Words that rhyme with thackeray

  • apothecary
    n 1: a health professional trained in the art of preparing and dispensing drugs [syn: pharmacist, druggist, chemist, apothecary, pill pusher, pill roller]
  • cabaret
    n 1: a spot that is open late at night and that provides entertainment (as singers or dancers) as well as dancing and food and drink; "don't expect a good meal at a cabaret"; "the gossip columnist got his information by visiting nightclubs every night"; "he played the drums at a jazz club" [syn: cabaret, nightclub, night club, club, nightspot] 2: a series of acts at a night club [syn: cabaret, floorshow, floor show]
  • cookery
    n 1: the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat; "cooking can be a great art"; "people are needed who have experience in cookery"; "he left the preparation of meals to his wife" [syn: cooking, cookery, preparation]
  • crockery
    n 1: tableware (eating and serving dishes) collectively [syn: crockery, dishware]
  • cure
    n 1: a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain [syn: remedy, curative, cure, therapeutic] v 1: provide a cure for, make healthy again; "The treatment cured the boy's acne"; "The quack pretended to heal patients but never managed to" [syn: bring around, cure, heal] 2: prepare by drying, salting, or chemical processing in order to preserve; "cure meats"; "cure pickles"; "cure hay" 3: make (substances) hard and improve their usability; "cure resin"; "cure cement"; "cure soap" 4: be or become preserved; "the apricots cure in the sun"
  • curry
    n 1: (East Indian cookery) a pungent dish of vegetables or meats flavored with curry powder and usually eaten with rice v 1: season with a mixture of spices; typical of Indian cooking 2: treat by incorporating fat; "curry tanned leather" 3: give a neat appearance to; "groom the dogs"; "dress the horses" [syn: dress, groom, curry]
  • daiquiri
    n 1: a cocktail made with rum and lime or lemon juice [syn: daiquiri, rum cocktail]
  • grotesquery
    n 1: ludicrous or incongruous unnaturalness or distortion [syn: grotesqueness, grotesquery, grotesquerie]
  • mockery
    n 1: showing your contempt by derision [syn: jeer, jeering, mockery, scoff, scoffing] 2: a composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way [syn: parody, lampoon, spoof, sendup, mockery, takeoff, burlesque, travesty, charade, pasquinade, put-on] 3: humorous or satirical mimicry [syn: parody, mockery, takeoff]
  • peccary
    n 1: nocturnal gregarious pig-like wild animals of North America and South America [syn: peccary, musk hog]
  • pro
    adv 1: in favor of a proposition, opinion, etc. [ant: con] adj 1: in favor of (an action or proposal etc.); "a pro vote" [ant: anti] n 1: an athlete who plays for pay [syn: professional, pro] [ant: amateur] 2: an argument in favor of a proposal [ant: con]
  • puree
    n 1: food prepared by cooking and straining or processed in a blender v 1: rub through a strainer or process in an electric blender; "puree the vegetables for the baby" [syn: puree, strain]
  • quackery
    n 1: medical practice and advice based on observation and experience in ignorance of scientific findings [syn: quackery, empiricism] 2: the dishonesty of a charlatan [syn: charlatanism, quackery]
  • rockery
    n 1: a garden featuring rocks; usually alpine plants [syn: rock garden, rockery]
  • rookery
    n 1: a breeding ground for gregarious birds (such as rooks)
  • whiskery
    adj 1: having hair on the cheeks and chin [syn: bearded, barbate, bewhiskered, whiskered, whiskery]
  • sucre
    n 1: the basic unit of money in Ecuador; equal to 100 centavos 2: the judicial capital and seat of the judiciary in Bolivia
  • gimcrackery
    n 1: ornamental objects of no great value [syn: folderal, falderol, frill, gimcrackery, gimcrack, nonsense, trumpery]
  • valkyrie
    n 1: (Norse mythology) one of the maidens of Odin who chose heroes to be slain in battle and conducted them to Valhalla
  • terpsichore
    n 1: (Greek mythology) the Muse of the dance and of choral song 2: taking a series of rhythmical steps (and movements) in time to music [syn: dancing, dance, terpsichore, saltation]
  • piscary
    n 1: a workplace where fish are caught and processed and sold [syn: fishery, piscary]
  • succory
    n 1: perennial Old World herb having rayed flower heads with blue florets cultivated for its root and its heads of crisp edible leaves used in salads [syn: chicory, succory, chicory plant, Cichorium intybus]
  • knackery
  • mccrea
  • bourree
  • tanqueray
  • tempore
  • currey
  • currie
  • hypothecary
  • zachary
  • hackery
  • puckery
  • brusquerie
  • monkery

See also thackeray definition