Words that rhyme with slaughtering

adv 1: extremely; "roaring drunk" adj 1: very lively and profitable; "flourishing businesses"; "a palmy time for stockbrokers"; "a prosperous new business"; "doing a roaring trade"; "a thriving tourist center"; "did a thriving business in orchids" [syn: booming, flourishing, palmy, prospering, prosperous, roaring, thriving] n 1: a deep prolonged loud noise [syn: boom, roar, roaring, thunder] 2: a very loud utterance (like the sound of an animal); "his bellow filled the hallway" [syn: bellow, bellowing, holla, holler, hollering, hollo, holloa, roar, roaring, yowl]

n 1: evaluation of performance by assigning a grade or score; "what he disliked about teaching was all the grading he had to do" [syn: marking, grading, scoring]

adj 1: used on the high seas; "seafaring vessels" [syn: oceangoing, seafaring, seagoing] n 1: the work of a sailor [syn: seafaring, navigation, sailing] 2: travel by water [syn: water travel, seafaring]

n 1: removing by cutting off or clipping

n 1: a beam or timber that is propped against a structure to provide support [syn: shore, shoring] 2: the act of propping up with shores [syn: shoring, shoring up, propping up]

n 1: a small number or amount; "only a handful of responses were received" [syn: handful, smattering] 2: a slight or superficial understanding of a subject

adj 1: avoiding waste; "an economical meal"; "an economical shopper"; "a frugal farmer"; "a frugal lunch"; "a sparing father and a spending son"; "sparing in their use of heat and light"; "stinting in bestowing gifts"; "thrifty because they remember the great Depression"; "`scotch' is used only informally" [syn: economical, frugal, scotch, sparing, stinting]

n 1: the act of altering something secretly or improperly [syn: meddling, tampering]

adj 1: sounding like thunder; "the thundering herd" 2: extraordinarily big or impressive; "a thundering success"; "the thundering silence of what was left unsaid"

adj 1: unsteady in gait as from infirmity or old age; "a tottering skeleton of a horse"; "a tottery old man" [syn: tottering, tottery] 2: (of structures or institutions) having lost stability; failing or on the point of collapse; "a tottering empire"

adj 1: lacking affection or warm feeling; "an uncaring person" [syn: detached, unaffectionate, uncaring] 2: without care or thought for others; "the thoughtless saying of a great princess on being informed that the people had no bread; `Let them eat cake'" [syn: thoughtless, uncaring, unthinking]

adj 1: marked by firm determination or resolution; not shakable; "firm convictions"; "a firm mouth"; "steadfast resolve"; "a man of unbendable perseverence"; "unwavering loyalty" [syn: firm, steadfast, steady, stiff, unbendable, unfaltering, unshakable, unwavering]

adj 1: showing or representing unfavorably; "an unflattering portrait"; "an uncomplimentary dress" [syn: unflattering, uncomplimentary] [ant: flattering]

adj 1: depressing to the spirit; "a villa of uninspiring design" [ant: inspiring]

adj 1: very generous; "distributed gifts with a lavish hand"; "the critics were lavish in their praise"; "a munificent gift"; "his father gave him a half-dollar and his mother a quarter and he thought them munificent"; "prodigal praise"; "unsparing generosity"; "his unstinted devotion"; "called for unstinting aid to Britain" [syn: lavish, munificent, overgenerous, too-generous, unsparing, unstinted, unstinting] 2: not forbearing; ruthless; "an unsparing critic"

n 1: shedding tears [syn: lacrimation, lachrymation, tearing, watering] 2: wetting with water; "the lawn needs a great deal of watering"

adj 1: showing curiosity; "if someone saw a man climbing a light post they might get inquisitive"; "raised a speculative eyebrow" [syn: inquisitive, speculative, questioning, wondering(a)]

n 1: English mathematician who conceived of the Turing machine and broke German codes during World War II (1912-1954) [syn: Turing, Alan Turing, Alan Mathison Turing]

n 1: Danish explorer who explored the northern Pacific Ocean for the Russians and discovered the Bering Strait (1681-1741) [syn: Bering, Vitus Bering, Behring, Vitus Behring]

n 1: Danish explorer who explored the northern Pacific Ocean for the Russians and discovered the Bering Strait (1681-1741) [syn: Bering, Vitus Bering, Behring, Vitus Behring]

adj 1: characterized by hard work and perseverance [syn: hardworking, industrious, tireless, untiring]

n 1: United States electrical engineer who made numerous automotive improvements (including the electric starter) (1876-1958) [syn: Kettering, Charles Kettering, Charles Franklin Kettering]