Words that rhyme with ways
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hays
n 1: United States lawyer and politician who formulated a production code that prescribed the moral content of United States films from 1930 to 1966 (1879-1954) [syn: Hays, Will Hays, William Harrison Hays] 2: United States lawyer involved in several famous court trials (1881-1954) [syn: Hays, Arthur Garfield Hays] 3: a town in central Kansas -
ablaze
adj 1: keenly excited (especially sexually) or indicating excitement; "his face all ablaze with excitement"- Bram Stoker; "he was aflame with desire" [syn: ablaze, aflame, aroused] 2: lighted up by or as by fire or flame; "forests set ablaze (or afire) by lightning"; "even the car's tires were aflame"; "a night aflare with fireworks"; "candles alight on the tables"; "houses on fire" [syn: ablaze(p), afire(p), aflame(p), aflare(p), alight(p), on fire(p)] 3: resembling flame in brilliance or color; "maple trees ablaze in autumn" 4: lighted with red light as if with flames; "streets ablaze with lighted Christmas trees"; "the inflamed clouds at sunset"; "reddened faces around the campfire" [syn: ablaze(p), inflamed, reddened] -
always
adv 1: at all times; all the time and on every occasion; "I will always be there to help you"; "always arrives on time"; "there is always some pollution in the air"; "ever hoping to strike it rich"; "ever busy" [syn: always, ever, e'er] [ant: ne'er, never] 2: without variation or change, in every case; "constantly kind and gracious"; "he always arrives on time" [syn: constantly, invariably, always] 3: without interruption; "the world is constantly changing" [syn: constantly, always, forever, perpetually, incessantly] 4: at any time or in any event; "you can always resign if you don't like it"; "you could always take a day off" 5: forever; throughout all time; "we will always be friends"; "I shall treasure it always"; "I will always love you" -
amaze
v 1: affect with wonder; "Your ability to speak six languages amazes me!" [syn: amaze, astonish, astound] 2: be a mystery or bewildering to; "This beats me!"; "Got me--I don't know the answer!"; "a vexing problem"; "This question really stuck me" [syn: perplex, vex, stick, get, puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, pose, bewilder, flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound] -
anyways
adv 1: used to indicate that a statement explains or supports a previous statement; "Anyhow, he is dead now"; "I think they're asleep; anyhow, they're quiet"; "I don't know what happened to it; anyway, it's gone"; "anyway, there is another factor to consider"; "I don't know how it started; in any case, there was a brief scuffle"; "in any event, the government faced a serious protest"; "but at any rate he got a knighthood for it" [syn: anyhow, anyway, anyways, in any case, at any rate, in any event] -
appraise
v 1: evaluate or estimate the nature, quality, ability, extent, or significance of; "I will have the family jewels appraised by a professional"; "access all the factors when taking a risk" [syn: measure, evaluate, valuate, assess, appraise, value] 2: consider in a comprehensive way; "He appraised the situation carefully before acting" [syn: survey, appraise] -
baize
n 1: a bright green fabric napped to resemble felt; used to cover gaming tables -
blaze
n 1: a strong flame that burns brightly; "the blaze spread rapidly" [syn: blaze, blazing] 2: a cause of difficulty and suffering; "war is hell"; "go to blazes" [syn: hell, blaze] 3: noisy and unrestrained mischief; "raising blazes" [syn: hell, blaze] 4: a light within the field of vision that is brighter than the brightness to which the eyes are adapted; "a glare of sunlight" [syn: glare, blaze, brilliance] 5: a light-colored marking; "they chipped off bark to mark the trail with blazes"; "the horse had a blaze between its eyes" v 1: shine brightly and intensively; "Meteors blazed across the atmosphere" 2: shoot rapidly and repeatedly; "He blazed away at the men" [syn: blaze away, blaze] 3: burn brightly and intensely; "The summer sun alone can cause a pine to blaze" 4: move rapidly and as if blazing; "The spaceship blazed out into space" [syn: blaze, blaze out] 5: indicate by marking trees with blazes; "blaze a trail" -
braise
v 1: cook in liquid; "braise beef" -
braze
v 1: solder together by using hard solder with a high melting point -
chaise
n 1: a long chair; for reclining [syn: chaise longue, chaise, daybed] 2: a carriage consisting of two wheels and a calash top; drawn by a single horse [syn: chaise, shay] -
craze
n 1: an interest followed with exaggerated zeal; "he always follows the latest fads"; "it was all the rage that season" [syn: fad, craze, furor, furore, cult, rage] 2: state of violent mental agitation [syn: craze, delirium, frenzy, fury, hysteria] 3: a fine crack in a glaze or other surface v 1: cause to go crazy; cause to lose one's mind [syn: madden, craze] 2: develop a fine network of cracks; "Crazed ceramics" -
dais
n 1: a platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it [syn: dais, podium, pulpit, rostrum, ambo, stump, soapbox] -
days
n 1: the time during which someone's life continues; "the monarch's last days"; "in his final years" [syn: days, years] -
daze
n 1: the feeling of distress and disbelief that you have when something bad happens accidentally; "his mother's death left him in a daze"; "he was numb with shock" [syn: daze, shock, stupor] 2: confusion characterized by lack of clarity [syn: daze, fog, haze] v 1: to cause someone to lose clear vision, especially from intense light; "She was dazzled by the bright headlights" [syn: dazzle, bedazzle, daze] 2: overcome as with astonishment or disbelief; "The news stunned her" [syn: stun, bedaze, daze] -
glaze
n 1: any of various thin shiny (savory or sweet) coatings applied to foods 2: a glossy finish on a fabric 3: a coating for ceramics, metal, etc. v 1: coat with a glaze; "the potter glazed the dishes"; "glaze the bread with eggwhite" 2: become glassy or take on a glass-like appearance; "Her eyes glaze over when she is bored" [syn: glaze, glass, glass over, glaze over] 3: furnish with glass; "glass the windows" [syn: glass, glaze] 4: coat with something sweet, such as a hard sugar glaze [syn: sugarcoat, glaze, candy] -
graze
n 1: a superficial abrasion 2: the act of grazing [syn: graze, grazing] v 1: feed as in a meadow or pasture; "the herd was grazing" [syn: crop, browse, graze, range, pasture] 2: break the skin (of a body part) by scraping; "She was grazed by the stray bullet" 3: let feed in a field or pasture or meadow [syn: crop, graze, pasture] 4: scrape gently; "graze the skin" [syn: graze, crease, rake] 5: eat lightly, try different dishes; "There was so much food at the party that we quickly got sated just by browsing" [syn: browse, graze] -
malaise
n 1: physical discomfort (as mild sickness or depression) [syn: malaise, unease, uneasiness] -
nowadays
adv 1: in these times; "it is solely by their language that the upper classes nowadays are distinguished"- Nancy Mitford; "we now rarely see horse-drawn vehicles on city streets"; "today almost every home has television" [syn: nowadays, now, today] n 1: the period of time that is happening now; any continuous stretch of time including the moment of speech; "that is enough for the present"; "he lives in the present with no thought of tomorrow" [syn: present, nowadays] -
phrase
n 1: an expression consisting of one or more words forming a grammatical constituent of a sentence 2: a short musical passage [syn: phrase, musical phrase] 3: an expression whose meanings cannot be inferred from the meanings of the words that make it up [syn: idiom, idiomatic expression, phrasal idiom, set phrase, phrase] 4: dance movements that are linked in a single choreographic sequence v 1: put into words or an expression; "He formulated his concerns to the board of trustees" [syn: give voice, formulate, word, phrase, articulate] 2: divide, combine, or mark into phrases; "phrase a musical passage" -
polonaise
n 1: a woman's dress with a tight bodice and an overskirt drawn back to reveal a colorful underskirt -
praise
n 1: an expression of approval and commendation; "he always appreciated praise for his work" [syn: praise, congratulations, kudos, extolment] 2: offering words of homage as an act of worship; "they sang a hymn of praise to God" v 1: express approval of; "The parents praised their children for their academic performance" [ant: criticise, criticize, knock, pick apart] -
reappraise
v 1: appraise anew; "Homes in our town are reappraised every five years and taxes are increased accordingly" -
rephrase
v 1: express the same message in different words [syn: paraphrase, rephrase, reword] -
sideways
adv 1: with one side forward or to the front; "turned sideways to show the profile"; "crabs seeming to walk sidewise" [syn: sideways, sideway, sidewise] 2: from the side; obliquely; "a picture lit sideways"; "scenes viewed sidewise" [syn: sideway, sideways, sidewise] 3: toward one side; "the car slipped sideways into the ditch"; "leaning sideways"; "a figure moving sidewise in the shadows" [syn: sideways, sideway, sidewise] 4: to, toward or at one side; "darting eyes looking sidelong out of a wizened face" [syn: sidelong, sideways, obliquely] adj 1: (of movement) at an angle [syn: crabwise, sideways] -
stays
n 1: a woman's close-fitting foundation garment [syn: corset, girdle, stays] -
bayes
n 1: English mathematician for whom Bayes' theorem is named (1702-1761) [syn: Bayes, Thomas Bayes] -
fraise
n 1: a ruff for the neck worn in the 16th century 2: sloping or horizontal rampart of pointed stakes -
rnase
n 1: a transferase that catalyzes the hydrolysis of ribonucleic acid [syn: ribonuclease, ribonucleinase, RNase] -
lyonnais
n 1: a former province of east central France; now administered by Rhone-Alpes -
lyonnaise
adj 1: cooked with onions -
urokinase
n 1: protease produced in the kidney that converts plasminogen to plasmin and so initiates fibrinolysis [syn: plasminogen activator, urokinase] -
blase
adj 1: very sophisticated especially because of surfeit; versed in the ways of the world; "the blase traveler refers to the ocean he has crossed as `the pond'"; "the benefits of his worldly wisdom" [syn: blase, worldly] 2: uninterested because of frequent exposure or indulgence; "his blase indifference"; "a petulant blase air"; "the bored gaze of the successful film star" [syn: blase, bored] 3: nonchalantly unconcerned; "a blase attitude about housecleaning" -
agaze
adj 1: (used of eyes) open and fixed as if in fear or wonder; "staring eyes" [syn: agaze, staring] -
parfaits
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lescaze
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allays
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arrays
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ballets
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ballet's
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bays
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berets
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betrays
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bouquets
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buffets
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cabarets
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caches
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cafes
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clays
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conveys
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day's
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decays
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defrays
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delays
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dismays
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displays
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doorways
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dossiers
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essays
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filets
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lays
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obeys
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okays
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pays
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plays
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portrays
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prays
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preys
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purveys
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rays
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repays
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replays
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sprays
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strays
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surveys
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today's
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trays
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baise
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bayse
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baze
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brase
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cayes
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claes
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claeys
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crase
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crays
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daise
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dase
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frase
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fraze
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gays
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grays
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jays
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klase
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oles
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prase
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shlaes
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skase
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chalets
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cliches
See also ways definition and ways synonyms
