2K+ Words That Rhyme With CONTRAPTIONS

• 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

• 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 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)

• a statement that represents something in words

• the act of describing something

• sort or variety

• 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

• 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)

• (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 crime less serious than a felony

• 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

• the boundary of a specific area

• a conceptual separation or distinction

• a manual usually accompanying a technical device and explaining how to install or operate it

• a concept or idea not associated with any specific instance

• the act of withdrawing or removing something

• the process of formulating general concepts by abstracting common properties of instances

• an abstract painting

• preoccupation with something to the exclusion of all else

• a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples

• 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

• 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 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)

• 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

• a mutual or reciprocal action; interacting

• (physics) the transfer of energy between elementary particles or between an elementary particle and a field or between fields; mediated by gauge bosons

• 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 misleading falsehood

• the act of deceiving

• an illusory feat; considered magical by naive observers

• of or relating to or characteristic of Egypt or its people or their language

• a native or inhabitant of Egypt

• the ancient and now extinct language of Egypt under the Pharaohs; written records date back to 3000 BC

• a deliberate act of omission

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

• grounds for adverse criticism

• 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 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

• the representation of what is perceived; basic component in the formation of a concept

• a way of conceiving something

• the process of perceiving

• knowledge gained by perceiving

• becoming aware of something via the senses

• 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

• the act of intercepting; preventing something from proceeding or arriving

• (American football) the act of catching a football by a player on the opposing team

• rise and fall of the voice pitch

• singing by a soloist of the opening piece of plainsong

• the act of singing in a monotonous tone

• the production of musical tones (by voice or instrument); especially the exactitude of the pitch relations

• any structure that makes progress difficult

• the physical condition of blocking or filling a passage with an obstruction

• something immaterial that stands in the way and must be circumvented or surmounted

• the act of obstructing

• getting in someone's way

• a principle that limits the extent of something

• an act of limiting or restricting (as by regulation)

• the act of keeping something within specified bounds (by force if necessary)

• 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

• weapons considered collectively

• military supplies

• defensive structure consisting of walls or mounds built around a stronghold to strengthen it

• supply with weapons

• an erect penis

• a structure that has been erected

• the act of building or putting up

• a communication intended to urge or persuade the recipients to take some action

• the act of exhorting; an earnest attempt at persuasion

• a state of conflict between persons

• the resistance encountered when one body is moved in contact with another

• effort expended in moving one object over another with pressure

• United States illustrator remembered for his creation of the `Gibson girl' (1867-1944)

• Australian actor (born in the United States in 1956)

• United States tennis player who was the first Black woman player to win all the major world singles titles (1927-2003)

• (Christianity) the Christian doctrine of the union of God and man in the person of Jesus Christ

• a new personification of a familiar idea

• time passed in a particular bodily form

• the act of attributing human characteristics to abstract ideas etc.

• something that serves to indicate or suggest

• the act of indicating or pointing out by name

• (medicine) a reason to prescribe a drug or perform a procedure

• something (as a course of action) that is indicated as expedient or necessary

• a datum about some physical state that is presented to a user by a meter or similar instrument

• a formal command or admonition

• (law) a judicial remedy issued in order to prohibit a party from doing or continuing to do a certain activity

• a formal or official examination

• an affliction in which some part of the body is misshapen or malformed

• something abnormal or anomalous

• something abnormal or anomalous

• a vertical structure that divides or separates (as a wall divides one room from another)

• (computer science) the part of a hard disk that is dedicated to a particular operating system or application and accessed as a single unit

• (anatomy) a structure that separates areas in an organism

• the act of dividing or partitioning; separation by the creation of a boundary that divides or keeps apart

• divide into parts, pieces, or sections

• separate or apportion into sections

• money set aside (as by a legislature) for a specific purpose

• incorporation by joining or uniting

• a deliberate act of acquisition of something, often without the permission of the owner

• a skilled worker who practices some trade or handicraft

• freeing someone from the control of another; especially a parent's relinquishing authority and control over a minor child

• devoted to a cause or party

• a fervent and even militant proponent of something

• an ardent and enthusiastic supporter of some person or activity

• a pike with a long tapering double-edged blade with lateral projections; 16th and 17th centuries

• the act of imitating the behavior of some situation or some process by means of something suitably analogous (especially for the purpose of study or personnel training)

• (computer science) the technique of representing the real world by a computer program

• representation of something (sometimes on a smaller scale)

• the act of giving a false appearance