Words that rhyme with helsingfors
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applause
n 1: a demonstration of approval by clapping the hands together [syn: applause, hand clapping, clapping] -
canaries
n 1: a group of mountainous islands in the Atlantic off the northwest coast of Africa forming Spanish provinces [syn: Canary Islands, Canaries] -
cause
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] -
clause
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] -
drawers
n 1: underpants worn by men [syn: drawers, underdrawers, shorts, boxers, boxershorts] 2: underpants worn by women; "she was afraid that her bloomers might have been showing" [syn: bloomers, pants, drawers, knickers] -
gauze
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] -
hawse
n 1: the hole that an anchor rope passes through [syn: hawse, hawsehole, hawsepipe] -
indoors
adv 1: within a building; "in winter we play inside" [syn: inside, indoors] [ant: alfresco, out of doors, outdoors, outside] -
kolkhoz
n 1: a collective farm owned by the communist state -
laws
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] -
menopause
n 1: the time in a woman's life in which the menstrual cycle ends [syn: menopause, climacteric, change of life] -
pause
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] -
tawse
n 1: a leather strap for punishing children -
yaws
n 1: an infectious tropical disease resembling syphilis in its early stages; marked by red skin eruptions and ulcerating lesions [syn: yaws, frambesia, framboesia] -
ares
n 1: (Greek mythology) Greek god of war; son of Zeus and Hera; identified with Roman Mars -
aries
n 1: (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Aries [syn: Aries, Ram] 2: a small zodiacal constellation in the northern hemisphere; between Pisces and Taurus 3: the first sign of the zodiac which the sun enters at the vernal equinox; the sun is in this sign from about March 21 to April 19 [syn: Aries, Aries the Ram, Ram] -
azores
n 1: islands in the Atlantic Ocean belonging to Portugal; "the Azores are strategically located on transatlantic air and shipping routes" [syn: Azores, Acores] -
underdrawers
n 1: underpants worn by men [syn: drawers, underdrawers, shorts, boxers, boxershorts] -
dawes
n 1: American patriot who rode with Paul Revere to warn that the British were advancing on Lexington and Concord (1745-1799) [syn: Dawes, William Dawes] -
tropopause
n 1: the region of discontinuity between the troposphere and the stratosphere -
actuaries
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adversaries
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aviaries
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berries
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blackberries
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blueberries
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buries
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carries
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cemeteries
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cherries
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cigars
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commentaries
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cranberries
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dairies
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dictionaries
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dignitaries
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fairies
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ferries
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furores
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guitars
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marries
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scars
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stars
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taws
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varies
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yours
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storrs
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terese
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stratopause
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superstars
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quatorze
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hawes
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lawes
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diapause
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mesopause
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nares
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capillaries
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commissaries
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