Rhymes with affairs

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airs — affected manners intended to impress others (esp in the phrases give oneself airs, put on airs)
ayres — air1 (def 8d).
bares — without covering or clothing; naked; nude: bare legs.
cares — a private organization for the collection of funds, goods, etc., for distribution to the needy in foreign countries.
flares — to burn with an unsteady, swaying flame, as a torch or candle in the wind.
pairs — two identical, similar, or corresponding things that are matched for use together: a pair of gloves; a pair of earrings.
pares — to cut off the outer coating, layer, or part of.
pears — the edible fruit, typically rounded but elongated and growing smaller toward the stem, of a tree, Pyrus communis, of the rose family.
shares — a plowshare.
spares — to refrain from harming or destroying; leave uninjured; forbear to punish, hurt, or destroy: to spare one's enemy.
squares — a rectangle having all four sides of equal length.
stairs — one of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.
stares — to gaze fixedly and intently, especially with the eyes wide open.
tears — the act of tearing.
theirs — any male person or animal; a man: hes and shes.
wares — Plural form of ware.

downstairs — down the stairs.
least squares — a method of estimating values from a set of observations by minimizing the sum of the squares of the differences between the observations and the values to be found.
there's — in or at that place (opposed to here): She is there now.
upstairs — up the stairs; to or on an upper floor.
where's — in or at what place?: Where is he? Where do you live?

charge d'affaires — A chargé d'affaires is a person appointed to act as head of a diplomatic mission in a foreign country while the ambassador is away.
kick upstairs — to strike with the foot or feet: to kick the ball; to kick someone in the shins.
put on airs — a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
unawares — while not aware or conscious of a thing oneself; unknowingly or inadvertently.

musical chairs — Also called going to Jerusalem. a game in which players march to music around two rows of chairs placed back to back, there being one chair less than the number of players, the object being to find a seat when the music stops abruptly. The player failing to do so is removed from the game, together with one chair, at each interval.
preference shares — a share of preferred stock.

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