3K+ Words That Rhyme With DISTRACTIONS

• 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

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

• (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

• 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 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

• 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

• something abnormal or anomalous

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

• the act of exhorting; an earnest attempt at persuasion

• a narrowing that reduces the flow through a channel

• tight or narrow compression

• a tight feeling in some part of the body

• the action or process of compressing

• the act of constructing something

• a group of words that form a constituent of a sentence and are considered as a single unit

• the creation of a construct; the process of combining ideas into a congruous object of thought

• a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts

• drawing a figure satisfying certain conditions as part of solving a problem or proving a theorem

• an interpretation of a text or action

• the commercial activity involved in repairing old structures or constructing new ones

• a statement that represents something in words

• the act of describing something

• sort or variety

• the activity of constructing something again

• the period after the American Civil War when the southern states were reorganized and reintegrated into the Union; 1865-1877

• an interpretation formed by piecing together bits of evidence

• recall that is hypothesized to work by storing abstract features which are then used to construct the memory during recall

• 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)

• a crime less serious than a felony

• a written account of what transpired at a meeting

• a clique (often secret) that seeks power usually through intrigue

• a dissenting clique

• a device or control that is very useful for a particular job

• something done (usually as opposed to something said)

• the state of being active

• a military engagement

• a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings)

• the series of events that form a plot

• the trait of being active and energetic and forceful

• the operating part that transmits power to a mechanism

• a judicial proceeding brought by one party against another; one party prosecutes another for a wrong done or for protection of a right or for prevention of a wrong

• an act by a government body or supranational organization

• the most important or interesting work or activity in a specific area or field

• In firearms terminology, the mechanism that handles the ammunition (loads, locks, fires, and extracts the cartridges).

• institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against

• put in effect

• a discrimination between things as different and distinct on the basis of their characteristics or attributes

• high status importance owing to marked superiority

• a distinguishing difference between similar things or people

• an honor awarded to someone in recognition of achievement or superiority

• (medicine) any disturbance in the functioning of an organ or body part or a disturbance in the functioning of a social group

• no longer active; extinguished

• no longer in existence

• the reduction of the intensity of radiation as a consequence of absorption and radiation

• complete annihilation

• a conditioning process in which the reinforcer is removed and a conditioned response becomes independent of the conditioned stimulus

• the act of extinguishing; causing to stop burning

• an erect penis

• a structure that has been erected

• the act of building or putting up

• 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

• make strong or stronger

• gain strength

• give a healthy elasticity to

• (chemistry) a process in which one or more substances are changed into others

• an idea evoked by some experience

• a bodily process occurring due to the effect of some antecedent stimulus or agent

• (mechanics) the equal and opposite force that is produced when any force is applied to a body

• a response that reveals a person's feelings or attitude

• extreme conservatism in political or social matters

• doing something in opposition to another way of doing it that you don't like

• your usual mood

• the act or means of getting rid of something

• an attitude of mind especially one that favors one alternative over others

• a natural or acquired habit or characteristic tendency in a person or thing

• 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

• the act of digging

• the site of an archeological exploration

• a hole in the ground made by excavating

• the act of extracting ores or coal etc from the earth

• (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.

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

• 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

• the institution and conduct of legal proceedings against a defendant for criminal behavior

• the lawyers acting for the state to put the case against the defendant

• the continuance of something begun with a view to its completion

• the organic process of synthesizing and releasing some substance

• a functionally specialized substance (especially one that is not a waste) released from a gland or cell

• the state of lacking unity

• coming apart

• the distance between things

• sorting one thing from others

• the social act of separating or parting company

• the space where a division or parting occurs

• the termination of employment (by resignation or dismissal)

• (law) the cessation of cohabitation of man and wife (either by mutual agreement or under a court order)

• the act of dividing or disconnecting

• a qualitative change

• (mathematics) a function that changes the position or direction of the axes of a coordinate system

• a rule describing the conversion of one syntactic structure into another related syntactic structure

• (genetics) modification of a cell or bacterium by the uptake and incorporation of exogenous DNA

• the act of changing in form or shape or appearance

• a facility consisting of the means and equipment necessary for the movement of passengers or goods

• the United States federal department that institutes and coordinates national transportation programs; created in 1966

• the act of moving something from one location to another

• the sum charged for riding in a public conveyance

• the commercial enterprise of moving goods and materials

• the act of expelling a person from their native land

• 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

• 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

• an instance of questioning

• the subject matter at issue

• a sentence of inquiry that asks for a reply

• uncertainty about the truth or factuality or existence of something

• a formal proposal for action made to a deliberative assembly for discussion and vote

• an informal reference to a marriage proposal

• challenge the accuracy, probity, or propriety of

• pose a series of questions to

• pose a question

• conduct an interview in television, newspaper, and radio reporting

• place in doubt or express doubtful speculation

• act of demanding or levying by force or authority

• 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

• an organization founded and united for a specific purpose

• an establishment consisting of a building or complex of buildings where an organization for the promotion of some cause is situated

• a custom that for a long time has been an important feature of some group or society

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

• a hospital for mentally incompetent or unbalanced person

• the act of choosing or selecting

• an assortment of things from which a choice can be made

• the person or thing chosen or selected

• a natural process resulting in the evolution of organisms best adapted to the environment

• a passage selected from a larger work