1K+ Words That Rhyme With FOSSILS

• a person holding a fief; a person who owes allegiance and service to a feudal lord

• any important early teacher of Christianity or a Christian missionary to a people

• an ardent early supporter of a cause or reform

• (New Testament) one of the original 12 disciples chosen by Christ to preach his gospel

• (plural) tight-fitting spectacles worn to protect the eyes

• the United States' oldest federal law enforcement agency is responsible today for protecting the Federal Judiciary and transporting federal prisoners and protecting federal witnesses and managing assets seized from criminals and generally ensuring the effective operation of the federal judicial system

• an acute and highly contagious viral disease marked by distinct red spots followed by a rash; occurs primarily in children

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

• badminton played with two players on each side

• tennis played with two players on each side

• something proposed (such as a plan or assumption)

• an offer of marriage

• the act of making a proposal

• a document attesting to the truth of certain stated facts

• a person of subnormal intelligence

• having a mental age of three to seven years

• a unit of length equal to 1,760 yards or 5,280 feet; exactly 1609.344 meters

• a unit of length used in navigation; exactly 1,852 meters; historically based on the distance spanned by one minute of arc in latitude

• a large distance

• a former British unit of length once used in navigation; equivalent to 6,000 feet (1828.8 meters)

• a former British unit of length equivalent to 6,080 feet (1,853.184 meters); 800 feet longer than a statute mile

• an ancient Roman unit of length equivalent to 1620 yards

• a Swedish unit of length equivalent to 10 km

• a footrace extending one mile

• an extended fictional work in prose; usually in the form of a story

• a printed and bound book that is an extended work of fiction

• original and of a kind not seen before

• pleasantly new or different

• a thin cylindrical pointed writing implement; a rod of marking substance encased in wood

• graphite (or a similar substance) used in such a way as to be a medium of communication

• a figure formed by a set of straight lines or light rays meeting at a point

• a cosmetic in a long thin stick; designed to be applied to a particular part of the face

• write, draw, or trace with a pencil

• either of two masses of lymphatic tissue one on each side of the oral pharynx

• official routes of communication

• the human beings of a particular nation or community or ethnic group

• the final match between the winners of all previous matches in an elimination tournament

• an examination administered at the end of an academic term

• occurring at or forming an end or termination

• conclusive in a process or progression

• not to be altered or undone

• the act of breathing heavily through the nose (as when the nose is congested)

• cry or whine with snuffling

• inhale audibly through the nose

• motivation based on ideas of right and wrong

• fruit with red or yellow or green skin and sweet to tart crisp whitish flesh

• native Eurasian tree widely cultivated in many varieties for its firm rounded edible fruits

• the leaf of a conifer

• a slender pointer for indicating the reading on the scale of a measuring instrument

• a sharp pointed implement (usually steel)

• a stylus that formerly made sound by following a groove in a phonograph record

• annoy or provoke, as by constant criticism

• prick with a needle

• an implement for practical use (especially in a household)

• a stiff fiber (coarse hair or filament); natural or synthetic

• a stiff hair

• be in a state of movement or action

• rise up as in fear

• have or be thickly covered with or as if with bristles

• react in an offended or angry manner

• a small quantity of anything

• a small amount of solid food; a mouthful

• one of the contractile organs of the body

• animal tissue consisting predominantly of contractile cells

• a bully employed as a thug or bodyguard

• authority or power or force (especially when used in a coercive way)

• possessing muscular strength

• make one's way by force

• a close and affectionate (and often prolonged) embrace

• move or arrange oneself in a comfortable and cozy position

• lie in a sheltered position

• position comfortably

• a wrapped container

• the allotment of some amount by dividing something

• an extended area of land

• a collection of things wrapped or boxed together

• divide into parts

• cover with strips of canvas

• make into a wrapped container

• (computer science) the smallest discrete component of an image or picture on a CRT screen (usually a colored dot)

• disorderly fighting

• fight or struggle in a confused way at close quarters

• make messy or untidy

• a tube in which a body fluid circulates

• a craft designed for water transportation

• an object used as a container (especially for liquids)

• the sound made by something moving rapidly or by steam coming out of a small aperture

• the act of signalling (e.g., summoning) by whistling or blowing a whistle

• a small wind instrument that produces a whistling sound by blowing into it

• acoustic device that forces air or steam against an edge or into a cavity and so produces a loud shrill sound

• an inexpensive fipple flute

• make whistling sounds

• move with, or as with, a whistling sound

• utter or express by whistling

• move, send, or bring as if by whistling

• make a whining, ringing, or whistling sound

• give a signal by whistling

• a shaft on which a wheel rotates

• a notation cancelling a previous sharp or flat

• postpone indefinitely or annul something that was scheduled

• make up for

• declare null and void; make ineffective

• remove or make invisible

• make invalid for use

• a small container

• a pill in the form of a small rounded gelatinous container with medicine inside

• a dry dehiscent seed vessel or the spore-containing structure of e.g. mosses

• a shortened version of a written work

• a structure that encloses a body part

• a spacecraft designed to transport people and support human life in outer space

• a pilot's seat in an airplane that can be forcibly ejected in the case of an emergency; then the pilot descends by parachute

• enclose in a capsule

• put in a short or concise form; reduce in volume

• a large and stately mansion

• a large building formerly occupied by a ruler and fortified against attack

• (chess) the piece that can move any number of unoccupied squares in a direction parallel to the sides of the chessboard

• interchanging the positions of the king and a rook

• move the king two squares toward a rook and in the same move the rook to the square next past the king

• a diplomat appointed by a government to protect its commercial interests and help its citizens in a foreign country

• a lawyer who pleads cases in court

• something that provides direction or advice as to a decision or course of action

• give advice to

• an angry disturbance

• disorderly fighting

• annoy continually or chronically

• a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property

• a rapid active commotion

• cause to move furtively and hurriedly

• move or cause to move energetically or busily

• sell something to or obtain something from by energetic and especially underhanded activity

• get by trying hard

• pressure or urge someone into an action

• derived from or composed of matter

• directly relevant to a matter especially a law case

• having material or physical form or substance

• having substance or capable of being treated as fact; not imaginary

• the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object

• information (data or ideas or observations) that can be used or reworked into a finished form

• artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers

• things needed for doing or making something

• a person judged suitable for admission or employment

• concerned with worldly rather than spiritual interests

• concerned with or affecting physical as distinct from intellectual or psychological well-being

• a rocket carrying a warhead of conventional or nuclear explosives; may be ballistic or directed by remote control

• a weapon that is forcibly thrown or projected at a targets but is not self-propelled

• black marine bivalves usually steamed in wine

• marine or freshwater bivalve mollusk that lives attached to rocks etc.

• a projecting spout from which a fluid is discharged

• informal terms for the nose

• the act of engaging in close hand-to-hand combat

• combat to overcome an opposing tendency or force

• engage in deep thought, consideration, or debate

• to move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling)

• engage in a wrestling match

• a glass or plastic vessel used for storing drinks or other liquids; typically cylindrical without handles and with a narrow neck that can be plugged or capped

• the quantity contained in a bottle

• a vessel fitted with a flexible teat and filled with milk or formula; used as a substitute for breast feeding infants and very young children

• store (liquids or gases) in bottles

• put into bottles

• pancake batter baked in a waffle iron

• pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness

• an internal-combustion engine that burns heavy oil

• German engineer (born in France) who invented the diesel engine (1858-1913)

• of or concerning the face

• of or pertaining to the outside surface of an object

• cranial nerve that supplies facial muscles

• care for the face that usually involves cleansing and massage and the application of cosmetic creams

• a fricative sound (especially as an expression of disapproval)

• a complete failure

• end weakly