Words that rhyme with vasa

n 1: extreme mental retardation [syn: idiocy, amentia]

n 1: harsh criticism or disapproval [syn: censure, animadversion] 2: the state of being excommunicated [syn: excommunication, exclusion, censure] v 1: rebuke formally [syn: reprimand, censure, criminate]

n 1: mental deterioration of organic or functional origin [syn: dementia, dementedness]

n 1: distinguishing characteristics (especially in different species of a genus)

n 1: flat tableland with steep edges; "the tribe was relatively safe on the mesa but they had to descend into the valley for water" [syn: mesa, table] 2: a city in Arizona just to the east of Phoenix; originally a suburb of Phoenix

n 1: the shaved crown of a monk's or priest's head 2: shaving the crown of the head by priests or members of a monastic order v 1: shave the head of a newly inducted monk

n 1: the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo on the Congo river opposite Brazzaville [syn: Kinshasa, Leopoldville]

n 1: Indian nun and missionary in the Roman Catholic Church (born of Albanian parents in what is now Macedonia); dedicated to helping the poor in India (1910-1997) [syn: Teresa, Mother Teresa, Theresa, Mother Theresa, Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu]

n 1: Indian nun and missionary in the Roman Catholic Church (born of Albanian parents in what is now Macedonia); dedicated to helping the poor in India (1910-1997) [syn: Teresa, Mother Teresa, Theresa, Mother Theresa, Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu]

n 1: a county in southwestern England [syn: Devon, Devonshire]

n 1: the sacred city of Lamaism; known as the Forbidden City for its former inaccessibility and hostility to strangers [syn: Lhasa, Lassa, capital of Tibet, Forbidden City]

n 1: the sacred city of Lamaism; known as the Forbidden City for its former inaccessibility and hostility to strangers [syn: Lhasa, Lassa, capital of Tibet, Forbidden City] 2: a breed of terrier having a long heavy coat raised in Tibet as watchdogs [syn: Lhasa, Lhasa apso]

n 1: an independent group of closely related Chadic languages spoken in the area between the Biu-Mandara and East Chadic languages

n 1: a port city in southern Kenya on a coral island in a bay of the Indian Ocean

n 1: an agricultural county of eastern England on the North Sea

n 1: large genus of cactuses native to America: prickly pears [syn: Opuntia, genus Opuntia]