Words that rhyme with phosphite

adv 1: without doubt (used to reinforce an assertion); "it's expensive all right" [syn: all right, alright] 2: an expression of agreement normally occurring at the beginning of a sentence [syn: very well, fine, alright, all right, OK] 3: in a satisfactory or adequate manner; "she'll do okay on her own"; "held up all right under pressure"; (`alright' is a nonstandard variant of `all right') [syn: okay, O.K., all right, alright] adj 1: nonstandard usage

adv 1: in an accurate manner; "the flower had been correctly depicted by his son"; "he guessed right" [syn: correctly, right, aright] [ant: incorrectly, wrong, wrongly]

n 1: a loop in a rope 2: a bend or curve (especially in a coastline) 3: a broad bay formed by an indentation in the shoreline; "the Bight of Benin"; "the Great Australian Bight" 4: the middle part of a slack rope (as distinguished from its ends) v 1: fasten with a bight

n 1: any of numerous plants of the division Bryophyta [syn: bryophyte, nonvascular plant]

n 1: a Spanish or Portuguese or Latin American spectacle; a matador baits and (usually) kills a bull in an arena before many spectators [syn: bullfight, corrida]

n 1: a match in a cockpit between two fighting cocks heeled with metal gaffs

n 1: a fiercely disputed contest; "their rancor dated from a political dogfight between them"; "a real dogfight for third place"; "a prolonged dogfight over their rival bids for the contract" 2: disorderly fighting [syn: hassle, scuffle, tussle, dogfight, rough-and-tumble] 3: an aerial engagement between fighter planes 4: a violent fight between dogs (sometimes organized illegally for entertainment and gambling) v 1: arrange for an illegal dogfight 2: engage in an aerial battle with another fighter plane

n 1: plant that derives moisture and nutrients from the air and rain; usually grows on another plant but not parasitic on it [syn: air plant, epiphyte, aerophyte, epiphytic plant]

n 1: used as a lubricant and as a moderator in nuclear reactors [syn: graphite, black lead, plumbago]

n 1: a fight involving shooting small arms with the intent to kill or frighten [syn: gunfight, gunplay, shootout]

n 1: plant growing naturally in very salty soil

n 1: a plant that grows in a moist habitat

n 1: a plant that is found in an area where it had not been recorded previously 2: any new participant in some activity [syn: newcomer, fledgling, fledgeling, starter, neophyte, freshman, newbie, entrant] 3: a new convert being taught the principles of Christianity by a catechist [syn: catechumen, neophyte]

v 1: to fight better than; get the better of; "the Rangers outfought the Maple Leafs"; "The French forces outfought the Germans"

n 1: an organism that feeds on dead organic matter especially a fungus or bacterium [syn: saprophyte, saprophytic organism]

n 1: plant that reproduces by means of seeds not spores [syn: spermatophyte, phanerogam, seed plant]

n 1: any of various invertebrate animals resembling a plant such as a sea anemone or coral or sponge

n 1: the spore-producing individual or phase in the life cycle of a plant having alternation of generations

n 1: an organism that produces its own food by photosynthesis

n 1: a plant that grows partly or wholly in water whether rooted in the mud, as a lotus, or floating without anchorage, as the water hyacinth [syn: aquatic plant, water plant, hydrophyte, hydrophytic plant]

n 1: plant that grows on rocks or stony soil and derives nourishment from the atmosphere [syn: lithophyte, lithophytic plant]

n 1: any of a group of cryptogamic organisms consisting principally of a thallus and thus showing no differentiation into stem and root and leaf

n 1: plant adapted for life with a limited supply of water; compare hydrophyte and mesophyte [syn: desert plant, xerophyte, xerophytic plant, xerophile, xerophilous plant]

n 1: the gamete-bearing individual or phase in the life cycle of a plant having alternation of generations

n 1: small abnormal bony outgrowth

n 1: plants having vascular tissue and reproducing by spores [syn: pteridophyte, nonflowering plant]

n 1: a boxing match between professional boxers for a cash prize [syn: prizefight, prize fight] v 1: box for a prize or money