beers — an alcoholic beverage made by brewing and fermentation from cereals, usually malted barley, and flavored with hops and the like for a slightly bitter taste.
cares — a private organization for the collection of funds, goods, etc., for distribution to the needy in foreign countries.
doors — a movable, usually solid, barrier for opening and closing an entranceway, cupboard, cabinet, or the like, commonly turning on hinges or sliding in grooves.
ears — the part of a cereal plant, as corn, wheat, etc., that contains the flowers and hence the fruit, grains, or kernels.
ers — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of er.
pears — the edible fruit, typically rounded but elongated and growing smaller toward the stem, of a tree, Pyrus communis, of the rose family.
peers — a person of the same legal status: a jury of one's peers.
piers — a structure built on posts extending from land out over water, used as a landing place for ships, an entertainment area, a strolling place, etc.; jetty.
sars — an acute respiratory illness caused by a coronavirus, characterized by fever, coughing, breathing difficulty, and usually pneumonia.
spores — Biology. a walled, single- to many-celled, reproductive body of an organism, capable of giving rise to a new individual either directly or indirectly.
wires — a slender, stringlike piece or filament of relatively rigid or flexible metal, usually circular in section, manufactured in a great variety of diameters and metals depending on its application.
algiers — the capital of Algeria, an ancient port on the Mediterranean; until 1830 a centre of piracy. Pop: 3 260 000 (2005 est)
all fours — both the arms and legs of a person or all the legs of a quadruped (esp in the phrase on all fours)
arrears — Arrears are amounts of money that you owe, especially regular payments that you should have made earlier.
azores — group of islands in the N Atlantic, c. 800 mi (1,287 km) west of Portugal and constituting an autonomous region of that country: 900 sq mi (2,331 sq km); pop. 238,000; chief city, Ponta Delgada
drawers — a sliding, lidless, horizontal compartment, as in a piece of furniture, that may be drawn out in order to gain access to it.
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.
outdoors — out of doors; in the open air: He's happiest when he's outdoors.
upstairs — up the stairs; to or on an upper floor.
Three-syllable rhymes
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.
in arrears — in arrears, behind or late, especially in payment: She was three months in arrears on her mortgage and credit card payments. Also, Chiefly Law, in arrear.
intra vires — within the legal power or authority of a person or body.
kick upstairs — to strike with the foot or feet: to kick the ball; to kick someone in the shins.
pruning shears — small, sturdy shears used for pruning shrubbery.
rabbit ears — an indoor television antenna consisting of two telescoping, swivel-based aerials.
stars and bars — U.S. History. the flag adopted by the Confederate States of America, consisting of two broad horizontal bars of red separated by one of white, with a blue union marked with a circle of white stars, one for each Confederate state. Compare Southern Cross (def 2).
ultra vires — beyond the legal power or authority of a person, corporation, agent, etc
unawares — while not aware or conscious of a thing oneself; unknowingly or inadvertently.
Four-or-more syllable rhymes
chest of drawers — A chest of drawers is a low, flat piece of furniture with drawers in which you keep clothes and other things.
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.
parallel bars — (used with a plural verb) a gymnasium apparatus consisting of two wooden bars on uprights, adjustable in height, and used for swinging, vaulting, balancing exercises, etc.