Words that rhyme with sophia

adj 1: lighted up by or as by fire or flame; "forests set ablaze (or afire) by lightning"; "even the car's tires were aflame"; "a night aflare with fireworks"; "candles alight on the tables"; "houses on fire" [syn: ablaze(p), afire(p), aflame(p), aflare(p), alight(p), on fire(p)]

n 1: any of various plants of the genus Althaea; similar to but having smaller flowers than genus Alcea [syn: althea, althaea, hollyhock]

n 1: electronic equipment that increases strength of signals passing through it

n 1: the backward escape of gases and unburned gunpowder after a gun is fired [syn: blowback, backfire] 2: a loud noise made by the explosion of fuel in the manifold or exhaust of an internal combustion engine 3: a fire that is set intentionally in order to slow an approaching forest fire or grassfire by clearing a burned area in its path 4: a miscalculation that recoils on its maker [syn: backfire, boomerang] v 1: come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect; "Your comments may backfire and cause you a lot of trouble" [syn: backfire, backlash, recoil] 2: emit a loud noise as a result of undergoing a backfire; "My old car backfires all the time" 3: set a controlled fire to halt an advancing forest to prairie fire

n 1: a large outdoor fire that is lighted as a signal or in celebration [syn: bonfire, balefire]

n 1: a small outdoor fire for warmth or cooking (as at a camp)

n 1: a Swiss house with a sloping roof and wide eaves or a house built in this style

n 1: a person who creates classifications 2: a word or morpheme used in some languages in certain contexts (such as counting) to indicate the semantic class to which the counted item belongs

n 1: a very fine-grained soil that is plastic when moist but hard when fired 2: water soaked soil; soft wet earth [syn: mud, clay] 3: United States general who commanded United States forces in Europe from 1945 to 1949 and who oversaw the Berlin airlift (1897-1978) [syn: Clay, Lucius Clay, Lucius DuBignon Clay] 4: United States politician responsible for the Missouri Compromise between free and slave states (1777-1852) [syn: Clay, Henry Clay, the Great Compromiser] 5: the dead body of a human being; "the cadaver was intended for dissection"; "the end of the police search was the discovery of a corpse"; "the murderer confessed that he threw the stiff in the river"; "honor comes to bless the turf that wraps their clay" [syn: cadaver, corpse, stiff, clay, remains]

n 1: needlework done by interlocking looped stitches with a hooked needle [syn: crochet, crocheting] v 1: create by looping or crocheting; "crochet a bedspread" 2: make a piece of needlework by interlocking and looping thread with a hooked needle; "She sat there crocheting all day" [syn: crochet, hook]

n 1: a game in which players hit a wooden ball through a series of hoops; the winner is the first to traverse all the hoops and hit a peg v 1: drive away by hitting with one's ball, "croquet the opponent's ball" 2: play a game in which players hit a wooden ball through a series of hoops

n 1: a lively or heated interchange of ideas and opinions 2: fire from two or more points so that the lines of fire cross

n 1: time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis; "two days later they left"; "they put on two performances every day"; "there are 30,000 passengers per day" [syn: day, twenty-four hours, twenty-four hour period, 24-hour interval, solar day, mean solar day] 2: some point or period in time; "it should arrive any day now"; "after that day she never trusted him again"; "those were the days"; "these days it is not unusual" 3: a day assigned to a particular purpose or observance; "Mother's Day" 4: the time after sunrise and before sunset while it is light outside; "the dawn turned night into day"; "it is easier to make the repairs in the daytime" [syn: day, daytime, daylight] [ant: dark, night, nighttime] 5: the recurring hours when you are not sleeping (especially those when you are working); "my day began early this morning"; "it was a busy day on the stock exchange"; "she called it a day and went to bed" 6: an era of existence or influence; "in the day of the dinosaurs"; "in the days of the Roman Empire"; "in the days of sailing ships"; "he was a successful pianist in his day" 7: the period of time taken by a particular planet (e.g. Mars) to make a complete rotation on its axis; "how long is a day on Jupiter?" 8: the time for one complete rotation of the earth relative to a particular star, about 4 minutes shorter than a mean solar day [syn: sidereal day, day] 9: a period of opportunity; "he deserves his day in court"; "every dog has his day" 10: United States writer best known for his autobiographical works (1874-1935) [syn: Day, Clarence Day, Clarence Shepard Day Jr.]

n 1: a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies [syn: Delaware, Diamond State, First State, DE]

n 1: the process of gradually becoming inferior 2: a gradual decrease; as of stored charge or current [syn: decay, decline] 3: the organic phenomenon of rotting [syn: decay, decomposition] 4: an inferior state resulting from the process of decaying; "the corpse was in an advanced state of decay"; "the house had fallen into a serious state of decay and disrepair" 5: the spontaneous disintegration of a radioactive substance along with the emission of ionizing radiation [syn: decay, radioactive decay, disintegration] v 1: lose a stored charge, magnetic flux, or current; "the particles disintegrated during the nuclear fission process" [syn: disintegrate, decay, decompose] 2: fall into decay or ruin; "The unoccupied house started to decay" [syn: decay, crumble, dilapidate] 3: undergo decay or decomposition; "The body started to decay and needed to be cremated"

n 1: frequent and watery bowel movements; can be a symptom of infection or food poisoning or colitis or a gastrointestinal tumor [syn: diarrhea, diarrhoea, looseness of the bowels, looseness]

n 1: intense and continuous artillery fire [syn: cannonade, drumfire]

n 1: a surface-active agent that promotes the formation of an emulsion

n 1: the act of shooting a gun; "the gunfire endangered innocent bystanders"; "they retreated in the face of withering enemy fire" [syn: gunfire, gunshot]

n 1: a place of eternal fire envisaged as punishment for the damned [syn: hellfire, red region]

n 1: the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about; "it was not a good idea"; "the thought never entered my mind" [syn: idea, thought] 2: your intention; what you intend to do; "he had in mind to see his old teacher"; "the idea of the game is to capture all the pieces" [syn: mind, idea] 3: a personal view; "he has an idea that we don't like him" 4: an approximate calculation of quantity or degree or worth; "an estimate of what it would cost"; "a rough idea how long it would take" [syn: estimate, estimation, approximation, idea] 5: (music) melodic subject of a musical composition; "the theme is announced in the first measures"; "the accompanist picked up the idea and elaborated it" [syn: theme, melodic theme, musical theme, idea]

n 1: a modifier that has little meaning except to intensify the meaning it modifies; "`up' in `finished up' is an intensifier"; "`honestly' in `I honestly don't know' is an intensifier" [syn: intensifier, intensive]

n 1: a person who argues to defend or justify some policy or institution; "an apologist for capital punishment" [syn: apologist, vindicator, justifier]

n 1: a scientific instrument that magnifies an image

n 1: an explosion that fails to occur [syn: misfire, dud] 2: a failure to hit (or meet or find etc) [syn: miss, misfire] v 1: fail to fire or detonate; "The guns misfired"

n 1: a content word that qualifies the meaning of a noun or verb [syn: modifier, qualifier] 2: a moderator who makes less extreme or uncompromising 3: a person who changes something; "an inveterate changer of the menu" [syn: changer, modifier] 4: a gene that modifies the effect produced by another gene [syn: modifier, modifier gene]

n 1: an advocate of nullification; someone who believes that a state can resist federal laws 2: an official who can invalidate or nullify; "my bank check was voided and I wanted to know who the invalidator was" [syn: invalidator, voider, nullifier]

n 1: someone who tries to bring peace [syn: conciliator, make-peace, pacifier, peacemaker, reconciler] 2: anything that serves to pacify 3: device used for an infant to suck or bite on [syn: comforter, pacifier, baby's dummy, teething ring]

n 1: (Greek mythology) the goddess of healing; daughter of Aesculapius and sister of Hygeia 2: hypothetical remedy for all ills or diseases; once sought by the alchemists [syn: panacea, nostrum, catholicon, cure-all]

n 1: a shop where pizzas are made and sold [syn: pizzeria, pizza shop, pizza parlor]

n 1: an apparatus for removing impurities

n 1: a contestant who meets certain requirements and so qualifies to take part in the next stage of competition; "the tournament was won by a late qualifier" 2: a content word that qualifies the meaning of a noun or verb [syn: modifier, qualifier]

n 1: (logic) a word (such as `some' or `all' or `no') that binds the variables in a logical proposition [syn: quantifier, logical quantifier] 2: (grammar) a word that expresses a quantity (as `fifteen' or `many')

n 1: electrical device that transforms alternating into direct current 2: a person who corrects or sets right; "a rectifier of prejudices"

adj 1: of something having the color of a blue sapphire; "sapphire eyes" n 1: a precious transparent stone of rich blue corundum valued as a gemstone 2: a transparent piece of sapphire that has been cut and polished and is valued as a precious gem 3: a light shade of blue [syn: azure, cerulean, sapphire, lazuline, sky-blue]

n 1: shooting artillery shells

n 1: the phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe or identify something; "the inflected forms of a word can be represented by a stem and a list of inflections to be attached" [syn: form, word form, signifier, descriptor]

n 1: a highly emotional and quick-tempered person (especially a girl or woman)

n 1: a person who testifies or gives a deposition [syn: testifier, deponent, deposer]

n 1: thin unleavened pancake made from cornmeal or wheat flour

n 1: the chief solid component of mammalian urine; synthesized from ammonia and carbon dioxide and used as fertilizer and in animal feed and in plastics [syn: urea, carbamide]

n 1: someone who vouches for another or for the correctness of a statement [syn: voucher, verifier]

n 1: a writer who composes rhymes; a maker of poor verses (usually used as terms of contempt for minor or inferior poets) [syn: rhymer, rhymester, versifier, poetizer, poetiser]

n 1: a raging and rapidly spreading conflagration

n 1: an official prosecutor for a judicial district [syn: district attorney, DA]

n 1: a trite or obvious remark [syn: platitude, cliche, banality, commonplace, bromide]

adv 1: in the direction of the sea; "the sailor looked seaward" [syn: seaward, seawards, asea]

n 1: an independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest; headed by the Director of Central Intelligence under the supervision of the President and National Security Council [syn: Central Intelligence Agency, CIA]

n 1: any of a number of tiny parallel grooves such as: the scratches left by a glacier on rocks or the streaks or ridges in muscle tissue [syn: stria, striation] 2: a stripe or stripes of contrasting color; "chromosomes exhibit characteristic bands"; "the black and yellow banding of bees and wasps" [syn: band, banding, stria, striation]

n 1: an intelligence agency of the United States in the Department of Defense; is responsible for providing intelligence in support of military planning and operations and weapons acquisition [syn: Defense Intelligence Agency, DIA]

n 1: (Greek mythology) goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology [syn: Gaea, Gaia, Ge]

n 1: a state in midwestern United States [syn: Iowa, Hawkeye State, IA]

n 1: perennial herb of East Indies to Polynesia and Australia; cultivated for its large edible root yielding Otaheite arrowroot starch [syn: pia, Indian arrowroot, Tacca leontopetaloides, Tacca pinnatifida]

n 1: fertility goddess in ancient Greek mythology; wife of Cronus and mother of Zeus; identified with Roman Ops and Cybele of ancient Asia Minor 2: smaller of two tall fast-running flightless birds similar to ostriches but three-toed; found from Peru to Strait of Magellan [syn: rhea, nandu, Pterocnemia pennata] 3: larger of two tall fast-running flightless birds similar to ostriches but three-toed; found from Brazil to Patagonia [syn: rhea, Rhea americana]

n 1: one of the two main branches of orthodox Islam; mainly in Iran [syn: Shiah, Shia, Shiah Islam]

n 1: one of the two main branches of orthodox Islam; mainly in Iran [syn: Shiah, Shia, Shiah Islam]

n 1: (Greek mythology) the Titaness who was mother of Helios and Selene and Eos in ancient mythology [syn: Thea, Theia]

n 1: brief episode in which the brain gets insufficient blood supply; symptoms depend on the site of the blockage [syn: transient ischemic attack, TIA]

n 1: a Ukrainian peninsula between the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov

n 1: a minor Hebrew prophet (8th century BC) 2: an Old Testament book telling Hosea's prophecies [syn: Hosea, Book of Hosea]

n 1: the southern part of ancient Palestine succeeding the kingdom of Judah; a Roman province at the time of Christ [syn: Judea, Judaea]

n 1: an Asian peninsula (off Manchuria) separating the Yellow Sea and the Sea of Japan; the Korean name is Dae-Han-Min- Gook or Han-Gook [syn: Korea, Korean Peninsula, Dae- Han-Min-Gook, Han-Gook]

n 1: a dark region of considerable extent on the surface of the moon [syn: mare, maria] 2: valuable timber tree of Panama [syn: Maria, Calophyllum longifolium]

n 1: (Greek mythology) a princess of Colchis who aided Jason in taking the Golden Fleece from her father

n 1: capital and largest city of Bulgaria located in western Bulgaria [syn: Sofia, Serdica, Bulgarian capital]

n 1: an ancient seaport in northwestern Israel; an important Roman city in ancient Palestine

n 1: goddess of love and beauty and daughter of Zeus in ancient mythology; identified with Roman Venus [syn: Aphrodite, Cytherea]

n 1: frequent and watery bowel movements; can be a symptom of infection or food poisoning or colitis or a gastrointestinal tumor [syn: diarrhea, diarrhoea, looseness of the bowels, looseness]

n 1: a woman who is a man's sweetheart [syn: ladylove, dulcinea]

n 1: an African country to the north of Ethiopia on the Red Sea; achieved independence from Ethiopia in 1993 [syn: Eritrea, State of Eritrea]

n 1: (Greek mythology) a maiden who was first a sculpture created by Pygmalion and was brought to life by Aphrodite in answer to Pygmalion's prayers

n 1: a genus of Pyralidae [syn: Galleria, genus Galleria]

n 1: a common venereal disease caused by the bacterium Neisseria gonorrhoeae; symptoms are painful urination and pain around the urethra [syn: gonorrhea, gonorrhoea, clap]

n 1: the capital and largest city of Cyprus [syn: Nicosia, capital of Cyprus]

n 1: an ancient city in central Palestine founded in the 9th century BC as the capital of the northern Hebrew kingdom of Israel; the site is in present-day northwestern Jordan

n 1: a republic in eastern Africa [syn: Tanzania, United Republic of Tanzania]

n 1: fleshy maritime plant having fleshy stems with rudimentary scalelike leaves and small spikes of minute flowers; formerly used in making glass [syn: glasswort, samphire, Salicornia europaea]

n 1: sweet liqueur made from wine and brandy flavored with plum or peach or apricot kernels and bitter almonds [syn: ratafia, ratafee] 2: macaroon flavored with ratafia liqueur [syn: ratafia, ratafia biscuit]