Words that rhyme with osier

• ambrosia 0
  n 1: a mixture of nectar and pollen prepared by worker bees and fed to larvae [syn: beebread, ambrosia] 2: any of numerous chiefly North American weedy plants constituting the genus Ambrosia that produce highly allergenic pollen responsible for much hay fever and asthma [syn: ragweed, ambrosia, bitterweed] 3: fruit dessert made of oranges and bananas with shredded coconut 4: (classical mythology) the food and drink of the gods; mortals who ate it became immortal [syn: ambrosia, nectar]
• are 0
  n 1: a unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters [syn: are, ar]
• closure 0
  n 1: approaching a particular destination; a coming closer; a narrowing of a gap; "the ship's rapid rate of closing gave them little time to avoid a collision" [syn: closing, closure] 2: a rule for limiting or ending debate in a deliberative body [syn: closure, cloture, gag rule, gag law] 3: a Gestalt principle of organization holding that there is an innate tendency to perceive incomplete objects as complete and to close or fill gaps and to perceive asymmetric stimuli as symmetric [syn: closure, law of closure] 4: something settled or resolved; the outcome of decision making; "they finally reached a settlement with the union"; "they never did achieve a final resolution of their differences"; "he needed to grieve before he could achieve a sense of closure" [syn: settlement, resolution, closure] 5: an obstruction in a pipe or tube; "we had to call a plumber to clear out the blockage in the drainpipe" [syn: blockage, block, closure, occlusion, stop, stoppage] 6: the act of blocking [syn: blockage, closure, occlusion] 7: termination of operations; "they regretted the closure of the day care center" [syn: closure, closedown, closing, shutdown] v 1: terminate debate by calling for a vote; "debate was closured"; "cloture the discussion" [syn: closure, cloture]
• composure 0
  n 1: steadiness of mind under stress; "he accepted their problems with composure and she with equanimity" [syn: composure, calm, calmness, equanimity] [ant: discomposure]
• disclosure 0
  n 1: the speech act of making something evident [syn: disclosure, revelation, revealing]
• discomposure 0
  n 1: anxious embarrassment [syn: discomfiture, discomposure, disconcertion, disconcertment] 2: a temperament that is perturbed and lacking in composure [ant: calm, calmness, composure, equanimity]
• enclosure 0
  n 1: a structure consisting of an area that has been enclosed for some purpose 2: the act of enclosing something inside something else [syn: enclosure, enclosing, envelopment, inclosure] 3: a naturally enclosed space [syn: enclosure, natural enclosure] 4: something (usually a supporting document) that is enclosed in an envelope with a covering letter [syn: enclosure, inclosure]
• exposure 0
  n 1: vulnerability to the elements; to the action of heat or cold or wind or rain; "exposure to the weather" or "they died from exposure"; 2: the act of subjecting someone to an influencing experience; "she denounced the exposure of children to pornography" 3: the disclosure of something secret; "they feared exposure of their campaign plans" 4: aspect resulting from the direction a building or window faces; "the studio had a northern exposure" 5: the state of being vulnerable or exposed; "his vulnerability to litigation"; "his exposure to ridicule" [syn: vulnerability, exposure] 6: the intensity of light falling on a photographic film or plate; "he used the wrong exposure" 7: a representation of a person or scene in the form of a print or transparent slide; recorded by a camera on light-sensitive material [syn: photograph, photo, exposure, picture, pic] 8: the act of exposing film to light 9: presentation to view in an open or public manner; "the exposure of his anger was shocking" 10: abandoning without shelter or protection (as by leaving as infant out in the open)
• foreclosure 0
  n 1: the legal proceedings initiated by a creditor to repossess the collateral for loan that is in default
• hosier 0
  n 1: a tradesman who sells hosiery and (in England) knitwear
• hustler 0
  n 1: a prostitute who attracts customers by walking the streets [syn: streetwalker, street girl, hooker, hustler, floozy, floozie, slattern] 2: a shrewd or unscrupulous person who knows how to circumvent difficulties [syn: hustler, wheeler dealer, operator]
• overexposure 0
  n 1: the act of exposing film to too much light or for too long a time 2: the act of exposing someone excessively to an influencing experience; "an overexposure to violence on television"
• underexposure 0
  n 1: the act of exposing film to too little light or for too short a time 2: inadequate publicity
• whistler 0
  n 1: United States painter (1834-1903) [syn: Whistler, James Abbott McNeill Whistler] 2: someone who makes a loud high sound 3: large North American mountain marmot [syn: hoary marmot, whistler, whistling marmot, Marmota caligata] 4: large-headed swift-flying diving duck of Arctic regions [syn: goldeneye, whistler, Bucephela clangula] 5: Australian and southeastern Asian birds with a melodious whistling call [syn: thickhead, whistler]
• wrestler 0
  n 1: combatant who tries to throw opponent to the ground [syn: wrestler, grappler, matman]
• hostler 0
  n 1: someone employed in a stable to take care of the horses [syn: stableman, stableboy, groom, hostler, ostler]
• ostler 0
  n 1: someone employed in a stable to take care of the horses [syn: stableman, stableboy, groom, hostler, ostler]
• agnosia 0
  n 1: inability to recognize objects by use of the senses
• inclosure 0
  n 1: something (usually a supporting document) that is enclosed in an envelope with a covering letter [syn: enclosure, inclosure] 2: the act of enclosing something inside something else [syn: enclosure, enclosing, envelopment, inclosure]
• crozier 0
  n 1: a staff surmounted by a crook or cross carried by bishops as a symbol of pastoral office [syn: crosier, crozier]
• tesla 0
  n 1: a unit of magnetic flux density equal to one weber per square meter 2: United States electrical engineer and inventor (born in Croatia but of Serbian descent) who discovered the principles of alternating currents and developed the first alternating- current induction motor and the Tesla coil and several forms of oscillators (1856-1943) [syn: Tesla, Nikola Tesla]
• crazier 0
• symposia 0
• mosher 0
• mosier 0
• losure 0
• nemesia 0
• rafflesia 0
• kessler 0
• afrormosia 0
• exclosure 0

See also osier definition