Words that rhyme with peterka

n 1: one of the ancient Norse warriors legendary for working themselves into a frenzy before a battle and fighting with reckless savagery and insane fury [syn: berserker, berserk]

n 1: someone employed to provide social services (especially to the disadvantaged) [syn: social worker, caseworker, welfare worker]

n 1: a researcher who works in the field

n 1: someone who gives a strong sudden pull [syn: yanker, jerker]

n 1: someone who works metal (especially by hammering it when it is hot and malleable) [syn: smith, metalworker]

n 1: laborer who works in a mine [syn: miner, mineworker]

n 1: casserole of eggplant and ground lamb with onion and tomatoes bound with white sauce and beaten eggs

n 1: a state of social isolation [syn: solitude, purdah] 2: the traditional Hindu or Muslim system of keeping women secluded [syn: purdah, sex segregation] 3: a screen used in India to separate women from men or strangers

n 1: a worker engaged in making steel [syn: steelmaker, steelworker, steelman]

n 1: an excessively sentimental narrative

n 1: makes things out of wood [syn: woodworker, woodsman, woodman]

n 1: a person who works at a specific occupation; "he is a good worker" [ant: nonworker] 2: a member of the working class (not necessarily employed); "workers of the world--unite!" [syn: proletarian, prole, worker] 3: sterile member of a colony of social insects that forages for food and cares for the larvae 4: a person who acts and gets things done; "he's a principal actor in this affair"; "when you want something done get a doer"; "he's a miracle worker" [syn: actor, doer, worker]

n 1: a person who shirks his work or duty (especially one who tries to evade military service in wartime) [syn: slacker, shirker]

n 1: a smiler whose smile is offensively self-satisfied

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.]

n 1: one of the three prairie provinces in western Canada; rich in oil and natural gas and minerals

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

n 1: music composed for dancing the mazurka 2: a Polish national dance in triple time