Words that rhyme with styria

n 1: (microbiology) single-celled or noncellular spherical or spiral or rod-shaped organisms lacking chlorophyll that reproduce by fission; important as pathogens and for biochemical properties; taxonomy is difficult; often considered to be plants [syn: bacteria, bacterium]

n 1: a restaurant where you serve yourself and pay a cashier

n 1: acute contagious infection caused by the bacterium Corynebacterium diphtheriae; marked by the formation of a false membrane in the throat and other air passages causing difficulty in breathing

n 1: a Japanese shrub that resembles members of the genus Spiraea; widely cultivated in many varieties for its dense panicles of flowers in many colors; often forced by florists for Easter blooming [syn: spirea, spiraea, Astilbe japonica] 2: any rosaceous plant of the genus Spiraea; has sprays of small white or pink flowers [syn: spirea, spiraea] 3: a dicotyledonous genus of the family Rosaceae [syn: Spiraea, genus Spiraea]

n 1: a Japanese shrub that resembles members of the genus Spiraea; widely cultivated in many varieties for its dense panicles of flowers in many colors; often forced by florists for Easter blooming [syn: spirea, spiraea, Astilbe japonica] 2: any rosaceous plant of the genus Spiraea; has sprays of small white or pink flowers [syn: spirea, spiraea]

n 1: an Asian republic in the Middle East at the east end of the Mediterranean; site of some of the world's most ancient centers of civilization [syn: Syria, Syrian Arab Republic]

n 1: a republic in northwestern Africa on the Mediterranean Sea with a population that is predominantly Sunni Muslim; colonized by France in the 19th century but gained autonomy in the early 1960s [syn: Algeria, Algerie, Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria]

n 1: an ancient kingdom in northern Mesopotamia which is in present-day Iraq

n 1: an ancient geographical region to the south of the Caucasus Mountains that corresponded approximately to the present- day Georgia 2: a peninsula in southwestern Europe [syn: Iberian Peninsula, Iberia]

n 1: a republic in West Africa; established in 1822 by Americans as a way to free negro slaves [syn: Liberia, Republic of Liberia]

n 1: any species of the genus Listeria

n 1: a republic in West Africa on the Gulf of Guinea; gained independence from Britain in 1960; most populous African country [syn: Nigeria, Federal Republic of Nigeria]

n 1: a vast Asian region of Russia; famous for long cold winters

n 1: widely distributed genus of creeping or upright evergreen shrubs [syn: Gaultheria, genus Gaultheria]

n 1: an uncertain region on the east shore of the Adriatic where an ancient Indo-European people once lived

n 1: a genetic abnormality of metabolism causing abdominal pains and mental confusion