Rhymes for PUNCTUATING

• undergo menstruation

• reduced in strength

• weaken the consistency of (a chemical substance)

• become weaker, in strength, value, or magnitude

• To reduce in value.

• take or consume (regularly or habitually)

• make psychologically or physically used (to something)

• the federal department in the United States that sets and maintains foreign policies

• the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation

• the way something is with respect to its main attributes

• the group of people comprising the government of a sovereign state

• a politically organized body of people under a single government

• (chemistry) the three traditional states of matter are solids (fixed shape and volume) and liquids (fixed volume and shaped by the container) and gases (filling the container)

• a state of depression or agitation

• the territory occupied by a nation

• express in words

• put before

• indicate through a symbol, formula, etc.

• provide commentary for a film, for example

• narrate or give a detailed account of

• the state of being asleep

• quiet and inactive restfulness

• the suspension of consciousness and decrease in metabolic rate

• lying with head on paws as if sleeping

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

• software that provides better performance than an earlier version did

• a reservation that is improved

• the property possessed by a slope or surface that rises

• hardware that provides better performance than an earlier version did

• the act of improving something (especially machinery) by raising it to a higher grade (as by adding or replacing components)

• rate higher; raise in value or esteem

• to improve what was old or outdated

• give a promotion to or assign to a higher position

• get better travel conditions

• give better travel conditions to

• To separate by fusion, as a more fusible from a less fusible material.

• To melt; to become liquid (liquefy)

• determine or indicate the place, site, or limits of, as if by an instrument or by a survey

• put (something somewhere) firmly

• evaluate or estimate the nature, quality, ability, extent, or significance of

• making light of

• wreaking or capable of wreaking complete destruction

• physically or spiritually devastating; often used in combination

• state unambiguously or remove ambiguities from

• produce

• come out in the end

• give individual character to

• give individual shape or form to

• retire and pension (someone) because of age or physical inability

• declare to be obsolete

• become obsolete

• retire or become ineligible because of old age or infirmity

• in a condition of biological rest or suspended animation

• brilliantly clever

• marked by high spirits or excitement

• having brief brilliant points or flashes of light

• the act of causing something to go (especially messages)

• the sport of gliding on skates

• a measure of the depth of water taken with a sounding line

• the act of measuring depth of water (usually with a sounding line)

• appearing to be as specified; usually used as combining forms

• having volume or deepness

• making or having a sound as specified; used as a combining form

• changing location rapidly

• to stress, single out as important

• put stress on; utter with an accent

• the cognitive process of reaching a decision

• having the power or quality of deciding

• give an exhibition of to an interested audience

• establish the validity of something, as by an example, explanation or experiment

• provide evidence for; stand as proof of; show by one's behavior, attitude, or external attributes

• march in protest; take part in a demonstration

• lacking decisiveness of character; unable to act or decide quickly or firmly

• causing distress or worry or anxiety

• moving as on a slippery surface

• causing physical or especially psychological injury

• painful as if caused by a sharp instrument

• fastener consisting of a narrow strip of welded metal used to join steel members

• the kind of playing that involves pressing the fingers on the strings of a stringed instrument to control the pitch

• the act of cleaning with a broom

• taking in or moving over (or as if over) a wide area; often used in combination

• ignoring distinctions

• the act of escaping physically

• an inclination to retreat from unpleasant realities through diversion or fantasy

• nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do

• an avoidance of danger or difficulty

• a means or way of escaping

• a plant originally cultivated but now growing wild

• the discharge of a fluid from some container

• a valve in a container in which pressure can build up (as a steam boiler); it opens automatically when the pressure reaches a dangerous level

• run away from confinement

• fail to experience

• escape potentially unpleasant consequences; get away with a forbidden action

• be incomprehensible to; escape understanding by

• remove oneself from a familiar environment, usually for pleasure or diversion

• flee; take to one's heels; cut and run

• issue or leak, as from a small opening

• any maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal

• the distance covered by a step

• the act of changing location by raising the foot and setting it down

• support consisting of a place to rest the foot while ascending or descending a stairway

• relative position in a graded series

• a short distance

• the sound of a step of someone walking

• a musical interval of two semitones

• a mark of a foot or shoe on a surface

• a solid block joined to the beams in which the heel of a ship's mast or capstan is fixed

• a sequence of foot movements that make up a particular dance

• shift or move by taking a step

• put down or press the foot, place the foot

• cause (a computer) to execute a single command

• treat badly

• furnish with steps

• move with one's feet in a specific manner

• walk a short distance to a specified place or in a specified manner

• place (a ship's mast) in its step

• measure (distances) by pacing

• move or proceed as if by steps into a new situation

• regard something as probable or likely

• act in advance of; deal with ahead of time

• realize beforehand

• make a prediction about; tell in advance

• be excited or anxious about

• be a forerunner of or occur earlier than

• a discussion in which reasons are advanced for and against some proposition or proposal

• the formal presentation of a stated proposition and the opposition to it (usually followed by a vote)

• argue with one another

• think about carefully; weigh

• discuss the pros and cons of an issue

• have an argument about something

• make a logical or causal connection

• be relevant to

• give an account of; narrate

• be in a relationship with

• have or establish a relationship to

• causing or able to cause nausea

• the act of waiting (remaining inactive in one place while expecting something)

• being and remaining ready and available for use

• An object whose nature is yet to be defined.

• An object whose name is forgotten by, unknown or unimportant to the user, e.g., from words of a song. Also used to refer to an object earlier indefinitely referred to as 'something' (pronoun sense).

• Applied to an action whose name is forgotten by, unknown or unimportant to the user, e.g. from words of a song.

• Having a characteristic that the speaker cannot specify.

• (degree) Somewhat; to a degree.

• (degree) To a high degree.

• An uncertain or unspecified thing; one thing.

• (of someone or something) A quality to a moderate degree.

• (of a person) A talent or quality that is difficult to specify.

• (often with really or quite) Somebody who or something that is superlative or notable in some way.

• having unpredictable ups and downs

• giving spirit and vivacity

• moving or going or growing upward

• the act of changing location in an upward direction

• the act of chewing noisily