Words that rhyme with ayres

n 1: matters of personal concern; "get his affairs in order" [syn: personal business, personal matters, affairs] 2: transactions of professional or public interest; "news of current affairs"; "great affairs of state"

n 1: affected manners intended to impress others; "don't put on airs with me" [syn: airs, pose]

adj 1: secret and sly or sordid; "backstairs gossip"; "his low backstairs cunning"- A.L.Guerard; "backstairs intimacies"; "furtive behavior" [syn: backstair, backstairs, furtive] n 1: a second staircase at the rear of a building

adv 1: on a floor below; "the tenants live downstairs" [syn: downstairs, down the stairs, on a lower floor, below] [ant: on a higher floor, up the stairs, upstairs] adj 1: on or of lower floors of a building; "the downstairs (or downstair) phone" [syn: downstairs, downstair] [ant: upstair, upstairs]

n 1: a flight of stairs or a flight of steps [syn: stairs, steps]

n 1: the process of shedding tears (usually accompanied by sobs or other inarticulate sounds); "I hate to hear the crying of a child"; "she was in tears" [syn: crying, weeping, tears]

adv 1: without forethought or plan; inadvertently; "came upon the diamond unawares" 2: suddenly and unexpectedly; "rain caught them unawares"; "sorrow comes to all, and to the young it comes with bittered agony because it takes them unawares"- A.Lincoln 3: at a disadvantage; "I was caught short" [syn: short, unawares]

adv 1: on a floor above; "they lived upstairs" [syn: upstairs, up the stairs, on a higher floor] [ant: below, down the stairs, downstairs, on a lower floor] 2: with respect to the mind; "she's a bit weak upstairs" adj 1: on or of upper floors of a building; "the upstairs maid"; "an upstairs room" [syn: upstairs, upstair] [ant: downstair, downstairs] n 1: the part of a building above the ground floor; "no one was allowed to see the upstairs"