Words that rhyme with chas

n 1: South African term for `boss'

n 1: events that provide the generative force that is the origin of something; "they are trying to determine the cause of the crash" 2: a justification for something existing or happening; "he had no cause to complain"; "they had good reason to rejoice" [syn: cause, reason, grounds] 3: a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end; "he supported populist campaigns"; "they worked in the cause of world peace"; "the team was ready for a drive toward the pennant"; "the movement to end slavery"; "contributed to the war effort" [syn: campaign, cause, crusade, drive, movement, effort] 4: any entity that produces an effect or is responsible for events or results [syn: causal agent, cause, causal agency] 5: a comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy; "the family brought suit against the landlord" [syn: lawsuit, suit, case, cause, causa] v 1: give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally; "cause a commotion"; "make a stir"; "cause an accident" [syn: cause, do, make] 2: cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner; "The ads induced me to buy a VCR"; "My children finally got me to buy a computer"; "My wife made me buy a new sofa" [syn: induce, stimulate, cause, have, get, make]

n 1: (grammar) an expression including a subject and predicate but not constituting a complete sentence 2: a separate section of a legal document (as a statute or contract or will) [syn: article, clause]

n 1: (medicine) bleached cotton cloth of plain weave used for bandages and dressings [syn: gauze, gauze bandage] 2: a net of transparent fabric with a loose open weave [syn: gauze, netting, veiling]

n 1: the first of three divisions of the Hebrew Scriptures comprising the first five books of the Hebrew Bible considered as a unit [syn: Torah, Pentateuch, Laws]

n 1: (ballet) a step in dancing (especially in classical ballet)

n 1: a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something [syn: pause, intermission, break, interruption, suspension] 2: temporary inactivity v 1: interrupt temporarily an activity before continuing; "The speaker paused" [syn: hesitate, pause] 2: cease an action temporarily; "We pause for station identification"; "let's break for lunch" [syn: pause, intermit, break]

n 1: an open jar of glass or porcelain used as an ornament or to hold flowers

n 1: a creamy potato soup flavored with leeks and onions; usually served cold

n 1: King of France from 1560 to 1574 whose reign was dominated by his mother Catherine de Medicis (1550-1574) [syn: Charles, Charles IX] 2: King of France who began his reign with most of northern France under English control; after the intervention of Jeanne d'Arc the French were able to defeat the English and end the Hundred Years' War (1403-1461) [syn: Charles, Charles VII] 3: as Charles II he was Holy Roman Emperor and as Charles I he was king of France (823-877) [syn: Charles, Charles II, Charles I, Charles the Bald] 4: King of England and Scotland and Ireland during the Restoration (1630-1685) [syn: Charles, Charles II] 5: son of James I who was King of England and Scotland and Ireland; was deposed and executed by Oliver Cromwell (1600-1649) [syn: Charles, Charles I, Charles Stuart] 6: the eldest son of Elizabeth II and heir to the English throne (born in 1948) [syn: Charles, Prince Charles] 7: French physicist and author of Charles's law which anticipated Gay-Lussac's law (1746-1823) [syn: Charles, Jacques Charles, Jacques Alexandre Cesar Charles] 8: king of the Franks and Holy Roman Emperor; conqueror of the Lombards and Saxons (742-814) [syn: Charlemagne, Carolus, Charles, Charles I, Charles the Great] 9: a river in eastern Massachusetts that empties into Boston Harbor and that separates Cambridge from Boston [syn: Charles, Charles River]