Name Report For First Name ANTONIA:

ANTONIA

First name ANTONIA's origin is Spanish. ANTONIA means "feminine form of antonio beyond praise". You can find other first names and English words that rhymes with ANTONIA below. Ryhme list involves the matching sounds according to the first letters, last letters and first&last letters of antonia.(Brown names are of the same origin (Spanish) with ANTONIA and Red names are first names with English/Anglo-Saxon origin)

Rhymes with ANTONIA - Names & Words

First Names Rhyming ANTONIA

FIRST NAMES WHICH INCLUDES ANTONƯA AS A WHOLE:

 

NAMES RHYMING WITH ANTONƯA (According to last letters):

Rhyming Names According to Last 6 Letters (ntonia) - Names That Ends with ntonia:

Rhyming Names According to Last 5 Letters (tonia) - Names That Ends with tonia:

atonia tonia

Rhyming Names According to Last 4 Letters (onia) - Names That Ends with onia:

dummonia donia harmonia sophronia sonia adonia allonia apollonia ronia saxonia sidonia teaonia ionia sodonia

Rhyming Names According to Last 3 Letters (nia) - Names That Ends with nia:

aminia beornia bernia calligenia iphegenia parthenia polyhymnia theophania titania urania xenia zenia albinia eugenia yessenia ylenia alonnia aurnia cumania dania dannia davinia denia dulcinia edenia estefania etenia evania fannia faunia florinia galenia gardenia gavenia gordania grazinia ibernia kyrenia lavernia lavinia llesenia lorenia luvenia melania natania nia petunia shania stefania tania tawnia virginia yesenia hania zelinia vania stephania neomenia filomenia evgenia slania fawnia cinnia grania nathania elvinia

Rhyming Names According to Last 2 Letters (ia) - Names That Ends with ia:

afia ashia efia fowsia kamaria safia tawia odelia alaia badi'a amaia erensia kamia melodia saskia nubia tabia berengaria

NAMES RHYMING WITH ANTONƯA (According to first letters):

Rhyming Names According to First 6 Letters (antoni) - Names That Begins with antoni:

antonie antonieta antonietta antonina antonio

Rhyming Names According to First 5 Letters (anton) - Names That Begins with anton:

anton antoneo antony

Rhyming Names According to First 4 Letters (anto) - Names That Begins with anto:

antoaneta antoine antoinette antor

Rhyming Names According to First 3 Letters (ant) - Names That Begins with ant:

antaeus antalka antanasia antar antea anteros antfortas anthany anthea anthia anthonie anthony anthor anticlea antigone antilochus antinous antiope antiphates antje antranig antropas antti anttiri antton

Rhyming Names According to First 2 Letters (an) - Names That Begins with an:

an-her ana anaba anabella anabelle anacelia anahid anahita anais anakausuen anakin analee analeigh analena analise anama anamari anamarie anan ananda anant ananya anarosa anassa anastagio anastasia anastasio anastasios anastasius anasuya anasztaizia anasztaz anat anata anate anati anatie anatloe anatol anatola anatoli anatolia anatolie anaxarete anaya anayi anbar anbessa anbidian anca ancaeus ance ancelin ancelina ancenned anchises anci ancil anda andeana andee andena ander

NAMES BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH ANTONƯA:

First Names which starts with 'ant' and ends with 'nia':

First Names which starts with 'an' and ends with 'ia':

andria angelia angilia anitia annamaria anysia

First Names which starts with 'a' and ends with 'a':

aala aaleahya aarika aarshiya aashka aasiya abba abda abdalla abdera abdulla abeba abelia abella abellona abena abequa aberfa abhaya abia abida abisha abjaja abra abraha abriana abrianna acacia academia acantha acca acharya acima ada adaira adairia adalbrechta adalgisa adalheida adalia adalicia adalwolfa adama adamina adana adanna adara adda addula adeela adela adelajda adelia adelina adelinda adelisa adelita adella adelpha adena adeola adharma adia adianna adiba adiella adila adima adina adira adisa aditya adiva adjoa admeta admina adolpha adoncia adora adowa adra adreana adreanna adriana adrianna adsaluta adsila adwoa adya aeaea aegina aeldra aenedlea aerwyna

English Words Rhyming ANTONIA

ENGLISH WORDS WHICH INCLUDES ANTONƯA AS A WHOLE:



ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH ANTONƯA (According to last letters):


Rhyming Words According to Last 6 Letters (ntonia) - English Words That Ends with ntonia:



Rhyming Words According to Last 5 Letters (tonia) - English Words That Ends with tonia:


claytonianoun (n.) An American genus of perennial herbs with delicate blossoms; -- sometimes called spring beauty.

darlingtonianoun (n.) A genus of California pitcher plants consisting of a single species. The long tubular leaves are hooded at the top, and frequently contain many insects drowned in the secretion of the leaves.

houstonianoun (n.) A genus of small rubiaceous herbs, having tetramerous salveform blue or white flower. There are about twenty species, natives of North America. Also, a plant of this genus.

wellingtonianoun (n.) A name given to the "big trees" (Sequoia gigantea) of California, and still used in England. See Sequoia.


Rhyming Words According to Last 4 Letters (onia) - English Words That Ends with onia:


adansonianoun (n.) A genus of great trees related to the Bombax. There are two species, A. digitata, the baobab or monkey-bread of Africa and India, and A. Gregorii, the sour gourd or cream-of-tartar tree of Australia. Both have a trunk of moderate height, but of enormous diameter, and a wide-spreading head. The fruit is oblong, and filled with pleasantly acid pulp. The wood is very soft, and the bark is used by the natives for making ropes and cloth.

ammonianoun (n.) A gaseous compound of hydrogen and nitrogen, NH3, with a pungent smell and taste: -- often called volatile alkali, and spirits of hartshorn.

aphonianoun (n.) Alt. of Aphony

begonianoun (n.) A genus of plants, mostly of tropical America, many species of which are grown as ornamental plants. The leaves are curiously one-sided, and often exhibit brilliant colors.

bignonianoun (n.) A large genus of American, mostly tropical, climbing shrubs, having compound leaves and showy somewhat tubular flowers. B. capreolata is the cross vine of the Southern United States. The trumpet creeper was formerly considered to be of this genus.

caledonianoun (n.) The ancient Latin name of Scotland; -- still used in poetry.

chelonianoun (n. pl.) An order of reptiles, including the tortoises and turtles, peculiar in having a part of the vertebrae, ribs, and sternum united with the dermal plates so as to form a firm shell. The jaws are covered by a horny beak. See Reptilia; also, Illust. in Appendix.

conianoun (n.) Same as Conine.

didonianoun (n.) The curve which on a given surface and with a given perimeter contains the greatest area.

dysphonianoun (n.) Alt. of Dysphony

gorgonianoun (n.) A genus of Gorgoniacea, formerly very extensive, but now restricted to such species as the West Indian sea fan (Gorgonia flabellum), sea plume (G. setosa), and other allied species having a flexible, horny axis.
 noun (n.) Any slender branched gorgonian.

heliconianoun (n.) One of numerous species of Heliconius, a genus of tropical American butterflies. The wings are usually black, marked with green, crimson, and white.

jeffersonianoun (n.) An American herb with a pretty, white, solitary blossom, and deeply two-cleft leaves (Jeffersonia diphylla); twinleaf.

lawsonianoun (n.) An Asiatic and North African shrub (Lawsonia inermis), with smooth oval leaves, and fragrant white flowers. Henna is prepared from the leaves and twigs. In England the shrub is called Egyptian privet, and in the West Indies, Jamaica mignonette.

mahonianoun (n.) The Oregon grape, a species of barberry (Berberis Aquifolium), often cultivated for its hollylike foliage.

oxyammonianoun (n.) Same as Hydroxylamine.

peripneumonianoun (n.) Alt. of Peripneumony

phthisipneumonianoun (n.) Alt. of Phthisipneumony

pleuropneumonianoun (n.) Inflammation of the pleura and lungs; a combination of pleurisy and pneumonia, esp. a kind of contagions and fatal lung plague of cattle.

pneumonianoun (n.) Inflammation of the lungs.

siphonianoun (n.) A former name for a euphorbiaceous genus (Hevea) of South American trees, the principal source of caoutchouc.
  (pl. ) of Siphonium

trigonianoun (n.) A genus of pearly bivalve shells, numerous extinct species of which are characteristic of the Mesozoic rocks. A few living species exist on the coast of Australia.

valonianoun (n.) The acorn cup of two kinds of oak (Quercus macrolepis, and Q. vallonea) found in Eastern Europe. It contains abundance of tannin, and is much used by tanners and dyers.
 noun (n.) A genus of marine green algae, in which the whole frond consists of a single oval or cylindrical cell, often an inch in length.

vidonianoun (n.) A dry white wine, of a tart flavor, produced in Teneriffe; -- called also Teneriffe.

vigoniaadjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the vicu/a; characterizing the vicu/a; -- said of the wool of that animal, used in felting hats, and for other purposes.

zirconianoun (n.) The oxide of zirconium, obtained as a white powder, and possessing both acid and basic properties. On account of its infusibility, and brilliant luminosity when incandescent, it is used as an ingredient of sticks for the Drummomd light.


Rhyming Words According to Last 3 Letters (nia) - English Words That Ends with nia:


acranianoun (n.) Partial or total absence of the skull.
 noun (n.) The lowest group of Vertebrata, including the amphioxus, in which no skull exists.

actinianoun (n.) An animal of the class Anthozoa, and family Actinidae. From a resemblance to flowers in form and color, they are often called animal flowers and sea anemones. [See Polyp.].
 noun (n.) A genus in the family Actinidae.

aegicranianoun (n. pl.) Sculptured ornaments, used in classical architecture, representing rams' heads or skulls.

anglomanianoun (n.) A mania for, or an inordinate attachment to, English customs, institutions, etc.

anthomanianoun (n.) A extravagant fondness for flowers.

arthrodynianoun (n.) An affection characterized by pain in or about a joint, not dependent upon structural disease.

asthenianoun (n.) Alt. of Astheny

bibliomanianoun (n.) A mania for acquiring books.

britannianoun (n.) A white-metal alloy of tin, antimony, bismuth, copper, etc. It somewhat resembles silver, and is used for table ware. Called also Britannia metal.

campanianoun (n.) Open country.

catamenianoun (n. pl.) The monthly courses of women; menstrual discharges; menses.

cavicornianoun (n. pl.) A group of ruminants whose horns are hollow, and planted on a bony process of the front, as the ox.

cleptomanianoun (n.) See Kleptomania.

cranianoun (n.) A genus of living Brachiopoda; -- so called from its fancied resemblance to the cranium or skull.
  (pl. ) of Cranium

dalmanianoun (n.) A genus of trilobites, of many species, common in the Upper Silurian and Devonian rocks.

daphnianoun (n.) A genus of the genus Daphnia.

decagynianoun (n. pl.) A Linnaean order of plants characterized by having ten styles.

decalcomanianoun (n.) Alt. of Decalcomanie

demonomanianoun (n.) A form of madness in which the patient conceives himself possessed of devils.

digynianoun (n.) A Linnaean order of plants having two styles.

dipsomanianoun (n.) A morbid an uncontrollable craving (often periodic) for drink, esp. for alcoholic liquors; also improperly used to denote acute and chronic alcoholism.

dodecagynianoun (n. pl.) A Linnaean order of plants having twelve styles.

eleutheromanianoun (n.) A mania or frantic zeal for freedom.

encenianoun (n. pl.) A festival commemorative of the founding of a city or the consecration of a church; also, the ceremonies (as at Oxford and Cambridge, England) commemorative of founders or benefactors.

equinianoun (n.) Glanders.

eugenianoun (n.) A genus of myrtaceous plants, mostly of tropical countries, and including several aromatic trees and shrubs, among which are the trees which produce allspice and cloves of commerce.

encaenianoun (n. pl.) = Encenia.

gadolinianoun (n.) A rare earth, regarded by some as an oxide of the supposed element gadolinium, by others as only a mixture of the oxides of yttrium, erbium, ytterbium, etc.
 noun (n.) A rare earth associated with yttria and regarded as the oxide (Gd2O3) of a metallic element, Gad`o*lin"i*um (/), with an assigned atomic weight of 153.3.

gallomanianoun (n.) An excessive admiration of what is French.

garcinianoun (n.) A genus of plants, including the mangosteen tree (Garcinia Mangostana), found in the islands of the Indian Archipelago; -- so called in honor of Dr. Garcin.

gardenianoun (n.) A genus of plants, some species of which produce beautiful and fragrant flowers; Cape jasmine; -- so called in honor of Dr. Alexander Garden.

gloxinianoun (n.) American genus of herbaceous plants with very handsome bell-shaped blossoms; -- named after B. P. Gloxin, a German botanist.

hemicranianoun (n.) A pain that affects only one side of the head.

heptagynianoun (n. pl.) A Linnaean order of plants having seven pistils.

hernianoun (n.) A protrusion, consisting of an organ or part which has escaped from its natural cavity, and projects through some natural or accidental opening in the walls of the latter; as, hernia of the brain, of the lung, or of the bowels. Hernia of the abdominal viscera in most common. Called also rupture.

hexactinianoun (n. pl.) The Anthozoa.

hexagynianoun (n. pl.) A Linnaean order of plants having six pistils.

inianoun (n.) A South American freshwater dolphin (Inia Boliviensis). It is ten or twelve feet long, and has a hairy snout.

insignianoun (n. pl.) Distinguishing marks of authority, office, or honor; badges; tokens; decorations; as, the insignia of royalty or of an order.
 noun (n. pl.) Typical and characteristic marks or signs, by which anything is known or distinguished; as, the insignia of a trade.

insomnianoun (n.) Want of sleep; inability to sleep; wakefulness; sleeplessness.

iconomanianoun (n.) A mania or infatuation for icons, whether as objects of devotion, bric-a-brac, or curios.

jungermannianoun (n.) A genus of hepatic mosses, now much circumscribed, but formerly comprising most plants of the order, which is sometimes therefore called Jungermanniaceae.

kleptomanianoun (n.) A propensity to steal, claimed to be irresistible. This does not constitute legal irresponsibility.

klopemanianoun (n.) See Kleptomania.

lacinianoun (n.) One of the narrow, jagged, irregular pieces or divisions which form a sort of fringe on the borders of the petals of some flowers.
 noun (n.) A narrow, slender portion of the edge of a monophyllous calyx, or of any irregularly incised leaf.
 noun (n.) The posterior, inner process of the stipes on the maxillae of insects.

lamellicornianoun (n. pl.) A group of lamellicorn, plant-eating beetles; -- called also Lamellicornes.

longicornianoun (n. pl.) A division of beetles, including a large number of species, in which the antennae are very long. Most of them, while in the larval state, bore into the wood or beneath the bark of trees, and some species are very destructive to fruit and shade trees. See Apple borer, under Apple, and Locust beetle, under Locust.

manianoun (n.) Violent derangement of mind; madness; insanity. Cf. Delirium.
 noun (n.) Excessive or unreasonable desire; insane passion affecting one or many people; as, the tulip mania.

marsdenianoun (n.) A genus of plants of the Milkweed family, mostly woody climbers with fragrant flowers, several species of which furnish valuable fiber, and one species (Marsdenia tinctoria) affords indigo.

mastodynianoun (n.) Alt. of Mastodyny

ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH ANTONƯA (According to first letters):


Rhyming Words According to First 6 Letters (antoni) - Words That Begins with antoni:



Rhyming Words According to First 5 Letters (anton) - Words That Begins with anton:


antonomasianoun (n.) The use of some epithet or the name of some office, dignity, or the like, instead of the proper name of the person; as when his majesty is used for a king, or when, instead of Aristotle, we say, the philosopher; or, conversely, the use of a proper name instead of an appellative, as when a wise man is called a Solomon, or an eminent orator a Cicero.

antonomasticadjective (a.) Pertaining to, or characterized by, antonomasia.

antonomasynoun (n.) Antonomasia.

antonymnoun (n.) A word of opposite meaning; a counterterm; -- used as a correlative of synonym.


Rhyming Words According to First 4 Letters (anto) - Words That Begins with anto:


antoecinoun (n. pl) Alt. of Antoecians

antoeciansnoun (n. pl) Those who live under the same meridian, but on opposite parallels of latitude, north and south of the equator.

antorbitalnoun (n.) The antorbital bone.
 adjective (a.) Pertaining to, or situated in, the region of the front of the orbit.

antorgasticadjective (a.) See Antiorgastic.

antozonenoun (n.) A compound formerly supposed to be modification of oxygen, but now known to be hydrogen dioxide; -- so called because apparently antagonistic to ozone, converting it into ordinary oxygen.


Rhyming Words According to First 3 Letters (ant) - Words That Begins with ant:


antnoun (n.) A hymenopterous insect of the Linnaean genus Formica, which is now made a family of several genera; an emmet; a pismire.

antanoun (n.) A species of pier produced by thickening a wall at its termination, treated architecturally as a pilaster, with capital and base.

antacidnoun (n.) A remedy for acidity of the stomach, as an alkali or absorbent.
 adjective (a.) Counteractive of acidity.

antacridadjective (a.) Corrective of acrimony of the humors.

antaeanadjective (a.) Pertaining to Antaeus, a giant athlete slain by Hercules.

antagonismnoun (n.) Opposition of action; counteraction or contrariety of things or principles.

antagonistnoun (n.) One who contends with another, especially in combat; an adversary; an opponent.
 noun (n.) A muscle which acts in opposition to another; as a flexor, which bends a part, is the antagonist of an extensor, which extends it.
 noun (n.) A medicine which opposes the action of another medicine or of a poison when absorbed into the blood or tissues.
 adjective (a.) Antagonistic; opposing; counteracting; as, antagonist schools of philosophy.

antagonisticadjective (a.) Alt. of Antagonistical

antagonisticaladjective (a.) Opposing in combat, combating; contending or acting against; as, antagonistic forces.

antagonozingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Antagonize

antagonynoun (n.) Contest; opposition; antagonism.

antalgicnoun (n.) A medicine to alleviate pain; an anodyne.
 adjective (a.) Alleviating pain.

antalkalinoun (n.) Alt. of Antalkaline

antalkalinenoun (n.) Anything that neutralizes, or that counteracts an alkaline tendency in the system.
 adjective (a.) Of power to counteract alkalies.

antambulacraladjective (a.) Away from the ambulacral region.

antanaclasisnoun (n.) A figure which consists in repeating the same word in a different sense; as, Learn some craft when young, that when old you may live without craft.
 noun (n.) A repetition of words beginning a sentence, after a long parenthesis; as, Shall that heart (which not only feels them, but which has all motions of life placed in them), shall that heart, etc.

antanagogenoun (n.) A figure which consists in answering the charge of an adversary, by a counter charge.

antaphrodisiacnoun (n.) Anything that quells the venereal appetite.
 adjective (a.) Capable of blunting the venereal appetite.

antaphroditicnoun (n.) An antaphroditic medicine.
 adjective (a.) Antaphrodisiac.
 adjective (a.) Antisyphilitic.

antapoplecticnoun (n.) A medicine used against apoplexy.
 adjective (a.) Good against apoplexy.

antarchismnoun (n.) Opposition to government in general.

antarchistnoun (n.) One who opposes all government.

antarchisticadjective (a.) Alt. of Antarchistical

antarchisticaladjective (a.) Opposed to all human government.

antarcticadjective (a.) Opposite to the northern or arctic pole; relating to the southern pole or to the region near it, and applied especially to a circle, distant from the pole 23¡ 28/. Thus we say the antarctic pole, circle, ocean, region, current, etc.

antaresnoun (n.) The principal star in Scorpio: -- called also the Scorpion's Heart.

antarthriticnoun (n.) A remedy against gout.
 adjective (a.) Counteracting or alleviating gout.

antasthmaticnoun (n.) A remedy for asthma.
 adjective (a.) Opposing, or fitted to relieve, asthma.

antenoun (n.) Each player's stake, which is put into the pool before (ante) the game begins.
 verb (v. t. & i.) To put up (an ante).

anteactnoun (n.) A preceding act.

antealadjective (a.) Being before, or in front.

antecedaneousadjective (a.) Antecedent; preceding in time.

antecedencenoun (n.) The act or state of going before in time; precedence.
 noun (n.) An apparent motion of a planet toward the west; retrogradation.

antecedencynoun (n.) The state or condition of being antecedent; priority.

antecedentnoun (n.) That which goes before in time; that which precedes.
 noun (n.) One who precedes or goes in front.
 noun (n.) The earlier events of one's life; previous principles, conduct, course, history.
 noun (n.) The noun to which a relative refers; as, in the sentence "Solomon was the prince who built the temple," prince is the antecedent of who.
 noun (n.) The first or conditional part of a hypothetical proposition; as, If the earth is fixed, the sun must move.
 noun (n.) The first of the two propositions which constitute an enthymeme or contracted syllogism; as, Every man is mortal; therefore the king must die.
 noun (n.) The first of the two terms of a ratio; the first or third of the four terms of a proportion. In the ratio a:b, a is the antecedent, and b the consequent.
 adjective (a.) Going before in time; prior; anterior; preceding; as, an event antecedent to the Deluge; an antecedent cause.
 adjective (a.) Presumptive; as, an antecedent improbability.

antecessornoun (n.) One who goes before; a predecessor.
 noun (n.) An ancestor; a progenitor.

antechambernoun (n.) A chamber or apartment before the chief apartment and leading into it, in which persons wait for audience; an outer chamber. See Lobby.
 noun (n.) A space viewed as the outer chamber or the entrance to an interior part.

antechapelnoun (n.) The outer part of the west end of a collegiate or other chapel.

anteciansnoun (n. pl.) See Ant/cians.

antecommunionnoun (n.) A name given to that part of the Anglican liturgy for the communion, which precedes the consecration of the elements.

antecursornoun (n.) A forerunner; a precursor.

antedatenoun (n.) Prior date; a date antecedent to another which is the actual date.
 noun (n.) Anticipation.
 verb (v. t.) To date before the true time; to assign to an earlier date; thus, to antedate a deed or a bond is to give it a date anterior to the true time of its execution.
 verb (v. t.) To precede in time.
 verb (v. t.) To anticipate; to make before the true time.

antedatingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Antedate

antediluvialadjective (a.) Before the flood, or Deluge, in Noah's time.

antediluviannoun (n.) One who lived before the Deluge.
 adjective (a.) Of or relating to the period before the Deluge in Noah's time; hence, antiquated; as, an antediluvian vehicle.

antefactnoun (n.) Something done before another act.

antefixnoun (n.) An ornament fixed upon a frieze.
 noun (n.) An ornament at the eaves, concealing the ends of the joint tiles of the roof.
 noun (n.) An ornament of the cymatium of a classic cornice, sometimes pierced for the escape of water.

anteflexionnoun (n.) A displacement forward of an organ, esp. the uterus, in such manner that its axis is bent upon itself.

antelopenoun (n.) One of a group of ruminant quadrupeds, intermediate between the deer and the goat. The horns are usually annulated, or ringed. There are many species in Africa and Asia.

antelucanadjective (a.) Held or being before light; -- a word applied to assemblies of Christians, in ancient times of persecution, held before light in the morning.

ENGLISH WORDS BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH ANTONƯA:

English Words which starts with 'ant' and ends with 'nia':



English Words which starts with 'an' and ends with 'ia':

anaemiaadjective (a.) A morbid condition in which the blood is deficient in quality or in quantity.

anaesthesianoun (n.) Entire or partial loss or absence of feeling or sensation; a state of general or local insensibility produced by disease or by the inhalation or application of an anaesthetic.

analgesianoun (n.) Absence of sensibility to pain.

anaphrodisianoun (n.) Absence of sexual appetite.

anesthesiaadjective (a.) Alt. of Anesthetic

anglophobianoun (n.) Intense dread of, or aversion to, England or the English.

anomianoun (n.) A genus of bivalve shells, allied to the oyster, so called from their unequal valves, of which the lower is perforated for attachment.

anopsiaadjective (a.) Alt. of Anopsy

anorexianoun (n.) Alt. of Anorexy

anosmianoun (n.) Loss of the sense of smell.

anthobranchianoun (n. pl.) A division of nudibranchiate Mollusca, in which the gills form a wreath or cluster upon the posterior part of the back. See Nudibranchiata, and Doris.

antlianoun (n.) The spiral tubular proboscis of lepidopterous insects. See Lepidoptera.

anaerobianoun (n. pl.) Alt. of Anaerobes

anergianoun (n.) Alt. of Anergy

anisocorianoun (n.) Inequality of the pupils of the eye.

anisometropianoun (n.) Unequal refractive power in the two eyes.

anorthopianoun (n.) Distorted vision, in which straight lines appear bent.