Words that rhyme with phylloxera
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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
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clearer
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furtherer
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interferes
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lire
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sera
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rearer
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smearer
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terra
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cara
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cera
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cerra
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sara
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thera
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vera
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butera
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cabrera
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caldeira
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carreira
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carrera
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casera
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cervera
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patera
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pereira
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calcaterra
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elvira
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indira
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thira
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ceara
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ciera
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hetaera
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altamira
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rangatira
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lehrer
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cythera
See also phylloxera definition and phylloxera synonyms
