Words that rhyme with lyra

• chimera 0
  n 1: (Greek mythology) fire-breathing female monster with a lion's head and a goat's body and a serpent's tail; daughter of Typhon [syn: Chimera, Chimaera] 2: a grotesque product of the imagination [syn: chimera, chimaera]
• era 0
  n 1: a period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event [syn: era, epoch] 2: a major division of geological time; an era is usually divided into two or more periods [syn: era, geological era] 3: (baseball) a measure of a pitcher's effectiveness; calculated as the average number of earned runs allowed by the pitcher for every nine innings pitched [syn: earned run average, ERA]
• hearer 0
  n 1: someone who listens attentively [syn: hearer, listener, auditor, attender]
• hegira 0
  n 1: the flight of Muhammad from Mecca to Medina in 622 which marked the beginning of the Muslim era; the Muslim calendar begins in that year [syn: Hegira, Hejira] 2: a journey by a large group to escape from a hostile environment [syn: exodus, hegira, hejira]
• lira 0
  n 1: the basic unit of money on Malta; equal to 100 cents [syn: lira, Maltese lira] 2: the basic unit of money in Turkey [syn: lira, Turkish lira] 3: formerly the basic unit of money in Italy; equal to 100 centesimi [syn: lira, Italian lira]
• spirogyra 0
  n 1: freshwater algae consisting of minute filaments containing spiral chlorophyll bands
• ira 0
  n 1: a militant organization of Irish nationalists who used terrorism and guerilla warfare in an effort to drive British forces from Northern Ireland and achieve a united independent Ireland [syn: Irish Republican Army, IRA, Provisional Irish Republican Army, Provisional IRA, Provos] 2: a retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement; taxes on the interest earned in the account are deferred [syn: individual retirement account, IRA] 3: belligerence aroused by a real or supposed wrong (personified as one of the deadly sins) [syn: wrath, anger, ire, ira]
• naira 0
  n 1: the basic unit of money in Nigeria
• hera 0
  n 1: queen of the Olympian gods in ancient Greek mythology; sister and wife of Zeus remembered for her jealously of the many mortal women Zeus fell in love with; identified with Roman Juno [syn: Hera, Here]
• madeira 0
  n 1: a Brazilian river; tributary of the Amazon River [syn: Madeira, Madeira River] 2: an island in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Africa; the largest of the Madeira Islands 3: an amber dessert wine from the Madeira Islands
• lempira 0
  n 1: the basic unit of money in Honduras; equal to 100 centavos
• megaera 0
  n 1: one of the three Furies
• phylloxera 0
  n 1: type genus of the Phylloxeridae: plant lice [syn: Phylloxera, genus Phylloxera]
• beira 0
  n 1: a port city in eastern Mozambique on the Mozambique Channel
• clearer 0
• interferes 0
• lire 0
• admira 0
• thera 0
• vera 0
• pereira 0
• myra 0
• corcyra 0
• elmira 0
• elvira 0
• hetaira 0
• kasmira 0
• deianira 0
• indira 0
• thira 0
• hetaera 0
• altamira 0
• rangatira 0
• lehrer 0

See also lyra definition