Words that rhyme with staffa
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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" -
chaffer
v 1: wrangle (over a price, terms of an agreement, etc.); "Let's not haggle over a few dollars" [syn: haggle, higgle, chaffer, huckster] 2: talk socially without exchanging too much information; "the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze" [syn: chew the fat, shoot the breeze, chat, confabulate, confab, chitchat, chit-chat, chatter, chaffer, natter, gossip, jaw, claver, visit] -
gaffer
n 1: an elderly man [syn: old-timer, oldtimer, gaffer, old geezer, antique] 2: an electrician responsible for lighting on a movie or tv set 3: a person who exercises control over workers; "if you want to leave early you have to ask the foreman" [syn: foreman, chief, gaffer, honcho, boss] -
metaphor
n 1: a figure of speech in which an expression is used to refer to something that it does not literally denote in order to suggest a similarity -
oceanographer
n 1: a scientist who studies physical and biological aspects of the seas -
photographer
n 1: someone who takes photographs professionally [syn: photographer, lensman] -
pornographer
n 1: someone who presents shows or sells writing or pictures that are sexually explicit in violation of the community mores [syn: pornographer, porn merchant] -
rotifer
n 1: minute aquatic multicellular organisms having a ciliated wheel-like organ for feeding and locomotion; constituents of freshwater plankton -
stenographer
n 1: someone skilled in the transcription of speech (especially dictation) [syn: stenographer, amanuensis, shorthand typist] -
telegrapher
n 1: someone who transmits messages by telegraph [syn: telegrapher, telegraphist, telegraph operator] -
typographer
n 1: one who sets written material into type [syn: compositor, typesetter, setter, typographer] -
staffer
n 1: an employee who is a member of a staff of workers (especially a member of the staff that works for the President of the United States) [syn: staff member, staffer] -
luftwaffe
n 1: the German airforce [syn: Luftwaffe, German Luftwaffe] -
jaffa
n 1: a port in western Israel on the Mediterranean; incorporated into Tel Aviv in 1950 [syn: Jaffa, Joppa, Yafo] -
christopher
n 1: Christian martyr and patron saint of travellers (3rd century) [syn: Christopher, Saint Christopher, St. Christopher] -
hagiographa
n 1: the third of three divisions of the Hebrew Scriptures [syn: Hagiographa, Ketubim, Writings] -
kaffir
n 1: important for human and animal food; growth habit and stem form similar to Indian corn but having sawtooth-edged leaves [syn: great millet, kaffir, kafir corn, kaffir corn, Sorghum bicolor] 2: an offensive and insulting term for any Black African [syn: kaffir, kafir, caffer, caffre] -
kafir
n 1: an offensive and insulting term for any Black African [syn: kaffir, kafir, caffer, caffre] 2: a member of the Kafir people in northeastern Afghanistan -
lucifer
n 1: (Judeo-Christian and Islamic religions) chief spirit of evil and adversary of God; tempter of mankind; master of Hell [syn: Satan, Old Nick, Devil, Lucifer, Beelzebub, the Tempter, Prince of Darkness] 2: a planet (usually Venus) seen just before sunrise in the eastern sky [syn: morning star, daystar, Phosphorus, Lucifer] 3: lighter consisting of a thin piece of wood or cardboard tipped with combustible chemical; ignites with friction; "he always carries matches to light his pipe"; "as long you've a lucifer to light your fag" [syn: match, lucifer, friction match] -
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seismographer
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topographer
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ahh
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boffa
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moffa
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mustafa
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shaffer
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jennifer
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hymnographer
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logographer
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monographer
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mythographer
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orthographer
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