Words that rhyme with yeas

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]

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]

adv 1: to or from every one of two or more (considered individually); "they received $10 each" [syn: each, to each one, for each one, from each one, apiece]

v 1: cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of; "She managed to mollify the angry customer" [syn: pacify, lenify, conciliate, assuage, appease, mollify, placate, gentle, gruntle] 2: overcome or allay; "quell my hunger" [syn: quell, stay, appease] 3: make peace with [syn: propitiate, appease]

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]

n 1: a bright green fabric napped to resemble felt; used to cover gaming tables

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"

v 1: cook in liquid; "braise beef"

v 1: solder together by using hard solder with a high melting point

n 1: a slight wind (usually refreshing); "the breeze was cooled by the lake"; "as he waited he could feel the air on his neck" [syn: breeze, zephyr, gentle wind, air] 2: any undertaking that is easy to do; "marketing this product will be no picnic" [syn: cinch, breeze, picnic, snap, duck soup, child's play, pushover, walkover, piece of cake] v 1: blow gently and lightly; "It breezes most evenings at the shore" 2: to proceed quickly and easily

n 1: a sudden desire; "he bought it on an impulse" [syn: caprice, impulse, whim]

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]

adj 1: of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies [syn: red, reddish, ruddy, blood-red, carmine, cerise, cherry, cherry-red, crimson, ruby, ruby-red, scarlet] n 1: a red the color of ripe cherries [syn: cerise, cherry, cherry red]

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]

n 1: a solid food prepared from the pressed curd of milk 2: erect or decumbent Old World perennial with axillary clusters of rosy-purple flowers; introduced in United States [syn: tall mallow, high mallow, cheese, cheeseflower, Malva sylvestris] v 1: used in the imperative (get away, or stop it); "Cheese it!" 2: wind onto a cheese; "cheese the yarn"

n 1: a woman's sleeveless undergarment [syn: chemise, shimmy, shift, slip, teddy] 2: a loose-fitting dress hanging straight from the shoulders without a waist [syn: chemise, sack, shift]

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"

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]

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]

n 1: the time during which someone's life continues; "the monarch's last days"; "in his final years" [syn: days, years]

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]

n 1: the event of dying or departure from life; "her death came as a terrible shock"; "upon your decease the capital will pass to your grandchildren" [syn: death, decease, expiry] [ant: birth, nascence, nascency, nativity] v 1: pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life; "She died from cancer"; "The children perished in the fire"; "The patient went peacefully"; "The old guy kicked the bucket at the age of 102" [syn: die, decease, perish, go, exit, pass away, expire, pass, kick the bucket, cash in one's chips, buy the farm, conk, give-up the ghost, drop dead, pop off, choke, croak, snuff it] [ant: be born]

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]

v 1: disturb the composure of [syn: faze, unnerve, enervate, unsettle]

n 1: a long fixed look; "he fixed his paternal gaze on me" [syn: gaze, regard] v 1: look at with fixed eyes; "The students stared at the teacher with amazement" [syn: gaze, stare]

n 1: atmospheric moisture or dust or smoke that causes reduced visibility 2: confusion characterized by lack of clarity [syn: daze, fog, haze] v 1: become hazy, dull, or cloudy 2: harass by imposing humiliating or painful tasks, as in military institutions

n 1: tall annual cereal grass bearing kernels on large ears: widely cultivated in America in many varieties; the principal cereal in Mexico and Central and South America since pre-Columbian times [syn: corn, maize, Indian corn, Zea mays] 2: a strong yellow color [syn: gamboge, lemon, lemon yellow, maize]

n 1: physical discomfort (as mild sickness or depression) [syn: malaise, unease, uneasiness]

n 1: complex system of paths or tunnels in which it is easy to get lost [syn: maze, labyrinth] 2: something jumbled or confused; "a tangle of government regulations" [syn: tangle, snarl, maze]

n 1: any distinct time period in a sequence of events; "we are in a transitional stage in which many former ideas must be revised or rejected" [syn: phase, stage] 2: (physical chemistry) a distinct state of matter in a system; matter that is identical in chemical composition and physical state and separated from other material by the phase boundary; "the reaction occurs in the liquid phase of the system" [syn: phase, form] 3: a particular point in the time of a cycle; measured from some arbitrary zero and expressed as an angle [syn: phase, phase angle] 4: (astronomy) the particular appearance of a body's state of illumination (especially one of the recurring shapes of the part of Earth's moon that is illuminated by the sun); "the full phase of the moon" v 1: arrange in phases or stages; "phase a withdrawal" 2: adjust so as to be in a synchronized condition; "he phased the intake with the output of the machine"

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"

n 1: a woman's dress with a tight bodice and an overskirt drawn back to reveal a colorful underskirt

n 1: the amount a salary is increased; "he got a 3% raise"; "he got a wage hike" [syn: raise, rise, wage hike, hike, wage increase, salary increase] 2: an upward slope or grade (as in a road); "the car couldn't make it up the rise" [syn: ascent, acclivity, rise, raise, climb, upgrade] [ant: declension, declination, decline, declivity, descent, downslope, fall] 3: increasing the size of a bet (as in poker); "I'll see your raise and double it" 4: the act of raising something; "he responded with a lift of his eyebrow"; "fireman learn several different raises for getting ladders up" [syn: lift, raise, heave] v 1: raise the level or amount of something; "raise my salary"; "raise the price of bread" 2: raise from a lower to a higher position; "Raise your hands"; "Lift a load" [syn: raise, lift, elevate, get up, bring up] [ant: bring down, get down, let down, lower, take down] 3: cause to be heard or known; express or utter; "raise a shout"; "raise a protest"; "raise a sad cry" 4: collect funds for a specific purpose; "The President raised several million dollars for his college" 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 up; "raise a family"; "bring up children" [syn: rear, raise, bring up, nurture, parent] 7: summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic; "raise the specter of unemployment"; "he conjured wild birds in the air"; "call down the spirits from the mountain" [syn: raise, conjure, conjure up, invoke, evoke, stir, call down, arouse, bring up, put forward, call forth] 8: move upwards; "lift one's eyes" [syn: lift, raise] 9: construct, build, or erect; "Raise a barn" [syn: raise, erect, rear, set up, put up] [ant: dismantle, level, pull down, rase, raze, take down, tear down] 10: call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses); "arouse pity"; "raise a smile"; "evoke sympathy" [syn: arouse, elicit, enkindle, kindle, evoke, fire, raise, provoke] 11: create a disturbance, especially by making a great noise; "raise hell"; "raise the roof"; "raise Cain" 12: raise in rank or condition; "The new law lifted many people from poverty" [syn: lift, raise, elevate] 13: increase; "This will enhance your enjoyment"; "heighten the tension" [syn: enhance, heighten, raise] 14: give a promotion to or assign to a higher position; "John was kicked upstairs when a replacement was hired"; "Women tend not to advance in the major law firms"; "I got promoted after many years of hard work" [syn: promote, upgrade, advance, kick upstairs, raise, elevate] [ant: break, bump, demote, kick downstairs, relegate] 15: cause to puff up with a leaven; "unleavened bread" [syn: raise, leaven, prove] 16: bid (one's partner's suit) at a higher level 17: bet more than the previous player 18: cause to assemble or enlist in the military; "raise an army"; "recruit new soldiers" [syn: recruit, levy, raise] 19: put forward for consideration or discussion; "raise the question of promotions"; "bring up an unpleasant topic" [syn: raise, bring up] 20: pronounce (vowels) by bringing the tongue closer to the roof of the mouth; "raise your `o'" 21: activate or stir up; "raise a mutiny" 22: establish radio communications with; "They managed to raise Hanoi last night" 23: multiply (a number) by itself a specified number of times: 8 is 2 raised to the power 3 24: bring (a surface or a design) into relief and cause to project; "raised edges" 25: invigorate or heighten; "lift my spirits"; "lift his ego" [syn: raise, lift] 26: put an end to; "lift a ban"; "raise a siege" [syn: lift, raise] 27: cause to become alive again; "raise from the dead"; "Slavery is already dead, and cannot be resurrected"; "Upraising ghosts" [syn: resurrect, raise, upraise]

v 1: tear down so as to make flat with the ground; "The building was levelled" [syn: level, raze, rase, dismantle, tear down, take down, pull down] [ant: erect, put up, raise, rear, set up]

v 1: express the same message in different words [syn: paraphrase, rephrase, reword]

n 1: a woman's close-fitting foundation garment [syn: corset, girdle, stays]

n 1: structure consisting of a sloping way down to the water from the place where ships are built or repaired [syn: ways, shipway, slipway]

adj 1: of or pertaining to China or its peoples or cultures; "Chinese food" 2: of or relating to or characteristic of the island republic on Taiwan or its residents or their language; "the Taiwanese capital is Taipeh" [syn: Taiwanese, Chinese, Formosan] n 1: any of the Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in China; regarded as dialects of a single language (even though they are mutually unintelligible) because they share an ideographic writing system 2: a native or inhabitant of Communist China or of Nationalist China

adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of Myanmar or its people; "the Burmese capital"; "Burmese tonal languages" n 1: a native or inhabitant of Myanmar 2: the official language of Burma

n 1: English mathematician for whom Bayes' theorem is named (1702-1761) [syn: Bayes, Thomas Bayes]

n 1: acclaimed actress of stage and screen (1900-1993) [syn: Hayes, Helen Hayes] 2: 19th President of the United States; his administration removed federal troops from the South and so ended the Reconstruction Period (1822-1893) [syn: Hayes, Rutherford B. Hayes, Rutherford Birchard Hayes, President Hayes]

n 1: United States baseball player (born in 1931) [syn: Mays, Willie Mays, Willie Howard Mays Jr., Say Hey Kid]

v 1: tear down so as to make flat with the ground; "The building was levelled" [syn: level, raze, rase, dismantle, tear down, take down, pull down] [ant: erect, put up, raise, rear, set up]

n 1: a former province of east central France; now administered by Rhone-Alpes

adj 1: cooked with onions

n 1: a Malayan dagger with a wavy blade [syn: kris, creese, crease]

n 1: a country on the northeastern coast of Central America on the Caribbean; formerly under British control [syn: Belize, British Honduras]

n 1: an ancient port city in southwestern Spain

n 1: a native or inhabitant of Vietnam [syn: Vietnamese, Annamese] 2: the Mon-Khmer language spoken in Vietnam [syn: Vietnamese, Annamese, Annamite]

n 1: the Indonesian language of the people of Bali

n 1: the dialect of Chinese spoken in Canton and neighboring provinces and in Hong Kong and elsewhere outside China [syn: Yue, Yue dialect, Cantonese, Cantonese dialect]

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"