Words that rhyme with aching

• overtaking 4
  n 1: going by something that is moving in order to get in front of it; "she drove but well but her reckless passing of every car on the road frightened me" [syn: passing, overtaking]
• attacking 0
  adj 1: disposed to attack [syn: assaultive, attacking(a)]
• backbreaking 0
  adj 1: characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort; "worked their arduous way up the mining valley"; "a grueling campaign"; "hard labor"; "heavy work"; "heavy going"; "spent many laborious hours on the project"; "set a punishing pace" [syn: arduous, backbreaking, grueling, gruelling, hard, heavy, laborious, operose, punishing, toilsome]
• backing 0
  n 1: the act of providing approval and support; "his vigorous backing of the conservatives got him in trouble with progressives" [syn: backing, backup, championship, patronage] 2: something forming a back that is added for strengthening [syn: backing, mount] 3: financial resources provided to make some project possible; "the foundation provided support for the experiment" [syn: support, financial support, funding, backing, financial backing]
• baking 0
  adj 1: as hot as if in an oven [syn: baking, baking hot] n 1: making bread or cake or pastry etc. 2: cooking by dry heat in an oven
• blacking 0
  n 1: a substance used to produce a shiny protective surface on footwear [syn: shoe polish, blacking]
• breaking 0
  n 1: the act of breaking something; "the breakage was unavoidable" [syn: breakage, break, breaking]
• breathtaking 0
  adj 1: tending to cause suspension of regular breathing; "a breathless flight"; "breathtaking adventure" [syn: breathless, breathtaking]
• cracking 0
  adj 1: very good; "he did a bully job"; "a neat sports car"; "had a great time at the party"; "you look simply smashing" [syn: bang-up, bully, corking, cracking, dandy, great, groovy, keen, neat, nifty, not bad(p), peachy, slap-up, swell, smashing] n 1: a sudden sharp noise; "the crack of a whip"; "he heard the cracking of the ice"; "he can hear the snap of a twig" [syn: crack, cracking, snap] 2: the act of cracking something [syn: fracture, crack, cracking] 3: the process whereby heavy molecules of naphtha or petroleum are broken down into hydrocarbons of lower molecular weight (especially in the oil-refining process)
• dressmaking 0
  n 1: the craft of making dresses
• earthshaking 0
  adj 1: loud enough to shake the very earth 2: sufficiently significant to affect the whole world; "earthshaking proposals"; "the contest was no world-shaking affair"; "the conversation...could hardly be called world- shattering" [syn: earthshaking, world-shaking, world- shattering]
• forsaking 0
  n 1: the act of forsaking [syn: forsaking, giving up] 2: the act of giving something up [syn: abandonment, forsaking, desertion]
• handshaking 0
  n 1: grasping and shaking a person's hand (as to acknowledge an introduction or to agree on a contract) [syn: handshake, shake, handshaking, handclasp]
• homemaking 0
  n 1: the management of a household
• lacking 0
  adj 1: inadequate in amount or degree; "a deficient education"; "deficient in common sense"; "lacking in stamina"; "tested and found wanting" [syn: deficient, lacking(p), wanting(p)] 2: nonexistent; "the thumb is absent"; "her appetite was lacking" [syn: lacking, absent, missing, wanting]
• lawmaking 0
  n 1: the act of making or enacting laws [syn: legislation, legislating, lawmaking]
• lovemaking 0
  n 1: sexual activities (often including sexual intercourse) between two people; "his lovemaking disgusted her"; "he hadn't had any love in months"; "he has a very complicated love life" [syn: sexual love, lovemaking, making love, love, love life]
• making 0
  n 1: the act that results in something coming to be; "the devising of plans"; "the fashioning of pots and pans"; "the making of measurements"; "it was already in the making" [syn: devising, fashioning, making] 2: an attribute that must be met or complied with and that fits a person for something; "her qualifications for the job are excellent"; "one of the qualifications for admission is an academic degree"; "she has the makings of fine musician" [syn: qualification, making] 3: (usually plural) the components needed for making or doing something; "the recipe listed all the makings for a chocolate cake"
• matchmaking 0
  n 1: mediation in order to bring about a marriage between others
• mistaking 0
  n 1: putting the wrong interpretation on; "his misinterpretation of the question caused his error"; "there was no mistaking her meaning" [syn: misinterpretation, misunderstanding, mistaking]
• moneymaking 0
  adj 1: producing a sizeable profit; "a remunerative business" [syn: lucrative, moneymaking, remunerative] 2: profit oriented; "a commercial book"; "preached a mercantile and militant patriotism"- John Buchan; "a mercenary enterprise"; "a moneymaking business" [syn: mercantile, mercenary, moneymaking(a)] n 1: the act of making money (and accumulating wealth)
• muckraking 0
  n 1: the exposure of scandal (especially about public figures)
• packing 0
  n 1: any material used especially to protect something [syn: packing material, packing, wadding] 2: the enclosure of something in a package or box [syn: packing, boxing] 3: carrying something in a pack on the back; "the backpacking of oxygen is essential for astronauts" [syn: packing, backpacking]
• painstaking 0
  adj 1: characterized by extreme care and great effort; "conscientious application to the work at hand"; "painstaking research"; "scrupulous attention to details" [syn: conscientious, painstaking, scrupulous]
• papermaking 0
  n 1: the craft of making paper
• racking 0
  adj 1: causing great physical or mental suffering; "a wrenching pain" [syn: racking, wrenching]
• remaking 0
  n 1: creation that is created again or anew; "it is a remake of an old film" [syn: remake, remaking]
• sacking 0
  n 1: coarse fabric used for bags or sacks [syn: sacking, bagging] 2: the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart) [syn: dismissal, dismission, discharge, firing, liberation, release, sack, sacking]
• shaking 0
  n 1: the act of causing something to move up and down (or back and forth) with quick movements 2: a shaky motion; "the shaking of his fingers as he lit his pipe" [syn: shaking, shakiness, trembling, quiver, quivering, vibration, palpitation]
• smacking 0
  n 1: the act of smacking something; a blow delivered with an open hand [syn: smack, smacking, slap]
• tacking 0
  n 1: a loose temporary sewing stitch to hold layers of fabric together [syn: baste, basting, basting stitch, tacking] 2: (nautical) the act of changing tack [syn: tack, tacking]
• taking 0
  adj 1: very attractive; capturing interest; "a fetching new hairstyle"; "something inexpressibly taking in his manner"; "a winning personality" [syn: fetching, taking, winning] n 1: the act of someone who picks up or takes something; "the pickings were easy"; "clothing could be had for the taking" [syn: pickings, taking]
• tracking 0
  n 1: the pursuit (of a person or animal) by following tracks or marks they left behind [syn: trailing, tracking]
• undertaking 0
  n 1: any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted; "he prepared for great undertakings" [syn: undertaking, project, task, labor] 2: the trade of a funeral director
• waiting 0
  adj 1: being and remaining ready and available for use; "waiting cars and limousines lined the curb"; "found her mother waiting for them"; "an impressive array of food ready and waiting for the guests"; "military forces ready and waiting" [syn: waiting, ready and waiting(p)] n 1: the act of waiting (remaining inactive in one place while expecting something); "the wait was an ordeal for him" [syn: wait, waiting]
• waking 0
  adj 1: marked by full consciousness or alertness; "worked every moment of my waking hours" [syn: waking, wakeful] n 1: the state of remaining awake; "days of danger and nights of waking" [ant: sleeping]
• whacking 0
  adv 1: extremely; "a whacking good story" adj 1: (British informal) enormous; "a whacking phone bill"; "a whacking lie" n 1: the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows [syn: beating, thrashing, licking, drubbing, lacing, trouncing, whacking]
• peking 0
  n 1: capital of the People's Republic of China in the Hebei province in northeastern China; 2nd largest Chinese city [syn: Beijing, Peking, Peiping, capital of Red China]
• retaking 0
  n 1: the act of taking something back [syn: recapture, retaking]
• moviemaking 0
  n 1: the production of movies [syn: moviemaking, movie making, film making]
• jacking 2
• awaking 0
• backtracking 0
• bellyaching 0
• bookmaking 0
• braking 0
• caking 0
• caretaking 0
• faking 0
• filmmaking 0
• flaking 0
• glassmaking 0
• hacking 0
• lawbreaking 0
• peacemaking 0
• policymaking 0
• quaking 0
• raking 0
• rapping 0
• slaking 0
• snaking 0
• stacking 0
• staking 0
• wracking 0
• laking 0
• aickin 0
• dealmaking 0
• rulemaking 0
• steelmaking 0
• basketmaking 0
• profittaking 0
• bombmaking 0

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