Words that rhyme with aickin

adj 1: causing a dull and steady pain; "my aching head"; "her old achy joints" [syn: aching, achy] n 1: a dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain [syn: ache, aching]

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]

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]

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

n 1: a substance used to produce a shiny protective surface on footwear [syn: shoe polish, blacking]

n 1: the act of breaking something; "the breakage was unavoidable" [syn: breakage, break, breaking]

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)

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]

n 1: the management of a household

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"

n 1: a boisterous celebration; a merry festivity [syn: merrymaking, conviviality, jollification]

n 1: artistic design and manufacture of prints as woodcuts or silkscreens

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]

n 1: reappraisal of a situation or position or outlook [syn: stocktaking, stock-taking] 2: making an itemized list of merchandise or supplies on hand; "an inventory may be necessary to see if anything is missing"; "they held an inventory every month" [syn: inventory, inventorying, stocktaking, stock-taking]

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]

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

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]

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]

n 1: United States writer (1889-1973) [syn: Aiken, Conrad Aiken, Conrad Potter Aiken]

n 1: delivering an address to a public audience; "people came to see the candidates and hear the speechmaking" [syn: public speaking, speechmaking, speaking, oral presentation]