Words that rhyme with defacing

adj 1: imparting vitality and energy; "the bracing mountain air" [syn: bracing, brisk, fresh, refreshing, refreshful, tonic] n 1: a structural member used to stiffen a framework [syn: brace, bracing]

n 1: the housing or outer covering of something; "the clock has a walnut case" [syn: shell, case, casing] 2: the outermost covering of a pneumatic tire 3: the enclosing frame around a door or window opening; "the casings had rotted away and had to be replaced" [syn: casing, case]

n 1: traveling across 2: a shallow area in a stream that can be forded [syn: ford, crossing] 3: a point where two lines (paths or arcs etc.) intersect 4: a junction where one street or road crosses another [syn: intersection, crossroad, crossway, crossing, carrefour] 5: a path (often marked) where something (as a street or railroad) can be crossed to get from one side to the other [syn: crossing, crosswalk, crossover] 6: (genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids [syn: hybridization, hybridisation, crossbreeding, crossing, cross, interbreeding, hybridizing] 7: a voyage across a body of water (usually across the Atlantic Ocean)

adj 1: used of conduct; characterized by dishonor [syn: debasing, degrading]

adj 1: causing sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy; "the economic outlook is depressing"; "something cheerless about the room"; "a moody and uncheerful person"; "an uncheerful place" [syn: depressing, cheerless, uncheerful] [ant: cheerful]

adj 1: causing distress or worry or anxiety; "distressing (or disturbing) news"; "lived in heroic if something distressful isolation"; "a disturbing amount of crime"; "a revelation that was most perturbing"; "a new and troubling thought"; "in a particularly worrisome predicament"; "a worrying situation"; "a worrying time" [syn: distressing, distressful, disturbing, perturbing, troubling, worrisome, worrying] 2: bad; unfortunate; "my finances were in a deplorable state"; "a lamentable decision"; "her clothes were in sad shape"; "a sorry state of affairs" [syn: deplorable, distressing, lamentable, pitiful, sad, sorry]

n 1: savory dressings for salads; basically of two kinds: either the thin French or vinaigrette type or the creamy mayonnaise type [syn: dressing, salad dressing] 2: a mixture of seasoned ingredients used to stuff meats and vegetables [syn: stuffing, dressing] 3: making fertile as by applying fertilizer or manure [syn: fertilization, fertilisation, fecundation, dressing] 4: a cloth covering for a wound or sore [syn: dressing, medical dressing] 5: processes in the conversion of rough hides into leather 6: the activity of getting dressed; putting on clothes [syn: dressing, grooming] 7: the act of applying a bandage [syn: dressing, bandaging, binding]

n 1: the act of clasping another person in the arms (as in greeting or affection) [syn: embrace, embracing, embracement]

n 1: a lining applied to the edge of a garment for ornamentation or strengthening 2: an ornamental coating to a building [syn: facing, veneer] 3: a protective covering that protects the outside of a building [syn: facing, cladding] 4: providing something with a surface of a different material [syn: lining, facing]

n 1: a small amount of liquor added to a food or beverage 2: a cord that is drawn through eyelets or around hooks in order to draw together two edges (as of a shoe or garment) [syn: lace, lacing] 3: the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows [syn: beating, thrashing, licking, drubbing, lacing, trouncing, whacking]

n 1: (music) the speed at which a composition is to be played [syn: tempo, pacing] 2: walking with slow regular strides

n 1: the sport of engaging in contests of speed

n 1: the act of furnishing an equivalent person or thing in the place of another; "replacing the star will not be easy" [syn: replacement, replacing]

n 1: the time between occurrences of a repeating event; "some women do not control the spacing of their children" 2: the property possessed by an array of things that have space between them [syn: spacing, spatial arrangement]

n 1: an affix that is added at the end of the word [syn: suffix, postfix] v 1: attach a suffix to; "suffix words" [ant: prefix]

n 1: the act of drawing a plan or diagram or outline 2: a drawing created by superimposing a semitransparent sheet of paper on the original image and copying on it the lines of the original image [syn: tracing, trace] 3: the discovery and description of the course of development of something; "the tracing of genealogies"

adj 1: continuing forever or indefinitely; "the ageless themes of love and revenge"; "eternal truths"; "life everlasting"; "hell's perpetual fires"; "the unending bliss of heaven" [syn: ageless, aeonian, eonian, eternal, everlasting, perpetual, unending, unceasing] 2: uninterrupted in time and indefinitely long continuing; "the ceaseless thunder of surf"; "in constant pain"; "night and day we live with the incessant noise of the city"; "the never-ending search for happiness"; "the perpetual struggle to maintain standards in a democracy"; "man's unceasing warfare with drought and isolation"; "unremitting demands of hunger" [syn: ceaseless, constant, incessant, never- ending, perpetual, unceasing, unremitting]

adj 1: unlikely to bring about favorable results or enjoyment; "faced an unpromising task"; "music for unpromising combinations of instruments"

n 1: the act of adjusting an organ pipe (or wind instrument) so that it conforms to the standards of tone and pitch and color