Words that rhyme with fitt

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]

n 1: a return on a shot that seemed impossible to reach and would normally have resulted in a point for the opponent v 1: come into the possession of something concrete or abstract; "She got a lot of paintings from her uncle"; "They acquired a new pet"; "Get your results the next day"; "Get permission to take a few days off from work" [syn: get, acquire] 2: enter or assume a certain state or condition; "He became annoyed when he heard the bad news"; "It must be getting more serious"; "her face went red with anger"; "She went into ecstasy"; "Get going!" [syn: become, go, get] 3: cause to move; cause to be in a certain position or condition; "He got his squad on the ball"; "This let me in for a big surprise"; "He got a girl into trouble" [syn: get, let, have] 4: receive a specified treatment (abstract); "These aspects of civilization do not find expression or receive an interpretation"; "His movie received a good review"; "I got nothing but trouble for my good intentions" [syn: receive, get, find, obtain, incur] 5: reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress; "She arrived home at 7 o'clock"; "She didn't get to Chicago until after midnight" [syn: arrive, get, come] [ant: go away, go forth, leave] 6: go or come after and bring or take back; "Get me those books over there, please"; "Could you bring the wine?"; "The dog fetched the hat" [syn: bring, get, convey, fetch] [ant: bear away, bear off, carry away, carry off, take away] 7: go through (mental or physical states or experiences); "get an idea"; "experience vertigo"; "get nauseous"; "receive injuries"; "have a feeling" [syn: experience, receive, have, get] 8: take vengeance on or get even; "We'll get them!"; "That'll fix him good!"; "This time I got him" [syn: pay back, pay off, get, fix] 9: achieve a point or goal; "Nicklaus had a 70"; "The Brazilian team got 4 goals"; "She made 29 points that day" [syn: have, get, make] 10: cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner; "The ads induced me to buy a VCR"; "My children finally got me to buy a computer"; "My wife made me buy a new sofa" [syn: induce, stimulate, cause, have, get, make] 11: succeed in catching or seizing, especially after a chase; "We finally got the suspect"; "Did you catch the thief?" [syn: get, catch, capture] 12: come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes); "He grew a beard"; "The patient developed abdominal pains"; "I got funny spots all over my body"; "Well-developed breasts" [syn: grow, develop, produce, get, acquire] 13: be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness; "He got AIDS"; "She came down with pneumonia"; "She took a chill" [syn: contract, take, get] 14: communicate with a place or person; establish communication with, as if by telephone; "Bill called this number and he got Mary"; "The operator couldn't get Kobe because of the earthquake" 15: give certain properties to something; "get someone mad"; "She made us look silly"; "He made a fool of himself at the meeting"; "Don't make this into a big deal"; "This invention will make you a millionaire"; "Make yourself clear" [syn: make, get] 16: move into a desired direction of discourse; "What are you driving at?" [syn: drive, get, aim] 17: grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of; "did you catch that allusion?"; "We caught something of his theory in the lecture"; "don't catch your meaning"; "did you get it?"; "She didn't get the joke"; "I just don't get him" [syn: catch, get] 18: attract and fix; "His look caught her"; "She caught his eye"; "Catch the attention of the waiter" [syn: catch, arrest, get] 19: reach with a blow or hit in a particular spot; "the rock caught her in the back of the head"; "The blow got him in the back"; "The punch caught him in the stomach" [syn: get, catch] 20: reach by calculation; "What do you get when you add up these numbers?" 21: acquire as a result of some effort or action; "You cannot get water out of a stone"; "Where did she get these news?" 22: purchase; "What did you get at the toy store?" 23: perceive by hearing; "I didn't catch your name"; "She didn't get his name when they met the first time" [syn: catch, get] 24: suffer from the receipt of; "She will catch hell for this behavior!" [syn: catch, get] 25: receive as a retribution or punishment; "He got 5 years in prison" [syn: get, receive] 26: leave immediately; used usually in the imperative form; "Scram!" [syn: scram, buzz off, fuck off, get, bugger off] 27: reach and board; "She got the bus just as it was leaving" 28: irritate; "Her childish behavior really get to me"; "His lying really gets me" [syn: get, get under one's skin] 29: evoke an emotional response; "Brahms's `Requiem' gets me every time" 30: apprehend and reproduce accurately; "She really caught the spirit of the place in her drawings"; "She got the mood just right in her photographs" [syn: catch, get] 31: earn or achieve a base by being walked by the pitcher; "He drew a base on balls" [syn: draw, get] 32: overcome or destroy; "The ice storm got my hibiscus"; "the cat got the goldfish" 33: be a mystery or bewildering to; "This beats me!"; "Got me--I don't know the answer!"; "a vexing problem"; "This question really stuck me" [syn: perplex, vex, stick, get, puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, pose, bewilder, flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound] 34: take the first step or steps in carrying out an action; "We began working at dawn"; "Who will start?"; "Get working as soon as the sun rises!"; "The first tourists began to arrive in Cambodia"; "He began early in the day"; "Let's get down to work now" [syn: get down, begin, get, start out, start, set about, set out, commence] [ant: end, terminate] 35: undergo (as of injuries and illnesses); "She suffered a fracture in the accident"; "He had an insulin shock after eating three candy bars"; "She got a bruise on her leg"; "He got his arm broken in the scuffle" [syn: suffer, sustain, have, get] 36: make children; "Abraham begot Isaac"; "Men often father children but don't recognize them" [syn: beget, get, engender, father, mother, sire, generate, bring forth]

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: the branch of engineering that deals with the use of computers and telecommunications to retrieve and store and transmit information [syn: information technology, IT]

n 1: a notice of someone's death; usually includes a short biography [syn: obituary, obit, necrology]

v 1: prevent from being included or considered or accepted; "The bad results were excluded from the report"; "Leave off the top piece" [syn: exclude, except, leave out, leave off, omit, take out] [ant: include] 2: leave undone or leave out; "How could I miss that typo?"; "The workers on the conveyor belt miss one out of ten" [syn: neglect, pretermit, omit, drop, miss, leave out, overlook, overleap] [ant: attend to, take to heart]

n 1: a legal document giving official permission to do something [syn: license, licence, permit] 2: the act of giving a formal (usually written) authorization [syn: license, permission, permit] 3: large game fish; found in waters of the West Indies [syn: permit, Trachinotus falcatus] v 1: consent to, give permission; "She permitted her son to visit her estranged husband"; "I won't let the police search her basement"; "I cannot allow you to see your exam" [syn: permit, allow, let, countenance] [ant: disallow, forbid, interdict, nix, prohibit, proscribe, veto] 2: make it possible through a specific action or lack of action for something to happen; "This permits the water to rush in"; "This sealed door won't allow the water come into the basement"; "This will permit the rain to run off" [syn: let, allow, permit] [ant: keep, prevent] 3: allow the presence of or allow (an activity) without opposing or prohibiting; "We don't allow dogs here"; "Children are not permitted beyond this point"; "We cannot tolerate smoking in the hospital" [syn: allow, permit, tolerate]

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: commit once again, as of a crime 2: commit again; "It was recommitted into her custody" 3: send back to a committee; "The bill was recommitted three times in the House"

n 1: outfitting a ship again (by repairing or replacing parts) v 1: fit out again

n 1: the topic that a person, committee, or piece of research is expected to deal with or has authority to deal with; "they set up a group with a remit to suggest ways for strengthening family life" 2: (law) the act of remitting (especially the referral of a law case to another court) [syn: remission, remitment, remit] v 1: send (money) in payment; "remit $25" 2: hold back to a later time; "let's postpone the exam" [syn: postpone, prorogue, hold over, put over, table, shelve, set back, defer, remit, put off] 3: release from (claims, debts, or taxes); "The taxes were remitted" 4: refer (a matter or legal case) to another committee or authority or court for decision [syn: remit, remand, send back] 5: forgive; "God will remit their sins" 6: make slack as by lessening tension or firmness [syn: slacken, remit] 7: diminish or abate; "The pain finally remitted"

v 1: submit (information) again to a program or automatic system [syn: feed back, resubmit]

n 1: a short theatrical episode

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"

n 1: a narrow strip of land that juts out into the sea [syn: spit, tongue] 2: a clear liquid secreted into the mouth by the salivary glands and mucous glands of the mouth; moistens the mouth and starts the digestion of starches [syn: saliva, spit, spittle] 3: a skewer for holding meat over a fire 4: the act of spitting (forcefully expelling saliva) [syn: spit, spitting, expectoration] v 1: expel or eject (saliva or phlegm or sputum) from the mouth; "The father of the victim spat at the alleged murderer" [syn: spit, ptyalize, ptyalise, spew, spue] 2: utter with anger or contempt [syn: spit, spit out] 3: rain gently; "It has only sprinkled, but the roads are slick" [syn: sprinkle, spit, spatter, patter, pitter- patter] 4: drive a skewer through; "skewer the meat for the BBQ" [syn: skewer, spit]

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

v 1: refer for judgment or consideration; "The lawyers submitted the material to the court" [syn: submit, subject] 2: put before; "I submit to you that the accused is guilty" [syn: submit, state, put forward, posit] 3: yield to the control of another 4: hand over formally [syn: present, submit] 5: refer to another person for decision or judgment; "She likes to relegate difficult questions to her colleagues" [syn: relegate, pass on, submit] 6: yield to another's wish or opinion; "The government bowed to the military pressure" [syn: submit, bow, defer, accede, give in] 7: accept or undergo, often unwillingly; "We took a pay cut" [syn: take, submit] 8: make an application as for a job or funding; "We put in a grant to the NSF" [syn: put in, submit] 9: make over as a return; "They had to render the estate" [syn: render, submit] 10: accept as inevitable; "He resigned himself to his fate" [syn: resign, reconcile, submit]

v 1: transfer to another; "communicate a disease" [syn: convey, transmit, communicate] 2: transmit or serve as the medium for transmission; "Sound carries well over water"; "The airwaves carry the sound"; "Many metals conduct heat" [syn: impart, conduct, transmit, convey, carry, channel] 3: broadcast over the airwaves, as in radio or television; "We cannot air this X-rated song" [syn: air, send, broadcast, beam, transmit] 4: send from one person or place to another; "transmit a message" [syn: transmit, transfer, transport, channel, channelize, channelise]

adj 1: below the required standards for a purpose; "an unfit parent"; "unfit for human consumption" [ant: fit] 2: not in good physical or mental condition; out of condition; "fat and very unfit"; "certified as unfit for army service"; "drunk and unfit for service" [ant: fit] 3: physically unsound or diseased; "has a bad back"; "a bad heart"; "bad teeth"; "an unsound limb"; "unsound teeth" [syn: bad, unfit, unsound] v 1: make unfit or unsuitable; "Your income disqualifies you" [syn: disqualify, unfit, indispose] [ant: dispose, qualify]

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

n 1: a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter [syn: wit, humor, humour, witticism, wittiness] 2: mental ability; "he's got plenty of brains but no common sense" [syn: brain, brainpower, learning ability, mental capacity, mentality, wit] 3: a witty amusing person who makes jokes [syn: wag, wit, card]

n 1: (law) a legal document issued by a court or judicial officer [syn: writ, judicial writ]

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: German statesman who served as chancellor of Germany (born in 1918) [syn: Schmidt, Helmut Schmidt, Helmut Heinrich Waldemar Schmidt]

n 1: French pirate who aided the United States in the War of 1812 and received an official pardon for his crimes (1780-1826) [syn: Laffite, Lafitte, Jean Laffite, Jean Lafitte]

v 1: admit anew; "The refugee was readmitted into his home country" 2: admit again or anew; "After paying a penalty, the player was readmitted"