9K+ Words That Rhyme With KRISES

• land and the buildings on it

• informal term of address for someone's wife

• an expression of greeting

• a state in the United States in the central Pacific on the Hawaiian Islands

• (plural) optical instrument consisting of a frame that holds a pair of lenses for correcting defective vision

• an unstable situation of extreme danger or difficulty

• a crucial stage or turning point in the course of something

• plants with sword-shaped leaves and erect stalks bearing bright-colored flowers composed of three petals and three drooping sepals

• muscular diaphragm that controls the size of the pupil which in turn controls the amount of light that enters the eye; it forms the colored portion of the eye

• diaphragm consisting of thin overlapping plates that can be adjusted to change the diameter of a central opening

• a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts

• people living in a large densely populated municipality

• the structure of the vertebrate skeleton supporting the lower limbs in humans and the hind limbs or corresponding parts in other vertebrates

• a structure shaped like a funnel in the outlet of the kidney into which urine is discharged before passing into the ureter

• United States labor leader who organized the longshoremen (1901-1990)

• a book of the Old Testament that tells the history of Israel under the leaders known as judges

• something lost (especially money lost at gambling)

• the common people generally

• informal term of address for someone's wife

• an examination consisting of a few short questions

• examine someone's knowledge of something

• a recompense for worthy acts or retribution for wrongdoing

• a small being, human in form, playful and having magical powers

• offensive term for a homosexual man

• any of various mostly cold-blooded aquatic vertebrates usually having scales and breathing through gills

• (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Pisces

• the flesh of fish used as food

• the twelfth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about February 19 to March 20

• seek indirectly

• catch or try to catch fish or shellfish

• a powerful effect or influence

• (physics) the influence that produces a change in a physical quantity

• physical energy or intensity

• group of people willing to obey orders

• a unit that is part of some military service

• an act of aggression (as one against a person who resists)

• one possessing or exercising power or influence or authority

• a group of people having the power of effective action

• (of a law) having legal validity

• a putout of a base runner who is required to run; the putout is accomplished by holding the ball while touching the base to which the runner must advance before the runner reaches that base

• to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means

• urge or force (a person) to an action; constrain or motivate

• move with force

• impose urgently, importunately, or inexorably

• squeeze like a wedge into a tight space

• force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically

• do forcibly; exert force

• take by force

• solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times

• a padded gymnastic apparatus on legs

• troops trained to fight on horseback

• a framework for holding wood that is being sawed

• a chessman shaped to resemble the head of a horse; can move two squares horizontally and one vertically (or vice versa)

• provide with a horse or horses

• a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families

• the members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments

• the members of a religious community living together

• the audience gathered together in a theatre or cinema

• an official assembly having legislative powers

• aristocratic family line

• play in which children take the roles of father or mother or children and pretend to interact like adults

• (astrology) one of 12 equal areas into which the zodiac is divided

• the management of a gambling house or casino

• a social unit living together

• a building where theatrical performances or motion-picture shows can be presented

• a building in which something is sheltered or located

• contain or cover

• provide someone with accomodation

• of advancing the ball by throwing it

• (baseball) an advance to first base by a batter who receives four balls

• (military) a written leave of absence

• (American football) a play that involves one player throwing the ball to a teammate

• the location in a range of mountains of a geological formation that is lower than the surrounding peaks

• any authorization to pass or go somewhere

• a document indicating permission to do something without restrictions

• a flight or run by an aircraft over a target

• a bad or difficult situation or state of affairs

• a difficult juncture

• one complete cycle of operations (as by a computer)

• an automatic advance to the next round in a tournament without playing an opponent

• a permit to enter or leave a military installation

• a complimentary ticket

• a usually brief attempt

• (sports) the act of throwing the ball to another member of your team

• success in satisfying a test or requirement

• go across or through

• move past

• make laws, bills, etc. or bring into effect by legislation

• for time to move forward

• place into the hands or custody of

• stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point

• travel past

• come to pass

• go unchallenged; be approved

• use up a period of time in a specific way

• pass over, across, or through

• transmit information

• disappear gradually

• go successfully through a test or a selection process

• be superior or better than some standard

• accept or judge as acceptable

• allow to go without comment or censure

• transfer to another; of rights or property

• pass into a specified state or condition; sink into

• throw (a ball) to another player

• be inherited by

• cause to pass

• grant authorization or clearance for

• pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life

• eliminate from the body

• any competition

• a contest of speed

• people who are believed to belong to the same genetic stock

• (biology) a taxonomic group that is a division of a species; usually arises as a consequence of geographical isolation within a species

• the flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft propeller

• a canal for a current of water

• move hurridly

• compete in a race

• to work as fast as possible towards a goal, sometimes in competition with others

• cause to move fast or to rush or race

• an inclination or desire; used in the plural in the phrase `left to your own devices'

• (classical mythology) a hero noted for his strength; performed 12 immense labors to gain immortality

• a large constellation in the Northern Hemisphere between Lyra and Corona Borealis

• performance of duties or provision of space and equipment helpful to others

• (plural) spectacles that are darkened or polarized to protect the eyes from the glare of the sun

• to move or force, especially in an effort to get something open

• make an uninvited or presumptuous inquiry

• regard highly; think much of

• a growth in strength or number or importance

• the act of changing location in an upward direction

• an upward slope or grade (as in a road)

• a movement upward; rise above the ground

• the amount a salary is increased

• the property possessed by a slope or surface that rises

• a wave that lifts the surface of the water or ground

• (theology) the origination of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost

• an increase in cost

• increase in price or value

• move upward

• increase in value or to a higher point

• rise to one's feet

• rise up

• come to the surface

• come into existence; take on form or shape

• move to a better position in life or to a better job

• go up or advance

• become more extreme

• get up and out of bed

• rise in rank or status

• become heartened or elated

• exert oneself to meet a challenge

• take part in a rebellion; renounce a former allegiance

• increase in volume

• come up, of celestial bodies

• return from the dead

• the cardinal number that is the sum of five and one

• a holding device attached to a workbench; has two jaws to hold workpiece firmly in place

• having or prompted by wisdom or discernment

• a way of doing or being

• United States Jewish leader (born in Hungary) (1874-1949)

• United States religious leader (born in Bohemia) who united reform Jewish organizations in the United States (1819-1900)

• marked by the exercise of good judgment or common sense in practical matters

• evidencing the possession of inside information

• improperly forward or bold

• shed flowers and leaves and fruit following formation of a scar tissue

• remove or separate by abscission

• call attention to

• make publicity for; try to sell (a product)

• give advice to

• inform (somebody) of something

• make a proposal, declare a plan for something

• A mythological shield associated with the Greek deities Zeus and Athena (and their Roman counterparts Jupiter and Minerva) shown as a short cloak made of goatskin worn on the shoulders, more as an emblem of power and protection than a military shield. The aegis of Athena or Minerva is usually shown with a border of snakes and with the head of Medusa in the center.

• Usually as under the aegis: guidance, protection; endorsement, sponsorship.

• To make great; to enlarge; to increase.

• To make great or greater in power, rank, honor, or wealth (applied to persons, countries, etc.).

• To make appear great or greater; to exalt.

• To increase or become great.

• cause to agonize

• suffer agony or anguish

• To cause to become alkaline, more basic and less acidic.

• The belladonna lily, Amaryllis belladonna, native to South Africa.

• A similar lily in genus Hippeastrum, such as Hippeastrum puniceum, and cultivars.

• liquidate gradually

• dissect in order to analyze

• To make English, as to customs, culture, pronunciation, spelling, or style.

• To dub or translate into English.

• To become English.

• native to Egypt but cultivated widely for its aromatic seeds and the oil from them used medicinally and as a flavoring in cookery

• liquorice-flavored seeds, used medicinally and in cooking and liquors

• To create an aphorism from.

• To use aphorisms.