Words that rhyme with valise

  • caprice
    n 1: a sudden desire; "he bought it on an impulse" [syn: caprice, impulse, whim]
  • cease
    n 1: (`cease' is a noun only in the phrase `without cease') end v 1: put an end to a state or an activity; "Quit teasing your little brother" [syn: discontinue, stop, cease, give up, quit, lay off] [ant: bear on, carry on, continue, preserve, uphold] 2: have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical; "the bronchioles terminate in a capillary bed"; "Your rights stop where you infringe upon the rights of other"; "My property ends by the bushes"; "The symphony ends in a pianissimo" [syn: end, stop, finish, terminate, cease] [ant: begin, start]
  • crease
    n 1: an angular or rounded shape made by folding; "a fold in the napkin"; "a crease in his trousers"; "a plication on her blouse"; "a flexure of the colon"; "a bend of his elbow" [syn: fold, crease, plication, flexure, crimp, bend] 2: a slight depression in the smoothness of a surface; "his face has many lines"; "ironing gets rid of most wrinkles" [syn: wrinkle, furrow, crease, crinkle, seam, line] 3: a Malayan dagger with a wavy blade [syn: kris, creese, crease] v 1: make wrinkles or creases on a smooth surface; make a pressed, folded or wrinkled line in; "The dress got wrinkled"; "crease the paper like this to make a crane" [syn: wrinkle, ruckle, crease, crinkle, scrunch, scrunch up, crisp] 2: make wrinkled or creased; "furrow one's brow" [syn: furrow, wrinkle, crease] 3: scrape gently; "graze the skin" [syn: graze, crease, rake] 4: become wrinkled or crumpled or creased; "This fabric won't wrinkle" [syn: rumple, crumple, wrinkle, crease, crinkle]
  • decrease
    n 1: a change downward; "there was a decrease in his temperature as the fever subsided"; "there was a sharp drop-off in sales" [syn: decrease, lessening, drop-off] [ant: increase] 2: a process of becoming smaller or shorter [syn: decrease, decrement] [ant: growth, increase, increment] 3: the amount by which something decreases [syn: decrease, decrement] [ant: increase, increment] 4: the act of decreasing or reducing something [syn: decrease, diminution, reduction, step-down] [ant: increase, step-up] v 1: decrease in size, extent, or range; "The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester"; "The cabin pressure fell dramatically"; "her weight fell to under a hundred pounds"; "his voice fell to a whisper" [syn: decrease, diminish, lessen, fall] [ant: increase] 2: make smaller; "He decreased his staff" [syn: decrease, lessen, minify] [ant: increase]
  • displease
    v 1: give displeasure to [ant: delight, please]
  • isosceles
    adj 1: (of a triangle) having two sides of equal length
  • journalese
    n 1: the style in which newspapers are written
  • legalese
    n 1: a style that uses the abstruse technical vocabulary of the law
  • belize
    n 1: a country on the northeastern coast of Central America on the Caribbean; formerly under British control [syn: Belize, British Honduras]
  • congolese
    adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of the Congo region or its people; "Congolese rulers"; "the Congolese republic" n 1: a native or inhabitant of the Republic of the Congo
  • nepalese
    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]
  • sinhalese
    adj 1: of or relating to the Sinhalese languages; "the Sinhalese versions of the Ramayana" [syn: Sinhala, Singhalese, Sinhalese] 2: of or relating to the Sinhalese people; "Sinhalese rebels fighting the Tamils" [syn: Singhalese, Sinhalese] n 1: a native or inhabitant of Sri Lanka [syn: Sinhalese, Singhalese] 2: the Indic language spoken by the people of Sri Lanka [syn: Sinhalese, Singhalese, Sinhala]
  • senegalese
    adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of Senegal or its people; "Senegalese villages"; "Senegalese herdsmen" n 1: a native or inhabitant of Senegal
  • damocles
    n 1: the Greek courtier to Dionysius the Elder who (according to legend) was condemned to sit under a naked sword that was suspended by a hair in order to demonstrate to him that being a king was not the happy state Damocles had said it was (4th century BC)
  • heracles
    n 1: (classical mythology) a hero noted for his strength; performed 12 immense labors to gain immortality [syn: Hercules, Heracles, Herakles, Alcides]
  • pericles
    n 1: Athenian statesman whose leadership contributed to Athens' political and cultural supremacy in Greece; he ordered the construction of the Parthenon (died in 429 BC)
  • praxiteles
    n 1: ancient Greek sculptor (circa 370-330 BC)
  • singhalese
    adj 1: of or relating to the Sinhalese languages; "the Sinhalese versions of the Ramayana" [syn: Sinhala, Singhalese, Sinhalese] 2: of or relating to the Sinhalese people; "Sinhalese rebels fighting the Tamils" [syn: Singhalese, Sinhalese] n 1: a native or inhabitant of Sri Lanka [syn: Sinhalese, Singhalese] 2: the Indic language spoken by the people of Sri Lanka [syn: Sinhalese, Singhalese, Sinhala]
  • sophocles
    n 1: one of the great tragedians of ancient Greece (496-406 BC)
  • togolese
    adj 1: of or relating to the African country of Togo or its people; "the Togolese capital" n 1: a native or inhabitant of Togo
  • anopheles
    n 1: malaria mosquitoes; distinguished by the adult's head- downward stance and absence of breathing tubes in the larvae [syn: Anopheles, genus Anopheles]
  • empedocles
    n 1: Greek philosopher who taught that all matter is composed of particles of fire and water and air and earth (fifth century BC)
  • officialese
    n 1: the style of writing characteristic of some government officials: formal and obscure
  • themistocles
    n 1: Athenian statesman who persuaded Athens to build a navy and then led it to victory over the Persians (527-460 BC)
  • achilles
    n 1: a mythical Greek hero of the Iliad; a foremost Greek warrior at the siege of Troy; when he was a baby his mother tried to make him immortal by bathing him in a magical river but the heel by which she held him remained vulnerable--his `Achilles' heel'
  • antilles
    n 1: a group of islands in the West Indies
  • thales
    n 1: a presocratic Greek philosopher and astronomer (who predicted an eclipse in 585 BC) who was said by Aristotle to be the founder of physical science; he held that all things originated in water (624-546 BC) [syn: Thales, Thales of Miletus]
  • tales
  • androcles
  • cingalese
  • novelese

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