Words that rhyme with gritton

n 1: an associate degree in nursing [syn: Associate in Nursing, AN]

n 1: a round fastener sewn to shirts and coats etc to fit through buttonholes 2: an electrical switch operated by pressing; "the elevator was operated by push buttons"; "the push beside the bed operated a buzzer at the desk" [syn: push button, push, button] 3: any of various plant parts that resemble buttons 4: a round flat badge displaying information and suitable for pinning onto a garment; "they passed out campaign buttons for their candidate" 5: a female sexual organ homologous to the penis [syn: clitoris, clit, button] 6: a device that when pressed will release part of a mechanism [syn: release, button] 7: any artifact that resembles a button v 1: provide with buttons; "button a shirt" 2: fasten with buttons; "button the dress" [ant: unbutton]

n 1: the quantity contained in a carton [syn: carton, cartonful] 2: a box made of cardboard; opens by flaps on top

n 1: a tough semitransparent horny substance; the principal component of the exoskeletons of arthropods and the cell walls of certain fungi

n 1: soft silky fibers from cotton plants in their raw state [syn: cotton, cotton fiber, cotton wool] 2: fabric woven from cotton fibers 3: erect bushy mallow plant or small tree bearing bolls containing seeds with many long hairy fibers [syn: cotton, cotton plant] 4: thread made of cotton fibers v 1: take a liking to; "cotton to something"

n 1: a person of subnormal intelligence [syn: idiot, imbecile, cretin, moron, changeling, half-wit, retard]

n 1: hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window) [syn: curtain, drape, drapery, mantle, pall] 2: any barrier to communication or vision; "a curtain of secrecy"; "a curtain of trees" v 1: provide with drapery; "curtain the bedrooms"

v 1: take away the enthusiasm of [syn: dishearten, put off] [ant: cheer, embolden, hearten, recreate]

n 1: young domestic cat [syn: kitten, kitty] v 1: have kittens; "our cat kittened again this year"

n 1: glove that encases the thumb separately and the other four fingers together

adj 1: (used in combination) affected by something overwhelming; "conscience-smitten"; "awe-struck" [syn: smitten, stricken, struck] 2: marked by foolish or unreasoning fondness; "gaga over the rock group's new album"; "he was infatuated with her" [syn: enamored, infatuated, in love, potty, smitten, soft on(p), taken with(p)]

adj 1: based on custom rather than documentation; "an unwritten law"; "rites...so ancient that they well might have had their unwritten origins in Aurignacian times"- J.L.T.C.Spence [ant: written] 2: using speech rather than writing; "an oral tradition"; "an oral agreement" [syn: oral, unwritten] 3: said or done without having been planned or written in advance; "he made a few ad-lib remarks" [syn: ad-lib, spontaneous, unwritten]

adj 1: set down in writing in any of various ways; "written evidence" [ant: spoken] 2: systematically collected and written down; "written laws" [ant: unwritten] 3: written as for a film or play or broadcast [syn: scripted, written] [ant: unscripted]

adj 1: purchased; not homemade; "my boughten clothes"; "a store- bought dress" [syn: boughten, store-bought]

n 1: a native or inhabitant of Brittany (especially one who speaks the Breton language) 2: a Celtic language of Brittany

n 1: a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom [syn: United Kingdom, UK, U.K., Britain, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Great Britain]

adj 1: characteristic of or associated with the Britons; "the Briton inhabitants of England" n 1: a native or inhabitant of Great Britain [syn: Britisher, Briton, Brit] 2: an inhabitant of southern Britain prior to the Anglo-Saxon invasions

n 1: English explorer who with John Speke was the first European to explore Lake Tanganyika (1821-1890) [syn: Burton, Richard Burton, Sir Richard Burton, Sir Richard Francis Burton] 2: Welsh film actor who often co-starred with Elizabeth Taylor (1925-1984) [syn: Burton, Richard Burton] 3: a strong dark English ale

n 1: a woolen tunic worn by men and women in ancient Greece 2: primitive elongated bilaterally symmetrical marine mollusk having a mantle covered with eight calcareous plates [syn: chiton, coat-of-mail shell, sea cradle, polyplacophore]

n 1: English writer of historical romances (1803-1873) [syn: Lytton, First Baron Lytton, Bulwer-Lytton, Edward George Earle Bulwer-Lytton]

n 1: major English composer of the 20th century; noted for his operas (1913-1976) [syn: Britten, Benjamin Britten, Edward Benjamin Britten, Lord Britten of Aldeburgh]