17K+ Words That Rhyme With HOUSEKEEPING

• of or relating to the preservation of peace between hostile groups by international military forces

• the activity of keeping the peace by military forces (especially when international military forces enforce a truce between hostile groups or nations)

• the act of cleaning with a broom

• taking in or moving over (or as if over) a wide area; often used in combination

• ignoring distinctions

• conformity or harmony

• the responsibility of a guardian or keeper

• the act of retaining something

• the process of shedding tears (usually accompanied by sobs or other inarticulate sounds)

• showing sorrow

• having branches or flower heads that bend downward

• the activity of recording business transactions

• a slow mode of locomotion on hands and knees or dragging the body

• the cultivation of bees on a commercial scale for the production of honey

• the act or process of determining the time

• a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards

• the activity of detecting and disposing of marine mines

• the responsibility of a guardian or keeper

• the act of escaping physically

• an inclination to retreat from unpleasant realities through diversion or fantasy

• nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do

• an avoidance of danger or difficulty

• a means or way of escaping

• a plant originally cultivated but now growing wild

• the discharge of a fluid from some container

• a valve in a container in which pressure can build up (as a steam boiler); it opens automatically when the pressure reaches a dangerous level

• run away from confinement

• fail to experience

• escape potentially unpleasant consequences; get away with a forbidden action

• be incomprehensible to; escape understanding by

• remove oneself from a familiar environment, usually for pleasure or diversion

• flee; take to one's heels; cut and run

• issue or leak, as from a small opening

• leaking out slowly

• a short high tone produced as a signal or warning

• make a strident noise

• call, summon, or alert with a beeper

• a short high tone produced as a signal or warning

• emit a single short high-pitched signal

• the short weak cry of a young bird

• a secret look

• look furtively

• cause to come into view

• make high-pitched sounds

• speak in a hesitant and high-pitched tone of voice

• appear as though from hiding

• having a sharp inclination

• a steep place (as on a hill)

• greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation

• of a slope; set at a high angle

• devote (oneself) fully to

• let sit in a liquid to extract a flavor or to cleanse

• moving as on a slippery surface

• fastener consisting of a narrow strip of welded metal used to join steel members

• the kind of playing that involves pressing the fingers on the strings of a stringed instrument to control the pitch

• any maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal

• the distance covered by a step

• the act of changing location by raising the foot and setting it down

• support consisting of a place to rest the foot while ascending or descending a stairway

• relative position in a graded series

• a short distance

• the sound of a step of someone walking

• a musical interval of two semitones

• a mark of a foot or shoe on a surface

• a solid block joined to the beams in which the heel of a ship's mast or capstan is fixed

• a sequence of foot movements that make up a particular dance

• shift or move by taking a step

• put down or press the foot, place the foot

• cause (a computer) to execute a single command

• treat badly

• furnish with steps

• move with one's feet in a specific manner

• walk a short distance to a specified place or in a specified manner

• place (a ship's mast) in its step

• measure (distances) by pacing

• move or proceed as if by steps into a new situation

• To control or limit access to something.

• To limit (sometimes manipulatively, rather than directly) how much role another party, often a spouse, has in some task.

• (by extension) To limit another party's participation in a collective identity or activity, usually due to undue resentment or overprotectiveness

• causing distress or worry or anxiety

• causing physical or especially psychological injury

• painful as if caused by a sharp instrument

• working as a landscape gardener

• a garden laid out for esthetic effect

• a gait in which steps and hops alternate

• a mistake resulting from neglect

• bypass

• intentionally fail to attend

• jump lightly

• leave suddenly

• bound off one point after another

• cause to skip over a surface

• 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.

• gather, as of natural products

• get or derive

• a blow from a flat object (as an open hand)

• the act of smacking something; a blow delivered with an open hand

• directly

• hit with something flat, like a paddle or the open hand

• to play music at loud volume

• the act of catching an object with the hands

• a spell of cold weather

• tender green beans without strings that easily snap into sections

• a crisp round cookie flavored with ginger

• the noise produced by the rapid movement of a finger from the tip to the base of the thumb on the same hand

• a sudden sharp noise

• a sudden breaking

• the tendency of a body to return to its original shape after it has been stretched or compressed

• an informal photograph; usually made with a small hand-held camera

• a fastener used on clothing; fastens with a snapping sound

• any undertaking that is easy to do

• the act of snapping the fingers; movement of a finger from the tip to the base of the thumb on the same hand

• (American football) putting the ball in play by passing it (between the legs) to a back

• utter in an angry, sharp, or abrupt tone

• separate or cause to separate abruptly

• break suddenly and abruptly, as under tension

• move or strike with a noise

• close with a snapping motion

• make a sharp sound

• move with a snapping sound

• to grasp hastily or eagerly

• put in play with a snap

• cause to make a snapping sound

• lose control of one's emotions

• bring the jaws together

• record on photographic film

• an equal exchange

• exchange or give (something) in exchange for

• move (a piece of a program) into memory, in computer science

• a sweeping stroke or blow

• strike with a swiping motion

• make off with belongings of others

• the act of chewing noisily

• capable of arousing and holding the attention

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

• searching for or buying goods or services

• the commodities purchased from stores

• the act of smoking tobacco or other substances

• a hot vapor containing fine particles of carbon being produced by combustion

• emitting smoke in great volume

• capable of or involving speech or speaking

• the utterance of intelligible speech

• delivering an address to a public audience

• capable of speech

• 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

• having an oblique or slanted direction

• having a slanting form or direction

• having the back and shoulders rounded; not erect

• display excessive cordiality (towards)

• a collection of objects laid on top of each other

• (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent

• a car that is old and unreliable

• bestow in large quantities

• arrange in stacks

• fill to overflow

• Old or New World straight-billed game bird of the sandpiper family; of marshy areas; similar to the woodcocks

• a gunshot from a concealed location

• hunt or shoot snipe

• aim and shoot with great precision

• attack in speech or writing