Words that rhyme with presbyter
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accipiter
n 1: type genus of the family Accipitridae [syn: Accipiter, genus Accipiter] -
aglitter
adj 1: having brief brilliant points or flashes of light; "bugle beads all aglitter"; "glinting eyes"; "glinting water"; "his glittering eyes were cold and malevolent"; "shop window full of glittering Christmas trees"; "glittery costume jewelry"; "scintillant mica"; "the scintillating stars"; "a dress with sparkly sequins"; "`glistering' is an archaic term" [syn: aglitter(p), coruscant, fulgid, glinting, glistering, glittering, glittery, scintillant, scintillating, sparkly] -
arbiter
n 1: someone with the power to settle matters at will; "she was the final arbiter on all matters of fashion" [syn: arbiter, supreme authority] 2: someone chosen to judge and decide a disputed issue; "the critic was considered to be an arbiter of modern literature"; "the arbitrator's authority derived from the consent of the disputants"; "an umpire was appointed to settle the tax case" [syn: arbiter, arbitrator, umpire] -
auditor
n 1: someone who listens attentively [syn: hearer, listener, auditor, attender] 2: a student who attends a course but does not take it for credit 3: a qualified accountant who inspects the accounting records and practices of a business or other organization -
babysitter
n 1: a person engaged to care for children when the parents are not home [syn: babysitter, baby-sitter, sitter] -
bitter
adv 1: extremely and sharply; "it was bitterly cold"; "bitter cold" [syn: piercingly, bitterly, bitingly, bitter] adj 1: marked by strong resentment or cynicism; "an acrimonious dispute"; "bitter about the divorce" [syn: acrimonious, bitter] 2: very difficult to accept or bear; "the bitter truth"; "a bitter sorrow" 3: harsh or corrosive in tone; "an acerbic tone piercing otherwise flowery prose"; "a barrage of acid comments"; "her acrid remarks make her many enemies"; "bitter words"; "blistering criticism"; "caustic jokes about political assassination, talk-show hosts and medical ethics"; "a sulfurous denunciation"; "a vitriolic critique" [syn: acerb, acerbic, acid, acrid, bitter, blistering, caustic, sulfurous, sulphurous, virulent, vitriolic] 4: expressive of severe grief or regret; "shed bitter tears" 5: proceeding from or exhibiting great hostility or animosity; "a bitter struggle"; "bitter enemies" 6: causing a sharp and acrid taste experience;"quinine is bitter" 7: causing a sharply painful or stinging sensation; used especially of cold; "bitter cold"; "a biting wind" [syn: biting, bitter] n 1: English term for a dry sharp-tasting ale with strong flavor of hops (usually on draft) 2: the taste experience when quinine or coffee is taken into the mouth [syn: bitter, bitterness] 3: the property of having a harsh unpleasant taste [syn: bitterness, bitter] v 1: make bitter -
competitor
n 1: the contestant you hope to defeat; "he had respect for his rivals"; "he wanted to know what the competition was doing" [syn: rival, challenger, competitor, competition, contender] -
counterfeiter
n 1: someone who makes copies illegally [syn: forger, counterfeiter] -
creditor
n 1: a person to whom money is owed by a debtor; someone to whom an obligation exists [ant: debitor, debtor] -
cricketer
n 1: an athlete who plays cricket -
critter
n 1: a regional term for `creature' (especially for domestic animals) -
dieter
n 1: a person who diets -
editor
n 1: a person responsible for the editorial aspects of publication; the person who determines the final content of a text (especially of a newspaper or magazine) [syn: editor, editor in chief] 2: (computer science) a program designed to perform such editorial functions as rearrangement or modification or deletion of data [syn: editor program, editor] -
embitter
v 1: cause to be bitter or resentful; "These injustices embittered her even more" [syn: embitter, envenom, acerbate] -
emitter
n 1: the electrode in a transistor where electrons originate -
exhibitor
n 1: someone who organizes an exhibit for others to see [syn: exhibitor, exhibitioner, shower] -
fitter
adj 1: improved in health or physical condition [syn: fitter, healthier] n 1: someone who fits a garment to a particular person -
flitter
v 1: move back and forth very rapidly; "the candle flickered" [syn: flicker, waver, flitter, flutter, quiver] -
fritter
n 1: small quantity of fried batter containing fruit or meat or vegetables v 1: spend frivolously and unwisely; "Fritter away one's inheritance" [syn: fritter, frivol away, dissipate, shoot, fritter away, fool, fool away] -
glitter
n 1: the quality of shining with a bright reflected light [syn: glitter, glister, glisten, scintillation, sparkle] 2: the occurrence of a small flash or spark [syn: glitter, sparkle, coruscation] v 1: be shiny, as if wet; "His eyes were glistening" [syn: glitter, glisten, glint, gleam, shine] -
hitter
n 1: (baseball) a ballplayer who is batting [syn: batter, hitter, slugger, batsman] 2: someone who hits; "a hard hitter"; "a fine striker of the ball"; "blacksmiths are good hitters" [syn: hitter, striker] -
inhibitor
n 1: a substance that retards or stops an activity [ant: activator] -
jitter
n 1: small rapid variations in a waveform resulting from fluctuations in the voltage supply or mechanical vibrations or other sources 2: a small irregular movement -
knitter
n 1: someone who makes garments (or fabrics) by intertwining yarn or thread -
litter
n 1: the offspring at one birth of a multiparous mammal 2: rubbish carelessly dropped or left about (especially in public places) 3: conveyance consisting of a chair or bed carried on two poles by bearers 4: material used to provide a bed for animals [syn: bedding material, bedding, litter] v 1: strew; "Cigar butts littered the ground" 2: make a place messy by strewing garbage around 3: give birth to a litter of animals -
marketer
n 1: someone who promotes or exchanges goods or services for money [syn: seller, marketer, vender, vendor, trafficker] -
orbiter
n 1: man-made equipment that orbits around the earth or the moon [syn: satellite, artificial satellite, orbiter] -
outfitter
n 1: someone who sells men's clothes 2: a shop that provides equipment for some specific purpose; "an outfitter provided everything needed for the safari" -
predator
n 1: someone who attacks in search of booty [syn: marauder, predator, vulture, piranha] 2: any animal that lives by preying on other animals [syn: predator, predatory animal] -
proprietor
n 1: (law) someone who owns (is legal possessor of) a business; "he is the owner of a chain of restaurants" [syn: owner, proprietor] -
quitter
n 1: a person who gives up too easily -
rioter
n 1: troublemaker who participates in a violent disturbance of the peace; someone who rises up against the constituted authority -
sitter
n 1: Dutch astronomer who calculated the size of the universe and suggested that it is expanding (1872-1934) [syn: Sitter, Willem de Sitter] 2: an organism (person or animal) that sits [ant: stander] 3: a person engaged to care for children when the parents are not home [syn: babysitter, baby-sitter, sitter] 4: a person who poses for a painter or sculptor [syn: artist's model, sitter] 5: a domestic hen ready to brood [syn: brood hen, broody, broody hen, setting hen, sitter] -
skitter
v 1: to move about or proceed hurriedly; "so terrified by the extraordinary ebbing of the sea that they scurried to higher ground" [syn: scurry, scamper, skitter, scuttle] 2: glide easily along a surface 3: cause to skip over a surface; "Skip a stone across the pond" [syn: skim, skip, skitter] 4: twitch the hook of a fishing line through or along the surface of water -
splitter
n 1: a worker who splits fish and removes the backbone 2: a taxonomist who classifies organisms into many groups on the basis of relatively minor characteristics [syn: splitter, divider] [ant: lumper] 3: a laborer who splits logs to build split-rail fences [syn: rail-splitter, splitter] -
titter
n 1: a nervous restrained laugh v 1: laugh nervously; "The girls giggled when the rock star came into the classroom" [syn: giggle, titter] -
transmitter
n 1: someone who transmits a message; "return to sender" [syn: sender, transmitter] 2: any agent (person or animal or microorganism) that carries and transmits a disease; "mosquitos are vectors of malaria and yellow fever"; "fleas are vectors of the plague"; "aphids are transmitters of plant diseases"; "when medical scientists talk about vectors they are usually talking about insects" [syn: vector, transmitter] 3: set used to broadcast radio or tv signals [syn: transmitter, sender] -
trumpeter
n 1: a musician who plays the trumpet or cornet [syn: trumpeter, cornetist] 2: (formal) a person who announces important news; "the chieftain had a herald who announced his arrival with a trumpet" [syn: herald, trumpeter] 3: large gregarious crane-like bird of the forests of South America having glossy black plumage and a loud prolonged cry; easily domesticated 4: large pure white wild swan of western North America having a sonorous cry [syn: trumpeter, trumpeter swan, Cygnus buccinator] -
twitter
n 1: a series of chirps [syn: chirrup, twitter] v 1: make high-pitched sounds, as of birds [syn: chitter, twitter] -
chitter
v 1: make high-pitched sounds, as of birds [syn: chitter, twitter] -
spitter
n 1: a person who spits (ejects saliva or phlegm from the mouth) [syn: spitter, expectorator] 2: an illegal pitch in which a foreign substance (spit or Vaseline) is applied to the ball by the pitcher before he throws it [syn: spitball, spitter] -
jupiter
n 1: the largest planet and the 5th from the sun; has many satellites and is one of the brightest objects in the night sky 2: (Roman mythology) supreme god of Romans; counterpart of Greek Zeus [syn: Jupiter, Jove] -
subeditor
n 1: an assistant editor -
obiter
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remitter
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witter
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quittor
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gritter
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ritter
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botha
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picketer
See also presbyter definition
