Words that rhyme with at

• baronet 5
  n 1: a member of the British order of honor; ranks below a baron but above a knight; "since he was a baronet he had to be addressed as Sir Henry Jones, Bart." [syn: baronet, Bart]
• celibate 4
  adj 1: abstaining from sexual intercourse; "celibate priests" [syn: celibate, continent] n 1: an unmarried person who has taken a religious vow of chastity
• banquet 3
  n 1: a ceremonial dinner party for many people [syn: banquet, feast] 2: a meal that is well prepared and greatly enjoyed; "a banquet for the graduating seniors"; "the Thanksgiving feast"; "they put out quite a spread" [syn: banquet, feast, spread] v 1: provide a feast or banquet for [syn: feast, banquet, junket] 2: partake in a feast or banquet [syn: feast, banquet, junket]
• beret 3
  n 1: a cap with no brim or bill; made of soft cloth
• basket 2
  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]
• beechnut 1
  n 1: small sweet triangular nut of any of various beech trees
• abbot 0
  n 1: the superior of an abbey of monks [syn: abbot, archimandrite]
• accredit 0
  v 1: grant credentials to; "The Regents officially recognized the new educational institution"; "recognize an academic degree" [syn: accredit, recognize, recognise] 2: provide or send (envoys or embassadors) with official credentials 3: ascribe an achievement to; "She was not properly credited in the program" [syn: accredit, credit]
• accurate 0
  adj 1: conforming exactly or almost exactly to fact or to a standard or performing with total accuracy; "an accurate reproduction"; "the accounting was accurate"; "accurate measurements"; "an accurate scale" [ant: inaccurate] 2: (of ideas, images, representations, expressions) characterized by perfect conformity to fact or truth ; strictly correct; "a precise image"; "a precise measurement" [syn: accurate, exact, precise]
• acrobat 0
  n 1: an athlete who performs acts requiring skill and agility and coordination
• acuminate 0
  adj 1: (of a leaf shape) narrowing to a slender point v 1: make sharp or acute; taper; make (something) come to a point
• adequate 0
  adj 1: having the requisite qualities or resources to meet a task; "she had adequate training"; "her training was adequate"; "she was adequate to the job"; "he was equal to the task" [syn: adequate, equal] [ant: inadequate, unequal] 2: sufficient for the purpose; "an adequate income"; "the food was adequate"; "a decent wage"; "enough food"; "food enough" [syn: adequate, decent, enough] 3: about average; acceptable; "more than adequate as a secretary" [syn: adequate, passable, fair to middling, tolerable]
• 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]
• affectionate 0
  adj 1: having or displaying warmth or affection; "affectionate children"; "a fond embrace"; "fond of his nephew"; "a tender glance"; "a warm embrace" [syn: affectionate, fond, lovesome, tender, warm]
• affidavit 0
  n 1: written declaration made under oath; a written statement sworn to be true before someone legally authorized to administer an oath
• affiliate 0
  n 1: a subordinate or subsidiary associate; a person who is affiliated with another or with an organization 2: a subsidiary or subordinate organization that is affiliated with another organization; "network affiliates" v 1: keep company with; hang out with; "He associates with strange people"; "She affiliates with her colleagues" [syn: consort, associate, affiliate, assort] 2: join in an affiliation; "The two colleges affiliated"; "They affiliated with a national group"
• affricate 0
  n 1: a composite speech sound consisting of a stop and a fricative articulated at the same point (as `ch' in `chair' and `j' in `joy') [syn: affricate, affricate consonant, affricative]
• agate 0
  n 1: an impure form of quartz consisting of banded chalcedony; used as a gemstone and for making mortars and pestles
• aggregate 0
  adj 1: formed of separate units gathered into a mass or whole; "aggregate expenses include expenses of all divisions combined for the entire year"; "the aggregated amount of indebtedness" [syn: aggregate, aggregated, aggregative, mass] 2: composed of a dense cluster of separate units such as carpels or florets or drupelets; "raspberries are aggregate fruits" n 1: the whole amount [syn: sum, total, totality, aggregate] 2: material such as sand or gravel used with cement and water to make concrete, mortar, or plaster 3: a sum total of many heterogenous things taken together [syn: aggregate, congeries, conglomeration] v 1: amount in the aggregate to 2: gather in a mass, sum, or whole [syn: aggregate, combine]
• aliquot 0
  adj 1: signifying an exact divisor or factor of a quantity n 1: an integer that is an exact divisor of some quantity; "4 is an aliquot part of 12" [syn: aliquot, aliquot part] [ant: aliquant, aliquant part]
• alternate 0
  adj 1: every second one of a series; "the cleaning lady comes on alternate Wednesdays"; "jam every other day"- the White Queen 2: serving or used in place of another; "an alternative plan" [syn: alternate, alternative, substitute] 3: occurring by turns; first one and then the other; "alternating feelings of love and hate" [syn: alternate(a), alternating(a)] 4: of leaves and branches etc; first on one side and then on the other in two ranks along an axis; not paired; "stems with alternate leaves" [ant: opposite, paired] n 1: someone who takes the place of another person [syn: surrogate, alternate, replacement] v 1: go back and forth; swing back and forth between two states or conditions [syn: alternate, jump] 2: exchange people temporarily to fulfill certain jobs and functions 3: be an understudy or alternate for a role [syn: understudy, alternate] 4: reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action) [syn: interchange, tack, switch, alternate, flip, flip- flop] 5: do something in turns; "We take turns on the night shift" [syn: alternate, take turns]
• amulet 0
  n 1: a trinket or piece of jewelry usually hung about the neck and thought to be a magical protection against evil or disease [syn: amulet, talisman]
• animate 0
  adj 1: belonging to the class of nouns that denote living beings; "the word `dog' is animate" [ant: inanimate] 2: endowed with animal life as distinguished from plant life; "we are animate beings" [ant: inanimate, non-living, nonliving] 3: endowed with feeling and unstructured consciousness; "the living knew themselves just sentient puppets on God's stage"- T.E.Lawrence [syn: sentient, animate] [ant: insensate, insentient] v 1: heighten or intensify; "These paintings exalt the imagination" [syn: inspire, animate, invigorate, enliven, exalt] 2: give lifelike qualities to; "animated cartoons" [syn: animize, animise, animate] 3: make lively; "let's liven up this room a bit" [syn: enliven, liven, liven up, invigorate, animate] [ant: blunt, deaden] 4: give new life or energy to; "A hot soup will revive me"; "This will renovate my spirits"; "This treatment repaired my health" [syn: animate, recreate, reanimate, revive, renovate, repair, quicken, vivify, revivify]
• appropriate 0
  adj 1: suitable for a particular person or place or condition etc; "a book not appropriate for children"; "a funeral conducted the appropriate solemnity"; "it seems that an apology is appropriate" [ant: inappropriate] v 1: give or assign a resource to a particular person or cause; "I will earmark this money for your research"; "She sets aside time for meditation every day" [syn: allow, appropriate, earmark, set aside, reserve] 2: take possession of by force, as after an invasion; "the invaders seized the land and property of the inhabitants"; "The army seized the town"; "The militia captured the castle" [syn: appropriate, capture, seize, conquer]
• approximate 0
  adj 1: not quite exact or correct; "the approximate time was 10 o'clock"; "a rough guess"; "a ballpark estimate" [syn: approximate, approximative, rough] 2: very close in resemblance; "sketched in an approximate likeness"; "a near likeness" [syn: approximate, near] 3: located close together; "with heads close together"; "approximate leaves grow together but are not united" [syn: approximate, close together(p)] v 1: be close or similar; "Her results approximate my own" [syn: approximate, come close] 2: judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time); "I estimate this chicken to weigh three pounds" [syn: estimate, gauge, approximate, guess, judge]
• argot 0
  n 1: a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves); "they don't speak our lingo" [syn: slang, cant, jargon, lingo, argot, patois, vernacular]
• aristocrat 0
  n 1: a member of the aristocracy [syn: aristocrat, blue blood, patrician]
• articulate 0
  adj 1: expressing yourself easily or characterized by clear expressive language; "articulate speech"; "an articulate orator"; "articulate beings" [ant: inarticulate, unarticulate] 2: consisting of segments held together by joints [syn: articulated, articulate] [ant: unarticulated] v 1: provide with a joint; "the carpenter jointed two pieces of wood" [syn: joint, articulate] 2: put into words or an expression; "He formulated his concerns to the board of trustees" [syn: give voice, formulate, word, phrase, articulate] 3: speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way; "She pronounces French words in a funny way"; "I cannot say `zip wire'"; "Can the child sound out this complicated word?" [syn: pronounce, articulate, enounce, sound out, enunciate, say] 4: unite by forming a joint or joints; "the ankle bone articulates with the leg bones to form the ankle bones" 5: express or state clearly [syn: articulate, enunciate, vocalize, vocalise]
• ascot 0
  n 1: a cravat with wide square ends; secured with an ornamental pin
• associate 0
  adj 1: having partial rights and privileges or subordinate status; "an associate member"; "an associate professor" n 1: a person who joins with others in some activity or endeavor; "he had to consult his associate before continuing" 2: a friend who is frequently in the company of another; "drinking companions"; "comrades in arms" [syn: companion, comrade, fellow, familiar, associate] 3: a person with subordinate membership in a society, institution, or commercial enterprise; "associates in the law firm bill at a lower rate than do partners" 4: any event that usually accompanies or is closely connected with another; "first was the lightning and then its thunderous associate" 5: a degree granted by a two-year college on successful completion of the undergraduates course of studies [syn: associate degree, associate] v 1: make a logical or causal connection; "I cannot connect these two pieces of evidence in my mind"; "colligate these facts"; "I cannot relate these events at all" [syn: associate, tie in, relate, link, colligate, link up, connect] [ant: decouple, dissociate] 2: keep company with; hang out with; "He associates with strange people"; "She affiliates with her colleagues" [syn: consort, associate, affiliate, assort] 3: bring or come into association or action; "The churches consociated to fight their dissolution" [syn: consociate, associate]
• autocrat 0
  n 1: a cruel and oppressive dictator [syn: tyrant, autocrat, despot]
• automat 0
  n 1: a vending machine from which you can get food 2: a cafeteria where food is served from machines
• autopilot 0
  n 1: a cognitive state in which you act without self-awareness; "she went about her chores on automatic pilot"; "too much of the writing seems to have been done on automatic pilot"; "she talked and he dozed and my mind went on autopilot" [syn: automatic pilot, autopilot] 2: a navigational device that automatically keeps ships or planes or spacecraft on a steady course [syn: autopilot, automatic pilot, robot pilot]
• avadavat 0
  n 1: red Asian weaverbirds often kept as cage birds [syn: avadavat, amadavat]
• backchat 0
  n 1: light teasing repartee [syn: banter, raillery, give- and-take, backchat]
• ballot 0
  n 1: a document listing the alternatives that is used in voting 2: a choice that is made by counting the number of people in favor of each alternative; "there were only 17 votes in favor of the motion"; "they allowed just one vote per person" [syn: vote, ballot, voting, balloting] v 1: vote by ballot; "The voters were balloting in this state"
• bandit 0
  n 1: an armed thief who is (usually) a member of a band [syn: bandit, brigand]
• barbiturate 0
  n 1: organic compound having powerful soporific effect; overdose can be fatal
• bat 0
  n 1: nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate [syn: bat, chiropteran] 2: (baseball) a turn trying to get a hit; "he was at bat when it happened"; "he got four hits in four at-bats" [syn: bat, at-bat] 3: a small racket with a long handle used for playing squash [syn: squash racket, squash racquet, bat] 4: the club used in playing cricket; "a cricket bat has a narrow handle and a broad flat end for hitting" [syn: cricket bat, bat] 5: a club used for hitting a ball in various games v 1: strike with, or as if with a baseball bat; "bat the ball" 2: wink briefly; "bat one's eyelids" [syn: bat, flutter] 3: have a turn at bat; "Jones bats first, followed by Martinez" 4: use a bat; "Who's batting?" 5: beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight; "We licked the other team on Sunday!" [syn: cream, bat, clobber, drub, thrash, lick]
• bicarbonate 0
  n 1: a salt of carbonic acid (containing the anion HCO3) in which one hydrogen atom has been replaced; an acid carbonate [syn: bicarbonate, hydrogen carbonate]
• bigot 0
  n 1: a prejudiced person who is intolerant of any opinions differing from his own
• billet 0
  n 1: a short personal letter; "drop me a line when you get there" [syn: note, short letter, line, billet] 2: lodging for military personnel (especially in a private home) 3: a job in an organization; "he occupied a post in the treasury" [syn: position, post, berth, office, spot, billet, place, situation] v 1: provide housing for (military personnel) [syn: quarter, billet, canton]
• biscuit 0
  n 1: small round bread leavened with baking-powder or soda 2: any of various small flat sweet cakes (`biscuit' is the British term) [syn: cookie, cooky, biscuit]
• bitternut 0
  n 1: hickory of the eastern United States having a leaves with 7 or 9 leaflets and thin-shelled very bitter nuts [syn: bitternut, bitternut hickory, bitter hickory, bitter pignut, swamp hickory, Carya cordiformis]
• blanket 0
  adj 1: broad in scope or content; "across-the-board pay increases"; "an all-embracing definition"; "blanket sanctions against human-rights violators"; "an invention with broad applications"; "a panoptic study of Soviet nationality"- T.G.Winner; "granted him wide powers" [syn: across-the-board, all-embracing, all-encompassing, all-inclusive, blanket(a), broad, encompassing, extensive, panoptic, wide] n 1: bedding that keeps a person warm in bed; "he pulled the covers over his head and went to sleep" [syn: blanket, cover] 2: anything that covers; "there was a blanket of snow" [syn: blanket, mantle] 3: a layer of lead surrounding the highly reactive core of a nuclear reactor v 1: cover as if with a blanket; "snow blanketed the fields" 2: form a blanket-like cover (over)
• bluebonnet 0
  n 1: low-growing annual herb of southwestern United States (Texas) having silky foliage and blue flowers; a leading cause of livestock poisoning in the southwestern United States [syn: bluebonnet, buffalo clover, Texas bluebonnet, Lupinus subcarnosus] 2: a brimless dark blue Scottish cap with a flat top and a plume on one side [syn: Balmoral, bluebonnet]
• bobcat 0
  n 1: small lynx of North America [syn: bobcat, bay lynx, Lynx rufus]
• bonnet 0
  n 1: a hat tied under the chin [syn: bonnet, poke bonnet] 2: protective covering consisting of a metal part that covers the engine; "there are powerful engines under the hoods of new cars"; "the mechanic removed the cowling in order to repair the plane's engine" [syn: hood, bonnet, cowl, cowling] v 1: dress in a bonnet
• bracelet 0
  n 1: a band of cloth or leather or metal links attached to a wristwatch and wrapped around the wrist [syn: watchband, watchstrap, wristband, watch bracelet, bracelet] 2: jewelry worn around the wrist for decoration [syn: bracelet, bangle]
• brat 0
  n 1: a very troublesome child [syn: terror, brat, little terror, holy terror] 2: a small pork sausage [syn: bratwurst, brat]
• 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
• brickbat 0
  n 1: a fragment of brick used as a weapon 2: blunt criticism
• brisket 0
  n 1: a cut of meat from the breast or lower chest especially of beef
• bucket 0
  n 1: a roughly cylindrical vessel that is open at the top [syn: bucket, pail] 2: the quantity contained in a bucket [syn: bucket, bucketful] v 1: put into a bucket 2: carry in a bucket
• buffet 0
  n 1: a piece of furniture that stands at the side of a dining room; has shelves and drawers [syn: buffet, counter, sideboard] 2: a meal set out on a buffet at which guests help themselves 3: usually inexpensive bar [syn: snack bar, snack counter, buffet] v 1: strike against forcefully; "Winds buffeted the tent" [syn: buffet, knock about, batter] 2: strike, beat repeatedly; "The wind buffeted him" [syn: buffet, buff]
• bullbat 0
  n 1: mainly nocturnal North American goatsucker [syn: nighthawk, bullbat, mosquito hawk]
• bullet 0
  n 1: a projectile that is fired from a gun [syn: bullet, slug] 2: a high-speed passenger train [syn: bullet train, bullet] 3: (baseball) a pitch thrown with maximum velocity; "he swung late on the fastball"; "he showed batters nothing but smoke" [syn: fastball, heater, smoke, hummer, bullet]
• bureaucrat 0
  n 1: an official of a bureaucracy [syn: bureaucrat, administrative official]
• 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"
• butterfat 0
  n 1: the fatty substance of milk from which butter is made
• butternut 0
  n 1: North American walnut tree having light-brown wood and edible nuts; source of a light-brown dye [syn: butternut, butternut tree, white walnut, Juglans cinerea] 2: oily egg-shaped nut of an American tree of the walnut family
• cabinet 0
  n 1: a piece of furniture resembling a cupboard with doors and shelves and drawers; for storage or display 2: persons appointed by a head of state to head executive departments of government and act as official advisers 3: a storage compartment for clothes and valuables; usually it has a lock [syn: cabinet, locker, storage locker] 4: housing for electronic instruments, as radio or television [syn: cabinet, console]
• candlenut 0
  n 1: large tree native to southeastern Asia; the nuts yield oil used in varnishes; nut kernels strung together are used locally as candles [syn: candlenut, varnish tree, Aleurites moluccana] 2: seed of candlenut tree; source of soil used in varnishes
• caput 0
  n 1: a headlike protuberance on an organ or structure; "the caput humeri is the head of the humerus which fits into a cavity in the scapula" 2: the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains; "he stuck his head out the window" [syn: head, caput]
• carat 0
  n 1: a unit of weight for precious stones = 200 mg 2: the unit of measurement for the proportion of gold in an alloy; 18-karat gold is 75% gold; 24-karat gold is pure gold [syn: karat, carat, kt]
• carbohydrate 0
  n 1: an essential structural component of living cells and source of energy for animals; includes simple sugars with small molecules as well as macromolecular substances; are classified according to the number of monosaccharide groups they contain [syn: carbohydrate, saccharide, sugar]
• carpet 0
  n 1: floor covering consisting of a piece of thick heavy fabric (usually with nap or pile) [syn: rug, carpet, carpeting] 2: a natural object that resembles or suggests a carpet; "a carpet of flowers"; "the larvae of some moths spin a web that resembles a carpet" v 1: form a carpet-like cover (over) 2: cover completely, as if with a carpet; "flowers carpeted the meadows" 3: cover with a carpet; "carpet the floors of the house"
• carrot 0
  n 1: deep orange edible root of the cultivated carrot plant 2: perennial plant widely cultivated as an annual in many varieties for its long conical orange edible roots; temperate and tropical regions [syn: carrot, cultivated carrot, Daucus carota sativa] 3: orange root; important source of carotene 4: promise of reward as in "carrot and stick"; "used the carrot of subsidized housing for the workers to get their vote";
• casket 0
  n 1: box in which a corpse is buried or cremated [syn: coffin, casket] 2: small and often ornate box for holding jewels or other valuables [syn: casket, jewel casket] v 1: enclose in a casket
• cat 0
  n 1: feline mammal usually having thick soft fur and no ability to roar: domestic cats; wildcats [syn: cat, true cat] 2: an informal term for a youth or man; "a nice guy"; "the guy's only doing it for some doll" [syn: guy, cat, hombre, bozo] 3: a spiteful woman gossip; "what a cat she is!" 4: the leaves of the shrub Catha edulis which are chewed like tobacco or used to make tea; has the effect of a euphoric stimulant; "in Yemen kat is used daily by 85% of adults" [syn: kat, khat, qat, quat, cat, Arabian tea, African tea] 5: a whip with nine knotted cords; "British sailors feared the cat" [syn: cat-o'-nine-tails, cat] 6: a large tracked vehicle that is propelled by two endless metal belts; frequently used for moving earth in construction and farm work [syn: Caterpillar, cat] 7: any of several large cats typically able to roar and living in the wild [syn: big cat, cat] 8: a method of examining body organs by scanning them with X rays and using a computer to construct a series of cross- sectional scans along a single axis [syn: computerized tomography, computed tomography, CT, computerized axial tomography, computed axial tomography, CAT] v 1: beat with a cat-o'-nine-tails 2: eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth; "After drinking too much, the students vomited"; "He purged continuously"; "The patient regurgitated the food we gave him last night" [syn: vomit, vomit up, purge, cast, sick, cat, be sick, disgorge, regorge, retch, puke, barf, spew, spue, chuck, upchuck, honk, regurgitate, throw up] [ant: keep down]
• catgut 0
  n 1: perennial subshrub of eastern North America having downy leaves yellowish and rose flowers and; source of rotenone [syn: catgut, goat's rue, wild sweet pea, Tephrosia virginiana] 2: a strong cord made from the intestines of sheep and used in surgery [syn: catgut, gut]
• caveat 0
  n 1: a warning against certain acts; "a caveat against unfair practices" [syn: caution, caveat] 2: (law) a formal notice filed with a court or officer to suspend a proceeding until filer is given a hearing; "a caveat filed against the probate of a will"
• 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
• chariot 0
  n 1: a light four-wheel horse-drawn ceremonial carriage 2: a two-wheeled horse-drawn battle vehicle; used in war and races in ancient Egypt and Greece and Rome v 1: transport in a chariot 2: ride in a chariot
• chat 0
  n 1: an informal conversation [syn: chat, confab, confabulation, schmooze, schmoose] 2: birds having a chattering call [syn: New World chat, chat] 3: songbirds having a chattering call [syn: Old World chat, chat] v 1: talk socially without exchanging too much information; "the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze" [syn: chew the fat, shoot the breeze, chat, confabulate, confab, chitchat, chit-chat, chatter, chaffer, natter, gossip, jaw, claver, visit]
• chestnut 0
  adj 1: (of hair or feathers) of a golden brown to reddish brown color; "a chestnut horse"; "chestnut hair" n 1: wood of any of various chestnut trees of the genus Castanea 2: any of several attractive deciduous trees yellow-brown in autumn; yield a hard wood and edible nuts in a prickly bur [syn: chestnut, chestnut tree] 3: edible nut of any of various chestnut trees of the genus Castanea 4: the brown color of chestnuts 5: a small horny callus on the inner surface of a horse's leg 6: a dark golden-brown or reddish-brown horse
• cheviot 0
  n 1: hardy hornless sheep of the Cheviot Hills noted for its short thick wool
• chitchat 0
  n 1: light informal conversation for social occasions [syn: chitchat, chit-chat, chit chat, small talk, gab, gabfest, gossip, tittle-tattle, chin wag, chin- wag, chin wagging, chin-wagging, causerie] v 1: talk socially without exchanging too much information; "the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze" [syn: chew the fat, shoot the breeze, chat, confabulate, confab, chitchat, chit-chat, chatter, chaffer, natter, gossip, jaw, claver, visit]
• chocolate 0
  n 1: a beverage made from cocoa powder and milk and sugar; usually drunk hot [syn: cocoa, chocolate, hot chocolate, drinking chocolate] 2: a food made from roasted ground cacao beans 3: a medium brown to dark-brown color [syn: chocolate, coffee, deep brown, umber, burnt umber]
• circuit 0
  n 1: an electrical device that provides a path for electrical current to flow [syn: circuit, electrical circuit, electric circuit] 2: a journey or route all the way around a particular place or area; "they took an extended tour of Europe"; "we took a quick circuit of the park"; "a ten-day coach circuit of the island" [syn: tour, circuit] 3: an established itinerary of venues or events that a particular group of people travel to; "she's a familiar name on the club circuit"; "on the lecture circuit"; "the judge makes a circuit of the courts in his district"; "the international tennis circuit" 4: the boundary line encompassing an area or object; "he had walked the full circumference of his land"; "a danger to all races over the whole circumference of the globe" [syn: circumference, circuit] 5: (law) a judicial division of a state or the United States (so-called because originally judges traveled and held court in different locations); one of the twelve groups of states in the United States that is covered by a particular circuit court of appeals 6: a racetrack for automobile races [syn: racing circuit, circuit] 7: movement once around a course; "he drove an extra lap just for insurance" [syn: lap, circle, circuit] v 1: make a circuit; "They were circuiting about the state"
• civet 0
  n 1: cat-like mammal typically secreting musk used in perfumes [syn: civet, civet cat]
• climate 0
  n 1: the weather in some location averaged over some long period of time; "the dank climate of southern Wales"; "plants from a cold clime travel best in winter" [syn: climate, clime] 2: the prevailing psychological state; "the climate of opinion"; "the national mood had changed radically since the last election" [syn: climate, mood]
• closet 0
  n 1: a small room (or recess) or cabinet used for storage space [syn: cupboard, closet] 2: a toilet in Britain [syn: water closet, closet, W.C., loo] 3: a tall piece of furniture that provides storage space for clothes; has a door and rails or hooks for hanging clothes [syn: wardrobe, closet, press] 4: a small private room for study or prayer v 1: confine to a small space, as for intensive work
• cobnut 0
  n 1: small nut-bearing tree much grown in Europe [syn: cobnut, filbert, Corylus avellana, Corylus avellana grandis] 2: nut of any of several trees of the genus Corylus [syn: hazelnut, filbert, cobnut, cob]
• coconut 0
  n 1: the edible white meat of a coconut; often shredded for use in e.g. cakes and curries [syn: coconut, coconut meat] 2: large hard-shelled oval nut with a fibrous husk containing thick white meat surrounding a central cavity filled (when fresh) with fluid or milk [syn: coconut, cocoanut] 3: tall palm tree bearing coconuts as fruits; widely planted throughout the tropics [syn: coconut, coconut palm, coco palm, coco, cocoa palm, coconut tree, Cocos nucifera]
• combat 0
  n 1: an engagement fought between two military forces [syn: combat, armed combat] 2: the act of fighting; any contest or struggle; "a fight broke out at the hockey game"; "there was fighting in the streets"; "the unhappy couple got into a terrible scrap" [syn: fight, fighting, combat, scrap] v 1: battle or contend against in or as if in a battle; "The Kurds are combating Iraqi troops in Northern Iraq"; "We must combat the prejudices against other races"; "they battled over the budget" [syn: battle, combat]
• comet 0
  n 1: (astronomy) a relatively small extraterrestrial body consisting of a frozen mass that travels around the sun in a highly elliptical orbit
• commensurate 0
  adj 1: corresponding in size or degree or extent; "pay should be commensurate with the time worked" [ant: incommensurate]
• commissariat 0
  n 1: a stock or supply of foods [syn: commissariat, provisions, provender, viands, victuals]
• compatriot 0
  n 1: a person from your own country
• composite 0
  adj 1: consisting of separate interconnected parts 2: of or relating to or belonging to the plant family Compositae n 1: a conceptual whole made up of complicated and related parts; "the complex of shopping malls, houses, and roads created a new town" [syn: complex, composite] 2: considered the most highly evolved dicotyledonous plants, characterized by florets arranged in dense heads that resemble single flowers [syn: composite, composite plant]
• concordat 0
  n 1: a signed written agreement between two or more parties (nations) to perform some action [syn: covenant, compact, concordat]
• confederate 0
  adj 1: of or having to do with the southern Confederacy during the American Civil War; "Confederate soldiers" 2: united in a confederacy or league [syn: allied, confederate, confederative] n 1: a supporter of the Confederate States of America 2: someone who assists in a plot [syn: confederate, collaborator, henchman, partner in crime] 3: a person who joins with another in carrying out some plan (especially an unethical or illegal plan) [syn: accomplice, confederate] v 1: form a group or unite; "The groups banded together" [syn: band together, confederate] 2: form a confederation with; of nations
• conglomerate 0
  adj 1: composed of heterogeneous elements gathered into a mass; "the conglomerate peoples of New England" n 1: a composite rock made up of particles of varying size [syn: pudding stone, conglomerate] 2: a group of diverse companies under common ownership and run as a single organization [syn: conglomerate, empire] v 1: collect or gather; "Journals are accumulating in my office"; "The work keeps piling up" [syn: accumulate, cumulate, conglomerate, pile up, gather, amass]
• conjugate 0
  adj 1: joined together especially in a pair or pairs [syn: conjugate, conjugated, coupled] 2: (of a pinnate leaflet) having only one pair of leaflets 3: formed by the union of two compounds; "a conjugated protein" [syn: conjugate, conjugated] 4: of an organic compound; containing two or more double bonds each separated from the other by a single bond [syn: conjugate, conjugated] n 1: a mixture of two partially miscible liquids A and B produces two conjugate solutions: one of A in B and another of B in A [syn: conjugate solution, conjugate] v 1: unite chemically so that the product is easily broken down into the original compounds 2: add inflections showing person, number, gender, tense, aspect, etc.; "conjugate the verb" 3: undergo conjugation
• considerate 0
  adj 1: showing concern for the rights and feelings of others; "friends considerate enough to leave us alone" [ant: inconsiderate]
• consulate 0
  n 1: diplomatic building that serves as the residence or workplace of a consul
• consummate 0
  adj 1: having or revealing supreme mastery or skill; "a consummate artist"; "consummate skill"; "a masterful speaker"; "masterful technique"; "a masterly performance of the sonata"; "a virtuoso performance" [syn: consummate, masterful, masterly, virtuoso(a)] 2: perfect and complete in every respect; having all necessary qualities; "a complete gentleman"; "consummate happiness"; "a consummate performance" [syn: complete, consummate] 3: without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers; "an arrant fool"; "a complete coward"; "a consummate fool"; "a double-dyed villain"; "gross negligence"; "a perfect idiot"; "pure folly"; "what a sodding mess"; "stark staring mad"; "a thoroughgoing villain"; "utter nonsense"; "the unadulterated truth" [syn: arrant(a), complete(a), consummate(a), double-dyed(a), everlasting(a), gross(a), perfect(a), pure(a), sodding(a), stark(a), staring(a), thoroughgoing(a), utter(a), unadulterated] v 1: fulfill sexually; "consummate a marriage" 2: make perfect; bring to perfection
• coordinate 0
  adj 1: of equal importance, rank, or degree n 1: a number that identifies a position relative to an axis [syn: coordinate, co-ordinate] v 1: bring order and organization to; "Can you help me organize my files?" [syn: organize, organise, coordinate] 2: bring into common action, movement, or condition; "coordinate the painters, masons, and plumbers"; "coordinate his actions with that of his colleagues"; "coordinate our efforts" 3: be co-ordinated; "These activities coordinate well" 4: bring (components or parts) into proper or desirable coordination correlation; "align the wheels of my car"; "ordinate similar parts" [syn: align, ordinate, coordinate]

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