12K+ Words That Rhyme With SRI-LANKAN

• a high-kicking dance of French origin performed by a female chorus line

• At that time; then.

• Introduces a comparison, and is associated with comparatives, and with words such as more, less, and fewer. Typically, it seeks to measure the force of an adjective or similar description between two predicates.

• Used in comparisons, to introduce the basis of comparison.

• (obsolete outside dialectal, usually used with for) Because; for.

• a land mass that projects well above its surroundings; higher than a hill

• (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent

• a large body of water constituting a principal part of the hydrosphere

• anything apparently limitless in quantity or volume

• an associate degree in nursing

• a man of refinement

• a manservant who acts as a personal attendant to his employer

• a trinket or piece of jewelry usually hung about the neck and thought to be a magical protection against evil or disease

• relating to or concerned with a city or densely populated area

• located in or characteristic of a city or city life

• an adult female person (as opposed to a man)

• a female person who plays a significant role (wife or mistress or girlfriend) in the life of a particular man

• a human female employed to do housework

• women as a class

• a ravine formed by a river in an area with little rainfall

• a friend who is frequently in the company of another

• a traveler who accompanies you

• one paid to accompany or assist or live with another

• be a companion to somebody

• someone who has won first place in a competition

• someone who fights for a cause

• a person who backs a politician or a team etc.

• someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field

• holding first place in a contest

• protect or fight for as a champion

• a shelter serving as a place of safety or sanctuary

• a sheltered port where ships can take on or discharge cargo

• hear with intention

• listen and pay attention

• pay close attention to; give heed to

• affording unobstructed entrance and exit; not shut or closed

• affording free passage or access

• used of mouth or eyes

• (set theory) of an interval that contains neither of its endpoints

• ready or willing to receive favorably

• open and observable; not secret or hidden

• a clear or unobstructed space or expanse of land or water

• where the air is unconfined

• a tournament in which both professionals and amateurs may play

• information that has become public

• with no protection or shield

• open to or in view of all

• not having been filled

• accessible to all

• not defended or capable of being defended

• (of textures) full of small openings or gaps

• having no protecting cover or enclosure

• not brought to a conclusion; subject to further thought

• not sealed or having been unsealed

• without undue constriction as from e.g. tenseness or inhibition

• not requiring union membership

• possibly accepting or permitting

• affording free passage or view

• openly straightforward and direct without reserve or secretiveness

• ready for business

• cause to open or to become open

• start to operate or function or cause to start operating or functioning

• become open

• begin or set in action, of meetings, speeches, recitals, etc.

• spread out or open from a closed or folded state

• make available

• become available

• have an opening or passage or outlet

• make the opening move

• afford access to

• display the contents of a file or start an application as on a computer

• play in which children pretend to put out a fire

• a laborer who tends fires (as on a coal-fired train or steamship)

• a pitcher who does not start the game

• a member of a fire department who tries to extinguish fires

• a person who exercises control over workers

• a man who is foreperson of a jury

• a river in Palestine that empties into the Dead Sea; John the Baptist baptized Jesus in the Jordan

• an Arab kingdom in southwestern Asia on the Red Sea

• United States anthropologist who studied the Seneca (1818-1881)

• United States biologist who formulated the chromosome theory of heredity (1866-1945)

• a Welsh buccaneer who raided Spanish colonies in the West Indies for the English (1635-1688)

• soldier in the American Revolution who defeated the British in the battle of Cowpens, South Carolina (1736-1802)

• United States financier and philanthropist (1837-1913)

• an American breed of small compact saddle horses

• a person with great powers and abilities

• street name for lysergic acid diethylamide

• a light strong brittle grey toxic bivalent metallic element

• have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)

• be identical to; be someone or something

• occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere

• have an existence, be extant

• happen, occur, take place

• be identical or equivalent to

• form or compose

• work in a specific place, with a specific subject, or in a specific function

• represent, as of a character on stage

• spend or use time

• have life, be alive

• to remain unmolested, undisturbed, or uninterrupted -- used only in infinitive form

• be priced at

• a photographer who operates a movie camera

• someone whose occupation is catching fish

• of or pertaining to or characteristic of Germany or its people or language

• a person of German nationality

• the standard German language; developed historically from West Germanic

• an executioner who hangs the condemned person

• characteristic of humanity

• relating to a person

• having human form or attributes as opposed to those of animals or divine beings

• any living or extinct member of the family Hominidae characterized by superior intelligence, articulate speech, and erect carriage

• relating to or characteristic of or situated in suburbs

• understood in a certain way; made sense of

• be affected with an indisposition

• something done (usually as opposed to something said)

• the state of being active

• a military engagement

• a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings)

• the series of events that form a plot

• the trait of being active and energetic and forceful

• the operating part that transmits power to a mechanism

• a judicial proceeding brought by one party against another; one party prosecutes another for a wrong done or for protection of a right or for prevention of a wrong

• an act by a government body or supranational organization

• the most important or interesting work or activity in a specific area or field

• In firearms terminology, the mechanism that handles the ammunition (loads, locks, fires, and extracts the cartridges).

• institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against

• put in effect

• physically and forcibly separated into pieces or cracked or split

• not continuous in space, time, or sequence or varying abruptly

• (especially of promises or contracts) having been violated or disregarded

• subdued or brought low in condition or status

• tamed or trained to obey

• topographically very uneven

• imperfectly spoken or written

• thrown into a state of disarray or confusion

• weakened and infirm

• destroyed financially

• out of working order (`busted' is an informal substitute for `broken')

• discontinuous

• lacking a part or parts

• an officer holding a rank below a major but above a lieutenant

• the naval officer in command of a military ship

• a policeman in charge of a precinct

• an officer who is licensed to command a merchant ship

• the leader of a group of people

• the pilot in charge of an airship

• a dining-room attendant who is in charge of the waiters and the seating of customers

• be the captain of a sports team

• the flesh of a chicken used for food

• a domestic fowl bred for flesh or eggs; believed to have been developed from the red jungle fowl

• a person who lacks confidence, is irresolute and wishy-washy

• a foolhardy competition; a dangerous activity that is continued until one competitor becomes afraid and stops

• easily frightened

• archaic term for an itinerant peddler

• United States pioneer who planted apple trees as he traveled (1774-1845)

• the pilot who positions his aircraft outside and behind (on the wing of) the leader of a flying formation

• belonging to or participated in by a community as a whole; public

• having no special distinction or quality; widely known or commonly encountered; average or ordinary or usual

• a piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area

• common to or shared by two or more parties

• commonly encountered

• being or characteristic of or appropriate to everyday language

• of or associated with the great masses of people

• of low or inferior quality or value

• lacking refinement or cultivation or taste

• to be expected; standard

• a state at a particular time

• an assumption on which rests the validity or effect of something else

• a mode of being or form of existence of a person or thing

• information that should be kept in mind when making a decision

• the state of (good) health (especially in the phrases `in condition' or `in shape' or `out of condition' or `out of shape')

• an illness, disease, or other medical problem

• (usually plural) a statement of what is required as part of an agreement

• the procedure that is varied in order to estimate a variable's effect by comparison with a control condition

• establish a conditioned response

• develop (a child's or animal's) behavior by instruction and practice; especially to teach self-control

• specify as a condition or requirement in a contract or agreement; make an express demand or provision in an agreement

• put into a better state

• apply conditioner to in order to make smooth and shiny

• the act of making up your mind about something

• a position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration

• (boxing) a victory won on points when no knockout has occurred

• the outcome of a game or contest

• the trait of resoluteness as evidenced by firmness of character or purpose

• a faint constellation twisting around the North Celestial Pole and lying between Ursa Major and Cepheus

• a creature of Teutonic mythology; usually represented as breathing fire and having a reptilian body and sometimes wings

• a fiercely vigilant and unpleasant woman

• any of several small tropical Asian lizards capable of gliding by spreading winglike membranes on each side of the body

• not noticed inadvertently

• come to pass

• happen, occur, or be the case in the course of events or by chance

• chance to be or do something, without intention or causation

• come into being; become reality

• come upon, as if by accident; meet with

• a place regarded by various beliefs as the abode of their deities; also a place where good people are believed to go after death

• any place of complete bliss and delight and peace

• a unit of instruction

• punishment intended as a warning to others

• the significance of a story or event

• a task assigned for individual study

• the number that is represented as a one followed by 6 zeros

• a very large indefinite number (usually hyperbole)

• (in Roman numerals, M written with a macron over it) denoting a quantity consisting of 1,000,000 items or units

• many times at short intervals

• frequently or in great quantities

• in many cases or instances

• a personal belief or judgment that is not founded on proof or certainty

• a message expressing a belief about something; the expression of a belief that is held with confidence but not substantiated by positive knowledge or proof

• a belief or sentiment shared by most people; the voice of the people

• the legal document stating the reasons for a judicial decision

• the reason for a court's judgment (as opposed to the decision itself)

• a vague idea in which some confidence is placed

• a human being; person, singular, assertive existential pronoun; pronoun, person, singular; quantifier: assertive existential

• a human body (usually including the clothing)

• a grammatical category used in the classification of pronouns, possessive determiners, and verb forms according to whether they indicate the speaker, the addressee, or a third party

• the particular portion of space occupied by something

• a point occupied by troops for tactical reasons

• a way of regarding situations or topics etc.

• the arrangement of the body and its limbs

• the relative position or standing of things or especially persons in a society

• a job in an organization

• the spatial property of a place where or way in which something is situated

• the appropriate or customary location

• (in team sports) the role assigned to an individual player

• the act of putting something in a certain place

• a condition or position in which you find yourself

• a rationalized mental attitude

• an opinion that is held in opposition to another in an argument or dispute

• an item on a list or in a sequence

• the post or function properly or customarily occupied or served by another

• the act of positing; an assumption taken as a postulate or axiom

• cause to be in an appropriate place, state, or relation

• put into a certain place or abstract location

• a rational motive for a belief or action

• an explanation of the cause of some phenomenon

• the capacity for rational thought or inference or discrimination

• the state of having good sense and sound judgment

• a justification for something existing or happening

• a fact that logically justifies some premise or conclusion

• decide by reasoning; draw or come to a conclusion

• present reasons and arguments

• think logically

• any instrument or instrumentality used in fighting or hunting

• a means of persuading or arguing