Words that rhyme with phylloxera

  • adventurer
    n 1: a person who enjoys taking risks [syn: adventurer, venturer] 2: someone who travels into little known regions (especially for some scientific purpose) [syn: explorer, adventurer]
  • caldera
    n 1: a large crater caused by the violent explosion of a volcano that collapses into a depression
  • chimera
    n 1: (Greek mythology) fire-breathing female monster with a lion's head and a goat's body and a serpent's tail; daughter of Typhon [syn: Chimera, Chimaera] 2: a grotesque product of the imagination [syn: chimera, chimaera]
  • cholera
    n 1: an acute intestinal infection caused by ingestion of contaminated water or food [syn: cholera, Asiatic cholera, Indian cholera, epidemic cholera]
  • conjurer
    n 1: someone who performs magic tricks to amuse an audience [syn: magician, prestidigitator, conjurer, conjuror, illusionist] 2: a witch doctor who practices conjury [syn: conjurer, conjuror, conjure man]
  • era
    n 1: a period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event [syn: era, epoch] 2: a major division of geological time; an era is usually divided into two or more periods [syn: era, geological era] 3: (baseball) a measure of a pitcher's effectiveness; calculated as the average number of earned runs allowed by the pitcher for every nine innings pitched [syn: earned run average, ERA]
  • hearer
    n 1: someone who listens attentively [syn: hearer, listener, auditor, attender]
  • lira
    n 1: the basic unit of money on Malta; equal to 100 cents [syn: lira, Maltese lira] 2: the basic unit of money in Turkey [syn: lira, Turkish lira] 3: formerly the basic unit of money in Italy; equal to 100 centesimi [syn: lira, Italian lira]
  • mascara
    n 1: makeup that is used to darken and thicken the eye lashes
  • perjurer
    n 1: a person who deliberately gives false testimony [syn: perjurer, false witness]
  • plethora
    n 1: extreme excess; "an embarrassment of riches" [syn: overplus, plethora, superfluity, embarrassment]
  • sclera
    n 1: the whitish fibrous membrane (albuginea) that with the cornea forms the outer covering and protection of the eyeball [syn: sclera, sclerotic coat]
  • sierra
    n 1: a range of mountains (usually with jagged peaks and irregular outline) 2: a Spanish mackerel of western North America [syn: sierra, Scomberomorus sierra]
  • sorcerer
    n 1: one who practices magic or sorcery [syn: sorcerer, magician, wizard, necromancer, thaumaturge, thaumaturgist]
  • torturer
    n 1: someone who inflicts severe physical pain (usually for punishment or coercion)
  • treasurer
    n 1: an officer charged with receiving and disbursing funds [syn: treasurer, financial officer]
  • usurer
    n 1: someone who lends money at excessive rates of interest [syn: usurer, loan shark, moneylender, shylock]
  • viscera
    n 1: internal organs collectively (especially those in the abdominal cavity); "`viscera' is the plural form of `viscus'" [syn: viscera, entrails, innards]
  • shearer
    n 1: Scottish ballet dancer and actress (born in 1926) [syn: Shearer, Moira Shearer] 2: a workman who uses shears to cut leather or metal or textiles 3: a skilled worker who shears the wool off of sheep or other animals
  • sneerer
    n 1: a person who expresses contempt by remarks or facial expression [syn: sneerer, scorner]
  • steerer
    n 1: the person who steers a ship [syn: helmsman, steersman, steerer] 2: a beguiler who leads someone into danger (usually as part of a plot) [syn: decoy, steerer]
  • venturer
    n 1: a merchant who undertakes a trading venture (especially a venture that sends goods overseas) [syn: venturer, merchant-venturer] 2: a person who enjoys taking risks [syn: adventurer, venturer]
  • para
    n 1: (obstetrics) the number of liveborn children a woman has delivered; "the parity of the mother must be considered"; "a bipara is a woman who has given birth to two children" [syn: parity, para] 2: 100 para equal 1 dinar in Yugoslavia 3: a soldier in the paratroops [syn: paratrooper, para] 4: an estuary in northern Brazil into which the Tocantins River flows [syn: Para, Para River] 5: port city in northern Brazil in the Amazon delta; main port and commercial center for the Amazon River basin [syn: Belem, Para, Feliz Lusitania, Santa Maria de Belem, St. Mary of Bethlehem]
  • sarah
    n 1: (Old Testament) the wife of Abraham and mother of Isaac
  • kera
    n 1: a Chadic language spoken in Chad
  • naira
    n 1: the basic unit of money in Nigeria
  • tara
    n 1: a village in eastern Ireland (northwest of Dublin); seat of Irish kings until 6th century
  • sahara
    n 1: the world's largest desert (3,500,000 square miles) in northern Africa [syn: Sahara, Sahara Desert]
  • riviera
    n 1: a coastal area between La Spezia in Italy and Cannes in France; "the Riviera contains some of Europe's most popular resorts"
  • tessera
    n 1: a small square tile of stone or glass used in making mosaics
  • hera
    n 1: queen of the Olympian gods in ancient Greek mythology; sister and wife of Zeus remembered for her jealously of the many mortal women Zeus fell in love with; identified with Roman Juno [syn: Hera, Here]
  • madeira
    n 1: a Brazilian river; tributary of the Amazon River [syn: Madeira, Madeira River] 2: an island in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Africa; the largest of the Madeira Islands 3: an amber dessert wine from the Madeira Islands
  • lempira
    n 1: the basic unit of money in Honduras; equal to 100 centavos
  • megaera
    n 1: one of the three Furies
  • cellarer
  • clearer
  • furtherer
  • interferes
  • lire
  • sera
  • rearer
  • smearer
  • terra
  • cara
  • cera
  • cerra
  • sara
  • thera
  • vera
  • butera
  • cabrera
  • caldeira
  • carreira
  • carrera
  • casera
  • cervera
  • patera
  • pereira
  • calcaterra
  • elvira
  • indira
  • thira
  • ceara
  • ciera
  • hetaera
  • altamira
  • rangatira
  • lehrer
  • cythera

See also phylloxera definition and phylloxera synonyms