Words that rhyme with carpet

  • armpit
    n 1: the hollow under the arm where it is joined to the shoulder; "they were up to their armpits in water" [syn: armpit, axilla, axillary cavity, axillary fossa]
  • 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
  • cesspit
    n 1: a covered cistern; waste water and sewage flow into it [syn: cesspool, cesspit, sink, sump]
  • cockpit
    n 1: compartment where the pilot sits while flying the aircraft 2: a pit for cockfights 3: seat where the driver sits while driving a racing car
  • crumpet
    n 1: a thick soft cake with a porous texture; cooked on a griddle
  • decrepit
    adj 1: worn and broken down by hard use; "a creaky shack"; "a decrepit bus...its seats held together with friction tape"; "a flea-bitten sofa"; "a run-down neighborhood"; "a woebegone old shack" [syn: creaky, decrepit, derelict, flea-bitten, run-down, woebegone] 2: lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality; "a feeble old woman"; "her body looked sapless" [syn: decrepit, debile, feeble, infirm, rickety, sapless, weak, weakly]
  • fleapit
    n 1: an old shabby movie theater
  • lappet
    n 1: a fleshy wrinkled and often brightly colored fold of skin hanging from the neck or throat of certain birds (chickens and turkeys) or lizards [syn: wattle, lappet] 2: a small lap on a garment or headdress 3: medium-sized hairy moths; larvae are lappet caterpillars [syn: lappet, lappet moth]
  • limpet
    n 1: mollusk with a low conical shell 2: any of various usually marine gastropods with low conical shells; found clinging to rocks in littoral areas
  • moppet
    n 1: a little girl (usually one you are fond of)
  • pipit
    n 1: a songbird that lives mainly on the ground in open country; has streaky brown plumage [syn: pipit, titlark, lark]
  • pulpit
    n 1: a platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it [syn: dais, podium, pulpit, rostrum, ambo, stump, soapbox]
  • puppet
    n 1: a small figure of a person operated from above with strings by a puppeteer [syn: puppet, marionette] 2: a person who is controlled by others and is used to perform unpleasant or dishonest tasks for someone else [syn: creature, tool, puppet] 3: a doll with a hollow head of a person or animal and a cloth body; intended to fit over the hand and be manipulated with the fingers
  • respite
    n 1: a (temporary) relief from harm or discomfort [syn: reprieve, respite] 2: a pause from doing something (as work); "we took a 10-minute break"; "he took time out to recuperate" [syn: respite, recess, break, time out] 3: an interruption in the intensity or amount of something [syn: suspension, respite, reprieve, hiatus, abatement] 4: a pause for relaxation; "people actually accomplish more when they take time for short rests" [syn: respite, rest, relief, rest period] 5: the act of reprieving; postponing or remitting punishment [syn: reprieve, respite] v 1: postpone the punishment of a convicted criminal, such as an execution [syn: reprieve, respite]
  • sandpit
    n 1: a large pit in sandy ground from which sand is dug 2: a plaything consisting of a pile of sand or a box filled with sand for children to play in [syn: sandbox, sandpile, sandpit]
  • snippet
    n 1: a small piece of anything (especially a piece that has been snipped off) [syn: snip, snippet, snipping]
  • strumpet
    n 1: a woman adulterer [syn: adulteress, fornicatress, hussy, jade, loose woman, slut, strumpet, trollop]
  • tappet
    n 1: a lever that is moved in order to tap something else
  • tippet
    n 1: a woman's fur shoulder cape with hanging ends; often consisting of the whole fur of a fox or marten
  • trumpet
    n 1: a brass musical instrument with a brilliant tone; has a narrow tube and a flared bell and is played by means of valves [syn: cornet, horn, trumpet, trump] v 1: proclaim on, or as if on, a trumpet; "Liberals like to trumpet their opposition to the death penalty" 2: play or blow on the trumpet 3: utter in trumpet-like sounds; "Elephants are trumpeting"
  • turnspit
    n 1: a roasting spit that can be turned
  • whippet
    n 1: small slender dog of greyhound type developed in England
  • poppet
    n 1: a mushroom-shaped valve that rises perpendicularly from its seat; commonly used in internal-combustion engines [syn: poppet, poppet valve]
  • incipit
  • skippet
  • tippett

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