Words that rhyme with lepper

n 1: a pauper who lives by begging [syn: beggar, mendicant] v 1: be beyond the resources of; "This beggars description!" 2: reduce to beggary [syn: beggar, pauperize, pauperise]

adv 1: comparative of `well'; in a better or more excellent manner or more advantageously or attractively or to a greater degree etc.; "She had never sung better"; "a deed better left undone"; "better suited to the job" 2: from a position of superiority or authority; "father knows best"; "I know better." [syn: better, best] adj 1: (comparative of `good') superior to another (of the same class or set or kind) in excellence or quality or desirability or suitability; more highly skilled than another; "You're a better man than I am, Gunga Din"; "a better coat"; "a better type of car"; "a suit with a better fit"; "a better chance of success"; "produced a better mousetrap"; "she's better in math than in history" [ant: worse] 2: (comparative of `good') changed for the better in health or fitness; "her health is better now"; "I feel better" [ant: worse, worsened] 3: (comparative and superlative of `well') wiser or more advantageous and hence advisable; "it would be better to speak to him"; "the White House thought it best not to respond" [syn: better(p), best(p)] 4: more than half; "argued for the better part of an hour" n 1: something superior in quality or condition or effect; "a change for the better" 2: someone who bets [syn: bettor, better, wagerer, punter] 3: a superior person having claim to precedence; "the common man has been kept in his place by his betters" 4: the superior one of two alternatives; "chose the better of the two" v 1: surpass in excellence; "She bettered her own record"; "break a record" [syn: better, break] 2: to make better; "The editor improved the manuscript with his changes" [syn: better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate] [ant: aggravate, exacerbate, exasperate, worsen] 3: get better; "The weather improved toward evening" [syn: better, improve, ameliorate, meliorate] [ant: decline, worsen]

n 1: someone who bets [syn: bettor, better, wagerer, punter]

n 1: an attendant who checks coats or baggage 2: one who checks the correctness of something 3: one of the flat round pieces used in playing the game of checkers [syn: checker, chequer] v 1: mark into squares or draw squares on; draw crossed lines on [syn: check, checker, chequer] 2: variegate with different colors, shades, or patterns [syn: checker, chequer]

n 1: a village in southwestern England where cheddar cheese was first made 2: hard smooth-textured cheese; originally made in Cheddar in southwestern England [syn: cheddar, cheddar cheese, Armerican cheddar, American cheese]

n 1: a person who owes a creditor; someone who has the obligation of paying a debt [syn: debtor, debitor] [ant: creditor]

n 1: a person afflicted with leprosy [syn: leper, lazar] 2: a pariah who is avoided by others

n 1: climber having dark red berries (peppercorns) when fully ripe; southern India and Sri Lanka; naturalized in northern Burma and Assam [syn: pepper, common pepper, black pepper, white pepper, Madagascar pepper, Piper nigrum] 2: any of various tropical plants of the genus Capsicum bearing peppers [syn: capsicum, pepper, capsicum pepper plant] 3: pungent seasoning from the berry of the common pepper plant of East India; use whole or ground [syn: pepper, peppercorn] 4: sweet and hot varieties of fruits of plants of the genus Capsicum v 1: add pepper to; "pepper the soup" 2: attack and bombard with or as if with missiles; "pelt the speaker with questions" [syn: pepper, pelt]

n 1: a professional dancer [syn: hoofer, stepper] 2: a motor (especially an electric motor) that moves or rotates in small discrete steps [syn: stepper, stepping motor] 3: a horse trained to lift its feet high off the ground while walking or trotting [syn: stepper, high stepper]

n 1: an ornamental plant suitable for planting in a flowerbed [syn: bedder, bedding plant]

n 1: English dramatist and pamphleteer (1572-1632) [syn: Dekker, Decker, Thomas Dekker, Thomas Decker] 2: (often used in combinations) something constructed with multiple levels; "they rode in a double-decker bus"