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Est. 1828
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'when the need arises'
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Words that Almost Rhyme with when the need arises

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2 syllables

  • dishes
  • fishes
  • kisses
  • misses
  • -ptyses
  • chryseis
  • diffas
  • knishes
  • nisses
  • phishes
  • scyphas
  • shishes
  • shivahs
  • sisses
  • skishes
  • squishes
  • whishes

3 syllables

  • militias
  • orishas
  • chlamyses
  • commishes
  • drimyses
  • ecdyses
  • padishahs

4 syllables

  • superficies
  • aconitias
  • adventitias
  • aloysias
  • helichryses
  • hemoptyses
  • kinderbewyses
  • plasmoptyses

5 syllables

  • epicalyces
  • glycocalyces
  • hendiadyses
  • xenoberyces

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