Words that rhyme with affricate

• abut 0
  v 1: lie adjacent to another or share a boundary; "Canada adjoins the U.S."; "England marches with Scotland" [syn: border, adjoin, edge, abut, march, butt, butt against, butt on]
• advocate 0
  n 1: a person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea [syn: advocate, advocator, proponent, exponent] 2: a lawyer who pleads cases in court [syn: advocate, counsel, counselor, counsellor, counselor-at-law, pleader] v 1: push for something; "The travel agent recommended strongly that we not travel on Thanksgiving Day" [syn: recommend, urge, advocate] 2: speak, plead, or argue in favor of; "The doctor advocated a smoking ban in the entire house" [syn: preach, advocate]
• at 0
  n 1: a highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series); a decay product of uranium and thorium [syn: astatine, At, atomic number 85] 2: 100 at equal 1 kip in Laos
• basket 0
  n 1: a container that is usually woven and has handles [syn: basket, handbasket] 2: the quantity contained in a basket [syn: basket, basketful] 3: horizontal circular metal hoop supporting a net through which players try to throw the basketball [syn: basket, basketball hoop, hoop] 4: a score in basketball made by throwing the ball through the hoop [syn: basket, field goal]
• bifurcate 0
  adj 1: resembling a fork; divided or separated into two branches; "the biramous appendages of an arthropod"; "long branched hairs on its legson which pollen collects"; "a forked river"; "a forked tail"; "forked lightning"; "horseradish grown in poor soil may develop prongy roots" [syn: bifurcate, biramous, branched, forked, fork-like, forficate, pronged, prongy] v 1: split or divide into two 2: divide into two branches; "The road bifurcated"
• breadbasket 0
  n 1: a geographic region serving as the principal source of grain 2: an enlarged and muscular saclike organ of the alimentary canal; the principal organ of digestion [syn: stomach, tummy, tum, breadbasket] 3: a basket for serving bread
• but 0
  adv 1: and nothing more; "I was merely asking"; "it is simply a matter of time"; "just a scratch"; "he was only a child"; "hopes that last but a moment" [syn: merely, simply, just, only, but]
• butt 0
  n 1: thick end of the handle [syn: butt, butt end] 2: the part of a plant from which the roots spring or the part of a stalk or trunk nearest the roots 3: a victim of ridicule or pranks [syn: butt, goat, laughingstock, stooge] 4: the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on; "he deserves a good kick in the butt"; "are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?" [syn: buttocks, nates, arse, butt, backside, bum, buns, can, fundament, hindquarters, hind end, keister, posterior, prat, rear, rear end, rump, stern, seat, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush, bottom, behind, derriere, fanny, ass] 5: sports equipment consisting of an object set up for a marksman or archer to aim at [syn: target, butt] 6: finely ground tobacco wrapped in paper; for smoking [syn: cigarette, cigaret, coffin nail, butt, fag] 7: a joint made by fastening ends together without overlapping [syn: butt joint, butt] 8: a large cask (especially one holding a volume equivalent to 2 hogsheads or 126 gallons) 9: the small unused part of something (especially the end of a cigarette that is left after smoking) [syn: butt, stub] v 1: lie adjacent to another or share a boundary; "Canada adjoins the U.S."; "England marches with Scotland" [syn: border, adjoin, edge, abut, march, butt, butt against, butt on] 2: to strike, thrust or shove against; "He butted his sister out of the way"; "The goat butted the hiker with his horns" [syn: butt, bunt] 3: place end to end without overlapping; "The frames must be butted at the joints"
• certificate 0
  n 1: a document attesting to the truth of certain stated facts [syn: certificate, certification, credential, credentials] 2: a formal declaration that documents a fact of relevance to finance and investment; the holder has a right to receive interest or dividends; "he held several valuable securities" [syn: security, certificate] v 1: present someone with a certificate 2: authorize by certificate
• collocate 0
  v 1: have a strong tendency to occur side by side; "The words 'new' and 'world' collocate" 2: group or chunk together in a certain order or place side by side [syn: collocate, lump, chunk]
• cut 0
  adj 1: separated into parts or laid open or penetrated with a sharp edge or instrument; "the cut surface was mottled"; "cut tobacco"; "blood from his cut forehead"; "bandages on her cut wrists" [ant: uncut] 2: fashioned or shaped by cutting; "a well-cut suit"; "cut diamonds"; "cut velvet" [ant: rough, uncut] 3: with parts removed; "the drastically cut film" [syn: cut, shortened] 4: made neat and tidy by trimming; "his neatly trimmed hair" [syn: trimmed, cut] [ant: uncut, untrimmed] 5: (used of grass or vegetation) cut down with a hand implement or machine; "the smell of newly mown hay" [syn: mown, cut] [ant: uncut, unmown] 6: (of pages of a book) having the folds of the leaves trimmed or slit; "the cut pages of the book" [ant: uncut] 7: (of a male animal) having the testicles removed; "a cut horse" [syn: cut, emasculated, gelded] 8: (used of rates or prices) reduced usually sharply; "the slashed prices attracted buyers" [syn: cut, slashed] 9: mixed with water; "sold cut whiskey"; "a cup of thinned soup" [syn: cut, thinned, weakened] n 1: a share of the profits; "everyone got a cut of the earnings" 2: (film) an immediate transition from one shot to the next; "the cut from the accident scene to the hospital seemed too abrupt" 3: a trench resembling a furrow that was made by erosion or excavation [syn: cut, gash] 4: a step on some scale; "he is a cut above the rest" 5: a wound made by cutting; "he put a bandage over the cut" [syn: cut, gash, slash, slice] 6: a piece of meat that has been cut from an animal carcass [syn: cut, cut of meat] 7: a remark capable of wounding mentally; "the unkindest cut of all" [syn: stinger, cut] 8: a distinct selection of music from a recording or a compact disc; "he played the first cut on the cd"; "the title track of the album" [syn: cut, track] 9: the omission that is made when an editorial change shortens a written passage; "an editor's deletions frequently upset young authors"; "both parties agreed on the excision of the proposed clause" [syn: deletion, excision, cut] 10: the style in which a garment is cut; "a dress of traditional cut" 11: a canal made by erosion or excavation 12: a refusal to recognize someone you know; "the snub was clearly intentional" [syn: snub, cut, cold shoulder] 13: in baseball; a batter's attempt to hit a pitched ball; "he took a vicious cut at the ball" [syn: baseball swing, swing, cut] 14: (sports) a stroke that puts reverse spin on the ball; "cuts do not bother a good tennis player" [syn: cut, undercut] 15: the division of a deck of cards before dealing; "he insisted that we give him the last cut before every deal"; "the cutting of the cards soon became a ritual" [syn: cut, cutting] 16: the act of penetrating or opening open with a sharp edge; "his cut in the lining revealed the hidden jewels" [syn: cut, cutting] 17: the act of cutting something into parts; "his cuts were skillful"; "his cutting of the cake made a terrible mess" [syn: cut, cutting] 18: the act of shortening something by chopping off the ends; "the barber gave him a good cut" [syn: cut, cutting, cutting off] 19: the act of reducing the amount or number; "the mayor proposed extensive cuts in the city budget" 20: an unexcused absence from class; "he was punished for taking too many cuts in his math class" v 1: separate with or as if with an instrument; "Cut the rope" 2: cut down on; make a reduction in; "reduce your daily fat intake"; "The employer wants to cut back health benefits" [syn: reduce, cut down, cut back, trim, trim down, trim back, cut, bring down] 3: turn sharply; change direction abruptly; "The car cut to the left at the intersection"; "The motorbike veered to the right" [syn: swerve, sheer, curve, trend, veer, slue, slew, cut] 4: make an incision or separation; "cut along the dotted line" 5: discharge from a group; "The coach cut two players from the team" 6: form by probing, penetrating, or digging; "cut a hole"; "cut trenches"; "The sweat cut little rivulets into her face" 7: style and tailor in a certain fashion; "cut a dress" [syn: cut, tailor] 8: hit (a ball) with a spin so that it turns in the opposite direction; "cut a Ping-Pong ball" 9: make out and issue; "write out a check"; "cut a ticket"; "Please make the check out to me" [syn: write out, issue, make out, cut] 10: cut and assemble the components of; "edit film"; "cut recording tape" [syn: edit, cut, edit out] 11: intentionally fail to attend; "cut class" [syn: cut, skip] 12: be able to manage or manage successfully; "I can't hack it anymore"; "she could not cut the long days in the office" [syn: hack, cut] 13: give the appearance or impression of; "cut a nice figure" 14: move (one's fist); "his opponent cut upward toward his chin" 15: pass directly and often in haste; "We cut through the neighbor's yard to get home sooner" 16: pass through or across; "The boat cut the water" 17: make an abrupt change of image or sound; "cut from one scene to another" 18: stop filming; "cut a movie scene" 19: make a recording of; "cut the songs"; "She cut all of her major titles again" 20: record a performance on (a medium); "cut a record" 21: create by duplicating data; "cut a disk"; "burn a CD" [syn: cut, burn] 22: form or shape by cutting or incising; "cut paper dolls" 23: perform or carry out; "cut a caper" 24: function as a cutting instrument; "This knife cuts well" 25: allow incision or separation; "This bread cuts easily" 26: divide a deck of cards at random into two parts to make selection difficult; "Wayne cut"; "She cut the deck for a long time" 27: cause to stop operating by disengaging a switch; "Turn off the stereo, please"; "cut the engine"; "turn out the lights" [syn: switch off, cut, turn off, turn out] [ant: switch on, turn on] 28: reap or harvest; "cut grain" 29: fell by sawing; hew; "The Vietnamese cut a lot of timber while they occupied Cambodia" 30: penetrate injuriously; "The glass from the shattered windshield cut into her forehead" 31: refuse to acknowledge; "She cut him dead at the meeting" [syn: ignore, disregard, snub, cut] 32: shorten as if by severing the edges or ends of; "cut my hair" 33: weed out unwanted or unnecessary things; "We had to lose weight, so we cut the sugar from our diet" [syn: cut, prune, rationalize, rationalise] 34: dissolve by breaking down the fat of; "soap cuts grease" 35: have a reducing effect; "This cuts into my earnings" 36: cease, stop; "cut the noise"; "We had to cut short the conversation" [syn: cut, cut off] 37: reduce in scope while retaining essential elements; "The manuscript must be shortened" [syn: abridge, foreshorten, abbreviate, shorten, cut, contract, reduce] [ant: dilate, elaborate, enlarge, expand, expatiate, exposit, expound, flesh out, lucubrate] 38: lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture; "cut bourbon" [syn: dilute, thin, thin out, reduce, cut] 39: have grow through the gums; "The baby cut a tooth" 40: grow through the gums; "The new tooth is cutting" 41: cut off the testicles (of male animals such as horses); "the vet gelded the young horse" [syn: geld, cut]
• delicate 0
  adj 1: exquisitely fine and subtle and pleasing; susceptible to injury; "a delicate violin passage"; "delicate china"; "a delicate flavor"; "the delicate wing of a butterfly" [ant: rugged] 2: marked by great skill especially in meticulous technique; "a surgeon's delicate touch" 3: easily broken or damaged or destroyed; "a kite too delicate to fly safely"; "fragile porcelain plates"; "fragile old bones"; "a frail craft" [syn: delicate, fragile, frail] 4: easily hurt; "soft hands"; "a baby's delicate skin" [syn: delicate, soft] 5: developed with extreme delicacy and subtlety; "the satire touches with finespun ridicule every kind of human pretense" [syn: finespun, delicate] 6: difficult to handle; requiring great tact; "delicate negotiations with the big powers";"hesitates to be explicit on so ticklish a matter"; "a touchy subject" [syn: delicate, ticklish, touchy] 7: of an instrument or device; capable of registering minute differences or changes precisely; "almost undetectable with even the most delicate instruments"
• ducat 0
  n 1: formerly a gold coin of various European countries
• duplicate 0
  adj 1: identically copied from an original; "a duplicate key" 2: being two identical [syn: duplicate, matching, twin(a), twinned] n 1: something additional of the same kind; "he always carried extras in case of an emergency" [syn: extra, duplicate] 2: a copy that corresponds to an original exactly; "he made a duplicate for the files" [syn: duplicate, duplication] v 1: make or do or perform again; "He could never replicate his brilliant performance of the magic trick" [syn: duplicate, reduplicate, double, repeat, replicate] 2: duplicate or match; "The polished surface twinned his face and chest in reverse" [syn: twin, duplicate, parallel] 3: make a duplicate or duplicates of; "Could you please duplicate this letter for me?" 4: increase twofold; "The population doubled within 50 years" [syn: double, duplicate]
• etiquette 0
  n 1: rules governing socially acceptable behavior
• gasket 0
  n 1: seal consisting of a ring for packing pistons or sealing a pipe joint
• glut 0
  n 1: the quality of being so overabundant that prices fall [syn: glut, oversupply, surfeit] v 1: overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself; "She stuffed herself at the dinner"; "The kids binged on ice cream" [syn: gorge, ingurgitate, overindulge, glut, englut, stuff, engorge, overgorge, overeat, gormandize, gormandise, gourmandize, binge, pig out, satiate, scarf out] 2: supply with an excess of; "flood the market with tennis shoes"; "Glut the country with cheap imports from the Orient" [syn: flood, oversupply, glut]
• gut 0
  n 1: the part of the alimentary canal between the stomach and the anus [syn: intestine, bowel, gut] 2: a narrow channel or strait 3: a strong cord made from the intestines of sheep and used in surgery [syn: catgut, gut] v 1: empty completely; destroy the inside of; "Gut the building" 2: remove the guts of; "gut the sheep"
• haircut 0
  n 1: the style in which hair has been cut 2: the act of cutting the hair
• hut 0
  n 1: temporary military shelter [syn: hut, army hut, field hut] 2: small crude shelter used as a dwelling [syn: hovel, hut, hutch, shack, shanty]
• indelicate 0
  adj 1: in violation of good taste even verging on the indecent; "an indelicate remark"; "an off-color joke" [syn: indelicate, off-color, off-colour] 2: lacking propriety and good taste in manners and conduct; "indecorous behavior" [syn: indecorous, indelicate] [ant: decorous] 3: verging on the indecent; "an indelicate proposition"
• intricate 0
  adj 1: having many complexly arranged elements; elaborate; "intricate lacework"
• jut 0
  n 1: something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings; "the gun in his pocket made an obvious bulge"; "the hump of a camel"; "he stood on the rocky prominence"; "the occipital protuberance was well developed"; "the bony excrescence between its horns" [syn: bulge, bump, hump, swelling, gibbosity, gibbousness, jut, prominence, protuberance, protrusion, extrusion, excrescence] 2: the act of projecting out from something [syn: protrusion, projection, jut, jutting] v 1: extend out or project in space; "His sharp nose jutted out"; "A single rock sticks out from the cliff" [syn: stick out, protrude, jut out, jut, project]
• locket 0
  n 1: a small ornamental case; usually contains a picture or a lock of hair and is worn on a necklace
• market 0
  n 1: the world of commercial activity where goods and services are bought and sold; "without competition there would be no market"; "they were driven from the marketplace" [syn: market, marketplace, market place] 2: the customers for a particular product or service; "before they publish any book they try to determine the size of the market for it" 3: a marketplace where groceries are sold; "the grocery store included a meat market" [syn: grocery store, grocery, food market, market] 4: the securities markets in the aggregate; "the market always frustrates the small investor" [syn: market, securities industry] 5: an area in a town where a public mercantile establishment is set up [syn: marketplace, market place, mart, market] v 1: engage in the commercial promotion, sale, or distribution of; "The company is marketing its new line of beauty products" 2: buy household supplies; "We go marketing every Saturday" 3: deal in a market 4: make commercial; "Some Amish people have commercialized their way of life" [syn: commercialize, commercialise, market]
• mascot 0
  n 1: a person or animal that is adopted by a team or other group as a symbolic figure
• mutt 0
  n 1: an inferior dog or one of mixed breed [syn: cur, mongrel, mutt]
• naturalist 0
  n 1: an advocate of the doctrine that the world can be understood in scientific terms 2: a biologist knowledgeable about natural history (especially botany and zoology) [syn: naturalist, natural scientist]
• nut 0
  n 1: usually large hard-shelled seed 2: Egyptian goddess of the sky 3: a small (usually square or hexagonal) metal block with internal screw thread to be fitted onto a bolt 4: half the width of an em [syn: en, nut] 5: a whimsically eccentric person [syn: crackpot, crank, nut, nut case, fruitcake, screwball] 6: someone who is so ardently devoted to something that it resembles an addiction; "a golf addict"; "a car nut"; "a bodybuilding freak"; "a news junkie" [syn: addict, nut, freak, junkie, junky] 7: one of the two male reproductive glands that produce spermatozoa and secrete androgens; "she kicked him in the balls and got away" [syn: testis, testicle, orchis, ball, ballock, bollock, nut, egg] v 1: gather nuts
• packet 0
  n 1: a collection of things wrapped or boxed together [syn: package, bundle, packet, parcel] 2: (computer science) a message or message fragment 3: a small package or bundle 4: a boat for carrying mail [syn: mailboat, mail boat, packet, packet boat]
• plicate 0
  v 1: fold into pleats, "Pleat the cloth" [syn: pleat, plicate]
• pontificate 0
  n 1: the government of the Roman Catholic Church [syn: papacy, pontificate] v 1: administer a pontifical office 2: talk in a dogmatic and pompous manner; "The new professor always pontificates"
• predicate 0
  n 1: (logic) what is predicated of the subject of a proposition; the second term in a proposition is predicated of the first term by means of the copula; "`Socrates is a man' predicates manhood of Socrates" 2: one of the two main constituents of a sentence; the predicate contains the verb and its complements [syn: predicate, verb phrase] v 1: make the (grammatical) predicate in a proposition; "The predicate `dog' is predicated of the subject `Fido' in the sentence `Fido is a dog'" 2: affirm or declare as an attribute or quality of; "The speech predicated the fitness of the candidate to be President" [syn: predicate, proclaim] 3: involve as a necessary condition of consequence; as in logic; "solving the problem is predicated on understanding it well" [syn: connote, predicate]
• putt 0
  n 1: hitting a golf ball that is on the green using a putter; "his putting let him down today; he didn't sink a single putt over three feet" [syn: putt, putting] v 1: strike (a golf ball) lightly, with a putter; "he putted the ball several feet past the hole" 2: hit a putt; "he lost because he putted so poorly"
• quadruplicate 0
  adj 1: having four units or components; "quadruple rhythm has four beats per measure"; "quadruplex wire" [syn: quadruple, quadruplicate, quadruplex, fourfold, four-fold] n 1: any four copies; any of four things that correspond to one another exactly; "it was signed in quadruplicate" v 1: reproduce fourfold; "quadruplicate the bill"
• rebut 0
  v 1: overthrow by argument, evidence, or proof; "The speaker refuted his opponent's arguments" [syn: refute, rebut] 2: prove to be false or incorrect [syn: refute, rebut, controvert]
• rut 0
  n 1: a groove or furrow (especially one in soft earth caused by wheels) 2: a settled and monotonous routine that is hard to escape; "they fell into a conversational rut" [syn: rut, groove] 3: applies to nonhuman mammals: a state or period of heightened sexual arousal and activity [syn: estrus, oestrus, heat, rut] [ant: anestrum, anestrus, anoestrum, anoestrus] v 1: be in a state of sexual excitement; of male mammals 2: hollow out in the form of a furrow or groove; "furrow soil" [syn: furrow, rut, groove]
• shortcut 0
  n 1: a route shorter than the usual one [syn: shortcut, cutoff, crosscut]
• shut 0
  adj 1: not open; "the door slammed shut" [syn: shut, unopen, closed] [ant: open, unfastened] 2: used especially of mouth or eyes; "he sat quietly with closed eyes"; "his eyes were shut against the sunlight" [syn: closed, shut] [ant: open, opened] v 1: move so that an opening or passage is obstructed; make shut; "Close the door"; "shut the window" [syn: close, shut] [ant: open, open up] 2: become closed; "The windows closed with a loud bang" [syn: close, shut] [ant: open, open up] 3: prevent from entering; shut out; "The trees were shutting out all sunlight"; "This policy excludes people who have a criminal record from entering the country" [syn: exclude, keep out, shut out, shut] [ant: admit, include, let in]
• silicate 0
  n 1: a salt or ester derived from silicic acid
• slut 0
  n 1: a dirty untidy woman [syn: slattern, slut, slovenly woman, trollop] 2: a woman adulterer [syn: adulteress, fornicatress, hussy, jade, loose woman, slut, strumpet, trollop]
• smut 0
  n 1: a black colloidal substance consisting wholly or principally of amorphous carbon and used to make pigments and ink [syn: carbon black, lampblack, soot, smut, crock] 2: destructive diseases of plants (especially cereal grasses) caused by fungi that produce black powdery masses of spores 3: any fungus of the order Ustilaginales [syn: smut, smut fungus] 4: an offensive or indecent word or phrase [syn: obscenity, smut, vulgarism, filth, dirty word] 5: creative activity (writing or pictures or films etc.) of no literary or artistic value other than to stimulate sexual desire [syn: pornography, porno, porn, erotica, smut] v 1: make obscene; "This line in the play smuts the entire act" 2: stain with a dirty substance, such as soot 3: become affected with smut; "the corn smutted and could not be eaten" 4: affect with smut or mildew, as of a crop such as corn
• somewhat 0
  adv 1: to a small degree or extent; "his arguments were somewhat self-contradictory"; "the children argued because one slice of cake was slightly larger than the other" [syn: slightly, somewhat, more or less] 2: to a moderately sufficient extent or degree; "pretty big"; "pretty bad"; "jolly decent of him"; "the shoes are priced reasonably"; "he is fairly clever with computers" [syn: reasonably, moderately, pretty, jolly, somewhat, fairly, middling, passably] [ant: immoderately, unreasonably]
• sophisticate 0
  n 1: a worldly-wise person [syn: sophisticate, man of the world] v 1: make less natural or innocent; "Their manners had sophisticated the young girls" 2: practice sophistry; change the meaning of or be vague about in order to mislead or deceive; "Don't twist my words" [syn: twist, twist around, pervert, convolute, sophisticate] 3: alter and make impure, as with the intention to deceive; "Sophisticate rose water with geraniol" [syn: sophisticate, doctor, doctor up] 4: make more complex or refined; "a sophisticated design"
• strut 0
  n 1: a proud stiff pompous gait [syn: strut, prance, swagger] 2: brace consisting of a bar or rod used to resist longitudinal compression v 1: to walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others; "He struts around like a rooster in a hen house" [syn: tittup, swagger, ruffle, prance, strut, sashay, cock]
• syndicate 0
  n 1: a loose affiliation of gangsters in charge of organized criminal activities [syn: syndicate, crime syndicate, mob, family] 2: an association of companies for some definite purpose [syn: consortium, pool, syndicate] 3: a news agency that sells features or articles or photographs etc. to newspapers for simultaneous publication v 1: join together into a syndicate; "The banks syndicated" 2: organize into or form a syndicate 3: sell articles, television programs, or photos to several publications or independent broadcasting stations
• triplicate 0
  n 1: one of three copies; any of three things that correspond to one another exactly v 1: reproduce threefold; "triplicate the letter for the committee"
• uncut 0
  adj 1: not trimmed; "shaggy untrimmed locks" [syn: untrimmed, uncut] [ant: cut, trimmed] 2: (used of grass or vegetation) not cut down with a hand implement or machine; "uncut grass"; "an unmown lawn" [syn: unmown, uncut] [ant: cut, mown] 3: not shaped by cutting or trimming; "an uncut diamond"; "rough gemstones" [syn: uncut, rough] [ant: cut] 4: (of pages of a book) having adjacent leaves still joined at the fore edge; "a book with its leaves still uncut" [ant: cut] 5: not cut [ant: cut] 6: not cut; "glad to get out of the house with my throat uncut"- Tobias Smollett 7: complete; "the full-length play" [syn: full-length, uncut]
• wainscot 0
  n 1: panel forming the lower part of an interior wall when it is finished differently from the rest of the wall [syn: wainscot, dado] 2: wooden panels that can be used to line the walls of a room [syn: wainscot, wainscoting, wainscotting]
• wastebasket 0
  n 1: a container with an open top; for discarded paper and other rubbish [syn: wastepaper basket, waste-paper basket, wastebasket, waste basket, circular file]
• woodcut 0
  n 1: a print made from a woodcut [syn: woodcut, wood engraving] 2: engraving consisting of a block of wood with a design cut into it; used to make prints [syn: woodcut, wood block, wood engraving]
• workbasket 0
  n 1: container for holding implements and materials for work (especially for sewing) [syn: workbasket, workbox, workbag]
• knut 0
  n 1: king of Denmark and Norway who forced Edmund II to divide England with him; on the death of Edmund II, Canute became king of all England (994-1035) [syn: Canute, Cnut, Knut, Canute the Great]
• tut 0
  v 1: utter `tsk,' `tut,' or `tut-tut,' as in disapproval [syn: tsk, tut, tut-tut]
• alcott 0
  n 1: United States novelist noted for children's books (1832-1888) [syn: Alcott, Louisa May Alcott]
• scut 0
  n 1: a short erect tail
• nantucket 0
  n 1: an island resort off Cape Cod; formerly a center of the whaling industry
• spicate 0
  adj 1: having or relating to spikes; "spicate inflorescence"
• connecticut 0
  n 1: a New England state; one of the original 13 colonies [syn: Connecticut, Nutmeg State, Constitution State, CT] 2: a river in the northeastern United States; flows south from northern New Hampshire along the border between New Hampshire and Vermont and through Massachusetts and Connecticut where it empties into Long Island Sound [syn: Connecticut, Connecticut River] 3: one of the British colonies that formed the United States
• patriarchate 0
  n 1: the jurisdiction of a patriarch 2: a form of social organization in which a male is the family head and title is traced through the male line [syn: patriarchy, patriarchate]
• umbilicate 0
  adj 1: depressed like a navel
• hecate 0
  n 1: (Greek mythology) Greek goddess of fertility who later became associated with Persephone as goddess of the underworld and protector of witches
• canonicate 0
• haute 0
• phut 0
• allnutt 0
• chesnutt 0
• curnutte 0
• westcott 0
• calicut 0
• thecate 0
• frisket 0
• lockhart 0
• urquhart 0
• walcott 0
• prescot 0
• heathcote 0
• sickert 0

See also affricate definition and affricate synonyms