Words that rhyme with daff

n 1: as the agent of or on someone's part (usually expressed as "on behalf of" rather than "in behalf of"); "the guardian signed the contract on behalf of the minor child"; "this letter is written on behalf of my client"; 2: for someone's benefit (usually expressed as `in behalf' rather than `on behalf' and usually with a possessive); "in your behalf"; "campaigning in his own behalf"; "spoke a good word in his friend's behalf"

n 1: young of domestic cattle 2: the muscular back part of the shank [syn: calf, sura] 3: fine leather from the skin of a calf [syn: calf, calfskin] 4: young of various large placental mammals e.g. whale or giraffe or elephant or buffalo

n 1: a bottle with a stopper; for serving wine or water [syn: carafe, decanter]

n 1: material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds [syn: chaff, husk, shuck, stalk, straw, stubble] 2: foil in thin strips; ejected into the air as a radar countermeasure v 1: be silly or tease one another; "After we relaxed, we just kidded around" [syn: kid, chaff, jolly, josh, banter]

n 1: a sharp metal spike or spur that is fastened to the leg of a gamecock 2: a spar rising aft from a mast to support the head of a quadrilateral fore-and-aft sail 3: an iron hook with a handle; used for landing large fish

n 1: a socially awkward or tactless act [syn: faux pas, gaffe, solecism, slip, gaucherie]

n 1: tallest living quadruped; having a spotted coat and small horns and very long neck and legs; of savannahs of tropical Africa [syn: giraffe, camelopard, Giraffa camelopardalis]

n 1: personnel who assist their superior in carrying out an assigned task; "the hospital has an excellent nursing staff"; "the general relied on his staff to make routine decisions" 2: a strong rod or stick with a specialized utilitarian purpose; "he walked with the help of a wooden staff" 3: the body of teachers and administrators at a school; "the dean addressed the letter to the entire staff of the university" [syn: staff, faculty] 4: building material consisting of plaster and hair; used to cover external surfaces of temporary structure (as at an exposition) or for decoration 5: a rod carried as a symbol 6: (music) the system of five horizontal lines on which the musical notes are written [syn: staff, stave] v 1: provide with staff; "This position is not always staffed" 2: serve on the staff of; "The two men staff the reception desk"

n 1: German tennis player who won seven women's singles titles at Wimbledon (born in 1969) [syn: Graf, Steffi Graf, Stephanie Graf]

n 1: the airforce of Great Britain [syn: Royal Air Force, RAF] 2: a Marxist and Maoist terrorist organization in Germany; a network of underground guerillas who committed acts of violence in the service of the class struggle; a successor to the Baader-Meinhof Gang; became one of Europe's most feared terrorist groups; disbanded in 1998 [syn: Red Army Faction, RAF]

n 1: spherical Gram-positive parasitic bacteria that tend to form irregular colonies; some cause boils or septicemia or infections [syn: staphylococcus, staphylococci, staph]

n 1: informal British term for a cafe