Words that rhyme with stench

• backbench 0
  n 1: any of the seats occupied by backbenchers in the House of Commons
• bench 0
  n 1: a long seat for more than one person 2: a level shelf of land interrupting a declivity (with steep slopes above and below) [syn: terrace, bench] 3: persons who administer justice [syn: judiciary, bench] 4: a strong worktable for a carpenter or mechanic [syn: workbench, work bench, bench] 5: the magistrate or judge or judges sitting in court in judicial capacity to compose the court collectively 6: the reserve players on a team; "our team has a strong bench" 7: (law) the seat for judges in a courtroom v 1: take out of a game; of players 2: exhibit on a bench; "bench the poodles at the dog show"
• blench 0
  v 1: turn pale, as if in fear [syn: pale, blanch, blench]
• clench 0
  n 1: a small slip noose made with seizing [syn: clinch, clench] 2: the act of grasping; "he released his clasp on my arm"; "he has a strong grip for an old man"; "she kept a firm hold on the railing" [syn: clasp, clench, clutch, clutches, grasp, grip, hold] v 1: hold in a tight grasp; "clench a steering wheel" [syn: clench, clinch] 2: squeeze together tightly; "clench one's jaw"
• drench 0
  v 1: drench or submerge or be drenched or submerged; "The tsunami swamped every boat in the harbor" [syn: swamp, drench] 2: force to drink 3: permeate or impregnate; "The war drenched the country in blood" [syn: imbrue, drench] 4: cover with liquid; pour liquid onto; "souse water on his hot face" [syn: drench, douse, dowse, soak, sop, souse]
• entrench 0
  v 1: fix firmly or securely [syn: entrench, intrench] 2: impinge or infringe upon; "This impinges on my rights as an individual"; "This matter entrenches on other domains" [syn: impinge, encroach, entrench, trench] 3: occupy a trench or secured area; "The troops dug in for the night" [syn: entrench, dig in]
• intrench 0
  v 1: fix firmly or securely [syn: entrench, intrench]
• quench 0
  v 1: satisfy (thirst); "The cold water quenched his thirst" [syn: quench, slake, allay, assuage] 2: put out, as of fires, flames, or lights; "Too big to be extinguished at once, the forest fires at best could be contained"; "quench the flames"; "snuff out the candles" [syn: snuff out, blow out, extinguish, quench] [ant: ignite, light] 3: electronics: suppress (sparking) when the current is cut off in an inductive circuit, or suppress (an oscillation or discharge) in a component or device 4: suppress or crush completely; "squelch any sign of dissent"; "quench a rebellion" [syn: squelch, quell, quench] 5: reduce the degree of (luminescence or phosphorescence) in (excited molecules or a material) by adding a suitable substance 6: cool (hot metal) by plunging into cold water or other liquid; "quench steel"
• retrench 0
  v 1: tighten one's belt; use resources carefully 2: make a reduction, as in one's workforce; "The company had to retrench"
• trench 0
  n 1: a ditch dug as a fortification having a parapet of the excavated earth 2: a long steep-sided depression in the ocean floor [syn: trench, deep, oceanic abyss] 3: any long ditch cut in the ground v 1: impinge or infringe upon; "This impinges on my rights as an individual"; "This matter entrenches on other domains" [syn: impinge, encroach, entrench, trench] 2: fortify by surrounding with trenches; "He trenched his military camp" 3: cut or carve deeply into; "letters trenched into the stone" 4: set, plant, or bury in a trench; "trench the fallen soldiers"; "trench the vegetables" 5: cut a trench in, as for drainage; "ditch the land to drain it"; "trench the fields" [syn: trench, ditch] 6: dig a trench or trenches; "The National Guardsmen were sent out to trench"
• wench 0
  n 1: informal terms for a (young) woman [syn: dame, doll, wench, skirt, chick, bird] v 1: frequent prostitutes
• workbench 0
  n 1: a strong worktable for a carpenter or mechanic [syn: workbench, work bench, bench]
• wrench 0
  n 1: a sharp strain on muscles or ligaments; "the wrench to his knee occurred as he fell"; "he was sidelined with a hamstring pull" [syn: wrench, twist, pull] 2: a jerky pulling movement [syn: twist, wrench] 3: a hand tool that is used to hold or twist a nut or bolt [syn: wrench, spanner] v 1: twist or pull violently or suddenly, especially so as to remove (something) from that to which it is attached or from where it originates; "wrench a window off its hinges"; "wrench oneself free from somebody's grip"; "a deep sigh was wrenched from his chest" [syn: wrench, twist] 2: make a sudden twisting motion 3: twist and compress, as if in pain or anguish; "Wring one's hand" [syn: wring, wrench] 4: twist suddenly so as to sprain; "wrench one's ankle"; "The wrestler twisted his shoulder"; "the hikers sprained their ankles when they fell"; "I turned my ankle and couldn't walk for several days" [syn: twist, sprain, wrench, turn, wrick, rick]
• french 0
  adj 1: of or pertaining to France or the people of France; "French cooking"; "a Gallic shrug" [syn: French, Gallic] n 1: the Romance language spoken in France and in countries colonized by France 2: the people of France [syn: French, French people] 3: United States sculptor who created the seated marble figure of Abraham Lincoln in the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. (1850-1931) [syn: French, Daniel Chester French] v 1: cut (e.g, beans) lengthwise in preparation for cooking; "French the potatoes"
• tench 0
  n 1: freshwater dace-like game fish of Europe and western Asia noted for ability to survive outside water [syn: tench, Tinca tinca]
• unclench 0
• hench 0
• jentsch 0
• lentsch 0
• mench 0
• rench 0
• rentsch 0
• drawbench 0

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