Words that rhyme with beneficial

• artificial 0
  adj 1: contrived by art rather than nature; "artificial flowers"; "artificial flavoring"; "an artificial diamond"; "artificial fibers"; "artificial sweeteners" [syn: artificial, unreal] [ant: natural] 2: artificially formal; "that artificial humility that her husband hated"; "contrived coyness"; "a stilted letter of acknowledgment"; "when people try to correct their speech they develop a stilted pronunciation" [syn: artificial, contrived, hokey, stilted] 3: not arising from natural growth or characterized by vital processes
• bristle 0
  n 1: a stiff fiber (coarse hair or filament); natural or synthetic 2: a stiff hair v 1: be in a state of movement or action; "The room abounded with screaming children"; "The garden bristled with toddlers" [syn: abound, burst, bristle] 2: rise up as in fear; "The dog's fur bristled"; "It was a sight to make one's hair uprise!" [syn: bristle, uprise, stand up] 3: have or be thickly covered with or as if with bristles; "bristling leaves" 4: react in an offended or angry manner; "He bristled at her suggestion that he should teach her how to use the program"
• chisel 0
  n 1: an edge tool with a flat steel blade with a cutting edge v 1: engage in deceitful behavior; practice trickery or fraud; "Who's chiseling on the side?" [syn: cheat, chisel] 2: deprive somebody of something by deceit; "The con-man beat me out of $50"; "This salesman ripped us off!"; "we were cheated by their clever-sounding scheme"; "They chiseled me out of my money" [syn: cheat, rip off, chisel] 3: carve with a chisel; "chisel the marble"
• drizzle 0
  n 1: very light rain; stronger than mist but less than a shower [syn: drizzle, mizzle] v 1: rain lightly; "When it drizzles in summer, hiking can be pleasant" [syn: drizzle, mizzle] 2: moisten with fine drops; "drizzle the meat with melted butter" [syn: drizzle, moisten]
• extrajudicial 0
  adj 1: beyond the usual course of legal proceedings; legally unwarranted; "an extrajudicial penalty"
• fizzle 0
  n 1: a fricative sound (especially as an expression of disapproval); "the performers could not be heard over the hissing of the audience" [syn: hiss, hissing, hushing, fizzle, sibilation] 2: a complete failure; "the play was a dismal flop" [syn: flop, bust, fizzle] v 1: end weakly; "The music just petered out--there was no proper ending" [syn: taper off, peter out, fizzle out, fizzle]
• frizzle 0
  v 1: fry something until it curls and becomes crisp 2: curl tightly; "crimp hair" [syn: crimp, crape, frizzle, frizz, kink up, kink]
• gristle 0
  n 1: tough elastic tissue; mostly converted to bone in adults [syn: cartilage, gristle]
• grizzle 0
  n 1: a grey wig v 1: be in a huff; be silent or sullen [syn: grizzle, brood, stew] 2: complain whiningly [syn: whine, grizzle, yammer, yawp]
• initial 0
  adj 1: occurring at the beginning; "took the initial step toward reconciliation" n 1: the first letter of a word (especially a person's name); "he refused to put the initials FRS after his name" v 1: mark with one's initials
• judicial 0
  adj 1: decreed by or proceeding from a court of justice; "a judicial decision" 2: belonging or appropriate to the office of a judge; "judicial robes" 3: relating to the administration of justice or the function of a judge; "judicial system" [syn: judicial, juridical, juridic] 4: expressing careful judgment; "discriminative censure"; "a biography ...appreciative and yet judicial in purpose"-Tyler Dennett [syn: discriminative, judicial]
• missal 0
  n 1: (Roman Catholic Church) a book containing all the prayers and responses needed to celebrate Mass throughout the year
• missile 0
  n 1: a rocket carrying a warhead of conventional or nuclear explosives; may be ballistic or directed by remote control 2: a weapon that is forcibly thrown or projected at a targets but is not self-propelled [syn: projectile, missile]
• official 0
  adj 1: having official authority or sanction; "official permission"; "an official representative" [ant: unofficial] 2: of or relating to an office; "official privileges" 3: verified officially; "the election returns are now official" 4: conforming to set usage, procedure, or discipline; "in prescribed order" [syn: official, prescribed] 5: (of a church) given official status as a national or state institution n 1: a worker who holds or is invested with an office [syn: official, functionary] 2: someone who administers the rules of a game or sport; "the golfer asked for an official who could give him a ruling"
• prejudicial 0
  adj 1: (sometimes followed by `to') causing harm or injury; "damaging to career and reputation"; "the reporter's coverage resulted in prejudicial publicity for the defendant" [syn: damaging, detrimental, prejudicial, prejudicious] 2: tending to favor preconceived ideas; "the presence of discriminatory or prejudicial attitudes in the white population" [syn: prejudicial, prejudicious]
• sacrificial 0
  adj 1: used in or connected with a sacrifice; "sacrificial lamb"
• sizzle 0
  n 1: a sizzling noise v 1: make a sound like frying fat 2: seethe with deep anger or resentment; "She was sizzling with anger" 3: burn or sear with a sizzling sound; "The fat sizzled in the pan"
• superficial 0
  adj 1: concerned with or comprehending only what is apparent or obvious; not deep or penetrating emotionally or intellectually; "superficial similarities"; "a superficial mind"; "his thinking was superficial and fuzzy"; "superficial knowledge"; "the superficial report didn't give the true picture"; "only superficial differences" [ant: profound] 2: of, affecting, or being on or near the surface; "superficial measurements"; "the superficial area of the wall"; "a superficial wound" 3: of little substance or significance; "a few superficial editorial changes"; "only trivial objections" [syn: superficial, trivial]
• thistle 0
  n 1: any of numerous plants of the family Compositae and especially of the genera Carduus and Cirsium and Onopordum having prickly-edged leaves
• unofficial 0
  adj 1: not having official authority or sanction; "a sort of unofficial mayor"; "an unofficial estimate"; "he participated in an unofficial capacity" [ant: official] 2: not officially established; "the early election returns are unofficial"
• whistle 0
  n 1: the sound made by something moving rapidly or by steam coming out of a small aperture [syn: whistle, whistling] 2: the act of signalling (e.g., summoning) by whistling or blowing a whistle; "the whistle signalled the end of the game" [syn: whistle, whistling] 3: a small wind instrument that produces a whistling sound by blowing into it 4: acoustic device that forces air or steam against an edge or into a cavity and so produces a loud shrill sound 5: an inexpensive fipple flute [syn: pennywhistle, tin whistle, whistle] v 1: make whistling sounds; "He lay there, snoring and whistling" 2: move with, or as with, a whistling sound; "The bullets whistled past him" 3: utter or express by whistling; "She whistled a melody" 4: move, send, or bring as if by whistling; "Her optimism whistled away these worries" 5: make a whining, ringing, or whistling sound; "the kettle was singing"; "the bullet sang past his ear" [syn: whistle, sing] 6: give a signal by whistling; "She whistled for her maid"
• inartificial 0
• bischel 0
• fischel 0
• fishel 0
• fishell 0
• kischell 0
• mischel 0
• pischel 0
• rishel 0
• rishell 0
• cicatricial 0

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