Words that rhyme with basset
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at
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 -
concert
n 1: a performance of music by players or singers not involving theatrical staging v 1: contrive (a plan) by mutual agreement 2: settle by agreement; "concert one's differences" -
deficit
n 1: the property of being an amount by which something is less than expected or required; "new blood vessels bud out from the already dilated vascular bed to make up the nutritional deficit" [syn: deficit, shortage, shortfall] 2: a deficiency or failure in neurological or mental functioning; "the people concerned have a deficit in verbal memory"; "they have serious linguistic deficits" 3: (sports) the score by which a team or individual is losing [ant: lead] 4: an excess of liabilities over assets (usually over a certain period); "last year there was a serious budgetary deficit" -
dulcet
adj 1: extremely pleasant in a gentle way; "the most dulcet swimming on the most beautiful and remote beaches" 2: pleasing to the ear; "the dulcet tones of the cello" [syn: dulcet, honeyed, mellifluous, mellisonant, sweet] -
facet
n 1: a distinct feature or element in a problem; "he studied every facet of the question" [syn: aspect, facet] 2: a smooth surface (as of a bone or cut gemstone) -
faucet
n 1: a regulator for controlling the flow of a liquid from a reservoir [syn: faucet, spigot] -
handset
n 1: telephone set with the mouthpiece and earpiece mounted on a single handle [syn: handset, French telephone] -
headset
n 1: receiver consisting of a pair of headphones -
insensate
adj 1: devoid of feeling and consciousness and animation; "insentient (or insensate) stone" [syn: insentient, insensate] [ant: animate, sentient] 2: without compunction or human feeling; "in cold blood"; "cold- blooded killing"; "insensate destruction" [syn: cold, cold-blooded, inhuman, insensate] -
lancet
n 1: an acutely pointed Gothic arch, like a lance [syn: lancet arch, lancet] 2: a surgical knife with a pointed double-edged blade; used for punctures and small incisions [syn: lancet, lance] -
quickset
adj 1: grown from cuttings planted directly in the ground; "a quickset hawthorn hedge" n 1: cuttings of plants set in the ground to grow as hawthorn for hedges or vines; "a quickset of a vine planted in a vineyard" -
reset
n 1: device for resetting instruments or controls v 1: set anew; "They re-set the date on the clock" 2: set to zero; "reset instruments and dials" 3: adjust again after an initial failure [syn: readjust, reset] -
subset
n 1: a set whose members are members of another set; a set contained within another set -
sunset
adj 1: of a declining industry or technology; "sunset industries" 2: providing for termination; "a program with a sunset provision" n 1: the time in the evening at which the sun begins to fall below the horizon [syn: sunset, sundown] [ant: aurora, break of day, break of the day, cockcrow, dawn, dawning, daybreak, dayspring, first light, morning, sunrise, sunup] 2: atmospheric phenomena accompanying the daily disappearance of the sun 3: the daily event of the sun sinking below the horizon -
tacit
adj 1: implied by or inferred from actions or statements; "gave silent consent"; "a tacit agreement"; "the understood provisos of a custody agreement" [syn: silent, tacit, understood] -
thickset
adj 1: having a short and solid form or stature; "a wrestler of compact build"; "he was tall and heavyset"; "stocky legs"; "a thickset young man" [syn: compact, heavyset, stocky, thick, thickset] 2: planted or growing close together; "thickset trees" -
typeset
v 1: set in type; "My book will be typeset nicely"; "set these words in italics" [syn: typeset, set] -
upset
adj 1: afflicted with or marked by anxious uneasiness or trouble or grief; "too upset to say anything"; "spent many disquieted moments"; "distressed about her son's leaving home"; "lapsed into disturbed sleep"; "worried parents"; "a worried frown"; "one last worried check of the sleeping children" [syn: disquieted, distressed, disturbed, upset, worried] 2: thrown into a state of disarray or confusion; "troops fleeing in broken ranks"; "a confused mass of papers on the desk"; "the small disordered room"; "with everything so upset" [syn: broken, confused, disordered, upset] 3: used of an unexpected defeat of a team favored to win; "the Bills' upset victory over the Houston Oilers" 4: mildly physically distressed; "an upset stomach" 5: having been turned so that the bottom is no longer the bottom; "an overturned car"; "the upset pitcher of milk"; "sat on an upturned bucket" [syn: overturned, upset, upturned] n 1: an unhappy and worried mental state; "there was too much anger and disturbance"; "she didn't realize the upset she caused me" [syn: disturbance, perturbation, upset] 2: the act of disturbing the mind or body; "his carelessness could have caused an ecological upset"; "she was unprepared for this sudden overthrow of their normal way of living" [syn: upset, derangement, overthrow] 3: a physical condition in which there is a disturbance of normal functioning; "the doctor prescribed some medicine for the disorder"; "everyone gets stomach upsets from time to time" [syn: disorder, upset] 4: a tool used to thicken or spread metal (the end of a bar or a rivet etc.) by forging or hammering or swaging [syn: upset, swage] 5: the act of upsetting something; "he was badly bruised by the upset of his sled at a high speed" [syn: upset, overturn, turnover] 6: an improbable and unexpected victory; "the biggest upset since David beat Goliath" [syn: overturn, upset] v 1: disturb the balance or stability of; "The hostile talks upset the peaceful relations between the two countries" 2: cause to lose one's composure [syn: upset, discompose, untune, disconcert, discomfit] 3: move deeply; "This book upset me"; "A troubling thought" [syn: disturb, upset, trouble] 4: cause to overturn from an upright or normal position; "The cat knocked over the flower vase"; "the clumsy customer turned over the vase"; "he tumped over his beer" [syn: overturn, tip over, turn over, upset, knock over, bowl over, tump over] 5: form metals with a swage [syn: swage, upset] 6: defeat suddenly and unexpectedly; "The foreign team upset the local team" -
mindset
n 1: a habitual or characteristic mental attitude that determines how you will interpret and respond to situations [syn: mentality, outlook, mindset, mind-set] -
somerset
n 1: a county in southwestern England on the Bristol Channel 2: an acrobatic feat in which the feet roll over the head (either forward or backward) and return [syn: somersault, somerset, summersault, summerset, somersaulting, flip] -
videlicet
adv 1: as follows [syn: namely, viz., that is to say, to wit, videlicet] -
tercet
n 1: the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one [syn: three, 3, III, trio, threesome, tierce, leash, troika, triad, trine, trinity, ternary, ternion, triplet, tercet, terzetto, trey, deuce- ace] -
scilicet
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marquisate
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unset
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quixote
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cassatt
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poussette
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underset
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verset
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bassett
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placet
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cohasset
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narragansett
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dorset
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fawcett
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dysart
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