Words that rhyme with knobby
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body
n 1: the entire structure of an organism (an animal, plant, or human being); "he felt as if his whole body were on fire" [syn: body, organic structure, physical structure] 2: a group of persons associated by some common tie or occupation and regarded as an entity; "the whole body filed out of the auditorium"; "the student body"; "administrative body" 3: a natural object consisting of a dead animal or person; "they found the body in the lake" [syn: body, dead body] 4: an individual 3-dimensional object that has mass and that is distinguishable from other objects; "heavenly body" 5: the body excluding the head and neck and limbs; "they moved their arms and legs and bodies" [syn: torso, trunk, body] 6: a collection of particulars considered as a system; "a body of law"; "a body of doctrine"; "a body of precedents" 7: the property of holding together and retaining its shape; "wool has more body than rayon"; "when the dough has enough consistency it is ready to bake" [syn: consistency, consistence, eubstance, body] 8: the central message of a communication; "the body of the message was short" 9: the main mass of a thing 10: a resonating chamber in a musical instrument (as the body of a violin) [syn: soundbox, body] 11: the external structure of a vehicle; "the body of the car was badly rusted" v 1: invest with or as with a body; give body to [syn: body, personify] -
be
n 1: a light strong brittle grey toxic bivalent metallic element [syn: beryllium, Be, glucinium, atomic number 4] v 1: have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun); "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer" 2: be identical to; be someone or something; "The president of the company is John Smith"; "This is my house" 3: occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere; "Where is my umbrella?" "The toolshed is in the back"; "What is behind this behavior?" 4: have an existence, be extant; "Is there a God?" [syn: exist, be] 5: happen, occur, take place; "I lost my wallet; this was during the visit to my parents' house"; "There were two hundred people at his funeral"; "There was a lot of noise in the kitchen" 6: be identical or equivalent to; "One dollar equals 1,000 rubles these days!" [syn: equal, be] [ant: differ] 7: form or compose; "This money is my only income"; "The stone wall was the backdrop for the performance"; "These constitute my entire belonging"; "The children made up the chorus"; "This sum represents my entire income for a year"; "These few men comprise his entire army" [syn: constitute, represent, make up, comprise, be] 8: work in a specific place, with a specific subject, or in a specific function; "He is a herpetologist"; "She is our resident philosopher" [syn: be, follow] 9: represent, as of a character on stage; "Derek Jacobi was Hamlet" [syn: embody, be, personify] 10: spend or use time; "I may be an hour" 11: have life, be alive; "Our great leader is no more"; "My grandfather lived until the end of war" [syn: be, live] 12: to remain unmolested, undisturbed, or uninterrupted -- used only in infinitive form; "let her be" 13: be priced at; "These shoes cost $100" [syn: cost, be] -
bee
n 1: any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species 2: a social gathering to carry out some communal task or to hold competitions -
blocky
adj 1: resembling a block in shape [syn: blockish, blocky] -
blotchy
adj 1: marked with irregularly shaped spots or blots [syn: blotched, blotchy, splotched] 2: marred by discolored spots or blotches; "blotchy skin" -
bobby
n 1: an informal term for a British policeman -
botchy
adj 1: poorly done; "a botchy piece of work"; "it was an unskillful attempt" [syn: botchy, butcherly, unskillful] -
choppy
adj 1: marked by abrupt transitions; "choppy prose" [syn: choppy, jerky] 2: rough with small waves; "choppy seas" -
cocky
adj 1: overly self-confident or self-assertive; "a very cocky young man" -
copy
n 1: a reproduction of a written record (e.g. of a legal or school record) [syn: transcript, copy] 2: a thing made to be similar or identical to another thing; "she made a copy of the designer dress"; "the clone was a copy of its ancestor" 3: matter to be printed; exclusive of graphical materials [syn: copy, written matter] 4: material suitable for a journalistic account; "catastrophes make good copy" v 1: copy down as is; "The students were made to copy the alphabet over and over" 2: reproduce someone's behavior or looks; "The mime imitated the passers-by"; "Children often copy their parents or older siblings" [syn: imitate, copy, simulate] 3: reproduce or make an exact copy of; "replicate the cell"; "copy the genetic information" [syn: replicate, copy] 4: make a replica of; "copy that drawing"; "re-create a picture by Rembrandt" [syn: copy, re-create] -
hobby
n 1: an auxiliary activity [syn: avocation, by-line, hobby, pursuit, sideline, spare-time activity] 2: a child's plaything consisting of an imitation horse mounted on rockers; the child straddles it and pretends to ride [syn: hobby, hobbyhorse, rocking horse] 3: small Old World falcon formerly trained and flown at small birds [syn: hobby, Falco subbuteo] -
kohlrabi
n 1: plant cultivated for its enlarged fleshy turnip-shaped edible stem [syn: kohlrabi, Brassica oleracea gongylodes] 2: fleshy turnip-shaped edible stem of the kohlrabi plant [syn: kohlrabi, turnip cabbage] -
lobby
n 1: a large entrance or reception room or area [syn: anteroom, antechamber, entrance hall, hall, foyer, lobby, vestibule] 2: the people who support some common cause or business or principle or sectional interest 3: a group of people who try actively to influence legislation [syn: lobby, pressure group, third house] v 1: detain in conversation by or as if by holding on to the outer garments of; as for political or economic favors [syn: lobby, buttonhole] -
snobby
adj 1: befitting or characteristic of those who incline to social exclusiveness and who rebuff the advances of people considered inferior [syn: clannish, cliquish, clubby, snobbish, snobby] -
cloggy
adj 1: (used of soil) compact and fine-grained; "the clayey soil was heavy and easily saturated" [syn: clayey, cloggy, heavy] -
squabby
adj 1: short and fat [syn: squab, squabby] -
b
n 1: aerobic rod-shaped spore-producing bacterium; often occurring in chainlike formations; found primarily in soil [syn: bacillus, B] 2: originally thought to be a single vitamin but now separated into several B vitamins [syn: B-complex vitamin, B complex, vitamin B complex, vitamin B, B vitamin, B] 3: a trivalent metalloid element; occurs both in a hard black crystal and in the form of a yellow or brown powder [syn: boron, B, atomic number 5] 4: a logarithmic unit of sound intensity equal to 10 decibels [syn: Bel, B] 5: (physics) a unit of nuclear cross section; the effective circular area that one particle presents to another as a target for an encounter [syn: barn, b] 6: the 2nd letter of the Roman alphabet [syn: B, b] 7: the blood group whose red cells carry the B antigen [syn: B, type B, group B] -
clotty
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robby
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bea
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kabi
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scobee
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scobie
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stobie
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swaby
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chalabi
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babi
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blobby
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bobbi
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bobbie
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dhabi
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dobbie
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dobey
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dobie
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gobby
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hobbie
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rabi
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robbie
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