Words that rhyme with maya
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ayah
n 1: (in India) a native nursemaid who looks after children -
kea
n 1: large brownish-green New Zealand parrot [syn: kea, Nestor notabilis] -
layer
n 1: single thickness of usually some homogeneous substance; "slices of hard-boiled egg on a bed of spinach" [syn: layer, bed] 2: a relatively thin sheetlike expanse or region lying over or under another 3: an abstract place usually conceived as having depth; "a good actor communicates on several levels"; "a simile has at least two layers of meaning"; "the mind functions on many strata simultaneously" [syn: level, layer, stratum] 4: a hen that lays eggs 5: thin structure composed of a single thickness of cells v 1: make or form a layer; "layer the different colored sands" -
messiah
n 1: any expected deliverer [syn: messiah, christ] 2: Jesus Christ; considered by Christians to be the promised deliverer 3: the awaited king of the Jews; the promised and expected deliverer of the Jewish people 4: an oratorio composed by Handel in 1742 -
papaya
n 1: tropical American shrub or small tree having huge deeply palmately cleft leaves and large oblong yellow fruit [syn: papaya, papaia, pawpaw, papaya tree, melon tree, Carica papaya] 2: large oval melon-like tropical fruit with yellowish flesh -
pariah
n 1: a person who is rejected (from society or home) [syn: outcast, castaway, pariah, Ishmael] -
payer
n 1: a person who pays money for something [syn: payer, remunerator] -
player
n 1: a person who participates in or is skilled at some game [syn: player, participant] 2: someone who plays a musical instrument (as a profession) [syn: musician, instrumentalist, player] 3: a theatrical performer [syn: actor, histrion, player, thespian, role player] 4: a person who pursues a number of different social and sexual partners simultaneously 5: an important participant (as in a business deal); "he was a major player in setting up the corporation" -
prayer
n 1: the act of communicating with a deity (especially as a petition or in adoration or contrition or thanksgiving); "the priest sank to his knees in prayer" [syn: prayer, supplication] 2: reverent petition to a deity [syn: prayer, petition, orison] 3: earnest or urgent request; "an entreaty to stop the fighting"; "an appeal for help"; "an appeal to the public to keep calm" [syn: entreaty, prayer, appeal] 4: a fixed text used in praying 5: someone who prays to God [syn: prayer, supplicant] -
slayer
n 1: someone who causes the death of a person or animal [syn: killer, slayer] -
sprayer
n 1: a worker who applies spray to a surface 2: a dispenser that turns a liquid (such as perfume) into a fine mist [syn: atomizer, atomiser, spray, sprayer, nebulizer, nebuliser] -
strayer
n 1: someone who strays or falls behind [syn: straggler, strayer] -
weigher
n 1: an official who weighs and records the weight -
falla
n 1: Spanish composer and pianist (1876-1946) [syn: Falla, Manuel de Falla] -
stria
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] -
rya
n 1: a shag rug made in Sweden [syn: rya, rya rug] -
bayer
n 1: the acetylated derivative of salicylic acid; used as an analgesic anti-inflammatory drug (trade names Bayer, Empirin, and St. Joseph) usually taken in tablet form; used as an antipyretic; slows clotting of the blood by poisoning platelets [syn: aspirin, acetylsalicylic acid, Bayer, Empirin, St. Joseph] -
mayer
n 1: United States physicist (born in Germany) noted for her research on the structure of the atom (1906-1972) [syn: Mayer, Marie Goeppert Mayer] 2: United States filmmaker (born in Russia) who founded his own film company and later merged with Samuel Goldwyn (1885-1957) [syn: Mayer, Louis B. Mayer, Louis Burt Mayer] -
stayer
n 1: a person or other animal having powers of endurance or perseverance; "the horse that won the race is a good stayer" -
maia
n 1: type genus of the Majidae; nearly cosmopolitan in distribution [syn: Maja, genus Maja, Maia, genus Maia] -
elia
n 1: English essayist (1775-1834) [syn: Lamb, Charles Lamb, Elia] -
rupiah
n 1: the basic unit of money in Indonesia; equal to 100 sen -
himalaya
n 1: a mountain range extending 1500 miles on the border between India and Tibet; this range contains the world's highest mountain [syn: Himalayas, Himalaya Mountains, Himalaya] -
jeremiah
n 1: (Old Testament) an Israelite prophet who is remembered for his angry lamentations (jeremiads) about the wickedness of his people (circa 626-587 BC) 2: a book in the Old Testament containing the oracles of the prophet Jeremiah [syn: Jeremiah, Book of Jeremiah] -
nehemiah
n 1: an Old Testament book telling how a Jewish official at the court of Artaxerxes I in 444 BC became a leader in rebuilding Jerusalem after the Babylonian Captivity [syn: Nehemiah, Book of Nehemiah] -
obadiah
n 1: a Hebrew minor prophet [syn: Obadiah, Abdias] 2: an Old Testament book telling Obadiah's prophecies; the shortest book in the Christian Bible [syn: Obadiah, Abdias, Book of Obadiah] -
freya
n 1: (Norse mythology) goddess of love and fecundity; daughter of Njorth and sister of Frey [syn: Freya, Freyja] -
freyr
n 1: (Norse mythology) god of earth's fertility and peace and prosperity; son of Njorth and brother of Freya; originally of the Vanir; later with the Aesir [syn: Frey, Freyr] -
baya
n 1: common Indian weaverbird [syn: baya, Ploceus philippinus] -
playa
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shyer
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via
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flayer
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sayer
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meier
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meyer
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wyre
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maher
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mair
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preyer
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aja
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czaja
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daya
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araya
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berjaya
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cartaya
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josiah
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zachariah
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eligaya
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indiaia
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iphegenia
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ovalle
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mahamaya
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gaya
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kaya
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nyaya
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plaia
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raia
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rayah
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saia
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cutaia
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ghardaia
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laraia
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masaya
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mataya
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sawaya
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upaya
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incorvaia
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takashimaya
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