16K+ Words That Rhyme With CURTAIN-RAISER

• an acronym for light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation; an optical device that produces an intense monochromatic beam of coherent light

• someone who cuts flat glass to size

• an acronym for microwave amplification by stimulated emission of radiation; an amplifier that works on the same principle as a laser and emits coherent microwave radiation

• a large hardwood drinking bowl

• a bridge partner who increases the partner's bid

• someone concerned with the science or art or business of cultivating the soil

• edge tool used in shaving

• shave with a razor

• One who administers acts of hazing, or abusive initiation.

• The rodeo performer who hazes the steer.

• a person afflicted with leprosy

• English social anthropologist noted for studies of primitive religion and magic (1854-1941)

• United States physicist who invented the bubble chamber to study subatomic particles (born in 1926)

• a person who is pursuing and trying to overtake or capture

• a drink to follow immediately after another drink

• someone who drives racing cars at high speeds

• a fast car that competes in races

• an animal that races

• slender fast-moving North American snakes

• a contestant who loses the contest

• a person with a record of failing; someone who loses consistently

• a gambler who loses a bet

• one who estimates officially the worth or value or quality of things

• one who determines authenticity (as of works of art) or who guarantees validity

• a statement (either spoken or written) that is made to reply to a question or request or criticism or accusation

• a statement that solves a problem or explains how to solve the problem

• the speech act of replying to a question

• the principal pleading by the defendant in response to plaintiff's complaint; in criminal law it consists of the defendant's plea of `guilty' or `not guilty' (or nolo contendere); in civil law it must contain denials of all allegations in the plaintiff's complaint that the defendant hopes to controvert and it can contain affirmative defenses or counterclaims

• a nonverbal reaction

• react verbally

• respond to a signal

• give the correct answer or solution to

• understand the meaning of

• give a defence or refutation of (a charge) or in (an argument)

• be liable or accountable

• be sufficient; be adequate, either in quality or quantity

• match or correspond

• be satisfactory for; meet the requirements of or serve the purpose of

• react to a stimulus or command

• (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Cancer

• any malignant growth or tumor caused by abnormal and uncontrolled cell division; it may spread to other parts of the body through the lymphatic system or the blood stream

• a small zodiacal constellation in the Northern Hemisphere; between Leo and Gemini

• the fourth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about June 21 to July 22

• type genus of the family Cancridae

• yet to be or coming

• a verb tense or other formation referring to events or states that have not yet happened

• the time yet to come

• a verb tense that expresses actions or states in the future

• bulk commodities bought or sold at an agreed price for delivery at a specified future date

• effective in or looking toward the future

• (of elected officers) elected but not yet serving

• any person in the armed services who holds a position of authority or command

• someone who is appointed or elected to an office and who holds a position of trust

• a member of a police force

• a person authorized to serve in a position of authority on a vessel

• direct or command as an officer

• the force applied to a unit area of surface; measured in pascals (SI unit) or in dynes (cgs unit)

• a force that compels

• the act of pressing; the exertion of pressure

• the state of demanding notice or attention

• the somatic sensation that results from applying force to an area of skin

• an oppressive condition of physical or mental or social or economic distress

• the pressure exerted by the atmosphere

• to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means

• exert pressure on someone through threats

• someone who is a member of the faculty at a college or university

• someone who marks a trail by leaving blazes on trees

• someone who helps to open up a new line of research or technology or art

• One who paraphrases.

• at or toward an end or late period or stage of development

• happening at a time subsequent to a reference time

• at some eventual time in the future

• comparative of the adverb `late'

• coming at a subsequent time or stage

• the title of the Holy Roman Emperors or the emperors of Austria or of Germany until 1918

• happening at a time subsequent to a reference time

• behind or in the rear

• located farther aft

• any of various alternatives; some other; entity, singular, other pronoun; quantifier, singular, another

• a male with the same parents as someone else

• (Roman Catholic Church) a title given to a monk and used as form of address

• a male person who is a fellow member (of a fraternity or religion or other group)

• a close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities

• used as a term of address for those male persons engaged in the same movement

• a push button at an outer door that gives a ringing or buzzing signal when pushed

• a signaling device that makes a buzzing sound

• conqueror of Gaul and master of Italy (100-44 BC)

• United States comedian who pioneered comedy television shows (born 1922)

• at any time

• at all times; all the time and on every occasion

• (intensifier for adjectives) very

• electric refrigerator (trade name Deepfreeze) in which food is frozen and stored for long periods of time

• a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)

• a stringy slimy substance consisting of yeast cells and bacteria; forms during fermentation and is added to cider or wine to produce vinegar

• a term of address for an elderly woman

• a term of address for a mother superior

• a condition that is the inspiration for an activity or situation

• care for like a mother

• make (offspring) by reproduction

• not at all; certainly not; not in any circumstances; not ever; at no time in the past or future

• not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied; quantifier, other

• recently past

• belonging to the distant past

• very unusual; different in character or quality from the normal or expected

• recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection

• keep in mind for attention or consideration

• recapture the past; indulge in memories

• show appreciation to

• mention favorably, as in prayer

• mention as by way of greeting or to indicate friendship

• exercise, or have the power of, memory

• call to remembrance; keep alive the memory of someone or something, as in a ceremony

• one who supervises or has charge and direction of

• a program that controls the execution of other programs

• an implement used to erase something

• someone who proclaims a message publicly

• reads news, commercials on radio or television

• an architectural product or work

• the discipline dealing with the principles of design and construction and ornamentation of fine buildings

• the profession of designing buildings and environments with consideration for their esthetic effect

• (computer science) the structure and organization of a computer's hardware or system software

• someone who fights with his fists for sport

• a member of a nationalistic Chinese secret society that led an unsuccessful rebellion in 1900 against foreign interests in China

• a workman employed to pack things into containers

• a breed of stocky medium-sized short-haired dog with a brindled coat and square-jawed muzzle developed in Germany

• a retailer of meat

• a brutal indiscriminate murderer

• a person who slaughters or dresses meat for market

• someone who makes mistakes because of incompetence

• kill (animals) usually for food consumption

• a performer who dances professionally

• a person who participates in a social gathering arranged for dancing (as a ball)