Words that rhyme with proserpina

  • arena
    n 1: a particular environment or walk of life; "his social sphere is limited"; "it was a closed area of employment"; "he's out of my orbit" [syn: sphere, domain, area, orbit, field, arena] 2: the central area of an ancient Roman amphitheater where contests and spectacles were held; especially an area that was strewn with sand 3: a large structure for open-air sports or entertainments [syn: stadium, bowl, arena, sports stadium] 4: a playing field where sports events take place [syn: arena, scene of action]
  • ballerina
    n 1: a female ballet dancer [syn: ballerina, danseuse]
  • beginner
    n 1: someone new to a field or activity [syn: novice, beginner, tyro, tiro, initiate] 2: a person who founds or establishes some institution; "George Washington is the father of his country" [syn: founder, beginner, founding father, father]
  • breadwinner
    n 1: one whose earnings are the primary source of support for their dependents
  • catena
    n 1: a chain of connected ideas or passages or objects so arranged that each member is closely related to the preceding and following members (especially a series of patristic comments elucidating Christian dogma)
  • concertina
    n 1: coiled barbed wire used as an obstacle 2: free-reed instrument played like an accordion by pushing its ends together to force air through the reeds v 1: collapse like a concertina
  • dinner
    n 1: the main meal of the day served in the evening or at midday; "dinner will be at 8"; "on Sundays they had a large dinner when they returned from church" 2: a party of people assembled to have dinner together; "guests should never be late to a dinner party" [syn: dinner, dinner party]
  • farina
    n 1: fine meal made from cereal grain especially wheat; often used as a cooked cereal or in puddings
  • galena
    n 1: soft blue-grey mineral; lead sulfide; a major source of lead
  • grinner
    n 1: a person who grins
  • hyena
    n 1: doglike nocturnal mammal of Africa and southern Asia that feeds chiefly on carrion [syn: hyena, hyaena]
  • inner
    adj 1: located inward; "Beethoven's manuscript looks like a bloody record of a tremendous inner battle"- Leonard Bernstein; "she thinks she has no soul, no interior life, but the truth is that she has no access to it"- David Denby; "an internal sense of rightousness"- A.R.Gurney,Jr. [syn: inner, interior, internal] 2: located or occurring within or closer to a center; "an inner room" [ant: outer(a)] 3: innermost or essential; "the inner logic of Cubism"; "the internal contradictions of the theory"; "the intimate structure of matter" [syn: inner, internal, intimate] 4: confined to an exclusive group; "privy to inner knowledge"; "inside information"; "privileged information" [syn: inside, inner, privileged] 5: exclusive to a center; especially a center of influence; "inner regions of the organization"; "inner circles of government" 6: inside or closer to the inside of the body; "the inner ear"
  • marina
    n 1: a fancy dock for small yachts and cabin cruisers
  • patina
    n 1: a fine coating of oxide on the surface of a metal
  • semolina
    n 1: milled product of durum wheat (or other hard wheat) used in pasta
  • sinner
    n 1: a person who sins (without repenting) [syn: sinner, evildoer]
  • skinner
    n 1: United States actor (1858-1942) [syn: Skinner, Otis Skinner] 2: United States actress noted for her one-woman shows (1901-1979) [syn: Skinner, Cornelia Otis Skinner] 3: United States psychologist and a leading proponent of behaviorism (1904-1990) [syn: Skinner, Fred Skinner, B. F. Skinner, Burrhus Frederic Skinner] 4: a person who prepares or deals in animal skins 5: a worker who drives mules [syn: muleteer, mule skinner, mule driver, skinner]
  • spinner
    n 1: someone who spins (who twists fibers into threads) [syn: spinner, spinster, thread maker] 2: board game equipment that consists of a dial and an arrow that is spun to determine the next move in the game 3: fisherman's lure; revolves when drawn through the water
  • subpoena
    n 1: a writ issued by court authority to compel the attendance of a witness at a judicial proceeding; disobedience may be punishable as a contempt of court [syn: subpoena, subpoena ad testificandum] v 1: serve or summon with a subpoena; "The witness and her records were subpoenaed"
  • thinner
    n 1: a diluting agent [syn: dilutant, diluent, thinner]
  • vena
    n 1: a blood vessel that carries blood from the capillaries toward the heart; "all veins except the pulmonary vein carry unaerated blood" [syn: vein, vena, venous blood vessel]
  • verbena
    n 1: any of numerous tropical or subtropical American plants of the genus Verbena grown for their showy spikes of variously colored flowers [syn: verbena, vervain]
  • winner
    n 1: the contestant who wins the contest [syn: winner, victor] [ant: also-ran, loser] 2: a gambler who wins a bet [ant: loser] 3: a person with a record of successes; "his son would never be the achiever that his father was"; "only winners need apply"; "if you want to be a success you have to dress like a success" [syn: achiever, winner, success, succeeder] [ant: failure, loser, nonstarter, unsuccessful person]
  • medina
    n 1: a city in western Saudi Arabia; site of the tomb of Muhammad; the second most holy city of Islam [syn: Medina, Al Madinah] 2: the ancient quarter of many cities in northern Africa
  • nina
    n 1: the Babylonian goddess of the watery deep and daughter of Ea
  • athena
    n 1: (Greek mythology) goddess of wisdom and useful arts and prudent warfare; guardian of Athens; identified with Roman Minerva [syn: Athena, Athene, Pallas, Pallas Athena, Pallas Athene]
  • cortina
    n 1: a cobwebby partial veil consisting of silky fibrils
  • gallina
    n 1: small Asiatic wild bird; believed to be ancestral to domestic fowl [syn: jungle fowl, gallina]
  • messina
    n 1: a port city in northeastern Sicily on the Strait of Messina
  • regina
    n 1: the provincial capital of Saskatchewan
  • sardina
    n 1: pilchards [syn: Sardina, genus Sardina, genus Sardinia]
  • argentina
    n 1: a republic in southern South America; second largest country in South America [syn: Argentina, Argentine Republic] 2: type genus of the Argentinidae: argentines [syn: Argentina, genus Argentina]
  • cartagena
    n 1: a port in southeastern Spain on the Mediterranean 2: a port city in northwestern Colombia on the Caribbean
  • constantina
    n 1: a Romanian resort city on the Black Sea
  • magdalena
    n 1: a river that rises in the Andes mountains in southwestern Colombia and flows generally northward to empty into the Caribbean Sea at Barranquilla [syn: Magdalena, Magdalena River]
  • jena
    n 1: the battle in 1806 in which Napoleon decisively defeated the Prussians [syn: Jena, Battle of Jena]
  • lena
    n 1: a Russian river in Siberia; flows northward into the Laptev Sea [syn: Lena, Lena River]
  • mina
    n 1: tropical Asian starlings [syn: myna, mynah, mina, minah, myna bird, mynah bird]
  • tinner
    n 1: someone who makes or repairs tinware [syn: tinsmith, tinner]
  • berliner
    n 1: an inhabitant of Berlin
  • jinnah
    n 1: Indian statesman who was the founder of Pakistan as a Muslim state (1876-1948) [syn: Jinnah, Muhammad Ali Jinnah]
  • cantina
  • janina
  • krajina
  • josephina
  • adina
  • albina
  • alcina
  • alina
  • armina
  • avina
  • balbina
  • bellina
  • bettina
  • blazina
  • bovina
  • brezina
  • burkina
  • cadena
  • calvina
  • carena
  • celina
  • christina
  • claudina
  • colina
  • corina
  • covina
  • crispina
  • cristina
  • cyrena
  • davina
  • defina
  • delfina
  • delphina
  • delrina
  • depina
  • domina
  • edina
  • edwina
  • elvina
  • emina
  • faustina
  • frisina
  • galiena
  • galina
  • gardena
  • gemina
  • georgina
  • godina
  • gravina
  • gumina
  • hermina
  • illina
  • irina
  • janthina
  • jobina
  • jobyna
  • julina
  • justina
  • katrina

See also proserpina definition and proserpina synonyms