Words that rhyme with sa

  • awe
    n 1: an overwhelming feeling of wonder or admiration; "he stared over the edge with a feeling of awe" 2: a feeling of profound respect for someone or something; "the fear of God"; "the Chinese reverence for the dead"; "the French treat food with gentle reverence"; "his respect for the law bordered on veneration" [syn: fear, reverence, awe, veneration] v 1: inspire awe in; "The famous professor awed the undergraduates"
  • baccarat
    n 1: a card game played in casinos in which two or more punters gamble against the banker; the player wins who holds 2 or 3 cards that total closest to nine [syn: baccarat, chemin de fer]
  • blah
    n 1: pompous or pretentious talk or writing [syn: bombast, fustian, rant, claptrap, blah]
  • bourgeois
    adj 1: (according to Marxist thought) being of the property- owning class and exploitive of the working class 2: conforming to the standards and conventions of the middle class; "a bourgeois mentality" [syn: bourgeois, conservative, materialistic] 3: belonging to the middle class n 1: a capitalist who engages in industrial commercial enterprise [syn: businessperson, bourgeois] 2: a member of the middle class [syn: bourgeois, burgher]
  • bra
    n 1: an undergarment worn by women to support their breasts [syn: brassiere, bra, bandeau]
  • flaw
    n 1: an imperfection in an object or machine; "a flaw caused the crystal to shatter"; "if there are any defects you should send it back to the manufacturer" [syn: defect, fault, flaw] 2: defect or weakness in a person's character; "he had his flaws, but he was great nonetheless" 3: an imperfection in a plan or theory or legal document that causes it to fail or that reduces its effectiveness v 1: add a flaw or blemish to; make imperfect or defective [syn: flaw, blemish]
  • ha
    n 1: (astronomy) the angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing; the right ascension for an observer at a particular location and time of day [syn: hour angle, HA]
  • hurrah
    n 1: a victory cheer; "let's give the team a big hurrah" [syn: hurrah, hooray] v 1: shout `hurrah!'
  • la
    n 1: a white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily; occurs in rare earth minerals and is usually classified as a rare earth [syn: lanthanum, La, atomic number 57] 2: a state in southern United States on the Gulf of Mexico; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War [syn: Louisiana, Pelican State, LA] 3: the syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmization [syn: la, lah]
  • law
    n 1: the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order" [syn: law, jurisprudence] 2: legal document setting forth rules governing a particular kind of activity; "there is a law against kidnapping" 3: a rule or body of rules of conduct inherent in human nature and essential to or binding upon human society [syn: law, natural law] 4: a generalization that describes recurring facts or events in nature; "the laws of thermodynamics" [syn: law, law of nature] 5: the branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do [syn: jurisprudence, law, legal philosophy] 6: the learned profession that is mastered by graduate study in a law school and that is responsible for the judicial system; "he studied law at Yale" [syn: law, practice of law] 7: the force of policemen and officers; "the law came looking for him" [syn: police, police force, constabulary, law]
  • ma
    n 1: informal terms for a mother [syn: ma, mama, mamma, mom, momma, mommy, mammy, mum, mummy] 2: a master's degree in arts and sciences [syn: Master of Arts, MA, Artium Magister, AM] 3: one thousandth of an ampere [syn: milliampere, mA] 4: a state in New England; one of the original 13 colonies [syn: Massachusetts, Bay State, Old Colony, MA]
  • pa
    n 1: an informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk [syn: dad, dada, daddy, pa, papa, pappa, pop] 2: a short-lived radioactive metallic element formed from uranium and disintegrating into actinium and then into lead [syn: protactinium, protoactinium, Pa, atomic number 91] 3: a unit of pressure equal to one newton per square meter [syn: pascal, Pa] 4: a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies [syn: Pennsylvania, Keystone State, PA] 5: an electronic amplification system used as a communication system in public areas [syn: public address system, P.A. system, PA system, P.A., PA]
  • pasha
    n 1: a civil or military authority in Turkey or Egypt [syn: pasha, pacha]
  • raw
    adj 1: (used especially of commodities) being unprocessed or manufactured using only simple or minimal processes; "natural yogurt"; "natural produce"; "raw wool"; "raw sugar"; "bales of rude cotton" [syn: natural, raw(a), rude(a)] 2: having the surface exposed and painful; "a raw wound" 3: not treated with heat to prepare it for eating [ant: cooked] 4: not processed or refined; "raw sewage" 5: devoid of elaboration or diminution or concealment; bare and pure; "naked ambition"; "raw fury"; "you may kill someone someday with your raw power" [syn: naked, raw] 6: brutally unfair or harsh; "received raw treatment from his friends"; "a raw deal" 7: not processed or subjected to analysis; "raw data"; "the raw cost of production"; "only the crude vital statistics" [syn: crude, raw] 8: untempered and unrefined; "raw talent"; "raw beauty" 9: hurting; "the tender spot on his jaw" [syn: sensitive, sore, raw, tender] 10: unpleasantly cold and damp; "bleak winds of the North Atlantic" [syn: bleak, cutting, raw] 11: used of wood and furniture; "raw wood" [syn: raw(a), unsanded] 12: lacking training or experience; "the new men were eager to fight"; "raw recruits" [syn: raw, new] 13: (used informally) completely unclothed [syn: bare-assed, bare-ass, in the altogether, in the buff, in the raw, raw, peeled, naked as a jaybird, stark naked] n 1: informal terms for nakedness; "in the raw"; "in the altogether"; "in his birthday suit" [syn: raw, altogether, birthday suit]
  • saw
    n 1: a condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people [syn: proverb, adage, saw, byword] 2: hand tool having a toothed blade for cutting 3: a power tool for cutting wood [syn: power saw, saw, sawing machine] v 1: cut with a saw; "saw wood for the fireplace"
  • shah
    n 1: title for the former hereditary monarch of Iran [syn: Shah, Shah of Iran]
  • slaw
    n 1: basically shredded cabbage [syn: coleslaw, slaw]
  • spa
    n 1: a health resort near a spring or at the seaside [syn: watering place, watering hole, spa] 2: a fashionable hotel usually in a resort area [syn: resort hotel, spa] 3: a place of business with equipment and facilities for exercising and improving physical fitness [syn: health spa, spa, health club]
  • squaw
    n 1: an American Indian woman
  • straw
    adj 1: of a pale yellow color like straw; straw-colored n 1: plant fiber used e.g. for making baskets and hats or as fodder 2: material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds [syn: chaff, husk, shuck, stalk, straw, stubble] 3: a variable yellow tint; dull yellow, often diluted with white [syn: pale yellow, straw, wheat] 4: a thin paper or plastic tube used to suck liquids into the mouth [syn: straw, drinking straw] v 1: cover or provide with or as if with straw; "cows were strawed to weather the snowstorm" 2: spread by scattering ("straw" is archaic); "strew toys all over the carpet" [syn: strew, straw]
  • thaw
    n 1: the process whereby heat changes something from a solid to a liquid; "the power failure caused a refrigerator melt that was a disaster"; "the thawing of a frozen turkey takes several hours" [syn: thaw, melt, thawing, melting] 2: warm weather following a freeze; snow and ice melt; "they welcomed the spring thaw" [syn: thaw, thawing, warming] 3: a relaxation or slackening of tensions or reserve; becoming less hostile; "the thaw between the United States and Russia has led to increased cooperation in world affairs" v 1: become or cause to become soft or liquid; "The sun melted the ice"; "the ice thawed"; "the ice cream melted"; "The heat melted the wax"; "The giant iceberg dissolved over the years during the global warming phase"; "dethaw the meat" [syn: dissolve, thaw, unfreeze, unthaw, dethaw, melt]
  • withdraw
    v 1: pull back or move away or backward; "The enemy withdrew"; "The limo pulled away from the curb" [syn: withdraw, retreat, pull away, draw back, recede, pull back, retire, move back] [ant: advance, go on, march on, move on, pass on, progress] 2: withdraw from active participation; "He retired from chess" [syn: retire, withdraw] 3: release from something that holds fast, connects, or entangles; "I want to disengage myself from his influence"; "disengage the gears" [syn: disengage, withdraw] [ant: engage, lock, mesh, operate] 4: cause to be returned; "recall the defective auto tires"; "The manufacturer tried to call back the spoilt yoghurt" [syn: recall, call in, call back, withdraw] 5: take back what one has said; "He swallowed his words" [syn: swallow, take back, unsay, withdraw] 6: keep away from others; "He sequestered himself in his study to write a book" [syn: seclude, sequester, sequestrate, withdraw] 7: break from a meeting or gathering; "We adjourned for lunch"; "The men retired to the library" [syn: adjourn, withdraw, retire] 8: retire gracefully; "He bowed out when he realized he could no longer handle the demands of the chairmanship" [syn: bow out, withdraw] 9: remove (a commodity) from (a supply source); "She drew $2,000 from the account"; "The doctors drew medical supplies from the hospital's emergency bank" [syn: withdraw, draw, take out, draw off] [ant: bank, deposit] 10: lose interest; "he retired from life when his wife died" [syn: retire, withdraw] 11: make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity; "We'll have to crawfish out from meeting with him"; "He backed out of his earlier promise"; "The aggressive investment company pulled in its horns" [syn: retreat, pull back, back out, back away, crawfish, crawfish out, pull in one's horns, withdraw] 12: remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract; "remove a threat"; "remove a wrapper"; "Remove the dirty dishes from the table"; "take the gun from your pocket"; "This machine withdraws heat from the environment" [syn: remove, take, take away, withdraw]
  • yaw
    n 1: an erratic deflection from an intended course [syn: yaw, swerve] v 1: be wide open; "the deep gaping canyon" [syn: gape, yawn, yaw] 2: deviate erratically from a set course; "the yawing motion of the ship" 3: swerve off course momentarily; "the ship yawed when the huge waves hit it"
  • shaw
    n 1: United States clarinetist and leader of a swing band (1910-2004) [syn: Shaw, Artie Shaw, Arthur Jacob Arshawsky] 2: United States humorist who wrote about rural life (1818-1885) [syn: Shaw, Henry Wheeler Shaw, Josh Billings] 3: United States physician and suffragist (1847-1919) [syn: Shaw, Anna Howard Shaw] 4: British playwright (born in Ireland); founder of the Fabian Society (1856-1950) [syn: Shaw, G. B. Shaw, George Bernard Shaw]
  • ca
    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.]
  • da
    n 1: an official prosecutor for a judicial district [syn: district attorney, DA]
  • ka
    n 1: unknown god; an epithet of Prajapati and Brahma
  • na
    n 1: a silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group; occurs abundantly in natural compounds (especially in salt water); burns with a yellow flame and reacts violently in water; occurs in sea water and in the mineral halite (rock salt) [syn: sodium, Na, atomic number 11]
  • ra
    n 1: an intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores [syn: radium, Ra, atomic number 88] 2: ancient Egyptian sun god with the head of a hawk; a universal creator; he merged with the god Amen as Amen-Ra to become the king of the gods [syn: Ra, Re] 3: (astronomy) the equatorial coordinate specifying the angle, measured eastward along the celestial equator, from the vernal equinox to the intersection of the hour circle that passes through an object in the sky; usually expressed in hours and minutes and seconds; used with declination to specify positions on the celestial sphere; "one hour of right ascension equals fifteen degrees" [syn: right ascension, RA, celestial longitude]
  • ta
    n 1: a hard grey lustrous metallic element that is highly resistant to corrosion; occurs in niobite and fergusonite and tantalite [syn: tantalum, Ta, atomic number 73]
  • wa
    n 1: a state in northwestern United States on the Pacific [syn: Washington, Evergreen State, WA]
  • artois
    n 1: a former province of northern France near the English Channel (between Picardy and Flanders)
  • dumas
    n 1: French writer remembered for his swashbuckling historical tales (1802-1870) [syn: Dumas, Alexandre Dumas]
  • fatah
    n 1: a Palestinian political and military organization founded by Yasser Arafat in 1958 to work toward the creation of a Palestinian state; during the 1960s and 1970s trained terrorist and insurgent groups; "al-Fatah carried out numerous acts of international terrorism in western Europe and the Middle East in the 1970s" [syn: al-Fatah, Fatah, al-Asifa]
  • hua
    n 1: an Islamic fundamentalist group in Pakistan that fought the Soviet Union in Afghanistan in the 1980s; now operates as a terrorist organization primarily in Kashmir and seeks Kashmir's accession by Pakistan [syn: Harkat-ul- Mujahidin, HUM, Harkat ul-Ansar, HUA, Harkat ul- Mujahedeen, Al Faran, Movement of Holy Warriors]
  • sanaa
    n 1: the capital and largest city of Yemen; on the central plateau [syn: Sana, Sanaa, Sana'a]
  • valois
    n 1: French royal house from 1328 to 1589
  • bogota
    n 1: capital and largest city of Colombia; located in central Colombia on a high fertile plain [syn: Bogota, capital of Colombia]
  • ah
  • aha
  • bah
  • hah
  • qua
  • rah
  • yah
  • bois
  • cha
  • gras
  • hwa
  • ja
  • jha
  • joie
  • kah
  • krah
  • mah
  • moi
  • nah
  • naw
  • pla
  • rha
  • wah
  • ya
  • alvah
  • beffa
  • bekaa
  • brisbois
  • chargois
  • chua
  • comtois
  • contois
  • dabah
  • dubois
  • duboise
  • elga
  • elna
  • francois
  • francoise
  • gravois
  • harnois
  • langlois
  • lavoie
  • macgraw
  • markkaa
  • marois
  • mccaa
  • murrah
  • olah
  • ona
  • otha
  • refah
  • laframboise
  • ahh

See also sa definition