9K+ Words That Rhyme With LURCHES

• the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone

• an investigation seeking answers

• an operation that determines whether one or more of a set of items has a specified property

• the examination of alternative hypotheses

• boarding and inspecting a ship on the high seas

• try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of

• search or seek

• inquire into

• subject to a search

• one of the groups of Christians who have their own beliefs and forms of worship

• a place for public (especially Christian) worship

• a service conducted in a house of worship

• the body of people who attend or belong to a particular local church

• perform a special church rite or service for

• hard close-grained wood of any of various birch trees; used especially in furniture and interior finishes and plywood

• any betulaceous tree or shrub of the genus Betula having a thin peeling bark

• a switch consisting of a twig or a bundle of twigs from a birch tree; used to hit people as punishment

• consisting of or made of wood of the birch tree

• whip with a birch twig

• a ditch dug as a fortification having a parapet of the excavated earth

• a long steep-sided depression in the ocean floor

• any long ditch cut in the ground

• impinge or infringe upon

• fortify by surrounding with trenches

• cut or carve deeply into

• set, plant, or bury in a trench

• cut a trench in, as for drainage

• dig a trench or trenches

• systematic investigation to establish facts

• a search for knowledge

• attempt to find out in a systematically and scientific manner

• inquire into

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

• exclude from a church or a religious community

• a blemish made by dirt

• an act that brings discredit to the person who does it

• smear so as to make dirty or stained

• charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone

• informal term of address for someone's wife

• 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

• informal term of address for someone's wife

• something lost (especially money lost at gambling)

• the common people generally

• 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

• 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

• the 9th letter of the Roman alphabet

• a nonmetallic element belonging to the halogens; used especially in medicine and photography and in dyes; occurs naturally only in combination in small quantities (as in sea water or rocks)

• the smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number

• the 9th letter of the Roman alphabet

• used of a single unit or thing; not two or more

• 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'

• a region in central Italy, with capital Ancona

• a specialist assigned to the staff of a diplomatic mission

• a shallow and rectangular briefcase

• an expression of greeting

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

• a roll of hair brushed back from the forehead

• the butt of a marijuana cigarette

• street names for flunitrazepam

• any of numerous chiefly nocturnal insects; some are domestic pests

• European freshwater food fish having a greenish back

• comb (hair) into a roach

• cut the mane off (a horse)

• an abundance of material possessions and resources

• a curved shape in the vertical plane that spans an opening

• a curved bony structure supporting or enclosing organs (especially the inner sides of the feet)

• a passageway under a curved masonry construction

• (architecture) a masonry construction (usually curved) for spanning an opening and supporting the weight above it

• (used of behavior or attitude) characteristic of those who treat others with condescension

• naughtily or annoyingly playful

• form an arch or curve

• a strong flame that burns brightly

• a cause of difficulty and suffering

• noisy and unrestrained mischief

• a light within the field of vision that is brighter than the brightness to which the eyes are adapted

• a light-colored marking

• shine brightly and intensively

• shoot rapidly and repeatedly

• burn brightly and intensely

• move rapidly and as if blazing

• indicate by marking trees with blazes

• (Greek mythology) one of three sisters who were the givers of beauty and charm; a favorite subject for sculptors

• (Christian theology) a state of sanctification by God; the state of one who is under such divine influence

• elegance and beauty of movement or expression

• a sense of propriety and consideration for others

• a disposition to kindness and compassion

• a period of time past the deadline for fulfilling an obligation during which a penalty that would be imposed for being late is waived, especially an extended period granted as a special favor

• a short prayer of thanks before a meal

• (Christian theology) the free and unmerited favor or beneficence of God

• make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.

• be beautiful to look at

• socks and stockings and tights collectively (the British include underwear)

• man's close-fitting garment of the 16th and 17th centuries covering the legs and reaching up to the waist; worn with a doublet

• a flexible pipe for conveying a liquid or gas

• water with a hose

• an abraded area where the skin is torn or worn off

• a depression scratched or carved into a surface

• informal terms for money

• a competitor who has withdrawn from competition

• a line indicating the location of the start of a race or a game

• dry mash for poultry

• a harsh noise made by scraping

• poor handwriting

• (golf) a handicap of zero strokes

• an indication of damage

• cause friction

• cut the surface of; wear away the surface of

• scrape or rub as if to relieve itching

• postpone indefinitely or annul something that was scheduled

• remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a line

• gather (money or other resources) together over time

• carve, cut, or etch into a material or surface

• an appliance that corrects dental irregularities

• assets in the form of money

• a movement forward

• a change for the better; progress in development

• a tentative suggestion designed to elicit the reactions of others

• the act of moving forward (as toward a goal)

• an amount paid before it is earned

• increase in price or value

• being ahead of time or need

• situated ahead or going before

• move forward, also in the metaphorical sense

• bring forward for consideration or acceptance

• increase or raise

• contribute to the progress or growth of

• cause to move forward

• obtain advantages, such as points, etc.

• develop in a positive way

• develop further

• give a promotion to or assign to a higher position

• pay in advance

• move forward

• rise in rate or price

• a name that has been assumed

• as known or named at another time or place

• a relation that provides the foundation for something

• the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained

• the most important or necessary part of something

• anything that tends to arouse

• an additional payment (or other remuneration) to employees as a means of increasing output

• An unborn or unhatched vertebrate showing signs of the mature animal.

• A human embryo after the eighth week of gestation.

• the concentration of attention or energy on something

• maximum clarity or distinctness of an image rendered by an optical system

• maximum clarity or distinctness of an idea

• a central point or locus of an infection in an organism

• special emphasis attached to something

• a point of convergence of light (or other radiation) or a point from which it diverges

• a fixed reference point on the concave side of a conic section

• direct one's attention on something

• cause to converge on or toward a central point

• bring into focus or alignment; to converge or cause to converge; of ideas or emotions

• become focussed or come into focus

• put (an image) into focus

• Matter in a state intermediate between liquid and plasma that can be contained only if it is fully surrounded by a solid (or in a bubble of liquid) (or held together by gravitational pull); it can condense into a liquid, or can (rarely) become a solid directly.

• A chemical element or compound in such a state.

• A flammable gaseous hydrocarbon or hydrocarbon mixture (typically predominantly methane) used as a fuel, e.g. for cooking, heating, electricity generation or as a fuel in internal combustion engines in vehicles.

• A hob on a gas cooker.

• Methane or other waste gases trapped in one's belly as a result of the digestive process.

• A humorous or entertaining event or person.

• Frothy talk; chatter.

• A fastball.

• Arterial or venous blood gas.

• Marijuana, typically of high quality.

• Gasoline; a derivative of petroleum used as fuel.

• Gas pedal.

• To kill with poisonous gas.

• To talk in a boastful or vapid way; chatter.

• To impose upon by talking boastfully.

• To emit gas.

• To impregnate with gas.

• To singe, as in a gas flame, so as to remove loose fibers.

• To give a vehicle more fuel in order to accelerate it.

• To fill (a vehicle's fuel tank) with fuel.

• a transparent optical device used to converge or diverge transmitted light and to form images

• genus of small erect or climbing herbs with pinnate leaves and small inconspicuous white flowers and small flattened pods: lentils

• (metaphor) a channel through which something can be seen or understood

• biconvex transparent body situated behind the iris in the eye; its role (along with the cornea) is to focus light on the retina

• electronic equipment that uses a magnetic or electric field in order to focus a beam of electrons

• a subtle difference in meaning or opinion or attitude

• a storehouse for goods and merchandise

• store in a warehouse

• a meeting of elected or appointed representatives

• the legislature of the United States government

• a national legislative assembly

• the social act of assembling for some common purpose

• the second largest state; located in southwestern United States on the Gulf of Mexico

• A motor vehicle for transporting large numbers of people along roads.

• An electrical conductor or interface serving as a common connection for two or more circuits or components.

• (medical industry) An ambulance.

• To transport via a motor bus.

• To transport students to school, often to a more distant school for the purposes of achieving racial integration.

• To travel by bus.

• (food service) To clear meal remains from.

• (food service) To work at clearing the remains of meals from tables or counters; to work as a busboy.

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