Words that rhyme with nonruling

adj 1: able to attract interest or draw favorable attention; "He added an appealing and memorable figure to popular American mythology"- Vincent Starrett; "an appealing sense of humor"; "the idea of having enough money to retire at fifty is very appealing" [ant: unappealing] 2: (of characters in literature or drama) evoking empathic or sympathetic feelings; "the sympathetic characters in the play" [syn: sympathetic, appealing, likeable, likable] [ant: unappealing, unlikable, unlikeable, unsympathetic]

n 1: gibberish resembling the sounds of a baby [syn: babble, babbling, lallation]

n 1: small fatty European fish; usually smoked or canned like sardines [syn: sprat, brisling] 2: small herring processed like a sardine [syn: brisling, sprat, Clupea sprattus]

n 1: the particular occupation for which you are trained [syn: career, calling, vocation]

n 1: the overhead upper surface of a covered space; "he hated painting the ceiling" 2: (meteorology) altitude of the lowest layer of clouds 3: an upper limit on what is allowed; "he put a ceiling on the number of women who worked for him"; "there was a roof on salaries"; "they established a cap for prices" [syn: ceiling, roof, cap] 4: maximum altitude at which a plane can fly (under specified conditions)

n 1: the process of becoming cooler; a falling temperature [syn: cooling, chilling, temperature reduction] 2: a mechanism for keeping something cool; "the cooling was overhead fans" [syn: cooling system, cooling]

n 1: a connection (like a clamp or vise) between two things so they move together [syn: yoke, coupling] 2: a mechanical device that serves to connect the ends of adjacent objects [syn: coupling, coupler] 3: the act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes; "the casual couplings of adolescents"; "the mating of some species occurs only in the spring" [syn: coupling, mating, pairing, conjugation, union, sexual union]

n 1: protective covering consisting of a metal part that covers the engine; "there are powerful engines under the hoods of new cars"; "the mechanic removed the cowling in order to repair the plane's engine" [syn: hood, bonnet, cowl, cowling]

n 1: the residue that remains after animal fat has been rendered [syn: greaves, crackling] 2: the sharp sound of snapping noises [syn: crackle, crackling, crepitation]

adj 1: dearly loved [syn: beloved, darling, dear] n 1: a special loved one [syn: darling, favorite, favourite, pet, dearie, deary, ducky] 2: an Australian river; tributary of the Murray River [syn: Darling, Darling River]

adj 1: exercising power or authority [syn: regnant, reigning, ruling] n 1: the reason for a court's judgment (as opposed to the decision itself) [syn: opinion, ruling]

n 1: the act of teaching at school 2: the process of being formally educated at a school; "what will you do when you finish school?" [syn: school, schooling] 3: the training of an animal (especially the training of a horse for dressage)

adj 1: not smiling

adj 1: not disposed or inclined toward; "an unwilling assistant"; "unwilling to face facts" [ant: willing] 2: in spite of contrary volition

n 1: a net of transparent fabric with a loose open weave [syn: gauze, netting, veiling]

adj 1: vocally expressing grief or sorrow or resembling such expression; "lamenting sinners"; "wailing mourners"; "the wailing wind"; "wailful bagpipes"; "tangle her desires with wailful sonnets"- Shakespeare [syn: lamenting, wailing, wailful] n 1: loud cries made while weeping [syn: wailing, bawling]

adj 1: disposed or inclined toward; "a willing participant"; "willing helpers" [ant: unwilling] 2: not brought about by coercion or force; "the confession was uncoerced" [syn: uncoerced, unforced, willing] n 1: the act of making a choice; "followed my father of my own volition" [syn: volition, willing]

n 1: the act of engaging in close hand-to-hand combat; "they had a fierce wrestle"; "we watched his grappling and wrestling with the bully" [syn: wrestle, wrestling, grapple, grappling, hand-to-hand struggle] 2: the sport of hand-to-hand struggle between unarmed contestants who try to throw each other down [syn: wrestling, rassling, grappling]

adj 1: uncannily or threateningly dark or obscure; "a darkling glance"; "secret operatives and darkling conspiracies"-Archibald MacLeish 2: (poetic) occurring in the dark or night; "a darkling journey"

n 1: the activity of supplying or taking on fuel [syn: fueling, refueling]

adj 1: characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort; "worked their arduous way up the mining valley"; "a grueling campaign"; "hard labor"; "heavy work"; "heavy going"; "spent many laborious hours on the project"; "set a punishing pace" [syn: arduous, backbreaking, grueling, gruelling, hard, heavy, laborious, operose, punishing, toilsome]

n 1: the activity of supplying or taking on fuel [syn: fueling, refueling]