Words that rhyme with tamboura

n 1: a signer of a 1679 address to Charles II in which those who petitioned for the reconvening of parliament were condemned and abhorred

n 1: someone who admires a young woman; "she had many admirers" [syn: admirer, adorer]

n 1: the bitter bark of a South American tree; used in medicines and liqueurs and bitters [syn: angostura bark, angostura]

n 1: a sensation (as of a cold breeze or bright light) that precedes the onset of certain disorders such as a migraine attack or epileptic seizure 2: an indication of radiant light drawn around the head of a saint [syn: aura, aureole, halo, nimbus, glory, gloriole] 3: a distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing; "an air of mystery"; "the house had a neglected air"; "an atmosphere of defeat pervaded the candidate's headquarters"; "the place had an aura of romance" [syn: air, aura, atmosphere]

n 1: the first light of day; "we got up before dawn"; "they talked until morning" [syn: dawn, dawning, morning, aurora, first light, daybreak, break of day, break of the day, dayspring, sunrise, sunup, cockcrow] [ant: sundown, sunset] 2: an atmospheric phenomenon consisting of bands of light caused by charged solar particles following the earth's magnetic lines of force 3: (Roman mythology) goddess of the dawn; counterpart of Greek Eos

n 1: a drill for penetrating rock [syn: bore bit, borer, rock drill, stone drill] 2: any of various insects or larvae or mollusks that bore into wood [syn: woodborer, borer]

n 1: brilliant and showy technical skill; "in a final bravura the ballerina appeared to be floating in water"; "the music ends with a display of bravura"

n 1: a secret society in Naples notorious for violence and blackmail

n 1: a lyric soprano who specializes in coloratura vocal music [syn: coloratura, coloratura soprano] 2: singing with florid ornamentation

n 1: someone who eats greedily or voraciously

n 1: sorghums of dry regions of Asia and North Africa [syn: durra, doura, dourah, Egyptian corn, Indian millet, Guinea corn]

n 1: the male ruler of an empire 2: red table grape of California 3: large moth of temperate forests of Eurasia having heavily scaled transparent wings [syn: emperor, emperor moth, Saturnia pavonia] 4: large richly colored butterfly [syn: emperor butterfly, emperor]

n 1: someone who asks a question [syn: inquirer, enquirer, questioner, querier, asker]

n 1: someone who travels into little known regions (especially for some scientific purpose) [syn: explorer, adventurer] 2: a commercial browser [syn: Internet Explorer, Explorer, IE]

n 1: a hat made of felt with a creased crown [syn: fedora, felt hat, homburg, Stetson, trilby]

n 1: all the plant life in a particular region or period; "Pleistocene vegetation"; "the flora of southern California"; "the botany of China" [syn: vegetation, flora, botany] [ant: fauna, zoology] 2: (botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion [syn: plant, flora, plant life]

n 1: a financial institution that sells insurance [syn: insurance company, insurance firm, insurer, insurance underwriter, underwriter]

n 1: someone who serves (or waits to be called to serve) on a jury [syn: juror, juryman, jurywoman]

n 1: (Judaism) a candelabrum with seven branches used in ceremonies to symbolize the seven days of Creation 2: (Judaism) a candelabrum with nine branches; used during the Hanukkah festival

n 1: a drama set to music; consists of singing with orchestral accompaniment and an orchestral overture and interludes 2: a commercial browser 3: a building where musical dramas are performed [syn: opera, opera house]

n 1: the thin serous membrane around the lungs and inner walls of the chest

n 1: someone who procures customers for whores (in England they call a pimp a ponce) [syn: pimp, procurer, panderer, pander, pandar, fancy man, ponce] 2: someone who obtains or acquires; "the procurer of opera tickets" [syn: procurer, securer]

n 1: marine fishes with a flattened elongated body and a sucking disk on the head for attaching to large fish or moving objects [syn: remora, suckerfish, sucking fish]

n 1: a skilled worker who is employed to restore or refinish buildings or antique furniture [syn: refinisher, renovator, restorer, preserver]

n 1: pigment mixed with water-soluble glutinous materials such as size and egg yolk [syn: tempera, poster paint, poster color, poster colour]

n 1: vegetables and seafood dipped in batter and deep-fried

n 1: one who speaks in a whisper

n 1: someone who cleanses by scouring 2: someone who travels widely and energetically; "he was a scourer of the seven seas"

n 1: (Greek mythology) daughter of Zeus and Demeter; made queen of the underworld by Pluto in ancient mythology; identified with Roman Proserpina [syn: Persephone, Despoina, Kore, Cora]

n 1: the whole body of the Jewish sacred writings and tradition including the oral tradition 2: the first of three divisions of the Hebrew Scriptures comprising the first five books of the Hebrew Bible considered as a unit [syn: Torah, Pentateuch, Laws] 3: (Judaism) the scroll of parchment on which the first five books of the Hebrew Scripture is written; is used in a synagogue during services

n 1: (Greek mythology) the first woman; created by Hephaestus on orders from Zeus who presented her to Epimetheus along with a box filled with evils

n 1: ground snakes [syn: Sonora, genus Sonora]

n 1: a small republic in the eastern Pyrenees between Spain and France [syn: Andorra, Principality of Andorra]

n 1: one of the sections (or chapters) in the Koran; "the Quran is divided in 114 suras" 2: the muscular back part of the shank [syn: calf, sura]

n 1: a person who acquires something (usually permanently) 2: a corporation gaining financial control over another corporation or financial institution through a payment in cash or an exchange of stock 3: the financial institution that dispenses cash in automated teller machines and collects a fee from the bank that issued the credit card 4: a credit card processing bank; merchants receive credit for credit card receipts less a processing fee [syn: merchant bank, acquirer]

n 1: the outermost (and toughest) of the 3 meninges [syn: dura mater, dura]

n 1: thorn apple [syn: Datura, genus Datura]

n 1: the capital and largest city of Burundi; "Usumbura was renamed Bujumbura when Burundi became independent in 1962" [syn: Bujumbura, Usumbura, capital of Burundi]

n 1: the system of patronage in communist countries; controlled by committees in the Communist Party

n 1: a vast body of textual criticism of the Hebrew Scriptures including notes on features of writing and on the occurrence of certain words and on variant sources and instructions for pronunciation and other comments that were written between AD 600 and 900 by Jewish scribes in the margins or at the end of texts [syn: Masorah, Masora]

n 1: an Italian title of address equivalent to Mrs. when used before a name 2: an Italian title or form of address for a married woman

n 1: a member of an Iroquois people who formerly lived in North Carolina and then moved to New York State and joined the Iroquois 2: the Iroquoian language spoken by the Tuscarora

n 1: a leading German painter and engraver of the Renaissance (1471-1528) [syn: Durer, Albrecht Durer]

n 1: one whose occupation is decorating walls with wallpaper [syn: paperhanger, paperer]

n 1: someone who travels for pleasure [syn: tourist, tourer, holidaymaker] 2: large open car seating four with folding top [syn: touring car, phaeton, tourer]