17K+ Words That Rhyme With CONTRACTING

• direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes

• be attractive to

• exert a force on (a body) causing it to approach or prevent it from moving away

• take away a part from; diminish

• draw someone's attention away from something

• disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed

• the performance of a part or role in a drama

• serving temporarily especially as a substitute

• poor acting by a ham actor

• act together or towards others or with others

• existing only in the mind; separated from embodiment

• a concept or idea not associated with any specific instance

• a sketchy summary of the main points of an argument or theory

• not representing or imitating external reality or the objects of nature

• dealing with a subject in the abstract without practical purpose or intention

• consider a concept without thinking of a specific example; consider abstractly or theoretically

• make off with belongings of others

• consider apart from a particular case or instance

• give an abstract (of)

• undergo diffraction

• act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises

• lengthen in time; cause to be or last longer

• conduct business

• the exchange of goods for an agreed sum of money

• the commercial processes involved in promoting and selling and distributing a product or service

• shopping at a market

• having complicated nutritional requirements; especially growing only in special artificial cultures

• severe and unremitting in making demands

• requiring precise accuracy

• act (a role) with great restraint

• arousing no interest or attention or curiosity or excitement

• characteristic or suggestive of an institution especially in being uniform or dull or unimaginative

• a solution obtained by steeping or soaking a substance (usually in water)

• a passage selected from a larger work

• remove, usually with some force or effort; also used in an abstract sense

• get despite difficulties or obstacles

• deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning)

• extract by the process of distillation

• separate (a metal) from an ore

• obtain from a substance, as by mechanical action

• take out of a literary work in order to cite or copy

• calculate the root of a number

• formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure

• pull away from a source of disgust or fear

• use a surgical instrument to hold open (the edges of a wound or an organ)

• pull inward or towards a center

• make a subtraction

• take off or away

• the striking of one body against another

• a forceful consequence; a strong effect

• influencing strongly

• the violent interaction of individuals or groups entering into combat

• press or wedge together; pack together

• have an effect upon

• strikingly different; tending to contrast

• the act of consuming liquids

• the act of drinking alcoholic beverages to excess

• arousing or holding the attention

• a learning process in early life whereby species specific patterns of behavior are established

• inclined to believe or confide readily; full of trust

• go against, as of rules and laws

• advance beyond the usual limit

• aimless wandering from place to place

• continually changing especially as from one abode or occupation to another

• the act of acquiring something

• text handwritten in the style of printed matter

• the business of producing printed material for sale or distribution

• reproduction by applying ink to paper as for publication

• all the copies of a work printed at one time

• the use of the telephone as an interactive medium for promotion and sales

• confer a trust upon

• put into the care or protection of someone

• To arrange (troops, etc.) in line for inspection or a parade.

• (by extension) To arrange (facts, etc.) in some methodical order.

• To ceremoniously guide, conduct or usher.

• To gather data for transmission.

• The process of transforming the memory representation of an object to a data format suitable for storage or transmission, which is typically used when data must be moved between different parts of a computer program, or from one program to another.

• The arrangement of an escutcheon to exhibit the alliances of the owner.

• The sorting of rolling stock in a marshalling yard.

• To become filled with wonderment or admiration; to be amazed at something.

• To marvel at.

• (used impersonally) To cause to marvel or be surprised.

• The act of one who marvels; amazement.

• something left after other parts have been taken away

• freedom from activity (work or strain or responsibility)

• a pause for relaxation

• a state of inaction

• euphemisms for death (based on an analogy between lying in a bed and in a tomb)

• a support on which things can be put

• a musical notation indicating a silence of a specified duration

• not move; be in a resting position

• take a short break from one's activities in order to relax

• give a rest to

• have a place in relation to something else

• be at rest

• stay the same; remain in a certain state

• be inherent or innate in

• put something in a resting position, as for support or steadying

• sit, as on a branch

• rest on or as if on a pillow

• be inactive, refrain from acting

• a contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement

• the state or fact of existing

• a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently

• the act of drawing spatially closer to something

• arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous)

• the temporal property of becoming nearer in time

• the moment of most intense pleasure in sexual intercourse

• of the relatively near future

• remaining in force or being carried on without letup

• persisting for a long time

• agreeably diverting

• the act of departing

• euphemistic expressions for death

• advancing toward a goal

• in full operation

• the act of directing the eyes toward something and perceiving it visually; look

• the act of searching visually

• appearing to be as specified; usually used as combining forms

• the time period between dawn and noon

• a conventional expression of greeting or farewell, used to wish someone a good morning

• the first light of day

• the earliest period

• a quantity of no importance; thing (object:), singular, negative pronoun; pronoun, thing, singular; quantifier: negative existential

• in no respect; to no degree