8K+ Words That Rhyme With CLEMATISES

• A means of defense formed by felled trees, or sometimes by bent trees, the ends of whose branches are sharpened and directed outwards, or against the enemy, and more recently fortified with barbed wire.

• In the middle ages, an officer of the stables who had the care of measuring out the provender; an avenor.

• In fortification, a barricade made of felled trees denuded of their smaller branches, with the butt-ends of the trunks embedded in the earth or secured by pickets, and the sharpened ends of the branches directed upward and outward toward an advancing enemy, for the purpose of obstructing his progress. In field-fortifications the abatis is usually constructed in front of the ditch. See fortification.

• In coal-mining, walls of cord-wood piled up crosswise to keep the underground roads open so as to secure ventilation.

• a stupid mistake

• (psychiatry) a relatively permanent state of worry and nervousness occurring in a variety of mental disorders, usually accompanied by compulsive behavior or attacks of panic

• a vague unpleasant emotion that is experienced in anticipation of some (usually ill-defined) misfortune

• A cutback.

• A T-shirt that has had the sleeves removed.

• A hare.

• The Black Guillemot.

• A short spoon.

• A short tobacco pipe.

• A wanton or unchaste woman.

• A girl with a short, dumpy figure.

• someone authorized to exercise the powers of sheriff in emergencies

• an assistant with power to act when his superior is absent

• a member of the lower chamber of a legislative assembly (such as in France)

• a person appointed to represent or act on behalf of others

• a state of deep-seated ill-will

• the feeling of a hostile person

• a gay feeling

• a festive merry feeling

• unrighteousness by virtue of lacking respect for a god

• an affront to one's dignity or self-esteem

• sirenian mammal of tropical coastal waters of America; the flat tail is rounded

• one of two (approximately) equal parts

• one of two basic subdivisions of a tribe

• the state of nonexistence

• something that is null (especially an enactment that has no legal validity)

• righteousness by virtue of being pious

• the form of government of a social organization

• a politically organized unit

• shrewd or crafty management of public affairs

• a strip of cloth wound around the leg to form legging; used by soldiers in World War I

• a dough-like mixture of whiting and boiled linseed oil; used especially to patch woodwork or secure panes of glass

• apply putty in order to fix or fill

• mental infirmity as a consequence of old age; sometimes shown by foolish infatuations

• the state of being senile

• an extended social group having a distinctive cultural and economic organization

• a formal association of people with similar interests

• the state of being with someone

• the fashionable elite

• the state of being everywhere at once (or seeming to be everywhere at once)

• a collection containing a variety of sorts of things

• noticeable heterogeneity

• (biology) a taxonomic category consisting of members of a species that differ from others of the same species in minor but heritable characteristics

• a show consisting of a series of short unrelated performances

• a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality

• a difference that is usually pleasant

• a feeling of ill will arousing active hostility

• a temporary state resulting from excessive consumption of alcohol

• liberality in bestowing gifts; extremely liberal and generous of spirit

• relevance requiring careful consideration

• the quality of being physical; consisting of matter

• the property of being multiple

• a large number

• people having common origins or traditions and often comprising a nation

• the status of belonging to a particular nation by birth or naturalization

• a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances

• the ability to think and act independently

• the quality of being new and original (not derived from something else)

• excessive anxiety

• persistent determination

• happening or existing or done at the same time

• the quality of lacking general approval or acceptance

• the quality possessed by something that is unreal

• the state of being insubstantial or imaginary; not existing objectively or in fact

• ineptitude in dealing with reality.

• ancient Athenian philosopher; teacher of Plato and Xenophon (470-399 BC)