3K+ Words That Rhyme With FAUX-PAS

• For the reason (that).

• On account (of), for sake (of).

• (by ellipsis) Used alone to refuse to provide a full answer a question begun with "why", usually taken as an anapodoton of the elided full phrase "Because I said so".

• On account of, because of.

• By or for the cause that; on this account that; for the reason that.

• As is known, inferred, or determined from the fact that.

• So that, in order that.

• events that provide the generative force that is the origin of something

• a justification for something existing or happening

• a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end

• any entity that produces an effect or is responsible for events or results

• a comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy

• give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally

• cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner

• Cousin (usually as a term of address)

• Because

• an open jar of glass or porcelain used as an ornament or to hold flowers

• (ballet) a step in dancing (especially in classical ballet)

• (astronomy) the angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing; the right ascension for an observer at a particular location and time of day

• South African term for `boss'

• a creamy potato soup flavored with leeks and onions; usually served cold

• a United States territory on the eastern part of the island of Samoa

• a very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms; arsenic and arsenic compounds are used as herbicides and insecticides and in various alloys; found in arsenopyrite and orpiment and realgar

• to the same degree (often followed by `as')

• a master's degree in arts and sciences

• informal terms for a mother

• one thousandth of an ampere

• a state in New England, with capital Boston; one of the original 13 colonies

• express admiration and pleasure by uttering `ooh' or `aah'

• the state of matter distinguished from the solid and liquid states by: relatively low density and viscosity; relatively great expansion and contraction with changes in pressure and temperature; the ability to diffuse readily; and the spontaneous tendency to become distributed uniformly throughout any container

• a fluid in the gaseous state having neither independent shape nor volume and being able to expand indefinitely

• a volatile flammable mixture of hydrocarbons (hexane and heptane and octane etc.) derived from petroleum; used mainly as a fuel in internal-combustion engines

• a state of excessive gas in the alimentary canal

• a pedal that controls the throttle valve

• a fossil fuel in the gaseous state; used for cooking and heating homes

• attack with gas; subject to gas fumes

• show off

• title for the former hereditary monarch of Iran

• (astronomy) the angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing; the right ascension for an observer at a particular location and time of day

• the syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmization

• a state in southern United States on the Gulf of Mexico; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War

• a white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily; occurs in rare earth minerals and is usually classified as a rare earth

• a master's degree in arts and sciences

• informal terms for a mother

• one thousandth of an ampere

• a state in New England, with capital Boston; one of the original 13 colonies

• (object pronoun) The people spoken, or written to, as an object.

• (reflexive pronoun) (To) yourselves, (to) yourself.

• (object pronoun) The person spoken to or written to, as an object. (Replacing thee; originally as a mark of respect.)

• (subject pronoun) The people spoken to or written to, as a subject. (Replacing ye.)

• (subject pronoun) The person spoken to or written to, as a subject. (Originally as a mark of respect.)

• (indefinite personal pronoun) Anyone, one; an unspecified individual or group of individuals (as subject or object).

• Yeah; yes.

• Go. (Spoken to horses and cattle.)

• Yea; yes

• A letter of the Cyrillic alphabet: Я, я.

• a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine

• a wheeled vehicle adapted to the rails of railroad

• the compartment that is suspended from an airship and that carries personnel and the cargo and the power plant

• where passengers ride up and down

• a conveyance for passengers or freight on a cable railway

• French writer remembered for his swashbuckling historical tales (1802-1870)

• a small cake leavened with yeast

• a capitalist who engages in industrial commercial enterprise

• a member of the middle class

• (according to Marxist thought) being of the property-owning class and exploitive of the working class

• conforming to the standards and conventions of the middle class

• belonging to the middle class

• title for the former hereditary monarch of Iran

• a health resort near a spring or at the seaside

• a fashionable hotel usually in a resort area

• a place of business with equipment and facilities for exercising and improving physical fitness

• An exclamation of understanding, realization, invention, or recognition.

• An exclamation of surprise, exaltation, or contempt.

• A representation of laughter.

• An exclamation of triumph or discovery.

• An exclamation of grief.

• A sound of hesitation: er, um.

• Said when making a vigorous attack.

• (with falling pitch) used to express amusement or subtle surprise.

• Used to express doubt or confusion.

• (with rising pitch) Used to reinforce a question.

• (with falling pitch) Used either to belittle the issuer of a statement/question, or sarcastically to indicate utter agreement, and that the statement being responded to is an extreme understatement. The intonation is changed to distinguish between the two meanings - implied dullness for belittlement, and feigned surprise for utter agreement.

• (with rising pitch) Used to indicate that one did not hear what was said.

• (with falling pitch) Used to create a tag question.

• The fifth letter of many Semitic alphabets (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others).

• by bad luck

• a heavy, closely woven fabric

• an oil painting on canvas fabric

• the setting for a narrative or fictional or dramatic account

• a tent made of canvas fabric

• a large piece of fabric (usually canvas fabric) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel

• the mat that forms the floor of the ring in which boxers or professional wrestlers compete

• cover with canvas

• a one-way peephole in a door

• (New Testament) supposed brother of St. James; one of the Apostles who is invoked in prayer when a situation seems hopeless

• (New Testament) the Apostle who betrayed Jesus to his enemies for 30 pieces of silver

• someone who betrays under the guise of friendship

• the second largest state; located in southwestern United States on the Gulf of Mexico

• the mother of your father or mother

• a health resort near a spring or at the seaside

• a fashionable hotel usually in a resort area

• a place of business with equipment and facilities for exercising and improving physical fitness

• an acknowledgment that can be used to say hello or goodbye (aloha is Hawaiian and ciao is Italian)

• unknown god; an epithet of Prajapati and Brahma

• a Japanese gangster

• organized crime in Japan; an alliance of criminal organizations and illegal enterprises

• any of several tropical and subtropical treelike herbs of the genus Musa having a terminal crown of large entire leaves and usually bearing hanging clusters of elongated fruits

• elongated crescent-shaped yellow fruit with soft sweet flesh

• equipment for taking photographs (usually consisting of a lightproof box with a lens at one end and light-sensitive film at the other)

• television equipment consisting of a lens system that focuses an image on a photosensitive mosaic that is scanned by an electron beam

• a pair of loose trousers tied by a drawstring around the waist; worn by men and women in some Asian countries

• (usually plural) loose-fitting nightclothes worn for sleeping or lounging; have a jacket top and trousers

• a republic on the Isthmus of Panama; achieved independence from Colombia in 1903

• a stiff hat made of straw with a flat crown

• a bachelor's degree in arts and sciences

• a soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group; found in barite

• the syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization

• a silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group; occurs abundantly in natural compounds (especially in salt water); burns with a yellow flame and reacts violently in water; occurs in sea water and in the mineral halite (rock salt)

• a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies, with capital Harrisburg

• an informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk

• a short-lived radioactive metallic element formed from uranium and disintegrating into actinium and then into lead

• an electronic amplification system used as a communication system in public areas

• a unit of pressure equal to one newton per square meter

• a hard grey lustrous metallic element that is highly resistant to corrosion; occurs in niobite and fergusonite and tantalite

• a handsaw that is stiffened by metal reinforcement along the upper edge

• French impressionist painter (1834-1917)

• remove gas from

• a flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism

• a wing of an insect

• the cry made by sheep

• cry plaintively