11K+ Words That Rhyme With CONTRAPTION

• taking exception; especially a quibble based on a captious argument

• translation of foreign dialogue of a movie or TV program; usually displayed at the bottom of the screen

• brief description accompanying an illustration

• provide with a caption, as of a photograph or a drawing

• available only with a doctor's written prescription

• directions prescribed beforehand; the action of prescribing authoritative rules or directions

• a drug that is available only with written instructions from a doctor or dentist to a pharmacist

• written instructions for an optician on the lenses for a given person

• written instructions from a physician or dentist to a druggist concerning the form and dosage of a drug to be issued to a given patient

• a statement that represents something in words

• the act of describing something

• sort or variety

• an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity

• a disorderly outburst or tumult

• an event that results in a displacement or discontinuity

• the act of causing disorder

• the sudden occurrence of a violent discharge of steam and volcanic material

• symptom consisting of a breaking out and becoming visible

• (of volcanoes) pouring out fumes or lava (or a deposit so formed)

• a sudden violent spontaneous occurrence (usually of some undesirable condition)

• a sudden very loud noise

• the emergence of a tooth as it breaks through the gum

• an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity

• some abrupt occurrence that interrupts an ongoing activity

• a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something

• a payment for consecutive issues of a newspaper or magazine for a given period of time

• agreement expressed by (or as if expressed by) signing your name

• a pledged contribution

• the act of signing your name; writing your signature (as on a document)

• something written, especially copied from one medium to another, as a typewritten version of dictation

• (genetics) the organic process whereby the DNA sequence in a gene is copied into mRNA; the process whereby a base sequence of messenger RNA is synthesized on a template of complementary DNA

• a sound or television recording (e.g., from a broadcast to a tape recording)

• the act of arranging and adapting a piece of music

• the act of making a record (especially an audio record)

• the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating)

• involving the lungs with progressive wasting of the body

• (economics) the utilization of economic goods to satisfy needs or in manufacturing

• the act of consuming something

• letters inscribed (especially words engraved or carved) on something

• a short message (as in a book or musical work or on a photograph) dedicating it to someone or something

• the activity of inscribing (especially carving or engraving) letters or words

• a crime less serious than a felony

• purchasable without a doctor's prescription

• Excessive consumption

• the act of accepting with approval; favorable reception

• a legal proceeding that creates a parent-child relation between persons not related by blood; the adopted child is entitled to all privileges belonging to a natural child of the adoptive parents (including the right to inherit)

• the appropriation (of ideas or words etc) from another source

• compulsory military service

• (physiology) a shortening or tensing of a part or organ (especially of a muscle or muscle fiber)

• the process or result of becoming smaller or pressed together

• a word formed from two or more words by omitting or combining some sounds

• the act of decreasing (something) in size or volume or quantity or scope

• a decree that prohibits something

• rejection by means of an act of banishing or proscribing someone

• a misleading falsehood

• the act of deceiving

• an illusory feat; considered magical by naive observers

• lack of integrity or honesty (especially susceptibility to bribery); use of a position of trust for dishonest gain

• in a state of progressive putrefaction

• decay of matter (as by rot or oxidation)

• moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles

• destroying someone's (or some group's) honesty or loyalty; undermining moral integrity

• inducement (as of a public official) by improper means (as bribery) to violate duty (as by committing a felony)

• a deliberate act of omission

• an instance that does not conform to a rule or generalization

• grounds for adverse criticism

• the manner in which something is greeted

• a formal party of people; as after a wedding

• quality or fidelity of a received broadcast

• the act of receiving

• (American football) the act of catching a pass in football

• one whose business is the management of funerals

• the boundary of a specific area

• a conceptual separation or distinction

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

• mental turmoil

• an obstacle to attention

• an entertainment that provokes pleased interest and distracts you from worries and vexations

• the act of distracting; drawing someone's attention away from something

• the right to buy or sell property at an agreed price; the right is purchased and if it is not exercised by a stated date the money is forfeited

• one of a number of things from which only one can be chosen

• the act of choosing or selecting

• an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances

• the act of becoming pregnant; fertilization of an ovum by a spermatozoon

• the event that occurred at the beginning of something

• the creation of something in the mind

• the termination of something by causing so much damage to it that it cannot be repaired or no longer exists

• an event that completely destroys something

• a final state

• (chemistry) a process in which one substance permeates another; a fluid permeates or is dissolved by a liquid or solid

• (physics) the process in which incident radiated energy is retained without reflection or transmission on passing through a medium

• the social process of absorbing one cultural group into harmony with another

• the process of absorbing nutrients into the body after digestion

• complete attention; intense mental effort

• the mental state of being preoccupied by something

• the human act of creating

• (theology) God's act of bringing the universe into existence

• an artifact that has been brought into existence by someone

• the event that occurred at the beginning of something

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

• everything that exists anywhere

• a show or display; the act of presenting something to sight or view

• a show of military force or preparedness

• a public display of group feelings (usually of a political nature)

• proof by a process of argument or a series of proposition proving an asserted conclusion

• a visual presentation showing how something works

• an arrangement of people or things acting as a unit

• the act of fabricating something in a particular shape

• the act of forming or establishing something

• (geology) the geological features of the earth

• a particular spatial arrangement

• natural process that causes something to form

• creation by mental activity

• a statement that is assumed to be true and from which a conclusion can be drawn

• celebration in the Roman Catholic Church of the Virgin Mary's being taken up into heaven when her earthly life ended; corresponds to the Dormition in the Eastern Orthodox Church

• a hypothesis that is taken for granted

• (Christianity) the taking up of the body and soul of the Virgin Mary when her earthly life had ended

• the act of taking possession of or power over something

• audacious (even arrogant) behavior that you have no right to

• the act of assuming or taking for granted

• a display of bad temper

• the comfort you feel when consoled in times of disappointment

• the act of consoling; giving relief in affliction

• (computer science) the encryption of data for security purposes

• immunity from an obligation or duty

• a deduction allowed to a taxpayer because of his status (having certain dependents or being blind or being over 65 etc.)

• an act exempting someone

• the process of obtaining something from a mixture or compound by chemical or physical or mechanical means

• properties attributable to your ancestry

• the action of taking out something (especially using effort or force)

• an event that is a beginning; a first part or stage of subsequent events

• a request (spoken or written) to participate or be present or take part in something

• a tempting allurement

• an assumption that is taken for granted

• (law) an inference of the truth of a fact from other facts proved or admitted or judicially noticed

• audacious (even arrogant) behavior that you have no right to

• a kind of discourtesy in the form of an act of presuming

• something (as a course of action) that is recommended as advisable

• something that recommends (or expresses commendation of) a person or thing as worthy or desirable

• any quality or characteristic that gains a person a favorable reception or acceptance or admission

• the friction between a body and the surface on which it moves (as between an automobile tire and the road)

• (orthopedics) the act of pulling on a bone or limb (as in a fracture) to relieve pressure or align parts in a special way during healing

• the force by which one object attracts another

• an entertainment that is offered to the public

• the quality of arousing interest; being attractive or something that attracts

• a characteristic that provides pleasure and attracts

• an entertainer who attracts large audiences

• a collection of things that have been combined; an assemblage of separate parts or qualities

• a coordinated sequence of chess moves

• a sequence of numbers or letters that opens a combination lock

• a group of people (often temporary) having a common purpose

• an alliance of people or corporations or countries for a special purpose (formerly to achieve some antisocial end but now for general political or economic purposes)

• the act of arranging elements into specified groups without regard to order

• the act of combining things to form a new whole

• the temporal property of two things happening at the same time

• the state of being joined together

• an uninflected function word that serves to conjoin words or phrases or clauses or sentences

• the grammatical relation between linguistic units (words or phrases or clauses) that are connected by a conjunction

• (astronomy) apparent meeting or passing of two or more celestial bodies in the same degree of the zodiac

• something that joins or connects

• birth control by the use of devices (diaphragm or intrauterine device or condom) or drugs or surgery

• a component of a mixture that has been separated by a fractional process

• a small part or item forming a piece of a whole

• the quotient of two rational numbers

• perform a division

• state of disgrace or loss of self-respect

• strong feelings of embarrassment

• an instance in which you are caused to lose your prestige or self-respect

• depriving one of self-esteem