17K+ Words That Rhyme With FIRST-READING

• a line of text serving to indicate what the passage below it is about

• the direction or path along which something moves or along which it lies

• a horizontal (or nearly horizontal) passageway in a mine

• the social event at which the ceremony of marriage is performed

• the act of marrying; the nuptial ceremony

• a party of people at a wedding

• going or proceeding or going in advance; showing the way

• the activity of leading

• thin strip of metal used to separate lines of type in printing

• indicating the most important performer or role

• greatest in importance or degree or significance or achievement

• having the leading position or higher score in a contest

• execution by cutting off the victim's head

• killing by cutting off the head

• begging

• (law) a statement in legal and logical form stating something on behalf of a party to a legal proceeding

• coverings that are used on a bed

• material used to provide a bed for animals

• elegance by virtue of fineness of manner and expression

• the result of good upbringing (especially knowledge of correct social behavior)

• helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community

• the production of animals or plants by inbreeding or hybridization

• the sexual activity of conceiving and bearing offspring

• producing offspring or set aside especially for producing offspring

• the act of consuming food

• the act of supplying food and nourishment

• the process whereby something is shed

• loss of bits of outer skin by peeling or shedding or coming off in scales

• the sport of riding on a sled or sleigh

• advancing toward a goal

• changing location rapidly

• a tiny or scarcely detectable amount

• a small piece of cloth

• tear into shreds

• process or result of distributing or extending over a wide expanse of space

• the opening of a subject to widespread discussion and debate

• act of extending over a wider scope or expanse of space or time

• To sue in court, raise an action against a defendant

• ornamentation with beads

• a beaded molding for edging or decorating furniture

• fix or set securely or deeply

• attach to, as a journalist to a military unit when reporting on a war

• a town in north central California on the Sacramento River

• United States journalist who reported on the October Revolution from Petrograd in 1917; founded the Communist Labor Party in America in 1919; is buried in the Kremlin in Moscow (1887-1920)

• tall woody perennial grasses with hollow slender stems especially of the genera Arundo and Phragmites

• a vibrator consisting of a thin strip of stiff material that vibrates to produce a tone when air streams over it

• United States physician who proved that yellow fever is transmitted by mosquitoes (1851-1902)

• a musical instrument that sounds by means of a vibrating reed

• to mix into a homogeneous mass

• manually manipulate (someone's body), usually for medicinal or relaxation purposes

• a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place

• the act of constructing something

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

• the occupants of a building

• the act of ceding

• the act of determining the properties of something, usually by research or calculation

• the decision of a court on issues of fact or law

• something that is found

• the activity of keeping something secret

• the state of being hidden

• the act of retaining something

• something owned; any tangible or intangible possession that is owned by someone

• conformity or harmony

• the responsibility of a guardian or keeper

• the act of retaining something

• the state of being asleep

• quiet and inactive restfulness

• the suspension of consciousness and decrease in metabolic rate

• lying with head on paws as if sleeping

• (of fluids) not moving or flowing

• executed in or initiated from a standing position

• (of persons) on the feet; having the torso in an erect position supported by straight legs

• social or financial or professional status or reputation

• an ordered listing of scores or results showing the relative positions of competitors (individuals or teams) in a sporting event

• the act of assuming or maintaining an erect upright position

• having a supporting base

• not created for a particular occasion

• permanent

• marked by or paying little heed or attention

• a young person of either sex

• English dramatist (1558-1594)

• soft smooth leather from the hide of a young goat

• a human offspring (son or daughter) of any age

• young goat

• tell false information to for fun

• be silly or tease one another

• perceiving what a person is saying by observing the movements of the lips

• (followed by `to') in agreement with or accordant with

• (followed by `to') as reported or stated by

• the act of conceding or yielding

• an individual quantity of food or drink taken as part of a meal

• the act of mating closely related individuals

• searching for or buying goods or services

• the commodities purchased from stores

• a specific instance of feeling hopeful

• United States comedian (born in England) who appeared in films with Bing Crosby (1903-2003)

• the general feeling that some desire will be fulfilled

• grounds for feeling hopeful about the future

• someone (or something) on which expectations are centered

• one of the three Christian virtues

• expect and wish

• be optimistic; be full of hope; have hopes

• intend with some possibility of fulfilment

• act between parties with a view to reconciling differences

• take the place or move into the position of

• a step in walking or running

• the grooved surface of a pneumatic tire

• the part (as of a wheel or shoe) that makes contact with the ground

• structural member consisting of the horizontal part of a stair or step

• put down or press the foot, place the foot

• tread or stomp heavily or roughly

• crush as if by treading on

• brace (an archer's bow) by pressing the foot against the center

• apply (the tread) to a tire

• mate with (used of male birds)

• a long monotonous harangue

• a long piece of writing

• an accurately levelled strip of material placed on a wall or floor as guide for the even application of plaster or concrete

• designed to deceive or mislead either deliberately or inadvertently

• the state or fact of existing

• a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently

• an authoritative direction or instruction to do something

• a request to be present

• (bridge) the number of tricks a bridge player is willing to contract to make

• the act of passengers and crew getting aboard a ship or aircraft

• a structure of boards

• the act of drawing spatially closer to something

• arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous)

• the temporal property of becoming nearer in time

• the moment of most intense pleasure in sexual intercourse

• of the relatively near future