17K+ Words That Rhyme With FORESHORTENING

• an event that happens

• the act of hearing attentively

• first or beginning

• an open or empty space in or between things

• a ceremony accompanying the start of some enterprise

• becoming open or being made open

• the first performance (as of a theatrical production)

• the act of opening something

• opportunity especially for employment or promotion

• the initial part of the introduction

• a possible alternative

• an aperture or hole that opens into a bodily cavity

• a vacant or unobstructed space that is man-made

• an entrance equipped with a hatch; especially a passageway between decks of a ship

• a recognized sequence of moves at the beginning of a game of chess

• the first of a series of actions

• fat such as butter or lard used in baked goods

• act of decreasing in length

• the act of inspiring with fear

• causing fear or dread or terror

• threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments

• darkened by clouds

• the news as presented by reporters for newspapers or radio or television

• the act of bearing the weight of or strengthening

• furnishing support and encouragement

• capable of bearing a structural load

• the state or fact of existing

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

• take something or somebody with oneself somewhere

• cause to come into a particular state or condition

• cause to happen or to occur as a consequence

• go or come after and bring or take back

• bring into a different state

• be accompanied by

• advance or set forth in court

• bestow a quality on

• be sold for a certain price

• attract the attention of

• induce or persuade

• 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

• all things that are of importance to a person

• the act of acquiring something

• the act of departing

• euphemistic expressions for death

• advancing toward a goal

• in full operation

• the act of directing the eyes toward something and perceiving it visually; look

• the act of searching visually

• appearing to be as specified; usually used as combining forms

• the time period between dawn and noon

• a conventional expression of greeting or farewell, used to wish someone a good morning

• the first light of day

• the earliest period

• a quantity of no importance; thing (object:), singular, negative pronoun; pronoun, thing, singular; quantifier: negative existential

• in no respect; to no degree

• an exchange of ideas via conversation

• a special situation

• an action

• a special abstraction

• an artifact

• an event

• a vaguely specified concern

• a statement regarded as an object

• an entity that is not named specifically

• any attribute or quality considered as having its own existence

• a special objective

• a persistent illogical feeling of desire or aversion

• a separate and self-contained entity

• hard to endure

• extremely irritating to the nerves

• Someone or something of importance.

• Any object, act, state, event, or fact whatever; a thing of any kind; something or other.

• (with “as” or “like”) Expressing an indefinite comparison.

• In any way, any extent or any degree.

• the syllable naming the first (tonic) note of any major scale in solmization

• doctor's degree in osteopathy

• an uproarious party

• engage in

• carry out or perform an action

• get (something) done

• proceed or get along

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

• carry out or practice; as of jobs and professions

• be sufficient; be adequate, either in quality or quantity

• create or design, often in a certain way

• behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself

• spend time in prison or in a labor camp

• carry on or function

• arrange attractively

• travel or traverse (a distance)

• An object whose nature is yet to be defined.

• An object whose name is forgotten by, unknown or unimportant to the user, e.g., from words of a song. Also used to refer to an object earlier indefinitely referred to as 'something' (pronoun sense).

• Applied to an action whose name is forgotten by, unknown or unimportant to the user, e.g. from words of a song.

• Having a characteristic that the speaker cannot specify.

• (degree) Somewhat; to a degree.

• (degree) To a high degree.

• An uncertain or unspecified thing; one thing.

• (of someone or something) A quality to a moderate degree.

• (of a person) A talent or quality that is difficult to specify.

• (often with really or quite) Somebody who or something that is superlative or notable in some way.

• the act of waking

• giving a Christian name at baptism

• changing to a darker color

• becoming dark or darker as from waning light or clouding over

• loud enough to cause (temporary) hearing loss

• tending to increase knowledge or dissipate ignorance

• enlightening or uplifting so as to encourage intellectual or moral improvement

• subject to or used in the process of finishing or fattening up for slaughter

• the cultivation of plants

• reflecting light

• descent of the uterus into the pelvic cavity that occurs late in pregnancy; the fetus is said to have dropped

• changing to a lighter color

• causing or able to cause nausea

• becoming stronger

• the act of increasing the strength of something

• the act of making something tighter

• becoming weaker

• the act of reducing the strength of something

• causing debilitation

• moderating by making pain or sorrow weaker

• changing to a lighter color

• an increase in width

• a part of a road that has been widened to allow cars to pass or park

• the act of making something wider

• a man's courting of a woman; seeking the affections of a woman (usually with the hope of marriage)

• an operation that segregates items into groups according to a specified criterion

• the basic cognitive process of arranging into classes or categories

• grouping by class or kind or size

• relating to or used in sports

• exhibiting or calling for sportsmanship or fair play

• involving risk or willingness to take a risk

• preoccupied with the pursuit of pleasure and especially games of chance

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

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

• the performance of a part or role in a drama

• serving temporarily especially as a substitute

• surprising greatly

• inspiring awe or admiration or wonder

• the verbal act of requesting

• the event consisting of the start of something

• the time at which something is supposed to begin

• the first part or section of something

• the place where something begins, where it springs into being

• the act of starting something

• serving to begin

• the act of drilling

• the act of drilling a hole in the earth in the hope of producing petroleum

• so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness

• the act of breaking something

• passing or able to pass air in and out of the lungs normally; sometimes used in combination

• the bodily process of inhalation and exhalation; the process of taking in oxygen from inhaled air and releasing carbon dioxide by exhalation