Words that rhyme with truce

• abstruse 0
  adj 1: difficult to penetrate; incomprehensible to one of ordinary understanding or knowledge; "the professor's lectures were so abstruse that students tended to avoid them"; "a deep metaphysical theory"; "some recondite problem in historiography" [syn: abstruse, deep, recondite]
• abuse 0
  n 1: cruel or inhumane treatment; "the child showed signs of physical abuse" [syn: maltreatment, ill-treatment, ill-usage, abuse] 2: a rude expression intended to offend or hurt; "when a student made a stupid mistake he spared them no abuse"; "they yelled insults at the visiting team" [syn: abuse, insult, revilement, contumely, vilification] 3: improper or excessive use; "alcohol abuse"; "the abuse of public funds" [syn: misuse, abuse] v 1: treat badly; "This boss abuses his workers"; "She is always stepping on others to get ahead" [syn: mistreat, maltreat, abuse, ill-use, step, ill-treat] 2: change the inherent purpose or function of something; "Don't abuse the system"; "The director of the factory misused the funds intended for the health care of his workers" [syn: pervert, misuse, abuse] 3: use foul or abusive language towards; "The actress abused the policeman who gave her a parking ticket"; "The angry mother shouted at the teacher" [syn: abuse, clapperclaw, blackguard, shout] 4: use wrongly or improperly or excessively; "Her husband often abuses alcohol"; "while she was pregnant, she abused drugs"
• adduce 0
  v 1: advance evidence for [syn: adduce, abduce, cite]
• caboose 0
  n 1: the area for food preparation on a ship [syn: galley, ship's galley, caboose, cookhouse] 2: a car on a freight train for use of the train crew; usually the last car on the train [syn: cabin car, caboose]
• chartreuse 0
  adj 1: of something having the yellowish green color of Chartreuse liqueur n 1: aromatic green or yellow liqueur flavored with orange peel and hyssop and peppermint oils; made at monastery near Grenoble, France 2: a shade of green tinged with yellow [syn: yellow green, yellowish green, chartreuse, Paris green, pea green]
• cuisse 0
  n 1: armor plate that protects the thigh
• deduce 0
  v 1: reason by deduction; establish by deduction [syn: deduce, infer, deduct, derive] 2: conclude by reasoning; in logic [syn: deduce, infer]
• deuce 0
  n 1: a tie in tennis or table tennis that requires winning two successive points to win the game 2: the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number [syn: two, 2, II, deuce] 3: a word used in exclamations of confusion; "what the devil"; "the deuce with it"; "the dickens you say" [syn: devil, deuce, dickens] 4: one of the four playing cards in a deck that have two spots [syn: deuce, two]
• diffuse 0
  adj 1: spread out; not concentrated in one place; "a large diffuse organization" 2: (of light) transmitted from a broad light source or reflected [syn: soft, diffuse, diffused] [ant: concentrated, hard] 3: lacking conciseness; "a diffuse historical novel" v 1: move outward; "The soldiers fanned out" [syn: diffuse, spread, spread out, fan out] 2: spread or diffuse through; "An atmosphere of distrust has permeated this administration"; "music penetrated the entire building"; "His campaign was riddled with accusations and personal attacks" [syn: permeate, pervade, penetrate, interpenetrate, diffuse, imbue, riddle] 3: cause to become widely known; "spread information"; "circulate a rumor"; "broadcast the news" [syn: circulate, circularize, circularise, distribute, disseminate, propagate, broadcast, spread, diffuse, disperse, pass around]
• disabuse 0
  v 1: free somebody (from an erroneous belief)
• disuse 0
  n 1: the state of something that has been unused and neglected; "the house was in a terrible state of neglect" [syn: neglect, disuse]
• excuse 0
  n 1: a defense of some offensive behavior or some failure to keep a promise etc.; "he kept finding excuses to stay"; "every day he had a new alibi for not getting a job"; "his transparent self-justification was unacceptable" [syn: excuse, alibi, exculpation, self-justification] 2: a note explaining an absence; "he had to get his mother to write an excuse for him" 3: a poor example; "it was an apology for a meal"; "a poor excuse for an automobile" [syn: apology, excuse] v 1: accept an excuse for; "Please excuse my dirty hands" [syn: excuse, pardon] 2: grant exemption or release to; "Please excuse me from this class" [syn: excuse, relieve, let off, exempt] 3: serve as a reason or cause or justification of; "Your need to sleep late does not excuse your late arrival at work"; "Her recent divorce may explain her reluctance to date again" [syn: excuse, explain] 4: defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning; "rationalize the child's seemingly crazy behavior"; "he rationalized his lack of success" [syn: apologize, apologise, excuse, justify, rationalize, rationalise] 5: ask for permission to be released from an engagement [syn: excuse, beg off] 6: excuse, overlook, or make allowances for; be lenient with; "excuse someone's behavior"; "She condoned her husband's occasional infidelities" [syn: excuse, condone]
• goose 0
  n 1: web-footed long-necked typically gregarious migratory aquatic birds usually larger and less aquatic than ducks 2: a man who is a stupid incompetent fool [syn: fathead, goof, goofball, bozo, jackass, goose, cuckoo, twat, zany] 3: flesh of a goose (domestic or wild) v 1: pinch in the buttocks; "he goosed the unsuspecting girl" 2: prod into action 3: give a spurt of fuel to; "goose the car"
• induce 0
  v 1: cause to arise; "induce a crisis" [syn: induce, bring on] 2: cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner; "The ads induced me to buy a VCR"; "My children finally got me to buy a computer"; "My wife made me buy a new sofa" [syn: induce, stimulate, cause, have, get, make] 3: cause to occur rapidly; "the infection precipitated a high fever and allergic reactions" [syn: induce, stimulate, rush, hasten] 4: reason or establish by induction 5: produce electric current by electrostatic or magnetic processes [syn: induce, induct]
• introduce 0
  v 1: cause to come to know personally; "permit me to acquaint you with my son"; "introduce the new neighbors to the community" [syn: introduce, present, acquaint] 2: bring something new to an environment; "A new word processor was introduced" [syn: introduce, innovate] 3: introduce; "Insert your ticket here" [syn: insert, enclose, inclose, stick in, put in, introduce] 4: bring in a new person or object into a familiar environment; "He brought in a new judge"; "The new secretary introduced a nasty rumor" [syn: bring in, introduce] 5: bring in or establish in a new place or environment; "introduce a rule"; "introduce exotic fruits" 6: put or introduce into something; "insert a picture into the text" [syn: insert, infix, enter, introduce] 7: bring before the public for the first time, as of an actor, song, etc. [syn: introduce, bring out] 8: put before (a body); "introduce legislation" 9: furnish with a preface or introduction; "She always precedes her lectures with a joke"; "He prefaced his lecture with a critical remark about the institution" [syn: precede, preface, premise, introduce] 10: be a precursor of; "The fall of the Berlin Wall ushered in the post-Cold War period" [syn: inaugurate, usher in, introduce]
• juice 0
  n 1: the liquid part that can be extracted from plant or animal tissue by squeezing or cooking 2: energetic vitality; "her creative juices were flowing" 3: electric current; "when the wiring was finished they turned on the juice" 4: any of several liquids of the body; "digestive juices" [syn: juice, succus]
• loose 0
  adv 1: without restraint; "cows in India are running loose" [syn: loose, free] adj 1: not compact or dense in structure or arrangement; "loose gravel" [ant: compact] 2: (of a ball in sport) not in the possession or control of any player; "a loose ball" 3: not tight; not closely constrained or constricted or constricting; "loose clothing"; "the large shoes were very loose" [ant: tight] 4: not officially recognized or controlled; "an informal agreement"; "a loose organization of the local farmers" [syn: informal, loose] 5: not literal; "a loose interpretation of what she had been told"; "a free translation of the poem" [syn: free, loose, liberal] 6: emptying easily or excessively; "loose bowels" [syn: lax, loose] 7: not affixed; "the stamp came loose" [syn: unaffixed, loose] [ant: affixed] 8: not tense or taut; "the old man's skin hung loose and grey"; "slack and wrinkled skin"; "slack sails"; "a slack rope" [syn: loose, slack] 9: (of textures) full of small openings or gaps; "an open texture"; "a loose weave" [syn: loose, open] 10: lacking a sense of restraint or responsibility; "idle talk"; "a loose tongue" [syn: idle, loose] 11: not carefully arranged in a package; "a box of loose nails" 12: having escaped, especially from confinement; "a convict still at large"; "searching for two escaped prisoners"; "dogs loose on the streets"; "criminals on the loose in the neighborhood" [syn: at large(p), escaped, loose, on the loose(p)] 13: casual and unrestrained in sexual behavior; "her easy virtue"; "he was told to avoid loose (or light) women"; "wanton behavior" [syn: easy, light, loose, promiscuous, sluttish, wanton] v 1: grant freedom to; free from confinement [syn: free, liberate, release, unloose, unloosen, loose] [ant: confine, detain] 2: turn loose or free from restraint; "let loose mines"; "Loose terrible plagues upon humanity" [syn: unleash, let loose, loose] 3: make loose or looser; "loosen the tension on a rope" [syn: loosen, loose] [ant: stiffen] 4: become loose or looser or less tight; "The noose loosened"; "the rope relaxed" [syn: loosen, relax, loose] [ant: stiffen]
• misuse 0
  n 1: improper or excessive use; "alcohol abuse"; "the abuse of public funds" [syn: misuse, abuse] v 1: apply to a wrong thing or person; apply badly or incorrectly; "The words are misapplied in this context"; "You are misapplying the name of this religious group" [syn: misapply, misuse] 2: change the inherent purpose or function of something; "Don't abuse the system"; "The director of the factory misused the funds intended for the health care of his workers" [syn: pervert, misuse, abuse]
• moose 0
  n 1: large northern deer with enormous flattened antlers in the male; called `elk' in Europe and `moose' in North America [syn: elk, European elk, moose, Alces alces]
• mousse 0
  n 1: a rich, frothy, creamy dessert made with whipped egg whites and heavy cream 2: a light creamy dish made from fish or meat and set with gelatin 3: toiletry consisting of an aerosol foam used in hair styling [syn: mousse, hair mousse, hair gel] v 1: apply a styling gel to; "she mousses her hair" [syn: mousse, gel]
• noose 0
  n 1: a trap for birds or small mammals; often has a slip noose [syn: snare, gin, noose] 2: a loop formed in a cord or rope by means of a slipknot; it binds tighter as the cord or rope is pulled [syn: noose, running noose, slip noose] v 1: make a noose in or of 2: secure with a noose
• obtuse 0
  adj 1: of an angle; between 90 and 180 degrees [ant: acute] 2: (of a leaf shape) rounded at the apex 3: lacking in insight or discernment; "too obtuse to grasp the implications of his behavior"; "a purblind oligarchy that flatly refused to see that history was condemning it to the dustbin"- Jasper Griffin [syn: obtuse, purblind] 4: slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity; "so dense he never understands anything I say to him"; "never met anyone quite so dim"; "although dull at classical learning, at mathematics he was uncommonly quick"- Thackeray; "dumb officials make some really dumb decisions"; "he was either normally stupid or being deliberately obtuse"; "worked with the slow students" [syn: dense, dim, dull, dumb, obtuse, slow]
• overproduce 0
  v 1: produce in excess; produce more than needed or wanted 2: produce in excess; "The country overproduces cars"
• produce 0
  n 1: fresh fruits and vegetable grown for the market [syn: produce, green goods, green groceries, garden truck] v 1: bring forth or yield; "The tree would not produce fruit" [syn: produce, bring forth] 2: create or manufacture a man-made product; "We produce more cars than we can sell"; "The company has been making toys for two centuries" [syn: produce, make, create] 3: cause to happen, occur or exist; "This procedure produces a curious effect"; "The new law gave rise to many complaints"; "These chemicals produce a noxious vapor"; "the new President must bring about a change in the health care system" [syn: produce, bring about, give rise] 4: bring out for display; "The proud father produced many pictures of his baby"; "The accused brought forth a letter in court that he claims exonerates him" [syn: produce, bring forth] 5: cultivate by growing, often involving improvements by means of agricultural techniques; "The Bordeaux region produces great red wines"; "They produce good ham in Parma"; "We grow wheat here"; "We raise hogs here" [syn: grow, raise, farm, produce] 6: bring onto the market or release; "produce a movie"; "bring out a book"; "produce a new play" [syn: produce, bring on, bring out] 7: come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes); "He grew a beard"; "The patient developed abdominal pains"; "I got funny spots all over my body"; "Well-developed breasts" [syn: grow, develop, produce, get, acquire]
• profuse 0
  adj 1: produced or growing in extreme abundance; "their riotous blooming" [syn: exuberant, lush, luxuriant, profuse, riotous]
• puce 0
  n 1: a color varying from dark purplish brown to dark red
• recluse 0
  adj 1: withdrawn from society; seeking solitude; "lived an unsocial reclusive life" [syn: recluse, reclusive, withdrawn] n 1: one who lives in solitude [syn: hermit, recluse, solitary, solitudinarian, troglodyte]
• reduce 0
  v 1: cut down on; make a reduction in; "reduce your daily fat intake"; "The employer wants to cut back health benefits" [syn: reduce, cut down, cut back, trim, trim down, trim back, cut, bring down] 2: make less complex; "reduce a problem to a single question" 3: bring to humbler or weaker state or condition; "He reduced the population to slavery" 4: simplify the form of a mathematical equation of expression by substituting one term for another 5: lower in grade or rank or force somebody into an undignified situation; "She reduced her niece to a servant" 6: be the essential element; "The proposal boils down to a compromise" [syn: reduce, come down, boil down] 7: reduce in size; reduce physically; "Hot water will shrink the sweater"; "Can you shrink this image?" [syn: shrink, reduce] 8: lessen and make more modest; "reduce one's standard of living" 9: make smaller; "reduce an image" [syn: reduce, scale down] [ant: blow up, enlarge, magnify] 10: to remove oxygen from a compound, or cause to react with hydrogen or form a hydride, or to undergo an increase in the number of electrons [syn: deoxidize, deoxidise, reduce] [ant: oxidate, oxidise, oxidize] 11: narrow or limit; "reduce the influx of foreigners" [syn: reduce, tighten] 12: put down by force or intimidation; "The government quashes any attempt of an uprising"; "China keeps down her dissidents very efficiently"; "The rich landowners subjugated the peasants working the land" [syn: repress, quash, keep down, subdue, subjugate, reduce] 13: undergo meiosis; "The cells reduce" 14: reposition (a broken bone after surgery) back to its normal site 15: destress and thus weaken a sound when pronouncing it 16: reduce in scope while retaining essential elements; "The manuscript must be shortened" [syn: abridge, foreshorten, abbreviate, shorten, cut, contract, reduce] [ant: dilate, elaborate, enlarge, expand, expatiate, exposit, expound, flesh out, lucubrate] 17: be cooked until very little liquid is left; "The sauce should reduce to one cup" [syn: boil down, reduce, decoct, concentrate] 18: cook until very little liquid is left; "The cook reduced the sauce by boiling it for a long time" [syn: reduce, boil down, concentrate] 19: lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture; "cut bourbon" [syn: dilute, thin, thin out, reduce, cut] 20: take off weight [syn: reduce, melt off, lose weight, slim, slenderize, thin, slim down] [ant: gain, put on]
• reintroduce 0
  v 1: introduce anew; "We haven't met in a long time, so let me reintroduce myself" [syn: reintroduce, re-introduce]
• reproduce 0
  v 1: make a copy or equivalent of; "reproduce the painting" 2: have offspring or produce more individuals of a given animal or plant; "The Bible tells people to procreate" [syn: reproduce, procreate, multiply] 3: recreate a sound, image, idea, mood, atmosphere, etc.; "this DVD player reproduces the sound of the piano very well"; "He reproduced the feeling of sadness in the portrait" 4: repeat after memorization; "For the exam, you must be able to regurgitate the information" [syn: regurgitate, reproduce]
• reuse 0
  v 1: use again after processing; "We must recycle the cardboard boxes" [syn: recycle, reprocess, reuse]
• seduce 0
  v 1: induce to have sex; "Harry finally seduced Sally"; "Did you score last night?"; "Harry made Sally" [syn: seduce, score, make] 2: lure or entice away from duty, principles, or proper conduct; "She was seduced by the temptation of easy money and started to work in a massage parlor"
• sluice 0
  n 1: conduit that carries a rapid flow of water controlled by a sluicegate [syn: sluice, sluiceway, penstock] v 1: pour as if from a sluice; "An aggressive tide sluiced across the barrier reef" [syn: sluice, sluice down] 2: irrigate with water from a sluice; "sluice the earth" [syn: sluice, flush] 3: transport in or send down a sluice; "sluice logs" 4: draw through a sluice; "sluice water"
• spruce 0
  adj 1: marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners; "a dapper young man"; "a jaunty red hat" [syn: dapper, dashing, jaunty, natty, raffish, rakish, spiffy, snappy, spruce] n 1: light soft moderately strong wood of spruce trees; used especially for timbers and millwork 2: any coniferous tree of the genus Picea v 1: make neat, smart, or trim; "Spruce up your house for Spring"; "titivate the child" [syn: spruce up, spruce, titivate, tittivate, smarten up, slick up, spiff up] 2: dress and groom with particular care, as for a special occasion; "He spruced up for the party" [syn: spruce up, spruce, slick up, smarten up]
• use 0
  n 1: the act of using; "he warned against the use of narcotic drugs"; "skilled in the utilization of computers" [syn: use, usage, utilization, utilisation, employment, exercise] 2: what something is used for; "the function of an auger is to bore holes"; "ballet is beautiful but what use is it?" [syn: function, purpose, role, use] 3: a particular service; "he put his knowledge to good use"; "patrons have their uses" 4: (economics) the utilization of economic goods to satisfy needs or in manufacturing; "the consumption of energy has increased steadily" [syn: consumption, economic consumption, usance, use, use of goods and services] 5: (psychology) an automatic pattern of behavior in reaction to a specific situation; may be inherited or acquired through frequent repetition; "owls have nocturnal habits"; "she had a habit twirling the ends of her hair"; "long use had hardened him to it" [syn: habit, use] 6: exerting shrewd or devious influence especially for one's own advantage; "his manipulation of his friends was scandalous" [syn: manipulation, use] 7: (law) the exercise of the legal right to enjoy the benefits of owning property; "we were given the use of his boat" [syn: use, enjoyment] v 1: put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose; "use your head!"; "we only use Spanish at home"; "I can't use this tool"; "Apply a magnetic field here"; "This thinking was applied to many projects"; "How do you utilize this tool?"; "I apply this rule to get good results"; "use the plastic bags to store the food"; "He doesn't know how to use a computer" [syn: use, utilize, utilise, apply, employ] 2: take or consume (regularly or habitually); "She uses drugs rarely" [syn: use, habituate] 3: use up, consume fully; "The legislature expended its time on school questions" [syn: use, expend] 4: seek or achieve an end by using to one's advantage; "She uses her influential friends to get jobs"; "The president's wife used her good connections" 5: avail oneself to; "apply a principle"; "practice a religion"; "use care when going down the stairs"; "use your common sense"; "practice non-violent resistance" [syn: practice, apply, use] 6: habitually do something (use only in the past tense); "She used to call her mother every week but now she calls only occasionally"; "I used to get sick when I ate in that dining hall"; "They used to vacation in the Bahamas"
• bruce 0
  n 1: Australian physician and bacteriologist who described the bacterium that causes undulant fever or brucellosis (1855-1931) [syn: Bruce, David Bruce, Sir David Bruce] 2: king of Scotland from 1306 to 1329; defeated the English army under Edward II at Bannockburn and gained recognition of Scottish independence (1274-1329) [syn: Bruce, Robert the Bruce, Robert I]
• duce 0
  n 1: leader; "Mussolini was called Il Duce"
• luce 0
  n 1: United States publisher of magazines (1898-1967) [syn: Luce, Henry Luce, Henry Robinson Luce] 2: United States playwright and public official (1902-1987) [syn: Luce, Clare Booth Luce]
• nous 0
  n 1: common sense; "she has great social nous" 2: that which is responsible for one's thoughts and feelings; the seat of the faculty of reason; "his mind wandered"; "I couldn't get his words out of my head" [syn: mind, head, brain, psyche, nous]
• zeus 0
  n 1: (Greek mythology) the supreme god of ancient Greek mythology; son of Rhea and Cronus whom he dethroned; husband and brother of Hera; brother of Poseidon and Hades; father of many gods; counterpart of Roman Jupiter 2: type genus of the family Zeidae [syn: Zeus, genus Zeus]
• schuss 0
  v 1: ski downhill
• boose 0
• cheuse 0
• coos 0
• cruce 0
• deuss 0
• doose 0
• foose 0
• fuoss 0
• hoose 0
• seuss 0
• asmus 0
• damoose 0
• derousse 0
• ekeus 0
• labouisse 0
• lajous 0
• russe 0
• douce 0
• rousse 0
• deuce-deuce 0

See also truce definition and truce synonyms