Words that rhyme with saucing

adj 1: imparting vitality and energy; "the bracing mountain air" [syn: bracing, brisk, fresh, refreshing, refreshful, tonic] n 1: a structural member used to stiffen a framework [syn: brace, bracing]

n 1: the housing or outer covering of something; "the clock has a walnut case" [syn: shell, case, casing] 2: the outermost covering of a pneumatic tire 3: the enclosing frame around a door or window opening; "the casings had rotted away and had to be replaced" [syn: casing, case]

n 1: traveling across 2: a shallow area in a stream that can be forded [syn: ford, crossing] 3: a point where two lines (paths or arcs etc.) intersect 4: a junction where one street or road crosses another [syn: intersection, crossroad, crossway, crossing, carrefour] 5: a path (often marked) where something (as a street or railroad) can be crossed to get from one side to the other [syn: crossing, crosswalk, crossover] 6: (genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids [syn: hybridization, hybridisation, crossbreeding, crossing, cross, interbreeding, hybridizing] 7: a voyage across a body of water (usually across the Atlantic Ocean)

adj 1: causing sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy; "the economic outlook is depressing"; "something cheerless about the room"; "a moody and uncheerful person"; "an uncheerful place" [syn: depressing, cheerless, uncheerful] [ant: cheerful]

adj 1: causing distress or worry or anxiety; "distressing (or disturbing) news"; "lived in heroic if something distressful isolation"; "a disturbing amount of crime"; "a revelation that was most perturbing"; "a new and troubling thought"; "in a particularly worrisome predicament"; "a worrying situation"; "a worrying time" [syn: distressing, distressful, disturbing, perturbing, troubling, worrisome, worrying] 2: bad; unfortunate; "my finances were in a deplorable state"; "a lamentable decision"; "her clothes were in sad shape"; "a sorry state of affairs" [syn: deplorable, distressing, lamentable, pitiful, sad, sorry]

n 1: savory dressings for salads; basically of two kinds: either the thin French or vinaigrette type or the creamy mayonnaise type [syn: dressing, salad dressing] 2: a mixture of seasoned ingredients used to stuff meats and vegetables [syn: stuffing, dressing] 3: making fertile as by applying fertilizer or manure [syn: fertilization, fertilisation, fecundation, dressing] 4: a cloth covering for a wound or sore [syn: dressing, medical dressing] 5: processes in the conversion of rough hides into leather 6: the activity of getting dressed; putting on clothes [syn: dressing, grooming] 7: the act of applying a bandage [syn: dressing, bandaging, binding]

adj 1: hard to deal with; especially causing pain or embarrassment; "awkward (or embarrassing or difficult) moments in the discussion"; "an awkward pause followed his remark"; "a sticky question"; "in the unenviable position of resorting to an act he had planned to save for the climax of the campaign" [syn: awkward, embarrassing, sticky, unenviable] 2: causing to feel shame or chagrin or vexation; "the embarrassing moment when she found her petticoat down around her ankles"; "it was mortifying to know he had heard every word" [syn: embarrassing, mortifying]

adj 1: highly attractive and able to arouse hope or desire; "an alluring prospect"; "her alluring smile"; "the voice was low and beguiling"; "difficult to say no to an enticing advertisement"; "a tempting invitation" [syn: alluring, beguiling, enticing, tempting]

n 1: a lining applied to the edge of a garment for ornamentation or strengthening 2: an ornamental coating to a building [syn: facing, veneer] 3: a protective covering that protects the outside of a building [syn: facing, cladding] 4: providing something with a surface of a different material [syn: lining, facing]

n 1: a toiletry for the hair [syn: hairdressing, hair tonic, hair oil, hair grease] 2: care for the hair: the activity of washing or cutting or curling or arranging the hair [syn: hair care, haircare, hairdressing]

n 1: the formation of frost or ice on a surface [syn: frost, icing] 2: a flavored sugar topping used to coat and decorate cakes [syn: frosting, icing, ice] 3: (ice hockey) the act of shooting the puck from within your own defensive area the length of the rink beyond the opponent's goal [syn: icing, icing the puck]

n 1: a small amount of liquor added to a food or beverage 2: a cord that is drawn through eyelets or around hooks in order to draw together two edges (as of a shoe or garment) [syn: lace, lacing] 3: the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows [syn: beating, thrashing, licking, drubbing, lacing, trouncing, whacking]

adv 1: to an extreme degree; "extremely cold"; "extremely unpleasant" [syn: extremely, exceedingly, super, passing] adj 1: lasting a very short time; "the ephemeral joys of childhood"; "a passing fancy"; "youth's transient beauty"; "love is transitory but it is eternal"; "fugacious blossoms" [syn: ephemeral, passing, short-lived, transient, transitory, fugacious] 2: of advancing the ball by throwing it; "a team with a good passing attack"; "a pass play" [syn: passing(a), pass(a)] [ant: running(a)] 3: allowing you to pass (e.g., an examination or inspection) satisfactorily; "a passing grade" 4: hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough; "a casual (or cursory) inspection failed to reveal the house's structural flaws"; "a passing glance"; "perfunctory courtesy" [syn: casual, cursory, passing(a), perfunctory] n 1: (American football) a play that involves one player throwing the ball to a teammate; "the coach sent in a passing play on third and long" [syn: pass, passing play, passing game, passing] 2: euphemistic expressions for death; "thousands mourned his passing" [syn: passing, loss, departure, exit, expiration, going, release] 3: the motion of one object relative to another; "stellar passings can perturb the orbits of comets" [syn: passing, passage] 4: the end of something; "the passing of winter" 5: a bodily reaction of changing from one place or stage to another; "the passage of air from the lungs"; "the passing of flatus" [syn: passage, passing] 6: going by something that is moving in order to get in front of it; "she drove but well but her reckless passing of every car on the road frightened me" [syn: passing, overtaking] 7: success in satisfying a test or requirement; "his future depended on his passing that test"; "he got a pass in introductory chemistry" [syn: passing, pass, qualifying] [ant: failing, flunk]

adj 1: compelling immediate action; "too pressing to permit of longer delay"; "the urgent words `Hurry! Hurry!'"; "bridges in urgent need of repair" [syn: pressing, urgent] n 1: the act of pressing; the exertion of pressure; "he gave the button a press"; "he used pressure to stop the bleeding"; "at the pressing of a button" [syn: press, pressure, pressing] 2: a metal or plastic part that is made by a mechanical press

n 1: the time between occurrences of a repeating event; "some women do not control the spacing of their children" 2: the property possessed by an array of things that have space between them [syn: spacing, spatial arrangement]

n 1: the act of drawing a plan or diagram or outline 2: a drawing created by superimposing a semitransparent sheet of paper on the original image and copying on it the lines of the original image [syn: tracing, trace] 3: the discovery and description of the course of development of something; "the tracing of genealogies"

adj 1: creating an unfavorable or neutral first impression [syn: unprepossessing, unpresentable]

adj 1: unlikely to bring about favorable results or enjoyment; "faced an unpromising task"; "music for unpromising combinations of instruments"

n 1: the act of adjusting an organ pipe (or wind instrument) so that it conforms to the standards of tone and pitch and color

n 1: the work of cleansing (usually with soap and water) [syn: wash, washing, lavation] 2: garments or white goods that can be cleaned by laundering [syn: laundry, wash, washing, washables]

adj 1: (of the moon) pertaining to the period during which the visible surface of the moon increases; "the waxing moon passes from new to full" [ant: waning] n 1: the application of wax to a surface 2: a gradual increase in magnitude or extent; "the waxing of the moon" [ant: waning]

n 1: capital of the state of Michigan; located in southern Michigan on the Grand River [syn: Lansing, capital of Michigan]