Words that rhyme with demerit

• at 0
  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
• beret 0
  n 1: a cap with no brim or bill; made of soft cloth
• bowsprit 0
  n 1: a spar projecting from the bow of a vessel
• carat 0
  n 1: a unit of weight for precious stones = 200 mg 2: the unit of measurement for the proportion of gold in an alloy; 18-karat gold is 75% gold; 24-karat gold is pure gold [syn: karat, carat, kt]
• carrot 0
  n 1: deep orange edible root of the cultivated carrot plant 2: perennial plant widely cultivated as an annual in many varieties for its long conical orange edible roots; temperate and tropical regions [syn: carrot, cultivated carrot, Daucus carota sativa] 3: orange root; important source of carotene 4: promise of reward as in "carrot and stick"; "used the carrot of subsidized housing for the workers to get their vote";
• disinherit 0
  v 1: prevent deliberately (as by making a will) from inheriting [syn: disinherit, disown] [ant: bequeath, leave, will]
• dispirit 0
  v 1: lower someone's spirits; make downhearted; "These news depressed her"; "The bad state of her child's health demoralizes her" [syn: depress, deject, cast down, get down, dismay, dispirit, demoralize, demoralise] [ant: elate, intoxicate, lift up, pick up, uplift]
• ferret 0
  n 1: musteline mammal of prairie regions of United States; nearly extinct [syn: black-footed ferret, ferret, Mustela nigripes] 2: domesticated albino variety of the European polecat bred for hunting rats and rabbits v 1: hound or harry relentlessly 2: hunt with ferrets 3: search and discover through persistent investigation; "She ferreted out the truth" [syn: ferret out, ferret]
• garret 0
  n 1: floor consisting of open space at the top of a house just below roof; often used for storage [syn: loft, attic, garret]
• hypocrite 0
  n 1: a person who professes beliefs and opinions that he or she does not hold in order to conceal his or her real feelings or motives [syn: hypocrite, dissembler, dissimulator, phony, phoney, pretender]
• inherit 0
  v 1: obtain from someone after their death; "I inherited a castle from my French grandparents" 2: receive from a predecessor; "The new chairman inherited many problems from the previous chair" 3: receive by genetic transmission; "I inherited my good eyesight from my mother"
• inspirit 0
  v 1: infuse with spirit; "The company spirited him up" [syn: spirit, spirit up, inspirit]
• karat 0
  n 1: the unit of measurement for the proportion of gold in an alloy; 18-karat gold is 75% gold; 24-karat gold is pure gold [syn: karat, carat, kt]
• merit 0
  n 1: any admirable quality or attribute; "work of great merit" [syn: merit, virtue] [ant: demerit, fault] 2: the quality of being deserving (e.g., deserving assistance); "there were many children whose deservingness he recognized and rewarded" [syn: deservingness, merit, meritoriousness] v 1: be worthy or deserving; "You deserve a promotion after all the hard work you have done" [syn: deserve, merit]
• parrot 0
  n 1: usually brightly colored zygodactyl tropical birds with short hooked beaks and the ability to mimic sounds 2: a copycat who does not understand the words or acts being imitated v 1: repeat mindlessly; "The students parroted the teacher's words"
• spirit 0
  n 1: the vital principle or animating force within living things 2: the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people; "the feel of the city excited him"; "a clergyman improved the tone of the meeting"; "it had the smell of treason" [syn: spirit, tone, feel, feeling, flavor, flavour, look, smell] 3: a fundamental emotional and activating principle determining one's character 4: any incorporeal supernatural being that can become visible (or audible) to human beings [syn: spirit, disembodied spirit] 5: the state of a person's emotions (especially with regard to pleasure or dejection); "his emotional state depended on her opinion"; "he was in good spirits"; "his spirit rose" [syn: emotional state, spirit] 6: the intended meaning of a communication [syn: intent, purport, spirit] 7: animation and energy in action or expression; "it was a heavy play and the actors tried in vain to give life to it" [syn: liveliness, life, spirit, sprightliness] 8: an inclination or tendency of a certain kind; "he had a change of heart" [syn: heart, spirit] v 1: infuse with spirit; "The company spirited him up" [syn: spirit, spirit up, inspirit]
• sanskrit 0
  n 1: (Hinduism) an ancient language of India (the language of the Vedas and of Hinduism); an official language of India although it is now used only for religious purposes [syn: Sanskrit, Sanskritic language]
• prakrit 0
  n 1: any of the modern Indic languages 2: any of the vernacular Indic languages of north and central India (as distinguished from Sanskrit) recorded from the 3rd century BC to the 4th century AD
• haematocrit 0
  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]
• jarrett 0
• berrett 0
• merritt 0

See also demerit definition and demerit synonyms