Words that rhyme with better
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litter
n 1: the offspring at one birth of a multiparous mammal 2: rubbish carelessly dropped or left about (especially in public places) 3: conveyance consisting of a chair or bed carried on two poles by bearers 4: material used to provide a bed for animals [syn: bedding material, bedding, litter] v 1: strew; "Cigar butts littered the ground" 2: make a place messy by strewing garbage around 3: give birth to a litter of animals -
butter
n 1: an edible emulsion of fat globules made by churning milk or cream; for cooking and table use 2: a fighter who strikes the opponent with his head v 1: spread butter on; "butter bread" -
debtor
n 1: a person who owes a creditor; someone who has the obligation of paying a debt [syn: debtor, debitor] [ant: creditor] -
enter
v 1: to come or go into; "the boat entered an area of shallow marshes" [syn: enter, come in, get into, get in, go into, go in, move into] [ant: exit, get out, go out, leave] 2: become a participant; be involved in; "enter a race"; "enter an agreement"; "enter a drug treatment program"; "enter negotiations" [syn: enter, participate] [ant: chuck up the sponge, drop by the wayside, drop out, fall by the wayside, give up, quit, throw in, throw in the towel] 3: register formally as a participant or member; "The party recruited many new members" [syn: enroll, inscribe, enter, enrol, recruit] 4: be or play a part of or in; "Elections figure prominently in every government program"; "How do the elections figure in the current pattern of internal politics?" [syn: figure, enter] 5: make a record of; set down in permanent form [syn: record, enter, put down] 6: come on stage 7: take on duties or office; "accede to the throne" [syn: accede, enter] 8: put or introduce into something; "insert a picture into the text" [syn: insert, infix, enter, introduce] 9: set out on (an enterprise or subject of study); "she embarked upon a new career" [syn: embark, enter] -
abetter
n 1: one who helps or encourages or incites another [syn: abettor, abetter] -
abettor
n 1: one who helps or encourages or incites another [syn: abettor, abetter] -
are
n 1: a unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters [syn: are, ar] -
arietta
n 1: a short aria [syn: arietta, short aria] -
begetter
n 1: a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father); "his father was born in Atlanta" [syn: father, male parent, begetter] [ant: female parent, mother] -
beggar
n 1: a pauper who lives by begging [syn: beggar, mendicant] v 1: be beyond the resources of; "This beggars description!" 2: reduce to beggary [syn: beggar, pauperize, pauperise] -
bettor
n 1: someone who bets [syn: bettor, better, wagerer, punter] -
biretta
n 1: a stiff cap with ridges across the crown; worn by Roman Catholic clergy [syn: biretta, berretta, birretta] -
bonesetter
n 1: someone (not necessarily a licensed physician) who sets broken bones -
bootlegger
n 1: someone who makes or sells illegal liquor [syn: bootlegger, moonshiner] -
carburettor
n 1: mixes air with gasoline vapor prior to explosion [syn: carburetor, carburettor] -
carter
n 1: Englishman and Egyptologist who in 1922 discovered and excavated the tomb of Tutankhamen (1873-1939) [syn: Carter, Howard Carter] 2: 39th President of the United States (1924-) [syn: Carter, Jimmy Carter, James Earl Carter, James Earl Carter Jr., President Carter] 3: someone whose work is driving carts -
checker
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] -
cheddar
n 1: a village in southwestern England where cheddar cheese was first made 2: hard smooth-textured cheese; originally made in Cheddar in southwestern England [syn: cheddar, cheddar cheese, Armerican cheddar, American cheese] -
daughter
n 1: a female human offspring; "her daughter cared for her in her old age" [syn: daughter, girl] [ant: boy, son] -
doubleheader
n 1: two games instead of one (especially in baseball when the same two teams play two games on the same day) [syn: twin bill, doubleheader, double feature] -
fetter
n 1: a shackle for the ankles or feet [syn: fetter, hobble] v 1: restrain with fetters [syn: fetter, shackle] -
fletcher
n 1: prolific English dramatist who collaborated with Francis Beaumont and many other dramatists (1579-1625) [syn: Fletcher, John Fletcher] -
glitter
n 1: the quality of shining with a bright reflected light [syn: glitter, glister, glisten, scintillation, sparkle] 2: the occurrence of a small flash or spark [syn: glitter, sparkle, coruscation] v 1: be shiny, as if wet; "His eyes were glistening" [syn: glitter, glisten, glint, gleam, shine] -
greater
adj 1: greater in size or importance or degree; "for the greater good of the community"; "the greater Antilles" [ant: lesser] -
header
n 1: a line of text serving to indicate what the passage below it is about; "the heading seemed to have little to do with the text" [syn: heading, header, head] 2: horizontal beam used as a finishing piece over a door or window [syn: header, lintel] 3: brick that is laid sideways at the top of a wall [syn: header, coping, cope] 4: a framing member crossing and supporting the ends of joists, studs, or rafters so as to transfer their weight to parallel joists, studs, or rafters 5: a machine that cuts the heads off grain and moves them into a wagon 6: (soccer) the act of hitting the ball with your head 7: a headlong jump (or fall); "he took a header into the shrubbery" -
later
adv 1: happening at a time subsequent to a reference time; "he apologized subsequently"; "he's going to the store but he'll be back here later"; "it didn't happen until afterward"; "two hours after that" [syn: subsequently, later, afterwards, afterward, after, later on] 2: at some eventual time in the future; "By and by he'll understand"; "I'll see you later" [syn: by and by, later] 3: comparative of the adverb `late'; "he stayed later than you did" adj 1: coming at a subsequent time or stage; "without ulterior argument"; "the mood posterior to" [syn: later(a), ulterior, posterior] 2: at or toward an end or late period or stage of development; "the late phase of feudalism"; "a later symptom of the disease"; "later medical science could have saved the child" [syn: late, later(a)] [ant: early] -
latter
adj 1: referring to the second of two things or persons mentioned (or the last one or ones of several); "in the latter case" [ant: former(a)] n 1: the second of two or the second mentioned of two; "Tom and Dick were both heroes but only the latter is remembered today" [ant: former] -
lecher
n 1: man with strong sexual desires [syn: satyr, lecher, lech, letch] -
leper
n 1: a person afflicted with leprosy [syn: leper, lazar] 2: a pariah who is avoided by others -
letter
n 1: a written message addressed to a person or organization; "mailed an indignant letter to the editor" [syn: letter, missive] 2: the conventional characters of the alphabet used to represent speech; "his grandmother taught him his letters" [syn: letter, letter of the alphabet, alphabetic character] 3: owner who lets another person use something (housing usually) for hire 4: a strictly literal interpretation (as distinct from the intention); "he followed instructions to the letter"; "he obeyed the letter of the law" 5: an award earned by participation in a school sport; "he won letters in three sports" [syn: letter, varsity letter] v 1: win an athletic letter 2: set down or print with letters 3: mark letters on or mark with letters -
matter
n 1: a vaguely specified concern; "several matters to attend to"; "it is none of your affair"; "things are going well" [syn: matter, affair, thing] 2: some situation or event that is thought about; "he kept drifting off the topic"; "he had been thinking about the subject for several years"; "it is a matter for the police" [syn: topic, subject, issue, matter] 3: that which has mass and occupies space; "physicists study both the nature of matter and the forces which govern it" 4: a problem; "is anything the matter?" 5: (used with negation) having consequence; "they were friends and it was no matter who won the games" 6: written works (especially in books or magazines); "he always took some reading matter with him on the plane" v 1: have weight; have import, carry weight; "It does not matter much" [syn: count, matter, weigh] -
meter
n 1: the basic unit of length adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites (approximately 1.094 yards) [syn: meter, metre, m] 2: any of various measuring instruments for measuring a quantity 3: (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse [syn: meter, metre, measure, beat, cadence] 4: rhythm as given by division into parts of equal duration [syn: meter, metre, time] v 1: measure with a meter; "meter the flow of water" 2: stamp with a meter indicating the postage; "meter the mail" -
newsletter
n 1: report or open letter giving informal or confidential news of interest to a special group [syn: newsletter, newssheet] -
operetta
n 1: a short amusing opera [syn: operetta, light opera] -
pacesetter
n 1: a leading instance in its field; "the new policy will be a pacesetter in community relations" [syn: pacesetter, pacemaker] 2: a horse used to set the pace in racing [syn: pacer, pacemaker, pacesetter] -
pecker
n 1: obscene terms for penis [syn: cock, prick, dick, shaft, pecker, peter, tool, putz] 2: bird with strong claws and a stiff tail adapted for climbing and a hard chisel-like bill for boring into wood for insects [syn: woodpecker, peckerwood, pecker] 3: horny projecting mouth of a bird [syn: beak, bill, neb, nib, pecker] -
pepper
n 1: climber having dark red berries (peppercorns) when fully ripe; southern India and Sri Lanka; naturalized in northern Burma and Assam [syn: pepper, common pepper, black pepper, white pepper, Madagascar pepper, Piper nigrum] 2: any of various tropical plants of the genus Capsicum bearing peppers [syn: capsicum, pepper, capsicum pepper plant] 3: pungent seasoning from the berry of the common pepper plant of East India; use whole or ground [syn: pepper, peppercorn] 4: sweet and hot varieties of fruits of plants of the genus Capsicum v 1: add pepper to; "pepper the soup" 2: attack and bombard with or as if with missiles; "pelt the speaker with questions" [syn: pepper, pelt] -
quarter
n 1: one of four equal parts; "a quarter of a pound" [syn: one- fourth, fourth, one-quarter, quarter, fourth part, twenty-five percent, quartern] 2: a district of a city having some distinguishing character; "the Latin Quarter" 3: (football, professional basketball) one of four divisions into which some games are divided; "both teams scored in the first quarter" 4: a unit of time equal to 15 minutes or a quarter of an hour; "it's a quarter til 4"; "a quarter after 4 o'clock" 5: one of four periods into which the school year is divided; "the fall quarter ends at Christmas" 6: a fourth part of a year; three months; "unemployment fell during the last quarter" 7: one of the four major division of the compass; "the wind is coming from that quarter" 8: a quarter of a hundredweight (25 pounds) 9: a quarter of a hundredweight (28 pounds) 10: a United States or Canadian coin worth one fourth of a dollar; "he fed four quarters into the slot machine" 11: an unspecified person; "he dropped a word in the right quarter" 12: the rear part of a ship [syn: stern, after part, quarter, poop, tail] 13: piece of leather that comprises the part of a shoe or boot covering the heel and joining the vamp 14: clemency or mercy shown to a defeated opponent; "he surrendered but asked for quarter" v 1: provide housing for (military personnel) [syn: quarter, billet, canton] 2: pull (a person) apart with four horses tied to his extremities, so as to execute him; "in the old days, people were drawn and quartered for certain crimes" [syn: draw, quarter, draw and quarter] 3: divide into quarters; "quarter an apple" 4: divide by four; divide into quarters -
setter
n 1: one who sets written material into type [syn: compositor, typesetter, setter, typographer] 2: a long-haired dog formerly trained to crouch on finding game but now to point -
shedder
n 1: an attacker who sheds or spills blood; "a great hunter and spiller of blood" [syn: shedder, spiller] -
shredder
n 1: a device that shreds documents (usually in order to prevent the wrong people from reading them) -
spreader
n 1: a hand tool for spreading something; "he used his knife as a spreader" 2: a mechanical device for scattering something (seed or fertilizer or sand etc.) in all directions [syn: broadcaster, spreader] -
stepper
n 1: a professional dancer [syn: hoofer, stepper] 2: a motor (especially an electric motor) that moves or rotates in small discrete steps [syn: stepper, stepping motor] 3: a horse trained to lift its feet high off the ground while walking or trotting [syn: stepper, high stepper] -
stretcher
n 1: a wooden framework on which canvas is stretched and fixed for oil painting 2: a mechanical device used to make something larger (as shoes or gloves) by stretching it 3: a litter for transporting people who are ill or wounded or dead; usually consists of a sheet of canvas stretched between two poles 4: a stone that forms the top of wall or building [syn: capstone, copestone, coping stone, stretcher] -
sweater
n 1: a crocheted or knitted garment covering the upper part of the body [syn: sweater, jumper] 2: a person who perspires [syn: perspirer, sweater] -
typesetter
n 1: one who sets written material into type [syn: compositor, typesetter, setter, typographer] -
vendetta
n 1: a feud in which members of the opposing parties murder each other [syn: vendetta, blood feud] -
water
n 1: binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent [syn: water, H2O] 2: the part of the earth's surface covered with water (such as a river or lake or ocean); "they invaded our territorial waters"; "they were sitting by the water's edge" [syn: body of water, water] 3: once thought to be one of four elements composing the universe (Empedocles) 4: a facility that provides a source of water; "the town debated the purification of the water supply"; "first you have to cut off the water" [syn: water system, water supply, water] 5: liquid excretory product; "there was blood in his urine"; "the child had to make water" [syn: urine, piss, pee, piddle, weewee, water] 6: a liquid necessary for the life of most animals and plants; "he asked for a drink of water" v 1: supply with water, as with channels or ditches or streams; "Water the fields" [syn: water, irrigate] 2: provide with water; "We watered the buffalo" 3: secrete or form water, as tears or saliva; "My mouth watered at the prospect of a good dinner"; "His eyes watered" 4: fill with tears; "His eyes were watering" -
wetter
n 1: a chemical agent capable of reducing the surface tension of a liquid in which it is dissolved [syn: wetting agent, wetter, surfactant, surface-active agent] 2: a workman who wets the work in a manufacturing process 3: someone suffering from enuresis; someone who urinates while asleep in bed [syn: bedwetter, bed wetter, wetter] -
wrecker
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] -
bedder
n 1: an ornamental plant suitable for planting in a flowerbed [syn: bedder, bedding plant] -
decker
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" -
petter
n 1: a lover who gently fondles and caresses the loved one; "they are heavy petters" [syn: petter, fondler] -
eta
n 1: a terrorist organization organized in 1959 by student activists who were dissatisfied with the moderate nationalism of the traditional Basque party; want to create an independent homeland in Spain's western Pyrenees; "in 1968 ETA launched a campaign of political assassinations of government officials" [syn: Basque Homeland and Freedom, Basque Fatherland and Liberty, Euskadi ta Askatasuna, ETA] 2: the 7th letter of the Greek alphabet -
valletta
n 1: the capital of Malta; located on the northeastern coast of the island [syn: Valletta, Valetta, capital of Malta] -
ledbetter
n 1: United States folk singer and composer (1885-1949) [syn: Ledbetter, Huddie Leadbetter, Leadbelly] -
go-getter
n 1: someone whose career progresses rapidly [syn: go-getter, whizz-kid, whiz-kid, ball of fire] -
enfetter
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feta
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forgetter
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getter
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netter
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phototypesetter
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pinsetter
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redder
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righter
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tighter
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unfetter
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deader
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fretter
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whetter
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tetter
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vetter
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greta
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stetter
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tretter
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pipetter
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loretta
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mantelletta
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anchoveta
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canzonetta
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henrietta
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sinfonietta
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alexandretta
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detter
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geter
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jetter
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ketter
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metter
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mettur
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petre
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retter
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schetter
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shetter
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tschetter
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vetere
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yetter
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trendsetter
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