5K+ Words That Rhyme With PURIS

• (Yiddish) aggravating trouble

• Something being indicated that is here; one of these.

• Referring to the current context in a programming environment in C-like languages.

• To the degree or extent indicated.

• The thing, item, etc. being indicated.

• Indicates the speaker's strong approval or agreement with the previous material.

• plants with sword-shaped leaves and erect stalks bearing bright-colored flowers composed of three petals and three drooping sepals

• muscular diaphragm that controls the size of the pupil which in turn controls the amount of light that enters the eye; it forms the colored portion of the eye

• diaphragm consisting of thin overlapping plates that can be adjusted to change the diameter of a central opening

• United States suffragist in Wyoming (1814-1902)

• English poet and craftsman (1834-1896)

• leader of the American Revolution who signed the Declaration of Independence and raised money for the Continental Army (1734-1806)

• United States statesman who led the committee that produced the final draft of the United States Constitution (1752-1816)

• German iris having large white flowers with lavender-tinged falls and a fragrant rhizome

• fragrant rootstock of various irises especially Florentine iris; used in perfumes and medicines

• Any of several small, slow-moving primates, of the family Lorisidae, found in India and southeast Asia.

• a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it

• the activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects

• the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money

• a rightful concern or responsibility

• an immediate objective

• the volume of commercial activity

• business concerns collectively

• customers collectively

• incidental activity performed by an actor for dramatic effect

• an announcement containing information about an event

• the act of noticing or paying attention

• a request for payment

• advance notification (usually written) of the intention to withdraw from an arrangement of contract

• a sign posted in a public place as an advertisement

• polite or favorable attention

• a short critical review

• discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of by perception with the eyes

• notice or perceive

• make or write a comment on

• express recognition of the presence or existence of, or acquaintance with

• a customary way of operation or behavior

• systematic training by multiple repetitions

• translating an idea into action

• the exercise of a profession

• knowledge of how something is usually done

• carry out or practice; as of jobs and professions

• learn by repetition

• engage in a rehearsal (of)

• avail oneself to

• engage in or perform

• the quality of being just or fair

• the United States federal department responsible for enforcing federal laws (including the enforcement of all civil rights legislation); created in 1870

• judgment involved in the determination of rights and the assignment of rewards and punishments

• a public official authorized to decide questions brought before a court of justice

• work done by one person or group that benefits another

• Canadian writer (born in England) who wrote about life in the Yukon Territory (1874-1958)

• an act of help or assistance; something (such as a tool, software or system) used to render said help or assistance

• the act of public worship following prescribed rules

• a company or agency that performs a public service; subject to government regulation

• employment in or work for another

• a force that is a branch of the armed forces

• a means of serving

• tableware consisting of a complete set of articles (silver or dishware) for use at table

• the act of mating by male animals

• (law) the acts performed by an English feudal tenant for the benefit of his lord which formed the consideration for the property granted to him

• (sports) a stroke that puts the ball in play

• the act of delivering a writ or summons upon someone

• periodic maintenance on a car or machine

• the performance of duties by a waiter or servant

• be used by; as of a utility

• make fit for use

• mate with

• a woman who is considered to be dangerously seductive

• United States rock star singer and pianist (born in 1935)

• United States athlete who won gold medals at the Olympics for his skill in sprinting and jumping (born in 1961)

• United States explorer and soldier who lead led an expedition from St. Louis to the mouth of the Columbia River (1774-1809)

• United States labor leader who was president of the United Mine Workers of America from 1920 to 1960 and president of the Congress of Industrial Organizations from 1935 to 1940 (1880-1969)

• United States novelist who satirized middle-class America in his novel Main Street (1885-1951)

• English critic and novelist; author of theological works and of books for children (1898-1963)

• someone who makes or mends dresses

• an investigation of the component parts of a whole and their relations in making up the whole

• the abstract separation of a whole into its constituent parts in order to study the parts and their relations

• a form of literary criticism in which the structure of a piece of writing is analyzed

• the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., `the father of the bride' instead of `the bride's father'

• a branch of mathematics involving calculus and the theory of limits; sequences and series and integration and differentiation

• a set of techniques for exploring underlying motives and a method of treating various mental disorders; based on the theories of Sigmund Freud

• 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

• a game played with rackets by two or four players who hit a ball back and forth over a net that divides the court

• wood of any of various cypress trees especially of the genus Cupressus

• any of numerous evergreen conifers of the genus Cupressus of north temperate regions having dark scalelike leaves and rounded cones

• United States author who wrote the stories about Uncle Remus (1848-1908)

• United States linguist (born in Ukraine) who developed mathematical linguistics and interpreted speech and writing in a social context (1909-1992)

• United States diplomat who was instrumental in opening Japan to foreign trade (1804-1878)

• Irish writer noted for his sexually explicit but unreliable autobiography (1856-1931)

• British marshal of the Royal Air Force; during World War II he directed mass bombing raids against German cities that resulted in heavy civilian casualties (1892-1984)

• publisher of the first newspaper printed in America (1673-1713)

• an unjust act

• the practice of being unjust or unfair

• waxy substance secreted by the sperm whale and found floating at sea or washed ashore; used in perfume

• (Greek mythology) wife of Nereus and mother of the Nereids

• a small region of ancient Greece where the Doric dialect was spoken

• predacious long-bodied large-eyed insect of warm regions; rests with forelimbs raised as in prayer

• common Old World thrush noted for its song

• works for an expert to learn a trade

• be or work as an apprentice

• 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

• that which is pleasing or valuable or useful

• moral excellence or admirableness

• a woman hunter

• special importance or significance

• intensity or forcefulness of expression

• special and significant stress by means of position or repetition e.g.

• the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch)

• development of excess fibrous connective tissue in an organ

• (Greek mythology) the goddess of divine retribution and vengeance

• something causing misery or death

• a fertile tract in a desert (where the water table approaches the surface)

• a shelter serving as a place of safety or sanctuary

• (biology, chemistry) diffusion of molecules through a semipermeable membrane from a place of higher concentration to a place of lower concentration until the concentration on both sides is equal

• corrective consisting of a replacement for a part of the body

• a common venereal disease caused by the treponema pallidum spirochete; symptoms change through progressive stages; can be congenital (transmitted through the placenta)

• eminent beyond or above comparison

• a statement that is assumed to be true and from which a conclusion can be drawn

• set forth beforehand, often as an explanation

• furnish with a preface or introduction

• take something as preexisting and given

• either of the two times of the year when the sun is at its greatest distance from the celestial equator

• temporary loss of strength and energy resulting from hard physical or mental work

• having no wires

• medium for communication

• transmission by radio waves

• an electronic receiver that detects and demodulates and amplifies transmitted signals

• a communication system based on broadcasting electromagnetic waves

• inflammation of a joint or joints

• separation of substances in solution by means of their unequal diffusion through semipermeable membranes

• United States writer (1870-1902)

• loss of the ability to move a body part