6K+ Words That Rhyme With CROSS-PURPOSE

• rhizomatous perennial grasslike herbs

• an anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions

• what something is used for

• the quality of being determined to do or achieve something; firmness of purpose

• propose or intend

• reach a decision

• to consider or examine in speech or writing

• speak with others about (something); talk (something) over in detail; have a discussion

• the concentration of attention or energy on something

• maximum clarity or distinctness of an image rendered by an optical system

• maximum clarity or distinctness of an idea

• a central point or locus of an infection in an organism

• special emphasis attached to something

• a point of convergence of light (or other radiation) or a point from which it diverges

• a fixed reference point on the concave side of a conic section

• direct one's attention on something

• cause to converge on or toward a central point

• bring into focus or alignment; to converge or cause to converge; of ideas or emotions

• become focussed or come into focus

• put (an image) into focus

• of or relating to the nervous system

• easily agitated

• causing or fraught with or showing anxiety

• excited in anticipation

• unpredictably excitable (especially of horses)

• at or within a short distance in space or time or having elements near each other

• close in relevance or relationship

• not far distant in time or space or degree or circumstances

• the temporal end; the concluding time

• the last section of a communication

• the concluding part of any performance

• near in time or place or relationship

• in an attentive manner

• rigorously attentive; strict and thorough

• marked by fidelity to an original

• (of a contest or contestants) evenly matched

• crowded

• lacking fresh air

• of textiles

• strictly confined or guarded

• confined to specific persons

• fitting closely but comfortably

• used of hair or haircuts

• giving or spending with reluctance

• inclined to secrecy or reticence about divulging information

• move so that an opening or passage is obstructed; make shut

• become closed

• cease to operate or cause to cease operating

• finish or terminate (meetings, speeches, etc.)

• come to a close

• complete a business deal, negotiation, or an agreement

• be priced or listed when trading stops

• engage at close quarters

• cause a window or an application to disappear on a computer desktop

• change one's body stance so that the forward shoulder and foot are closer to the intended point of impact

• come together, as if in an embrace

• draw near

• bring together all the elements or parts of

• bar access to

• fill or stop up

• unite or bring into contact or bring together the edges of

• finish a game in baseball by protecting a lead

• designed for or serving two purposes

• fail to keep or to maintain; cease to have, either physically or in an abstract sense

• fail to win

• suffer the loss of a person through death or removal

• miss from one's possessions; lose sight of

• allow to go out of sight or mind

• fail to make money in a business; make a loss or fail to profit

• fail to get or obtain

• fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind

• withdraw, as from reality

• be set at a disadvantage

• the organ of smell and entrance to the respiratory tract; the prominent part of the face of man or other mammals

• a front that resembles a human nose (especially the front of an aircraft)

• the front or forward projection of a tool or weapon

• a small distance

• a symbol of inquisitiveness

• the sense of smell (especially in animals)

• a natural skill

• a projecting spout from which a fluid is discharged

• search or inquire in a meddlesome way

• advance the forward part of with caution

• catch the scent of; get wind of

• push or move with the nose

• rub noses

• defeat by a narrow margin

• any of many shrubs of the genus Rosa that bear roses

• pinkish table wine from red grapes whose skins were removed after fermentation began

• a dusty pink color

• of something having a dusty purplish pink color

• express a supposition

• expect, believe, or suppose

• to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds

• take for granted or as a given; suppose beforehand

• require as a necessary antecedent or precondition

• (interrogative) That or those of whom or belonging to whom.

• (relative) That or those of whom or belonging to whom.

• variety of sweet eating apples

• greatly pleasing or entertaining

• extremely pleasing to the sense of taste

• someone who has exceptional intellectual ability and originality

• unusual mental ability

• someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field

• exceptional creative ability

• a natural talent

• concerned with work or important matters rather than play or trivialities

• completely lacking in playfulness

• of great consequence

• causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm

• appealing to the mind

• requiring effort or concentration; complex and not easy to answer or solve

• showing careful forethought

• people who are fearful and cautious

• avoiding excess

• a genus of haws comprising the harriers

• a travelling company of entertainers; including trained animals

• a performance given by a traveling company of acrobats, clowns, and trained animals

• a frenetic disorganized (and often comic) disturbance suggestive of a large public entertainment

• (antiquity) an open-air stadium for chariot races and gladiatorial games

• an arena consisting of an oval or circular area enclosed by tiers of seats and usually covered by a tent

• navigational instrument for finding directions

• an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control:

• the limit of capability

• drafting instrument used for drawing circles

• bring about; accomplish

• travel around, either by plane or ship

• get the meaning of something

• knowing and perceiving; having awareness of surroundings and sensations and thoughts

• intentionally conceived

• (followed by `of') showing realization or recognition of something

• too numerous to be counted

• tiresomely long; seemingly without end

• infinitely great in number

• having no known beginning and presumably no end

• having the ends united so as to form a continuous whole

• dazzlingly beautiful

• native to eastern Asia; widely cultivated for its large pink or white flowers

• annual or perennial herbs or subshrubs

• white Egyptian lotus: water lily of Egypt to southeastern Africa; held sacred by the Egyptians

• on the negative side or lower end of a scale

• an arithmetic operation in which the difference between two numbers is calculated

• involving disadvantage or harm

• the acquisition of something for payment

• something acquired by purchase

• a means of exerting influence or gaining advantage

• the mechanical advantage gained by being in a position to use a lever

• obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction

• the relative position or standing of things or especially persons in a society

• a state at a particular time

• the second nearest planet to the sun; it is peculiar in that its rotation is slow and retrograde (in the opposite sense of the Earth and all other planets except Uranus); it is visible from Earth as an early `morning star' or an `evening star'

• goddess of love; counterpart of Greek Aphrodite

• type genus of the family Veneridae: genus of edible clams with thick oval shells

• (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering

• having the nature of vice

• bringing or deserving severe rebuke or censure

• marked by deep ill will; deliberately harmful

• a woman waiter

• serve as a waiter or waitress in a restaurant

• lacking in usefulness or value

• morally reprehensible

• Against; in opposition to.

• Compared with, as opposed to.

• Bringing a legal action against, as used in the title of a court case in which the first party indicates the plaintiff (or appellant or the like), and the second indicates the defendant (or respondent or the like).

• a measured portion of medicine taken at any one time

• the quantity of an active agent (substance or radiation) taken in or absorbed at any one time

• a communicable infection transmitted by sexual intercourse or genital contact

• street name for lysergic acid diethylamide

• treat with an agent; add (an agent) to

• administer a drug to

• the exposure of an impostor or a fraud

• expose or make accessible to some action or influence

• make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret

• to show, make visible or apparent

• remove all or part of one's clothes to show one's body

• reveal to view as by removing a cover

• put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position

• expose to light, of photographic film

• expose while ridiculing; especially of pretentious or false claims and ideas

• abandon by leaving out in the open air

• socks and stockings and tights collectively (the British include underwear)

• man's close-fitting garment of the 16th and 17th centuries covering the legs and reaching up to the waist; worn with a doublet

• a flexible pipe for conveying a liquid or gas

• water with a hose

• compel to behave in a certain way

• impose something unpleasant

• impose and collect

• be against; express opposition to

• fight against or resist strongly

• contrast with equal weight or force

• set into opposition or rivalry

• act against or in opposition to

• be resistant to

• affected manners intended to impress others

• a posture assumed by models for photographic or artistic purposes

• a deliberate pretense or exaggerated display

• offer for others to consider

• assume a posture as for artistic purposes

• pretend to be someone you are not; sometimes with fraudulent intentions

• behave affectedly or unnaturally in order to impress others

• put into a certain place or abstract location

• be a mystery or bewildering to

• make a proposal, declare a plan for something

• present for consideration, examination, criticism, etc.

• propose or intend

• put forward; nominate for appointment to an office or for an honor or position

• ask (someone) to marry you

• pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives

• select as an alternative over another

• see fit or proper to act in a certain way; decide to act in a certain way

• having a strong desire for success or achievement

• requiring full use of your abilities or resources

• auguring favorable circumstances and good luck

• possessing or displaying courage; able to face and deal with danger or fear without flinching

• cause to be embarrassed; cause to feel self-conscious

• hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of

• extremely pleasing

• based on or told of in traditional stories; lacking factual basis or historical validity

• barely credible

• grossly offensive to decency or morality; causing horror

• so extremely ugly as to be terrifying

• extraordinarily good or great; used especially as intensifiers

• being or having the character of a miracle

• too improbable to admit of belief

• of an obscure nature

• having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence; beyond ordinary understanding

• known widely and usually unfavorably