Words that rhyme with flett

v 1: assist or encourage, usually in some wrongdoing

n 1: liquorice-flavored usually colorless sweet liqueur made from aniseed [syn: anisette, anisette de Bordeaux]

n 1: narrow French stick loaf [syn: baguet, baguette]

n 1: (formerly) a mound of earth inside a fort from which heavy gun can be fired over the parapet

n 1: a member of the British order of honor; ranks below a baron but above a knight; "since he was a baronet he had to be addressed as Sir Henry Jones, Bart." [syn: baronet, Bart]

n 1: a pin for holding women's hair in place

v 1: make children; "Abraham begot Isaac"; "Men often father children but don't recognize them" [syn: beget, get, engender, father, mother, sire, generate, bring forth]

v 1: annoy continually or chronically; "He is known to harry his staff when he is overworked"; "This man harasses his female co-workers" [syn: harass, hassle, harry, chivy, chivvy, chevy, chevvy, beset, plague, molest, provoke] 2: assail or attack on all sides: "The zebra was beset by leopards" [syn: beset, set upon] 3: decorate or cover lavishly (as with gems) [syn: encrust, incrust, beset]

n 1: the money risked on a gamble [syn: stake, stakes, bet, wager] 2: the act of gambling; "he did it on a bet" [syn: bet, wager] v 1: maintain with or as if with a bet; "I bet she will be there!" [syn: bet, wager] 2: stake on the outcome of an issue; "I bet $100 on that new horse"; "She played all her money on the dark horse" [syn: bet, wager, play] 3: have faith or confidence in; "you can count on me to help you any time"; "Look to your friends for support"; "You can bet on that!"; "Depend on your family in times of crisis" [syn: count, bet, depend, look, calculate, reckon]

n 1: a document entitling a commissioned officer to hold a higher rank temporarily (but without higher pay) v 1: promote somebody by brevet, in the military

adj 1: marked by dark or relatively dark pigmentation of hair or skin or eyes; "a brunette beauty" [syn: brunet, brunette] [ant: blond, blonde, light-haired] n 1: a person with dark (brown) hair [syn: brunet, brunette]

adj 1: marked by dark or relatively dark pigmentation of hair or skin or eyes; "a brunette beauty" [syn: brunet, brunette] [ant: blond, blonde, light-haired] n 1: a person with dark (brown) hair [syn: brunet, brunette]

n 1: a military trainee (as at a military academy) [syn: cadet, plebe]

n 1: a container that holds a magnetic tape used for recording or playing sound or video

n 1: finely ground tobacco wrapped in paper; for smoking [syn: cigarette, cigaret, coffin nail, butt, fag]

n 1: a single-reed instrument with a straight tube

n 1: a brass musical instrument with a brilliant tone; has a narrow tube and a flared bell and is played by means of valves [syn: cornet, horn, trumpet, trump]

n 1: a highly maneuverable escort warship; smaller than a destroyer

n 1: a compartment on a European passenger train; contains 4 to 6 berths for sleeping

n 1: the state of owing something (especially money); "he is badly in debt" 2: money or goods or services owed by one person to another 3: an obligation to pay or do something

v 1: dismiss from the mind; stop remembering; "I tried to bury these unpleasant memories" [syn: forget, bury] [ant: remember, think of] 2: be unable to remember; "I'm drawing a blank"; "You are blocking the name of your first wife!" [syn: forget, block, blank out, draw a blank] [ant: call back, call up, recall, recollect, remember, retrieve, think] 3: forget to do something; "Don't forget to call the chairman of the board to the meeting!" [ant: bear in mind, mind] 4: leave behind unintentionally; "I forgot my umbrella in the restaurant"; "I left my keys inside the car and locked the doors" [syn: forget, leave]

n 1: a newspaper or official journal v 1: publish in a gazette

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]

adj 1: of the blackest black; similar to the color of jet or coal [syn: coal-black, jet, jet-black, pitchy, sooty] n 1: an airplane powered by one or more jet engines [syn: jet, jet plane, jet-propelled plane] 2: the occurrence of a sudden discharge (as of liquid) [syn: jet, squirt, spurt, spirt] 3: a hard black form of lignite that takes a brilliant polish and is used in jewelry or ornamentation 4: atmospheric discharges (lasting 10 msec) bursting from the tops of giant storm clouds in blue cones that widen as they flash upward [syn: jet, blue jet, reverse lightning] 5: street names for ketamine [syn: K, jet, super acid, special K, honey oil, green, cat valium, super C] 6: an artificially produced flow of water [syn: fountain, jet] v 1: issue in a jet; come out in a jet; stream or spring forth; "Water jetted forth"; "flames were jetting out of the building" [syn: jet, gush] 2: fly a jet plane

n 1: small kitchen

n 1: eyeglasses that are held to the eyes with a long handle

n 1: slender tower with balconies

n 1: a stately court dance in the 17th century 2: a stately piece of music composed for dancing the minuet; often incorporated into a sonata or suite

adj 1: remaining after all deductions; "net profit" [syn: net, nett] [ant: gross] 2: conclusive in a process or progression; "the final answer"; "a last resort"; "the net result" [syn: final, last, net] n 1: a computer network consisting of a worldwide network of computer networks that use the TCP/IP network protocols to facilitate data transmission and exchange [syn: internet, net, cyberspace] 2: a trap made of netting to catch fish or birds or insects 3: the excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses) [syn: net income, net, net profit, lucre, profit, profits, earnings] 4: a goal lined with netting (as in soccer or hockey) 5: game equipment consisting of a strip of netting dividing the playing area in tennis or badminton 6: an open fabric of string or rope or wire woven together at regular intervals [syn: net, network, mesh, meshing, meshwork] v 1: make as a net profit; "The company cleared $1 million" [syn: net, sack, sack up, clear] 2: yield as a net profit; "This sale netted me $1 million" [syn: net, clear] 3: construct or form a web, as if by weaving [syn: web, net] 4: catch with a net; "net a fish" [syn: net, nett]

adj 1: remaining after all deductions; "net profit" [syn: net, nett] [ant: gross] v 1: catch with a net; "net a fish" [syn: net, nett]

n 1: the cardinal number that is the sum of seven and one [syn: eight, 8, VIII, eighter, eighter from Decatur, octad, ogdoad, octonary, octet] 2: eight performers or singers who perform together [syn: octet, octette] 3: a set of eight similar things considered as a unit [syn: octet, octette] 4: eight people considered as a unit [syn: octet, octette, eightsome] 5: a musical composition written for eight performers [syn: octet, octette]

n 1: the time at which something is supposed to begin; "they got an early start"; "she knew from the get-go that he was the man for her" [syn: beginning, commencement, first, outset, get-go, start, kickoff, starting time, showtime, offset] [ant: end, ending, middle] 2: a compensating equivalent [syn: counterbalance, offset] 3: a horizontal branch from the base of plant that produces new plants from buds at its tips [syn: stolon, runner, offset] 4: a natural consequence of development [syn: outgrowth, branch, offshoot, offset] 5: a plate makes an inked impression on a rubber-blanketed cylinder, which in turn transfers it to the paper [syn: offset, offset printing] 6: structure where a wall or building narrows abruptly [syn: set-back, setoff, offset] v 1: compensate for or counterbalance; "offset deposits and withdrawals" [syn: offset, countervail] 2: make up for; "His skills offset his opponent's superior strength" [syn: cancel, offset, set off] 3: cause (printed matter) to transfer or smear onto another surface 4: create an offset in; "offset a wall" 5: produce by offset printing; "offset the conference proceedings"

adj 1: preferred above all others and treated with partiality; "the favored child" [syn: favored, favorite(a), favourite(a), best-loved, pet, preferred, preferent] n 1: a domesticated animal kept for companionship or amusement 2: a special loved one [syn: darling, favorite, favourite, pet, dearie, deary, ducky] 3: a fit of petulance or sulkiness (especially at what is felt to be a slight) 4: using a computerized radiographic technique to examine the metabolic activity in various tissues (especially in the brain) [syn: positron emission tomography, PET] v 1: stroke or caress gently; "pet the lamb" 2: stroke or caress in an erotic manner, as during lovemaking

n 1: measuring instrument consisting of a graduated glass tube used to measure or transfer precise volumes of a liquid by drawing the liquid up into the tube [syn: pipet, pipette]

adj 1: set in advance; "a preset plan of action"; "at a predetermined time" [syn: preset, predetermined]

n 1: the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one [syn: four, 4, IV, tetrad, quatern, quaternion, quaternary, quaternity, quartet, quadruplet, foursome, Little Joe] 2: four performers or singers who perform together [syn: quartet, quartette] 3: a set of four similar things considered as a unit [syn: quartet, quartette, quadruplet, quadruple] 4: four people considered as a unit; "he joined a barbershop quartet"; "the foursome teed off before 9 a.m." [syn: quartet, quartette, foursome] 5: a musical composition for four performers [syn: quartet, quartette]

n 1: a musical composition for five performers [syn: quintet, quintette] 2: the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one [syn: five, 5, V, cinque, quint, quintet, fivesome, quintuplet, pentad, fin, Phoebe, Little Phoebe] 3: five performers or singers who perform together [syn: quintet, quintette] 4: a set of five similar things considered as a unit [syn: quintet, quintette, quintuplet, quintuple] 5: five people considered as a unit [syn: quintet, quintette, fivesome]

n 1: sadness associated with some wrong done or some disappointment; "he drank to drown his sorrows"; "he wrote a note expressing his regret"; "to his rue, the error cost him the game" [syn: sorrow, regret, rue, ruefulness] v 1: feel remorse for; feel sorry for; be contrite about [syn: repent, regret, rue] 2: feel sad about the loss or absence of 3: decline formally or politely; "I regret I can't come to the party" 4: express with regret; "I regret to say that you did not gain admission to Harvard"

n 1: device for resetting instruments or controls v 1: set anew; "They re-set the date on the clock" 2: set to zero; "reset instruments and dials" 3: adjust again after an initial failure [syn: readjust, reset]

v 1: place (flax, hemp, or jute) in liquid so as to promote loosening of the fibers from the woody tissue

n 1: an ornament or pattern resembling a rose that is worn as a badge of office or as recognition of having won an honor 2: rhizoctinia disease of potatoes [syn: little potato, rosette, russet scab, stem canker] 3: a cluster of leaves growing in crowded circles from a common center or crown (usually at or close to the ground) 4: circular window filled with tracery [syn: rose window, rosette]

n 1: a line generated by a point on one figure rolling around a second figure [syn: roulette, line roulette] 2: a wheel with teeth for making a row of perforations [syn: roulette, toothed wheel] 3: a gambling game in which players bet on which compartment of a revolving wheel a small ball will come to rest in

adj 1: (usually followed by `to' or `for') on the point of or strongly disposed; "in no fit state to continue"; "fit to drop"; "laughing fit to burst"; "she was fit to scream"; "primed for a fight"; "we are set to go at any time" [syn: fit(p), primed(p), set(p)] 2: fixed and unmoving; "with eyes set in a fixed glassy stare"; "his bearded face already has a set hollow look"- Connor Cruise O'Brien; "a face rigid with pain" [syn: fixed, set, rigid] 3: situated in a particular spot or position; "valuable centrally located urban land"; "strategically placed artillery"; "a house set on a hilltop"; "nicely situated on a quiet riverbank" [syn: located, placed, set, situated] 4: set down according to a plan: "a carefully laid table with places set for four people"; "stones laid in a pattern" [syn: laid, set] 5: being below the horizon; "the moon is set" 6: determined or decided upon as by an authority; "date and place are already determined"; "the dictated terms of surrender"; "the time set for the launching" [syn: determined, dictated, set] 7: converted to solid form (as concrete) [syn: hardened, set] n 1: a group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used; "a set of books"; "a set of golf clubs"; "a set of teeth" 2: (mathematics) an abstract collection of numbers or symbols; "the set of prime numbers is infinite" 3: several exercises intended to be done in series; "he did four sets of the incline bench press" [syn: set, exercise set] 4: representation consisting of the scenery and other properties used to identify the location of a dramatic production; "the sets were meticulously authentic" [syn: stage set, set] 5: an unofficial association of people or groups; "the smart set goes there"; "they were an angry lot" [syn: set, circle, band, lot] 6: a relatively permanent inclination to react in a particular way; "the set of his mind was obvious" [syn: bent, set] 7: the act of putting something in position; "he gave a final set to his hat" 8: a unit of play in tennis or squash; "they played two sets of tennis after dinner" 9: the process of becoming hard or solid by cooling or drying or crystallization; "the hardening of concrete"; "he tested the set of the glue" [syn: hardening, solidifying, solidification, set, curing] 10: evil Egyptian god with the head of a beast that has high square ears and a long snout; brother and murderer of Osiris [syn: Set, Seth] 11: the descent of a heavenly body below the horizon; "before the set of sun" 12: (psychology) being temporarily ready to respond in a particular way; "the subjects' set led them to solve problems the familiar way and to overlook the simpler solution"; "his instructions deliberately gave them the wrong set" [syn: set, readiness] 13: any electronic equipment that receives or transmits radio or tv signals; "the early sets ran on storage batteries" v 1: put into a certain place or abstract location; "Put your things here"; "Set the tray down"; "Set the dogs on the scent of the missing children"; "Place emphasis on a certain point" [syn: put, set, place, pose, position, lay] 2: fix conclusively or authoritatively; "set the rules" [syn: determine, set] 3: decide upon or fix definitely; "fix the variables"; "specify the parameters" [syn: specify, set, determine, define, fix, limit] 4: establish as the highest level or best performance; "set a record" [syn: set, mark] 5: put into a certain state; cause to be in a certain state; "set the house afire" 6: fix in a border; "The goldsmith set the diamond" 7: make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc; "Get the children ready for school!"; "prepare for war"; "I was fixing to leave town after I paid the hotel bill" [syn: fix, prepare, set up, ready, gear up, set] 8: set to a certain position or cause to operate correctly; "set clocks or instruments" 9: locate; "The film is set in Africa" [syn: set, localize, localise, place] 10: disappear beyond the horizon; "the sun sets early these days" [syn: set, go down, go under] [ant: ascend, come up, rise, uprise] 11: adapt for performance in a different way; "set this poem to music" [syn: arrange, set] 12: put or set (seeds, seedlings, or plants) into the ground; "Let's plant flowers in the garden" [syn: plant, set] 13: apply or start; "set fire to a building" 14: become gelatinous; "the liquid jelled after we added the enzyme" [syn: jell, set, congeal] 15: set in type; "My book will be typeset nicely"; "set these words in italics" [syn: typeset, set] 16: put into a position that will restore a normal state; "set a broken bone" 17: insert (a nail or screw below the surface, as into a countersink) [syn: set, countersink] 18: give a fine, sharp edge to a knife or razor 19: urge to attack someone; "The owner sicked his dogs on the intruders"; "the shaman sics sorcerers on the evil spirits" [syn: sic, set] 20: estimate; "We put the time of arrival at 8 P.M." [syn: place, put, set] 21: equip with sails or masts; "rig a ship" [syn: rig, set, set up] 22: get ready for a particular purpose or event; "set up an experiment"; "set the table"; "lay out the tools for the surgery" [syn: set up, lay out, set] 23: alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard; "Adjust the clock, please"; "correct the alignment of the front wheels" [syn: adjust, set, correct] 24: bear fruit; "the apple trees fructify" [syn: fructify, set] 25: arrange attractively; "dress my hair for the wedding" [syn: dress, arrange, set, do, coif, coiffe, coiffure]

n 1: a musical composition written for six performers [syn: sextet, sextette, sestet] 2: the cardinal number that is the sum of five and one [syn: six, 6, VI, sixer, sise, Captain Hicks, half a dozen, sextet, sestet, sextuplet, hexad] 3: six performers or singers who perform together [syn: sextet, sextette, sestet] 4: a set of six similar things considered as a unit [syn: sextet, sextette, sestet] 5: six people considered as a unit [syn: sextet, sextette, sixsome]

n 1: an outline of a solid object (as cast by its shadow) 2: a drawing of the outline of an object; filled in with some uniform color v 1: project on a background, such as a screen, like a silhouette 2: represent by a silhouette

n 1: a familiar name for a person (often a shortened version of a person's given name); "Joe's mother would not use his nickname and always called him Joseph"; "Henry's nickname was Slim" [syn: nickname, moniker, cognomen, sobriquet, soubriquet, byname]

n 1: a small carved or molded figure [syn: figurine, statuette]

v 1: printing: cancel, as of a correction or deletion 2: printing: direct that a matter marked for omission or correction is to be retained (used in the imperative)

n 1: a woman advocate of women's right to vote (especially a militant advocate in the United Kingdom at the beginning of the 20th century)

n 1: salty fluid secreted by sweat glands; "sweat poured off his brow" [syn: perspiration, sweat, sudor] 2: agitation resulting from active worry; "don't get in a stew"; "he's in a sweat about exams" [syn: fret, stew, sweat, lather, swither] 3: condensation of moisture on a cold surface; "the cold glasses were streaked with sweat" 4: use of physical or mental energy; hard work; "he got an A for effort"; "they managed only with great exertion" [syn: effort, elbow grease, exertion, travail, sweat] v 1: excrete perspiration through the pores in the skin; "Exercise makes one sweat" [syn: sweat, sudate, perspire]

adj 1: afflicted with or marked by anxious uneasiness or trouble or grief; "too upset to say anything"; "spent many disquieted moments"; "distressed about her son's leaving home"; "lapsed into disturbed sleep"; "worried parents"; "a worried frown"; "one last worried check of the sleeping children" [syn: disquieted, distressed, disturbed, upset, worried] 2: thrown into a state of disarray or confusion; "troops fleeing in broken ranks"; "a confused mass of papers on the desk"; "the small disordered room"; "with everything so upset" [syn: broken, confused, disordered, upset] 3: used of an unexpected defeat of a team favored to win; "the Bills' upset victory over the Houston Oilers" 4: mildly physically distressed; "an upset stomach" 5: having been turned so that the bottom is no longer the bottom; "an overturned car"; "the upset pitcher of milk"; "sat on an upturned bucket" [syn: overturned, upset, upturned] n 1: an unhappy and worried mental state; "there was too much anger and disturbance"; "she didn't realize the upset she caused me" [syn: disturbance, perturbation, upset] 2: the act of disturbing the mind or body; "his carelessness could have caused an ecological upset"; "she was unprepared for this sudden overthrow of their normal way of living" [syn: upset, derangement, overthrow] 3: a physical condition in which there is a disturbance of normal functioning; "the doctor prescribed some medicine for the disorder"; "everyone gets stomach upsets from time to time" [syn: disorder, upset] 4: a tool used to thicken or spread metal (the end of a bar or a rivet etc.) by forging or hammering or swaging [syn: upset, swage] 5: the act of upsetting something; "he was badly bruised by the upset of his sled at a high speed" [syn: upset, overturn, turnover] 6: an improbable and unexpected victory; "the biggest upset since David beat Goliath" [syn: overturn, upset] v 1: disturb the balance or stability of; "The hostile talks upset the peaceful relations between the two countries" 2: cause to lose one's composure [syn: upset, discompose, untune, disconcert, discomfit] 3: move deeply; "This book upset me"; "A troubling thought" [syn: disturb, upset, trouble] 4: cause to overturn from an upright or normal position; "The cat knocked over the flower vase"; "the clumsy customer turned over the vase"; "he tumped over his beer" [syn: overturn, tip over, turn over, upset, knock over, bowl over, tump over] 5: form metals with a swage [syn: swage, upset] 6: defeat suddenly and unexpectedly; "The foreign team upset the local team"

n 1: a doctor who practices veterinary medicine [syn: veterinarian, veterinary, veterinary surgeon, vet] 2: a person who has served in the armed forces [syn: veteran, vet, ex-serviceman] v 1: work as a veterinarian; "She vetted for the farms in the area for many years" 2: examine carefully; "Someone should vet this report before it goes out" 3: provide (a person) with medical care 4: provide veterinary care for

n 1: a brief literary description [syn: sketch, vignette] 2: a photograph whose edges shade off gradually 3: a small illustrative sketch (as sometimes placed at the beginning of chapters in books)

adj 1: covered or soaked with a liquid such as water; "a wet bathing suit"; "wet sidewalks"; "wet weather" [ant: dry] 2: containing moisture or volatile components; "wet paint" [ant: dry] 3: supporting or permitting the legal production and sale of alcoholic beverages; "a wet candidate running on a wet platform"; "a wet county" [ant: dry] 4: producing or secreting milk; "a wet nurse"; "a wet cow"; "lactating cows" [syn: wet, lactating] [ant: dry] 5: consisting of or trading in alcoholic liquor; "a wet cargo"; "a wet canteen" 6: very drunk [syn: besotted, blind drunk, blotto, crocked, cockeyed, fuddled, loaded, pie-eyed, pissed, pixilated, plastered, slopped, sloshed, smashed, soaked, soused, sozzled, squiffy, stiff, tight, wet] n 1: wetness caused by water; "drops of wet gleamed on the window" [syn: moisture, wet] v 1: cause to become wet; "Wet your face" [ant: dry, dry out] 2: make one's bed or clothes wet by urinating; "This eight year old boy still wets his bed"

v 1: make keen or more acute; "whet my appetite" [syn: whet, quicken] 2: sharpen by rubbing, as on a whetstone

adv 1: up to the present time; "I have yet to see the results"; "details are yet to be worked out" 2: used in negative statement to describe a situation that has existed up to this point or up to the present time; "So far he hasn't called"; "the sun isn't up yet" [syn: so far, thus far, up to now, hitherto, heretofore, as yet, yet, til now, until now] 3: to a greater degree or extent; used with comparisons; "looked sick and felt even worse"; "an even (or still) more interesting problem"; "still another problem must be solved"; "a yet sadder tale" [syn: even, yet, still] 4: within an indefinite time or at an unspecified future time; "he longed for the flowers that were yet to show themselves"; "sooner or later you will have to face the facts"; "in time they came to accept the harsh reality" [syn: yet, in time] 5: used after a superlative; "this is the best so far"; "the largest drug bust yet" [syn: so far, yet] 6: despite anything to the contrary (usually following a concession); "although I'm a little afraid, however I'd like to try it"; "while we disliked each other, nevertheless we agreed"; "he was a stern yet fair master"; "granted that it is dangerous, all the same I still want to go" [syn: however, nevertheless, withal, still, yet, all the same, even so, nonetheless, notwithstanding]

n 1: the New Year in Vietnam; observed for three days after the first full moon after January 20th

n 1: United States writer (born in England) remembered for her novels for children (1849-1924) [syn: Burnett, Frances Hodgson Burnett, Frances Eliza Hodgson Burnett]

n 1: French writer of novels about women (1873-1954) [syn: Colette, Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette, Sidonie-Gabrielle Claudine Colette]

n 1: a thin silk dress material

n 1: French missionary who accompanied Louis Joliet in exploring the upper Mississippi River valley (1637-1675) [syn: Marquette, Jacques Marquette, Pere Jacques Marquette] 2: a town on Lake Superior on the Upper Peninsula in northwest Michigan

n 1: a highly decorated ceremonial pipe of Amerindians; smoked on ceremonial occasions (especially as a token of peace) [syn: calumet, peace pipe, pipe of peace]

n 1: French soldier who served under George Washington in the American Revolution (1757-1834) [syn: Lafayette, La Fayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette] 2: a town in south central Louisiana; settled by Acadians 3: a university town in west central Indiana on the Wabash River

n 1: a drug (trade name Tagamet) used to treat peptic ulcers by decreasing the secretion of stomach acid [syn: cimetidine, Tagamet]

n 1: an autonomous region of the Peoples Republic of China; located in the Himalayas [syn: Tibet, Thibet, Xizang, Sitsang]