9K+ Words That Rhyme With PROTECTIVE-COLORATION

• the act of determining the properties of something, usually by research or calculation

• the quality of being determined to do or achieve something; firmness of purpose

• a position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration

• deciding or controlling something's outcome or nature

• the act of making up your mind about something

• an arrangement of people or things acting as a unit

• the act of fabricating something in a particular shape

• the act of forming or establishing something

• (geology) the geological features of the earth

• a particular spatial arrangement

• natural process that causes something to form

• creation by mental activity

• the basis on which something is grounded

• an institution supported by an endowment

• lowest support of a structure

• education or instruction in the fundamentals of a field of knowledge

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

• a woman's undergarment worn to give shape to the contours of the body

• the act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new

• the state of being in effect or being operative

• a business especially one run on a large scale

• a planned activity involving many people performing various actions

• (computer science) data processing in which the result is completely specified by a rule (especially the processing that results from a single instruction)

• activity by a military or naval force (as a maneuver or campaign)

• a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body

• a process or series of acts especially of a practical or mechanical nature involved in a particular form of work

• process or manner of functioning or operating

• (psychology) the performance of some composite cognitive activity; an operation that affects mental contents

• (mathematics) calculation by mathematical methods

• the activity of operating something (a machine or business etc.)

• a bold challenge

• discord resulting from a clash of ideas or opinions

• a hostile disagreement face-to-face

• the act of hostile groups opposing each other

• a focussed comparison; bringing together for a careful comparison

• the state of being intensely interested (as by awe or terror)

• a feeling of great liking for something wonderful and unusual

• the capacity to attract intense interest

• artwork that helps make something clear or attractive

• showing by example

• an item of information that is typical of a class or group

• a visual representation (a picture or diagram) that is used to make some subject more pleasing or easier to understand

• an inquiry into unfamiliar or questionable activities

• the work of inquiring into something thoroughly and systematically

• a facility equipped with special equipment and personnel for a particular purpose

• proper or designated social situation

• (nautical) the location to which a ship or fleet is assigned for duty

• the position where someone (as a guard or sentry) stands or is assigned to stand

• the frequency assigned to a broadcasting station

• assign to a station

• joint operation or action

• the practice of cooperating

• a business firm whose articles of incorporation have been approved in some state

• slang for a paunch

• all the people living at the same time or of approximately the same age

• group of genetically related organisms constituting a single step in the line of descent

• the normal time between successive generations

• a stage of technological development or innovation

• a coming into being

• the production of heat or electricity

• the act of producing offspring or multiplying by such production

• the activity of putting or setting in order in advance of some act or purpose

• a substance prepared according to a formula

• the cognitive process of thinking about what you will do in the event of something happening

• the state of having been made ready or prepared for use or action (especially military action)

• (music) a note that produces a dissonant chord is first heard in a consonant chord

• activity leading to skilled behavior

• preparatory school work done outside school (especially at home)

• the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat

• (theology) the act of delivering from sin or saving from evil

• a means of preserving from harm or unpleasantness

• the state of being saved or preserved from harm

• saving someone or something from harm or from an unpleasant situation

• the state of lacking unity

• coming apart

• the distance between things

• sorting one thing from others

• the social act of separating or parting company

• the space where a division or parting occurs

• the termination of employment (by resignation or dismissal)

• (law) the cessation of cohabitation of man and wife (either by mutual agreement or under a court order)

• the act of dividing or disconnecting

• a method of tending to or managing the affairs of some group of people (especially the group's business affairs)

• the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something

• the act of administering medication

• the tenure of a president

• the act of governing; exercising authority

• the act of meting out justice according to the law

• the act of bringing something to bear; using it for a particular purpose

• a verbal or written request for assistance or employment or admission to a school

• the work of applying something

• a program that gives a computer instructions that provide the user with tools to accomplish a task

• liquid preparation having a soothing or antiseptic or medicinal action when applied to the skin

• a diligent effort

• the action of putting something into operation

• a joyful occasion for special festivities to mark some happy event

• any joyous diversion

• the public performance of a sacrament or solemn ceremony with all appropriate ritual

• a society in an advanced state of social development (e.g., with complex legal and political and religious organizations)

• the social process whereby societies achieve an advanced stage of development and organization

• a particular society at a particular time and place

• the quality of excellence in thought and manners and taste

• a collection of things that have been combined; an assemblage of separate parts or qualities

• a coordinated sequence of chess moves

• a sequence of numbers or letters that opens a combination lock

• a group of people (often temporary) having a common purpose

• an alliance of people or corporations or countries for a special purpose (formerly to achieve some antisocial end but now for general political or economic purposes)

• the act of arranging elements into specified groups without regard to order

• the act of combining things to form a new whole

• the activity of communicating; the activity of conveying information

• something that is communicated by or to or between people or groups

• a connection allowing access between persons or places

• something (such as money) given or received as payment or reparation (as for a service or loss or injury)

• (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that conceals your undesirable shortcomings by exaggerating desirable behaviors

• the act of compensating for service or loss or injury

• the strength of a solution; number of molecules of a substance in a given volume

• the spatial property of being crowded together

• strengthening the concentration (as of a solute in a mixture) by removing diluting material

• increase in density

• complete attention; intense mental effort

• bringing together military forces

• great and constant diligence and attention

• the comfort you feel when consoled in times of disappointment

• the act of consoling; giving relief in affliction

• complete and wholehearted fidelity

• a ceremony in which something (as a building) is dedicated to some goal or purpose

• a message that makes a pledge

• a short message (as in a book or musical work or on a photograph) dedicating it to someone or something

• the act of binding yourself (intellectually or emotionally) to a course of action

• a show or display; the act of presenting something to sight or view

• a show of military force or preparedness

• a public display of group feelings (usually of a political nature)

• proof by a process of argument or a series of proposition proving an asserted conclusion

• a visual presentation showing how something works

• the activities of educating or instructing; activities that impart knowledge or skill

• the United States federal department that administers all federal programs dealing with education (including federal aid to educational institutions and students); created 1979

• knowledge acquired by learning and instruction

• the gradual process of acquiring knowledge

• the profession of teaching (especially at a school or college or university)

• the result of good upbringing (especially knowledge of correct social behavior)

• the act of examining something closely (as for mistakes)

• a set of questions or exercises evaluating skill or knowledge

• formal systematic questioning

• a detailed inspection of your conscience (as done daily by Jesuits)

• the act of giving students or candidates a test (as by questions) to determine what they know or have learned

• the act of designating or identifying something

• evidence of identity; something that identifies a person or thing

• the condition of having the identity (of a person or object) established

• the process of recognizing something or someone by remembering

• the attribution to yourself (consciously or unconsciously) of the characteristics of another person (or group of persons)

• the formation of a mental image of something that is not perceived as real and is not present to the senses

• the ability to form mental images of things or events

• the ability to deal resourcefully with unusual problems

• migration into a place (especially migration to a country of which you are not a native in order to settle there)

• the body of immigrants arriving during a specified interval

• a mental representation of the meaning or significance of something

• the act of interpreting something as expressed in an artistic performance

• an explanation that results from interpreting something

• an explanation of something that is not immediately obvious

• a sentence of inquiry that asks for a reply

• a transmission that will trigger an answering transmission from a transponder

• formal systematic questioning

• an instance of questioning

• a request (spoken or written) to participate or be present or take part in something

• a tempting allurement

• a state of separation between persons or groups

• a feeling of being disliked and alone

• the act of isolating something; setting something apart from others

• (psychiatry) a defense mechanism in which memory of an unacceptable act or impulse is separated from the emotion originally associated with it

• a country's withdrawal from international politics

• (medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease

• the act of treating with medicines or remedies

• a politically organized body of people under a single government

• United States prohibitionist who raided saloons and destroyed bottles of liquor with a hatchet (1846-1911)

• the people who live in a nation or country

• a federation of tribes (especially Native American tribes)

• the social force that binds you to the courses of action demanded by that force

• the state of being obligated to do or pay something

• a personal relation in which one is indebted for a service or favor

• a written promise to repay a debt

• a legal agreement specifying a payment or action and the penalty for failure to comply

• the people who inhabit a territory or state

• a group of organisms of the same species inhabiting a given area

• (statistics) the entire aggregation of items from which samples can be drawn

• the number of inhabitants (either the total number or the number of a particular race or class) in a given place (country or city etc.)

• the act of populating (causing to live in a place)

• a trial period during which your character and abilities are tested to see whether you are suitable for work or for membership

• a trial period during which an offender has time to redeem himself or herself

• (law) a way of dealing with offenders without imprisoning them; a defendant found guilty of a crime is released by the court without imprisonment subject to conditions imposed by the court

• something (as a course of action) that is recommended as advisable

• something that recommends (or expresses commendation of) a person or thing as worthy or desirable

• any quality or characteristic that gains a person a favorable reception or acceptance or admission

• the act of enrolling

• the body of people (such as students) who register or enroll at the same time

• a document certifying an act of registering

• (music) the sound property resulting from a combination of organ stops used to perform a particular piece of music; the technique of selecting and adjusting organ stops

• the act of adjusting something to match a standard

• the state of being held in high esteem and honor

• notoriety for some particular characteristic

• the general estimation that the public has for a person

• a district that is reserved for particular purpose

• a statement that limits or restricts some claim

• an unstated doubt that prevents you from accepting something wholeheartedly

• the act of reserving (a place or passage) or engaging the services of (a person or group)

• the written record or promise of an arrangement by which accommodations are secured in advance

• something reserved in advance (as a hotel accommodation or a seat on a plane etc.)

• the act of keeping back or setting aside for some future occasion

• the last book of the New Testament; contains visionary descriptions of heaven and of conflicts between good and evil and of the end of the world; attributed to Saint John the Apostle

• the speech act of making something evident

• an enlightening or astonishing disclosure

• communication of knowledge to man by a divine or supernatural agency

• an unelaborated elementary awareness of stimulation

• someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field

• a general feeling of excitement and heightened interest

• a state of widespread public excitement and interest

• the faculty through which the external world is apprehended

• something that seduces or has the quality to seduce

• the desire to have or do something that you know you should avoid

• the act of influencing by exciting hope or desire

• a qualitative change

• (mathematics) a function that changes the position or direction of the axes of a coordinate system

• a rule describing the conversion of one syntactic structure into another related syntactic structure

• (genetics) modification of a cell or bacterium by the uptake and incorporation of exogenous DNA

• the act of changing in form or shape or appearance

• a written communication in a second language having the same meaning as the written communication in a first language

• a uniform movement without rotation

• the act of changing in form or shape or appearance

• (mathematics) a transformation in which the origin of the coordinate system is moved to another position but the direction of each axis remains the same

• (genetics) the process whereby genetic information coded in messenger RNA directs the formation of a specific protein at a ribosome in the cytoplasm

• rewording something in less technical terminology

• the act of uniform movement