Words that rhyme with mesa

  • bracer
    n 1: a protective covering for the wrist or arm that is used in archery and fencing and other sports [syn: bracer, armguard] 2: a tonic or restorative (especially a drink of liquor) [syn: bracer, pick-me-up]
  • chaser
    n 1: a person who is pursuing and trying to overtake or capture; "always before he had been able to outwit his pursuers" [syn: pursuer, chaser] 2: a drink to follow immediately after another drink
  • debaser
    n 1: a person who lowers the quality or character or value (as by adding cheaper metal to coins) [syn: debaser, degrader]
  • facer
    n 1: (a dated Briticism) a serious difficulty with which one is suddenly faced
  • pacer
    n 1: a horse used to set the pace in racing [syn: pacer, pacemaker, pacesetter] 2: a horse trained to a special gait in which both feet on one side leave the ground together
  • placer
    n 1: an alluvial deposit that contains particles of some valuable mineral
  • racer
    n 1: someone who drives racing cars at high speeds [syn: racer, race driver, automobile driver] 2: a fast car that competes in races [syn: racer, race car, racing car] 3: an animal that races 4: slender fast-moving North American snakes
  • steeplechaser
    n 1: a horse trained to run in steeplechases
  • tracer
    n 1: an investigator who is employed to find missing persons or missing goods 2: an instrument used to make tracings 3: (radiology) any radioactive isotope introduced into the body to study metabolism or other biological processes 4: ammunition whose flight can be observed by a trail of smoke [syn: tracer, tracer bullet]
  • acer
    n 1: type genus of the Aceraceae; trees or shrubs having winged fruit [syn: Acer, genus Acer]
  • frazer
    n 1: English social anthropologist noted for studies of primitive religion and magic (1854-1941) [syn: Frazer, James George Frazer, Sir James George Frazer]
  • elisa
    n 1: an assay that relies on an enzymatic conversion reaction and is used to detect the presence of specific substances (such as enzymes or viruses or antibodies or bacteria) [syn: enzyme-linked-immunosorbent serologic assay, ELISA]
  • chalaza
    n 1: basal part of a plant ovule opposite the micropyle; where integument and nucellus are joined 2: one of two spiral bands of tissue connecting the egg yolk to the enclosing membrane at either end of the shell
  • teresa
    n 1: Indian nun and missionary in the Roman Catholic Church (born of Albanian parents in what is now Macedonia); dedicated to helping the poor in India (1910-1997) [syn: Teresa, Mother Teresa, Theresa, Mother Theresa, Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu]
  • theresa
    n 1: Indian nun and missionary in the Roman Catholic Church (born of Albanian parents in what is now Macedonia); dedicated to helping the poor in India (1910-1997) [syn: Teresa, Mother Teresa, Theresa, Mother Theresa, Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu]
  • pisa
    n 1: a city in Tuscany; site of the famous Leaning Tower
  • carissa
    n 1: a shrub of the genus Carissa having fragrant white flowers and plumlike red to purple-black fruits
  • paisa
    n 1: a fractional monetary unit in Bangladesh and India and Nepal and Pakistan
  • macer
    n 1: an official who carries a mace of office [syn: macebearer, mace, macer]
  • defacer
  • embracer
  • grimacer
  • increaser
  • spacer
  • elissa
  • larissa
  • asa
  • eisa
  • neysa
  • raisa
  • raissa
  • aisa
  • chiesa
  • isa
  • lesa
  • lisa
  • risa
  • cammisa
  • charissa
  • clerissa
  • corisa
  • delisa
  • erisa
  • kulesa
  • essa

See also mesa definition and mesa synonyms