Words that rhyme with quarter

• aorta 0
  n 1: the large trunk artery that carries blood from the left ventricle of the heart to branch arteries
• backwater 0
  n 1: a body of water that was created by a flood or tide or by being held or forced back by a dam; "the bayous and backwaters are breeding grounds for mosquitos" 2: a place or condition in which no development or progress is occurring; "the country is an economic backwater"
• better 0
  adv 1: comparative of `well'; in a better or more excellent manner or more advantageously or attractively or to a greater degree etc.; "She had never sung better"; "a deed better left undone"; "better suited to the job" 2: from a position of superiority or authority; "father knows best"; "I know better." [syn: better, best] adj 1: (comparative of `good') superior to another (of the same class or set or kind) in excellence or quality or desirability or suitability; more highly skilled than another; "You're a better man than I am, Gunga Din"; "a better coat"; "a better type of car"; "a suit with a better fit"; "a better chance of success"; "produced a better mousetrap"; "she's better in math than in history" [ant: worse] 2: (comparative of `good') changed for the better in health or fitness; "her health is better now"; "I feel better" [ant: worse, worsened] 3: (comparative and superlative of `well') wiser or more advantageous and hence advisable; "it would be better to speak to him"; "the White House thought it best not to respond" [syn: better(p), best(p)] 4: more than half; "argued for the better part of an hour" n 1: something superior in quality or condition or effect; "a change for the better" 2: someone who bets [syn: bettor, better, wagerer, punter] 3: a superior person having claim to precedence; "the common man has been kept in his place by his betters" 4: the superior one of two alternatives; "chose the better of the two" v 1: surpass in excellence; "She bettered her own record"; "break a record" [syn: better, break] 2: to make better; "The editor improved the manuscript with his changes" [syn: better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate] [ant: aggravate, exacerbate, exasperate, worsen] 3: get better; "The weather improved toward evening" [syn: better, improve, ameliorate, meliorate] [ant: decline, worsen]
• blotter 0
  n 1: absorbent paper used to dry ink [syn: blotting paper, blotter] 2: the daily written record of events (as arrests) in a police station [syn: blotter, day book, police blotter, rap sheet, charge sheet]
• boarder 0
  n 1: a tenant in someone's house [syn: lodger, boarder, roomer] 2: someone who forces their way aboard ship; "stand by to repel boarders" 3: a pupil who lives at school during term time
• border 0
  n 1: a line that indicates a boundary [syn: boundary line, border, borderline, delimitation, mete] 2: the boundary line or the area immediately inside the boundary [syn: margin, border, perimeter] 3: the boundary of a surface [syn: edge, border] 4: a decorative recessed or relieved surface on an edge [syn: molding, moulding, border] 5: a strip forming the outer edge of something; "the rug had a wide blue border" v 1: extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle; "The forest surrounds my property" [syn: surround, environ, ring, skirt, border] 2: form the boundary of; be contiguous to [syn: bound, border] 3: enclose in or as if in a frame; "frame a picture" [syn: frame, frame in, border] 4: provide with a border or edge; "edge the tablecloth with embroidery" [syn: border, edge] 5: lie adjacent to another or share a boundary; "Canada adjoins the U.S."; "England marches with Scotland" [syn: border, adjoin, edge, abut, march, butt, butt against, butt on]
• breakwater 0
  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]
• carter 0
  n 1: Englishman and Egyptologist who in 1922 discovered and excavated the tomb of Tutankhamen (1873-1939) [syn: Carter, Howard Carter] 2: 39th President of the United States (1924-) [syn: Carter, Jimmy Carter, James Earl Carter, James Earl Carter Jr., President Carter] 3: someone whose work is driving carts
• corker 0
  n 1: (dated slang) a remarkable or excellent thing or person; "that story was a corker" 2: a machine that is used to put corks in bottles
• cotter 0
  n 1: a peasant farmer in the Scottish Highlands [syn: cotter, cottar] 2: a medieval English villein [syn: cotter, cottier] 3: fastener consisting of a wedge or pin inserted through a slot to hold two other pieces together [syn: cotter, cottar]
• daughter 0
  n 1: a female human offspring; "her daughter cared for her in her old age" [syn: daughter, girl] [ant: boy, son]
• dishwater 0
  n 1: water in which dishes and cooking utensils are washed
• exporter 0
  n 1: a businessperson who transports goods abroad (for sale)
• firewater 0
  n 1: any strong spirits (such as strong whisky or rum)
• forequarter 0
  n 1: the front half of a side of meat
• freshwater 0
  n 1: water that is not salty [syn: fresh water, freshwater] [ant: brine, saltwater, seawater]
• granddaughter 0
  n 1: a female grandchild
• headquarter 0
  v 1: provide with headquarters; "the compnay is headquartered in New Jersey"
• headwater 0
  n 1: the source of a river; "the headwaters of the Nile"
• importer 0
  n 1: someone whose business involves importing goods from outside (especially from a foreign country)
• imprimatur 0
  n 1: formal and explicit approval; "a Democrat usually gets the union's endorsement" [syn: sanction, countenance, endorsement, indorsement, warrant, imprimatur]
• manslaughter 0
  n 1: homicide without malice aforethought
• mortar 0
  n 1: a muzzle-loading high-angle gun with a short barrel that fires shells at high elevations for a short range [syn: mortar, howitzer, trench mortar] 2: used as a bond in masonry or for covering a wall 3: a bowl-shaped vessel in which substances can be ground and mixed with a pestle v 1: plaster with mortar; "mortar the wall"
• otter 0
  n 1: the fur of an otter 2: freshwater carnivorous mammal having webbed and clawed feet and dark brown fur
• plotter 0
  n 1: a planner who draws up a personal scheme of action [syn: schemer, plotter] 2: a clerk who marks data on a chart [syn: plotter, mapper] 3: a member of a conspiracy [syn: conspirator, coconspirator, plotter, machinator] 4: an instrument (usually driven by a computer) for drawing graphs or pictures
• porter 0
  n 1: a person employed to carry luggage and supplies 2: someone who guards an entrance [syn: doorkeeper, doorman, door guard, hall porter, porter, gatekeeper, ostiary] 3: United States writer of novels and short stories (1890-1980) [syn: Porter, Katherine Anne Porter] 4: United States composer and lyricist of musical comedies (1891-1946) [syn: Porter, Cole Porter, Cole Albert Porter] 5: United States writer of short stories whose pen name was O. Henry (1862-1910) [syn: Porter, William Sydney Porter, O. Henry] 6: a railroad employee who assists passengers (especially on sleeping cars) [syn: porter, Pullman porter] 7: a very dark sweet ale brewed from roasted unmalted barley [syn: porter, porter's beer] v 1: carry luggage or supplies; "They portered the food up Mount Kilimanjaro for the tourists"
• potter 0
  n 1: a craftsman who shapes pottery on a potter's wheel and bakes them it a kiln [syn: potter, thrower, ceramicist, ceramist] v 1: do random, unplanned work or activities or spend time idly; "The old lady is usually mucking about in her little house" [syn: putter, mess around, potter, tinker, monkey, monkey around, muck about, muck around] 2: work lightly; "The old lady is pottering around in the garden" [syn: potter, putter] 3: move around aimlessly [syn: putter, potter, potter around, putter around]
• rainwater 0
  n 1: drops of fresh water that fall as precipitation from clouds [syn: rain, rainwater]
• reporter 0
  n 1: a person who investigates and reports or edits news stories [syn: reporter, newsman, newsperson]
• saltwater 0
  n 1: water containing salts; "the water in the ocean is all saltwater" [syn: seawater, saltwater, brine] [ant: fresh water, freshwater]
• seawater 0
  n 1: water containing salts; "the water in the ocean is all saltwater" [syn: seawater, saltwater, brine] [ant: fresh water, freshwater]
• shearwater 0
  n 1: long-winged oceanic bird that in flight skims close to the waves
• slaughter 0
  n 1: the killing of animals (as for food) 2: a sound defeat [syn: thrashing, walloping, debacle, drubbing, slaughter, trouncing, whipping] 3: the savage and excessive killing of many people [syn: slaughter, massacre, mass murder, carnage, butchery] v 1: kill (animals) usually for food consumption; "They slaughtered their only goat to survive the winter" [syn: butcher, slaughter] 2: kill a large number of people indiscriminately; "The Hutus massacred the Tutsis in Rwanda" [syn: massacre, slaughter, mow down]
• sorter 0
  n 1: a clerk who sorts things (as letters at the post office) 2: a machine for sorting things (such as punched cards or letters) into classes
• spotter 0
  n 1: a worker employed at a dry-cleaning establishment to remove spots 2: a worker employed to apply spots (as markers or identifiers) 3: a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event [syn: lookout, lookout man, sentinel, sentry, watch, spotter, scout, picket] 4: someone who is the first to observe something [syn: finder, discoverer, spotter]
• squatter 0
  n 1: someone who settles lawfully on government land with the intent to acquire title to it [syn: squatter, homesteader, nester] 2: someone who settles on land without right or title
• stepdaughter 0
  n 1: a daughter of your spouse by a former marriage
• supporter 0
  n 1: a person who backs a politician or a team etc.; "all their supporters came out for the game"; "they are friends of the library" [syn: supporter, protagonist, champion, admirer, booster, friend] 2: someone who supports or champions something [syn: patron, sponsor, supporter] 3: a person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose; "my invaluable assistant"; "they hired additional help to finish the work" [syn: assistant, helper, help, supporter] 4: a band (usually elastic) worn around the leg to hold up a stocking (or around the arm to hold up a sleeve) [syn: garter, supporter] 5: a support for the genitals worn by men engaging in strenuous exercise [syn: athletic supporter, supporter, suspensor, jockstrap, jock]
• tidewater 0
  n 1: low-lying coastal land drained by tidal streams 2: the coastal plain of the South: eastern parts of Virginia and North Carolina and South Carolina and Georgia [syn: Tidewater, Tidewater region]
• torte 0
  n 1: rich cake usually covered with cream and fruit or nuts; originated in Austria
• tortured 0
  adj 1: experiencing intense pain especially mental pain; "an anguished conscience"; "a small tormented schoolboy"; "a tortured witness to another's humiliation" [syn: anguished, tormented, tortured]
• totter 0
  v 1: move without being stable, as if threatening to fall; "The drunk man tottered over to our table" 2: walk unsteadily; "small children toddle" [syn: toddle, coggle, totter, dodder, paddle, waddle] 3: move unsteadily, with a rocking motion [syn: teeter, seesaw, totter]
• underwater 0
  adj 1: beneath the surface of the water; "submerged rocks" [syn: submerged, submersed, underwater] 2: growing or remaining under water; "viewing subaqueous fauna from a glass-bottomed boat"; "submerged leaves" [syn: subaqueous, subaquatic, submerged, submersed, underwater]
• water 0
  n 1: binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent [syn: water, H2O] 2: the part of the earth's surface covered with water (such as a river or lake or ocean); "they invaded our territorial waters"; "they were sitting by the water's edge" [syn: body of water, water] 3: once thought to be one of four elements composing the universe (Empedocles) 4: a facility that provides a source of water; "the town debated the purification of the water supply"; "first you have to cut off the water" [syn: water system, water supply, water] 5: liquid excretory product; "there was blood in his urine"; "the child had to make water" [syn: urine, piss, pee, piddle, weewee, water] 6: a liquid necessary for the life of most animals and plants; "he asked for a drink of water" v 1: supply with water, as with channels or ditches or streams; "Water the fields" [syn: water, irrigate] 2: provide with water; "We watered the buffalo" 3: secrete or form water, as tears or saliva; "My mouth watered at the prospect of a good dinner"; "His eyes watered" 4: fill with tears; "His eyes were watering"
• rotter 0
  n 1: a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible; "only a rotter would do that"; "kill the rat"; "throw the bum out"; "you cowardly little pukes!"; "the British call a contemptible person a `git'" [syn: rotter, dirty dog, rat, skunk, stinker, stinkpot, bum, puke, crumb, lowlife, scum bag, so-and-so, git]
• snorter 0
  n 1: someone who expresses contempt or indignation by uttering a snorting sound 2: something outstandingly difficult; "the problem was a real snorter" 3: something that is extraordinary or remarkable or prominent; "a snorter of a sermon"; "the storm wasn't long but it was a snorter"
• transporter 0
  n 1: a long truck for carrying motor vehicles [syn: transporter, car transporter] 2: a crane for moving material with dispatch as in loading and unloading ships 3: a moving belt that transports objects (as in a factory) [syn: conveyer belt, conveyor belt, conveyer, conveyor, transporter]
• horta 0
  n 1: Belgian architect and leader in art nouveau architecture (1861-1947) [syn: Horta, Victor Horta]
• meltwater 0
  n 1: melted snow or ice
• whitewater 0
  n 1: frothy water as in rapids or waterfalls [syn: white water, whitewater]
• kicksorter 0
  n 1: scientific instrument consisting of an electronic circuit that permits only voltage pulses of predetermined height to pass [syn: kicksorter, pulse height analyzer]
• bathwater 0
• colporteur 0
• cutwater 0
• distorter 0
• dotter 0
• exhorter 0
• extorter 0
• groundwater 0
• hotter 0
• ripsnorter 0
• rosewater 0
• shorter 0
• smarter 0
• corder 0
• weirder 0
• oughta 0
• corter 0
• courter 0
• horter 0
• morter 0
• mcwhorter 0
• kotter 0
• mahtar 0
• motter 0
• notter 0
• bowater 0
• mccotter 0
• drinkwater 0
• bridgewater 0
• goldwater 0
• ditchwater 0

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