Words that rhyme with maya

  • 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
  • shyer
  • via
  • flayer
  • sayer
  • meier
  • meyer
  • wyre
  • maher
  • mair
  • preyer
  • aja
  • czaja
  • daya
  • araya
  • berjaya
  • cartaya
  • josiah
  • zachariah
  • eligaya
  • indiaia
  • iphegenia
  • ovalle
  • mahamaya
  • gaya
  • kaya
  • nyaya
  • plaia
  • raia
  • rayah
  • saia
  • cutaia
  • ghardaia
  • laraia
  • masaya
  • mataya
  • sawaya
  • upaya
  • incorvaia
  • takashimaya

See also maya definition and maya synonyms