Words that rhyme with magdala

n 1: South African plant widely cultivated for its showy pure white spathe and yellow spadix [syn: calla lily, calla, arum lily, Zantedeschia aethiopica] 2: water arum [syn: Calla, genus Calla]

n 1: the basic unit of luminous intensity adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites; equal to 1/60 of the luminous intensity per square centimeter of a black body radiating at the temperature of 2,046 degrees Kelvin [syn: candle, candela, cd, standard candle]

n 1: (botany) the whorl of petals of a flower that collectively form an inner floral envelope or layer of the perianth; "we cultivate the flower for its corolla"

n 1: a low flat-bottomed freight car with fixed sides but no roof [syn: gondola car, gondola] 2: long narrow flat-bottomed boat propelled by sculling; traditionally used on canals of Venice 3: the compartment that is suspended from an airship and that carries personnel and the cargo and the power plant [syn: car, gondola]

n 1: African antelope with ridged curved horns; moves with enormous leaps [syn: impala, Aepyceros melampus]

n 1: sluggish tailless Australian arboreal marsupial with grey furry ears and coat; feeds on eucalyptus leaves and bark [syn: koala, koala bear, kangaroo bear, native bear, Phascolarctos cinereus]

n 1: a singer who changes register rapidly (popular is Swiss folk songs)

n 1: (Norse mythology) the hall in which the souls of heros slain in battle were received by Odin [syn: Valhalla, Walhalla]

n 1: Muslim name for the one and only God

n 1: arborescent cacti having very spiny cylindrical stem segments; southwestern United States and Mexico [syn: cholla, Opuntia cholla]

n 1: stout-bodied insect with large membranous wings; male has drum-like organs for producing a high-pitched drone [syn: cicada, cicala]

n 1: an esoteric or occult matter resembling the Kabbalah that is traditionally secret [syn: cabala, cabbala, cabbalah, kabala, kabbala, kabbalah, qabala, qabalah] 2: an esoteric theosophy of rabbinical origin based on the Hebrew scriptures and developed between the 7th and 18th centuries [syn: Kabbalah, Kabbala, Kabala, Cabbalah, Cabbala, Cabala, Qabbalah, Qabbala]

n 1: the capital and largest city of Uganda on the north shore of Lake Victoria [syn: Kampala, capital of Uganda]

n 1: dark sweet or semisweet dessert wine from Sicily

n 1: a member of the Siouan people who constituted a division of the Teton Sioux and who formerly inhabited the Black Hills of western South Dakota [syn: Oglala, Ogalala] 2: a Siouan language spoken by the Oglala [syn: Oglala, Ogalala]

n 1: a republic in Central America; achieved independence from Spain in 1821; noted for low per capita income and illiteracy; politically unstable [syn: Guatemala, Republic of Guatemala]

n 1: an almond-shaped neural structure in the anterior part of the temporal lobe of the cerebrum; intimately connected with the hypothalamus and the hippocampus and the cingulate gyrus; as part of the limbic system it plays an important role in motivation and emotional behavior [syn: amygdala, amygdaloid nucleus, corpus amygdaloideum]

n 1: any of various geometric designs (usually circular) symbolizing the universe; used chiefly in Hinduism and Buddhism as an aid to meditation