Words that rhyme with palter

  • altar
    n 1: the table in Christian churches where communion is given [syn: altar, communion table, Lord's table] 2: a raised structure on which gifts or sacrifices to a god are made
  • alter
    v 1: cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" [syn: change, alter, modify] 2: become different in some particular way, without permanently losing one's or its former characteristics or essence; "her mood changes in accordance with the weather"; "The supermarket's selection of vegetables varies according to the season" [syn: change, alter, vary] 3: make an alteration to; "This dress needs to be altered" 4: insert words into texts, often falsifying it thereby [syn: interpolate, alter, falsify] 5: remove the ovaries of; "Is your cat spayed?" [syn: alter, neuter, spay, castrate]
  • are
    n 1: a unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters [syn: are, ar]
  • assaulter
    n 1: someone who attacks [syn: attacker, aggressor, assailant, assaulter]
  • defaulter
    n 1: someone who fails to make a required appearance in court 2: someone who fails to meet a financial obligation [syn: defaulter, deadbeat] 3: a contestant who forfeits a match
  • delta
    n 1: a low triangular area of alluvial deposits where a river divides before entering a larger body of water; "the Mississippi River delta"; "the Nile delta" 2: an object shaped like an equilateral triangle 3: the 4th letter of the Greek alphabet
  • falter
    n 1: the act of pausing uncertainly; "there was a hesitation in his speech" [syn: hesitation, waver, falter, faltering] v 1: be unsure or weak; "Their enthusiasm is faltering" [syn: falter, waver] 2: move hesitatingly, as if about to give way [syn: falter, waver] 3: walk unsteadily; "The drunk man stumbled about" [syn: stumble, falter, bumble] 4: speak haltingly; "The speaker faltered when he saw his opponent enter the room" [syn: bumble, stutter, stammer, falter]
  • filter
    n 1: device that removes something from whatever passes through it 2: an electrical device that alters the frequency spectrum of signals passing through it v 1: remove by passing through a filter; "filter out the impurities" [syn: filter, filtrate, strain, separate out, filter out] 2: pass through; "Water permeates sand easily" [syn: percolate, sink in, permeate, filter] 3: run or flow slowly, as in drops or in an unsteady stream; "water trickled onto the lawn from the broken hose"; "reports began to dribble in" [syn: trickle, dribble, filter]
  • halter
    n 1: rope or canvas headgear for a horse, with a rope for leading [syn: halter, hackamore] 2: a rope that is used by a hangman to execute persons who have been condemned to death by hanging [syn: hangman's rope, hangman's halter, halter, hemp, hempen necktie] 3: a woman's top that fastens behind the back and neck leaving the back and arms uncovered 4: either of the rudimentary hind wings of dipterous insects; used for maintaining equilibrium during flight [syn: halter, haltere, balancer] v 1: hang with a halter 2: prevent the progress or free movement of; "He was hampered in his efforts by the bad weather"; "the imperialist nation wanted to strangle the free trade between the two small countries" [syn: hamper, halter, cramp, strangle]
  • kilter
    n 1: in working order; "out of kilter"; "in good kilter" [syn: kilter, kelter]
  • philtre
    n 1: a drink credited with magical power; can make the one who takes it love the one who gave it [syn: philter, philtre, love-potion, love-philter, love-philtre]
  • realtor
    n 1: a real estate agent who is a member of the National Association of Realtors
  • shelter
    n 1: a structure that provides privacy and protection from danger 2: protective covering that provides protection from the weather 3: the condition of being protected; "they were huddled together for protection"; "he enjoyed a sense of peace and protection in his new home" [syn: protection, shelter] 4: a way of organizing business to reduce the taxes it must pay on current earnings [syn: tax shelter, shelter] 5: temporary housing for homeless or displaced persons v 1: provide shelter for; "After the earthquake, the government could not provide shelter for the thousands of homeless people" 2: invest (money) so that it is not taxable
  • smelter
    n 1: an industrial plant for smelting [syn: smelter, smeltery]
  • swelter
    v 1: be uncomfortably hot 2: suffer from intense heat; "we were sweltering at the beach"
  • welter
    n 1: a confused multitude of things [syn: clutter, jumble, muddle, fuddle, mare's nest, welter, smother] v 1: toss, roll, or rise and fall in an uncontrolled way; "The shipwrecked survivors weltered in the sea for hours" 2: roll around, "pigs were wallowing in the mud" [syn: wallow, welter] 3: be immersed in; "welter in work"
  • psalter
    n 1: a collection of Psalms for liturgical use [syn: Psalter, Book of Psalms]
  • salter
    n 1: someone who uses salt to preserve meat or fish or other foods 2: someone who makes or deals in salt [syn: salter, salt merchant]
  • vaulter
    n 1: an athlete who jumps over a high crossbar with the aid of a long pole [syn: vaulter, pole vaulter, pole jumper]
  • gibraltar
    n 1: location of a colony of the United Kingdom on a limestone promontory at the southern tip of Spain; strategically important because it can control the entrance of ships into the Mediterranean; one of the Pillars of Hercules [syn: Gibraltar, Rock of Gibraltar, Calpe]
  • malta
    n 1: a republic on the island of Malta in the Mediterranean; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1964 [syn: Malta, Republic of Malta] 2: a strategically located island to the south of Sicily in the Mediterranean Sea
  • volta
    n 1: Italian physicist after whom the volt is named; studied electric currents and invented the voltaic pile (1745-1827) [syn: Volta, Count Alessandro Volta, Conte Alessandro Volta, Conte Alessandro Giuseppe Antonio Anastasio Volta] 2: a river in Ghana that flows south to the Bight of Benin
  • walter
    n 1: German conductor (1876-1962) [syn: Walter, Bruno Walter]
  • yalta
    n 1: a resort city in Crimea in the southern Ukraine on the Black Sea; site of the Allied conference between Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchill in February 1945
  • colter
    n 1: a sharp steel wedge that precedes the plow and cuts vertically through the soil [syn: colter, coulter]
  • coulter
    n 1: a sharp steel wedge that precedes the plow and cuts vertically through the soil [syn: colter, coulter]
  • kelter
    n 1: in working order; "out of kilter"; "in good kilter" [syn: kilter, kelter]
  • melter
    n 1: a worker who melts substances (metal or wax etc.)
  • exalter
  • insulter
  • quilter
  • stalter
  • balter
  • kalter
  • malter
  • saulter
  • belter
  • winterhalter
  • drysalter
  • prealtar
  • superaltar
  • boulter
  • pelta
  • shelta
  • milter

See also palter definition and palter synonyms