Words that rhyme with chiming

n 1: an event that involves rising to a higher point (as in altitude or temperature or intensity etc.) [syn: climb, climbing, mounting]

n 1: acting like a clown or buffoon [syn: buffoonery, clowning, japery, frivolity, harlequinade, prank] 2: a comic incident or series of incidents [syn: drollery, clowning, comedy, funniness]

n 1: the act of firing weapons or artillery at an enemy; "hold your fire until you can see the whites of their eyes"; "they retreated in the face of withering enemy fire" [syn: fire, firing] 2: the act of discharging a gun [syn: discharge, firing, firing off] 3: the act of setting something on fire [syn: ignition, firing, lighting, kindling, inflammation] 4: the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart) [syn: dismissal, dismission, discharge, firing, liberation, release, sack, sacking]

adj 1: showing displeasure or anger

n 1: material resulting from the process of grinding; "vegetable grindings clogged the drain" 2: a harsh and strident sound (as of the grinding of gears) 3: the wearing down of rock particles by friction due to water or wind or ice [syn: grinding, abrasion, attrition, detrition]

n 1: the act of making something ready 2: any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant [syn: fuse, fuze, fusee, fuzee, primer, priming] 3: the first or preliminary coat of paint or size applied to a surface [syn: flat coat, ground, primer, priming, primer coat, priming coat, undercoat]

adj 1: having corresponding sounds especially terminal sounds; "rhymed verse"; "rhyming words" [syn: rhymed, rhyming, riming] [ant: rhymeless, rimeless, unrhymed, unrimed]

adj 1: marked by exceptional merit; "had shining virtues and few faults"; "a shining example" 2: made smooth and bright by or as if by rubbing; reflecting a sheen or glow; "bright silver candlesticks"; "a burnished brass knocker"; "she brushed her hair until it fell in lustrous auburn waves"; "rows of shining glasses"; "shiny black patents" [syn: bright, burnished, lustrous, shining, shiny] 3: reflecting light; "glistening bodies of swimmers"; "the horse's glossy coat"; "lustrous auburn hair"; "saw the moon like a shiny dime on a deep blue velvet carpet"; "shining white enamel" [syn: glistening, glossy, lustrous, sheeny, shiny, shining] n 1: the work of making something smooth and shiny by rubbing or waxing it; "the shining of shoes provided a meager living"; "every Sunday he gave his car a good polishing" [syn: shining, polishing]

n 1: an effortful attempt to attain a goal [syn: striving, nisus, pains, strain]

n 1: the time when something happens 2: the regulation of occurrence, pace, or coordination to achieve a desired effect (as in music, theater, athletics, mechanics)

adj 1: hard to endure; "fell upon trying times" 2: extremely irritating to the nerves; "nerve-racking noise"; "the stressful days before a war"; "a trying day at the office" [syn: nerve-racking, nerve-wracking, stressful, trying]