9K+ Words That Rhyme With ABRIDGES

• a refrigerator in which the coolant is pumped around by an electric motor

• a long narrow natural elevation or striation

• any long raised strip

• a long narrow natural elevation on the floor of the ocean

• a long narrow range of hills

• any long raised border or margin of a bone or tooth or membrane

• a beam laid along the edge where two sloping sides of a roof meet at the top; provides an attachment for the upper ends of rafters

• extend in ridges

• plough alternate strips by throwing the furrow onto an unploughed strip

• throw soil toward (a crop row) from both sides

• spade into alternate ridges and troughs

• form into a ridge

• minute two-winged mosquito-like fly lacking biting mouthparts; appear in dancing swarms especially near water

• (used in the plural) informal term for breeches

• an appliance that corrects dental irregularities

• flesh of either quail or grouse

• heavy-bodied small-winged South American game bird resembling a gallinaceous bird but related to the ratite birds

• small Old World gallinaceous game birds

• a popular North American game bird; named for its call

• valued as a game bird in eastern United States and Canada

• an injury that doesn't break the skin but results in some discoloration

• injure the underlying soft tissue or bone of

• hurt the feelings of

• break up into small pieces for food preparation

• damage (plant tissue) by abrasion or pressure

• a power shovel to remove material from a channel or riverbed

• cover before cooking

• search (as the bottom of a body of water) for something valuable or lost

• remove with a power shovel, usually from a bottom of a body of water

• lower someone's spirits; make downhearted

• lower (prices or markets)

• cause to drop or sink

• press down

• lessen the activity or force of

• a one-piece garment for a woman; has skirt and bodice

• clothing of a distinctive style or for a particular occasion

• clothing in general

• suitable for formal occasions

• (of an occasion) requiring formal clothes

• put on clothes

• provide with clothes or put clothes on

• put a finish on

• dress in a certain manner

• dress or groom with elaborate care

• kill and prepare for market or consumption

• arrange in ranks

• decorate (food), as with parsley or other ornamental foods

• provide with decoration

• put a dressing on

• cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of

• cut down rough-hewn (lumber) to standard thickness and width

• convert into leather

• apply a bandage or medication to

• give a neat appearance to

• arrange attractively

• mail that is distributed by a rapid and efficient system

• public transport consisting of a fast train or bus that makes only a few scheduled stops

• rapid transport of goods

• by express

• not tacit or implied

• without unnecessary stops

• give expression to

• articulate; either verbally or with a cry, shout, or noise

• serve as a means for expressing something

• indicate through a symbol, formula, etc.

• manifest the effects of (a gene or genetic trait)

• obtain from a substance, as by mechanical action

• send by rapid transport or special messenger service

• clothing for the head

• the state of demanding notice or attention

• the print media responsible for gathering and publishing news in the form of newspapers or magazines

• a machine used for printing

• a dense crowd of people

• a tall piece of furniture that provides storage space for clothes; has a door and rails or hooks for hanging clothes

• clamp to prevent wooden rackets from warping when not in use

• any machine that exerts pressure to form or shape or cut materials or extract liquids or compress solids

• a weightlift in which the barbell is lifted to shoulder height and then smoothly lifted overhead

• the act of pressing; the exertion of pressure

• exert pressure or force to or upon

• force or impel in an indicated direction

• to be oppressive or burdensome

• place between two surfaces and apply weight or pressure

• squeeze or press together

• crowd closely

• create by pressing

• be urgent

• exert oneself continuously, vigorously, or obtrusively to gain an end or engage in a crusade for a certain cause or person; be an advocate for

• press from a plastic

• make strenuous pushing movements during birth to expel the baby

• press and smooth with a heated iron

• lift weights

• ask for or request earnestly

• the property of having material worth (often indicated by the amount of money something would bring if sold)

• United States operatic soprano (born 1927)

• the amount of money needed to purchase something

• value measured by what must be given or done or undergone to obtain something

• the high value or worth of something

• a monetary reward for helping to catch a criminal

• cost of bribing someone

• determine the price of

• ascertain or learn the price of

• something given for victory or superiority in a contest or competition or for winning a lottery

• goods or money obtained illegally

• something given as a token of victory

• of superior grade

• hold dear

• to move or force, especially in an effort to get something open

• regard highly; think much of

• the highest navigational bridge on a ship; a small (often open) deck above the pilot house

• soft food made by boiling oatmeal or other meal or legumes in water or milk until thick

• a recompense for worthy acts or retribution for wrongdoing

• a purposeful or industrious undertaking (especially one that requires effort or boldness)

• an organization created for business ventures

• readiness to embark on bold new ventures

• bulky food like grass or hay for browsing or grazing horses or cattle

• the act of searching for food and provisions

• collect or look around for (food)

• wander and feed

• a copy that is represented as the original

• criminal falsification by making or altering an instrument with intent to defraud

• any competition

• a contest of speed

• people who are believed to belong to the same genetic stock

• (biology) a taxonomic group that is a division of a species; usually arises as a consequence of geographical isolation within a species

• the flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft propeller

• a canal for a current of water

• move hurridly

• compete in a race

• to work as fast as possible towards a goal, sometimes in competition with others

• cause to move fast or to rush or race

• a lightweight handheld collapsible canopy

• a formation of military planes maintained over ground operations or targets

• having the function of uniting a group of similar things

• covering or applying simultaneously to a number of similar items or elements or groups

• an abundance of material possessions and resources

• a sudden desire

• a cloth pad or dressing (with or without medication) applied firmly to some part of the body (to relieve discomfort or reduce fever)

• make more compact by or as if by pressing

• squeeze or press together

• be composed of

• include or contain; have as a component

• form or compose

• a dramatic work intended for performance by actors on a stage

• an episode that is turbulent or highly emotional

• the literary genre of works intended for the theater

• the quality of being arresting or highly emotional

• an abraded area where the skin is torn or worn off

• a depression scratched or carved into a surface

• informal terms for money

• a competitor who has withdrawn from competition

• a line indicating the location of the start of a race or a game

• dry mash for poultry

• a harsh noise made by scraping

• poor handwriting

• (golf) a handicap of zero strokes

• an indication of damage

• cause friction

• cut the surface of; wear away the surface of

• scrape or rub as if to relieve itching

• postpone indefinitely or annul something that was scheduled

• remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a line

• gather (money or other resources) together over time

• carve, cut, or etch into a material or surface

• (virology) ultramicroscopic infectious agent that replicates itself only within cells of living hosts; many are pathogenic; a piece of nucleic acid (DNA or RNA) wrapped in a thin coat of protein

• a harmful or corrupting agency

• a software program capable of reproducing itself and usually capable of causing great harm to files or other programs on the same computer

• an extravagant comedy in which action is more salient than characterization

• (plural) optical instrument consisting of a frame that holds a pair of lenses for correcting defective vision

• an area of ground used for some particular purpose (such as building or farming)

• the physical condition of blocking or filling a passage with an obstruction

• an obstruction in a pipe or tube

• the act of blocking

• the state of being under the control of a force or influence or abstract power

• the state of being under the control of another person

• sexual practice that involves physically restraining (by cords or handcuffs) one of the partners

• drink made by steeping and boiling and fermenting rather than distilling

• a fee charged for a vessel to use a dock

• landing in a harbor next to a pier where ships are loaded and unloaded or repaired; may have gates to let water in or out

• the act of securing an arriving vessel with ropes

• emptying something accomplished by allowing liquid to run out of it

• the deviation (by a vessel or aircraft) from its intended course due to drifting

• the discharge of a fluid from some container

• the hereditary derivation of an individual

• the kinship relation between an individual and the individual's progenitors

• the number of lines in a piece of printed material

• a rate of payment for written material that is measured according to the number of lines submitted

• inherited properties shared with others of your bloodline

• herb native to southern Europe; cultivated for its edible stalks and foliage and seeds

• stalks eaten like celery or candied like angelica; seeds used for flavoring or pickled like capers