Words that rhyme with acquiescing

n 1: the formal act of approving; "he gave the project his blessing"; "his decision merited the approval of any sensible person" [syn: blessing, approval, approving] [ant: disapproval] 2: a desirable state; "enjoy the blessings of peace"; "a spanking breeze is a boon to sailors" [syn: blessing, boon] 3: a short prayer of thanks before a meal; "their youngest son said grace" [syn: grace, blessing, thanksgiving] 4: a ceremonial prayer invoking divine protection [syn: benediction, blessing] 5: the act of praying for divine protection [syn: blessing, benediction]

adj 1: imparting vitality and energy; "the bracing mountain air" [syn: bracing, brisk, fresh, refreshing, refreshful, tonic] n 1: a structural member used to stiffen a framework [syn: brace, bracing]

n 1: affectionate play (or foreplay without contact with the genital organs) [syn: caressing, cuddling, fondling, hugging, kissing, necking, petting, smooching, snuggling]

n 1: the housing or outer covering of something; "the clock has a walnut case" [syn: shell, case, casing] 2: the outermost covering of a pneumatic tire 3: the enclosing frame around a door or window opening; "the casings had rotted away and had to be replaced" [syn: casing, case]

adj 1: growing together, fusing; "coalescent tradititions"; "coalescent bones" [syn: coalescent, coalescing]

n 1: applying pressure [syn: compression, compressing] [ant: decompressing, decompression]

n 1: traveling across 2: a shallow area in a stream that can be forded [syn: ford, crossing] 3: a point where two lines (paths or arcs etc.) intersect 4: a junction where one street or road crosses another [syn: intersection, crossroad, crossway, crossing, carrefour] 5: a path (often marked) where something (as a street or railroad) can be crossed to get from one side to the other [syn: crossing, crosswalk, crossover] 6: (genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids [syn: hybridization, hybridisation, crossbreeding, crossing, cross, interbreeding, hybridizing] 7: a voyage across a body of water (usually across the Atlantic Ocean)

adj 1: causing sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy; "the economic outlook is depressing"; "something cheerless about the room"; "a moody and uncheerful person"; "an uncheerful place" [syn: depressing, cheerless, uncheerful] [ant: cheerful]

adj 1: causing distress or worry or anxiety; "distressing (or disturbing) news"; "lived in heroic if something distressful isolation"; "a disturbing amount of crime"; "a revelation that was most perturbing"; "a new and troubling thought"; "in a particularly worrisome predicament"; "a worrying situation"; "a worrying time" [syn: distressing, distressful, disturbing, perturbing, troubling, worrisome, worrying] 2: bad; unfortunate; "my finances were in a deplorable state"; "a lamentable decision"; "her clothes were in sad shape"; "a sorry state of affairs" [syn: deplorable, distressing, lamentable, pitiful, sad, sorry]

n 1: savory dressings for salads; basically of two kinds: either the thin French or vinaigrette type or the creamy mayonnaise type [syn: dressing, salad dressing] 2: a mixture of seasoned ingredients used to stuff meats and vegetables [syn: stuffing, dressing] 3: making fertile as by applying fertilizer or manure [syn: fertilization, fertilisation, fecundation, dressing] 4: a cloth covering for a wound or sore [syn: dressing, medical dressing] 5: processes in the conversion of rough hides into leather 6: the activity of getting dressed; putting on clothes [syn: dressing, grooming] 7: the act of applying a bandage [syn: dressing, bandaging, binding]

n 1: an estimate based on little or no information [syn: guess, guesswork, guessing, shot, dead reckoning]

n 1: the formation of frost or ice on a surface [syn: frost, icing] 2: a flavored sugar topping used to coat and decorate cakes [syn: frosting, icing, ice] 3: (ice hockey) the act of shooting the puck from within your own defensive area the length of the rink beyond the opponent's goal [syn: icing, icing the puck]

n 1: a small amount of liquor added to a food or beverage 2: a cord that is drawn through eyelets or around hooks in order to draw together two edges (as of a shoe or garment) [syn: lace, lacing] 3: the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows [syn: beating, thrashing, licking, drubbing, lacing, trouncing, whacking]

adv 1: to an extreme degree; "extremely cold"; "extremely unpleasant" [syn: extremely, exceedingly, super, passing] adj 1: lasting a very short time; "the ephemeral joys of childhood"; "a passing fancy"; "youth's transient beauty"; "love is transitory but it is eternal"; "fugacious blossoms" [syn: ephemeral, passing, short-lived, transient, transitory, fugacious] 2: of advancing the ball by throwing it; "a team with a good passing attack"; "a pass play" [syn: passing(a), pass(a)] [ant: running(a)] 3: allowing you to pass (e.g., an examination or inspection) satisfactorily; "a passing grade" 4: hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough; "a casual (or cursory) inspection failed to reveal the house's structural flaws"; "a passing glance"; "perfunctory courtesy" [syn: casual, cursory, passing(a), perfunctory] n 1: (American football) a play that involves one player throwing the ball to a teammate; "the coach sent in a passing play on third and long" [syn: pass, passing play, passing game, passing] 2: euphemistic expressions for death; "thousands mourned his passing" [syn: passing, loss, departure, exit, expiration, going, release] 3: the motion of one object relative to another; "stellar passings can perturb the orbits of comets" [syn: passing, passage] 4: the end of something; "the passing of winter" 5: a bodily reaction of changing from one place or stage to another; "the passage of air from the lungs"; "the passing of flatus" [syn: passage, passing] 6: 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] 7: success in satisfying a test or requirement; "his future depended on his passing that test"; "he got a pass in introductory chemistry" [syn: passing, pass, qualifying] [ant: failing, flunk]

adj 1: compelling immediate action; "too pressing to permit of longer delay"; "the urgent words `Hurry! Hurry!'"; "bridges in urgent need of repair" [syn: pressing, urgent] n 1: the act of pressing; the exertion of pressure; "he gave the button a press"; "he used pressure to stop the bleeding"; "at the pressing of a button" [syn: press, pressure, pressing] 2: a metal or plastic part that is made by a mechanical press

n 1: an open avowal (true or false) of some belief or opinion; "a profession of disagreement" [syn: profession, professing]

adj 1: restrictive of action; "a repressive regime"; "an overly strict and inhibiting discipline" [syn: inhibitory, repressive, repressing]

n 1: the time between occurrences of a repeating event; "some women do not control the spacing of their children" 2: the property possessed by an array of things that have space between them [syn: spacing, spatial arrangement]

n 1: the act of drawing a plan or diagram or outline 2: a drawing created by superimposing a semitransparent sheet of paper on the original image and copying on it the lines of the original image [syn: tracing, trace] 3: the discovery and description of the course of development of something; "the tracing of genealogies"

n 1: the act of adjusting an organ pipe (or wind instrument) so that it conforms to the standards of tone and pitch and color

adj 1: (of the moon) pertaining to the period during which the visible surface of the moon increases; "the waxing moon passes from new to full" [ant: waning] n 1: the application of wax to a surface 2: a gradual increase in magnitude or extent; "the waxing of the moon" [ant: waning]

n 1: German playwright and leader of the Enlightenment (1729-1781) [syn: Lessing, Gotthold Ephraim Lessing] 2: English author of novels and short stories who grew up in Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) (born in 1919) [syn: Lessing, Doris Lessing, Doris May Lessing]