1K+ Words That Rhyme With EMBANKMENTS

• placing private property in the custody of an officer of the law

• a change for the better; progress in development

• the act of improving something

• a condition superior to an earlier condition

• the action of accomplishing something

• an ability that has been acquired by training

• a promotional statement (as found on the dust jackets of books)

• a speech seconding a motion

• formal and explicit approval

• a signature that validates something

• the act of endorsing

• something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress

• any structure that makes progress difficult

• the rapid and continuous delivery of linguistic communication (spoken or written)

• the heavy fire of artillery to saturate an area rather than hit a specific target

• the act (or an instance) of subjecting a body or substance to the impact of high-energy particles (as electrons or alpha rays)

• an attack by dropping bombs

• a space into which an area is subdivided

• a partitioned section, chamber, or separate room within a larger enclosed area

• a payment smaller than needed or expected

• the act of paying less than required

• an improvement that makes something more agreeable

• a structure erected to commemorate persons or events

• an important site that is marked and preserved as public property

• a burial vault (usually for some famous person)

• a suite of rooms usually on one floor of an apartment house

• the act of putting a person into a non-elective position

• a meeting arranged in advance

• (usually in the plural) furnishings and equipment (especially for a ship or hotel)

• a person who is appointed to a job or position

• the job to which you are (or hope to be) appointed

• (law) the act of disposing of property by virtue of the power of appointment

• act of taking the place of another especially using underhanded tactics

• an event in which something is displaced without rotation

• the act of uniform movement

• (chemistry) a reaction in which an elementary substance displaces and sets free a constituent element from a compound

• (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that transfers affect or reaction from the original object to some more acceptable one

• to move something from its natural environment

• act of removing from office or employment

• any entry into an area not previously occupied

• entry to another's property without right or permission

• influencing strongly

• the act of enforcing; ensuring observance of or obedience to

• the act of forming or establishing something

• an organization founded and united for a specific purpose

• the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something

• a public or private structure (business or governmental or educational) including buildings and equipment for business or residence

• any large organization

• (ecology) the process by which a plant or animal becomes established in a new habitat

• the cognitive process of establishing a valid proof

• a device that requires skill for proper use

• the means whereby some act is accomplished

• a person used by another to gain an end

• (law) a document that states some contractual relationship or grants some right

• the semantic role of the entity (usually inanimate) that the agent uses to perform an action or start a process

• any of various devices or contrivances that can be used to produce musical tones or sounds

• equip with instruments for measuring, recording, or controlling

• write an instrumental score for

• address a legal document to

• the act of investing; laying out money or capital in an enterprise with the expectation of profit

• money that is invested with an expectation of profit

• the commitment of something other than money (time, energy, or effort) to a project with the expectation of some worthwhile result

• outer layer or covering of an organ or part or organism

• the act of putting on robes or vestments

• the ceremonial act of clothing someone in the insignia of an office; the formal promotion of a person to an office or rank

• the act of sharing in the activities of a group

• a connection of inclusion or containment

• a sense of concern with and curiosity about someone or something

• a usually secretive or illicit sexual relationship

• the condition of sharing in common with others (as fellows or partners etc.)

• the spatial property of the way in which something is placed

• contact established between applicants and prospective employees

• the act of putting something in a certain place

• a military operation (often involving new supplies of men and materiel) to strengthen a military force or aid in the performance of its mission

• information that makes more forcible or convincing

• (psychology) a stimulus that strengthens or weakens the behavior that produced it

• a device designed to provide additional strength

• an act performed to strengthen approved behavior

• the act of managing something

• those in charge of running a business

• act of putting off to a future time

• a specialized division of a large organization

• the territorial and administrative division of some countries (such as France)

• a specialized sphere of knowledge

• a payment of part of a debt; usually paid at regular intervals

• a part of a broadcast serial

• a part of a published serial

• the act of installing something (as equipment)

• the act of furnishing an equivalent person or thing in the place of another

• someone who takes the place of another person

• an event in which one thing is substituted for another

• a person or thing that takes or can take the place of another

• filling again by supplying what has been used up

• a person who follows next in order

• the state or quality of being recognized or acknowledged

• a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage

• a statement acknowledging something or someone

• a feeling of dissatisfaction that results when your expectations are not realized

• an act (or failure to act) that disappoints someone

• the act of increasing (something) in size or volume or quantity or scope

• the state of being enlarged

• a discussion that provides additional information

• a photographic print that has been enlarged

• the act of conducting a controlled test or investigation

• the testing of an idea

• a venture at something new or different

• to conduct a test or investigation

• try something new, as in order to gain experience

• a situation from which extrication is difficult especially an unpleasant or trying one

• violent or severe weather (viewed as caused by the action of the four elements)

• a substance that contaminates

• a statement of fundamental facts or principles

• the elementary stages of any subject (usually plural)

• encouragement of the progress or growth or acceptance of something

• the act of moving forward (as toward a goal)

• gradual improvement or growth or development

• preceding in time or order

• someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)

• a preceding occurrence or cause or event

• anything that precedes something similar in time

• the referent of an anaphor; a phrase or clause that is referred to by an anaphoric pronoun

• the passing of a law by a legislative body

• a legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body

• acting the part of a character on stage; dramatically representing the character by speech and action and gesture

• an interruption in the intensity or amount of something

• the act of abating

• the action of accomplishing something

• making or becoming suitable; adjusting to circumstances

• the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment)

• the act of adjusting something to match a standard

• the process of adapting to something (such as environmental conditions)

• an amount added or deducted on the basis of qualifying circumstances

• the statement (oral or written) of an exchange of promises

• compatibility of observations

• harmony of people's opinions or actions or characters

• the thing arranged or agreed to

• the determination of grammatical inflection on the basis of word relations

• the verbal act of agreeing

• an often persistent bodily disorder or disease; a cause for complaining

• an organization of people (or countries) involved in a pact or treaty

• the spatial property possessed by an arrangement or position of things in a straight line or in parallel lines

• (astronomy) apparent meeting or passing of two or more celestial bodies in the same degree of the zodiac

• the act of adjusting or aligning the parts of a device in relation to each other

• a share set aside for a specific purpose

• the act of distributing by allotting or apportioning; distribution according to a plan

• the act of amending or correcting

• a statement that is added to or revises or improves a proposal or document (a bill or constitution etc.)

• a feeling of delight at being entertained

• an activity that is diverting and that holds the attention

• a fact or assertion offered as evidence that something is true

• a contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement

• a discussion in which reasons are advanced for and against some proposition or proposal

• a summary of the subject or plot of a literary work or play or movie

• (computer science) a reference or value that is passed to a function, procedure, subroutine, command, or program

• a variable in a logical or mathematical expression whose value determines the dependent variable; if f(x)=y, x is the independent variable

• a course of reasoning aimed at demonstrating a truth or falsehood; the methodical process of logical reasoning

• weaponry used by military or naval force

• the act of equipping with weapons in preparation for war

• a legal document calling someone to court to answer an indictment