Rhymes for LIKENING

• 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

• becoming stronger

• the act of increasing the strength of something

• the act of inspiring with fear

• causing fear or dread or terror

• problem solving that involves numbers or quantities

• a bill for an amount due

• the act of counting; reciting numbers in ascending order

• threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments

• darkened by clouds

• calling up supposed supernatural forces by spells and incantations

• changing to a darker color

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

• 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

• 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

• loud enough to cause (temporary) hearing loss

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

• reflecting light

• fat such as butter or lard used in baked goods

• act of decreasing in length

• the physiological state produced by a poison or other toxic substance

• the act of giving poison to a person or animal with the intent to kill

• a request for information

• perplexed (as if being expected to know something that you do not know)

• marked by or given to doubt

• showing curiosity

• a learning process in which an organism's behavior becomes dependent on the occurrence of a stimulus in its environment

• changing to a darker color

• the process of showing signs of life

• the stage of pregnancy at which the mother first feels the movements of the fetus

• the act of accelerating; increasing the speed

• coming to full development; becoming mature

• acquiring desirable qualities by being left undisturbed for some time

• an occurrence of control or strength weakening

• any material used to thicken

• any thickened enlargement

• the act of thickening

• accumulating and becoming more intense

• becoming more intricate or complex

• signal with the hands or nod

• appear inviting

• summon with a wave, nod, or some other gesture

• the act of making something wider

• the action of making broader

• an increase in width

• the act of making something slightly wet

• the act of making something futile and useless (as by routine)

• so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness

• a process of becoming deeper and more profound

• accumulating and becoming more intense

• restraint that attaches to something or holds something in place

• the act of fastening things together

• abnormal hardening or thickening of tissue

• the process of becoming hard or solid by cooling or drying or crystallization

• the act of making something harder (firmer or tighter or more compact)

• cheerfully encouraging

• an influence that works subtly to lighten or modify something

• a substance used to produce fermentation in dough or a liquid

• the act of prolonging something

• a change downward

• an occurrence of control or strength weakening

• the act of making something less tight

• the process of becoming softer

• having a softening or soothing effect especially to the skin

• the act of becoming stiff

• the process of becoming stiff or rigid

• something added to foods to make them taste sweeter

• an improvement that makes something more agreeable

• the act of adding a sweetener to food

• changing for the worse

• process of changing to an inferior state

• changing something with the result that it becomes worse

• awaken once again

• the act of rationing

• thinking that is coherent and logical

• endowed with the capacity to reason

• something added to food primarily for the savor it imparts

• the act of adding a seasoning to food

• a remark that calls attention to something or someone

• a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage

• an official recognition of merit

• make reference to

• make mention of

• commend

• performing or able to perform its regular function

• process or manner of functioning or operating

• not performing or able to perform its regular function

• the act of putting something in a certain place

• causing to fall into line or into position

• the act of taking a vacation