Words that rhyme with paprika

  • abaca
    n 1: a kind of hemp obtained from the abaca plant in the Philippines [syn: Manila hemp, Manilla hemp, abaca] 2: Philippine banana tree having leafstalks that yield Manila hemp used for rope and paper etc [syn: abaca, Manila hemp, Musa textilis]
  • arnica
    n 1: used especially in treating bruises 2: any of various rhizomatous usually perennial plants of the genus Arnica 3: an ointment used in treating bruises
  • basilica
    n 1: an early Christian church designed like a Roman basilica; or a Roman Catholic church or cathedral accorded certain privileges; "the church was raised to the rank of basilica" 2: a Roman building used for public administration [syn: basilica, Roman basilica]
  • beaker
    n 1: a flatbottomed jar made of glass or plastic; used for chemistry 2: a cup (usually without a handle)
  • erotica
    n 1: creative activity (writing or pictures or films etc.) of no literary or artistic value other than to stimulate sexual desire [syn: pornography, porno, porn, erotica, smut]
  • eureka
    n 1: an alloy of copper and nickel with high electrical resistance and a low temperature coefficient; used as resistance wire [syn: constantan, Eureka] 2: a town in northwest California on an arm of the Pacific Ocean
  • harmonica
    n 1: a small rectangular free-reed instrument having a row of free reeds set back in air holes and played by blowing into the desired hole [syn: harmonica, mouth organ, harp, mouth harp]
  • japonica
    n 1: greenhouse shrub with glossy green leaves and showy fragrant rose-like flowers; cultivated in many varieties [syn: japonica, Camellia japonica] 2: deciduous thorny shrub native to Japan having red blossoms [syn: japonica, maule's quince, Chaenomeles japonica]
  • loudspeaker
    n 1: electro-acoustic transducer that converts electrical signals into sounds loud enough to be heard at a distance [syn: loudspeaker, speaker, speaker unit, loudspeaker system, speaker system]
  • majolica
    n 1: highly decorated earthenware with a glaze of tin oxide [syn: majolica, maiolica]
  • massacre
    n 1: the savage and excessive killing of many people [syn: slaughter, massacre, mass murder, carnage, butchery] v 1: kill a large number of people indiscriminately; "The Hutus massacred the Tutsis in Rwanda" [syn: massacre, slaughter, mow down]
  • moniker
    n 1: a familiar name for a person (often a shortened version of a person's given name); "Joe's mother would not use his nickname and always called him Joseph"; "Henry's nickname was Slim" [syn: nickname, moniker, cognomen, sobriquet, soubriquet, byname]
  • picnicker
    n 1: a person who is picnicking [syn: picnicker, picknicker]
  • replica
    n 1: copy that is not the original; something that has been copied [syn: replica, replication, reproduction]
  • sciatica
    n 1: neuralgia along the sciatic nerve
  • seeker
    n 1: someone making a search or inquiry; "they are seekers after truth" [syn: seeker, searcher, quester] 2: a missile equipped with a device that is attracted toward some kind of emission (heat or light or sound or radio waves)
  • silica
    n 1: a white or colorless vitreous insoluble solid (SiO2); various forms occur widely in the earth's crust as quartz or cristobalite or tridymite or lechatelierite [syn: silica, silicon oxide, silicon dioxide]
  • sneaker
    n 1: a canvas shoe with a pliable rubber sole [syn: gym shoe, sneaker, tennis shoe] 2: someone acting as an informer or decoy for the police [syn: fink, snitch, snitcher, stoolpigeon, stool pigeon, stoolie, sneak, sneaker, canary]
  • speaker
    n 1: someone who expresses in language; someone who talks (especially someone who delivers a public speech or someone especially garrulous); "the speaker at commencement"; "an utterer of useful maxims" [syn: speaker, talker, utterer, verbalizer, verbaliser] 2: electro-acoustic transducer that converts electrical signals into sounds loud enough to be heard at a distance [syn: loudspeaker, speaker, speaker unit, loudspeaker system, speaker system] 3: the presiding officer of a deliberative assembly; "the leader of the majority party is the Speaker of the House of Representatives"
  • spinnaker
    n 1: a large and usually triangular headsail; carried by a yacht as a headsail when running before the wind
  • squeaker
    n 1: any artifact that makes a squeaking sound when used; "those sneakers are squeakers"; "which hinge is the squeaker?" 2: something achieved (or escaped) by a narrow margin [syn: close call, close shave, squeak, squeaker, narrow escape]
  • stomacher
    n 1: garment consisting of a V-shaped panel of stiff material worn over the chest and stomach in the 16th century
  • swastika
    n 1: the official emblem of the Nazi Party and the Third Reich; a cross with the arms bent at right angles in a clockwise direction [syn: swastika, Hakenkreuz]
  • theca
    n 1: a case or sheath especially a pollen sac or moss capsule [syn: theca, sac] 2: outer sheath of the pupa of certain insects
  • trafficker
    n 1: someone who promotes or exchanges goods or services for money [syn: seller, marketer, vender, vendor, trafficker]
  • tunica
    n 1: an enveloping or covering membrane or layer of body tissue [syn: tunic, tunica, adventitia]
  • leaker
    n 1: a surreptitious informant; "the president wanted to know who the leakers were"
  • streaker
    n 1: someone who takes off all their clothes and runs naked through a public place
  • ca
    n 1: a white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light; the fifth most abundant element in the earth's crust; an important component of most plants and animals [syn: calcium, Ca, atomic number 20] 2: a state in the western United States on the Pacific; the 3rd largest state; known for earthquakes [syn: California, Golden State, CA, Calif.]
  • attica
    n 1: the territory of Athens in ancient Greece where the Ionic dialect was spoken
  • africa
    n 1: the second largest continent; located to the south of Europe and bordered to the west by the South Atlantic and to the east by the Indian Ocean
  • america
    n 1: North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776 [syn: United States, United States of America, America, the States, US, U.S., USA, U.S.A.] 2: North America and South America and Central America
  • angelica
    n 1: any of various tall and stout herbs of the genus Angelica having pinnately compound leaves and small white or greenish flowers in compound umbels [syn: angelica, angelique] 2: candied stalks of the angelica plant 3: aromatic stems or leaves or roots of Angelica Archangelica
  • antarctica
    n 1: an extremely cold continent at the south pole almost entirely below the Antarctic Circle; covered by an ice cap up to 13,000 feet deep; "Antarctica is twice the size of Australia" [syn: Antarctica, Antarctic continent]
  • topeka
    n 1: the capital of the state of Kansas; located in eastern Kansas on the Kansas river [syn: Topeka, capital of Kansas]
  • dominica
    n 1: a country on the island of Dominica [syn: Dominica, Commonwealth of Dominica] 2: a volcanic island in the Windward Islands that was once a stronghold of the Carib Indians
  • tanganyika
    n 1: the longest lake in the world in central Africa between Tanzania and Congo in the Great Rift Valley [syn: Lake Tanganyika, Tanganyika] 2: a former state in East Africa; united with Zanzibar in 1964 to form Tanzania
  • erica
    n 1: any plant of the genus Erica [syn: erica, true heath]
  • baedeker
    n 1: German publisher of a series of travel guidebooks (1801-1859) [syn: Baedeker, Karl Baedeker] 2: any of a series of travel guidebooks published by the German firm founded by Karl Baedeker
  • gurkha
    n 1: a member of the Nepalese force that has been part of the British army for 200 years; known for fierceness in combat 2: a member of Hindu people descended from brahmins and Rajputs who live in Nepal
  • mazurka
    n 1: music composed for dancing the mazurka 2: a Polish national dance in triple time
  • pika
    n 1: small short-eared burrowing mammal of rocky uplands of Asia and western North America [syn: pika, mouse hare, rock rabbit, coney, cony]
  • vesica
    n 1: a distensible membranous sac (usually containing liquid or gas) [syn: bladder, vesica]
  • veronica
    n 1: any plant of the genus Veronica [syn: veronica, speedwell]
  • hanukkah
    n 1: (Judaism) an eight-day Jewish holiday commemorating the rededication of the Temple of Jerusalem in 165 BC [syn: Hanukkah, Hanukah, Hannukah, Chanukah, Chanukkah, Channukah, Channukkah, Festival of Lights, Feast of Lights, Feast of Dedication, Feast of the Dedication]
  • corsica
    n 1: an island in the Mediterranean; with adjacent islets it constitutes a region of France [syn: Corse, Corsica] 2: a region of France on the island of Corsica; birthplace of Napoleon Bonaparte [syn: Corse, Corsica]
  • areca
    n 1: any of several tall tropical palms native to southeastern Asia having egg-shaped nuts
  • perestroika
    n 1: an economic policy adopted in the former Soviet Union; intended to increase automation and labor efficiency but it led eventually to the end of central planning in the Russian economy
  • ithaca
    n 1: a college town in central New York on Lake Cayuga 2: a Greek island to the west of Greece; in Homeric legend Odysseus was its king [syn: Ithaca, Ithaki]
  • seneca
    n 1: Roman statesman and philosopher who was an advisor to Nero; his nine extant tragedies are modeled on Greek tragedies (circa 4 BC - 65 AD) [syn: Seneca, Lucius Annaeus Seneca] 2: a member of the Iroquoian people formerly living in New York State south of Lake Ontario 3: the Iroquoian language spoken by the Seneca
  • brassica
    n 1: mustards: cabbages; cauliflowers; turnips; etc. [syn: Brassica, genus Brassica]
  • maiolica
    n 1: highly decorated earthenware with a glaze of tin oxide [syn: majolica, maiolica]
  • exotica
  • zuleika
  • bandaranaike
  • alarica
  • mika
  • rica
  • arica
  • enrica
  • farica
  • garnica
  • lupica
  • mochica
  • modica
  • mojica
  • billerica
  • federica
  • frederica
  • fredericka
  • frederika
  • lamonica
  • luxottica
  • boudicca
  • monica
  • santonica
  • griqua
  • manuka
  • eroica
  • jessica
  • guernica
  • jataka
  • tripitaka
  • areopagitica
  • whittaker
  • honecker
  • linacre

See also paprika definition and paprika synonyms