Words that rhyme with becca

n 1: a journey by ox wagon (especially an organized migration by a group of settlers) 2: any long and difficult trip v 1: journey on foot, especially in the mountains; "We spent the summer trekking in the foothills of the Himalayas" 2: make a long and difficult journey; "They trekked towards the North Pole with sleds and skis"

n 1: French biochemist who (with Jacques Monod) studied regulatory processes in cells (born in 1920) [syn: Jacob, Francois Jacob] 2: (Old Testament) son of Isaac; brother of Esau; father of the twelve patriarchs of Israel; Jacob wrestled with God and forced God to bless him, so God gave Jacob the new name of Israel (meaning `one who has been strong against God')

n 1: (Old Testament) the wife of Abraham and mother of Isaac

n 1: a beckoning gesture

n 1: a written order directing a bank to pay money; "he paid all his bills by check" [syn: check, bank check, cheque] 2: an appraisal of the state of affairs; "they made an assay of the contents"; "a check on its dependability under stress" [syn: assay, check] 3: the bill in a restaurant; "he asked the waiter for the check" [syn: check, chit, tab] 4: the state of inactivity following an interruption; "the negotiations were in arrest"; "held them in check"; "during the halt he got some lunch"; "the momentary stay enabled him to escape the blow"; "he spent the entire stop in his seat" [syn: arrest, check, halt, hitch, stay, stop, stoppage] 5: additional proof that something that was believed (some fact or hypothesis or theory) is correct; "fossils provided further confirmation of the evolutionary theory" [syn: confirmation, verification, check, substantiation] 6: the act of inspecting or verifying; "they made a check of their equipment"; "the pilot ran through the check-out procedure" [syn: check, checkout, check-out procedure] 7: a mark indicating that something has been noted or completed etc.; "as he called the role he put a check mark by each student's name" [syn: check mark, check, tick] 8: something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress [syn: hindrance, hinderance, deterrent, impediment, balk, baulk, check, handicap] 9: a mark left after a small piece has been chopped or broken off of something [syn: check, chip] 10: a textile pattern of squares or crossed lines (resembling a checkerboard); "she wore a skirt with checks" 11: the act of restraining power or action or limiting excess; "his common sense is a bridle to his quick temper" [syn: bridle, check, curb] 12: obstructing an opponent in ice hockey 13: (chess) a direct attack on an opponent's king v 1: examine so as to determine accuracy, quality, or condition; "check the brakes"; "Check out the engine" [syn: check, check up on, look into, check out, suss out, check over, go over, check into] 2: make an examination or investigation; "check into the rumor"; "check the time of the class" 3: be careful or certain to do something; make certain of something; "He verified that the valves were closed"; "See that the curtains are closed"; "control the quality of the product" [syn: see, check, insure, see to it, ensure, control, ascertain, assure] 4: lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits; "moderate your alcohol intake"; "hold your tongue"; "hold your temper"; "control your anger" [syn: control, hold in, hold, contain, check, curb, moderate] 5: stop for a moment, as if out of uncertainty or caution; "She checked for an instant and missed a step" 6: put a check mark on or near or next to; "Please check each name on the list"; "tick off the items"; "mark off the units" [syn: check, check off, mark, mark off, tick off, tick] 7: slow the growth or development of; "The brain damage will retard the child's language development" [syn: check, retard, delay] 8: be verified or confirmed; pass inspection; "These stories don't check!" [syn: check, check out] 9: be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics; "The two stories don't agree in many details"; "The handwriting checks with the signature on the check"; "The suspect's fingerprints don't match those on the gun" [syn: match, fit, correspond, check, jibe, gibe, tally, agree] [ant: disaccord, disagree, discord] 10: block or impede (a player from the opposing team) in ice hockey 11: develop (children's) behavior by instruction and practice; especially to teach self-control; "Parents must discipline their children"; "Is this dog trained?" [syn: discipline, train, check, condition] 12: consign for shipment on a vehicle; "check your luggage before boarding" 13: hand over something to somebody as for temporary safekeeping; "Check your coat at the door" 14: abandon the intended prey, turn, and pursue an inferior prey 15: stop in a chase especially when scent is lost; "The dog checked" 16: mark into squares or draw squares on; draw crossed lines on [syn: check, checker, chequer] 17: decline to initiate betting 18: hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of; "Arrest the downward trend"; "Check the growth of communism in South East Asia"; "Contain the rebel movement"; "Turn back the tide of communism" [syn: check, turn back, arrest, stop, contain, hold back] 19: place into check; "He checked my kings" 20: write out a check on a bank account 21: find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort; "I want to see whether she speaks French"; "See whether it works"; "find out if he speaks Russian"; "Check whether the train leaves on time" [syn: determine, check, find out, see, ascertain, watch, learn] 22: verify by consulting a source or authority; "check the spelling of this word"; "check your facts" 23: arrest the motion (of something) abruptly; "He checked the flow of water by shutting off the main valve" 24: make cracks or chinks in; "The heat checked the paint" [syn: check, chink] 25: become fractured; break or crack on the surface only; "The glass cracked when it was heated" [syn: crack, check, break]

n 1: an attendant who checks coats or baggage 2: one who checks the correctness of something 3: one of the flat round pieces used in playing the game of checkers [syn: checker, chequer] v 1: mark into squares or draw squares on; draw crossed lines on [syn: check, checker, chequer] 2: variegate with different colors, shades, or patterns [syn: checker, chequer]

n 1: any of various platforms built into a vessel 2: street name for a packet of illegal drugs 3: a pack of 52 playing cards [syn: pack of cards, deck of cards, deck] 4: a porch that resembles the deck on a ship v 1: be beautiful to look at; "Flowers adorned the tables everywhere" [syn: deck, adorn, decorate, grace, embellish, beautify] 2: decorate; "deck the halls with holly" [syn: deck, bedight, bedeck] 3: knock down with force; "He decked his opponent" [syn: deck, coldcock, dump, knock down, floor]

n 1: joint capital (with Riyadh) of Saudi Arabia; located in western Saudi Arabia; as the birthplace of Muhammad it is the holiest city of Islam 2: a place that attracts many visitors; "New York is a mecca for young artists"

n 1: the ending of a series or sequence; "the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end"-- Revelation [syn: omega, Z] 2: the last (24th) letter of the Greek alphabet

n 1: a short amusing opera [syn: operetta, light opera]

n 1: (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent; "a batch of letters"; "a deal of trouble"; "a lot of money"; "he made a mint on the stock market"; "see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos"; "it must have cost plenty"; "a slew of journalists"; "a wad of money" [syn: batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad] 2: a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 2 gallons 3: a United States dry measure equal to 8 quarts or 537.605 cubic inches v 1: hit lightly with a picking motion [syn: peck, pick, beak] 2: eat by pecking at, like a bird [syn: peck, pick up] 3: kiss lightly [syn: smack, peck] 4: eat like a bird; "The anorexic girl just picks at her food" [syn: pick at, peck at, peck] 5: bother persistently with trivial complaints; "She nags her husband all day long" [syn: nag, peck, hen-peck]

adj 1: being complete of its kind and without defect or blemish; "a perfect circle"; "a perfect reproduction"; "perfect happiness"; "perfect manners"; "a perfect specimen"; "a perfect day" [ant: imperfect] 2: 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] 3: precisely accurate or exact; "perfect timing" n 1: a tense of verbs used in describing action that has been completed (sometimes regarded as perfective aspect) [syn: perfective, perfective tense, perfect, perfect tense] v 1: make perfect or complete; "perfect your French in Paris!" [syn: perfect, hone]

n 1: tropical American plant having poisonous milk and showy tapering usually scarlet petallike leaves surrounding small yellow flowers [syn: poinsettia, Christmas star, Christmas flower, lobster plant, Mexican flameleaf, painted leaf, Euphorbia pulcherrima]

adj 1: being one more than six [syn: seven, 7, vii] n 1: the cardinal number that is the sum of six and one [syn: seven, 7, VII, sevener, heptad, septet, septenary] 2: one of four playing cards in a deck with seven pips on the face [syn: seven-spot, seven]

n 1: a range of mountains (usually with jagged peaks and irregular outline) 2: a Spanish mackerel of western North America [syn: sierra, Scomberomorus sierra]

n 1: a case or sheath especially a pollen sac or moss capsule [syn: theca, sac] 2: outer sheath of the pupa of certain insects

n 1: a feud in which members of the opposing parties murder each other [syn: vendetta, blood feud]

n 1: something or someone that has suffered ruin or dilapidation; "the house was a wreck when they bought it"; "thanks to that quack I am a human wreck" 2: an accident that destroys a ship at sea [syn: shipwreck, wreck] 3: a serious accident (usually involving one or more vehicles); "they are still investigating the crash of the TWA plane" [syn: crash, wreck] 4: a ship that has been destroyed at sea v 1: smash or break forcefully; "The kid busted up the car" [syn: bust up, wreck, wrack]

n 1: someone who demolishes or dismantles buildings as a job 2: someone who commits sabotage or deliberately causes wrecks [syn: saboteur, wrecker, diversionist] 3: a truck equipped to hoist and pull wrecked cars (or to remove cars from no-parking zones) [syn: tow truck, tow car, wrecker]

n 1: a county in southwestern England [syn: Devon, Devonshire] 2: red dual-purpose cattle of English origin

n 1: (Greek mythology) the beautiful daughter of Zeus and Leda who was abducted by Paris; the Greek army sailed to Troy to get her back which resulted in the Trojan War [syn: Helen, Helen of Troy]

n 1: English dramatist and pamphleteer (1572-1632) [syn: Dekker, Decker, Thomas Dekker, Thomas Decker] 2: (often used in combinations) something constructed with multiple levels; "they rode in a double-decker bus"

n 1: the 2nd letter of the Hebrew alphabet

n 1: a genus of Old World mints of the family Labiatae [syn: Melissa, genus Melissa]

n 1: (Old Testament) wife of Isaac and mother of Jacob and Esau [syn: Rebecca, Rebekah]

n 1: painted beauty and red admiral [syn: Vanessa, genus Vanessa]