10K+ Words That Rhyme With TECTA

• A bet in which the bettor must select the first three placegetters of a race in the order in which they finish.

• The attainment of three important achievements, qualities, etc.

• (by extension) A set of three related things, often things that cause problems.

• (US politics) The complete legislative and executive control of state government by one party: governorship, the upper house, and the lower house of state legislatures. The party that holds all three positions of power is said to have a trifecta.

• (US politics) Control by one party of the federal government: the presidency and both houses of Congress.

• The terminal part of the large intestine through which feces pass after exiting the colon.

• a bet that you can pick the first and second finishers in the right order

• a bet that you can pick the first four finishers in a race in the right order

• insects; about five-sixths of all known animal species

• type genus of the Notonectidae: backswimmers

• With a comparative or with more and a verb phrase, establishes a correlation with one or more other such comparatives.

• With a comparative, and often with for it, indicates a result more like said comparative. This can be negated with none. See none the.

• For each; per.

• Toward a closed, touching or engaging position.

• Into the wind.

• Indicating destination: In the direction of, and arriving at.

• Used to indicate the target or recipient of an action.

• Used to indicate result of action.

• Used to indicate a resulting feeling or emotion.

• Used after an adjective to indicate its application.

• Denotes the end of a range.

• As a.

• Used to indicate a ratio or comparison.

• Used to indicate that the preceding term is to be raised to the power of the following value; indicates exponentiation.

• (time) Preceding.

• Used to describe what something consists of or contains.

• At.

• (with falling pitch) used to express amusement or subtle surprise.

• Used to express doubt or confusion.

• (with rising pitch) Used to reinforce a question.

• (with falling pitch) Used either to belittle the issuer of a statement/question, or sarcastically to indicate utter agreement, and that the statement being responded to is an extreme understatement. The intonation is changed to distinguish between the two meanings - implied dullness for belittlement, and feigned surprise for utter agreement.

• (with rising pitch) Used to indicate that one did not hear what was said.

• (with falling pitch) Used to create a tag question.

• To or towards the inside of.

• To or towards the region of.

• Against, especially with force or violence.

• Indicates transition into another form or substance.

• After the start of.

• Interested in or attracted to.

• Expressing the operation of multiplication.

• Expressing the operation of division, with the denominator given first. Usually with "goes".

• Investigating the subject (of).

• the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about

• your intention; what you intend to do

• a personal view

• an approximate calculation of quantity or degree or worth

• (music) melodic subject of a musical composition

• a former copper coin of Pakistan and India

• high quality porcelain originally made only in China

• a communist nation that covers a vast territory in eastern Asia; the most populous country in the world

• dishware made of high quality porcelain

• a government on the island of Taiwan established in 1949 by Chiang Kai-shek after the conquest of mainland China by the Communists led by Mao Zedong

• a minor actor in crowd scenes

• an additional edition of a newspaper (usually to report a crisis)

• something additional of the same kind

• unusually or exceptionally

• more than is needed, desired, or required

• added to a regular schedule

• further or added

• the mother of your father or mother

• the father of your father or mother

• informal terms for a mother

• a name under which Ninkhursag was worshipped, meaning 'Mother'

• an informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk

• a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek)

• a particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography)

• a subject of study

• a part of an animal that has a special function or is supplied by a given artery or nerve

• a particular environment or walk of life

• a part of a structure having some specific characteristic or function

• the extent of a 2-dimensional surface enclosed within a boundary

• equipment for taking photographs (usually consisting of a lightproof box with a lens at one end and light-sensitive film at the other)

• television equipment consisting of a lens system that focuses an image on a photosensitive mosaic that is scanned by an electron beam

• a dark region of considerable extent on the surface of the moon

• valuable timber tree of Panama

• the 1st letter of the Greek alphabet

• the beginning of a series or sequence

• first in order of importance

• early testing stage of a software or hardware product

• a collection of anecdotes about a person or place

• mother of the ancient Irish gods; sometimes identified with Danu

• respiratory disorder characterized by wheezing; usually of allergic origin

• the 2nd letter of the Greek alphabet

• beets

• second in order of importance

• preliminary or testing stage of a software or hardware product

• founder of Buddhism (c 563-483 BC)

• one who has achieved a state of perfect enlightenment

• venomous Asiatic and African elapid snakes that can expand the skin of the neck into a hood

• United States comedienne who starred in early television shows with Sid Caesar (1908-2001)

• a South American shrub whose leaves are chewed by natives of the Andes; a source of cocaine

• dried leaves of the coca plant (and related plants that also contain cocaine); chewed by Andean people for their stimulating effect

• carbonated drink flavored with extract from kola nuts

• large genus of African trees bearing kola nuts

• a state of deep and often prolonged unconsciousness; usually the result of disease or injury

• (botany) a usually terminal tuft of bracts (as in the pineapple) or tuft of hairs (especially on certain seeds)

• (astronomy) the luminous cloud of particles surrounding the frozen nucleus of a comet; forms as the comet approaches the sun and is warmed

• a riblike part of a plant or animal (such as a middle rib of a leaf or a thickened vein of an insect wing)

• any of the 12 pairs of curved arches of bone extending from the spine to or toward the sternum in humans (and similar bones in most vertebrates)

• a collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn

• a low triangular area of alluvial deposits where a river divides before entering a larger body of water

• an object shaped like an equilateral triangle

• the 4th letter of the Greek alphabet

• an Italian woman of rank

• a dramatic work intended for performance by actors on a stage

• an episode that is turbulent or highly emotional

• the literary genre of works intended for the theater

• the quality of being arresting or highly emotional

• (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

• a period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event

• a major division of geological time; an era is usually divided into two or more periods

• the 7th letter of the Greek alphabet

• a terrorist organization organized in 1959 by student activists who were dissatisfied with the moderate nationalism of the traditional Basque party; want to create an independent homeland in Spain's western Pyrenees

• a boy or man

• the 3rd letter of the Greek alphabet

• Portuguese navigator who led an expedition around the Cape of Good Hope in 1497; he sighted and named Natal on Christmas Day before crossing the Indian Ocean (1460-1524)

• a unit of magnetic field strength equal to one-hundred-thousandth of an oersted

• a state of southwestern India; a former Portuguese colony