Words that rhyme with miasma
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asthma
n 1: respiratory disorder characterized by wheezing; usually of allergic origin [syn: asthma, asthma attack, bronchial asthma] -
charisma
n 1: a personal attractiveness or interestingness that enables you to influence others [syn: charisma, personal appeal, personal magnetism] -
plasma
n 1: the colorless watery fluid of the blood and lymph that contains no cells, but in which the blood cells (erythrocytes, leukocytes, and thrombocytes) are suspended [syn: plasma, plasm, blood plasma] 2: a green slightly translucent variety of chalcedony used as a gemstone 3: (physical chemistry) a fourth state of matter distinct from solid or liquid or gas and present in stars and fusion reactors; a gas becomes a plasma when it is heated until the atoms lose all their electrons, leaving a highly electrified collection of nuclei and free electrons; "particles in space exist in the form of a plasma" -
chiasma
n 1: an intersection or crossing of two tracts in the form of the letter X [syn: chiasma, chiasm, decussation] -
chloasma
n 1: a tan discoloration of a woman's face that is associated with pregnancy or with the use of oral contraceptives [syn: chloasma, melasma, mask of pregnancy] -
mesmer
n 1: Austrian physician who tried to treat diseases with a form of hypnotism (1734-1815) [syn: Mesmer, Franz Anton Mesmer, Friedrich Anton Mesmer] -
melisma
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coprosma
See also miasma definition
