500+ Words That Rhyme With BASKETBALL

• a projectile made by chewing a piece of paper and shaping it into a sphere

• an illegal pitch in which a foreign substance (spit or Vaseline) is applied to the ball by the pitcher before he throws it

• any of various games played with a ball (round or oval) in which two teams try to kick or carry or propel the ball into each other's goal

• the inflated oblong ball used in playing American football

• a game closely resembling baseball that is played on a smaller diamond and with a ball that is larger

• ball used in playing softball

• a solid projectile that in former times was fired from a cannon

• a small rubber ball used in playing the game of handball

• a game played in a walled court or against a single wall by two or four players who strike a rubber ball with their hands

• a whimsically eccentric person

• a pitch with reverse spin that curves toward the side of the plate from which it was thrown

• foolish; totally unsound

• a special disposition (as if from a divine source) to pursue a particular course

• a method of contacting a person by phone

• a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition

• a demand

• the characteristic sound produced by a bird

• a brief social visit

• a demand by a broker that a customer deposit enough to bring his margin up to the minimum requirement

• a demand for a show of hands in a card game

• a request

• an instruction that interrupts the program being executed

• a visit in an official or professional capacity

• (sports) the decision made by an umpire or referee

• the option to buy a given stock (or stock index or commodity future) at a given price before a given date

• assign a specified (usually proper) name to

• ascribe a quality to or give a name of a common noun that reflects a quality

• get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone

• utter a sudden loud cry

• order, request, or command to come

• pay a brief visit

• call a meeting; invite or command to meet

• read aloud to check for omissions or absentees

• send a message or attempt to reach someone by radio, phone, etc.; make a signal to in order to transmit a message

• utter a characteristic note or cry

• stop or postpone because of adverse conditions, such as bad weather

• greet, as with a prescribed form, title, or name

• make a stop in a harbour

• demand payment of (a loan)

• make a demand, as for a card or a suit or a show of hands

• give the calls (to the dancers) for a square dance

• indicate a decision in regard to

• make a prediction about; tell in advance

• present for redemption before maturation

• challenge (somebody) to make good on a statement; charge with or censure for an offense

• declare in the capacity of an umpire or referee

• lure by imitating the characteristic call of an animal

• order or request or give a command for

• order, summon, or request for a specific duty or activity, work, role

• utter in a loud voice or announce

• challenge the sincerity or truthfulness of

• consider or regard as being

• rouse somebody from sleep with a call

• a form of baseball played in the streets with a rubber ball and broomstick handle

• (usually plural) work clothing consisting of denim trousers (usually with a bib and shoulder straps)

• a loose protective coverall or smock worn over ordinary clothing for dirty work

• involving only main features

• including everything

• (quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class

• to a complete degree or to the full or entire extent; Completely or entirely

• completely given to or absorbed by

• round object that is hit or thrown or kicked in games

• United States comedienne best known as the star of a popular television program (1911-1989)

• a solid projectile that is shot by a musket

• an object with a spherical shape

• one of the two male reproductive glands that produce spermatozoa and secrete androgens

• a spherical object used as a plaything

• a compact mass

• a lavish dance requiring formal attire

• a more or less rounded anatomical body or mass

• a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs

• a pitch that is not in the strike zone

• form into a ball by winding or rolling

• to live very well

• a game in which two teams hit an inflated ball over a high net using their hands

• an inflated ball used in playing volleyball

• an architectural partition with a height and length greater than its thickness; used to divide or enclose an area or to support another structure

• anything that suggests a wall in structure or function or effect

• (anatomy) a layer (a lining or membrane) that encloses a structure

• a difficult or awkward situation

• a vertical (or almost vertical) smooth rock face (as of a cave or mountain)

• a layer of material that encloses space

• a masonry fence (as around an estate or garden)

• an embankment built around a space for defensive purposes

• surround with a wall in order to fortify

• a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs

• a ball used in playing baseball

• (baseball) a pitch thrown with maximum velocity

• ground meat formed into a ball and fried or simmered in broth

• failure that results in a loss of position or reputation

• the falling to earth of any form of water (rain or snow or hail or sleet or mist)

• a sudden decline in strength or number or importance

• the ball-shaped capsule containing the vertebrate eye

• look at

• an especially luminous meteor (sometimes exploding)

• a highly energetic and indefatigable person

• a ball of fire (such as the sun or a ball-shaped discharge of lightning)

• the luminous center of a nuclear explosion

• a no-nonsense attitude in business or politics

• baseball as distinguished from softball

• a person with an unusual or odd personality

• a game played on a sloping board; the object is to propel marbles against pins or into pockets

• water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere

• plant having heads of fragrant white trumpet-shaped flowers; grows in sandy arid regions

• ball of ice cream covered with coconut and usually chocolate sauce

• ball of crushed ice with fruit syrup

• snow pressed into a ball for throwing (playfully)

• increase or accumulate at a rapidly accelerating rate

• throw snowballs at

• the act of excluding someone by a negative vote or veto

• expel from a community or group

• vote against; refuse to endorse; refuse to assent

• a rotund individual

• small North American diving duck; males have bushy head plumage

• a request by the manufacturer of a defective product to return the product (as for replacement or repair)

• a call to return

• a bugle call that signals troops to return

• the process of remembering (especially the process of recovering information by mental effort)

• the act of removing an official by petition

• recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection

• go back to something earlier

• bring to mind

• summon to return

• cause one's (or someone else's) thoughts or attention to return from a reverie or digression

• make unavailable; bar from sale or distribution

• cause to be returned

• the property of being an amount by which something is less than expected or required

• obstruct or hinder any discussion

• engage in delaying tactics or refuse to cooperate

• a steep descent of the water of a river

• the lapse of mankind into sinfulness because of the sin of Adam and Eve

• the season when the leaves fall from the trees

• a sudden drop from an upright position

• a downward slope or bend

• a lapse into sin; a loss of innocence or of chastity

• a sudden decline in strength or number or importance

• a movement downward

• the act of surrendering (usually under agreed conditions)

• the time of day immediately following sunset

• when a wrestler's shoulders are forced to the mat

• a free and rapid descent by the force of gravity

• a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity

• descend in free fall under the influence of gravity

• move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way

• pass suddenly and passively into a state of body or mind

• come under, be classified or included

• fall from clouds

• suffer defeat, failure, or ruin

• die, as in battle or in a hunt

• touch or seem as if touching visually or audibly

• be captured

• occur at a specified time or place

• decrease in size, extent, or range

• yield to temptation or sin

• lose office or power

• to be given by assignment or distribution

• move in a specified direction

• be due

• lose one's chastity

• to be given by right or inheritance

• come into the possession of

• fall to somebody by assignment or lot; passed

• be inherited by

• slope downward

• lose an upright position suddenly

• drop oneself to a lower or less erect position

• fall or flow in a certain way

• assume a disappointed or sad expression

• be cast down

• come out; issue

• be born, used chiefly of lambs

• begin vigorously

• go as if by falling

• come as if by falling

• an interior passage or corridor onto which rooms open

• English writer whose novel about a lesbian relationship was banned in Britain for many years (1883-1943)

• a large entrance or reception room or area

• United States child psychologist whose theories of child psychology strongly influenced educational psychology (1844-1924)

• a large room for gatherings, receiving guests, or entertainment

• United States chemist who developed an economical method of producing aluminum from bauxite (1863-1914)

• a college or university building containing living quarters for students

• United States explorer who led three expeditions to the Arctic (1821-1871)

• the large room of a manor or castle

• United States astronomer who discovered Phobos and Deimos (the two satellites of Mars) (1829-1907)

• a large and imposing house

• a large building used by a college or university for teaching or research

• a large building for meetings or entertainment

• limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent

• the slender part of the back

• a garment size for a small person

• on a small scale

• relatively moderate, limited, or small

• (of children and animals) young, immature

• slight or limited; especially in degree or intensity or scope

• low or inferior in station or quality

• lowercase

• (of a voice) faint

• have fine or very small constituent particles

• not large but sufficient in size or amount

• made to seem smaller or less (especially in worth)

• the time of day immediately following sunset

• a sudden numbing dread

• burial garment in which a corpse is wrapped

• hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window)

• become less interesting or attractive

• cause to lose courage; to be daunted; to be scared away

• cover with a pall

• cause surfeit through excess though initially pleasing

• cause to become flat

• lose sparkle or bouquet

• lose strength or effectiveness; become or appear boring, insipid, or tiresome (to)

• lose interest or become bored with something or somebody

• an electronic device consisting of a rotatable ball in a housing; used to position the cursor and move images on a computer screen

• a public area set aside as a pedestrian walk

• mercantile establishment consisting of a carefully landscaped complex of shops representing leading merchandisers; usually includes restaurants and a convenient parking area; a modern version of the traditional marketplace

• a small sphere of camphor or naphthalene used to keep moths away from stored clothing

• put into long-term storage

• a compartment in a stable where a single animal is confined and fed

• small area set off by walls for special use

• a booth where articles are displayed for sale

• a malfunction in the flight of an aircraft in which there is a sudden loss of lift that results in a downward plunge

• seating in the forward part of the main level of a theater

• small individual study area in a library

• a tactic used to mislead or delay

• postpone doing what one should be doing

• come to a stop

• deliberately delay an event or action

• put into, or keep in, a stall

• experience a stall in flight, of airplanes

• cause an airplane to go into a stall

• cause an engine to stop

• great in vertical dimension; high in stature

• a garment size for a tall person

• lofty in style

• having a specified height

• impressively difficult

• too improbable to admit of belief

• periodic maintenance on a car or machine

• the act of improving by renewing and restoring

• travel past

• make repairs, renovations, revisions or adjustments to

• a loose-fitting protective garment that is worn over other clothing

• the sound of a step of someone walking

• an unforeseen or unexpected or surprising difficulty

• a trap in the form of a concealed hole

• a fall onto your buttocks

• an embarrassing mistake

• a fragment broken off from the edge or face of stone or ore and having at least one thin edge

• (Old Testament) the first king of the Israelites who defended Israel against many enemies (especially the Philistines)

• (New Testament) a Christian missionary to the Gentiles; author of several Epistles in the New Testament; even though Paul was not present at the Last Supper he is considered an Apostle

• shout loudly and without restraint

• make a raucous noise

• cry loudly

• a very slow movement

• a swimming stroke; arms are moved alternately overhead accompanied by a flutter kick

• a slow mode of locomotion on hands and knees or dragging the body

• move slowly; in the case of people or animals with the body near the ground

• feel as if crawling with insects

• be full of

• show submission or fear

• swim by doing the crawl