Words that rhyme with interlining

n 1: the act of waking; "it was an early awakening"; "it was the waking up he hated most" [syn: awakening, wakening, waking up]

n 1: a canopy made of canvas to shelter people or things from rain or sun [syn: awning, sunshade, sunblind]

adj 1: serving to begin; "the beginning canto of the poem"; "the first verse" [syn: beginning(a), first] n 1: the event consisting of the start of something; "the beginning of the war" [ant: conclusion, ending, finish] 2: the time at which something is supposed to begin; "they got an early start"; "she knew from the get-go that he was the man for her" [syn: beginning, commencement, first, outset, get-go, start, kickoff, starting time, showtime, offset] [ant: end, ending, middle] 3: the first part or section of something; "`It was a dark and stormy night' is a hackneyed beginning for a story" [ant: end, middle] 4: the place where something begins, where it springs into being; "the Italian beginning of the Renaissance"; "Jupiter was the origin of the radiation"; "Pittsburgh is the source of the Ohio River"; "communism's Russian root" [syn: beginning, origin, root, rootage, source] 5: the act of starting something; "he was responsible for the beginning of negotiations" [syn: beginning, start, commencement] [ant: finish, finishing]

n 1: work made of interlaced slender branches (especially willow branches) [syn: wicker, wickerwork, caning]

n 1: giving a Christian name at baptism

adj 1: attractive especially by means of smallness or prettiness or quaintness; "a cute kid with pigtails"; "a cute little apartment"; "cunning kittens"; "a cunning baby" [syn: cunning, cute] 2: marked by skill in deception; "cunning men often pass for wise"; "deep political machinations"; "a foxy scheme"; "a slick evasive answer"; "sly as a fox"; "tricky Dick"; "a wily old attorney" [syn: crafty, cunning, dodgy, foxy, guileful, knavish, slick, sly, tricksy, tricky, wily] 3: showing inventiveness and skill; "a clever gadget"; "the cunning maneuvers leading to his success"; "an ingenious solution to the problem" [syn: clever, cunning, ingenious] n 1: shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception [syn: craft, craftiness, cunning, foxiness, guile, slyness, wiliness] 2: crafty artfulness (especially in deception)

n 1: the first light of day; "we got up before dawn"; "they talked until morning" [syn: dawn, dawning, morning, aurora, first light, daybreak, break of day, break of the day, dayspring, sunrise, sunup, cockcrow] [ant: sundown, sunset]

adj 1: concealing crafty designs for advancing your own interest; "a selfish and designing nation obsessed with the dark schemes of European intrigue"- W.Churchill; "a scheming wife"; "a scheming gold digger" [syn: designing, scheming] n 1: the act of working out the form of something (as by making a sketch or outline or plan); "he contributed to the design of a new instrument" [syn: design, designing]

adj 1: having or revealing keen insight and good judgment; "a discerning critic"; "a discerning reader" [ant: undiscerning] 2: unobtrusively perceptive and sympathetic; "a discerning editor"; "a discreet silence" [syn: discerning, discreet] 3: quick to understand; "a kind and apprehensive friend"- Nathaniel Hawthorne [syn: apprehensive, discerning] 4: able to make or detect effects of great subtlety; sensitive; "discerning taste"; "a discerning eye for color"

adj 1: agreeably diverting; "an entertaining puppet show"; "films should be entertaining"

n 1: the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall); "he enjoyed the evening light across the lake" [syn: evening, eve, even, eventide] 2: a later concluding time period; "it was the evening of the Roman Empire" 3: the early part of night (from dinner until bedtime) spent in a special way; "an evening at the opera"

n 1: restraint that attaches to something or holds something in place [syn: fastener, fastening, holdfast, fixing] 2: the act of fastening things together [syn: fastening, attachment]

n 1: the phenomenon of vitality and freshness being restored; "the annual rejuvenation of the landscape" [syn: rejuvenation, greening]

n 1: the smuggling of guns and ammunition into a country secretly and illegally

n 1: an event that happens [syn: happening, occurrence, occurrent, natural event]

n 1: (baseball) one of nine divisions of play during which each team has a turn at bat [syn: inning, frame]

adj 1: departing or being caused to depart from the true vertical or horizontal; "the leaning tower of Pisa"; "the headstones were tilted" [syn: atilt, canted, leaning, tilted, tipped] n 1: an inclination to do something; "he felt leanings toward frivolity" [syn: leaning, propensity, tendency] 2: a natural inclination; "he has a proclivity for exaggeration" [syn: proclivity, propensity, leaning] 3: the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the vertical; "the tower had a pronounced tilt"; "the ship developed a list to starboard"; "he walked with a heavy inclination to the right" [syn: tilt, list, inclination, lean, leaning] 4: the act of deviating from a vertical position

n 1: descent of the uterus into the pelvic cavity that occurs late in pregnancy; the fetus is said to have dropped 2: changing to a lighter color [syn: whitening, lightening]

n 1: abrupt electric discharge from cloud to cloud or from cloud to earth accompanied by the emission of light 2: the flash of light that accompanies an electric discharge in the atmosphere (or something resembling such a flash); can scintillate for a second or more

n 1: a protective covering that protects an inside surface [syn: lining, liner] 2: a piece of cloth that is used as the inside surface of a garment [syn: liner, lining] 3: providing something with a surface of a different material [syn: lining, facing] 4: the act of attaching an inside lining (to a garment or curtain etc.)

adj 1: rich in significance or implication; "a meaning look" [syn: meaning(a), pregnant, significant] n 1: the message that is intended or expressed or signified; "what is the meaning of this sentence"; "the significance of a red traffic light"; "the signification of Chinese characters"; "the import of his announcement was ambiguous" [syn: meaning, significance, signification, import] 2: the idea that is intended; "What is the meaning of this proverb?" [syn: meaning, substance]

n 1: the time period between dawn and noon; "I spent the morning running errands" [syn: morning, morn, morning time, forenoon] 2: a conventional expression of greeting or farewell [syn: good morning, morning] 3: the first light of day; "we got up before dawn"; "they talked until morning" [syn: dawn, dawning, morning, aurora, first light, daybreak, break of day, break of the day, dayspring, sunrise, sunup, cockcrow] [ant: sundown, sunset] 4: the earliest period; "the dawn of civilization"; "the morning of the world" [syn: dawn, morning]

adj 1: sorrowful through loss or deprivation; "bereft of hope" [syn: bereaved, bereft, grief-stricken, grieving, mourning(a), sorrowing(a)] n 1: state of sorrow over the death or departure of a loved one [syn: mourning, bereavement] 2: the passionate and demonstrative activity of expressing grief [syn: lamentation, mourning]

adj 1: first or beginning; "the memorable opening bars of Beethoven's Fifth"; "the play's opening scene" [ant: closing] n 1: an open or empty space in or between things; "there was a small opening between the trees"; "the explosion made a gap in the wall" [syn: opening, gap] 2: a ceremony accompanying the start of some enterprise 3: becoming open or being made open; "the opening of his arms was the sign I was waiting for" 4: the first performance (as of a theatrical production); "the opening received good critical reviews" [syn: opening, opening night, curtain raising] 5: the act of opening something; "the ray of light revealed his cautious opening of the door" [ant: closing, shutting] 6: opportunity especially for employment or promotion; "there is an opening in the sales department" 7: the initial part of the introduction; "the opening established the basic theme" 8: a possible alternative; "bankruptcy is always a possibility" [syn: possibility, possible action, opening] 9: an aperture or hole that opens into a bodily cavity; "the orifice into the aorta from the lower left chamber of the heart" [syn: orifice, opening, porta] 10: a vacant or unobstructed space that is man-made; "they left a small opening for the cat at the bottom of the door" 11: an entrance equipped with a hatch; especially a passageway between decks of a ship [syn: hatchway, opening, scuttle] 12: a recognized sequence of moves at the beginning of a game of chess; "he memorized all the important chess openings" [syn: opening, chess opening] 13: the first of a series of actions [syn: first step, initiative, opening move, opening]

adj 1: unrestrained, especially with regard to feelings; "extravagant praise"; "exuberant compliments"; "overweening ambition"; "overweening greed" [syn: excessive, extravagant, exuberant, overweening] 2: presumptuously arrogant; "had a witty but overweening manner"; "no idea how overweening he would be"- S.V.Benet; "getting a little uppity and needed to be slapped down"- NY Times [syn: overweening, uppity]

n 1: the physiological state produced by a poison or other toxic substance [syn: poisoning, toxic condition, intoxication] 2: the act of giving poison to a person or animal with the intent to kill

adv 1: in a curious and questioning manner; "they turned their heads questioningly, as if awaiting further instructions" [syn: questioningly, wonderingly] 2: in a quizzical and questioning manner; "they looked quizzically at the doctor" [syn: questioningly, quizzically]

adj 1: endowed with the capacity to reason [syn: intelligent, reasoning(a), thinking(a)] n 1: thinking that is coherent and logical [syn: reasoning, logical thinking, abstract thought]

n 1: problem solving that involves numbers or quantities [syn: calculation, computation, figuring, reckoning] 2: a bill for an amount due [syn: reckoning, tally] 3: the act of counting; reciting numbers in ascending order; "the counting continued for several hours" [syn: count, counting, numeration, enumeration, reckoning, tally]

n 1: the display of a motion picture [syn: screening, showing, viewing] 2: fabric of metal or plastic mesh 3: the act of concealing the existence of something by obstructing the view of it; "the cover concealed their guns from enemy aircraft" [syn: cover, covering, screening, masking] 4: testing objects or persons in order to identify those with particular characteristics

n 1: something added to food primarily for the savor it imparts [syn: flavorer, flavourer, flavoring, flavouring, seasoner, seasoning] 2: the act of adding a seasoning to food

n 1: language expressed by visible hand gestures [syn: sign language, signing]

n 1: the act of becoming stiff; "stiffening his shoulders, he prepared to advance" 2: the process of becoming stiff or rigid [syn: stiffening, rigidifying, rigidification]

n 1: something added to foods to make them taste sweeter [syn: sweetening, sweetener] 2: an improvement that makes something more agreeable [syn: enhancement, sweetening] 3: the act of adding a sweetener to food

adj 1: accumulating and becoming more intense; "the deepening gloom"; "felt a deepening love"; "the thickening dusk" [syn: deepening(a), thickening(a)] 2: becoming more intricate or complex; "a thickening plot" n 1: any material used to thicken; "starch is used in cooking as a thickening" [syn: thickening, thickener] 2: any thickened enlargement [syn: node, knob, thickening] 3: the act of thickening [syn: thickening, inspissation]

n 1: the act of diluting something; "the cutting of whiskey with water"; "the thinning of paint with turpentine" [syn: cutting, thinning]

n 1: (music) calibrating something (an instrument or electronic circuit) to a standard frequency

n 1: the act of changing or reversing the direction of the course; "he took a turn to the right" [syn: turn, turning] 2: act of changing in practice or custom; "the law took many turnings over the years" 3: a shaving created when something is produced by turning it on a lathe 4: a movement in a new direction; "the turning of the wind" [syn: turning, turn] 5: the end-product created by shaping something on a lathe 6: the activity of shaping something on a lathe

adj 1: producing two offspring at a time [syn: biparous, twinning]

adj 1: not complaining; "uncomplaining courage" [ant: complaining(a), complaintive]

adj 1: failing to inform or clarify; "an unenlightening comment" [syn: unenlightening, unilluminating] [ant: enlightening, illuminating, informative] 2: not edifying [syn: unedifying, unenlightening] [ant: edifying, enlightening]

adj 1: not inclined to ask questions 2: being without doubt or reserve; "implicit trust" [syn: implicit, unquestioning]

adj 1: not based on reason or evidence; "blind hatred"; "blind faith"; "unreasoning panic" [syn: blind, unreasoning]

adj 1: serving to warn; "shook a monitory finger at him"; "an exemplary jail sentence" [syn: admonitory, cautionary, exemplary, monitory, warning(a)] n 1: a message informing of danger; "a warning that still more bombs could explode" 2: cautionary advice about something imminent (especially imminent danger or other unpleasantness); "a letter of admonition about the dangers of immorality"; "the warning was to beware of surprises"; "his final word of advice was not to play with matches" [syn: admonition, monition, warning, word of advice] 3: notification of something, usually in advance; "they gave little warning of their arrival"; "she had only had four days' warning before leaving Berlin"

n 1: an increase in width [syn: widening, broadening] [ant: narrowing] 2: a part of a road that has been widened to allow cars to pass or park [syn: turnout, widening] 3: the act of making something wider [syn: widening, broadening] [ant: narrowing]

adj 1: having won; "the victorious entry"; "the winning team" [syn: victorious, winning] 2: very attractive; capturing interest; "a fetching new hairstyle"; "something inexpressibly taking in his manner"; "a winning personality" [syn: fetching, taking, winning] n 1: succeeding with great difficulty; "winning is not everything"

n 1: prolonged unfulfilled desire or need [syn: longing, yearning, hungriness]

n 1: conventional metaphoric name for something, used especially in Old English and Old Norse poetry