Words that rhyme with babbit

n 1: the superior of an abbey of monks [syn: abbot, archimandrite]

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

n 1: 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] 2: a small fragment of something broken off from the whole; "a bit of rock caught him in the eye" [syn: bit, chip, flake, fleck, scrap] 3: an indefinitely short time; "wait just a moment"; "in a mo"; "it only takes a minute"; "in just a bit" [syn: moment, mo, minute, second, bit] 4: an instance of some kind; "it was a nice piece of work"; "he had a bit of good luck" [syn: piece, bit] 5: piece of metal held in horse's mouth by reins and used to control the horse while riding; "the horse was not accustomed to a bit" 6: a unit of measurement of information (from binary + digit); the amount of information in a system having two equiprobable states; "there are 8 bits in a byte" 7: a small amount of solid food; a mouthful; "all they had left was a bit of bread" [syn: morsel, bit, bite] 8: a small fragment; "overheard snatches of their conversation" [syn: snatch, bit] 9: a short theatrical performance that is part of a longer program; "he did his act three times every evening"; "she had a catchy little routine"; "it was one of the best numbers he ever did" [syn: act, routine, number, turn, bit] 10: the part of a key that enters a lock and lifts the tumblers 11: the cutting part of a drill; usually pointed and threaded and is replaceable in a brace or bitstock or drill press; "he looked around for the right size bit"

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]

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"

v 1: share living quarters; usually said of people who are not married and live together as a couple [syn: cohabit, live together, shack up]

n 1: an ancient unit of length based on the length of the forearm

n 1: an accounting entry acknowledging sums that are owing [syn: debit, debit entry] [ant: credit, credit entry] v 1: enter as debit [ant: credit]

n 1: an established custom; "it was their habit to dine at 7 every evening" [syn: habit, wont] 2: (psychology) an automatic pattern of behavior in reaction to a specific situation; may be inherited or acquired through frequent repetition; "owls have nocturnal habits"; "she had a habit twirling the ends of her hair"; "long use had hardened him to it" [syn: habit, use] 3: a distinctive attire worn by a member of a religious order 4: the general form or mode of growth (especially of a plant or crystal); "a shrub of spreading habit" 5: attire that is typically worn by a horseback rider (especially a woman's attire) [syn: habit, riding habit] 6: excessive use of drugs [syn: substance abuse, drug abuse, habit] v 1: put a habit on

v 1: inhabit or live in; be an inhabitant of; "People lived in Africa millions of years ago"; "The people inhabited the islands that are now deserted"; "this kind of fish dwells near the bottom of the ocean"; "deer are populating the woods" [syn: populate, dwell, live, inhabit] 2: be present in; "sweet memories inhabit this house" 3: exist or be situated within; "Strange notions inhabited her mind" [syn: dwell, inhabit]

n 1: a ruffle on the front of a woman's blouse or a man's shirt

n 1: a rectangular groove made to hold two pieces together [syn: rabbet, rebate] v 1: join with a rabbet joint 2: cut a rectangular groove into

n 1: any of various burrowing animals of the family Leporidae having long ears and short tails; some domesticated and raised for pets or food [syn: rabbit, coney, cony] 2: the fur of a rabbit [syn: lapin, rabbit] 3: flesh of any of various rabbits or hares (wild or domesticated) eaten as food [syn: rabbit, hare] v 1: hunt rabbits

n 1: a shoe carved from a single block of wood [syn: sabot, wooden shoe] 2: footwear usually with wooden soles [syn: clog, geta, patten, sabot]

n 1: a midnight meeting of witches to practice witchcraft and sorcery; in the Middle Ages it was supposed to be a demonic orgy [syn: sabbat, witches' Sabbath]

n 1: an alloy of tin with some copper and antimony; a lining for bearings that reduces friction [syn: Babbitt metal, babbitt] v 1: line with a Babbitt metal

n 1: son of John Cabot who was born in Italy and who led an English expedition in search of the Northwest Passage and a Spanish expedition that explored the La Plata region of Brazil; in 1544 he published a map of the world (1476-1557) [syn: Cabot, Sebastian Cabot] 2: Italian explorer who led the English expedition in 1497 that discovered the mainland of North America and explored the coast from Nova Scotia to Newfoundland (ca. 1450-1498) [syn: Cabot, John Cabot, Giovanni Cabato]

n 1: an imaginary being similar to a person but smaller and with hairy feet; invented by J.R.R. Tolkien

n 1: large hare of western North America v 1: go forward or start with a fast, sudden movement

n 1: a small tasty bit of food [syn: choice morsel, tidbit, titbit]

n 1: a strong post (as on a wharf or quay or ship for attaching mooring lines); "the road was closed to vehicular traffic with bollards" [syn: bollard, bitt] v 1: secure with a bitt; "bitt the ship line"

n 1: European floating plant with roundish heart-shaped leaves and white flowers [syn: frogbit, frog's-bit, Hydrocharis morsus-ranae]

n 1: an Apocryphal book that was a popular novel for several centuries [syn: Tobit, Book of Tobit]