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17K+ Rhyming Words For DEFECTING

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collecting10
3 verb, noun, adjectivev, n, adj
noun

• the act of gathering something together

directing9
3 verb, nounv, n
adjective satellite

• showing the way by conducting or leading; imposing direction on

detecting9
3 verb, adjectivev, adj
noun

• a police investigation to determine the perpetrator

affecting9
3 verb, adjectivev, adj
adjective satellite

• arousing affect

projecting10
3 verb, adjectivev, adj
adjective satellite

• extending out above or beyond a surface or boundary

reflecting10
3 verb, adjectivev, adj
adjective satellite

• causing reflection or having a device that reflects

expecting9
3 verb, adjectivev, adj
verb

• regard something as probable or likely

• consider obligatory; request and expect

• look forward to the probable occurrence of

• consider reasonable or due

• look forward to the birth of a child

• be pregnant with

protecting10
3 verbv
adjective satellite

• shielding (or designed to shield) against harm or discomfort

effecting9
3 verbv
noun

• a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon

• an outward appearance

• an impression (especially one that is artificial or contrived)

• the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work

• (of a law) having legal validity

• a symptom caused by an illness or a drug

verb

• produce

• act so as to bring into existence

dissecting10
3 verb, adjectivev, adj
verb

• cut open or cut apart

• make a mathematical, chemical, or grammatical analysis of; break down into components or essential features

infecting9
3 verb, adjectivev, adj
verb

• communicate a disease to

• contaminate with a disease or microorganism

• corrupt with ideas or an ideology

• affect in a contagious way

neglecting10
3 verb, adjectivev, adj
noun

• lack of attention and due care

• the state of something that has been unused and neglected

• willful lack of care and attention

• the trait of neglecting responsibilities and lacking concern

• failure to act with the prudence that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances

verb

• leave undone or leave out

• fail to do something; leave something undone

• fail to attend to

• give little or no attention to

perfecting10
3 verbv
adjective

• being complete of its kind and without defect or blemish

noun

• a tense of verbs used in describing action that has been completed (sometimes regarded as perfective aspect)

adjective satellite

• without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers

• precisely accurate or exact

verb

• make perfect or complete

respecting10
3 verbv
noun

• (usually preceded by `in') a detail or point

• the condition of being honored (esteemed or respected or well regarded)

• an attitude of admiration or esteem

• a courteous expression (by word or deed) of esteem or regard

• behavior intended to please your parents

• a feeling of friendship and esteem

• courteous regard for people's feelings

verb

• regard highly; think much of

• show respect towards

selecting9
3 verb, adjectivev, adj
adjective satellite

• of superior grade

• selected or chosen for special qualifications

verb

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

unsuspecting12
4 adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• not suspicious

• (often followed by `of') not knowing or expecting; not thinking likely

erecting8
3 verbv
noun

• the act of building or putting up

intersecting12
4 adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• crossed or intersected in the form of an X

ejecting8
3 verbv
verb

• put out or expel from a place

• eliminate (a substance)

• leave an aircraft rapidly, using an ejection seat or capsule

• cause to come out in a squirt

electing8
3 verb, adjectivev, adj
noun

• an exclusive group of people

adjective satellite

• selected as the best

• elected but not yet installed in office

verb

• select by a vote for an office or membership

• choose

reelecting10
3 verb, adverb, adjectivev, adv, adj
verb

• elect again

rejecting9
3 verb, adjectivev, adj
noun

• the person or thing that is rejected or set aside as inferior in quality

verb

• not accept something given or offered

• not accept as true

• deem wrong or inappropriate

• reject with contempt

• resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign tissue or organ

• refuse entrance or membership

• dismiss from consideration or a contest

deflecting10
3 verb, adjectivev, adj
verb

• prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening; to protect from or to keep away anything undesirable; to ward off

• turn from a straight course, fixed direction, or line of interest

• turn aside and away from an initial or intended course

• draw someone's attention away from something

• impede the movement of (an opponent or a ball)

injecting9
3 verb, nounv, n
verb

• give an injection to

• to introduce (a new aspect or element)

• force or drive (a fluid or gas) into by piercing

• take by injection

• feed intravenously

• to insert between other elements

inspecting10
3 verb, noun, adjectivev, n, adj
verb

• look over carefully

• come to see in an official or professional capacity

• examine carefully for accuracy with the intent of verification

objecting9
3 verbv
noun

• a tangible and visible entity; an entity that can cast a shadow

• the goal intended to be attained (and which is believed to be attainable)

• (grammar) a constituent that is acted upon

• the focus of cognitions or feelings

• (computing) a discrete item that provides a description of virtually anything known to a computer

verb

• express or raise an objection or protest or criticism or express dissent

• be averse to or express disapproval of

prospecting11
3 verb, nounv, n
noun

• the possibility of future success

• belief about (or mental picture of) the future

• someone who is considered for something (for an office or prize or honor etc.)

• the visual percept of a region

• a prediction of the course of a disease

verb

• search for something desirable

• explore for useful or valuable things or substances, such as minerals

subjecting10
3 verbv
noun

• the subject matter of a conversation or discussion

• something (a person or object or scene) selected by an artist or photographer for graphic representation

• a branch of knowledge

• some situation or event that is thought about

• (grammar) one of the two main constituents of a sentence; the grammatical constituent about which something is predicated

• a person who is subjected to experimental or other observational procedures; someone who is an object of investigation

• a person who owes allegiance to that nation

• (logic) the first term of a proposition

adjective satellite

• possibly accepting or permitting

• being under the power or sovereignty of another or others

• likely to be affected by something

verb

• cause to experience or suffer or make liable or vulnerable to

• make accountable for

• make subservient; force to submit or subdue

suspecting10
3 verb, adjectivev, adj
noun

• someone who is under suspicion

• a person or institution against whom an action is brought in a court of law; the person being sued or accused

adjective satellite

• not as expected

verb

• imagine to be the case or true or probable

• regard as untrustworthy; regard with suspicion; have no faith or confidence in

• hold in suspicion; believe to be guilty

disconnecting13
4 verb, adjectivev, adj
noun

• an unbridgeable disparity (as from a failure of understanding)

verb

• pull the plug of (electrical appliances) and render inoperable

• make disconnected, disjoin or unfasten

disrespecting13
4 verb, adjectivev, adj
noun

• an expression of lack of respect

• a disrespectful mental attitude

• a manner that is generally disrespectful and contemptuous

verb

• show a lack of respect for

• have little or no respect for; hold in contempt

recollecting12
4 verbv
verb

• recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection

reconnecting12
4 verb, adjectivev, adj
verb

• To connect again or differently.

redirecting11
4 verbv
verb

• channel into a new direction

advecting9
3 verb, adverb, adjectivev, adv, adj
verb

• To transport (something) by advection.

bisecting9
3 verb, adjectivev, adj
verb

• cut in half or cut in two

dejecting9
3 adjectiveadj
verb

• lower someone's spirits; make downhearted

disjecting10
3 verbv
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exsecting9
3
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inflecting10
3 verb, adjectivev, adj
verb

• change the form of a word in accordance as required by the grammatical rules of the language

• vary the pitch of one's speech

praelecting11
3 verbv
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prelecting10
3 verbv
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prosecting10
3
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reerecting10
3 verbv
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reinfecting11
3 verb, adjectivev, adj
verb

• Infect again

reinjecting11
3 verbv
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reinspecting12
3 verb, nounv, n
No meanings yet for this word...
resecting9
3 verbv
verb

• surgically remove a part of a structure or an organ

trajecting10
3 verb, adjectivev, adj
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transecting11
3 verb, adjectivev, adj
verb

• cut across or divide transversely

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