Words that rhyme with silesia

  • alopecia
    n 1: loss of hair (especially on the head) or loss of wool or feathers; in humans it can result from heredity or hormonal imbalance or certain diseases or drugs and treatments (chemotherapy for cancer)
  • amnesia
    n 1: partial or total loss of memory; "he has a total blackout for events of the evening" [syn: amnesia, memory loss, blackout]
  • anaesthesia
    n 1: loss of bodily sensation with or without loss of consciousness [syn: anesthesia, anaesthesia]
  • analgesia
    n 1: absence of the sense of pain without loss of consciousness
  • framboesia
    n 1: an infectious tropical disease resembling syphilis in its early stages; marked by red skin eruptions and ulcerating lesions [syn: yaws, frambesia, framboesia]
  • kinaesthesia
    n 1: the perception of body position and movement and muscular tensions etc [syn: kinesthesia, kinaesthesia, feeling of movement] 2: the ability to feel movements of the limbs and body [syn: kinesthesis, kinaesthesis, kinesthesia, kinaesthesia, kinesthetics, muscle sense, sense of movement] [ant: kinanesthesia]
  • visa
    n 1: an endorsement made in a passport that allows the bearer to enter the country issuing it v 1: provide (a passport) with a visa 2: approve officially; "The list of speakers must be visaed"
  • rhodesia
    n 1: a landlocked republic in south central Africa formerly called Rhodesia; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1980 [syn: Zimbabwe, Republic of Zimbabwe, Rhodesia, Southern Rhodesia]
  • indonesia
    n 1: a republic in southeastern Asia on an archipelago including more than 13,000 islands; achieved independence from the Netherlands in 1945; the principal oil producer in the Far East and Pacific regions [syn: Indonesia, Republic of Indonesia, Dutch East Indies]
  • micronesia
    n 1: a country scattered over Micronesia with a constitutional government in free association with the United States; achieved independence in 1986 [syn: Micronesia, Federated States of Micronesia, TT] 2: the islands in the northwestern part of Oceania
  • polynesia
    n 1: the islands in the eastern part of Oceania
  • elisa
    n 1: an assay that relies on an enzymatic conversion reaction and is used to detect the presence of specific substances (such as enzymes or viruses or antibodies or bacteria) [syn: enzyme-linked-immunosorbent serologic assay, ELISA]
  • giza
    n 1: an ancient Egyptian city on the west bank of the Nile opposite Cairo; site of three Great Pyramids and the Sphinx [syn: Giza, El Giza, Gizeh]
  • phoenicia
    n 1: an ancient maritime country (a collection of city states) at eastern end of the Mediterranean [syn: Phoenicia, Phenicia]
  • liza
    n 1: similar to the striped mullet and takes its place in the Caribbean region [syn: liza, Mugil liza]
  • paraesthesia
    n 1: abnormal skin sensations (as tingling or tickling or itching or burning) usually associated with peripheral nerve damage [syn: paresthesia, paraesthesia]
  • paramnesia
    n 1: (psychiatry) a disorder of memory in which dreams or fantasies are confused with reality
  • synaesthesia
    n 1: a sensation that normally occurs in one sense modality occurs when another modality is stimulated [syn: synesthesia, synaesthesia]
  • freesia
    n 1: any of several plants of the genus Freesia valued for their one-sided clusters of usually fragrant yellow or white or pink tubular flowers
  • venetia
    n 1: a region of northeastern Italy on the Adriatic [syn: Veneto, Venezia-Euganea, Venetia]
  • hypaesthesia
  • hyperaesthesia
  • khalifa
  • ariza
  • baeza
  • frisa
  • misa
  • louisa
  • luisa
  • loaiza
  • godetia
  • helvetia
  • lucretia
  • montbretia
  • moesia
  • telaesthesia
  • ossetia

See also silesia definition and silesia synonyms