Words that rhyme with pointy

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

adv 1: at a moderately slow tempo; "this passage must be played andante" adj 1: (of tempo) moderately slow n 1: a moderately slow tempo (a walking pace) 2: a musical composition or musical passage to be performed moderately slow

n 1: (poker) the initial contribution that each player makes to the pot v 1: place one's stake

adj 1: not in favor of (an action or proposal etc.) [ant: pro] n 1: a person who is opposed (to an action or policy or practice etc.); "the antis smelled victory after a long battle"

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

n 1: the sister of your father or mother; the wife of your uncle [syn: aunt, auntie, aunty] [ant: uncle]

n 1: (classical mythology) a priestess or votary of Bacchus

n 1: payment or reward (especially from a government) for acts such as catching criminals or killing predatory animals or enlisting in the military [syn: bounty, premium] 2: the property of copious abundance [syn: amplitude, bountifulness, bounty] 3: generosity evidenced by a willingness to give freely [syn: bounty, bounteousness] 4: a ship of the British navy; in 1789 part of the crew mutinied against their commander William Bligh and set him afloat in an open boat [syn: Bounty, H.M.S. Bounty]

n 1: the state of being certain; "his certainty reassured the others" [ant: doubt, doubtfulness, dubiety, dubiousness, incertitude, uncertainty] 2: something that is certain; "his victory is a certainty" [syn: certainty, sure thing, foregone conclusion] [ant: precariousness, uncertainness, uncertainty]

n 1: a rhythmical work song originally sung by sailors [syn: chantey, chanty, sea chantey, shanty]

n 1: (United Kingdom) a region created by territorial division for the purpose of local government; "the county has a population of 12,345 people" 2: (United States) the largest administrative district within a state; "the county plans to build a new road"

adj 1: affectedly dainty or refined [syn: dainty, mincing, niminy-piminy, prim, twee] 2: delicately beautiful; "a dainty teacup"; "an exquisite cameo" [syn: dainty, exquisite] 3: especially pleasing to the taste; "a dainty dish to set before a kind"; 4: excessively fastidious and easily disgusted; "too nice about his food to take to camp cooking"; "so squeamish he would only touch the toilet handle with his elbow" [syn: dainty, nice, overnice, prissy, squeamish] n 1: something considered choice to eat [syn: dainty, delicacy, goody, kickshaw, treat]

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]

adj 1: showing frivolous or superficial interest; amateurish; "his dilettantish efforts at painting" [syn: dilettante, dilettantish, dilettanteish, sciolistic] n 1: an amateur who engages in an activity without serious intentions and who pretends to have knowledge [syn: dabbler, dilettante, sciolist]

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

adj 1: inclined to flaunt

adj 1: containing flint 2: showing unfeeling resistance to tender feelings; "his flinty gaze"; "the child's misery would move even the most obdurate heart" [syn: flinty, flint, granitic, obdurate, stony]

n 1: sweet spiced porridge made from hulled wheat

n 1: great merriment [syn: hilarity, mirth, mirthfulness, glee, gleefulness] 2: malicious satisfaction [syn: gloat, gloating, glee]

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

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 collateral agreement to answer for the debt of another in case that person defaults [syn: guarantee, guaranty]

adj 1: marked by courage and determination in the face of difficulties or danger; robust and uninhibited; "you have to admire her; it was a gutsy thing to do"; "the gutsy...intensity of her musical involvement"-Judith Crist; "a gutsy red wine" [syn: gutsy, plucky] [ant: gutless]

n 1: a very light colorless element that is one of the six inert gasses; the most difficult gas to liquefy; occurs in economically extractable amounts in certain natural gases (as those found in Texas and Kansas) [syn: helium, He, atomic number 2] 2: the 5th letter of the Hebrew alphabet

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]

adj 1: marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners; "a dapper young man"; "a jaunty red hat" [syn: dapper, dashing, jaunty, natty, raffish, rakish, spiffy, snappy, spruce] 2: having a cheerful, lively, and self-confident air; "looking chipper, like a man...diverted by his own wit"- Frances G. Patton; "life that is gay, brisk, and debonair"- H.M.Reynolds; "walked with a jaunty step"; "a jaunty optimist" [syn: chipper, debonair, debonaire, jaunty]

adj 1: serving as an essential component; "a cardinal rule"; "the central cause of the problem"; "an example that was fundamental to the argument"; "computers are fundamental to modern industrial structure" [syn: cardinal, central, fundamental, key, primal] n 1: metal device shaped in such a way that when it is inserted into the appropriate lock the lock's mechanism can be rotated 2: something crucial for explaining; "the key to development is economic integration" 3: pitch of the voice; "he spoke in a low key" 4: any of 24 major or minor diatonic scales that provide the tonal framework for a piece of music [syn: key, tonality] [ant: atonalism, atonality] 5: a kilogram of a narcotic drug; "they were carrying two keys of heroin" 6: a winged often one-seed indehiscent fruit as of the ash or elm or maple [syn: samara, key fruit, key] 7: United States lawyer and poet who wrote a poem after witnessing the British attack on Baltimore during the War of 1812; the poem was later set to music and entitled `The Star- Spangled Banner' (1779-1843) [syn: Key, Francis Scott Key] 8: a coral reef off the southern coast of Florida [syn: key, cay, Florida key] 9: (basketball) a space (including the foul line) in front of the basket at each end of a basketball court; usually painted a different color from the rest of the court; "he hit a jump shot from the top of the key"; "he dominates play in the paint" [syn: key, paint] 10: a list of answers to a test; "some students had stolen the key to the final exam" 11: a list of words or phrases that explain symbols or abbreviations 12: a generic term for any device whose possession entitles the holder to a means of access; "a safe-deposit box usually requires two keys to open it" 13: mechanical device used to wind another device that is driven by a spring (as a clock) [syn: winder, key] 14: the central building block at the top of an arch or vault [syn: keystone, key, headstone] 15: a lever (as in a keyboard) that actuates a mechanism when depressed v 1: identify as in botany or biology, for example [syn: identify, discover, key, key out, distinguish, describe, name] 2: provide with a key; "We were keyed after the locks were changed in the building" 3: vandalize a car by scratching the sides with a key; "His new Mercedes was keyed last night in the parking lot" 4: regulate the musical pitch of 5: harmonize with or adjust to; "key one's actions to the voters' prevailing attitude"

n 1: hinge joint in the human leg connecting the tibia and fibula with the femur and protected in front by the patella [syn: knee, knee joint, human knee, articulatio genus, genu] 2: joint between the femur and tibia in a quadruped; corresponds to the human knee [syn: stifle, knee] 3: the part of a trouser leg that provides the cloth covering for the knee

adj 1: towards the side away from the wind [syn: downwind, lee(a)] n 1: United States filmmaker whose works explore the richness of black culture in America (born in 1957) [syn: Lee, Spike Lee, Shelton Jackson Lee] 2: United States striptease artist who became famous on Broadway in the 1930s (1914-1970) [syn: Lee, Gypsy Rose Lee, Rose Louise Hovick] 3: United States actor who was an expert in kung fu and starred in martial arts films (1941-1973) [syn: Lee, Bruce Lee, Lee Yuen Kam] 4: United States physicist (born in China) who collaborated with Yang Chen Ning in disproving the principle of conservation of parity (born in 1926) [syn: Lee, Tsung Dao Lee] 5: leader of the American Revolution who proposed the resolution calling for independence of the American Colonies (1732-1794) [syn: Lee, Richard Henry Lee] 6: soldier of the American Revolution (1756-1818) [syn: Lee, Henry Lee, Lighthorse Harry Lee] 7: American general who led the Confederate Armies in the American Civil War (1807-1870) [syn: Lee, Robert E. Lee, Robert Edward Lee] 8: the side of something that is sheltered from the wind [syn: lee, lee side, leeward] [ant: windward]

n 1: a tenant who holds a lease [syn: leaseholder, lessee]

adj 1: being ten more than eighty [syn: ninety, 90, xc] n 1: the cardinal number that is the product of ten and nine [syn: ninety, 90, XC]

adv 1: as much as necessary; "Have I eaten enough?"; (`plenty' is nonstandard) "I've had plenty, thanks" [syn: enough, plenty] n 1: a full supply; "there was plenty of food for everyone" [syn: plenty, plentifulness, plenteousness, plenitude, plentitude] 2: (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent; "a batch of letters"; "a deal of trouble"; "a lot of money"; "he made a mint on the stock market"; "see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos"; "it must have cost plenty"; "a slew of journalists"; "a wad of money" [syn: batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad]

n 1: adroitness and cleverness in reply

adj 1: lacking in amplitude or quantity; "a bare livelihood"; "a scanty harvest"; "a spare diet" [syn: bare(a), scanty, spare] n 1: short underpants for women or children (usually used in the plural) [syn: pantie, panty, scanty, step-in]

n 1: a division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land 2: anything apparently limitless in quantity or volume [syn: ocean, sea] 3: turbulent water with swells of considerable size; "heavy seas"

adj 1: being ten more than sixty [syn: seventy, 70, lxx] n 1: the cardinal number that is the product of ten and seven [syn: seventy, 70, LXX]

n 1: small crude shelter used as a dwelling [syn: hovel, hut, hutch, shack, shanty] 2: a rhythmical work song originally sung by sailors [syn: chantey, chanty, sea chantey, shanty]

n 1: government free from external control 2: royal authority; the dominion of a monarch [syn: reign, sovereignty] 3: the authority of a state to govern another state

adj 1: characterized by squinting; "he looked with squinty eyes" 2: (used especially of glances) directed to one side with or as if with doubt or suspicion or envy; "her eyes with their misted askance look"- Elizabeth Bowen; "sidelong glances" [syn: askance, askant, asquint, squint, squint- eyed, squinty, sidelong]

n 1: the position or authority of a suzerain; "under the suzerainty of..." 2: the domain of a suzerain

n 1: a beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water; "iced tea is a cooling drink" 2: a light midafternoon meal of tea and sandwiches or cakes; "an Englishman would interrupt a war to have his afternoon tea" [syn: tea, afternoon tea, teatime] 3: a tropical evergreen shrub or small tree extensively cultivated in e.g. China and Japan and India; source of tea leaves; "tea has fragrant white flowers" [syn: tea, Camellia sinensis] 4: a reception or party at which tea is served; "we met at the Dean's tea for newcomers" 5: dried leaves of the tea shrub; used to make tea; "the store shelves held many different kinds of tea"; "they threw the tea into Boston harbor" [syn: tea, tea leaf]

n 1: the starting place for each hole on a golf course; "they were waiting on the first tee" [syn: tee, teeing ground] 2: support holding a football on end and above the ground preparatory to the kickoff [syn: tee, football tee] 3: a short peg put into the ground to hold a golf ball off the ground [syn: tee, golf tee] v 1: place on a tee; "tee golf balls" [syn: tee, tee up] 2: connect with a tee; "tee two pipes"

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]

adj 1: denoting a quantity consisting of 20 items or units [syn: twenty, 20, xx] n 1: the cardinal number that is the sum of nineteen and one [syn: twenty, 20, XX] 2: a United States bill worth 20 dollars [syn: twenty dollar bill, twenty]

n 1: being unsettled or in doubt or dependent on chance; "the uncertainty of the outcome"; "the precariousness of his income" [syn: uncertainty, uncertainness, precariousness] [ant: certainty, foregone conclusion, sure thing] 2: the state of being unsure of something [syn: doubt, uncertainty, incertitude, dubiety, doubtfulness, dubiousness] [ant: certainty]

n 1: a person who buys [syn: buyer, purchaser, emptor, vendee]

n 1: member of a vigilance committee [syn: vigilante, vigilance man]

n 1: a written assurance that some product or service will be provided or will meet certain specifications [syn: guarantee, warrant, warrantee, warranty]

adj 1: (used informally) very small; "a wee tot" [syn: bitty, bittie, teensy, teentsy, teeny, wee, weeny, weensy, teensy-weensy, teeny-weeny, itty-bitty, itsy-bitsy] 2: very early; "the wee hours of the morning" n 1: a short time; "bide a wee" v 1: eliminate urine; "Again, the cat had made on the expensive rug" [syn: make, urinate, piddle, puddle, micturate, piss, pee, pee-pee, make water, relieve oneself, take a leak, spend a penny, wee, wee-wee, pass water]

n 1: noisy and boisterous revelry

adj 1: being one hundred more than three hundred [syn: four hundred, 400, cd] n 1: a soft bluish-white ductile malleable toxic bivalent metallic element; occurs in association with zinc ores [syn: cadmium, Cd, atomic number 48] 2: the basic unit of luminous intensity adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites; equal to 1/60 of the luminous intensity per square centimeter of a black body radiating at the temperature of 2,046 degrees Kelvin [syn: candle, candela, cd, standard candle] 3: a debt instrument issued by a bank; usually pays interest [syn: certificate of deposit, CD] 4: a digitally encoded recording on an optical disk that is smaller than a phonograph record; played back by a laser [syn: compact disk, compact disc, CD]

n 1: a member of an Algonquian people living in central Canada 2: the Algonquian language spoken by the Cree

n 1: a long-playing phonograph record; designed to be played at 33.3 rpm [syn: LP, L-P]

n 1: one million periods per second [syn: megahertz, MHz, megacycle per second, megacycle, Mc]

n 1: a gambling card game of Spanish origin; 3 or 4 cards are dealt face up and players bet that one of them will be matched before the others as the cards are dealt from the pack one at a time [syn: monte, four-card monte, three-card monte]

n 1: colloquial term for a member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police

n 1: the longest river of Asia; flows eastward from Tibet into the East China Sea near Shanghai [syn: Chang Jiang, Changjiang, Chang, Yangtze, Yangtze River, Yangtze Kiang]

n 1: Italian filmmaker (1906-1976) [syn: Visconti, Luchino Visconti, Don Luchino Visconti Conte di Modrone]

n 1: an Italian poet famous for writing the Divine Comedy that describes a journey through Hell and purgatory and paradise guided by Virgil and his idealized Beatrice (1265-1321) [syn: Dante, Dante Alighieri]

n 1: a rhythmical work song originally sung by sailors [syn: chantey, chanty, sea chantey, shanty]

n 1: dry red Italian table wine from the Chianti region of Tuscany

n 1: English novelist; youngest of three Bronte sisters (1820-1849) [syn: Bronte, Anne Bronte] 2: English novelist; one of three Bronte sisters (1818-1848) [syn: Bronte, Emily Bronte, Emily Jane Bronte, Currer Bell] 3: English novelist; oldest of three Bronte sisters (1816-1855) [syn: Bronte, Charlotte Bronte]

n 1: United States comedian remembered for his large nose and hoarse voice (1893-1980) [syn: Durante, Jimmy Durante]

n 1: adornment consisting of a small piece of shiny material used to decorate clothing [syn: sequin, spangle, diamante] 2: fabric covered with glittering ornaments such as sequins or rhinestones

n 1: great Italian architect of the High Renaissance in Italy (1444-1514) [syn: Bramante, Donato Bramante, Donato d'Agnolo Bramante]

n 1: the sister of your father or mother; the wife of your uncle [syn: aunt, auntie, aunty] [ant: uncle]

n 1: the dignity or rank or position of a viscount or viscountess [syn: viscountcy, viscounty] 2: the domain controlled by a viscount or viscountess