Rhymes for LOOS

• a defense of some offensive behavior or some failure to keep a promise etc.

• a note explaining an absence

• a poor example

• accept an excuse for

• grant exemption or release to

• serve as a reason or cause or justification of

• defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning

• ask for permission to be released from an engagement

• excuse, overlook, or make allowances for; be lenient with

• light soft moderately strong wood of spruce trees; used especially for timbers and millwork

• any coniferous tree of the genus Picea

• marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners

• make neat, smart, or trim

• dress and groom with particular care, as for a special occasion

• not compact or dense in structure or arrangement

• not tight; not closely constrained or constricted or constricting

• not affixed

• without restraint

• (of a ball in sport) not in the possession or control of any player

• not officially recognized or controlled

• not literal

• emptying easily or excessively

• not tense or taut

• (of textures) full of small openings or gaps

• lacking a sense of restraint or responsibility

• not carefully arranged in a package

• having escaped, especially from confinement

• casual and unrestrained in sexual behavior

• grant freedom to; free from confinement

• turn loose or free from restraint

• make loose or looser

• become loose or looser or less tight

• web-footed long-necked typically gregarious migratory aquatic birds usually larger and less aquatic than ducks

• a man who is a stupid incompetent fool

• flesh of a goose (domestic or wild)

• pinch in the buttocks

• prod into action

• give a spurt of fuel to

• any thick, viscous matter

• cruel or inhumane treatment

• a rude expression intended to offend or hurt

• improper or excessive use

• treat badly

• change the inherent purpose or function of something

• use foul or abusive language towards

• use wrongly or improperly or excessively

• a tie in tennis or table tennis that requires winning two successive points to win the game

• the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number

• a word used in exclamations of confusion

• one of the four playing cards in a deck that have two spots

• United States publisher of magazines (1898-1967)

• United States playwright and public official (1902-1987)

• a rich, frothy, creamy dessert made with whipped egg whites and heavy cream

• a light creamy dish made from fish or meat and set with gelatin

• toiletry consisting of an aerosol foam used in hair styling

• apply a styling gel to

• a trap for birds or small mammals; often has a slip noose

• a loop formed in a cord or rope by means of a slipknot; it binds tighter as the cord or rope is pulled

• make a noose in or of

• secure with a noose

• a state of peace agreed to between opponents so they can discuss peace terms

• Australian physician and bacteriologist who described the bacterium that causes undulant fever or brucellosis (1855-1931)

• king of Scotland from 1306 to 1329; defeated the English army under Edward II at Bannockburn and gained recognition of Scottish independence (1274-1329)

• an injury that doesn't break the skin but results in some discoloration

• injure the underlying soft tissue or bone of

• hurt the feelings of

• break up into small pieces for food preparation

• damage (plant tissue) by abrasion or pressure

• leader

• having an oblique or slanting direction or position

• turn or place at an angle

• pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives

• select as an alternative over another

• see fit or proper to act in a certain way; decide to act in a certain way

• fail to keep or to maintain; cease to have, either physically or in an abstract sense

• fail to win

• suffer the loss of a person through death or removal

• miss from one's possessions; lose sight of

• allow to go out of sight or mind

• fail to make money in a business; make a loss or fail to profit

• fail to get or obtain

• fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind

• withdraw, as from reality

• be set at a disadvantage

• information about recent and important events

• information reported in a newspaper or news magazine

• a program devoted to current events, often using interviews and commentary

• informal information of any kind that is not previously known to someone

• the quality of being sufficiently interesting to be reported in news bulletins

• a particular situation

• (interrogative) That or those of whom or belonging to whom.

• (relative) That or those of whom or belonging to whom.

• improper or excessive use

• apply to a wrong thing or person; apply badly or incorrectly

• change the inherent purpose or function of something

• the leg from the knee to foot

• a color varying from dark purplish brown to dark red

• conduit that carries a rapid flow of water controlled by a sluicegate

• pour as if from a sluice

• irrigate with water from a sluice

• transport in or send down a sluice

• draw through a sluice

• Sweet; nice; pleasant.

• Serious and quiet; steady, not flighty or casual; sober.

• a small native range horse

• a type of folksong that originated among Black Americans at the beginning of the 20th century; has a melancholy sound from repeated use of blue notes

• a state of depression

• an ocean trip taken for pleasure

• drive around aimlessly but ostentatiously and at leisure

• travel at a moderate speed

• look for a sexual partner in a public place

• sail or travel about for pleasure, relaxation, or sightseeing

• an electrical device that can interrupt the flow of electrical current when it is overloaded

• any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant

• mix together different elements

• become plastic or fluid or liquefied from heat

• equip with a fuse; provide with a fuse

• make liquid or plastic by heating

• use again after processing

• bring an accusation against; level a charge against

• blame for, make a claim of wrongdoing or misbehavior against

• mistake one thing for another

• be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly

• cause to feel embarrassment

• assemble without order or sense

• make unclear, indistinct, or blurred

• food that is discarded (as from a kitchen)

• show unwillingness towards

• not accept as true

• elude, especially in a baffling way

• refuse to let have

• resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign tissue or organ

• refuse entrance or membership

• ski downhill

• cleansing agent consisting of soaps or detergents used for washing the hair

• the act of washing your hair with shampoo

• use shampoo on (hair)

• a disdainful grimace

• a color varying from dark purplish brown to dark red

• the source of an artist's inspiration

• in ancient Greek mythology any of 9 daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne; protector of an art or science

• reflect deeply on a subject

• any thick, viscous matter

• the process of seeping

• pass gradually or leak through or as if through small openings

• release (a liquid) in drops or small quantities

• sleeping for a short period of time (usually not in bed)

• sleep lightly or for a short period of time

• owed and payable immediately or on demand

• suitable to or expected in the circumstances

• that which is deserved or owed

• a payment that is due (e.g., as the price of membership)

• directly or exactly; straight

• scheduled to arrive

• capable of being assigned or credited to

• occupy in an agreeable, entertaining or pleasant fashion

• make (somebody) laugh

• remove the triggering device from

• a deceptive maneuver (especially to avoid capture)

• (of light) transmitted from a broad light source or reflected

• spread out; not concentrated in one place

• lacking conciseness

• move outward

• spread or diffuse through

• cause to become widely known

• You (plural).

• You (singular).

• a cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt

• show displeasure, as after a performance or speech