Words that rhyme with delving

adj 1: expressing or manifesting praise or approval; "approbative criticism"; "an affirmative nod" [syn: approving, affirmative, approbative, approbatory, plausive] n 1: the formal act of approving; "he gave the project his blessing"; "his decision merited the approval of any sensible person" [syn: blessing, approval, approving] [ant: disapproval]

n 1: a sculpture created by removing material (as wood or ivory or stone) in order to create a desired shape 2: removing parts from hard material to create a desired pattern or shape [syn: carving, cutting] 3: creating figures or designs in three dimensions [syn: sculpture, carving]

n 1: an intense desire for some particular thing

adj 1: worthy of being treated in a particular way; "an idea worth considering"; "the deserving poor" (often used ironically) [syn: deserving, worth(p)]

adj 1: expressing or manifesting disapproval

n 1: a print made from an engraving 2: a block or plate or other hard surface that has been engraved 3: making engraved or etched plates and printing designs from them [syn: engraving, etching]

n 1: the cutting of spiral grooves on the inside of the barrel of a firearm [syn: grooving, rifling]

adj 1: getting higher or more vigorous; "its an up market"; "an improving economy" [syn: improving, up]

adj 1: pertaining to living persons; "within living memory" 2: true to life; lifelike; "the living image of her mother" 3: (informal) absolute; "she is a living doll"; "scared the living daylights out of them"; "beat the living hell out of him" 4: still in existence; "the Wollemi pine found in Australia is a surviving specimen of a conifer thought to have been long extinct and therefore known as a living fossil"; "the only surviving frontier blockhouse in Pennsylvania" [syn: surviving, living] 5: still in active use; "a living language" 6: (used of minerals or stone) in its natural state and place; not mined or quarried; "carved into the living stone"; n 1: the experience of being alive; the course of human events and activities; "he could no longer cope with the complexities of life" [syn: life, living] 2: people who are still living; "save your pity for the living" [ant: dead] 3: the condition of living or the state of being alive; "while there's life there's hope"; "life depends on many chemical and physical processes" [syn: animation, life, living, aliveness] 4: the financial means whereby one lives; "each child was expected to pay for their keep"; "he applied to the state for support"; "he could no longer earn his own livelihood" [syn: support, keep, livelihood, living, bread and butter, sustenance]

n 1: uneasiness about the fitness of an action [syn: scruple, qualm, misgiving] 2: painful expectation [syn: apprehension, misgiving] 3: doubt about someone's honesty [syn: misgiving, mistrust, distrust, suspicion]

adj 1: in motion; "a constantly moving crowd"; "the moving parts of the machine" [ant: nonmoving, unmoving] 2: arousing or capable of arousing deep emotion; "she laid her case of destitution before him in a very moving letter"- N. Hawthorne [ant: unmoving] 3: used of a series of photographs presented so as to create the illusion of motion; "Her ambition was to be in moving pictures or `the movies'" [ant: still]

n 1: material used to pave an area [syn: paving, pavement, paving material] 2: the paved surface of a thoroughfare [syn: pavement, paving] 3: the act of applying paving materials to an area [syn: paving, pavage]

n 1: an engraving used to reproduce an illustration [syn: halftone, halftone engraving, photoengraving]

adv 1: in a raving manner; "raving mad" [syn: raving, ravingly] n 1: declaiming wildly; "the raving of maniacs"

adj 1: expressing reproof or reproach especially as a corrective [syn: admonitory, admonishing, reproachful, reproving]

n 1: material used to construct a roof 2: the craft of a roofer

adj 1: bringing about salvation or redemption from sin; "saving faith"; "redemptive (or redeeming) love" [syn: redemptive, redeeming(a), saving(a)] 2: characterized by thriftiness; "wealthy by inheritance but saving by constitution"- Ellen Glasgow n 1: an act of economizing; reduction in cost; "it was a small economy to walk to work every day"; "there was a saving of 50 cents" [syn: economy, saving] 2: recovery or preservation from loss or danger; "work is the deliverance of mankind"; "a surgeon's job is the saving of lives" [syn: rescue, deliverance, delivery, saving] 3: the activity of protecting something from loss or danger [syn: preservation, saving]

n 1: an individual quantity of food or drink taken as part of a meal; "the helpings were all small"; "his portion was larger than hers"; "there's enough for two servings each" [syn: helping, portion, serving] 2: the act of delivering a writ or summons upon someone; "he accepted service of the subpoena" [syn: service, serving, service of process]

n 1: the act of removing hair with a razor [syn: shave, shaving] 2: a thin fragment or slice (especially of wood) that has been shaved from something [syn: paring, sliver, shaving] 3: the act of brushing against while passing [syn: grazing, shaving, skimming]

n 1: performing acrobatics in free fall before pulling the ripcord of a parachute

n 1: fourth Thursday in November in the United States; second Monday in October in Canada; commemorates a feast held in 1621 by the Pilgrims and the Wampanoag [syn: Thanksgiving, Thanksgiving Day] 2: a short prayer of thanks before a meal; "their youngest son said grace" [syn: grace, blessing, thanksgiving]

adj 1: taking immediate advantage, often unethically, of any circumstance of possible benefit [syn: opportunist, opportunistic, timeserving]

adj 1: rejecting any belief in gods [syn: atheistic, atheistical, unbelieving] 2: holding that only material phenomena can be known and knowledge of spiritual matters or ultimate causes is impossible [syn: nescient, unbelieving] 3: denying or questioning the tenets of especially a religion; "a skeptical approach to the nature of miracles" [syn: disbelieving, skeptical, sceptical, unbelieving]

adj 1: unwilling or unable to forgive or show mercy; "a surly unforgiving old woman" [ant: forgiving] 2: not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty; "grim determination"; "grim necessity"; "Russia's final hour, it seemed, approached with inexorable certainty"; "relentless persecution"; "the stern demands of parenthood" [syn: grim, inexorable, relentless, stern, unappeasable, unforgiving, unrelenting]

adj 1: not in motion [syn: nonmoving, unmoving] [ant: moving] 2: not arousing emotions [ant: moving]

adj 1: going directly ahead from one point to another without veering or turning aside; "some people see evolution as an undeviating upward march from simple organisms to the very complex"; "a straight and narrow tree-lined road unswerving across the lowlands" [syn: undeviating, unswerving] 2: firm and dependable especially in loyalty; "a steadfast ally"; "a staunch defender of free speech"; "unswerving devotion"; "unswerving allegiance" [syn: steadfast, staunch, unswerving]

n 1: creating fabric

n 1: a carving created by carving wood

n 1: United States basketball forward (born in 1950) [syn: Erving, Julius Erving, Julius Winfield Erving, Dr. J]

n 1: United States writer remembered for his stories (1783-1859) [syn: Irving, Washington Irving] 2: United States writer of darkly humorous novels (born in 1942) [syn: Irving, John Irving]

adj 1: not deserving; "the undeserving poor" [syn: undeserving, unworthy]