Words that rhyme with adorning

n 1: the display of a motion picture [syn: screening, showing, viewing] 2: fabric of metal or plastic mesh 3: the act of concealing the existence of something by obstructing the view of it; "the cover concealed their guns from enemy aircraft" [syn: cover, covering, screening, masking] 4: testing objects or persons in order to identify those with particular characteristics

n 1: the act of waking; "it was an early awakening"; "it was the waking up he hated most" [syn: awakening, wakening, waking up]

n 1: a canopy made of canvas to shelter people or things from rain or sun [syn: awning, sunshade, sunblind]

adj 1: serving to begin; "the beginning canto of the poem"; "the first verse" [syn: beginning(a), first] n 1: the event consisting of the start of something; "the beginning of the war" [ant: conclusion, ending, finish] 2: the time at which something is supposed to begin; "they got an early start"; "she knew from the get-go that he was the man for her" [syn: beginning, commencement, first, outset, get-go, start, kickoff, starting time, showtime, offset] [ant: end, ending, middle] 3: the first part or section of something; "`It was a dark and stormy night' is a hackneyed beginning for a story" [ant: end, middle] 4: the place where something begins, where it springs into being; "the Italian beginning of the Renaissance"; "Jupiter was the origin of the radiation"; "Pittsburgh is the source of the Ohio River"; "communism's Russian root" [syn: beginning, origin, root, rootage, source] 5: the act of starting something; "he was responsible for the beginning of negotiations" [syn: beginning, start, commencement] [ant: finish, finishing]

n 1: giving a Christian name at baptism

adj 1: concealing crafty designs for advancing your own interest; "a selfish and designing nation obsessed with the dark schemes of European intrigue"- W.Churchill; "a scheming wife"; "a scheming gold digger" [syn: designing, scheming] n 1: the act of working out the form of something (as by making a sketch or outline or plan); "he contributed to the design of a new instrument" [syn: design, designing]

adj 1: having or revealing keen insight and good judgment; "a discerning critic"; "a discerning reader" [ant: undiscerning] 2: unobtrusively perceptive and sympathetic; "a discerning editor"; "a discreet silence" [syn: discerning, discreet] 3: quick to understand; "a kind and apprehensive friend"- Nathaniel Hawthorne [syn: apprehensive, discerning] 4: able to make or detect effects of great subtlety; sensitive; "discerning taste"; "a discerning eye for color"

n 1: the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall); "he enjoyed the evening light across the lake" [syn: evening, eve, even, eventide] 2: a later concluding time period; "it was the evening of the Roman Empire" 3: the early part of night (from dinner until bedtime) spent in a special way; "an evening at the opera"

n 1: restraint that attaches to something or holds something in place [syn: fastener, fastening, holdfast, fixing] 2: the act of fastening things together [syn: fastening, attachment]

n 1: an early warning about a future event [syn: forewarning, premonition]

adj 1: departing or being caused to depart from the true vertical or horizontal; "the leaning tower of Pisa"; "the headstones were tilted" [syn: atilt, canted, leaning, tilted, tipped] n 1: an inclination to do something; "he felt leanings toward frivolity" [syn: leaning, propensity, tendency] 2: a natural inclination; "he has a proclivity for exaggeration" [syn: proclivity, propensity, leaning] 3: the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the vertical; "the tower had a pronounced tilt"; "the ship developed a list to starboard"; "he walked with a heavy inclination to the right" [syn: tilt, list, inclination, lean, leaning] 4: the act of deviating from a vertical position

n 1: abrupt electric discharge from cloud to cloud or from cloud to earth accompanied by the emission of light 2: the flash of light that accompanies an electric discharge in the atmosphere (or something resembling such a flash); can scintillate for a second or more

n 1: a protective covering that protects an inside surface [syn: lining, liner] 2: a piece of cloth that is used as the inside surface of a garment [syn: liner, lining] 3: providing something with a surface of a different material [syn: lining, facing] 4: the act of attaching an inside lining (to a garment or curtain etc.)

adj 1: rich in significance or implication; "a meaning look" [syn: meaning(a), pregnant, significant] n 1: the message that is intended or expressed or signified; "what is the meaning of this sentence"; "the significance of a red traffic light"; "the signification of Chinese characters"; "the import of his announcement was ambiguous" [syn: meaning, significance, signification, import] 2: the idea that is intended; "What is the meaning of this proverb?" [syn: meaning, substance]

n 1: the time period between dawn and noon; "I spent the morning running errands" [syn: morning, morn, morning time, forenoon] 2: a conventional expression of greeting or farewell [syn: good morning, morning] 3: the first light of day; "we got up before dawn"; "they talked until morning" [syn: dawn, dawning, morning, aurora, first light, daybreak, break of day, break of the day, dayspring, sunrise, sunup, cockcrow] [ant: sundown, sunset] 4: the earliest period; "the dawn of civilization"; "the morning of the world" [syn: dawn, morning]

adj 1: sorrowful through loss or deprivation; "bereft of hope" [syn: bereaved, bereft, grief-stricken, grieving, mourning(a), sorrowing(a)] n 1: state of sorrow over the death or departure of a loved one [syn: mourning, bereavement] 2: the passionate and demonstrative activity of expressing grief [syn: lamentation, mourning]

n 1: something added to food primarily for the savor it imparts [syn: flavorer, flavourer, flavoring, flavouring, seasoner, seasoning] 2: the act of adding a seasoning to food

n 1: language expressed by visible hand gestures [syn: sign language, signing]

n 1: the act of diluting something; "the cutting of whiskey with water"; "the thinning of paint with turpentine" [syn: cutting, thinning]

n 1: (music) calibrating something (an instrument or electronic circuit) to a standard frequency

n 1: the act of changing or reversing the direction of the course; "he took a turn to the right" [syn: turn, turning] 2: act of changing in practice or custom; "the law took many turnings over the years" 3: a shaving created when something is produced by turning it on a lathe 4: a movement in a new direction; "the turning of the wind" [syn: turning, turn] 5: the end-product created by shaping something on a lathe 6: the activity of shaping something on a lathe

adj 1: producing two offspring at a time [syn: biparous, twinning]

adj 1: serving to warn; "shook a monitory finger at him"; "an exemplary jail sentence" [syn: admonitory, cautionary, exemplary, monitory, warning(a)] n 1: a message informing of danger; "a warning that still more bombs could explode" 2: cautionary advice about something imminent (especially imminent danger or other unpleasantness); "a letter of admonition about the dangers of immorality"; "the warning was to beware of surprises"; "his final word of advice was not to play with matches" [syn: admonition, monition, warning, word of advice] 3: notification of something, usually in advance; "they gave little warning of their arrival"; "she had only had four days' warning before leaving Berlin"

adj 1: having won; "the victorious entry"; "the winning team" [syn: victorious, winning] 2: very attractive; capturing interest; "a fetching new hairstyle"; "something inexpressibly taking in his manner"; "a winning personality" [syn: fetching, taking, winning] n 1: succeeding with great difficulty; "winning is not everything"

n 1: prolonged unfulfilled desire or need [syn: longing, yearning, hungriness]

n 1: conventional metaphoric name for something, used especially in Old English and Old Norse poetry