Words that rhyme with laporta

n 1: the large trunk artery that carries blood from the left ventricle of the heart to branch arteries

n 1: long-winged oceanic bird that in flight skims close to the waves

n 1: the killing of animals (as for food) 2: a sound defeat [syn: thrashing, walloping, debacle, drubbing, slaughter, trouncing, whipping] 3: the savage and excessive killing of many people [syn: slaughter, massacre, mass murder, carnage, butchery] v 1: kill (animals) usually for food consumption; "They slaughtered their only goat to survive the winter" [syn: butcher, slaughter] 2: kill a large number of people indiscriminately; "The Hutus massacred the Tutsis in Rwanda" [syn: massacre, slaughter, mow down]

n 1: a clerk who sorts things (as letters at the post office) 2: a machine for sorting things (such as punched cards or letters) into classes

n 1: a worker employed at a dry-cleaning establishment to remove spots 2: a worker employed to apply spots (as markers or identifiers) 3: a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event [syn: lookout, lookout man, sentinel, sentry, watch, spotter, scout, picket] 4: someone who is the first to observe something [syn: finder, discoverer, spotter]

n 1: a daughter of your spouse by a former marriage

n 1: a person who backs a politician or a team etc.; "all their supporters came out for the game"; "they are friends of the library" [syn: supporter, protagonist, champion, admirer, booster, friend] 2: someone who supports or champions something [syn: patron, sponsor, supporter] 3: a person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose; "my invaluable assistant"; "they hired additional help to finish the work" [syn: assistant, helper, help, supporter] 4: a band (usually elastic) worn around the leg to hold up a stocking (or around the arm to hold up a sleeve) [syn: garter, supporter] 5: a support for the genitals worn by men engaging in strenuous exercise [syn: athletic supporter, supporter, suspensor, jockstrap, jock]

n 1: low-lying coastal land drained by tidal streams 2: the coastal plain of the South: eastern parts of Virginia and North Carolina and South Carolina and Georgia [syn: Tidewater, Tidewater region]

n 1: rich cake usually covered with cream and fruit or nuts; originated in Austria

adj 1: beneath the surface of the water; "submerged rocks" [syn: submerged, submersed, underwater] 2: growing or remaining under water; "viewing subaqueous fauna from a glass-bottomed boat"; "submerged leaves" [syn: subaqueous, subaquatic, submerged, submersed, underwater]

n 1: binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent [syn: water, H2O] 2: the part of the earth's surface covered with water (such as a river or lake or ocean); "they invaded our territorial waters"; "they were sitting by the water's edge" [syn: body of water, water] 3: once thought to be one of four elements composing the universe (Empedocles) 4: a facility that provides a source of water; "the town debated the purification of the water supply"; "first you have to cut off the water" [syn: water system, water supply, water] 5: liquid excretory product; "there was blood in his urine"; "the child had to make water" [syn: urine, piss, pee, piddle, weewee, water] 6: a liquid necessary for the life of most animals and plants; "he asked for a drink of water" v 1: supply with water, as with channels or ditches or streams; "Water the fields" [syn: water, irrigate] 2: provide with water; "We watered the buffalo" 3: secrete or form water, as tears or saliva; "My mouth watered at the prospect of a good dinner"; "His eyes watered" 4: fill with tears; "His eyes were watering"

n 1: someone who expresses contempt or indignation by uttering a snorting sound 2: something outstandingly difficult; "the problem was a real snorter" 3: something that is extraordinary or remarkable or prominent; "a snorter of a sermon"; "the storm wasn't long but it was a snorter"

n 1: a long truck for carrying motor vehicles [syn: transporter, car transporter] 2: a crane for moving material with dispatch as in loading and unloading ships 3: a moving belt that transports objects (as in a factory) [syn: conveyer belt, conveyor belt, conveyer, conveyor, transporter]

n 1: Belgian architect and leader in art nouveau architecture (1861-1947) [syn: Horta, Victor Horta]

n 1: an aperture or hole that opens into a bodily cavity; "the orifice into the aorta from the lower left chamber of the heart" [syn: orifice, opening, porta]

n 1: melted snow or ice

n 1: frothy water as in rapids or waterfalls [syn: white water, whitewater]

n 1: scientific instrument consisting of an electronic circuit that permits only voltage pulses of predetermined height to pass [syn: kicksorter, pulse height analyzer]