Words that rhyme with maria

• althea 0
  n 1: any of various plants of the genus Althaea; similar to but having smaller flowers than genus Alcea [syn: althea, althaea, hollyhock]
• aria 0
  n 1: an elaborate song for solo voice
• black 0
  adj 1: being of the achromatic color of maximum darkness; having little or no hue owing to absorption of almost all incident light; "black leather jackets"; "as black as coal"; "rich black soil" [ant: white] 2: of or belonging to a racial group having dark skin especially of sub-Saharan African origin; "a great people--a black people--...injected new meaning and dignity into the veins of civilization"- Martin Luther King Jr. [ant: white] 3: marked by anger or resentment or hostility; "black looks"; "black words" 4: offering little or no hope; "the future looked black"; "prospects were bleak"; "Life in the Aran Islands has always been bleak and difficult"- J.M.Synge; "took a dim view of things" [syn: black, bleak, dim] 5: stemming from evil characteristics or forces; wicked or dishonorable; "black deeds"; "a black lie"; "his black heart has concocted yet another black deed"; "Darth Vader of the dark side"; "a dark purpose"; "dark undercurrents of ethnic hostility"; "the scheme of some sinister intelligence bent on punishing him"-Thomas Hardy [syn: black, dark, sinister] 6: (of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin; "the stock market crashed on Black Friday"; "a calamitous defeat"; "the battle was a disastrous end to a disastrous campaign"; "such doctrines, if true, would be absolutely fatal to my theory"- Charles Darwin; "it is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it"- Douglas MacArthur; "a fateful error" [syn: black, calamitous, disastrous, fatal, fateful] 7: (of the face) made black especially as with suffused blood; "a face black with fury" [syn: black, blackened] 8: extremely dark; "a black moonless night"; "through the pitch- black woods"; "it was pitch-dark in the cellar" [syn: black, pitch-black, pitch-dark] 9: harshly ironic or sinister; "black humor"; "a grim joke"; "grim laughter"; "fun ranging from slapstick clowning ... to savage mordant wit" [syn: black, grim, mordant] 10: (of intelligence operations) deliberately misleading; "black propaganda" 11: distributed or sold illicitly; "the black economy pays no taxes" [syn: bootleg, black, black-market, contraband, smuggled] 12: (used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame; "Man...has written one of his blackest records as a destroyer on the oceanic islands"- Rachel Carson; "an ignominious retreat"; "inglorious defeat"; "an opprobrious monument to human greed"; "a shameful display of cowardice" [syn: black, disgraceful, ignominious, inglorious, opprobrious, shameful] 13: (of coffee) without cream or sugar 14: soiled with dirt or soot; "with feet black from playing outdoors"; "his shirt was black within an hour" [syn: black, smutty] n 1: the quality or state of the achromatic color of least lightness (bearing the least resemblance to white) [syn: black, blackness, inkiness] [ant: white, whiteness] 2: total absence of light; "they fumbled around in total darkness"; "in the black of night" [syn: total darkness, lightlessness, blackness, pitch blackness, black] 3: British chemist who identified carbon dioxide and who formulated the concepts of specific heat and latent heat (1728-1799) [syn: Black, Joseph Black] 4: popular child actress of the 1930's (born in 1928) [syn: Black, Shirley Temple Black, Shirley Temple] 5: a person with dark skin who comes from Africa (or whose ancestors came from Africa) [syn: Black, Black person, blackamoor, Negro, Negroid] 6: (board games) the darker pieces [ant: white] 7: black clothing (worn as a sign of mourning); "the widow wore black" v 1: make or become black; "The smoke blackened the ceiling"; "The ceiling blackened" [syn: blacken, melanize, melanise, nigrify, black] [ant: white, whiten]
• career 0
  n 1: the particular occupation for which you are trained [syn: career, calling, vocation] 2: the general progression of your working or professional life; "the general had had a distinguished career"; "he had a long career in the law" [syn: career, life history] v 1: move headlong at high speed; "The cars careered down the road"; "The mob careered through the streets"
• chorea 0
  n 1: chorea in dogs [syn: canine chorea, chorea] 2: any of several degenerative nervous disorders characterized by spasmodic movements of the body and limbs
• diarrhoea 0
  n 1: frequent and watery bowel movements; can be a symptom of infection or food poisoning or colitis or a gastrointestinal tumor [syn: diarrhea, diarrhoea, looseness of the bowels, looseness]
• gonorrhoea 0
  n 1: a common venereal disease caused by the bacterium Neisseria gonorrhoeae; symptoms are painful urination and pain around the urethra [syn: gonorrhea, gonorrhoea, clap]
• idea 0
  n 1: the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about; "it was not a good idea"; "the thought never entered my mind" [syn: idea, thought] 2: your intention; what you intend to do; "he had in mind to see his old teacher"; "the idea of the game is to capture all the pieces" [syn: mind, idea] 3: a personal view; "he has an idea that we don't like him" 4: an approximate calculation of quantity or degree or worth; "an estimate of what it would cost"; "a rough idea how long it would take" [syn: estimate, estimation, approximation, idea] 5: (music) melodic subject of a musical composition; "the theme is announced in the first measures"; "the accompanist picked up the idea and elaborated it" [syn: theme, melodic theme, musical theme, idea]
• latria 0
  n 1: the worship given to God alone [syn: adoration, latria]
• panacea 0
  n 1: (Greek mythology) the goddess of healing; daughter of Aesculapius and sister of Hygeia 2: hypothetical remedy for all ills or diseases; once sought by the alchemists [syn: panacea, nostrum, catholicon, cure-all]
• pariah 0
  n 1: a person who is rejected (from society or home) [syn: outcast, castaway, pariah, Ishmael]
• pizzeria 0
  n 1: a shop where pizzas are made and sold [syn: pizzeria, pizza shop, pizza parlor]
• tortilla 0
  n 1: thin unleavened pancake made from cornmeal or wheat flour
• asea 0
  adv 1: in the direction of the sea; "the sailor looked seaward" [syn: seaward, seawards, asea]
• cia 0
  n 1: an independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest; headed by the Director of Central Intelligence under the supervision of the President and National Security Council [syn: Central Intelligence Agency, CIA]
• stria 0
  n 1: any of a number of tiny parallel grooves such as: the scratches left by a glacier on rocks or the streaks or ridges in muscle tissue [syn: stria, striation] 2: a stripe or stripes of contrasting color; "chromosomes exhibit characteristic bands"; "the black and yellow banding of bees and wasps" [syn: band, banding, stria, striation]
• dia 0
  n 1: an intelligence agency of the United States in the Department of Defense; is responsible for providing intelligence in support of military planning and operations and weapons acquisition [syn: Defense Intelligence Agency, DIA]
• gaea 0
  n 1: (Greek mythology) goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology [syn: Gaea, Gaia, Ge]
• ia 0
  n 1: a state in midwestern United States [syn: Iowa, Hawkeye State, IA]
• pia 0
  n 1: perennial herb of East Indies to Polynesia and Australia; cultivated for its large edible root yielding Otaheite arrowroot starch [syn: pia, Indian arrowroot, Tacca leontopetaloides, Tacca pinnatifida]
• rhea 0
  n 1: fertility goddess in ancient Greek mythology; wife of Cronus and mother of Zeus; identified with Roman Ops and Cybele of ancient Asia Minor 2: smaller of two tall fast-running flightless birds similar to ostriches but three-toed; found from Peru to Strait of Magellan [syn: rhea, nandu, Pterocnemia pennata] 3: larger of two tall fast-running flightless birds similar to ostriches but three-toed; found from Brazil to Patagonia [syn: rhea, Rhea americana]
• shia 0
  n 1: one of the two main branches of orthodox Islam; mainly in Iran [syn: Shiah, Shia, Shiah Islam]
• shiah 0
  n 1: one of the two main branches of orthodox Islam; mainly in Iran [syn: Shiah, Shia, Shiah Islam]
• thea 0
  n 1: (Greek mythology) the Titaness who was mother of Helios and Selene and Eos in ancient mythology [syn: Thea, Theia]
• tia 0
  n 1: brief episode in which the brain gets insufficient blood supply; symptoms depend on the site of the blockage [syn: transient ischemic attack, TIA]
• crimea 0
  n 1: a Ukrainian peninsula between the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov
• hosea 0
  n 1: a minor Hebrew prophet (8th century BC) 2: an Old Testament book telling Hosea's prophecies [syn: Hosea, Book of Hosea]
• judea 0
  n 1: the southern part of ancient Palestine succeeding the kingdom of Judah; a Roman province at the time of Christ [syn: Judea, Judaea]
• korea 0
  n 1: an Asian peninsula (off Manchuria) separating the Yellow Sea and the Sea of Japan; the Korean name is Dae-Han-Min- Gook or Han-Gook [syn: Korea, Korean Peninsula, Dae- Han-Min-Gook, Han-Gook]
• medea 0
  n 1: (Greek mythology) a princess of Colchis who aided Jason in taking the Golden Fleece from her father
• sofia 0
  n 1: capital and largest city of Bulgaria located in western Bulgaria [syn: Sofia, Serdica, Bulgarian capital]
• caesarea 0
  n 1: an ancient seaport in northwestern Israel; an important Roman city in ancient Palestine
• cytherea 0
  n 1: goddess of love and beauty and daughter of Zeus in ancient mythology; identified with Roman Venus [syn: Aphrodite, Cytherea]
• diarrhea 0
  n 1: frequent and watery bowel movements; can be a symptom of infection or food poisoning or colitis or a gastrointestinal tumor [syn: diarrhea, diarrhoea, looseness of the bowels, looseness]
• dulcinea 0
  n 1: a woman who is a man's sweetheart [syn: ladylove, dulcinea]
• eritrea 0
  n 1: an African country to the north of Ethiopia on the Red Sea; achieved independence from Ethiopia in 1993 [syn: Eritrea, State of Eritrea]
• galatea 0
  n 1: (Greek mythology) a maiden who was first a sculpture created by Pygmalion and was brought to life by Aphrodite in answer to Pygmalion's prayers
• galleria 0
  n 1: a genus of Pyralidae [syn: Galleria, genus Galleria]
• gonorrhea 0
  n 1: a common venereal disease caused by the bacterium Neisseria gonorrhoeae; symptoms are painful urination and pain around the urethra [syn: gonorrhea, gonorrhoea, clap]
• nicosia 0
  n 1: the capital and largest city of Cyprus [syn: Nicosia, capital of Cyprus]
• samaria 0
  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
• tanzania 0
  n 1: a republic in eastern Africa [syn: Tanzania, United Republic of Tanzania]
• zaria 0
  n 1: a city in north central Nigeria; agricultural trading center
• uriah 0
  n 1: (Old Testament) the husband of Bathsheba and a soldier who was sent to die in battle so that king David could marry his wife (circa 10th century BC)
• arrear 0
• decrier 0
• dysmenorrhoea 0
• via 0
• cea 0
• bria 0
• chia 0
• cleah 0
• dhia 0
• freia 0
• jia 0
• leah 0
• lia 0
• ria 0
• badeah 0
• belyea 0
• berea 0
• corea 0
• duryea 0
• garcia 0
• gensia 0
• hydea 0
• ikea 0
• kania 0
• keziah 0
• sophia 0
• alethea 0
• amalea 0
• bramalea 0
• cananea 0
• ciaccia 0
• dorothea 0
• galeria 0
• geagea 0
• hialeah 0
• killilea 0
• machinea 0
• anamaria 0
• bengoechea 0
• lagroceria 0
• alyea 0
• subprior 0

See also maria definition and maria synonyms