Words that rhyme with lappet

• agate 0
  n 1: an impure form of quartz consisting of banded chalcedony; used as a gemstone and for making mortars and pestles
• armpit 0
  n 1: the hollow under the arm where it is joined to the shoulder; "they were up to their armpits in water" [syn: armpit, axilla, axillary cavity, axillary fossa]
• 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
• bracket 0
  n 1: a category falling within certain defined limits 2: either of two punctuation marks (`
• carpet 0
  n 1: floor covering consisting of a piece of thick heavy fabric (usually with nap or pile) [syn: rug, carpet, carpeting] 2: a natural object that resembles or suggests a carpet; "a carpet of flowers"; "the larvae of some moths spin a web that resembles a carpet" v 1: form a carpet-like cover (over) 2: cover completely, as if with a carpet; "flowers carpeted the meadows" 3: cover with a carpet; "carpet the floors of the house"
• cesspit 0
  n 1: a covered cistern; waste water and sewage flow into it [syn: cesspool, cesspit, sink, sump]
• cockpit 0
  n 1: compartment where the pilot sits while flying the aircraft 2: a pit for cockfights 3: seat where the driver sits while driving a racing car
• cohabit 0
  v 1: share living quarters; usually said of people who are not married and live together as a couple [syn: cohabit, live together, shack up]
• crumpet 0
  n 1: a thick soft cake with a porous texture; cooked on a griddle
• decrepit 0
  adj 1: worn and broken down by hard use; "a creaky shack"; "a decrepit bus...its seats held together with friction tape"; "a flea-bitten sofa"; "a run-down neighborhood"; "a woebegone old shack" [syn: creaky, decrepit, derelict, flea-bitten, run-down, woebegone] 2: lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality; "a feeble old woman"; "her body looked sapless" [syn: decrepit, debile, feeble, infirm, rickety, sapless, weak, weakly]
• fleapit 0
  n 1: an old shabby movie theater
• kaput 0
  adj 1: destroyed or killed; "we are gone geese" [syn: done for(p), kaput(p), gone(a)]
• limpet 0
  n 1: mollusk with a low conical shell 2: any of various usually marine gastropods with low conical shells; found clinging to rocks in littoral areas
• moppet 0
  n 1: a little girl (usually one you are fond of)
• pipit 0
  n 1: a songbird that lives mainly on the ground in open country; has streaky brown plumage [syn: pipit, titlark, lark]
• pulpit 0
  n 1: a platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it [syn: dais, podium, pulpit, rostrum, ambo, stump, soapbox]
• puppet 0
  n 1: a small figure of a person operated from above with strings by a puppeteer [syn: puppet, marionette] 2: a person who is controlled by others and is used to perform unpleasant or dishonest tasks for someone else [syn: creature, tool, puppet] 3: a doll with a hollow head of a person or animal and a cloth body; intended to fit over the hand and be manipulated with the fingers
• respite 0
  n 1: a (temporary) relief from harm or discomfort [syn: reprieve, respite] 2: a pause from doing something (as work); "we took a 10-minute break"; "he took time out to recuperate" [syn: respite, recess, break, time out] 3: an interruption in the intensity or amount of something [syn: suspension, respite, reprieve, hiatus, abatement] 4: a pause for relaxation; "people actually accomplish more when they take time for short rests" [syn: respite, rest, relief, rest period] 5: the act of reprieving; postponing or remitting punishment [syn: reprieve, respite] v 1: postpone the punishment of a convicted criminal, such as an execution [syn: reprieve, respite]
• sandpit 0
  n 1: a large pit in sandy ground from which sand is dug 2: a plaything consisting of a pile of sand or a box filled with sand for children to play in [syn: sandbox, sandpile, sandpit]
• snippet 0
  n 1: a small piece of anything (especially a piece that has been snipped off) [syn: snip, snippet, snipping]
• strumpet 0
  n 1: a woman adulterer [syn: adulteress, fornicatress, hussy, jade, loose woman, slut, strumpet, trollop]
• tappet 0
  n 1: a lever that is moved in order to tap something else
• tippet 0
  n 1: a woman's fur shoulder cape with hanging ends; often consisting of the whole fur of a fox or marten
• trumpet 0
  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] v 1: proclaim on, or as if on, a trumpet; "Liberals like to trumpet their opposition to the death penalty" 2: play or blow on the trumpet 3: utter in trumpet-like sounds; "Elephants are trumpeting"
• turnspit 0
  n 1: a roasting spit that can be turned
• whippet 0
  n 1: small slender dog of greyhound type developed in England
• babbitt 0
  n 1: an alloy of tin with some copper and antimony; a lining for bearings that reduces friction [syn: Babbitt metal, babbitt] v 1: line with a Babbitt metal
• cabot 0
  n 1: son of John Cabot who was born in Italy and who led an English expedition in search of the Northwest Passage and a Spanish expedition that explored the La Plata region of Brazil; in 1544 he published a map of the world (1476-1557) [syn: Cabot, Sebastian Cabot] 2: Italian explorer who led the English expedition in 1497 that discovered the mainland of North America and explored the coast from Nova Scotia to Newfoundland (ca. 1450-1498) [syn: Cabot, John Cabot, Giovanni Cabato]
• poppet 0
  n 1: a mushroom-shaped valve that rises perpendicularly from its seat; commonly used in internal-combustion engines [syn: poppet, poppet valve]
• incipit 0
• chaput 0
• skippet 0
• tippett 0

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