Words that rhyme with espousing

n 1: reading superficially or at random [syn: browse, browsing] 2: the act of feeding by continual nibbling [syn: browse, browsing]

adj 1: used of riotously drunken merrymaking; "a night of bacchanalian revelry"; "carousing bands of drunken soldiers"; "orgiastic festivity" [syn: bacchanalian, bacchanal, bacchic, carousing, orgiastic]

n 1: the act of counting; reciting numbers in ascending order; "the counting continued for several hours" [syn: count, counting, numeration, enumeration, reckoning, tally]

n 1: searching for underground water or minerals by using a dowsing rod [syn: dowse, dowsing, rhabdomancy]

adj 1: half asleep; "made drowsy by the long ride"; "it seemed a pity to disturb the drowsing (or dozing) professor"; "a tired dozy child"; "the nodding (or napping) grandmother in her rocking chair" [syn: drowsy, drowsing(a), dozy]

n 1: structures collectively in which people are housed [syn: housing, lodging, living accommodations] 2: a protective cover designed to contain or support a mechanical component 3: stable gear consisting of a decorated covering for a horse, especially (formerly) for a warhorse [syn: caparison, trapping, housing]

adj 1: deeply or seriously thoughtful; "Byron lives on not only in his poetry, but also in his creation of the 'Byronic hero' - the persona of a brooding melancholy young man"; [syn: brooding, broody, contemplative, meditative, musing, pensive, pondering, reflective, ruminative] n 1: a calm, lengthy, intent consideration [syn: contemplation, reflection, reflexion, rumination, musing, thoughtfulness]

adj 1: advancing or becoming higher or greater in degree or value or status; "a rising trend"; "a rising market" [ant: falling] 2: sloping upward [syn: acclivitous, rising, uphill] 3: coming to maturity; "the rising generation" [syn: emerging, rising] 4: newly come into prominence; "a rising young politician" n 1: a movement upward; "they cheered the rise of the hot-air balloon" [syn: rise, rising, ascent, ascension] [ant: fall] 2: organized opposition to authority; a conflict in which one faction tries to wrest control from another [syn: rebellion, insurrection, revolt, rising, uprising]

adj 1: capable of arousing enthusiasm or excitement; "a rousing sermon"; "stirring events such as wars and rescues" [syn: rousing, stirring] 2: rousing to activity or heightened action as by spurring or goading; "tossed a rousing political comment into the conversation" n 1: the act of arousing; "the purpose of art is the arousal of emotions" [syn: arousal, rousing]

n 1: observation of the stars