Words that rhyme with distaff

• behalf 0
  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"
• calf 0
  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
• carafe 0
  n 1: a bottle with a stopper; for serving wine or water [syn: carafe, decanter]
• cenotaph 0
  n 1: a monument built to honor people whose remains are interred elsewhere or whose remains cannot be recovered [syn: cenotaph, empty tomb]
• chaff 0
  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]
• epitaph 0
  n 1: an inscription on a tombstone or monument in memory of the person buried there 2: a summary statement of commemoration for a dead person
• flagstaff 0
  n 1: a town in north central Arizona; site of an important observatory 2: a tall staff or pole on which a flag is raised [syn: flagpole, flagstaff]
• pikestaff 0
  n 1: the staff of a pike
• quarterstaff 0
  n 1: a long stout staff used as a weapon
• tipstaff 0
  n 1: staff with a metal tip carried as a sign of office by e.g. a bailiff or constable
• falstaff 0
  n 1: a dissolute character in Shakespeare's plays [syn: Falstaff, Sir John Falstaff]
• overstaff 0

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