Words that rhyme with mesa
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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
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embracer
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grimacer
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increaser
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spacer
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elissa
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larissa
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asa
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eisa
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neysa
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raisa
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raissa
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aisa
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chiesa
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isa
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lesa
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lisa
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risa
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cammisa
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charissa
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clerissa
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corisa
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delisa
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erisa
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kulesa
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essa
See also mesa definition and mesa synonyms
