Words that rhyme with maharashtra

• aspidistra 0
  n 1: evergreen perennial with large handsome basal leaves; grown primarily as a foliage houseplant [syn: aspidistra, cast-iron plant, bar-room plant, Aspidistra elatio]
• extra 0
  adv 1: unusually or exceptionally; "an extra fast car" adj 1: more than is needed, desired, or required; "trying to lose excess weight"; "found some extra change lying on the dresser"; "yet another book on heraldry might be thought redundant"; "skills made redundant by technological advance"; "sleeping in the spare room"; "supernumerary ornamentation"; "it was supererogatory of her to gloat"; "delete superfluous (or unnecessary) words"; "extra ribs as well as other supernumerary internal parts"; "surplus cheese distributed to the needy" [syn: excess, extra, redundant, spare, supererogatory, superfluous, supernumerary, surplus] 2: added to a regular schedule; "a special holiday flight"; "put on special buses for the big game" [syn: extra, special] 3: further or added; "called for additional troops"; "need extra help"; "an extra pair of shoes" [syn: extra, additional] n 1: a minor actor in crowd scenes [syn: supernumerary, spear carrier, extra] 2: an additional edition of a newspaper (usually to report a crisis) 3: something additional of the same kind; "he always carried extras in case of an emergency" [syn: extra, duplicate]
• mantra 0
  n 1: a commonly repeated word or phrase; "she repeated `So pleased with how its going' at intervals like a mantra" 2: (Sanskrit) literally a `sacred utterance' in Vedism; one of a collection of orally transmitted poetic hymns
• orchestra 0
  n 1: a musical organization consisting of a group of instrumentalists including string players 2: seating on the main floor in a theater
• contra 0
  n 1: a member of the guerrilla force that opposed a left-wing government in Nicaragua
• sinatra 0
  n 1: United States singer and film actor (1915-1998) [syn: Sinatra, Frank Sinatra, Francis Albert Sinatra]
• sumatra 0
  n 1: a mountainous island in western Indonesia
• cleopatra 0
  n 1: beautiful and charismatic queen of Egypt; mistress of Julius Caesar and later of Mark Antony; killed herself to avoid capture by Octavian (69-30 BC)
• tantra 0
  n 1: any of a fairly recent class of Hindu or Buddhist religious literature concerned with ritual acts of body and speech and mind 2: doctrine of enlightenment as the realization of the oneness of one's self and the visible world; combines elements of Hinduism and paganism including magical and mystical elements like mantras and mudras and erotic rites; especially influential in Tibet [syn: Tantra, Tantrism]
• chartres 0
  n 1: a town in northern France that is noted for its Gothic Cathedral
• sartre 0
  n 1: French writer and existentialist philosopher (1905-1980) [syn: Sartre, Jean-Paul Sartre]
• electra 0
  n 1: (Greek mythology) the daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra; persuaded her brother (Orestes) to avenge Agamemnon's death by helping her to kill Clytemnestra and her lover (Aegisthus)
• fenestra 0
  n 1: a small opening covered with membrane (especially one in the bone between the middle and inner ear)
• palaestra 0
  n 1: a public place in ancient Greece or Rome devoted to the training of wrestlers and other athletes [syn: palestra, palaestra]
• palestra 0
  n 1: a public place in ancient Greece or Rome devoted to the training of wrestlers and other athletes [syn: palestra, palaestra]
• clytemnestra 0
  n 1: (Greek mythology) wife of Agamemnon who had him murdered when he returned from the Trojan War
• dicentra 0
  n 1: North American and Asian herbs with divided leaves and irregular flowers [syn: Dicentra, genus Dicentra]
• rostra 0
• spectra 0
• centra 0
• terra 0
• tatra 0
• astra 0
• petra 0
• triquetra 0
• shastra 0
• bumiputra 0
• socotra 0

See also maharashtra definition