Words that rhyme with lancelot

• aglet 0
  n 1: metal or plastic sheath over the end of a shoelace or ribbon [syn: aglet, aiglet] 2: ornamental tagged cord or braid on the shoulder of a uniform [syn: aglet, aiglet, aiguilette]
• allot 0
  v 1: give out; "We were assigned new uniforms" [syn: assign, allot, portion] 2: allow to have; "grant a privilege" [syn: accord, allot, grant] 3: administer or bestow, as in small portions; "administer critical remarks to everyone present"; "dole out some money"; "shell out pocket money for the children"; "deal a blow to someone"; "the machine dispenses soft drinks" [syn: distribute, administer, mete out, deal, parcel out, lot, dispense, shell out, deal out, dish out, allot, dole out]
• amulet 0
  n 1: a trinket or piece of jewelry usually hung about the neck and thought to be a magical protection against evil or disease [syn: amulet, talisman]
• anklet 0
  n 1: a shoe for a child or woman that has a strap around the ankle 2: a sock that reaches just above the ankle [syn: anklet, anklets, bobbysock, bobbysocks] 3: an ornament worn around the ankle [syn: anklet, ankle bracelet]
• annulet 0
  n 1: (heraldry) a charge in the shape of a circle; "a hollow roundel" [syn: annulet, roundel] 2: molding in the form of a ring; at top of a column [syn: annulet, bandelet, bandelette, bandlet, square and rabbet] 3: a small ring
• appellate 0
  adj 1: of or relating to or taking account of appeals (usually legal appeals); "appellate court" [syn: appellate, appellant]
• armlet 0
  n 1: a band worn around the arm for decoration [syn: armlet, arm band]
• articulate 0
  adj 1: expressing yourself easily or characterized by clear expressive language; "articulate speech"; "an articulate orator"; "articulate beings" [ant: inarticulate, unarticulate] 2: consisting of segments held together by joints [syn: articulated, articulate] [ant: unarticulated] v 1: provide with a joint; "the carpenter jointed two pieces of wood" [syn: joint, articulate] 2: put into words or an expression; "He formulated his concerns to the board of trustees" [syn: give voice, formulate, word, phrase, articulate] 3: speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way; "She pronounces French words in a funny way"; "I cannot say `zip wire'"; "Can the child sound out this complicated word?" [syn: pronounce, articulate, enounce, sound out, enunciate, say] 4: unite by forming a joint or joints; "the ankle bone articulates with the leg bones to form the ankle bones" 5: express or state clearly [syn: articulate, enunciate, vocalize, vocalise]
• at 0
  n 1: a highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series); a decay product of uranium and thorium [syn: astatine, At, atomic number 85] 2: 100 at equal 1 kip in Laos
• auklet 0
  n 1: any of several small auks of the northern Pacific coasts
• autopilot 0
  n 1: a cognitive state in which you act without self-awareness; "she went about her chores on automatic pilot"; "too much of the writing seems to have been done on automatic pilot"; "she talked and he dozed and my mind went on autopilot" [syn: automatic pilot, autopilot] 2: a navigational device that automatically keeps ships or planes or spacecraft on a steady course [syn: autopilot, automatic pilot, robot pilot]
• baht 0
  n 1: the basic unit of money in Thailand [syn: baht, tical]
• ballot 0
  n 1: a document listing the alternatives that is used in voting 2: a choice that is made by counting the number of people in favor of each alternative; "there were only 17 votes in favor of the motion"; "they allowed just one vote per person" [syn: vote, ballot, voting, balloting] v 1: vote by ballot; "The voters were balloting in this state"
• billet 0
  n 1: a short personal letter; "drop me a line when you get there" [syn: note, short letter, line, billet] 2: lodging for military personnel (especially in a private home) 3: a job in an organization; "he occupied a post in the treasury" [syn: position, post, berth, office, spot, billet, place, situation] v 1: provide housing for (military personnel) [syn: quarter, billet, canton]
• booklet 0
  n 1: a small book usually having a paper cover [syn: booklet, brochure, folder, leaflet, pamphlet]
• bracelet 0
  n 1: a band of cloth or leather or metal links attached to a wristwatch and wrapped around the wrist [syn: watchband, watchstrap, wristband, watch bracelet, bracelet] 2: jewelry worn around the wrist for decoration [syn: bracelet, bangle]
• bullet 0
  n 1: a projectile that is fired from a gun [syn: bullet, slug] 2: a high-speed passenger train [syn: bullet train, bullet] 3: (baseball) a pitch thrown with maximum velocity; "he swung late on the fastball"; "he showed batters nothing but smoke" [syn: fastball, heater, smoke, hummer, bullet]
• cachalot 0
  n 1: large whale with a large cavity in the head containing spermaceti and oil; also a source of ambergris [syn: sperm whale, cachalot, black whale, Physeter catodon]
• capsulate 0
  adj 1: used of seeds or spores that are enclosed in a capsule [syn: capsulate, capsulated] v 1: enclose in a capsule [syn: capsule, capsulate, capsulize, capsulise]
• chaplet 0
  n 1: flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes [syn: wreath, garland, coronal, chaplet, lei]
• chocolate 0
  n 1: a beverage made from cocoa powder and milk and sugar; usually drunk hot [syn: cocoa, chocolate, hot chocolate, drinking chocolate] 2: a food made from roasted ground cacao beans 3: a medium brown to dark-brown color [syn: chocolate, coffee, deep brown, umber, burnt umber]
• circlet 0
  n 1: a small circle 2: decorated metal band worn around the head
• consulate 0
  n 1: diplomatic building that serves as the residence or workplace of a consul
• correlate 0
  adj 1: mutually related [syn: correlative, correlate, correlated] n 1: either of two or more related or complementary variables [syn: correlate, correlative] v 1: to bear a reciprocal or mutual relation; "Do these facts correlate?" 2: bring into a mutual, complementary, or reciprocal relation; "I cannot correlate these two pieces of information"
• corselet 0
  n 1: a piece of body armor for the trunk; usually consists of a breastplate and back piece [syn: corselet, corslet]
• cot 0
  n 1: a sheath worn to protect a finger [syn: fingerstall, cot] 2: baby bed with high sides made of slats [syn: crib, cot] 3: a small bed that folds up for storage or transport [syn: cot, camp bed]
• counterplot 0
  n 1: a plot intended to subvert another plot [syn: counterplot, counterplan] v 1: make a plot in response to another plot
• couplet 0
  n 1: two items of the same kind [syn: couple, pair, twosome, twain, brace, span, yoke, couplet, distich, duo, duet, dyad, duad] 2: a stanza consisting of two successive lines of verse; usually rhymed
• coverlet 0
  n 1: a decorative bedspread (usually quilted)
• cutlet 0
  n 1: thin slice of meat (especially veal) usually fried or broiled [syn: cutlet, scallop, scollop, escallop]
• denticulate 0
  adj 1: having a very finely toothed margin
• desolate 0
  adj 1: providing no shelter or sustenance; "bare rocky hills"; "barren lands"; "the bleak treeless regions of the high Andes"; "the desolate surface of the moon"; "a stark landscape" [syn: bare, barren, bleak, desolate, stark] 2: crushed by grief; "depressed and desolate of soul"; "a low desolate wail" v 1: leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch; "The mother deserted her children" [syn: abandon, forsake, desolate, desert] 2: reduce in population; "The epidemic depopulated the countryside" [syn: depopulate, desolate] 3: cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly; "The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion" [syn: lay waste to, waste, devastate, desolate, ravage, scourge]
• disconsolate 0
  adj 1: sad beyond comforting; incapable of being consoled; "inconsolable when her son died" [syn: inconsolable, disconsolate, unconsolable] [ant: consolable] 2: causing dejection; "a blue day"; "the dark days of the war"; "a week of rainy depressing weather"; "a disconsolate winter landscape"; "the first dismal dispiriting days of November"; "a dark gloomy day"; "grim rainy weather" [syn: blue, dark, dingy, disconsolate, dismal, gloomy, grim, sorry, drab, drear, dreary]
• distillate 0
  n 1: a purified liquid produced by condensation from a vapor during distilling; the product of distilling [syn: distillate, distillation]
• dot 0
  n 1: a very small circular shape; "a row of points"; "draw lines between the dots" [syn: point, dot] 2: the United States federal department that institutes and coordinates national transportation programs; created in 1966 [syn: Department of Transportation, Transportation, DoT] 3: the shorter of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code [syn: dot, dit] 4: street name for lysergic acid diethylamide [syn: acid, back breaker, battery-acid, dose, dot, Elvis, loony toons, Lucy in the sky with diamonds, pane, superman, window pane, Zen] v 1: scatter or intersperse like dots or studs; "Hills constellated with lights" [syn: dot, stud, constellate] 2: distribute loosely; "He scattered gun powder under the wagon" [syn: scatter, sprinkle, dot, dust, disperse] 3: make a dot or dots 4: mark with a dot; "dot your `i's"
• doublet 0
  n 1: a man's close-fitting jacket; worn during the Renaissance
• driblet 0
  n 1: a small indefinite quantity (especially of a liquid); "he had a drop too much to drink"; "a drop of each sample was analyzed"; "there is not a drop of pity in that man"; "years afterward, they would pay the blood-money, driblet by driblet"--Kipling [syn: drop, drib, driblet]
• droplet 0
  n 1: a tiny drop
• eaglet 0
  n 1: a young eagle
• ejaculate 0
  n 1: the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract [syn: semen, seed, seminal fluid, ejaculate, cum, come] v 1: utter impulsively; "He blurted out the secret"; "He blundered his stupid ideas" [syn: blurt out, blurt, blunder out, blunder, ejaculate] 2: eject semen
• eyelet 0
  n 1: a small hole (usually round and finished around the edges) in cloth or leather for the passage of a cord or hook or bar [syn: eyelet, eyehole] 2: fastener consisting of a metal ring for lining a small hole to permit the attachment of cords or lines [syn: cringle, eyelet, loop, grommet, grummet]
• feedlot 0
  n 1: a building where livestock are fattened for market
• fillet 0
  n 1: a boneless steak cut from the tenderloin of beef [syn: fillet, filet] 2: a longitudinal slice or boned side of a fish [syn: fillet, filet, fish fillet, fish filet] 3: a bundle of sensory nerve fibers going to the thalamus [syn: lemniscus, fillet] 4: a narrow headband or strip of ribbon worn as a headband [syn: taenia, tenia, fillet] 5: fastener consisting of a narrow strip of welded metal used to join steel members [syn: fillet, stopping] v 1: decorate with a lace of geometric designs [syn: fillet, filet] 2: cut into filets; "filet the fish" [syn: fillet, filet]
• flagellate 0
  adj 1: having or resembling a lash or whip (as does a flagellum) [syn: flagellate, flagellated, whiplike, lash- like] n 1: a usually nonphotosynthetic free-living protozoan with whiplike appendages; some are pathogens of humans and other animals [syn: flagellate, flagellate protozoan, flagellated protozoan, mastigophoran, mastigophore] v 1: whip; "The religious fanatics flagellated themselves" [syn: flagellate, scourge]
• flageolet 0
  n 1: a French bean variety with light-colored seeds; usually dried [syn: flageolet, haricot] 2: a small fipple flute with four finger holes and two thumb holes [syn: flageolet, treble recorder, shepherd's pipe]
• flatlet 0
  n 1: a tiny flat
• frontlet 0
  n 1: an adornment worn on the forehead [syn: frontlet, frontal]
• gauntlet 0
  n 1: to offer or accept a challenge; "threw down the gauntlet"; "took up the gauntlet" [syn: gauntlet, gantlet] 2: a glove of armored leather; protects the hand [syn: gauntlet, gantlet, metal glove] 3: a glove with long sleeve [syn: gauntlet, gantlet] 4: a form of punishment in which a person is forced to run between two lines of men facing each other and armed with clubs or whips to beat the victim [syn: gauntlet, gantlet]
• gimlet 0
  n 1: a cocktail made of gin or vodka and lime juice 2: hand tool for boring holes [syn: auger, gimlet, screw auger, wimble]
• goblet 0
  n 1: a drinking glass with a base and stem 2: a bowl-shaped drinking vessel; especially the Eucharistic cup [syn: chalice, goblet]
• hamlet 0
  n 1: a community of people smaller than a village [syn: hamlet, crossroads] 2: the hero of William Shakespeare's tragedy who hoped to avenge the murder of his father 3: a settlement smaller than a town [syn: village, hamlet]
• harlot 0
  n 1: a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money [syn: prostitute, cocotte, whore, harlot, bawd, tart, cyprian, fancy woman, working girl, sporting lady, lady of pleasure, woman of the street]
• helot 0
  n 1: (Middle Ages) a person who is bound to the land and owned by the feudal lord [syn: serf, helot, villein]
• hot 0
  adj 1: used of physical heat; having a high or higher than desirable temperature or giving off heat or feeling or causing a sensation of heat or burning; "hot stove"; "hot water"; "a hot August day"; "a hot stuffy room"; "she's hot and tired"; "a hot forehead" [ant: cold] 2: characterized by violent and forceful activity or movement; very intense; "the fighting became hot and heavy"; "a hot engagement"; "a raging battle"; "the river became a raging torrent" [syn: hot, raging] 3: extended meanings; especially of psychological heat; marked by intensity or vehemence especially of passion or enthusiasm; "a hot temper"; "a hot topic"; "a hot new book"; "a hot love affair"; "a hot argument" [ant: cold] 4: (color) bold and intense; "hot pink" 5: sexually excited or exciting; "was hot for her"; "hot pants" 6: recently stolen or smuggled; "hot merchandise"; "a hot car" 7: very fast; capable of quick response and great speed; "a hot sports car"; "a blistering pace"; "got off to a hot start"; "in hot pursuit"; "a red-hot line drive" [syn: blistering, hot, red-hot] 8: wanted by the police; "a hot suspect" 9: producing a burning sensation on the taste nerves; "hot salsa"; "jalapeno peppers are very hot" [syn: hot, spicy] 10: performed or performing with unusually great skill and daring and energy; "a hot drummer"; "he's hot tonight" 11: very popular or successful; "one of the hot young talents"; "cabbage patch dolls were hot last season" 12: very unpleasant or even dangerous; "make it hot for him"; "in the hot seat"; "in hot water" 13: newest or most recent; "news hot off the press"; "red-hot information" [syn: hot, red-hot] 14: having or bringing unusually good luck; "hot at craps"; "the dice are hot tonight" 15: very good; often used in the negative; "he's hot at math but not so hot at history" 16: newly made; "a hot scent" 17: having or showing great eagerness or enthusiasm; "hot for travel" 18: of a seeker; very near to the object sought; "you are hot" 19: having or dealing with dangerously high levels of radioactivity; "hot fuel rods"; "a hot laboratory" 20: charged or energized with electricity; "a hot wire"; "a live wire" [syn: hot, live] 21: marked by excited activity; "a hot week on the stock market"
• immaculate 0
  adj 1: completely neat and clean; "the apartment was immaculate"; "in her immaculate white uniform"; "a spick- and-span kitchen"; "their spic red-visored caps" [syn: immaculate, speckless, spick-and-span, spic-and- span, spic, spick, spotless] 2: free from stain or blemish [syn: immaculate, undefiled] 3: without fault or error; "faultless logic"; "speaks impeccable French"; "timing and technique were immaculate"; "an immaculate record" [syn: faultless, immaculate, impeccable]
• inarticulate 0
  adj 1: without or deprived of the use of speech or words; "inarticulate beasts"; "remained stupidly inarticulate and saying something noncommittal"; "inarticulate with rage"; "an inarticulate cry" [syn: inarticulate, unarticulate] [ant: articulate]
• inkblot 0
  n 1: a blot made with ink
• inlet 0
  n 1: an arm off of a larger body of water (often between rocky headlands) [syn: inlet, recess] 2: an opening through which fluid is admitted to a tube or container [syn: intake, inlet]
• inviolate 0
  adj 1: (of a woman) having the hymen unbroken; "she was intact, virginal" [syn: intact, inviolate] 2: must be kept sacred [syn: inviolable, inviolate, sacrosanct]
• islet 0
  n 1: a small island [syn: isle, islet]
• isolate 0
  v 1: place or set apart; "They isolated the political prisoners from the other inmates" [syn: isolate, insulate] 2: obtain in pure form; "The chemist managed to isolate the compound" 3: set apart from others; "The dentist sequesters the tooth he is working on" [syn: sequester, sequestrate, keep apart, set apart, isolate] 4: separate (experiences) from the emotions relating to them
• jot 0
  n 1: a brief (and hurriedly handwritten) note [syn: jotting, jot] 2: a slight but appreciable amount; "this dish could use a touch of garlic" [syn: touch, hint, tinge, mite, pinch, jot, speck, soupcon] v 1: write briefly or hurriedly; write a short note of [syn: jot down, jot]
• kinglet 0
  n 1: small birds resembling warblers but having some of the habits of titmice
• knot 0
  n 1: a tight cluster of people or things; "a small knot of women listened to his sermon"; "the bird had a knot of feathers forming a crest" 2: any of various fastenings formed by looping and tying a rope (or cord) upon itself or to another rope or to another object 3: a hard cross-grained round piece of wood in a board where a branch emerged; "the saw buckled when it hit a knot" 4: something twisted and tight and swollen; "their muscles stood out in knots"; "the old man's fists were two great gnarls"; "his stomach was in knots" [syn: knot, gnarl] 5: a unit of length used in navigation; exactly 1,852 meters; historically based on the distance spanned by one minute of arc in latitude [syn: nautical mile, mile, mi, naut mi, knot, international nautical mile, air mile] 6: soft lump or unevenness in a yarn; either an imperfection or created by design [syn: slub, knot, burl] 7: a sandpiper that breeds in the Arctic and winters in the southern hemisphere [syn: knot, greyback, grayback, Calidris canutus] v 1: make into knots; make knots out of; "She knotted her fingers" 2: tie or fasten into a knot; "knot the shoelaces" 3: tangle or complicate; "a ravelled story" [syn: ravel, tangle, knot] [ant: ravel, ravel out, unknot, unpick, unravel, unscramble, untangle]
• lancelet 0
  n 1: small translucent lancet-shaped burrowing marine animal; primitive forerunner of the vertebrates [syn: lancelet, amphioxus]
• leaflet 0
  n 1: a thin triangular flap of a heart valve [syn: cusp, leaflet] 2: part of a compound leaf 3: a small book usually having a paper cover [syn: booklet, brochure, folder, leaflet, pamphlet]
• mallet 0
  n 1: a sports implement with a long handle and a head like a hammer; used in sports (polo or croquet) to hit a ball 2: a light drumstick with a rounded head that is used to strike such percussion instruments as chimes, kettledrums, marimbas, glockenspiels, etc. [syn: mallet, hammer] 3: a tool resembling a hammer but with a large head (usually wooden); used to drive wedges or ram down paving stones or for crushing or beating or flattening or smoothing [syn: mallet, beetle]
• mullet 0
  n 1: highly valued lean flesh of marine or freshwater mullet [syn: mullet, grey mullet, gray mullet] 2: freshwater or coastal food fishes a spindle-shaped body; found worldwide [syn: mullet, grey mullet, gray mullet] 3: bottom dwelling marine warm water fishes with two barbels on the chin
• not 0
  adv 1: negation of a word or group of words; "he does not speak French"; "she is not going"; "they are not friends"; "not many"; "not much"; "not at all" [syn: not, non]
• nutlet 0
  n 1: a small nut
• ocelot 0
  n 1: nocturnal wildcat of Central America and South America having a dark-spotted buff-brown coat [syn: ocelot, panther cat, Felis pardalis]
• omelette 0
  n 1: beaten eggs or an egg mixture cooked until just set; may be folded around e.g. ham or cheese or jelly [syn: omelet, omelette]
• palette 0
  n 1: the range of colour characteristic of a particular artist or painting or school of art [syn: palette, pallet] 2: board that provides a flat surface on which artists mix paints and the range of colors used [syn: palette, pallet] 3: one of the rounded armor plates at the armpits of a suit of armor [syn: pallette, palette]
• pallet 0
  n 1: the range of colour characteristic of a particular artist or painting or school of art [syn: palette, pallet] 2: a portable platform for storing or moving goods that are stacked on it 3: a hand tool with a flat blade used by potters for mixing and shaping clay 4: a mattress filled with straw or a pad made of quilts; used as a bed 5: board that provides a flat surface on which artists mix paints and the range of colors used [syn: palette, pallet]
• pamphlet 0
  n 1: a small book usually having a paper cover [syn: booklet, brochure, folder, leaflet, pamphlet] 2: a brief treatise on a subject of interest; published in the form of a booklet [syn: tract, pamphlet]
• particulate 0
  adj 1: composed of distinct particles [ant: nonparticulate] n 1: a small discrete mass of solid or liquid matter that remains individually dispersed in gas or liquid emissions (usually considered to be an atmospheric pollutant) [syn: particulate, particulate matter]
• piglet 0
  n 1: a young pig [syn: piglet, piggy, shoat, shote]
• pilot 0
  n 1: someone who is licensed to operate an aircraft in flight [syn: pilot, airplane pilot] 2: a person qualified to guide ships through difficult waters going into or out of a harbor 3: a program exemplifying a contemplated series; intended to attract sponsors [syn: pilot program, pilot film, pilot] 4: something that serves as a model or a basis for making copies; "this painting is a copy of the original" [syn: original, archetype, pilot] 5: small auxiliary gas burner that provides a flame to ignite a larger gas burner [syn: pilot burner, pilot light, pilot] 6: an inclined metal frame at the front of a locomotive to clear the track [syn: fender, buffer, cowcatcher, pilot] v 1: operate an airplane; "The pilot flew to Cuba" [syn: fly, aviate, pilot] 2: act as the navigator in a car, plane, or vessel and plan, direct, plot the path and position of the conveyance; "Is anyone volunteering to navigate during the trip?"; "Who was navigating the ship during the accident?" [syn: navigate, pilot]
• platelet 0
  n 1: tiny bits of protoplasm found in vertebrate blood; essential for blood clotting [syn: platelet, blood platelet, thrombocyte]
• polyglot 0
  adj 1: having a command of or composed in many languages; "a polyglot traveler"; "a polyglot Bible contains versions in different languages" n 1: a person who speaks more than one language [syn: linguist, polyglot]
• postulate 0
  n 1: (logic) a proposition that is accepted as true in order to provide a basis for logical reasoning [syn: postulate, posit] v 1: maintain or assert; "He contended that Communism had no future" [syn: contend, postulate] 2: take as a given; assume as a postulate or axiom; "He posited three basic laws of nature" [syn: postulate, posit] 3: require as useful, just, or proper; "It takes nerve to do what she did"; "success usually requires hard work"; "This job asks a lot of patience and skill"; "This position demands a lot of personal sacrifice"; "This dinner calls for a spectacular dessert"; "This intervention does not postulate a patient's consent" [syn: necessitate, ask, postulate, need, require, take, involve, call for, demand] [ant: eliminate, obviate, rid of]
• pot 0
  n 1: metal or earthenware cooking vessel that is usually round and deep; often has a handle and lid 2: a plumbing fixture for defecation and urination [syn: toilet, can, commode, crapper, pot, potty, stool, throne] 3: the quantity contained in a pot [syn: pot, potful] 4: a container in which plants are cultivated [syn: pot, flowerpot] 5: (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent; "a batch of letters"; "a deal of trouble"; "a lot of money"; "he made a mint on the stock market"; "see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos"; "it must have cost plenty"; "a slew of journalists"; "a wad of money" [syn: batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad] 6: the cumulative amount involved in a game (such as poker) [syn: pot, jackpot, kitty] 7: slang for a paunch [syn: pot, potbelly, bay window, corporation, tummy] 8: a resistor with three terminals, the third being an adjustable center terminal; used to adjust voltages in radios and TV sets [syn: potentiometer, pot] 9: street names for marijuana [syn: pot, grass, green goddess, dope, weed, gage, sess, sens, smoke, skunk, locoweed, Mary Jane] v 1: plant in a pot; "He potted the palm"
• prelate 0
  n 1: a senior clergyman and dignitary [syn: archpriest, hierarch, high priest, prelate, primate]
• pullet 0
  n 1: flesh of a medium-sized young chicken suitable for frying [syn: fryer, frier, pullet] 2: young hen usually less than a year old
• quadruplet 0
  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: one of four children born at the same time from the same pregnancy [syn: quadruplet, quad] 3: a set of four similar things considered as a unit [syn: quartet, quartette, quadruplet, quadruple]
• reticulate 0
  adj 1: resembling or forming a network; "the reticulate veins of a leaf"; "a reticulated highway system" [syn: reticulate, reticular] [ant: nonreticulate] v 1: form a net or a network 2: distribute by a network, as of water or electricity 3: divide so as to form a network
• ringlet 0
  n 1: a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals) [syn: coil, whorl, roll, curl, curlicue, ringlet, gyre, scroll] 2: a strand or cluster of hair [syn: lock, curl, ringlet, whorl] 3: a small ring 4: any of various butterflies belonging to the family Satyridae [syn: ringlet, ringlet butterfly]
• rivulet 0
  n 1: a small stream [syn: rivulet, rill, run, runnel, streamlet]
• rootlet 0
  n 1: small root or division of a root
• rot 0
  n 1: a state of decay usually accompanied by an offensive odor [syn: putrefaction, rot] 2: (biology) the process of decay caused by bacterial or fungal action [syn: decomposition, rot, rotting, putrefaction] 3: unacceptable behavior (especially ludicrously false statements) [syn: bunk, bunkum, buncombe, guff, rot, hogwash] v 1: break down; "The bodies decomposed in the heat" [syn: decompose, rot, molder, moulder] 2: become physically weaker; "Political prisoners are wasting away in many prisons all over the world" [syn: waste, rot]
• sandlot 0
  n 1: a vacant lot used by city boys to play games
• scarlet 0
  adj 1: of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies [syn: red, reddish, ruddy, blood-red, carmine, cerise, cherry, cherry-red, crimson, ruby, ruby-red, scarlet] n 1: a variable color that is vivid red but sometimes with an orange tinge [syn: scarlet, vermilion, orange red]
• sextuplet 0
  n 1: 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]
• shallot 0
  n 1: aggregate bulb of the multiplier onion 2: type of onion plant producing small clustered mild-flavored bulbs used as seasoning [syn: shallot, eschalot, multiplier onion, Allium cepa aggregatum, Allium ascalonicum] 3: small mild-flavored onion-like or garlic-like clustered bulbs used for seasoning
• shot 0
  adj 1: varying in color when seen in different lights or from different angles; "changeable taffeta"; "chatoyant (or shot) silk"; "a dragonfly hovered, vibrating and iridescent" [syn: changeable, chatoyant, iridescent, shot] n 1: the act of firing a projectile; "his shooting was slow but accurate" [syn: shooting, shot] 2: a solid missile discharged from a firearm; "the shot buzzed past his ear" [syn: shot, pellet] 3: (sports) the act of swinging or striking at a ball with a club or racket or bat or cue or hand; "it took two strokes to get out of the bunker"; "a good shot requires good balance and tempo"; "he left me an almost impossible shot" [syn: stroke, shot] 4: a chance to do something; "he wanted a shot at the champion" [syn: shot, crack] 5: a person who shoots (usually with respect to their ability to shoot); "he is a crack shot"; "a poor shooter" [syn: shot, shooter] 6: a consecutive series of pictures that constitutes a unit of action in a film [syn: scene, shot] 7: the act of putting a liquid into the body by means of a syringe; "the nurse gave him a flu shot" [syn: injection, shot] 8: a small drink of liquor; "he poured a shot of whiskey" [syn: nip, shot] 9: an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect; "his parting shot was `drop dead'"; "she threw shafts of sarcasm"; "she takes a dig at me every chance she gets" [syn: shot, shaft, slam, dig, barb, jibe, gibe] 10: an estimate based on little or no information [syn: guess, guesswork, guessing, shot, dead reckoning] 11: an informal photograph; usually made with a small hand-held camera; "my snapshots haven't been developed yet"; "he tried to get unposed shots of his friends" [syn: snapshot, snap, shot] 12: sports equipment consisting of a heavy metal ball used in the shot put; "he trained at putting the shot" 13: an explosive charge used in blasting 14: a blow hard enough to cause injury; "he is still recovering from a shot to his leg"; "I caught him with a solid shot to the chin" 15: an attempt to score in a game 16: informal words for any attempt or effort; "he gave it his best shot"; "he took a stab at forecasting" [syn: shot, stab] 17: the launching of a missile or spacecraft to a specified destination [syn: blastoff, shot]
• skillet 0
  n 1: a pan used for frying foods [syn: frying pan, frypan, skillet]
• spot 0
  n 1: a point located with respect to surface features of some region; "this is a nice place for a picnic"; "a bright spot on a planet" [syn: topographic point, place, spot] 2: a short section or illustration (as between radio or tv programs or in a magazine) that is often used for advertising 3: an outstanding characteristic; "his acting was one of the high points of the movie" [syn: point, spot] 4: a blemish made by dirt; "he had a smudge on his cheek" [syn: smudge, spot, blot, daub, smear, smirch, slur] 5: a small contrasting part of something; "a bald spot"; "a leopard's spots"; "a patch of clouds"; "patches of thin ice"; "a fleck of red" [syn: spot, speckle, dapple, patch, fleck, maculation] 6: a section of an entertainment that is assigned to a specific performer or performance; "they changed his spot on the program" 7: a business establishment for entertainment; "night spot" 8: a job in an organization; "he occupied a post in the treasury" [syn: position, post, berth, office, spot, billet, place, situation] 9: a slight attack of illness; "he has a touch of rheumatism" [syn: touch, spot] 10: 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] 11: a mark on a die or on a playing card (shape depending on the suit) [syn: spot, pip] 12: a lamp that produces a strong beam of light to illuminate a restricted area; used to focus attention of a stage performer [syn: spotlight, spot] 13: a playing card with a specified number of pips on it to indicate its value; "an eight-spot" 14: an act that brings discredit to the person who does it; "he made a huge blot on his copybook" [syn: blot, smear, smirch, spot, stain] v 1: catch sight of [syn: descry, spot, espy, spy] 2: detect with the senses; "The fleeing convicts were picked out of the darkness by the watchful prison guards"; "I can't make out the faces in this photograph" [syn: spot, recognize, recognise, distinguish, discern, pick out, make out, tell apart] 3: mar or impair with a flaw; "her face was blemished" [syn: blemish, spot] 4: make a spot or mark onto; "The wine spotted the tablecloth" [syn: spot, fleck, blob, blot] 5: become spotted; "This dress spots quickly" 6: mark with a spot or spots so as to allow easy recognition; "spot the areas that one should clearly identify"
• squat 0
  adj 1: short and thick; as e.g. having short legs and heavy musculature; "some people seem born to be square and chunky"; "a dumpy little dumpling of a woman"; "dachshunds are long lowset dogs with drooping ears"; "a little church with a squat tower"; "a squatty red smokestack"; "a stumpy ungainly figure" [syn: chunky, dumpy, low-set, squat, squatty, stumpy] 2: having a low center of gravity; built low to the ground [syn: squat, underslung] n 1: exercising by repeatedly assuming a crouching position with the knees bent; strengthens the leg muscles [syn: knee bend, squat, squatting] 2: a small worthless amount; "you don't know jack" [syn: jack, doodly-squat, diddly-squat, diddlysquat, diddly-shit, diddlyshit, diddly, diddley, squat, shit] 3: the act of assuming or maintaining a crouching position with the knees bent and the buttocks near the heels [syn: squat, squatting] v 1: sit on one's heels; "In some cultures, the women give birth while squatting"; "The children hunkered down to protect themselves from the sandstorm" [syn: squat, crouch, scrunch, scrunch up, hunker, hunker down] 2: be close to the earth, or be disproportionately wide; "The building squatted low" 3: occupy (a dwelling) illegally
• starlet 0
  n 1: a young (film) actress who is publicized as a future star 2: a small star
• streamlet 0
  n 1: a small stream [syn: rivulet, rill, run, runnel, streamlet]

See also lancelot definition and lancelot synonyms