Words that rhyme with apricot
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allot
v 1: give out; "We were assigned new uniforms" [syn: assign, allot, portion] 2: allow to have; "grant a privilege" [syn: accord, allot, grant] 3: administer or bestow, as in small portions; "administer critical remarks to everyone present"; "dole out some money"; "shell out pocket money for the children"; "deal a blow to someone"; "the machine dispenses soft drinks" [syn: distribute, administer, mete out, deal, parcel out, lot, dispense, shell out, deal out, dish out, allot, dole out] -
ascot
n 1: a cravat with wide square ends; secured with an ornamental pin -
aught
n 1: a quantity of no importance; "it looked like nothing I had ever seen before"; "reduced to nil all the work we had done"; "we racked up a pathetic goose egg"; "it was all for naught"; "I didn't hear zilch about it" [syn: nothing, nil, nix, nada, null, aught, cipher, cypher, goose egg, naught, zero, zilch, zip, zippo] -
besot
v 1: make dull or stupid or muddle with drunkenness or infatuation [syn: besot, stupefy] -
blot
n 1: a blemish made by dirt; "he had a smudge on his cheek" [syn: smudge, spot, blot, daub, smear, smirch, slur] 2: an act that brings discredit to the person who does it; "he made a huge blot on his copybook" [syn: blot, smear, smirch, spot, stain] v 1: dry (ink) with blotting paper 2: make a spot or mark onto; "The wine spotted the tablecloth" [syn: spot, fleck, blob, blot] -
boycott
n 1: a group's refusal to have commercial dealings with some organization in protest against its policies v 1: refuse to sponsor; refuse to do business with [ant: buy at, frequent, patronise, patronize, shop, shop at, sponsor] -
carrycot
n 1: box-shaped baby bed with handles (for a baby to sleep in while being carried) -
clot
n 1: a lump of material formed from the content of a liquid [syn: clot, coagulum] v 1: change from a liquid to a thickened or solid state; "coagulated blood" [syn: clot, coagulate] 2: cause to change from a liquid to a solid or thickened state [syn: clot, coagulate] 3: turn into curds; "curdled milk" [syn: curdle, clabber, clot] [ant: homogenise, homogenize] 4: coalesce or unite in a mass; "Blood clots" [syn: clog, clot] -
cocotte
n 1: a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money [syn: prostitute, cocotte, whore, harlot, bawd, tart, cyprian, fancy woman, working girl, sporting lady, lady of pleasure, woman of the street] 2: a small casserole in which individual portions can be cooked and served -
cot
n 1: a sheath worn to protect a finger [syn: fingerstall, cot] 2: baby bed with high sides made of slats [syn: crib, cot] 3: a small bed that folds up for storage or transport [syn: cot, camp bed] -
distraught
adj 1: deeply agitated especially from emotion; "distraught with grief" [syn: distraught, overwrought] -
dovecote
n 1: a birdhouse for pigeons [syn: dovecote, columbarium, columbary] -
mascot
n 1: a person or animal that is adopted by a team or other group as a symbolic figure -
naught
n 1: a quantity of no importance; "it looked like nothing I had ever seen before"; "reduced to nil all the work we had done"; "we racked up a pathetic goose egg"; "it was all for naught"; "I didn't hear zilch about it" [syn: nothing, nil, nix, nada, null, aught, cipher, cypher, goose egg, naught, zero, zilch, zip, zippo] 2: complete failure; "all my efforts led to naught" -
nought
n 1: a mathematical element that when added to another number yields the same number [syn: zero, 0, nought, cipher, cypher] -
plot
n 1: a secret scheme to do something (especially something underhand or illegal); "they concocted a plot to discredit the governor"; "I saw through his little game from the start" [syn: plot, secret plan, game] 2: a small area of ground covered by specific vegetation; "a bean plot"; "a cabbage patch"; "a briar patch" [syn: plot, plot of land, plot of ground, patch] 3: the story that is told in a novel or play or movie etc.; "the characters were well drawn but the plot was banal" 4: a chart or map showing the movements or progress of an object v 1: plan secretly, usually something illegal; "They plotted the overthrow of the government" 2: make a schematic or technical drawing of that shows interactions among variables or how something is constructed [syn: diagram, plot] 3: make a plat of; "Plat the town" [syn: plat, plot] 4: devise the sequence of events in (a literary work or a play, movie, or ballet); "the writer is plotting a new novel" -
slot
n 1: a position in a grammatical linguistic construction in which a variety of alternative units are interchangeable; "he developed a version of slot grammar" 2: a small slit (as for inserting a coin or depositing mail); "he put a quarter in the slot" 3: a time assigned on a schedule or agenda; "the TV program has a new time slot"; "an aircraft landing slot" [syn: time slot, slot] 4: a position in a hierarchy or organization; "Bob Dylan occupied the top slot for several weeks"; "she beat some tough competition for the number one slot" 5: the trail of an animal (especially a deer); "he followed the deer's slot over the soft turf to the edge of the trees" 6: (computer) a socket in a microcomputer that will accept a plug-in circuit board; "the PC had three slots for additional memory" [syn: slot, expansion slot] 7: a slot machine that is used for gambling; "they spend hours and hours just playing the slots" [syn: slot, one-armed bandit] v 1: assign a time slot; "slot a television program" -
sought
adj 1: that is looked for; "the long sought relatives" 2: being searched for; "the most sought-after item was the silver candelabrum" [syn: sought, sought-after(a)] -
spot
n 1: a point located with respect to surface features of some region; "this is a nice place for a picnic"; "a bright spot on a planet" [syn: topographic point, place, spot] 2: a short section or illustration (as between radio or tv programs or in a magazine) that is often used for advertising 3: an outstanding characteristic; "his acting was one of the high points of the movie" [syn: point, spot] 4: a blemish made by dirt; "he had a smudge on his cheek" [syn: smudge, spot, blot, daub, smear, smirch, slur] 5: a small contrasting part of something; "a bald spot"; "a leopard's spots"; "a patch of clouds"; "patches of thin ice"; "a fleck of red" [syn: spot, speckle, dapple, patch, fleck, maculation] 6: a section of an entertainment that is assigned to a specific performer or performance; "they changed his spot on the program" 7: a business establishment for entertainment; "night spot" 8: a job in an organization; "he occupied a post in the treasury" [syn: position, post, berth, office, spot, billet, place, situation] 9: a slight attack of illness; "he has a touch of rheumatism" [syn: touch, spot] 10: a small piece or quantity of something; "a spot of tea"; "a bit of paper"; "a bit of lint"; "I gave him a bit of my mind" [syn: spot, bit] 11: a mark on a die or on a playing card (shape depending on the suit) [syn: spot, pip] 12: a lamp that produces a strong beam of light to illuminate a restricted area; used to focus attention of a stage performer [syn: spotlight, spot] 13: a playing card with a specified number of pips on it to indicate its value; "an eight-spot" 14: an act that brings discredit to the person who does it; "he made a huge blot on his copybook" [syn: blot, smear, smirch, spot, stain] v 1: catch sight of [syn: descry, spot, espy, spy] 2: detect with the senses; "The fleeing convicts were picked out of the darkness by the watchful prison guards"; "I can't make out the faces in this photograph" [syn: spot, recognize, recognise, distinguish, discern, pick out, make out, tell apart] 3: mar or impair with a flaw; "her face was blemished" [syn: blemish, spot] 4: make a spot or mark onto; "The wine spotted the tablecloth" [syn: spot, fleck, blob, blot] 5: become spotted; "This dress spots quickly" 6: mark with a spot or spots so as to allow easy recognition; "spot the areas that one should clearly identify" -
squat
adj 1: short and thick; as e.g. having short legs and heavy musculature; "some people seem born to be square and chunky"; "a dumpy little dumpling of a woman"; "dachshunds are long lowset dogs with drooping ears"; "a little church with a squat tower"; "a squatty red smokestack"; "a stumpy ungainly figure" [syn: chunky, dumpy, low-set, squat, squatty, stumpy] 2: having a low center of gravity; built low to the ground [syn: squat, underslung] n 1: exercising by repeatedly assuming a crouching position with the knees bent; strengthens the leg muscles [syn: knee bend, squat, squatting] 2: a small worthless amount; "you don't know jack" [syn: jack, doodly-squat, diddly-squat, diddlysquat, diddly-shit, diddlyshit, diddly, diddley, squat, shit] 3: the act of assuming or maintaining a crouching position with the knees bent and the buttocks near the heels [syn: squat, squatting] v 1: sit on one's heels; "In some cultures, the women give birth while squatting"; "The children hunkered down to protect themselves from the sandstorm" [syn: squat, crouch, scrunch, scrunch up, hunker, hunker down] 2: be close to the earth, or be disproportionately wide; "The building squatted low" 3: occupy (a dwelling) illegally -
swat
n 1: a sharp blow v 1: hit swiftly with a violent blow; "Swat flies" -
thought
n 1: the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about; "it was not a good idea"; "the thought never entered my mind" [syn: idea, thought] 2: the process of using your mind to consider something carefully; "thinking always made him frown"; "she paused for thought" [syn: thinking, thought, thought process, cerebration, intellection, mentation] 3: the organized beliefs of a period or group or individual; "19th century thought"; "Darwinian thought" 4: a personal belief or judgment that is not founded on proof or certainty; "my opinion differs from yours"; "I am not of your persuasion"; "what are your thoughts on Haiti?" [syn: opinion, sentiment, persuasion, view, thought] -
trot
n 1: a slow pace of running [syn: jog, trot, lope] 2: radicals who support Trotsky's theory that socialism must be established throughout the world by continuing revolution [syn: Trotskyite, Trotskyist, Trot] 3: a literal translation used in studying a foreign language (often used illicitly) [syn: pony, trot, crib] 4: a gait faster than a walk; diagonally opposite legs strike the ground together v 1: run at a moderately swift pace [syn: trot, jog, clip] 2: ride at a trot 3: cause to trot; "She trotted the horse home" -
wrought
adj 1: shaped to fit by or as if by altering the contours of a pliable mass (as by work or effort); "a shaped handgrip"; "the molded steel plates"; "the wrought silver bracelet" [syn: shaped, molded, wrought] -
sadat
n 1: Egyptian statesman who (as president of Egypt) negotiated a peace treaty with Menachem Begin (then prime minister of Israel) (1918-1981) [syn: Sadat, Anwar Sadat, Anwar el-Sadat] -
alcott
n 1: United States novelist noted for children's books (1832-1888) [syn: Alcott, Louisa May Alcott] -
massicot
n 1: the mineral form of lead monoxide; in the form of yellow powder it is used as a pigment [syn: massicot, massicotite] -
monocot
n 1: a monocotyledonous flowering plant; the stem grows by deposits on its inside [syn: monocot, monocotyledon, liliopsid, endogen] -
dicot
n 1: flowering plant with two cotyledons; the stem grows by deposit on its outside [syn: dicot, dicotyledon, magnoliopsid, exogen] -
prescott
n 1: a town in central Arizona -
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westcott
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truscott
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walcot
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