Words that rhyme with blouse

• birdhouse 2
  n 1: a shelter for birds
• alehouse 0
  n 1: a tavern where ale is sold
• arouse 0
  v 1: call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses); "arouse pity"; "raise a smile"; "evoke sympathy" [syn: arouse, elicit, enkindle, kindle, evoke, fire, raise, provoke] 2: stop sleeping; "She woke up to the sound of the alarm clock" [syn: wake up, awake, arouse, awaken, wake, come alive, waken] [ant: dope off, doze off, drift off, drop off, drowse off, fall asleep, flake out, nod off] 3: summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic; "raise the specter of unemployment"; "he conjured wild birds in the air"; "call down the spirits from the mountain" [syn: raise, conjure, conjure up, invoke, evoke, stir, call down, arouse, bring up, put forward, call forth] 4: cause to be alert and energetic; "Coffee and tea stimulate me"; "This herbal infusion doesn't stimulate" [syn: stimulate, arouse, brace, energize, energise, perk up] [ant: calm, de-energise, de-energize, sedate, tranquilize, tranquillise, tranquillize] 5: cause to become awake or conscious; "He was roused by the drunken men in the street"; "Please wake me at 6 AM." [syn: awaken, wake, waken, rouse, wake up, arouse] [ant: cause to sleep] 6: to begin moving, "As the thunder started the sleeping children began to stir" [syn: arouse, stir] 7: stimulate sexually; "This movie usually arouses the male audience" [syn: arouse, sex, excite, turn on, wind up]
• bathhouse 0
  n 1: a building containing dressing rooms for bathers [syn: bathhouse, bathing machine] 2: a building containing public baths [syn: bathhouse, bagnio]
• blockhouse 0
  n 1: a stronghold that is reinforced for protection from enemy fire; with apertures for defensive fire
• boathouse 0
  n 1: a shed at the edge of a river or lake; used to store boats
• browse 0
  n 1: vegetation (such as young shoots, twigs, and leaves) that is suitable for animals to eat; "a deer needs to eat twenty pounds of browse every day" 2: reading superficially or at random [syn: browse, browsing] 3: the act of feeding by continual nibbling [syn: browse, browsing] v 1: shop around; not necessarily buying; "I don't need help, I'm just browsing" [syn: shop, browse] 2: feed as in a meadow or pasture; "the herd was grazing" [syn: crop, browse, graze, range, pasture] 3: look around casually and randomly, without seeking anything in particular; "browse a computer directory"; "surf the internet or the world wide web" [syn: browse, surf] 4: eat lightly, try different dishes; "There was so much food at the party that we quickly got sated just by browsing" [syn: browse, graze]
• carouse 0
  n 1: revelry in drinking; a merry drinking party [syn: carouse, carousal, bender, toot, booze-up] v 1: engage in boisterous, drunken merrymaking; "They were out carousing last night" [syn: carouse, roister, riot]
• cathouse 0
  n 1: a building where prostitutes are available [syn: whorehouse, brothel, bordello, bagnio, house of prostitution, house of ill repute, bawdyhouse, cathouse, sporting house]
• chophouse 0
  n 1: a restaurant that specializes in steaks [syn: steakhouse, chophouse]
• clubhouse 0
  n 1: a building that is occupied by a social club; "the clubhouse needed a new roof" [syn: clubhouse, club]
• coffeehouse 0
  n 1: a small restaurant where drinks and snacks are sold [syn: cafe, coffeehouse, coffee shop, coffee bar]
• courthouse 0
  n 1: a government building that houses the offices of a county government 2: a building that houses judicial courts
• customhouse 0
  n 1: a government building where customs are collected and where ships are cleared to enter or leave the country [syn: customhouse, customshouse]
• delouse 0
  v 1: free of lice; "They deloused the prisoners after they liberated the camps"
• doghouse 0
  n 1: outbuilding that serves as a shelter for a dog [syn: kennel, doghouse, dog house] 2: an idiomatic term for being in disfavor; "in the doghouse"
• dollhouse 0
  n 1: a house so small that it is likened to a child's plaything [syn: dollhouse, doll's house] 2: a small model of a house used as a toy by children [syn: dollhouse, doll's house]
• dormouse 0
  n 1: small furry-tailed squirrel-like Old World rodent that becomes torpid in cold weather
• douse 0
  v 1: put out, as of a candle or a light; "Douse the lights" [syn: douse, put out] 2: wet thoroughly [syn: douse, dowse] 3: dip into a liquid; "He dipped into the pool" [syn: dip, douse, duck] 4: immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate; "dip the garment into the cleaning solution"; "dip the brush into the paint" [syn: dunk, dip, souse, plunge, douse] 5: lower quickly; "douse a sail" 6: slacken; "douse a rope" [syn: douse, dowse] 7: cover with liquid; pour liquid onto; "souse water on his hot face" [syn: drench, douse, dowse, soak, sop, souse]
• dowse 0
  n 1: searching for underground water or minerals by using a dowsing rod [syn: dowse, dowsing, rhabdomancy] v 1: wet thoroughly [syn: douse, dowse] 2: use a divining rod in search of underground water or metal 3: slacken; "douse a rope" [syn: douse, dowse] 4: cover with liquid; pour liquid onto; "souse water on his hot face" [syn: drench, douse, dowse, soak, sop, souse]
• drowse 0
  n 1: a light fitful sleep [syn: doze, drowse] v 1: sleep lightly or for a short period of time [syn: snooze, drowse, doze] 2: be on the verge of sleeping; "The students were drowsing in the 8 AM class"
• espouse 0
  v 1: choose and follow; as of theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans; "She followed the feminist movement"; "The candidate espouses Republican ideals" [syn: adopt, follow, espouse] 2: take in marriage [syn: marry, get married, wed, conjoin, hook up with, get hitched with, espouse] 3: take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own; "She embraced Catholicism"; "They adopted the Jewish faith" [syn: espouse, embrace, adopt, sweep up]
• farmhouse 0
  n 1: house for a farmer and family
• firehouse 0
  n 1: a station housing fire apparatus and firemen [syn: fire station, firehouse]
• flophouse 0
  n 1: a cheap lodging house [syn: flophouse, dosshouse]
• gauss 0
  n 1: a unit of magnetic flux density equal to 1 maxwell per square centimeter 2: German mathematician who developed the theory of numbers and who applied mathematics to electricity and magnetism and astronomy and geodesy (1777-1855) [syn: Gauss, Karl Gauss, Karl Friedrich Gauss]
• glasshouse 0
  n 1: a building with glass walls and roof; for the cultivation and exhibition of plants under controlled conditions [syn: greenhouse, nursery, glasshouse]
• greenhouse 0
  adj 1: of or relating to or caused by the greenhouse effect; "greenhouse gases" n 1: a building with glass walls and roof; for the cultivation and exhibition of plants under controlled conditions [syn: greenhouse, nursery, glasshouse]
• grouse 0
  n 1: flesh of any of various grouse of the family Tetraonidae; usually roasted; flesh too dry to broil 2: popular game bird having a plump body and feathered legs and feet v 1: hunt grouse 2: complain; "What was he hollering about?" [syn: gripe, bitch, grouse, crab, beef, squawk, bellyache, holler]
• guardhouse 0
  n 1: a military facility that serves as the headquarters for military police and in which military prisoners can be detained
• henhouse 0
  n 1: a farm building for housing poultry [syn: chicken coop, coop, hencoop, henhouse]
• hothouse 0
  n 1: a greenhouse in which plants are arranged in a pleasing manner [syn: conservatory, hothouse, indoor garden]
• house 0
  n 1: a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families; "he has a house on Cape Cod"; "she felt she had to get out of the house" 2: the members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments; "he worked for a brokerage house" [syn: firm, house, business firm] 3: the members of a religious community living together 4: the audience gathered together in a theatre or cinema; "the house applauded"; "he counted the house" 5: an official assembly having legislative powers; "a bicameral legislature has two houses" 6: aristocratic family line; "the House of York" 7: play in which children take the roles of father or mother or children and pretend to interact like adults; "the children were playing house" 8: (astrology) one of 12 equal areas into which the zodiac is divided [syn: sign of the zodiac, star sign, sign, mansion, house, planetary house] 9: the management of a gambling house or casino; "the house gets a percentage of every bet" 10: a social unit living together; "he moved his family to Virginia"; "It was a good Christian household"; "I waited until the whole house was asleep"; "the teacher asked how many people made up his home" [syn: family, household, house, home, menage] 11: a building where theatrical performances or motion-picture shows can be presented; "the house was full" [syn: theater, theatre, house] 12: a building in which something is sheltered or located; "they had a large carriage house" v 1: contain or cover; "This box houses the gears" 2: provide housing for; "The immigrants were housed in a new development outside the town" [syn: house, put up, domiciliate]
• icehouse 0
  n 1: a house for storing ice
• jailhouse 0
  n 1: a correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence) [syn: jail, jailhouse, gaol, clink, slammer, poky, pokey]
• lighthouse 0
  n 1: a tower with a light that gives warning of shoals to passing ships [syn: beacon, lighthouse, beacon light, pharos]
• louse 0
  n 1: wingless usually flattened bloodsucking insect parasitic on warm-blooded animals [syn: louse, sucking louse] 2: a person who has a nasty or unethical character undeserving of respect [syn: worm, louse, insect, dirt ball] 3: any of several small insects especially aphids that feed by sucking the juices from plants [syn: plant louse, louse] 4: wingless insect with mouth parts adapted for biting; mostly parasitic on birds [syn: bird louse, biting louse, louse]
• madhouse 0
  n 1: pejorative terms for an insane asylum [syn: Bedlam, booby hatch, crazy house, cuckoo's nest, funny farm, funny house, loony bin, madhouse, nut house, nuthouse, sanatorium, snake pit]
• mouse 0
  n 1: any of numerous small rodents typically resembling diminutive rats having pointed snouts and small ears on elongated bodies with slender usually hairless tails 2: a swollen bruise caused by a blow to the eye [syn: shiner, black eye, mouse] 3: person who is quiet or timid 4: a hand-operated electronic device that controls the coordinates of a cursor on your computer screen as you move it around on a pad; on the bottom of the device is a ball that rolls on the surface of the pad; "a mouse takes much more room than a trackball" [syn: mouse, computer mouse] v 1: to go stealthily or furtively; "..stead of sneaking around spying on the neighbor's house" [syn: sneak, mouse, creep, pussyfoot] 2: manipulate the mouse of a computer
• outhouse 0
  n 1: a small outbuilding with a bench having holes through which a user can defecate [syn: outhouse, privy, earth- closet, jakes]
• penthouse 0
  n 1: an apartment located on the top floors of a building
• playhouse 0
  n 1: plaything consisting of a small model of a house that children can play inside of [syn: playhouse, wendy house]
• poorhouse 0
  n 1: an establishment maintained at public expense in order to provide housing for the poor and homeless
• roadhouse 0
  n 1: an inn (usually outside city limits on a main road) providing meals and liquor and dancing and (sometimes) gambling
• roundhouse 0
  n 1: workplace consisting of a circular building for repairing locomotives 2: a hook delivered with an exaggerated swing
• rouse 0
  v 1: become active; "He finally bestirred himself" [syn: bestir, rouse] 2: force or drive out; "The police routed them out of bed at 2 A.M." [syn: rout out, drive out, force out, rouse] 3: cause to be agitated, excited, or roused; "The speaker charged up the crowd with his inflammatory remarks" [syn: agitate, rouse, turn on, charge, commove, excite, charge up] [ant: calm, calm down, lull, quiet, quieten, still, tranquilize, tranquillise, tranquillize] 4: cause to become awake or conscious; "He was roused by the drunken men in the street"; "Please wake me at 6 AM." [syn: awaken, wake, waken, rouse, wake up, arouse] [ant: cause to sleep]
• schoolhouse 0
  n 1: a building where young people receive education; "the school was built in 1932"; "he walked to school every morning" [syn: school, schoolhouse]
• souse 0
  n 1: a person who drinks alcohol to excess habitually [syn: alcoholic, alky, dipsomaniac, boozer, lush, soaker, souse] 2: pork trimmings chopped and pickled and jelled 3: the act of making something completely wet; "he gave it a good drenching" [syn: drenching, soaking, souse, sousing] v 1: cover with liquid; pour liquid onto; "souse water on his hot face" [syn: drench, douse, dowse, soak, sop, souse] 2: immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate; "dip the garment into the cleaning solution"; "dip the brush into the paint" [syn: dunk, dip, souse, plunge, douse] 3: become drunk or drink excessively [syn: souse, soak, inebriate, hit it up] 4: cook in a marinade; "souse herring"
• spouse 0
  n 1: a person's partner in marriage [syn: spouse, partner, married person, mate, better half]
• statehouse 0
  n 1: a government building in which a state legislature meets
• steakhouse 0
  n 1: a restaurant that specializes in steaks [syn: steakhouse, chophouse]
• storehouse 0
  n 1: a depository for goods; "storehouses were built close to the docks" [syn: storehouse, depot, entrepot, storage, store]
• teahouse 0
  n 1: a restaurant where tea and light meals are available [syn: teashop, teahouse, tearoom, tea parlor, tea parlour]
• titmouse 0
  n 1: small insectivorous birds [syn: titmouse, tit]
• tollhouse 0
  n 1: a booth at a tollgate where the toll collector collects tolls [syn: tollbooth, tolbooth, tollhouse]
• warehouse 0
  n 1: a storehouse for goods and merchandise [syn: warehouse, storage warehouse] v 1: store in a warehouse
• whorehouse 0
  n 1: a building where prostitutes are available [syn: whorehouse, brothel, bordello, bagnio, house of prostitution, house of ill repute, bawdyhouse, cathouse, sporting house]
• workhouse 0
  n 1: a poorhouse where able-bodied poor are compelled to labor 2: a county jail that holds prisoners for periods up to 18 months
• nous 0
  n 1: common sense; "she has great social nous" 2: that which is responsible for one's thoughts and feelings; the seat of the faculty of reason; "his mind wandered"; "I couldn't get his words out of my head" [syn: mind, head, brain, psyche, nous]
• strauss 0
  n 1: German composer of many operas; collaborated with librettist Hugo von Hoffmannsthal to produce several operas (1864-1949) [syn: Strauss, Richard Strauss] 2: Austrian composer and son of Strauss the Elder; composed many famous waltzes and became known as the `waltz king' (1825-1899) [syn: Strauss, Johann Strauss, Strauss the Younger] 3: Austrian composer of waltzes (1804-1849) [syn: Strauss, Johann Strauss, Strauss the Elder]
• laos 0
  n 1: a mountainous landlocked communist state in southeastern Asia; achieved independence from France in 1949 [syn: Laos, Lao People's Democratic Republic]
• bouse 0
  v 1: haul with a tackle [syn: bowse, bouse]
• crouse 0
  n 1: United States playwright (1893-1966) [syn: Crouse, Russel Crouse]
• rehouse 0
  v 1: put up in a new or different housing
• almshouse 0
• backhouse 0
• bunkhouse 0
• youse 0
• aus 0
• howes 0
• prowse 0
• clowes 0
• chaus 0
• chausse 0
• couse 0
• fouse 0
• haus 0
• hause 0
• hauss 0
• knouse 0
• rousse 0
• schaus 0
• shouse 0
• smouse 0
• sprouse 0
• straus 0
• strause 0
• strouse 0
• brouse 0
• clouse 0
• klaus 0
• kraus 0
• krauss 0
• krouse 0
• prouse 0
• unhouse 0
• overblouse 0

See also blouse definition