15K+ Words That Rhyme With AORTIC-ORIFICE

• a short introductory essay preceding the text of a book

• furnish with a preface or introduction

• a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place

• place of business where professional or clerical duties are performed

• an administrative unit of government

• the actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group

• (of a government or government official) holding an office means being in power

• professional or clerical workers in an office

• a religious rite or service prescribed by ecclesiastical authorities

• a job in an organization

• a long narrow depression in a surface

• a long narrow cleft

• a fortified defensive structure

• causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm

• causing or marked by grief or anguish

• of great gravity or crucial import; requiring serious thought

• shockingly brutal or cruel

• work done by one person or group that benefits another

• Canadian writer (born in England) who wrote about life in the Yukon Territory (1874-1958)

• an act of help or assistance; something (such as a tool, software or system) used to render said help or assistance

• the act of public worship following prescribed rules

• a company or agency that performs a public service; subject to government regulation

• employment in or work for another

• a force that is a branch of the armed forces

• a means of serving

• tableware consisting of a complete set of articles (silver or dishware) for use at table

• the act of mating by male animals

• (law) the acts performed by an English feudal tenant for the benefit of his lord which formed the consideration for the property granted to him

• (sports) a stroke that puts the ball in play

• the act of delivering a writ or summons upon someone

• periodic maintenance on a car or machine

• the performance of duties by a waiter or servant

• be used by; as of a utility

• make fit for use

• mate with

• a verbal commitment by one person to another agreeing to do (or not to do) something in the future

• grounds for feeling hopeful about the future

• make a promise or commitment

• promise to undertake or give

• make a prediction about; tell in advance

• give grounds for expectations

• of or relating to the nervous system

• easily agitated

• causing or fraught with or showing anxiety

• excited in anticipation

• unpredictably excitable (especially of horses)

• an unstable situation of extreme danger or difficulty

• a crucial stage or turning point in the course of something

• in spite of everything; without regard to drawbacks

• (usually followed by `of') without due thought or consideration

• on the surface

• the outer boundary of an artifact or a material layer constituting or resembling such a boundary

• the extended two-dimensional outer boundary of a three-dimensional object

• the outermost level of the land or sea

• a superficial aspect as opposed to the real nature of something

• information that has become public

• a device that provides reactive force when in motion relative to the surrounding air; can lift or control a plane in flight

• come to the surface

• put a coat on; cover the surface of; furnish with a surface

• appear or become visible; make a showing

• characterized by charm, good taste, and generosity of spirit

• characterized by kindness and warm courtesy especially of a king to his subjects

• exhibiting courtesy and politeness

• disposed to bestow favors

• very

• characterized by feeling or showing fond affection for

• of high worth or cost

• held in great esteem for admirable qualities especially of an intrinsic nature

• obviously contrived to charm

• characterized by or proceeding from accepted standards of morality or justice

• morally justified

• grossly offensive to decency or morality; causing horror

• greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation

• absence of light or illumination

• an unilluminated area

• absence of moral or spiritual values

• an unenlightened state

• having a dark or somber color

• a swarthy complexion

• not causing or capable of causing harm

• lacking in feeling or pity or warmth

• devoid of courage or enthusiasm

• a heavy, closely woven fabric

• an oil painting on canvas fabric

• the setting for a narrative or fictional or dramatic account

• a tent made of canvas fabric

• a large piece of fabric (usually canvas fabric) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel

• the mat that forms the floor of the ring in which boxers or professional wrestlers compete

• cover with canvas

• a meeting of elected or appointed representatives

• the legislature of the United States government

• a national legislative assembly

• the social act of assembling for some common purpose

• showing careful forethought

• people who are fearful and cautious

• avoiding excess

• any utterance produced simultaneously by a group

• a group of people assembled to sing together

• the part of a song where a soloist is joined by a group of singers

• a body of dancers or singers who perform together

• a company of actors who comment (by speaking or singing in unison) on the action in a classical Greek play

• utter in unison

• sing in a choir

• dazzlingly beautiful

• United States suffragist in Wyoming (1814-1902)

• English poet and craftsman (1834-1896)

• leader of the American Revolution who signed the Declaration of Independence and raised money for the Continental Army (1734-1806)

• United States statesman who led the committee that produced the final draft of the United States Constitution (1752-1816)

• the trait of acting unpredictably and more from whim or caprice than from reason or judgment

• fraught with danger

• plant whose succulent young shoots are cooked and eaten as a vegetable

• edible young shoots of the asparagus plant

• someone who has entered a religious order but has not taken final vows

• someone new to a field or activity

• inflammation of a joint or joints

• without charge

• costing nothing

• a mental or personality disturbance not attributable to any known neurological or organic dysfunction

• characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort

• taxing to the utmost; testing powers of endurance

• difficult to accomplish; demanding considerable mental effort and skill

• shockingly brutal or cruel

• exceptionally bad or displeasing

• provoking horror

• changeable

• determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason

• the property of being rigid and resistant to pressure; not easily scratched; measured on Mohs scale

• a quality of water that contains dissolved mineral salts that prevent soap from lathering

• devoid of passion or feeling; hardheartedness

• the quality of being difficult to do

• excessive sternness

• a throaty harshness

• the act of making a noisy disturbance

• strikingly out of the ordinary

• (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering

• primitive in customs and culture

• conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible

• a contorted facial expression

• contort the face to indicate a certain mental or emotional state

• naughtily or annoyingly playful

• deliberately causing harm or damage

• of or providing nourishment

• unpleasantly loud and harsh

• disturbing the public peace; loud and rough

• rickettsial disease transmitted by body lice and characterized by skin rash and high fever

• excessively greedy and grasping

• devouring or craving food in great quantities

• French army officer of Jewish descent whose false imprisonment for treason in 1894 raised issues of anti-Semitism that dominated French politics until his release in 1906 (1859-1935)

• the property of being of short spatial extent

• the condition of being short of something

• the property of being truncated or short

• the property of being of short temporal extent

• the property of being shorter than average stature

• an abrupt discourteous manner