Words that rhyme with cucurbit
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barbet
n 1: small brightly colored stout-billed tropical bird having short weak wings -
bit
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" -
cohabit
v 1: share living quarters; usually said of people who are not married and live together as a couple [syn: cohabit, live together, shack up] -
cubit
n 1: an ancient unit of length based on the length of the forearm -
debit
n 1: an accounting entry acknowledging sums that are owing [syn: debit, debit entry] [ant: credit, credit entry] v 1: enter as debit [ant: credit] -
gambit
n 1: an opening remark intended to secure an advantage for the speaker [syn: gambit, ploy] 2: a maneuver in a game or conversation [syn: ploy, gambit, stratagem] 3: a chess move early in the game in which the player sacrifices minor pieces in order to obtain an advantageous position -
gigabit
n 1: a unit of information equal to 1000 megabits or 10^9 (1,000,000,000) bits [syn: gigabit, Gbit, Gb] -
gobbet
n 1: a lump or chunk of raw meat -
habit
n 1: an established custom; "it was their habit to dine at 7 every evening" [syn: habit, wont] 2: (psychology) an automatic pattern of behavior in reaction to a specific situation; may be inherited or acquired through frequent repetition; "owls have nocturnal habits"; "she had a habit twirling the ends of her hair"; "long use had hardened him to it" [syn: habit, use] 3: a distinctive attire worn by a member of a religious order 4: the general form or mode of growth (especially of a plant or crystal); "a shrub of spreading habit" 5: attire that is typically worn by a horseback rider (especially a woman's attire) [syn: habit, riding habit] 6: excessive use of drugs [syn: substance abuse, drug abuse, habit] v 1: put a habit on -
inhabit
v 1: inhabit or live in; be an inhabitant of; "People lived in Africa millions of years ago"; "The people inhabited the islands that are now deserted"; "this kind of fish dwells near the bottom of the ocean"; "deer are populating the woods" [syn: populate, dwell, live, inhabit] 2: be present in; "sweet memories inhabit this house" 3: exist or be situated within; "Strange notions inhabited her mind" [syn: dwell, inhabit] -
inhibit
v 1: to put down by force or authority; "suppress a nascent uprising"; "stamp down on littering"; "conquer one's desires" [syn: suppress, stamp down, inhibit, subdue, conquer, curb] 2: limit the range or extent of; "Contact between the young was inhibited by strict social customs" 3: limit, block, or decrease the action or function of; "inhibit the action of the enzyme"; "inhibit the rate of a chemical reaction" 4: control and refrain from showing; of emotions, desires, impulses, or behavior [syn: inhibit, bottle up, suppress] -
obit
n 1: a notice of someone's death; usually includes a short biography [syn: obituary, obit, necrology] -
orbit
n 1: the (usually elliptical) path described by one celestial body in its revolution about another; "he plotted the orbit of the moon" [syn: orbit, celestial orbit] 2: a particular environment or walk of life; "his social sphere is limited"; "it was a closed area of employment"; "he's out of my orbit" [syn: sphere, domain, area, orbit, field, arena] 3: an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control: "the range of a supersonic jet"; "a piano has a greater range than the human voice"; "the ambit of municipal legislation"; "within the compass of this article"; "within the scope of an investigation"; "outside the reach of the law"; "in the political orbit of a world power" [syn: scope, range, reach, orbit, compass, ambit] 4: the path of an electron around the nucleus of an atom [syn: orbit, electron orbit] 5: the bony cavity in the skull containing the eyeball [syn: eye socket, orbit, cranial orbit, orbital cavity] v 1: move in an orbit; "The moon orbits around the Earth"; "The planets are orbiting the sun"; "electrons orbit the nucleus" [syn: orb, orbit, revolve] -
prohibit
v 1: command against; "I forbid you to call me late at night"; "Mother vetoed the trip to the chocolate store"; "Dad nixed our plans" [syn: forbid, prohibit, interdict, proscribe, veto, disallow, nix] [ant: allow, countenance, let, permit] -
rabbet
n 1: a rectangular groove made to hold two pieces together [syn: rabbet, rebate] v 1: join with a rabbet joint 2: cut a rectangular groove into -
rabbit
n 1: any of various burrowing animals of the family Leporidae having long ears and short tails; some domesticated and raised for pets or food [syn: rabbit, coney, cony] 2: the fur of a rabbit [syn: lapin, rabbit] 3: flesh of any of various rabbits or hares (wild or domesticated) eaten as food [syn: rabbit, hare] v 1: hunt rabbits -
rebate
n 1: a refund of some fraction of the amount paid [syn: rebate, discount] 2: a rectangular groove made to hold two pieces together [syn: rabbet, rebate] v 1: give a reduction in the price during a sale; "The store is rebating refrigerators this week" 2: cut a rebate in (timber or stone) 3: join with a rebate; "rebate the pieces of timber and stone" -
titbit
n 1: a small tasty bit of food [syn: choice morsel, tidbit, titbit] -
hobbit
n 1: an imaginary being similar to a person but smaller and with hairy feet; invented by J.R.R. Tolkien -
jackrabbit
n 1: large hare of western North America v 1: go forward or start with a fast, sudden movement -
tidbit
n 1: a small tasty bit of food [syn: choice morsel, tidbit, titbit] -
bitt
n 1: a strong post (as on a wharf or quay or ship for attaching mooring lines); "the road was closed to vehicular traffic with bollards" [syn: bollard, bitt] v 1: secure with a bitt; "bitt the ship line" -
frogbit
n 1: European floating plant with roundish heart-shaped leaves and white flowers [syn: frogbit, frog's-bit, Hydrocharis morsus-ranae] -
tobit
n 1: an Apocryphal book that was a popular novel for several centuries [syn: Tobit, Book of Tobit] -
backbit
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turbit
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adhibit
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cobbett
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probit
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nesbit
See also cucurbit definition
