Words that rhyme with privet

  • affidavit
    n 1: written declaration made under oath; a written statement sworn to be true before someone legally authorized to administer an oath
  • aquavit
    n 1: Scandinavian liquor usually flavored with caraway seeds [syn: aquavit, akvavit]
  • at
    n 1: a highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series); a decay product of uranium and thorium [syn: astatine, At, atomic number 85] 2: 100 at equal 1 kip in Laos
  • brevet
    n 1: a document entitling a commissioned officer to hold a higher rank temporarily (but without higher pay) v 1: promote somebody by brevet, in the military
  • civet
    n 1: cat-like mammal typically secreting musk used in perfumes [syn: civet, civet cat]
  • davit
    n 1: a crane-like device (usually one of a pair) for suspending or lowering equipment (as a lifeboat)
  • divot
    n 1: (golf) the cavity left when a piece of turf is cut from the ground by the club head in making a stroke; "it was a good drive but the ball ended up in a divot" 2: a piece of turf dug out of a lawn or fairway (by an animals hooves or a golf club)
  • grivet
    n 1: white and olive green East African monkey with long white tufts of hair beside the face [syn: grivet, Cercopithecus aethiops]
  • pivot
    n 1: the person in a rank around whom the others wheel and maneuver [syn: pivot, pivot man] 2: axis consisting of a short shaft that supports something that turns [syn: pivot, pin] 3: the act of turning on (or as if on) a pivot; "the golfer went to the driving range to practice his pivot" v 1: turn on a pivot [syn: pivot, swivel]
  • rivet
    n 1: ornament consisting of a circular rounded protuberance (as on a vault or shield or belt) [syn: stud, rivet] 2: heavy pin having a head at one end and the other end being hammered flat after being passed through holes in the pieces that are fastened together v 1: direct one's attention on something; "Please focus on your studies and not on your hobbies" [syn: concentrate, focus, center, centre, pore, rivet] 2: fasten with a rivet or rivets 3: hold (someone's attention); "The discovery of the skull riveted the paleontologists"
  • trivet
    n 1: a three-legged metal stand for supporting a cooking vessel in a hearth 2: a stand with short feet used under a hot dish on a table
  • velvet
    adj 1: smooth and soft to sight or hearing or touch or taste [syn: velvet, velvety, velvet-textured] 2: resembling velvet in having a smooth soft surface [syn: velvet, velvety] n 1: a silky densely piled fabric with a plain back
  • privott
  • mcdivett
  • mcdivitt
  • privett
  • rivett

See also privet definition