11K+ Words That Rhyme With ADAPTATION

• a joyful occasion for special festivities to mark some happy event

• any joyous diversion

• the public performance of a sacrament or solemn ceremony with all appropriate ritual

• something (such as money) given or received as payment or reparation (as for a service or loss or injury)

• (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that conceals your undesirable shortcomings by exaggerating desirable behaviors

• the act of compensating for service or loss or injury

• a business firm whose articles of incorporation have been approved in some state

• slang for a paunch

• the activity of putting or setting in order in advance of some act or purpose

• a substance prepared according to a formula

• the cognitive process of thinking about what you will do in the event of something happening

• the state of having been made ready or prepared for use or action (especially military action)

• (music) a note that produces a dissonant chord is first heard in a consonant chord

• activity leading to skilled behavior

• preparatory school work done outside school (especially at home)

• the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat

• the state of being held in high esteem and honor

• notoriety for some particular characteristic

• the general estimation that the public has for a person

• the state of lacking unity

• coming apart

• the distance between things

• sorting one thing from others

• the social act of separating or parting company

• the space where a division or parting occurs

• the termination of employment (by resignation or dismissal)

• (law) the cessation of cohabitation of man and wife (either by mutual agreement or under a court order)

• the act of dividing or disconnecting

• the act of bringing something to bear; using it for a particular purpose

• a verbal or written request for assistance or employment or admission to a school

• the work of applying something

• a program that gives a computer instructions that provide the user with tools to accomplish a task

• liquid preparation having a soothing or antiseptic or medicinal action when applied to the skin

• a diligent effort

• the action of putting something into operation

• joint operation or action

• the practice of cooperating

• a mental representation of the meaning or significance of something

• the act of interpreting something as expressed in an artistic performance

• an explanation that results from interpreting something

• an explanation of something that is not immediately obvious

• the social force that binds you to the courses of action demanded by that force

• the state of being obligated to do or pay something

• a personal relation in which one is indebted for a service or favor

• a written promise to repay a debt

• a legal agreement specifying a payment or action and the penalty for failure to comply

• the people who inhabit a territory or state

• a group of organisms of the same species inhabiting a given area

• (statistics) the entire aggregation of items from which samples can be drawn

• the number of inhabitants (either the total number or the number of a particular race or class) in a given place (country or city etc.)

• the act of populating (causing to live in a place)

• a trial period during which your character and abilities are tested to see whether you are suitable for work or for membership

• a trial period during which an offender has time to redeem himself or herself

• (law) a way of dealing with offenders without imprisoning them; a defendant found guilty of a crime is released by the court without imprisonment subject to conditions imposed by the court

• an expression of strong disapproval; pronouncing as wrong or morally culpable

• (law) the act of condemning (as land forfeited for public use) or judging to be unfit for use (as a food product or an unsafe building)

• an appeal to some supernatural power to inflict evil on someone or some group

• the condition of being strongly disapproved of

• (criminal law) a final judgment of guilty in a criminal case and the punishment that is imposed

• (psychoanalysis) an unconscious process whereby two ideas or images combine into a single symbol; especially in dreams

• the process of changing from a gaseous to a liquid or solid state

• atmospheric moisture that has condensed because of cold

• the process or result of becoming smaller or pressed together

• a shortened version of a written work

• the act of increasing the density of something

• an authoritative direction or instruction to do something

• speech intended for reproduction in writing

• matter that has been dictated and transcribed; a dictated passage

• a condition of disability resulting from the loss of one or more limbs

• a surgical removal of all or part of a limb

• a will to succeed

• a cherished desire

• a manner of articulation involving an audible release of breath

• the act of inhaling; the drawing in of air (or other gases) as in breathing

• a long and thoughtful observation

• a calm, lengthy, intent consideration

• the act of damning

• the state of being condemned to eternal punishment in Hell

• something used to beautify

• an award for winning a championship or commemorating some other event

• the act of decorating something (in the hope of making it more attractive)

• the act of expelling a person from their native land

• the expulsion from a country of an undesirable alien

• a state in which all hope is lost or absent

• desperate recklessness

• belief about (or mental picture of) the future

• anticipating with confidence of fulfillment

• the feeling that something is about to happen

• the sum of the values of a random variable divided by the number of values

• the act of making some area of land or water more profitable or productive or useful

• an act that exploits or victimizes someone (treats them unfairly)

• a feeling of righteous anger

• salty fluid secreted by sweat glands

• the process of the sweat glands of the skin secreting a salty fluid

• the metabolic processes whereby certain organisms obtain energy from organic molecules; processes that take place in the cells and tissues during which energy is released and carbon dioxide is produced and absorbed by the blood to be transported to the lungs

• a single complete act of breathing in and out

• the bodily process of inhalation and exhalation; the process of taking in oxygen from inhaled air and releasing carbon dioxide by exhalation

• a state or condition markedly different from the norm

• a disorder in one's mental state

• an optical phenomenon resulting from the failure of a lens or mirror to produce a good image

• the act or process of complicating

• a situation or condition that is complex or confused

• any disease or disorder that occurs during the course of (or because of) another disease

• a development that complicates a situation

• puzzling complexity

• a deliberately false or improbable account

• writing in a fictional form

• the act of making something (a product) from raw materials

• the act of constructing something (as a piece of machinery)

• the deliberate act of deviating from the truth

• the basis on which something is grounded

• an institution supported by an endowment

• lowest support of a structure

• education or instruction in the fundamentals of a field of knowledge

• the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained

• a woman's undergarment worn to give shape to the contours of the body

• the act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new

• all the people living at the same time or of approximately the same age

• group of genetically related organisms constituting a single step in the line of descent

• the normal time between successive generations

• a stage of technological development or innovation

• a coming into being

• the production of heat or electricity

• the act of producing offspring or multiplying by such production

• the act of making copies

• (genetics) the process whereby DNA makes a copy of itself before cell division

• a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one)

• (law) a pleading made by a plaintiff in reply to the defendant's plea or answer

• the repetition of a sound resulting from reflection of the sound waves

• copy that is not the original; something that has been copied

• the repetition of an experiment in order to test the validity of its conclusion

• a concave cut into a surface or edge (as in a coastline)

• the formation of small pits in a surface as a consequence of corrosion

• the space left between the margin and the start of an indented line

• the act of cutting into an edge with toothlike notches or angular incisions

• exerting shrewd or devious influence especially for one's own advantage

• the action of touching with the hands (or the skillful use of the hands) or by the use of mechanical means

• the act of producing offspring or multiplying by such production

• a multiplicative increase

• an arithmetic operation that is the inverse of division; the product of two numbers is computed

• thoroughbred that won the triple crown in 1948

• an official award (as for bravery or service) usually given as formal public statement

• (law) the act of citing (as of spoken words or written passages or legal precedents etc.)

• a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage

• a passage or expression that is quoted or cited

• a summons that commands the appearance of a party at a proceeding

• (geology) the erosion of soil as a consequence of sand and dust and loose rocks being removed by the wind

• a contraction of economic activity resulting in a decline of prices

• the act of letting the air out of something

• an exemption from some rule or obligation

• a share that has been dispensed or distributed

• the act of dispensing (giving out in portions)

• the commercial activity of buying and bringing in goods from a foreign country

• commodities (goods or services) bought from a foreign country

• a facility equipped with special equipment and personnel for a particular purpose

• proper or designated social situation

• (nautical) the location to which a ship or fleet is assigned for duty

• the position where someone (as a guard or sentry) stands or is assigned to stand

• the frequency assigned to a broadcasting station

• assign to a station

• of or relating to Dalmatia or its inhabitants

• a large breed having a smooth white coat with black or brown spots; originated in Dalmatia

• a native or inhabitant of Dalmatia

• a variation that deviates from the standard or norm

• the difference between an observed value and the expected value of a variable or function

• the error of a compass due to local magnetic disturbances

• deviate behavior

• a turning aside (of your course or attention or concern)

• a formal resignation and renunciation of powers

• the act of abdicating

• surgical removal of a body part or tissue

• the erosive process that reduces the size of glaciers

• the denial and rejection of a doctrine or belief

• renunciation of your own interests in favor of the interests of others

• the use of speech for informal exchange of views or ideas or information etc.

• an act of plundering and pillaging and marauding

• (usually plural) a destructive action