chess — Chess is a game for two people, played on a chessboard. Each player has 16 pieces, including a king. Your aim is to move your pieces so that your opponent's king cannot escape being taken.
fs — the sixth letter of the English alphabet, a consonant.
guess — to arrive at or commit oneself to an opinion about (something) without having sufficient evidence to support the opinion fully: to guess a person's weight.
hers — Slang. a female: Is the new baby a her or a him?
her's — Slang. a female: Is the new baby a her or a him?
less — not at all (used before a verb): He little knows what awaits him.
ls — the 12th letter of the English alphabet, a consonant.
mers — Middle East(ern) Respiratory Syndrome: an often fatal respiratory illness caused by a coronavirus similar to the SARS virus and characterized by fever, coughing, and shortness of breath.
mess — a dirty, untidy, or disordered condition: The room was in a mess.
stress — importance attached to a thing: to lay stress upon good manners. Synonyms: significance, meaning, emphasis, consequence; weight, value, worth.
tcas — traffic collision avoidance system: a safety system in aircraft that is designed to prevent mid-air collisions
ws — the 23rd letter of the English alphabet, a semivowel.
yes — (used to express affirmation or assent or to mark the addition of something emphasizing and amplifying a previous statement): Do you want that? Yes, I do.
Two-syllable rhymes
address — Your address is the number of the house, flat, or apartment and the name of the street and the town where you live or work.
digress — to deviate or wander away from the main topic or purpose in speaking or writing; depart from the principal line of argument, plot, study, etc.
distress — great pain, anxiety, or sorrow; acute physical or mental suffering; affliction; trouble.
marsh cress — any cress belonging to the genus Rorippa, of the mustard family, especially R. islandica, that grows in marshy areas in North America and Eurasia.
obsess — to dominate or preoccupy the thoughts, feelings, or desires of (a person); beset, trouble, or haunt persistently or abnormally: Suspicion obsessed him.
occurs — to happen; take place; come to pass: When did the accident occur?
oppress — to burden with cruel or unjust impositions or restraints; subject to a burdensome or harsh exercise of authority or power: a people oppressed by totalitarianism.
possess — to have as belonging to one; have as property; own: to possess a house and a car.
profess — to lay claim to, often insincerely; pretend to: He professed extreme regret.
progress — a movement toward a goal or to a further or higher stage: the progress of a student toward a degree.
punch press — a power-driven machine used to cut, draw, or otherwise shape material, especially metal sheets, with dies, under pressure or by heavy blows.
recess — temporary withdrawal or cessation from the usual work or activity.
redress — the setting right of what is wrong: redress of abuses.
refers — to direct for information or anything required: He referred me to books on astrology.
repress — to keep under control, check, or suppress (desires, feelings, actions, tears, etc.).
rock cress — any of several low growing plants belonging to the genus Arabis, of the mustard family, having spikes or one-sided clusters of white, pink, or purple flowers, grown as an ornamental in rock gardens.
success — the favorable or prosperous termination of attempts or endeavors; the accomplishment of one's goals.
suppress — to put an end to the activities of (a person, body of persons, etc.): to suppress the Communist and certain left-leaning parties.
transgress — to violate a law, command, moral code, etc.; offend; sin.
undress — to take the clothes off (a person); disrobe.
unless — except; but; save: Nothing will come of it, unless disaster.
word stress — the stress pattern or patterns associated with the words of a particular language when they are considered in isolation.
Three-syllable rhymes
acquiesce — If you acquiesce in something, you agree to do what someone wants or to accept what they do.
bitter cress — any plant belonging to the genus Cardamine, of the mustard family, having usually pinnate leaves and clusters of white, pink, or purple flowers.
coalesce — If two or more things coalesce, they come together and form a larger group or system.
connoisseurs — An expert judge in matters of taste.
convalesce — If you are convalescing, you are resting and getting your health back after an illness or operation.
dinner dress — a dress, often long and having sleeves or a jacket, more elaborate than one designed for daytime wear but less formal than an evening gown.
dispossess — to put (a person) out of possession, especially of real property; oust.
fancy dress — a costume for a ball, masquerade, etc., chosen to please the fancy, usually a costume characteristic of a particular period or place, class of persons, or historical or fictitious character.
garden cress — a peppergrass, Lepidium sativum, used as a salad vegetable.
indian cress — a nasturtium, Tropaeolum majus, of South America, having red-spotted or red-striped, yellow-orange flowers, the young flower buds and fruits being used as seasoning.
hydraulic press — a machine permitting a small force applied to a small piston to produce, through fluid pressure, a large force on a large piston.
nevertheless — nonetheless; notwithstanding; however; in spite of that: a small but nevertheless important change.
permanent press — a process in which a fabric is chemically treated to make it wrinkle-resistant so as to require little or no ironing after washing.
pony express — a former system in the American West of carrying mail and express by relays of riders mounted on ponies, especially the system operating (1860–61) between St. Joseph, Missouri, and Sacramento, California.
rotary press — a printing press in which the type or plates to be printed are fastened upon a rotating cylinder and are impressed on a continuous roll of moving paper.
Four-or-more syllable rhymes
freedom of the press — the right to publish newspapers, magazines, and other printed matter without governmental restriction and subject only to the laws of libel, obscenity, sedition, etc.