Words that rhyme with phocaea

n 1: (Greek mythology) the goddess of healing; daughter of Aesculapius and sister of Hygeia 2: hypothetical remedy for all ills or diseases; once sought by the alchemists [syn: panacea, nostrum, catholicon, cure-all]

n 1: a tourist who is visiting sights of interest [syn: sightseer, excursionist, tripper, rubberneck]

n 1: an independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest; headed by the Director of Central Intelligence under the supervision of the President and National Security Council [syn: Central Intelligence Agency, CIA]

n 1: the capital and largest city of Cyprus [syn: Nicosia, capital of Cyprus]

n 1: an ancient city in Bithynia; founded in the 4th century BC and flourished under the Romans; the Nicene Creed was adopted there in 325 2: the seventh ecumenical council in 787 which refuted iconoclasm and regulated the veneration of holy images [syn: Nicaea, Second Council of Nicaea] 3: the first ecumenical council in 325 which produced the wording of the Nicene Creed and condemned the heresy of Arianism [syn: Nicaea, First Council of Nicaea]

n 1: a region in southern Spain on the Atlantic and the Mediterranean; formerly a center of Moorish civilization [syn: Andalusia, Andalucia]