Words that rhyme with raleigh

  • ally
    n 1: a friendly nation 2: an associate who provides cooperation or assistance; "he's a good ally in fight" [syn: ally, friend] [ant: enemy, foe] v 1: become an ally or associate, as by a treaty or marriage; "He allied himself with the Communists"
  • barley
    n 1: a grain of barley [syn: barley, barleycorn] 2: cultivated since prehistoric times; grown for forage and grain
  • brolly
    n 1: colloquial terms for an umbrella [syn: gamp, brolly]
  • chalet
    n 1: a Swiss house with a sloping roof and wide eaves or a house built in this style
  • challis
    n 1: a soft lightweight fabric (usually printed)
  • collie
    n 1: a silky-coated sheepdog with a long ruff and long narrow head developed in Scotland
  • dally
    v 1: behave carelessly or indifferently; "Play about with a young girl's affection" [syn: dally, toy, play, flirt] 2: waste time; "Get busy--don't dally!" [syn: dally, dawdle] 3: talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions; "The guys always try to chat up the new secretaries"; "My husband never flirts with other women" [syn: chat up, flirt, dally, butterfly, coquet, coquette, romance, philander, mash] 4: consider not very seriously; "He is trifling with her"; "She plays with the thought of moving to Tasmania" [syn: dally, trifle, play]
  • demurely
    adv 1: in a demure manner; "the army girl, tall and demurely pretty, threw a quick side-glance at her"
  • dolly
    n 1: conveyance consisting of a wheeled support on which a camera can be mounted 2: conveyance consisting of a wheeled platform for moving heavy objects 3: a small replica of a person; used as a toy [syn: doll, dolly]
  • finale
    n 1: the closing section of a musical composition [syn: finale, coda] 2: the temporal end; the concluding time; "the stopping point of each round was signaled by a bell"; "the market was up at the finish"; "they were playing better at the close of the season" [syn: stopping point, finale, finis, finish, last, conclusion, close] 3: the concluding part of any performance [syn: finale, close, closing curtain, finis]
  • folly
    n 1: the trait of acting stupidly or rashly [syn: folly, foolishness, unwiseness] [ant: wisdom, wiseness] 2: a stupid mistake [syn: stupidity, betise, folly, foolishness, imbecility] 3: the quality of being rash and foolish; "trying to drive through a blizzard is the height of folly"; "adjusting to an insane society is total foolishness" [syn: folly, foolishness, craziness, madness] 4: foolish or senseless behavior [syn: folly, foolery, tomfoolery, craziness, lunacy, indulgence]
  • galley
    n 1: a large medieval vessel with a single deck propelled by sails and oars with guns at stern and prow; a complement of 1,000 men; used mainly in the Mediterranean for war and trading 2: (classical antiquity) a crescent-shaped seagoing vessel propelled by oars 3: the kitchen area for food preparation on an airliner 4: the area for food preparation on a ship [syn: galley, ship's galley, caboose, cookhouse]
  • gnarly
    adj 1: used of old persons or old trees; covered with knobs or knots; "gnarled and knotted hands"; "a knobbed stick" [syn: gnarled, gnarly, knotted, knotty, knobbed]
  • holly
    n 1: any tree or shrub of the genus Ilex having red berries and shiny evergreen leaves with prickly edges 2: United States rock star (1936-1959) [syn: Holly, Buddy Holly, Charles Hardin Holley]
  • immaturely
    adv 1: in an immature manner; "his teenage son still behaves very immaturely" [syn: immaturely, jejunely] [ant: maturely]
  • insecurely
    adv 1: in a tentative and self-conscious manner; "she always acts very insecurely in the presence of her father" [ant: securely] 2: in a manner involving risk; "our positions here at the university are rather insecurely supported by grant money" [ant: securely]
  • jolly
    adv 1: to a moderately sufficient extent or degree; "pretty big"; "pretty bad"; "jolly decent of him"; "the shoes are priced reasonably"; "he is fairly clever with computers" [syn: reasonably, moderately, pretty, jolly, somewhat, fairly, middling, passably] [ant: immoderately, unreasonably] adj 1: full of or showing high-spirited merriment; "when hearts were young and gay"; "a poet could not but be gay, in such a jocund company"- Wordsworth; "the jolly crowd at the reunion"; "jolly old Saint Nick"; "a jovial old gentleman"; "have a merry Christmas"; "peals of merry laughter"; "a mirthful laugh" [syn: gay, jocund, jolly, jovial, merry, mirthful] n 1: a happy party 2: a yawl used by a ship's sailors for general work [syn: jolly boat, jolly] v 1: be silly or tease one another; "After we relaxed, we just kidded around" [syn: kid, chaff, jolly, josh, banter]
  • kali
    n 1: bushy plant of Old World salt marshes and sea beaches having prickly leaves; burned to produce a crude soda ash [syn: saltwort, barilla, glasswort, kali, kelpwort, Salsola kali, Salsola soda] 2: wife of Siva and malevolent form of Devi; "the black"
  • lolly
    n 1: informal terms for money [syn: boodle, bread, cabbage, clams, dinero, dough, gelt, kale, lettuce, lolly, lucre, loot, moolah, pelf, scratch, shekels, simoleons, sugar, wampum] 2: ice cream or water ice on a small wooden stick; "in England a popsicle is called an ice lolly" [syn: ice lolly, lolly, lollipop, popsicle]
  • maturely
    adv 1: in a mature manner; "she acts very maturely for her age" [ant: immaturely, jejunely]
  • obscurely
    adv 1: in an obscure manner; "this work is obscurely written"
  • poorly
    adv 1: (`ill' is often used as a combining form) in a poor or improper or unsatisfactory manner; not well; "he was ill prepared"; "it ill befits a man to betray old friends"; "the car runs badly"; "he performed badly on the exam"; "the team played poorly"; "ill-fitting clothes"; "an ill- conceived plan" [syn: ill, badly, poorly] [ant: good, well] adj 1: somewhat ill or prone to illness; "my poor ailing grandmother"; "feeling a bit indisposed today"; "you look a little peaked"; "feeling poorly"; "a sickly child"; "is unwell and can't come to work" [syn: ailing, indisposed, peaked(p), poorly(p), sickly, unwell, under the weather, seedy]
  • prematurely
    adv 1: (of childbirth) before the end of the normal period of gestation; "the child was born prematurely" 2: too soon; in a premature manner; "I spoke prematurely" [syn: prematurely, untimely]
  • purely
    adv 1: restricted to something; "we talked strictly business" [syn: strictly, purely]
  • rally
    n 1: a large gathering of people intended to arouse enthusiasm [syn: rally, mass meeting] 2: the feat of mustering strength for a renewed effort; "he singled to start a rally in the 9th inning"; "he feared the rallying of their troops for a counterattack" [syn: rally, rallying] 3: a marked recovery of strength or spirits during an illness 4: an automobile race run over public roads 5: (sports) an unbroken sequence of several successive strokes; "after a short rally Connors won the point" [syn: rally, exchange] v 1: gather; "drum up support" [syn: beat up, drum up, rally] 2: call to arms; of military personnel [syn: call up, mobilize, mobilise, rally] [ant: demobilise, demobilize, inactivate] 3: gather or bring together; "muster the courage to do something"; "she rallied her intellect"; "Summon all your courage" [syn: muster, rally, summon, come up, muster up] 4: return to a former condition; "The jilted lover soon rallied and found new friends"; "The stock market rallied" [syn: rally, rebound] 5: harass with persistent criticism or carping; "The children teased the new teacher"; "Don't ride me so hard over my failure"; "His fellow workers razzed him when he wore a jacket and tie" [syn: tease, razz, rag, cod, tantalize, tantalise, bait, taunt, twit, rally, ride]
  • reveille
    n 1: (military) signal to wake up [syn: reveille, wake-up signal] 2: a signal to get up in the morning; in the military it is a bugle call at sunrise
  • sally
    n 1: witty remark [syn: wisecrack, crack, sally, quip] 2: a military action in which besieged troops burst forth from their position [syn: sortie, sally] 3: a venture off the beaten path; "a sally into the wide world beyond his home" [syn: sally, sallying forth]
  • securely
    adv 1: in a secure manner; in a manner free from danger; "she held the child securely" [syn: securely, firmly] 2: in a confident and unselfconscious manner; "he acts very securely in front of the camera" [ant: insecurely] 3: in a manner free from fear or risk; "the outcome of expansion in the sixties and seventies will be an academic hierarchy securely supported by scholastic selection" [ant: insecurely] 4: in an invulnerable manner; "the agreed line was to involve at several points the withdrawal of French troops from positions which they had quite securely held"
  • sorely
    adv 1: to a great degree; "I missed him sorely"; "we were sorely taxed to keep up with them" 2: in or as if in pain; "she moved painfully forward"; "sorely wounded" [syn: painfully, sorely] [ant: painlessly]
  • squally
    adj 1: characterized by short periods of noisy commotion; "a home life that has been extraordinarily squally" [syn: squally, squalling] 2: characterized by brief periods of violent wind or rain; "a grey squally morning"
  • surely
    adv 1: definitely or positively (`sure' is sometimes used informally for `surely'); "the results are surely encouraging"; "she certainly is a hard worker"; "it's going to be a good day for sure"; "they are coming, for certain"; "they thought he had been killed sure enough"; "he'll win sure as shooting"; "they sure smell good"; "sure he'll come" [syn: surely, certainly, sure, for sure, for certain, sure enough, sure as shooting]
  • tally
    n 1: a score in baseball made by a runner touching all four bases safely; "the Yankees scored 3 runs in the bottom of the 9th"; "their first tally came in the 3rd inning" [syn: run, tally] 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] v 1: be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics; "The two stories don't agree in many details"; "The handwriting checks with the signature on the check"; "The suspect's fingerprints don't match those on the gun" [syn: match, fit, correspond, check, jibe, gibe, tally, agree] [ant: disaccord, disagree, discord] 2: gain points in a game; "The home team scored many times"; "He hit a home run"; "He hit .300 in the past season" [syn: score, hit, tally, rack up] 3: keep score, as in games [syn: tally, chalk up] 4: determine the sum of; "Add all the people in this town to those of the neighboring town" [syn: total, tot, tot up, sum, sum up, summate, tote up, add, add together, tally, add up]
  • tamale
    n 1: a city in northern Ghana 2: corn and cornmeal dough stuffed with a meat mixture then wrapped in corn husks and steamed
  • tomalley
    n 1: edible greenish substance in boiled lobster
  • trolley
    n 1: a wheeled vehicle that runs on rails and is propelled by electricity [syn: streetcar, tram, tramcar, trolley, trolley car]
  • valley
    n 1: a long depression in the surface of the land that usually contains a river [syn: valley, vale]
  • volley
    n 1: rapid simultaneous discharge of firearms; "our fusillade from the left flank caught them by surprise" [syn: fusillade, salvo, volley, burst] 2: a tennis return made by hitting the ball before it bounces [ant: ground stroke] v 1: be dispersed in a volley; "gun shots volleyed at the attackers" 2: hit before it touches the ground; "volley the tennis ball" 3: discharge in, or as if in, a volley; "the attackers volleyed gunshots at the civilians" 4: make a volley 5: utter rapidly; "volley a string of curses"
  • bali
    n 1: an island in Indonesia to the east of Java; striking volcanic scenery; culture is known for elaborate dances and rituals and for handicrafts
  • molly
    n 1: popular aquarium fish [syn: mollie, molly]
  • snarly
    adj 1: tangled in knots or snarls; "a mass of knotted string"; "snarled thread" [syn: knotty, snarled, snarly]
  • halle
    n 1: a city in the Saxony region of Germany on the Saale River; a member of the Hanseatic League during the 13th and 14th centuries [syn: Halle, Halle-an-der-Saale]
  • pally
    adj 1: (used colloquially) having the relationship of friends or pals [syn: chummy, matey, pally, palsy-walsy]
  • cali
    n 1: city in southwestern Colombia in a rich agricultural area
  • calais
    n 1: a town in northern France on the Strait of Dover that serves as a ferry port to England; in 1347 it was captured by the English king Edward III after a long siege and remained in English hands until it was recaptured by the French king Henry II in 1558
  • smalley
    n 1: American chemist who with Robert Curl and Harold Kroto discovered fullerenes and opened a new branch of chemistry (born in 1943) [syn: Smalley, Richard Smalley, Richard E. Smalley, Richard Errett Smalley]
  • bengali
    adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of Bengal or its people; "Bengali hills" n 1: (Hinduism) a member of a people living in Bangladesh and West Bengal (mainly Hindus) 2: an ethnic group speaking Bengali and living in Bangladesh and eastern India 3: a Magadhan language spoken by the Bengali people; the official language of Bangladesh and Bengal [syn: Bengali, Bangla]
  • kigali
    n 1: the national capital and largest city of Rwanda; located in central Rwanda [syn: Kigali, capital of Rwanda]
  • macaulay
    n 1: English historian noted for his history of England (1800-1859) [syn: Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, First Baron Macaulay, Lord Macaulay]
  • mccauley
    n 1: heroine of the American Revolution who carried water to soldiers during the Battle of Monmouth Court House and took over her husband's gun when he was overcome by heat (1754-1832) [syn: McCauley, Mary McCauley, Mary Ludwig Hays McCauley, Molly Pitcher]
  • nepali
    adj 1: of or pertaining to or characteristic of Nepal or its people or language or culture; "Nepalese troops massed at the border"; "Nepali mountains are among the highest in the world"; "the different Nepali words for `rice'" [syn: Nepalese, Nepali] n 1: a native or inhabitant of Nepal [syn: Nepalese, Nepali] 2: the official state language of Nepal
  • somali
    adj 1: of or relating to the African republic of Somalia or its people or their language and culture; "Somali coffee is excellent" [syn: Somalian, Somali] n 1: a member of a tall dark (mostly Muslim) people inhabiting Somalia [syn: Somalian, Somali] 2: the Cushitic language spoken by the Somali
  • mexicali
    n 1: a city in northwestern Mexico near the California border
  • pastorale
    n 1: a musical composition that evokes rural life [syn: pastorale, pastoral, idyll, idyl]
  • ali
    n 1: United States prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942) [syn: Ali, Muhammad Ali, Cassius Clay, Cassius Marcellus Clay] 2: the fourth caliph of Islam who is considered to be the first caliph by Shiites; he was a cousin and son-in-law of Muhammad; after his assassination Islam was divided into Shiite and Sunnite sects
  • colly
    v 1: make soiled, filthy, or dirty; "don't soil your clothes when you play outside!" [syn: dirty, soil, begrime, grime, colly, bemire] [ant: clean, make clean]
  • dali
    n 1: surrealist Spanish painter (1904-1989) [syn: Dali, Salvador Dali]
  • mali
    n 1: a landlocked republic in northwestern Africa; achieved independence from France in 1960; Mali was a center of West African civilization for more than 4,000 years [syn: Mali, Republic of Mali, French Sudan]
  • mollie
    n 1: popular aquarium fish [syn: mollie, molly]
  • bialy
    n 1: flat crusty-bottomed onion roll [syn: bialy, bialystoker]
  • bally
    adj 1: informal intensifiers; "what a bally (or blinking) nuisance"; "a bloody fool"; "a crashing bore"; "you flaming idiot" [syn: bally(a), blinking(a), bloody(a), blooming(a), crashing(a), flaming(a), fucking(a)]
  • marley
    n 1: Jamaican singer who popularized reggae (1945-1981) [syn: Marley, Robert Nesta Marley, Bob Marley]
  • mallee
    n 1: any of several low-growing Australian eucalypts
  • pali
    n 1: an ancient Prakrit language (derived from Sanskrit) that is the scriptural and liturgical language of Theravada Buddhism
  • morley
    n 1: United States chemist and physicist who collaborated with Michelson in the Michelson-Morley experiment (1838-1923) [syn: Morley, E. W. Morley, Edward Morley, Edward Williams Morley]
  • bizarrely
  • crawly
  • dalai
  • golly
  • impurely
  • poly
  • charlie
  • rawly
  • scrawly
  • mcnally
  • palais
  • hailey
  • brawley
  • callie
  • cauley
  • cawley
  • crawley
  • dawley
  • fawley
  • hawley
  • qualley
  • canale
  • casale
  • casali
  • diwali
  • favale
  • fragale
  • gambale
  • kamali
  • keegali
  • kigale
  • lavalle
  • macauley
  • mcauley
  • mccallie
  • mccaulley

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