Words that rhyme with little

  • acquittal
    n 1: a judgment of not guilty [ant: condemnation, conviction, judgment of conviction, sentence]
  • belittle
    v 1: cause to seem less serious; play down; "Don't belittle his influence" [syn: minimize, belittle, denigrate, derogate] 2: express a negative opinion of; "She disparaged her student's efforts" [syn: disparage, belittle, pick at] [ant: blandish, flatter] 3: lessen the authority, dignity, or reputation of; "don't belittle your colleagues" [syn: diminish, belittle]
  • brittle
    adj 1: having little elasticity; hence easily cracked or fractured or snapped; "brittle bones"; "glass is brittle"; "`brickle' and `brickly' are dialectal" [syn: brittle, brickle, brickly] 2: lacking warmth and generosity of spirit; "a brittle and calculating woman" 3: (of metal or glass) not annealed and consequently easily cracked or fractured [syn: brittle, unannealed] n 1: caramelized sugar cooled in thin sheets [syn: brittle, toffee, toffy]
  • committal
    n 1: the official act of consigning a person to confinement (as in a prison or mental hospital) [syn: commitment, committal, consignment] 2: the act of committing a crime [syn: perpetration, commission, committal]
  • cripple
    n 1: someone who is unable to walk normally because of an injury or disability to the legs or back v 1: deprive of strength or efficiency; make useless or worthless; "This measure crippled our efforts"; "Their behavior stultified the boss's hard work" [syn: cripple, stultify] 2: deprive of the use of a limb, especially a leg; "The accident has crippled her for life" [syn: cripple, lame]
  • fiddle
    n 1: bowed stringed instrument that is the highest member of the violin family; this instrument has four strings and a hollow body and an unfretted fingerboard and is played with a bow [syn: violin, fiddle] v 1: avoid (one's assigned duties); "The derelict soldier shirked his duties" [syn: fiddle, shirk, shrink from, goldbrick] 2: commit fraud and steal from one's employer; "We found out that she had been fiddling for years" 3: play the violin or fiddle 4: play on a violin; "Zuckerman fiddled that song very nicely" 5: manipulate manually or in one's mind or imagination; "She played nervously with her wedding ring"; "Don't fiddle with the screws"; "He played with the idea of running for the Senate" [syn: toy, fiddle, diddle, play] 6: play around with or alter or falsify, usually secretively or dishonestly; "Someone tampered with the documents on my desk"; "The reporter fiddle with the facts" [syn: tamper, fiddle, monkey] 7: try to fix or mend; "Can you tinker with the T.V. set--it's not working right"; "She always fiddles with her van on the weekend" [syn: tinker, fiddle]
  • hospital
    n 1: a health facility where patients receive treatment [syn: hospital, infirmary] 2: a medical institution where sick or injured people are given medical or surgical care
  • noncommittal
    adj 1: refusing to bind oneself to a particular course of action or view or the like; "her boyfriend was noncommittal about their future together"
  • remittal
    n 1: a payment of money sent to a person in another place [syn: remittance, remittal, remission, remitment] 2: an abatement in intensity or degree (as in the manifestations of a disease); "his cancer is in remission" [syn: remission, remittal, subsidence] 3: the act of absolving or remitting; formal redemption as pronounced by a priest in the sacrament of penance [syn: absolution, remission, remittal, remission of sin]
  • skittle
    n 1: a bowling pin of the type used in playing ninepins or (in England) skittles [syn: ninepin, skittle, skittle pin] v 1: play skittles
  • spittle
    n 1: a clear liquid secreted into the mouth by the salivary glands and mucous glands of the mouth; moistens the mouth and starts the digestion of starches [syn: saliva, spit, spittle]
  • transmittal
    n 1: the act of sending a message; causing a message to be transmitted [syn: transmission, transmittal, transmitting]
  • victual
    n 1: any substance that can be used as food [syn: comestible, edible, eatable, pabulum, victual, victuals] v 1: supply with food; "The population was victualed during the war" 2: lay in provisions; "The vessel victualled before the long voyage" 3: take in nourishment
  • whittle
    n 1: English aeronautical engineer who invented the jet aircraft engine (1907-1996) [syn: Whittle, Frank Whittle, Sir Frank Whittle] v 1: cut small bits or pare shavings from; "whittle a piece of wood" [syn: whittle, pare]
  • tittle
    n 1: a tiny or scarcely detectable amount [syn: shred, scintilla, whit, iota, tittle, smidgen, smidgeon, smidgin, smidge]
  • brickle
    adj 1: having little elasticity; hence easily cracked or fractured or snapped; "brittle bones"; "glass is brittle"; "`brickle' and `brickly' are dialectal" [syn: brittle, brickle, brickly]
  • chicle
    n 1: gum-like substance from the sapodilla [syn: chicle, chicle gum]
  • doolittle
    n 1: United States Air Force officer who electrified the world in 1942 by leading a squadron of 16 bombers on a daylight raid over Tokyo (1896-1993) [syn: Doolittle, Jimmy Doolittle, James Harold Doolittle]
  • embrittle
    v 1: make brittle
  • it'll
  • kittle
  • lickspittle
  • submittal
  • bittel
  • bittle
  • hittle
  • kittel
  • kittell
  • knittel
  • littell
  • lyttle
  • pittle
  • pytel
  • smittle
  • spital
  • revictual

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