Words that rhyme with terra

n 1: evergreen perennial with large handsome basal leaves; grown primarily as a foliage houseplant [syn: aspidistra, cast-iron plant, bar-room plant, Aspidistra elatio]

n 1: a large crater caused by the violent explosion of a volcano that collapses into a depression

n 1: (Greek mythology) fire-breathing female monster with a lion's head and a goat's body and a serpent's tail; daughter of Typhon [syn: Chimera, Chimaera] 2: a grotesque product of the imagination [syn: chimera, chimaera]

n 1: a period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event [syn: era, epoch] 2: a major division of geological time; an era is usually divided into two or more periods [syn: era, geological era] 3: (baseball) a measure of a pitcher's effectiveness; calculated as the average number of earned runs allowed by the pitcher for every nine innings pitched [syn: earned run average, ERA]

n 1: a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention; "he made a bad mistake"; "she was quick to point out my errors"; "I could understand his English in spite of his grammatical faults" [syn: mistake, error, fault] 2: inadvertent incorrectness [syn: erroneousness, error] 3: a misconception resulting from incorrect information [syn: error, erroneous belief] 4: (baseball) a failure of a defensive player to make an out when normal play would have sufficed [syn: error, misplay] 5: departure from what is ethically acceptable [syn: error, wrongdoing] 6: (computer science) the occurrence of an incorrect result produced by a computer [syn: error, computer error] 7: part of a statement that is not correct; "the book was full of errors" [syn: error, mistake]

adv 1: unusually or exceptionally; "an extra fast car" adj 1: more than is needed, desired, or required; "trying to lose excess weight"; "found some extra change lying on the dresser"; "yet another book on heraldry might be thought redundant"; "skills made redundant by technological advance"; "sleeping in the spare room"; "supernumerary ornamentation"; "it was supererogatory of her to gloat"; "delete superfluous (or unnecessary) words"; "extra ribs as well as other supernumerary internal parts"; "surplus cheese distributed to the needy" [syn: excess, extra, redundant, spare, supererogatory, superfluous, supernumerary, surplus] 2: added to a regular schedule; "a special holiday flight"; "put on special buses for the big game" [syn: extra, special] 3: further or added; "called for additional troops"; "need extra help"; "an extra pair of shoes" [syn: extra, additional] n 1: a minor actor in crowd scenes [syn: supernumerary, spear carrier, extra] 2: an additional edition of a newspaper (usually to report a crisis) 3: something additional of the same kind; "he always carried extras in case of an emergency" [syn: extra, duplicate]

n 1: the basic unit of money on Malta; equal to 100 cents [syn: lira, Maltese lira] 2: the basic unit of money in Turkey [syn: lira, Turkish lira] 3: formerly the basic unit of money in Italy; equal to 100 centesimi [syn: lira, Italian lira]

n 1: a commonly repeated word or phrase; "she repeated `So pleased with how its going' at intervals like a mantra" 2: (Sanskrit) literally a `sacred utterance' in Vedism; one of a collection of orally transmitted poetic hymns

n 1: makeup that is used to darken and thicken the eye lashes

n 1: a musical organization consisting of a group of instrumentalists including string players 2: seating on the main floor in a theater

n 1: the whitish fibrous membrane (albuginea) that with the cornea forms the outer covering and protection of the eyeball [syn: sclera, sclerotic coat]

n 1: a range of mountains (usually with jagged peaks and irregular outline) 2: a Spanish mackerel of western North America [syn: sierra, Scomberomorus sierra]

n 1: an overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety [syn: panic, terror, affright] 2: a person who inspires fear or dread; "he was the terror of the neighborhood" [syn: terror, scourge, threat] 3: a very troublesome child [syn: terror, brat, little terror, holy terror] 4: the use of extreme fear in order to coerce people (especially for political reasons); "he used terror to make them confess"

n 1: (obstetrics) the number of liveborn children a woman has delivered; "the parity of the mother must be considered"; "a bipara is a woman who has given birth to two children" [syn: parity, para] 2: 100 para equal 1 dinar in Yugoslavia 3: a soldier in the paratroops [syn: paratrooper, para] 4: an estuary in northern Brazil into which the Tocantins River flows [syn: Para, Para River] 5: port city in northern Brazil in the Amazon delta; main port and commercial center for the Amazon River basin [syn: Belem, Para, Feliz Lusitania, Santa Maria de Belem, St. Mary of Bethlehem]

n 1: a member of the guerrilla force that opposed a left-wing government in Nicaragua

n 1: (Old Testament) the wife of Abraham and mother of Isaac

n 1: United States singer and film actor (1915-1998) [syn: Sinatra, Frank Sinatra, Francis Albert Sinatra]

n 1: a mountainous island in western Indonesia

n 1: beautiful and charismatic queen of Egypt; mistress of Julius Caesar and later of Mark Antony; killed herself to avoid capture by Octavian (69-30 BC)

n 1: a historical area in west-central India

n 1: United States baseball player (born 1925) [syn: Berra, Lawrence Peter Berra, Yogi, Yogi Berra]

n 1: a Chadic language spoken in Chad

n 1: the basic unit of money in Nigeria

n 1: Spanish missionary who founded Franciscan missions in California (1713-1784) [syn: Serra, Junipero Serra, Miguel Jose Serra]

n 1: a village in eastern Ireland (northwest of Dublin); seat of Irish kings until 6th century

n 1: the capital of Australia; located in southeastern Australia [syn: Canberra, Australian capital, capital of Australia]

n 1: a progestin compound (trade name Provera) used to treat menstrual disorders [syn: medroxyprogesterone, Provera]

n 1: socialist Mexican painter of murals (1886-1957) [syn: Rivera, Diego Rivera]

n 1: the world's largest desert (3,500,000 square miles) in northern Africa [syn: Sahara, Sahara Desert]

n 1: a landlocked federal republic in central Europe [syn: Switzerland, Swiss Confederation, Suisse, Schweiz, Svizzera]

n 1: a coastal area between La Spezia in Italy and Cannes in France; "the Riviera contains some of Europe's most popular resorts"

n 1: any of a fairly recent class of Hindu or Buddhist religious literature concerned with ritual acts of body and speech and mind 2: doctrine of enlightenment as the realization of the oneness of one's self and the visible world; combines elements of Hinduism and paganism including magical and mystical elements like mantras and mudras and erotic rites; especially influential in Tibet [syn: Tantra, Tantrism]

n 1: a town in northern France that is noted for its Gothic Cathedral

n 1: French writer and existentialist philosopher (1905-1980) [syn: Sartre, Jean-Paul Sartre]

n 1: (Greek mythology) the daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra; persuaded her brother (Orestes) to avenge Agamemnon's death by helping her to kill Clytemnestra and her lover (Aegisthus)

n 1: a small opening covered with membrane (especially one in the bone between the middle and inner ear)

n 1: a public place in ancient Greece or Rome devoted to the training of wrestlers and other athletes [syn: palestra, palaestra]

n 1: a public place in ancient Greece or Rome devoted to the training of wrestlers and other athletes [syn: palestra, palaestra]

n 1: (Greek mythology) wife of Agamemnon who had him murdered when he returned from the Trojan War

n 1: North American and Asian herbs with divided leaves and irregular flowers [syn: Dicentra, genus Dicentra]