Words that rhyme with crit

v 1: pronounce not guilty of criminal charges; "The suspect was cleared of the murder charges" [syn: acquit, assoil, clear, discharge, exonerate, exculpate] [ant: convict] 2: behave in a certain manner; "She carried herself well"; "he bore himself with dignity"; "They conducted themselves well during these difficult times" [syn: behave, acquit, bear, deport, conduct, comport, carry]

v 1: declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of; "He admitted his errors"; "She acknowledged that she might have forgotten" [syn: admit, acknowledge] [ant: deny] 2: allow to enter; grant entry to; "We cannot admit non-members into our club building"; "This pipe admits air" [syn: admit, allow in, let in, intromit] [ant: refuse, reject, turn away, turn down] 3: allow participation in or the right to be part of; permit to exercise the rights, functions, and responsibilities of; "admit someone to the profession"; "She was admitted to the New Jersey Bar" [syn: admit, let in, include] [ant: exclude, keep out, shut, shut out] 4: admit into a group or community; "accept students for graduate study"; "We'll have to vote on whether or not to admit a new member" [syn: accept, admit, take, take on] 5: afford possibility; "This problem admits of no solution"; "This short story allows of several different interpretations" [syn: admit, allow] 6: give access or entrance to; "The French doors admit onto the yard" 7: have room for; hold without crowding; "This hotel can accommodate 250 guests"; "The theater admits 300 people"; "The auditorium can't hold more than 500 people" [syn: accommodate, hold, admit] 8: serve as a means of entrance; "This ticket will admit one adult to the show"

v 1: accord or comport with; "This kind of behavior does not suit a young woman!" [syn: befit, suit, beseem]

n 1: a small piece or quantity of something; "a spot of tea"; "a bit of paper"; "a bit of lint"; "I gave him a bit of my mind" [syn: spot, bit] 2: 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] 3: an indefinitely short time; "wait just a moment"; "in a mo"; "it only takes a minute"; "in just a bit" [syn: moment, mo, minute, second, bit] 4: an instance of some kind; "it was a nice piece of work"; "he had a bit of good luck" [syn: piece, bit] 5: piece of metal held in horse's mouth by reins and used to control the horse while riding; "the horse was not accustomed to a bit" 6: a unit of measurement of information (from binary + digit); the amount of information in a system having two equiprobable states; "there are 8 bits in a byte" 7: a small amount of solid food; a mouthful; "all they had left was a bit of bread" [syn: morsel, bit, bite] 8: a small fragment; "overheard snatches of their conversation" [syn: snatch, bit] 9: a short theatrical performance that is part of a longer program; "he did his act three times every evening"; "she had a catchy little routine"; "it was one of the best numbers he ever did" [syn: act, routine, number, turn, bit] 10: the part of a key that enters a lock and lifts the tumblers 11: the cutting part of a drill; usually pointed and threaded and is replaceable in a brace or bitstock or drill press; "he looked around for the right size bit"

n 1: a dismissive term for a girl who is immature or who lacks respect; "she was incensed that this chit of a girl should dare to make a fool of her in front of the class"; "she's a saucy chit" 2: the bill in a restaurant; "he asked the waiter for the check" [syn: check, chit, tab]

v 1: perform an act, usually with a negative connotation; "perpetrate a crime"; "pull a bank robbery" [syn: perpetrate, commit, pull] 2: give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause; "She committed herself to the work of God"; "give one's talents to a good cause"; "consecrate your life to the church" [syn: give, dedicate, consecrate, commit, devote] 3: cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution; "After the second episode, she had to be committed"; "he was committed to prison" [syn: commit, institutionalize, institutionalise, send, charge] 4: confer a trust upon; "The messenger was entrusted with the general's secret"; "I commit my soul to God" [syn: entrust, intrust, trust, confide, commit] 5: make an investment; "Put money into bonds" [syn: invest, put, commit, place] [ant: disinvest, divest] 6: engage in or perform; "practice safe sex"; "commit a random act of kindness" [syn: commit, practice]

adj 1: marked by prudence or modesty and wise self-restraint; "his trusted discreet aide"; "a discreet, finely wrought gold necklace" [ant: indiscreet] 2: unobtrusively perceptive and sympathetic; "a discerning editor"; "a discreet silence" [syn: discerning, discreet] 3: heedful of potential consequences; "circumspect actions"; "physicians are now more circumspect about recommending its use"; "a discreet investor" [syn: circumspect, discreet]

adj 1: constituting a separate entity or part; "a government with three discrete divisions"; "on two distinct occasions" [syn: discrete, distinct]

v 1: eliminate from the body; "Pass a kidney stone" [syn: excrete, egest, eliminate, pass]

n 1: a sudden quick movement [syn: flit, dart] 2: a secret move (to avoid paying debts); "they did a moonlight flit" v 1: move along rapidly and lightly; skim or dart; "The hummingbird flitted among the branches" [syn: flit, flutter, fleet, dart]

n 1: a hard coarse-grained siliceous sandstone [syn: grit, gritrock, gritstone] 2: fortitude and determination; "he didn't have the guts to try it" [syn: backbone, grit, guts, moxie, sand, gumption] v 1: cover with a grit; "grit roads" 2: clench together; "grit one's teeth"

n 1: (baseball) a successful stroke in an athletic contest (especially in baseball); "he came all the way around on Williams' hit" 2: the act of contacting one thing with another; "repeated hitting raised a large bruise"; "after three misses she finally got a hit" [syn: hit, hitting, striking] 3: a conspicuous success; "that song was his first hit and marked the beginning of his career"; "that new Broadway show is a real smasher"; "the party went with a bang" [syn: hit, smash, smasher, strike, bang] 4: (physics) a brief event in which two or more bodies come together; "the collision of the particles resulted in an exchange of energy and a change of direction" [syn: collision, hit] 5: a dose of a narcotic drug 6: a murder carried out by an underworld syndicate; "it has all the earmarks of a Mafia hit" 7: a connection made via the internet to another website; "WordNet gets many hits from users worldwide" v 1: cause to move by striking; "hit a ball" 2: hit against; come into sudden contact with; "The car hit a tree"; "He struck the table with his elbow" [syn: hit, strike, impinge on, run into, collide with] [ant: miss] 3: deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument; "He hit her hard in the face" 4: reach a destination, either real or abstract; "We hit Detroit by noon"; "The water reached the doorstep"; "We barely made it to the finish line"; "I have to hit the MAC machine before the weekend starts" [syn: reach, make, attain, hit, arrive at, gain] 5: affect or afflict suddenly, usually adversely; "We were hit by really bad weather"; "He was stricken with cancer when he was still a teenager"; "The earthquake struck at midnight" [syn: hit, strike] 6: hit with a missile from a weapon [syn: shoot, hit, pip] 7: encounter by chance; "I stumbled across a long-lost cousin last night in a restaurant" [syn: stumble, hit] 8: gain points in a game; "The home team scored many times"; "He hit a home run"; "He hit .300 in the past season" [syn: score, hit, tally, rack up] 9: cause to experience suddenly; "Panic struck me"; "An interesting idea hit her"; "A thought came to me"; "The thought struck terror in our minds"; "They were struck with fear" [syn: hit, strike, come to] 10: make a strategic, offensive, assault against an enemy, opponent, or a target; "The Germans struck Poland on Sept. 1, 1939"; "We must strike the enemy's oil fields"; "in the fifth inning, the Giants struck, sending three runners home to win the game 5 to 2" [syn: strike, hit] 11: kill intentionally and with premeditation; "The mafia boss ordered his enemies murdered" [syn: murder, slay, hit, dispatch, bump off, off, polish off, remove] 12: drive something violently into a location; "he hit his fist on the table"; "she struck her head on the low ceiling" [syn: hit, strike] 13: reach a point in time, or a certain state or level; "The thermometer hit 100 degrees"; "This car can reach a speed of 140 miles per hour" [syn: reach, hit, attain] 14: produce by manipulating keys or strings of musical instruments, also metaphorically; "The pianist strikes a middle C"; "strike `z' on the keyboard"; "her comments struck a sour note" [syn: strike, hit] 15: consume to excess; "hit the bottle" 16: hit the intended target or goal 17: pay unsolicited and usually unwanted sexual attention to; "He tries to hit on women in bars"

adj 1: lacking discretion; injudicious; "her behavior was indiscreet at the very best" [ant: discreet]

adj 1: not divided or divisible into parts; "layers that were fused into an indiscrete mass"

adj 1: provided with artificial light; "illuminated advertising"; "looked up at the lighted windows"; "a brightly lit room"; "a well-lighted stairwell" [syn: illuminated, lighted, lit, well-lighted] 2: set afire or burning; "the lighted candles"; "a lighted cigarette"; "a lit firecracker" [syn: lighted, lit] [ant: unlighted, unlit] n 1: the humanistic study of a body of literature; "he took a course in Russian lit" [syn: literature, lit]

v 1: put an end to a state or an activity; "Quit teasing your little brother" [syn: discontinue, stop, cease, give up, quit, lay off] [ant: bear on, carry on, continue, preserve, uphold] 2: give up or retire from a position; "The Secretary of the Navy will leave office next month"; "The chairman resigned over the financial scandal" [syn: leave office, quit, step down, resign] [ant: take office] 3: go away or leave [syn: depart, take leave, quit] [ant: stay] 4: turn away from; give up; "I am foreswearing women forever" [syn: foreswear, renounce, quit, relinquish] 5: give up in the face of defeat of lacking hope; admit defeat; "In the second round, the challenger gave up" [syn: drop out, give up, fall by the wayside, drop by the wayside, throw in, throw in the towel, quit, chuck up the sponge] [ant: enter, participate]

v 1: generate and separate from cells or bodily fluids; "secrete digestive juices"; "release a hormone into the blood stream" [syn: secrete, release] 2: place out of sight; keep secret; "The money was secreted from his children"

n 1: obscene terms for feces [syn: crap, dirt, shit, shite, poop, turd] 2: obscene words for unacceptable behavior; "I put up with a lot of bullshit from that jerk"; "what he said was mostly bull" [syn: bullshit, bull, Irish bull, horseshit, shit, crap, dogshit] 3: a small worthless amount; "you don't know jack" [syn: jack, doodly-squat, diddly-squat, diddlysquat, diddly-shit, diddlyshit, diddly, diddley, squat, shit] 4: a coarse term for defecation; "he took a shit" [syn: shit, dump] 5: insulting terms of address for people who are stupid or irritating or ridiculous [syn: asshole, bastard, cocksucker, dickhead, shit, mother fucker, motherfucker, prick, whoreson, son of a bitch, SOB] 6: something of little value; "his promise is not worth a damn"; "not worth one red cent"; "not worth shucks" [syn: damn, darn, hoot, red cent, shit, shucks, tinker's damn, tinker's dam] v 1: give away information about somebody; "He told on his classmate who had cheated on the exam" [syn: denounce, tell on, betray, give away, rat, grass, shit, shop, snitch, stag] 2: have a bowel movement; "The dog had made in the flower beds" [syn: stool, defecate, shit, take a shit, take a crap, ca-ca, crap, make]

v 1: be seated [syn: sit, sit down] [ant: lie, stand, stand up] 2: be around, often idly or without specific purpose; "The object sat in the corner"; "We sat around chatting for another hour" [syn: sit, sit around] 3: take a seat [syn: sit down, sit] [ant: arise, get up, rise, stand up, uprise] 4: be in session; "When does the court of law sit?" 5: assume a posture as for artistic purposes; "We don't know the woman who posed for Leonardo so often" [syn: model, pose, sit, posture] 6: sit and travel on the back of animal, usually while controlling its motions; "She never sat a horse!"; "Did you ever ride a camel?"; "The girl liked to drive the young mare" [syn: ride, sit] 7: be located or situated somewhere; "The White House sits on Pennsylvania Avenue" 8: work or act as a baby-sitter; "I cannot baby-sit tonight; I have too much homework to do" [syn: baby-sit, sit] 9: show to a seat; assign a seat for; "The host seated me next to Mrs. Smith" [syn: seat, sit, sit down] 10: serve in a specific professional capacity; "the priest sat for confession"; "she sat on the jury"

n 1: a long narrow opening 2: obscene terms for female genitals [syn: cunt, puss, pussy, slit, snatch, twat] 3: a depression scratched or carved into a surface [syn: incision, scratch, prick, slit, dent] 4: a narrow fissure v 1: make a clean cut through; "slit her throat" [syn: slit, slice] 2: cut a slit into; "slit the throat of the victim"

adj 1: having been divided; having the unity destroyed; "Congress...gave the impression of...a confusing sum of disconnected local forces"-Samuel Lubell; "a league of disunited nations"- E.B.White; "a fragmented coalition"; "a split group" [syn: disconnected, disunited, fragmented, split] 2: (especially of wood) cut or ripped longitudinally with the grain; "we bought split logs for the fireplace" n 1: extending the legs at right angles to the trunk (one in front and the other in back) 2: a bottle containing half the usual amount 3: a promised or claimed share of loot or money; "he demanded his split before they disbanded" 4: a lengthwise crack in wood; "he inserted the wedge into a split in the log" 5: an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart; "there was a rip in his pants"; "she had snags in her stockings" [syn: rip, rent, snag, split, tear] 6: an old Croatian city on the Adriatic Sea 7: a dessert of sliced fruit and ice cream covered with whipped cream and cherries and nuts 8: (tenpin bowling) a divided formation of pins left standing after the first bowl; "he was winning until he got a split in the tenth frame" 9: an increase in the number of outstanding shares of a corporation without changing the shareholders' equity; "they announced a two-for-one split of the common stock" [syn: split, stock split, split up] 10: the act of rending or ripping or splitting something; "he gave the envelope a vigorous rip" [syn: rent, rip, split] 11: division of a group into opposing factions; "another schism like that and they will wind up in bankruptcy" [syn: schism, split] v 1: separate into parts or portions; "divide the cake into three equal parts"; "The British carved up the Ottoman Empire after World War I" [syn: divide, split, split up, separate, dissever, carve up] [ant: unify, unite] 2: separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument; "cleave the bone" [syn: cleave, split, rive] 3: discontinue an association or relation; go different ways; "The business partners broke over a tax question"; "The couple separated after 25 years of marriage"; "My friend and I split up" [syn: separate, part, split up, split, break, break up] 4: go one's own way; move apart; "The friends separated after the party" [syn: separate, part, split] 5: come open suddenly and violently, as if from internal pressure; "The bubble burst" [syn: burst, split, break open]

n 1: a light spar that crosses a fore-and-aft sail diagonally

n 1: a tiny or scarcely detectable amount [syn: shred, scintilla, whit, iota, tittle, smidgen, smidgeon, smidgin, smidge]

n 1: a native or inhabitant of Great Britain [syn: Britisher, Briton, Brit] 2: the young of a herring or sprat or similar fish [syn: brit, britt] 3: minute crustaceans forming food for right whales [syn: brit, britt]

n 1: the young of a herring or sprat or similar fish [syn: brit, britt] 2: minute crustaceans forming food for right whales [syn: brit, britt]

n 1: a British playwright who created the fictional character Sweeney Todd (1799-1855) [syn: Pitt, George Pitt, George Dibdin Pitt, George Dibdin-Pitt] 2: English statesman and son of Pitt the Elder (1759-1806) [syn: Pitt, William Pitt, Second Earl of Chatham, Pitt the Younger] 3: English statesman who brought the Seven Years' War to an end (1708-1778) [syn: Pitt, William Pitt, First Earl of Chatham, Pitt the Elder]

n 1: the largest Greek island in the Mediterranean; site of the Minoan civilization that reached its peak in 1600 BC [syn: Crete, Kriti]

n 1: a small inflamed elevation of the skin; a pustule or papule; common symptom in acne [syn: pimple, hickey, zit]

n 1: the ratio of the volume occupied by packed red blood cells to the volume of the whole blood as measured by a hematocrit [syn: hematocrit, haematocrit, packed cell volume] 2: a measuring instrument to determine (usually by centrifugation) the relative amounts of corpuscles and plasma in the blood [syn: hematocrit, haematocrit]