Words that rhyme with petit

n 1: one that is absent or not in residence

n 1: someone (such as a child) who has been adopted

n 1: someone who has had a limb removed by amputation

n 1: an official who is appointed 2: a person who is appointed to a job or position [syn: appointee, appointment]

n 1: a slipper that is soft and wool (for babies) [syn: bootee, bootie]

n 1: small pieces or streamers of colored paper that are thrown around on festive occasions (as at a wedding)

n 1: a person who is expelled from home or country by authority [syn: exile, deportee]

n 1: an ardent follower and admirer [syn: fan, buff, devotee, lover]

n 1: someone who is drafted into military service [syn: draftee, conscript, inductee] [ant: military volunteer, voluntary, volunteer]

n 1: a small chin beard trimmed to a point; named for its resemblance to a goat's beard

n 1: a recipient of a grant 2: someone to whom the title of property is transferred [syn: alienee, grantee]

n 1: a written assurance that some product or service will be provided or will meet certain specifications [syn: guarantee, warrant, warrantee, warranty] 2: an unconditional commitment that something will happen or that something is true; "there is no guarantee that they are not lying" 3: a collateral agreement to answer for the debt of another in case that person defaults [syn: guarantee, guaranty] v 1: give surety or assume responsibility; "I vouch for the quality of my products" [syn: guarantee, vouch] 2: make certain of; "This nest egg will ensure a nice retirement for us"; "Preparation will guarantee success!" [syn: guarantee, ensure, insure, assure, secure] 3: promise to do or accomplish; "guarantee to free the prisoners" [syn: undertake, guarantee] 4: stand behind and guarantee the quality, accuracy, or condition of; "The dealer warrants all the cars he sells"; "I warrant this information" [syn: guarantee, warrant]

n 1: a person inducted into an organization or social group; "Ty Cobb and Babe Ruth were 1936 inductees in the National Baseball Hall of Fame" 2: someone who is drafted into military service [syn: draftee, conscript, inductee] [ant: military volunteer, voluntary, volunteer]

n 1: a visitor to whom hospitality is extended [syn: guest, invitee]

n 1: a protective structure of stone or concrete; extends from shore into the water to prevent a beach from washing away [syn: breakwater, groin, groyne, mole, bulwark, seawall, jetty]

n 1: someone to whom a legacy is bequeathed

n 1: a large heavy knife used in Central and South America as a weapon or for cutting vegetation [syn: machete, matchet, panga]

n 1: sirenian mammal of tropical coastal waters of America; the flat tail is rounded [syn: manatee, Trichechus manatus]

n 1: a clever remark [syn: bon mot, mot] 2: a compulsory annual test of older motor vehicles for safety and exhaust fumes [syn: MOT, MOT test, Ministry of Transportation test]

n 1: usually large hard-shelled seed 2: Egyptian goddess of the sky 3: a small (usually square or hexagonal) metal block with internal screw thread to be fitted onto a bolt 4: half the width of an em [syn: en, nut] 5: a whimsically eccentric person [syn: crackpot, crank, nut, nut case, fruitcake, screwball] 6: someone who is so ardently devoted to something that it resembles an addiction; "a golf addict"; "a car nut"; "a bodybuilding freak"; "a news junkie" [syn: addict, nut, freak, junkie, junky] 7: one of the two male reproductive glands that produce spermatozoa and secrete androgens; "she kicked him in the balls and got away" [syn: testis, testicle, orchis, ball, ballock, bollock, nut, egg] v 1: gather nuts

n 1: the inventor to whom a patent is issued

adj 1: preferred above all others and treated with partiality; "the favored child" [syn: favored, favorite(a), favourite(a), best-loved, pet, preferred, preferent] n 1: a domesticated animal kept for companionship or amusement 2: a special loved one [syn: darling, favorite, favourite, pet, dearie, deary, ducky] 3: a fit of petulance or sulkiness (especially at what is felt to be a slight) 4: using a computerized radiographic technique to examine the metabolic activity in various tissues (especially in the brain) [syn: positron emission tomography, PET] v 1: stroke or caress gently; "pet the lamb" 2: stroke or caress in an erotic manner, as during lovemaking

adj 1: inferior in rank or status; "the junior faculty"; "a lowly corporal"; "petty officialdom"; "a subordinate functionary" [syn: junior-grade, lower-ranking, lowly, petty(a), secondary, subaltern] 2: (informal) small and of little importance; "a fiddling sum of money"; "a footling gesture"; "our worries are lilliputian compared with those of countries that are at war"; "a little (or small) matter"; "a dispute over niggling details"; "limited to petty enterprises"; "piffling efforts"; "giving a police officer a free meal may be against the law, but it seems to be a picayune infraction" [syn: fiddling, footling, lilliputian, little, niggling, piddling, piffling, petty, picayune, trivial] 3: contemptibly narrow in outlook; "petty little comments"; "disgusted with their small-minded pettiness" [syn: petty, small-minded] n 1: larceny of property having a value less than some amount (the amount varies by locale) [syn: petit larceny, petty larceny, petty] [ant: grand larceny, grand theft]

n 1: a strip of cloth wound around the leg to form legging; used by soldiers in World War I

n 1: adroitness and cleverness in reply

n 1: a long wooden bench with a back [syn: settle, settee] 2: a small sofa

n 1: spaghetti served with a tomato sauce 2: pasta in the form of long strings

n 1: a white waxy substance from oil of the sperm whale

n 1: the act of a Hindu widow willingly cremating herself on the funeral pyre of her dead husband

n 1: a person (or institution) to whom legal title to property is entrusted to use for another's benefit [syn: trustee, legal guardian] 2: members of a governing board [syn: regent, trustee]

n 1: learns from a tutor

n 1: a tax levied on the difference between a commodity's price before taxes and its cost of production [syn: VAT, value-added tax, ad valorem tax] 2: a large open vessel for holding or storing liquids [syn: tub, vat]

n 1: a recipient of a warrant issued by a court in the United States 2: a customer to whom a warrant or guarantee is given 3: a written assurance that some product or service will be provided or will meet certain specifications [syn: guarantee, warrant, warrantee, warranty]

n 1: a large hairy humanoid creature said to live in the Himalayas [syn: abominable snowman, yeti]

n 1: someone who is tested (as by an intelligence test or an academic examination) [syn: testee, examinee]

n 1: a short close-fitting coat

n 1: a person in western Canada who is of Caucasian and American Indian ancestry

n 1: explosive consisting of a yellow crystalline compound that is a flammable toxic derivative of toluene [syn: TNT, trinitrotoluene]

n 1: English poet and painter who was a leader of the Pre- Raphaelites (1828-1882) [syn: Rossetti, Dante Gabriel Rossetti]

n 1: small circular or square cases of dough with savory fillings [syn: ravioli, cappelletti]

n 1: Italian composer of operas (1797-1848) [syn: Donizetti, Gaetano Donizetti]

n 1: Swiss sculptor and painter known for his bronze sculptures of elongated figures (1901-1966) [syn: Giacometti, Alberto Giacometti]

n 1: a vast plain in Tanzania to the west of the Great Rift Valley known for its wildlife [syn: Serengeti, Serengeti Plain]

n 1: tree of low-lying coastal areas of southeastern United States having glossy leaves and racemes of fragrant white flowers [syn: titi, buckwheat tree, Cliftonia monophylla] 2: deciduous shrubby tree of eastern North America having deeply fissured bark and sprays of small fragrant white flowers and sour-tasting leaves [syn: sorrel tree, sourwood, titi, Oxydendrum arboreum] 3: small South American monkeys with long beautiful fur and long nonprehensile tail [syn: titi, titi monkey]