Words that rhyme with pearce

adj 1: marked by extreme and violent energy; "a ferocious beating"; "fierce fighting"; "a furious battle" [syn: ferocious, fierce, furious, savage] 2: marked by extreme intensity of emotions or convictions; inclined to react violently; fervid; "fierce loyalty"; "in a tearing rage"; "vehement dislike"; "violent passions" [syn: fierce, tearing, vehement, violent, trigger-happy] 3: ruthless in competition; "cutthroat competition"; "bowelless readiness to take advantage" [syn: cutthroat, fierce, bowelless] 4: violently agitated and turbulent; "boisterous winds and waves"; "the fierce thunders roar me their music"- Ezra Pound; "rough weather"; "rough seas" [syn: boisterous, fierce, rough]

n 1: 14th President of the United States (1804-1869) [syn: Pierce, Franklin Pierce, President Pierce] v 1: cut or make a way through; "the knife cut through the flesh"; "The path pierced the jungle"; "Light pierced through the forest" 2: move or affect (a person's emotions or bodily feelings) deeply or sharply; "The cold pierced her bones"; "Her words pierced the students" 3: sound sharply or shrilly; "The scream pierced the night" 4: penetrate or cut through with a sharp instrument [syn: pierce, thrust] 5: make a hole into; "The needle pierced her flesh"

n 1: the third canonical hour; about 9 a.m. [syn: terce, tierce] 2: the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one [syn: three, 3, III, trio, threesome, tierce, leash, troika, triad, trine, trinity, ternary, ternion, triplet, tercet, terzetto, trey, deuce- ace] 3: one of three equal parts of a divisible whole; "it contains approximately a third of the minimum daily requirement" [syn: one-third, third, tierce]

n 1: United States writer of caustic wit (1842-1914) [syn: Bierce, Ambrose Bierce, Ambrose Gwinett Bierce]

n 1: United States mathematician and astronomer remembered for his studies of Uranus and Saturn and Neptune (1809-1880) [syn: Peirce, Benjamin Peirce] 2: United States philosopher and logician; pioneer of pragmatism (1839-1914) [syn: Peirce, Charles Peirce, Charles Sanders Peirce]