Words that rhyme with check

• spec 5
  n 1: a detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work [syn: specification, spec]
• bottleneck 5
  n 1: a narrowing that reduces the flow through a channel [syn: constriction, bottleneck, chokepoint] 2: the narrow part of a bottle near the top v 1: slow down or impede by creating an obstruction; "His laziness has bottlenecked our efforts to reform the system" 2: become narrow, like a bottleneck; "Right by the bridge, the road bottlenecks"
• afterdeck 0
  n 1: a deck abaft of midships
• beck 0
  n 1: a beckoning gesture
• bedeck 0
  v 1: decorate; "deck the halls with holly" [syn: deck, bedight, bedeck]
• breakneck 0
  adj 1: moving at very high speed; "a breakneck pace"
• cheque 0
  n 1: a written order directing a bank to pay money; "he paid all his bills by check" [syn: check, bank check, cheque] v 1: withdraw money by writing a check [syn: cheque, check out]
• countercheck 0
  n 1: a check that restrains another check 2: something that checks the correctness of a previous check [syn: countercheck, double check] v 1: oppose or check by a counteraction [syn: countercheck, counteract] 2: check a second time
• deck 0
  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]
• discotheque 0
  n 1: a public dance hall for dancing to recorded popular music [syn: disco, discotheque]
• exec 0
  n 1: the chief executive department of the United States government [syn: White House, EXEC]
• fleck 0
  n 1: 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] 2: a small contrasting part of something; "a bald spot"; "a leopard's spots"; "a patch of clouds"; "patches of thin ice"; "a fleck of red" [syn: spot, speckle, dapple, patch, fleck, maculation] v 1: make a spot or mark onto; "The wine spotted the tablecloth" [syn: spot, fleck, blob, blot]
• flyspeck 0
  adj 1: very small; "diminutive in stature"; "a lilliputian chest of drawers"; "her petite figure"; "tiny feet"; "the flyspeck nation of Bahrain moved toward democracy" [syn: bantam, diminutive, lilliputian, midget, petite, tiny, flyspeck] n 1: a tiny dark speck made by the excrement of a fly
• foredeck 0
  n 1: the deck between the bridge and the forecastle
• gooseneck 0
  n 1: something in a thin curved form (like the neck of a goose)
• neck 0
  n 1: the part of an organism (human or animal) that connects the head to the rest of the body; "he admired her long graceful neck"; "the horse won by a neck" [syn: neck, cervix] 2: a narrow elongated projecting strip of land 3: a cut of meat from the neck of an animal 4: a narrow part of an artifact that resembles a neck in position or form; "the banjo had a long neck"; "the bottle had a wide neck" 5: an opening in a garment for the neck of the wearer; a part of the garment near the wearer's neck [syn: neck, neck opening] v 1: kiss, embrace, or fondle with sexual passion; "The couple were necking in the back seat of the car" [syn: neck, make out]
• peck 0
  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]
• redneck 0
  n 1: a poor White person in the southern United States [syn: redneck, cracker]
• roughneck 0
  n 1: a cruel and brutal fellow [syn: bully, tough, hooligan, ruffian, roughneck, rowdy, yob, yobo, yobbo]
• sec 0
  adj 1: (of champagne) moderately dry [syn: sec, unsweet] n 1: 1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites [syn: second, sec, s] 2: ratio of the hypotenuse to the adjacent side of a right- angled triangle [syn: secant, sec] 3: an independent federal agency that oversees the exchange of securities to protect investors [syn: Securities and Exchange Commission, SEC]
• shipwreck 0
  n 1: a wrecked ship (or a part of one) 2: an irretrievable loss; "that was the shipwreck of their romance" 3: an accident that destroys a ship at sea [syn: shipwreck, wreck] v 1: ruin utterly; "You have shipwrecked my career" 2: suffer failure, as in some enterprise 3: cause to experience shipwreck; "They were shipwrecked in one of the mysteries at sea" 4: destroy a ship; "The vessel was shipwrecked"
• speck 0
  n 1: a very small spot; "the plane was just a speck in the sky" [syn: speck, pinpoint] 2: (nontechnical usage) a tiny piece of anything [syn: atom, molecule, particle, corpuscle, mote, speck] 3: a slight but appreciable amount; "this dish could use a touch of garlic" [syn: touch, hint, tinge, mite, pinch, jot, speck, soupcon] v 1: produce specks in or on; "speck the cloth"
• tech 0
  n 1: a school teaching mechanical and industrial arts and the applied sciences [syn: technical school, tech]
• trek 0
  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"
• well 0
  adv 1: (often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (`good' is a nonstandard dialectal variant for `well'); "the children behaved well"; "a task well done"; "the party went well"; "he slept well"; "a well-argued thesis"; "a well-seasoned dish"; "a well-planned party"; "the baby can walk pretty good" [syn: well, good] [ant: badly, ill, poorly] 2: thoroughly or completely; fully; often used as a combining form; "The problem is well understood"; "she was well informed"; "shake well before using"; "in order to avoid food poisoning be sure the meat is well cooked"; "well-done beef", "well-satisfied customers"; "well-educated" 3: indicating high probability; in all likelihood; "I might well do it"; "a mistake that could easily have ended in disaster"; "you may well need your umbrella"; "he could equally well be trying to deceive us" [syn: well, easily] 4: (used for emphasis or as an intensifier) entirely or fully; "a book well worth reading"; "was well aware of the difficulties ahead"; "suspected only too well what might be going on" 5: to a suitable or appropriate extent or degree; "the project was well underway"; "the fetus has well developed organs"; "his father was well pleased with his grades" 6: favorably; with approval; "their neighbors spoke well of them"; "he thought well of the book" [ant: badly, ill] 7: to a great extent or degree; "I'm afraid the film was well over budget"; "painting the room white made it seem considerably (or substantially) larger"; "the house has fallen considerably in value"; "the price went up substantially" [syn: well, considerably, substantially] 8: with great or especially intimate knowledge; "we knew them well" [syn: well, intimately] 9: with prudence or propriety; "You would do well to say nothing more"; "could not well refuse" 10: with skill or in a pleasing manner; "she dances well"; "he writes well" [ant: badly] 11: in a manner affording benefit or advantage; "she married well"; "The children were settled advantageously in Seattle" [syn: well, advantageously] [ant: badly, disadvantageously] 12: in financial comfort; "They live well"; "she has been able to live comfortably since her husband died" [syn: well, comfortably] 13: without unusual distress or resentment; with good humor; "took the joke well"; "took the tragic news well" [ant: badly] adj 1: in good health especially after having suffered illness or injury; "appears to be entirely well"; "the wound is nearly well"; "a well man"; "I think I'm well; at least I feel well" [ant: ill, sick] 2: resulting favorably; "it's a good thing that I wasn't there"; "it is good that you stayed"; "it is well that no one saw you"; "all's well that ends well" [syn: good, well(p)] 3: wise or advantageous and hence advisable; "it would be well to start early" n 1: a deep hole or shaft dug or drilled to obtain water or oil or gas or brine 2: a cavity or vessel used to contain liquid 3: an abundant source; "she was a well of information" [syn: well, wellspring, fountainhead] 4: an open shaft through the floors of a building (as for a stairway) 5: an enclosed compartment in a ship or plane for holding something as e.g. fish or a plane's landing gear or for protecting something as e.g. a ship's pumps v 1: come up, as of a liquid; "Tears well in her eyes"; "the currents well up" [syn: well, swell]
• whelk 0
  n 1: large marine snail much used as food in Europe 2: large carnivorous marine gastropods of coastal waters and intertidal regions having a strong snail-like shell v 1: gather whelk
• wreck 0
  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]
• wryneck 0
  n 1: an unnatural condition in which the head leans to one side because the neck muscles on that side are contracted [syn: torticollis, wryneck] 2: Old World woodpecker with a peculiar habit of twisting the neck
• czech 0
  adj 1: of or relating to Czechoslovakia or its people or their language; "The Czech border"; "Czechoslovak nationalists"; "The Czechoslovakian population" [syn: Czech, Czechoslovakian] n 1: a native of inhabitant of the Czech Republic 2: a native or inhabitant of the former republic of Czechoslovakia [syn: Czechoslovakian, Czechoslovak, Czech] 3: the Slavic language of Czechs
• dec 0
  n 1: the last (12th) month of the year [syn: December, Dec] 2: (astronomy) the angular distance of a celestial body north or to the south of the celestial equator; expressed in degrees; used with right ascension to specify positions on the celestial sphere [syn: declination, celestial latitude, dec]
• dreck 0
  n 1: merchandise that is shoddy or inferior [syn: schlock, shlock, dreck]
• eck 0
  n 1: a German Roman Catholic theologian who was an indefatigable opponent of Martin Luther (1486-1543) [syn: Eck, Johann Eck, Johann Maier Eck, Johann Maier]
• lech 0
  n 1: man with strong sexual desires [syn: satyr, lecher, lech, letch]
• lek 0
  n 1: the basic unit of money in Albania
• nec 0
  n 1: an acute inflammatory disease occurring in the intestines of premature infants; necrosis of intestinal tissue may follow [syn: necrotizing enterocolitis, NEC]
• tec 0
  n 1: a police officer who investigates crimes [syn: detective, investigator, tec, police detective]
• aztec 0
  n 1: a member of the Nahuatl people who established an empire in Mexico that was overthrown by Cortes in 1519
• crookneck 0
  n 1: yellow squash with a thin curved neck and somewhat warty skin [syn: crookneck, crookneck squash, summer crookneck]
• opec 0
  n 1: an organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the production and sale of petroleum [syn: Organization of Petroleum-Exporting Countries, OPEC]
• paycheck 0
  n 1: a check issued in payment of wages or salary [syn: paycheck, payroll check]
• quebec 0
  n 1: the French-speaking capital of the province of Quebec; situated on the Saint Lawrence River [syn: Quebec, Quebec City] 2: the largest province of Canada; a French colony from 1663 to 1759 when it was lost to the British
• hatcheck 0
• heck 0
• henpeck 0
• recheck 0
• yecch 0
• ek 0
• baek 0
• bec 0
• blech 0
• bleck 0
• breck 0
• brekke 0
• cech 0
• chek 0
• creque 0
• dech 0
• dweck 0
• feck 0
• frech 0
• freck 0
• geck 0
• grech 0
• jech 0
• keck 0
• kleck 0
• krech 0
• leck 0
• mech 0
• meck 0
• pech 0
• quek 0
• rec 0
• rech 0
• reck 0
• scheck 0
• schmeck 0
• schneck 0
• schreck 0
• seck 0
• sheck 0
• shek 0
• shreck 0
• sneck 0
• stec 0
• stech 0
• steck 0
• streck 0
• svec 0
• szczech 0
• teck 0
• tek 0
• weck 0
• wnek 0
• yeck 0
• zech 0
• zeck 0
• bocek 0
• chebec 0
• chebeck 0

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