth" 5: of or coming from the middle of a region or country; "upcountry districts" [syn: interior, midland, upcountry] n 1: the region that is inside of something [syn: inside, interior] [ant: exterior, outside] 2: the inner or enclosed surface of something [syn: inside, interior] [ant: exterior, outside] 3: the United States federal department charged with conservation and the development of natural resources; created in 1849 [syn: Department of the Interior, Interior Department, Interior, DoI]
  • malaria
    n 1: an infective disease caused by sporozoan parasites that are transmitted through the bite of an infected Anopheles mosquito; marked by paroxysms of chills and fever
  • posterior
    adj 1: located at or near or behind a part or near the end of a structure [ant: anterior] 2: coming at a subsequent time or stage; "without ulterior argument"; "the mood posterior to" [syn: later(a), ulterior, posterior] n 1: the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on; "he deserves a good kick in the butt"; "are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?" [syn: buttocks, nates, arse, butt, backside, bum, buns, can, fundament, hindquarters, hind end, keister, posterior, prat, rear, rear end, rump, stern, seat, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush, bottom, behind, derriere, fanny, ass] 2: a tooth situated at the back of the mouth [syn: back tooth, posterior]
  • superior
    adj 1: of high or superior quality or performance; "superior wisdom derived from experience"; "superior math students" [ant: inferior] 2: of or characteristic of high rank or importance; "a superior ruler" [ant: inferior] 3: (sometimes followed by `to') not subject to or influenced by; "overcome by a superior opponent"; "trust magnates who felt themselves superior to law" 4: written or printed above and to one side of another character [syn: superscript, superior] [ant: adscript, inferior, subscript] 5: having an orbit farther from the sun than the Earth's orbit; "Mars and Jupiter are the closest in of the superior planets" [ant: inferior] 6: having a higher rank; "superior officer" [syn: ranking(a), superior, higher-ranking] 7: (often followed by `to') above being affected or influenced by; "he is superior to fear"; "an ignited firework proceeds superior to circumstances until its blazing vitality fades" n 1: one of greater rank or station or quality [syn: superior, higher-up, superordinate] [ant: inferior] 2: the head of a religious community 3: a combatant who is able to defeat rivals [syn: victor, master, superior] 4: the largest freshwater lake in the world; the deepest of the Great Lakes [syn: Lake Superior, Superior] 5: a town in northwest Wisconsin on Lake Superior across from Duluth 6: a character or symbol set or printed or written above and immediately to one side of another character [syn: superscript, superior] [ant: inferior, subscript]
  • ulterior
    adj 1: lying beyond what is openly revealed or avowed (especially being kept in the background or deliberately concealed); "subterranean motives for murder"; "looked too closely for an ulterior purpose in all knowledge"- Bertrand Russell [syn: subterranean, subterraneous, ulterior] 2: beyond or outside an area of immediate interest; remote; "a suggestion ulterior to the present discussion"; "without...any purpose, immediate or ulterior"- G.B.Shaw 3: coming at a subsequent time or stage; "without ulterior argument"; "the mood posterior to" [syn: later(a), ulterior, posterior]
  • wisteria
    n 1: any flowering vine of the genus Wisteria [syn: wisteria, wistaria]
  • samaria
    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
  • bavaria
    n 1: a state in southern Germany famous for its beer; site of an automobile factory
  • bulgaria
    n 1: a republic in the eastern part of the Balkan Peninsula in southeastern Europe [syn: Bulgaria, Republic of Bulgaria]
  • sharia
    n 1: the code of law derived from the Koran and from the teachings and example of Mohammed; "sharia is only applicable to Muslims"; "under Islamic law there is no separation of church and state" [syn: shariah, shariah law, sharia, sharia law, Islamic law]
  • iberia
    n 1: an ancient geographical region to the south of the Caucasus Mountains that corresponded approximately to the present- day Georgia 2: a peninsula in southwestern Europe [syn: Iberian Peninsula, Iberia]
  • liberia
    n 1: a republic in West Africa; established in 1822 by Americans as a way to free negro slaves [syn: Liberia, Republic of Liberia]
  • listeria
    n 1: any species of the genus Listeria
  • siberia
    n 1: a vast Asian region of Russia; famous for long cold winters
  • beria
    n 1: Soviet chief of secret police under Joseph Stalin; was executed by his associates in the power struggle following Stalin's death (1899-1953) [syn: Beria, Lavrenti Pavlovich Beria]
  • feria
    n 1: a weekday on which no festival or holiday is celebrated; "in the middle ages feria was used with a prefixed ordinal number to designate the day of the week, so `secunda feria' meant Monday, but Sunday and Saturday were always called by their names, Dominicus and Sabbatum, and so feria came to mean an ordinary weekday" 2: (in Spanish speaking regions) a local festival or fair, usually in honor of some patron saint
  • cercaria
    n 1: tadpole-shaped parasitic larva of a trematode worm; tail disappears in adult stage
  • filaria
    n 1: European weed naturalized in southwestern United States and Mexico having reddish decumbent stems with small fernlike leaves and small deep reddish-lavender flowers followed by slender fruits that stick straight up; often grown for forage [syn: redstem storksbill, alfilaria, alfileria, filaree, filaria, clocks, pin grass, pin clover, Erodium cicutarium] 2: slender threadlike roundworms living in the blood and tissues of vertebrates; transmitted as larvae by biting insects
  • talaria
    n 1: a winged sandal (as worn by Hermes in Graeco-Roman art)
  • araucaria
    n 1: any of several tall South American or Australian trees with large cones and edible seeds
  • cineraria
    n 1: herb of Canary Islands widely cultivated for its blue or purple or red or variegated daisylike flowers [syn: cineraria, Pericallis cruenta, Senecio cruentus]
  • urticaria
    n 1: an itchy skin eruption characterized by weals with pale interiors and well-defined red margins; usually the result of an allergic response to insect bites or food or drugs [syn: urtication, urticaria, hives, nettle rash]
  • calceolaria
    n 1: any garden plant of the genus Calceolaria having flowers with large inflated slipper-shaped lower lip [syn: calceolaria, slipperwort]
  • carpenteria
    n 1: California evergreen shrub having glossy opposite leaves and terminal clusters of a few fragrant white flowers [syn: carpenteria, Carpenteria californica]
  • cryptomeria
    n 1: Japanese cedar; sugi [syn: Cryptomeria, genus Cryptomeria]
  • aquaria
  • criteria
  • honoraria
  • millennia
  • renteria
  • santeria
  • silveria
  • echeverria
  • fondiaria
  • finanziaria
  • inmobiliaria
  • erria
  • peria
  • caria
  • tornaria
  • bipinnaria
  • imperia

See also hysteria definition and hysteria synonyms