Words that rhyme with via

n 1: any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia

n 1: the academic world [syn: academia, academe]

n 1: a morbid fear of great heights

n 1: any of various plants of the genus Althaea; similar to but having smaller flowers than genus Alcea [syn: althea, althaea, hollyhock]

n 1: a mixture of nectar and pollen prepared by worker bees and fed to larvae [syn: beebread, ambrosia] 2: any of numerous chiefly North American weedy plants constituting the genus Ambrosia that produce highly allergenic pollen responsible for much hay fever and asthma [syn: ragweed, ambrosia, bitterweed] 3: fruit dessert made of oranges and bananas with shredded coconut 4: (classical mythology) the food and drink of the gods; mortals who ate it became immortal [syn: ambrosia, nectar]

n 1: a lack of vitality [syn: anemia, anaemia] 2: a deficiency of red blood cells [syn: anemia, anaemia]

n 1: a prolonged disorder of eating due to loss of appetite

n 1: a particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography); "it was a mountainous area"; "Bible country" [syn: area, country] 2: a subject of study; "it was his area of specialization"; "areas of interest include..." 3: a part of an animal that has a special function or is supplied by a given artery or nerve; "in the abdominal region" [syn: area, region] 4: a particular environment or walk of life; "his social sphere is limited"; "it was a closed area of employment"; "he's out of my orbit" [syn: sphere, domain, area, orbit, field, arena] 5: a part of a structure having some specific characteristic or function; "the spacious cooking area provided plenty of room for servants" 6: the extent of a 2-dimensional surface enclosed within a boundary; "the area of a rectangle"; "it was about 500 square feet in area" [syn: area, expanse, surface area]

n 1: an elaborate song for solo voice

n 1: a condition in which insufficient or no oxygen and carbon dioxide are exchanged on a ventilatory basis; caused by choking or drowning or electric shock or poison gas

n 1: (in India) a native nursemaid who looks after children

n 1: any of numerous ornamental shrubs grown for their showy flowers of various colors

n 1: an orgiastic festival in ancient Greece in honor of Dionysus (= Bacchus) [syn: Dionysia, Bacchanalia] 2: a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity [syn: orgy, debauch, debauchery, saturnalia, riot, bacchanal, bacchanalia, drunken revelry]

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: preoccupation with the acquisition and possession of books

n 1: Eurasian rose with prickly stems and fragrant leaves and bright pink flowers followed by scarlet hips [syn: sweetbrier, sweetbriar, brier, briar, eglantine, Rosa eglanteria] 2: a very prickly woody vine of the eastern United States growing in tangled masses having tough round stems with shiny leathery leaves and small greenish flowers followed by clusters of inedible shiny black berries [syn: bullbrier, greenbrier, catbrier, horse brier, horse-brier, brier, briar, Smilax rotundifolia] 3: evergreen treelike Mediterranean shrub having fragrant white flowers in large terminal panicles and hard woody roots used to make tobacco pipes [syn: tree heath, briar, brier, Erica arborea] 4: a pipe made from the root (briarroot) of the tree heath [syn: briar, briar pipe]

n 1: tangled mass of prickly plants [syn: brier, brierpatch, brier patch] 2: a thorny stem or twig 3: Eurasian rose with prickly stems and fragrant leaves and bright pink flowers followed by scarlet hips [syn: sweetbrier, sweetbriar, brier, briar, eglantine, Rosa eglanteria] 4: a very prickly woody vine of the eastern United States growing in tangled masses having tough round stems with shiny leathery leaves and small greenish flowers followed by clusters of inedible shiny black berries [syn: bullbrier, greenbrier, catbrier, horse brier, horse-brier, brier, briar, Smilax rotundifolia] 5: evergreen treelike Mediterranean shrub having fragrant white flowers in large terminal panicles and hard woody roots used to make tobacco pipes [syn: tree heath, briar, brier, Erica arborea]

n 1: a disorder of eating seen among young women who go on eating binges and then feel guilt and depression and self- condemnation [syn: bulimia, binge-eating syndrome] 2: pathologically insatiable hunger (especially when caused by brain lesions)

n 1: a person who buys [syn: buyer, purchaser, emptor, vendee]

n 1: a barn for cows [syn: cowbarn, cowshed, cow barn, cowhouse, byre]

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

n 1: any of several shrubs or small evergreen trees having solitary white or pink or reddish flowers [syn: camellia, camelia]

n 1: a chorus that sings as part of a religious ceremony 2: a family of similar musical instrument playing together [syn: choir, consort] 3: the area occupied by singers; the part of the chancel between sanctuary and nave v 1: sing in a choir [syn: choir, chorus]

n 1: a morbid fear of being closed in a confined space

n 1: the snail-shaped tube (in the inner ear coiled around the modiolus) where sound vibrations are converted into nerve impulses by the organ of Corti

n 1: the transparent dome-shaped anterior portion of the outer covering of the eye; it covers the iris and pupil and is continuous with the sclera

n 1: a goat's horn filled with grain and flowers and fruit symbolizing prosperity [syn: horn of plenty, cornucopia] 2: the property of being extremely abundant; "the profusion of detail"; "the idiomatic richness of English" [syn: profusion, profuseness, richness, cornucopia]

n 1: a person who weeps [syn: weeper, crier] 2: (formerly) an official who made public announcements [syn: town crier, crier] 3: a peddler who shouts to advertise the goods he sells

n 1: frequent and watery bowel movements; can be a symptom of infection or food poisoning or colitis or a gastrointestinal tumor [syn: diarrhea, diarrhoea, looseness of the bowels, looseness]

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

adj 1: fraught with extreme danger; nearly hopeless; "a desperate illness"; "on all fronts the Allies were in a desperate situation due to lack of materiel"- G.C.Marshall; "a dire emergency" [syn: desperate, dire] 2: causing fear or dread or terror; "the awful war"; "an awful risk"; "dire news"; "a career or vengeance so direful that London was shocked"; "the dread presence of the headmaster"; "polio is no longer the dreaded disease it once was"; "a dreadful storm"; "a fearful howling"; "horrendous explosions shook the city"; "a terrible curse" [syn: awful, dire, direful, dread(a), dreaded, dreadful, fearful, fearsome, frightening, horrendous, horrific, terrible]

n 1: a substance that promotes drying (e.g., calcium oxide absorbs water and is used to remove moisture) [syn: desiccant, drying agent, drier, siccative] 2: an appliance that removes moisture [syn: dryer, drier]

n 1: an appliance that removes moisture [syn: dryer, drier]

n 1: someone whose job is to dye cloth

n 1: the event of something burning (often destructive); "they lost everything in the fire" 2: the act of firing weapons or artillery at an enemy; "hold your fire until you can see the whites of their eyes"; "they retreated in the face of withering enemy fire" [syn: fire, firing] 3: the process of combustion of inflammable materials producing heat and light and (often) smoke; "fire was one of our ancestors' first discoveries" [syn: fire, flame, flaming] 4: a fireplace in which a relatively small fire is burning; "they sat by the fire and talked" 5: once thought to be one of four elements composing the universe (Empedocles) 6: feelings of great warmth and intensity; "he spoke with great ardor" [syn: ardor, ardour, fervor, fervour, fervency, fire, fervidness] 7: fuel that is burning and is used as a means for cooking; "put the kettle on the fire"; "barbecue over an open fire" 8: a severe trial; "he went through fire and damnation" 9: intense adverse criticism; "Clinton directed his fire at the Republican Party"; "the government has come under attack"; "don't give me any flak" [syn: fire, attack, flak, flack, blast] v 1: start firing a weapon [syn: open fire, fire] 2: cause to go off; "fire a gun"; "fire a bullet" [syn: fire, discharge] 3: bake in a kiln so as to harden; "fire pottery" 4: terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position; "The boss fired his secretary today"; "The company terminated 25% of its workers" [syn: displace, fire, give notice, can, dismiss, give the axe, send away, sack, force out, give the sack, terminate] [ant: employ, engage, hire] 5: go off or discharge; "The gun fired" [syn: fire, discharge, go off] 6: drive out or away by or as if by fire; "The soldiers were fired"; "Surrender fires the cold skepticism" 7: call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses); "arouse pity"; "raise a smile"; "evoke sympathy" [syn: arouse, elicit, enkindle, kindle, evoke, fire, raise, provoke] 8: destroy by fire; "They burned the house and his diaries" [syn: burn, fire, burn down] 9: provide with fuel; "Oil fires the furnace" [syn: fuel, fire]

n 1: an advertisement (usually printed on a page or in a leaflet) intended for wide distribution; "he mailed the circular to all subscribers" [syn: circular, handbill, bill, broadside, broadsheet, flier, flyer, throwaway] 2: someone who travels by air [syn: flier, flyer] 3: someone who operates an aircraft [syn: aviator, aeronaut, airman, flier, flyer]

n 1: a male member of a religious order that originally relied solely on alms [syn: friar, mendicant]

n 1: flesh of a medium-sized young chicken suitable for frying [syn: fryer, frier, pullet]

n 1: a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals) [syn: coil, whorl, roll, curl, curlicue, ringlet, gyre, scroll]

n 1: a newly hired employee; "the new hires need special training" 2: the act of hiring something or someone; "he signed up for a week's car hire" v 1: engage or hire for work; "They hired two new secretaries in the department"; "How many people has she employed?" [syn: hire, engage, employ] [ant: can, dismiss, displace, fire, force out, give notice, give the axe, give the sack, sack, send away, terminate] 2: hold under a lease or rental agreement; of goods and services [syn: rent, hire, charter, lease] 3: engage for service under a term of contract; "We took an apartment on a quiet street"; "Let's rent a car"; "Shall we take a guide in Rome?" [syn: lease, rent, hire, charter, engage, take]

n 1: the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about; "it was not a good idea"; "the thought never entered my mind" [syn: idea, thought] 2: your intention; what you intend to do; "he had in mind to see his old teacher"; "the idea of the game is to capture all the pieces" [syn: mind, idea] 3: a personal view; "he has an idea that we don't like him" 4: an approximate calculation of quantity or degree or worth; "an estimate of what it would cost"; "a rough idea how long it would take" [syn: estimate, estimation, approximation, idea] 5: (music) melodic subject of a musical composition; "the theme is announced in the first measures"; "the accompanist picked up the idea and elaborated it" [syn: theme, melodic theme, musical theme, idea]

n 1: an inability to sleep; chronic sleeplessness [ant: hypersomnia]

n 1: a strong emotion; a feeling that is oriented toward some real or supposed grievance [syn: anger, choler, ire] 2: belligerence aroused by a real or supposed wrong (personified as one of the deadly sins) [syn: wrath, anger, ire, ira]

n 1: a person who has lied or who lies repeatedly [syn: liar, prevaricator] [ant: square shooter, straight arrow, straight shooter]

n 1: a harp used by ancient Greeks for accompaniment

n 1: any expected deliverer [syn: messiah, christ] 2: Jesus Christ; considered by Christians to be the promised deliverer 3: the awaited king of the Jews; the promised and expected deliverer of the Jewish people 4: an oratorio composed by Handel in 1742

n 1: a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot [syn: mire, quagmire, quag, morass, slack] 2: deep soft mud in water or slush; "they waded through the slop" [syn: slop, mire] 3: a difficulty or embarrassment that is hard to extricate yourself from; "the country is still trying to climb out of the mire left by its previous president"; "caught in the mire of poverty" v 1: entrap; "Our people should not be mired in the past" [syn: entangle, mire] 2: cause to get stuck as if in a mire; "The mud mired our cart" [syn: mire, bog down] 3: be unable to move further; "The car bogged down in the sand" [syn: grind to a halt, get stuck, bog down, mire] 4: soil with mud, muck, or mire; "The child mucked up his shirt while playing ball in the garden" [syn: mire, muck, mud, muck up]

n 1: (Greek mythology) the goddess of healing; daughter of Aesculapius and sister of Hygeia 2: hypothetical remedy for all ills or diseases; once sought by the alchemists [syn: panacea, nostrum, catholicon, cure-all]

n 1: tropical American shrub or small tree having huge deeply palmately cleft leaves and large oblong yellow fruit [syn: papaya, papaia, pawpaw, papaya tree, melon tree, Carica papaya] 2: large oval melon-like tropical fruit with yellowish flesh

n 1: a person who is rejected (from society or home) [syn: outcast, castaway, pariah, Ishmael]

n 1: a shop where pizzas are made and sold [syn: pizzeria, pizza shop, pizza parlor]

adj 1: earlier in time [syn: anterior, prior(a)] n 1: the head of a religious order; in an abbey the prior is next below the abbot

n 1: wood heaped for burning a dead body as a funeral rite [syn: pyre, funeral pyre]

n 1: a quantity of paper; 24 or 25 sheets

n 1: a former administrative district of England; equivalent to a county 2: British breed of large heavy draft horse [syn: shire, shire horse]

n 1: a title of address formerly used for a man of rank and authority 2: the founder of a family; "keep the faith of our forefathers" [syn: forefather, father, sire] 3: male parent of an animal especially a domestic animal such as a horse v 1: make children; "Abraham begot Isaac"; "Men often father children but don't recognize them" [syn: beget, get, engender, father, mother, sire, generate, bring forth]

n 1: a tall tower that forms the superstructure of a building (usually a church or temple) and that tapers to a point at the top [syn: steeple, spire]

n 1: young nobleman attendant on a knight 2: an English country landowner 3: a man who attends or escorts a woman [syn: squire, gallant] v 1: attend upon as a squire; serve as a squire

n 1: a relative position or degree of value in a graded group; "lumber of the highest grade" [syn: grade, level, tier] 2: any one of two or more competitors who tie one another 3: a worker who ties something [syn: tier, tier up] 4: something that is used for tying; "the sail is fastened to the yard with tiers" 5: one of two or more layers one atop another; "tier upon tier of huge casks"; "a three-tier wedding cake"

n 1: hoop that covers a wheel; "automobile tires are usually made of rubber and filled with compressed air" [syn: tire, tyre] v 1: lose interest or become bored with something or somebody; "I'm so tired of your mother and her complaints about my food" [syn: tire, pall, weary, fatigue, jade] 2: exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress; "We wore ourselves out on this hike" [syn: tire, wear upon, tire out, wear, weary, jade, wear out, outwear, wear down, fag out, fag, fatigue] [ant: freshen, refresh, refreshen] 3: deplete; "exhaust one's savings"; "We quickly played out our strength" [syn: run down, exhaust, play out, sap, tire] 4: cause to be bored [syn: bore, tire] [ant: interest]

n 1: thin unleavened pancake made from cornmeal or wheat flour

n 1: a port in southern Lebanon on the Mediterranean Sea; formerly a major Phoenician seaport famous for silks [syn: Sur, Tyre] 2: hoop that covers a wheel; "automobile tires are usually made of rubber and filled with compressed air" [syn: tire, tyre]

n 1: the chief solid component of mammalian urine; synthesized from ammonia and carbon dioxide and used as fertilizer and in animal feed and in plastics [syn: urea, carbamide]

n 1: ligament made of metal and used to fasten things or make cages or fences etc 2: a metal conductor that carries electricity over a distance [syn: wire, conducting wire] 3: the finishing line on a racetrack 4: a message transmitted by telegraph [syn: telegram, wire] v 1: provide with electrical circuits; "wire the addition to the house" 2: send cables, wires, or telegrams [syn: cable, telegraph, wire] 3: fasten with wire; "The columns were wired to the beams for support" [ant: unwire] 4: string on a wire; "wire beads" 5: equip for use with electricity; "electrify an appliance" [syn: electrify, wire]

n 1: one (as a judge) who examines and settles a case 2: one who tries [syn: trier, attempter, essayer]

n 1: a deficiency of red blood cells [syn: anemia, anaemia] 2: a lack of vitality [syn: anemia, anaemia] 3: genus of terrestrial or lithophytic ferns having pinnatifid fronds; chiefly of tropical America [syn: Anemia, genus Anemia]

n 1: a historical area and former kingdom in the Czech Republic 2: a group of artists and writers with real or pretended artistic or intellectual aspirations and usually an unconventional life style

adv 1: in the direction of the sea; "the sailor looked seaward" [syn: seaward, seawards, asea]

n 1: any of a number of tiny parallel grooves such as: the scratches left by a glacier on rocks or the streaks or ridges in muscle tissue [syn: stria, striation] 2: a stripe or stripes of contrasting color; "chromosomes exhibit characteristic bands"; "the black and yellow banding of bees and wasps" [syn: band, banding, stria, striation]

n 1: an intelligence agency of the United States in the Department of Defense; is responsible for providing intelligence in support of military planning and operations and weapons acquisition [syn: Defense Intelligence Agency, DIA]

n 1: (Greek mythology) goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology [syn: Gaea, Gaia, Ge]

n 1: a state in midwestern United States [syn: Iowa, Hawkeye State, IA]

n 1: perennial herb of East Indies to Polynesia and Australia; cultivated for its large edible root yielding Otaheite arrowroot starch [syn: pia, Indian arrowroot, Tacca leontopetaloides, Tacca pinnatifida]

n 1: fertility goddess in ancient Greek mythology; wife of Cronus and mother of Zeus; identified with Roman Ops and Cybele of ancient Asia Minor 2: smaller of two tall fast-running flightless birds similar to ostriches but three-toed; found from Peru to Strait of Magellan [syn: rhea, nandu, Pterocnemia pennata] 3: larger of two tall fast-running flightless birds similar to ostriches but three-toed; found from Brazil to Patagonia [syn: rhea, Rhea americana]

n 1: one of the two main branches of orthodox Islam; mainly in Iran [syn: Shiah, Shia, Shiah Islam]

n 1: (Greek mythology) the Titaness who was mother of Helios and Selene and Eos in ancient mythology [syn: Thea, Theia]

n 1: brief episode in which the brain gets insufficient blood supply; symptoms depend on the site of the blockage [syn: transient ischemic attack, TIA]

n 1: a Ukrainian peninsula between the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov

n 1: a minor Hebrew prophet (8th century BC) 2: an Old Testament book telling Hosea's prophecies [syn: Hosea, Book of Hosea]

n 1: the southern part of ancient Palestine succeeding the kingdom of Judah; a Roman province at the time of Christ [syn: Judea, Judaea]

n 1: an Asian peninsula (off Manchuria) separating the Yellow Sea and the Sea of Japan; the Korean name is Dae-Han-Min- Gook or Han-Gook [syn: Korea, Korean Peninsula, Dae- Han-Min-Gook, Han-Gook]

n 1: a dark region of considerable extent on the surface of the moon [syn: mare, maria] 2: valuable timber tree of Panama [syn: Maria, Calophyllum longifolium]

n 1: (Greek mythology) a princess of Colchis who aided Jason in taking the Golden Fleece from her father

n 1: capital and largest city of Bulgaria located in western Bulgaria [syn: Sofia, Serdica, Bulgarian capital]

n 1: an ancient seaport in northwestern Israel; an important Roman city in ancient Palestine

n 1: goddess of love and beauty and daughter of Zeus in ancient mythology; identified with Roman Venus [syn: Aphrodite, Cytherea]

n 1: frequent and watery bowel movements; can be a symptom of infection or food poisoning or colitis or a gastrointestinal tumor [syn: diarrhea, diarrhoea, looseness of the bowels, looseness]

n 1: a woman who is a man's sweetheart [syn: ladylove, dulcinea]

n 1: an African country to the north of Ethiopia on the Red Sea; achieved independence from Ethiopia in 1993 [syn: Eritrea, State of Eritrea]

n 1: (Greek mythology) a maiden who was first a sculpture created by Pygmalion and was brought to life by Aphrodite in answer to Pygmalion's prayers

n 1: a genus of Pyralidae [syn: Galleria, genus Galleria]

n 1: a common venereal disease caused by the bacterium Neisseria gonorrhoeae; symptoms are painful urination and pain around the urethra [syn: gonorrhea, gonorrhoea, clap]

n 1: the capital and largest city of Cyprus [syn: Nicosia, capital of Cyprus]

n 1: an ancient city in central Palestine founded in the 9th century BC as the capital of the northern Hebrew kingdom of Israel; the site is in present-day northwestern Jordan

n 1: a republic in eastern Africa [syn: Tanzania, United Republic of Tanzania]

n 1: a republic in the eastern part of the Balkan Peninsula in southeastern Europe [syn: Bulgaria, Republic of Bulgaria]

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: a landlocked republic in southwestern Asia; formerly an Asian soviet; modern Armenia is but a fragment of ancient Armenia which was one of the world's oldest civilizations; throughout 2500 years the Armenian people have been invaded and oppressed by their neighbors [syn: Armenia, Republic of Armenia, Hayastan]

n 1: a peninsula between the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf; strategically important for its oil resources [syn: Arabian Peninsula, Arabia]