Words that rhyme with wife

• life 0
  n 1: a characteristic state or mode of living; "social life"; "city life"; "real life" 2: the experience of being alive; the course of human events and activities; "he could no longer cope with the complexities of life" [syn: life, living] 3: the course of existence of an individual; the actions and events that occur in living; "he hoped for a new life in Australia"; "he wanted to live his own life without interference from others" 4: the condition of living or the state of being alive; "while there's life there's hope"; "life depends on many chemical and physical processes" [syn: animation, life, living, aliveness] 5: the period during which something is functional (as between birth and death); "the battery had a short life"; "he lived a long and happy life" [syn: life, lifetime, life-time, lifespan] 6: the period between birth and the present time; "I have known him all his life" 7: the period from the present until death; "he appointed himself emperor for life" 8: a living person; "his heroism saved a life" 9: animation and energy in action or expression; "it was a heavy play and the actors tried in vain to give life to it" [syn: liveliness, life, spirit, sprightliness] 10: living things collectively; "the oceans are teeming with life" 11: the organic phenomenon that distinguishes living organisms from nonliving ones; "there is no life on the moon" 12: an account of the series of events making up a person's life [syn: biography, life, life story, life history] 13: a motive for living; "pottery was his life" 14: a prison term lasting as long as the prisoner lives; "he got life for killing the guard" [syn: life sentence, life]
• knife 0
  n 1: edge tool used as a cutting instrument; has a pointed blade with a sharp edge and a handle 2: a weapon with a handle and blade with a sharp point 3: any long thin projection that is transient; "tongues of flame licked at the walls"; "rifles exploded quick knives of fire into the dark" [syn: tongue, knife] v 1: use a knife on; "The victim was knifed to death" [syn: knife, stab]
• strife 0
  n 1: lack of agreement or harmony [syn: discord, strife] 2: bitter conflict; heated often violent dissension
• trife 0
• afterlife 0
  n 1: life after death [syn: afterlife, hereafter]
• alewife 0
  n 1: flesh of shad-like fish abundant along the Atlantic coast or in coastal streams 2: shad-like food fish that runs rivers to spawn; often salted or smoked; sometimes placed in genus Pomolobus [syn: alewife, Alosa pseudoharengus, Pomolobus pseudoharengus]
• fife 0
  n 1: a small high-pitched flute similar to a piccolo; has a shrill tone and is used chiefly to accompany drums in a marching band
• rife 0
  adj 1: most frequent or common; "prevailing winds" [syn: prevailing, prevalent, predominant, dominant, rife] 2: excessively abundant [syn: overabundant, plethoric, rife]
• camping 0
  n 1: the act of encamping and living in tents in a camp [syn: camping, encampment, bivouacking, tenting]
• chipping 0
  n 1: the act of chipping something [syn: chip, chipping, splintering]
• clipping 0
  n 1: an excerpt cut from a newspaper or magazine; "he searched through piles of letters and clippings" [syn: clipping, newspaper clipping, press clipping, cutting, press cutting] 2: cutting down to the desired size or shape [syn: trim, trimming, clipping] 3: the act of clipping or snipping [syn: clip, clipping, snip]
• coping 0
  n 1: brick that is laid sideways at the top of a wall [syn: header, coping, cope]
• dripping 0
  adv 1: extremely wet; "dripping wet"; "soaking wet" [syn: soaking, sopping, dripping] n 1: a liquid (as water) that flows in drops (as from the eaves of house) [syn: dripping, drippage] 2: the sound of a liquid falling drop by drop; "the constant sound of dripping irritated him" [syn: drip, dripping]
• dropping 0
  adj 1: coming down freely under the influence of gravity; "the eerie whistle of dropping bombs"; "falling rain" [syn: dropping, falling]
• fishwife 0
  n 1: someone who sells fish [syn: fishmonger, fishwife]
• grouping 0
  n 1: any number of entities (members) considered as a unit [syn: group, grouping] 2: the activity of putting things together in groups 3: a system for classifying things into groups [syn: grouping, pigeonholing]
• helping 0
  n 1: an individual quantity of food or drink taken as part of a meal; "the helpings were all small"; "his portion was larger than hers"; "there's enough for two servings each" [syn: helping, portion, serving]
• housekeeping 0
  n 1: the work of cleaning and running a house [syn: housework, housekeeping]
• housewife 0
  n 1: a wife who manages a household while her husband earns the family income [syn: housewife, homemaker, lady of the house, woman of the house]
• kidnapping 0
  n 1: (law) the unlawful act of capturing and carrying away a person against their will and holding them in false imprisonment [syn: kidnapping, snatch]
• loosestrife 0
  n 1: any of numerous herbs and subshrubs of the genus Lythrum 2: any of various herbs and subshrubs of the genus Lysimachia
• midwife 0
  n 1: a woman skilled in aiding the delivery of babies [syn: midwife, accoucheuse]
• minesweeping 0
  n 1: the activity of detecting and disposing of marine mines
• nightlife 0
  n 1: the entertainment available to people seeking nighttime diversion [syn: nightlife, night life] 2: the activity of people seeking nighttime diversion (as at the theater, a nightclub, etc.); "a futile search for intelligent nightlife"; "in the summer the nightlife shifts to the dance clubs" [syn: nightlife, night life]
• paperknife 0
  n 1: dull knife used to cut open the envelopes in which letters are mailed or to slit uncut pages of books [syn: letter opener, paper knife, paperknife]
• peacekeeping 0
  adj 1: of or relating to the preservation of peace between hostile groups by international military forces; "a peacekeeping force" n 1: the activity of keeping the peace by military forces (especially when international military forces enforce a truce between hostile groups or nations) [syn: peacekeeping, peacekeeping mission, peacekeeping operation]
• penknife 0
  n 1: a small pocketknife; originally used to cut quill pens
• roping 0
  n 1: capturing cattle or horses with a lasso
• safekeeping 0
  n 1: the responsibility of a guardian or keeper; "he left his car in my keeping" [syn: guardianship, keeping, safekeeping]
• scraping 0
  n 1: (usually plural) a fragment scraped off of something and collected; "they collected blood scrapings for analysis" 2: a harsh noise made by scraping; "the scrape of violin bows distracted her" [syn: scrape, scraping, scratch, scratching] 3: a deep bow with the foot drawn backwards (indicating excessive humility); "all that bowing and scraping did not impress him" [syn: scrape, scraping]
• shaping 0
  adj 1: forming or capable of forming or molding or fashioning; "a formative influence"; "a formative experience" [syn: formative, shaping, plastic] n 1: any process serving to define the shape of something [syn: shaping, defining] 2: the act of fabricating something in a particular shape [syn: formation, shaping]
• snipping 0
  n 1: a small piece of anything (especially a piece that has been snipped off) [syn: snip, snippet, snipping]
• sopping 0
  adv 1: extremely wet; "dripping wet"; "soaking wet" [syn: soaking, sopping, dripping]
• stopping 0
  n 1: fastener consisting of a narrow strip of welded metal used to join steel members [syn: fillet, stopping] 2: the kind of playing that involves pressing the fingers on the strings of a stringed instrument to control the pitch; "the violinist's stopping was excellent"
• sweeping 0
  adj 1: taking in or moving over (or as if over) a wide area; often used in combination; "a sweeping glance"; "a wide- sweeping view of the river" 2: ignoring distinctions; "sweeping generalizations"; "wholesale destruction" [syn: sweeping, wholesale] n 1: the act of cleaning with a broom
• tapping 0
  n 1: the sound of light blow or knock; "he heard the tapping of the man's cane"
• timekeeping 0
  n 1: the act or process of determining the time
• topping 0
  adj 1: excellent; best possible [syn: top-flight, top-hole, topping] n 1: a flavorful addition on top of a dish
• whipping 0
  adj 1: smart and fashionable; "snappy conversation"; "some sharp and whipping lines" [syn: snappy, whipping] n 1: beating with a whip or strap or rope as a form of punishment [syn: whipping, tanning, flogging, lashing, flagellation] 2: a sound defeat [syn: thrashing, walloping, debacle, drubbing, slaughter, trouncing, whipping] 3: a sewing stitch passing over an edge diagonally [syn: whipstitch, whipping, whipstitching] 4: the act of overcoming or outdoing [syn: beating, whipping]
• wildlife 0
  n 1: all living things (except people) that are undomesticated; "chemicals could kill all the wildlife"
• wrapping 0
  n 1: the covering (usually paper or cellophane) in which something is wrapped [syn: wrapping, wrap, wrapper] 2: an enveloping bandage [syn: swathe, wrapping]
• lowlife 0
  n 1: a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible; "only a rotter would do that"; "kill the rat"; "throw the bum out"; "you cowardly little pukes!"; "the British call a contemptible person a `git'" [syn: rotter, dirty dog, rat, skunk, stinker, stinkpot, bum, puke, crumb, lowlife, scum bag, so-and-so, git]
• yellowknife 0
  n 1: a town in the Northwest Territories in northern Canada on the Great Slave Lake
• greiff 0
• schleif 0
• slife 0
• streiff 0
• fyfe 0
• li-ife 0
• saif 0
• phife 0
• clodhopping 0
• goodwife 0
• swapping 0
• backslapping 0
• epping 0
• deeping 0
• wapping 0
• norrkoping 0
• shife 0

See also wife definition and wife synonyms