Words that rhyme with appearances

n 1: outward or visible aspect of a person or thing [syn: appearance, visual aspect] 2: the event of coming into sight [ant: disappearance] 3: formal attendance (in court or at a hearing) of a party in an action [syn: appearance, appearing, coming into court] 4: a mental representation; "I tried to describe his appearance to the police" 5: the act of appearing in public view; "the rookie made a brief appearance in the first period"; "it was Bernhardt's last appearance in America" [ant: disappearance, disappearing] 6: pretending that something is the case in order to make a good impression; "they try to keep up appearances"; "that ceremony is just for show" [syn: appearance, show]

n 1: things that make you comfortable and at ease; "all the comforts of home" [syn: comforts, creature comforts, amenities, conveniences]

n 1: consumer goods that are not destroyed by use [syn: durables, durable goods, consumer durables]

n 1: a polyhedron having a polygonal base and triangular sides with a common vertex 2: (stock market) a series of transactions in which the speculator increases his holdings by using the rising market value of those holdings as margin for further purchases 3: a massive monument with a square base and four triangular sides; begun by Cheops around 2700 BC as royal tombs in ancient Egypt [syn: Pyramid, Great Pyramid, Pyramids of Egypt] v 1: enlarge one's holdings on an exchange on a continued rise by using paper profits as margin to buy additional amounts 2: use or deal in (as of stock or commercial transaction) in a pyramid deal 3: arrange or build up as if on the base of a pyramid 4: increase rapidly and progressively step by step on a broad base