Words that rhyme with raf

  • aleph
    n 1: the 1st letter of the Hebrew alphabet
  • behalf
    n 1: as the agent of or on someone's part (usually expressed as "on behalf of" rather than "in behalf of"); "the guardian signed the contract on behalf of the minor child"; "this letter is written on behalf of my client"; 2: for someone's benefit (usually expressed as `in behalf' rather than `on behalf' and usually with a possessive); "in your behalf"; "campaigning in his own behalf"; "spoke a good word in his friend's behalf"
  • calf
    n 1: young of domestic cattle 2: the muscular back part of the shank [syn: calf, sura] 3: fine leather from the skin of a calf [syn: calf, calfskin] 4: young of various large placental mammals e.g. whale or giraffe or elephant or buffalo
  • carafe
    n 1: a bottle with a stopper; for serving wine or water [syn: carafe, decanter]
  • chaff
    n 1: material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds [syn: chaff, husk, shuck, stalk, straw, stubble] 2: foil in thin strips; ejected into the air as a radar countermeasure v 1: be silly or tease one another; "After we relaxed, we just kidded around" [syn: kid, chaff, jolly, josh, banter]
  • chef
    n 1: a professional cook
  • clef
    n 1: a musical notation written on a staff indicating the pitch of the notes following it
  • deaf
    adj 1: lacking or deprived of the sense of hearing wholly or in part [ant: hearing(a)] 2: (usually followed by `to') unwilling or refusing to pay heed; "deaf to her warnings" [syn: deaf(p), indifferent(p)] n 1: people who have severe hearing impairments; "many of the deaf use sign language" v 1: make or render deaf; "a deafening noise" [syn: deafen, deaf]
  • feoff
    n 1: a piece of land held under the feudal system [syn: fief, feoff]
  • gaff
    n 1: a sharp metal spike or spur that is fastened to the leg of a gamecock 2: a spar rising aft from a mast to support the head of a quadrilateral fore-and-aft sail 3: an iron hook with a handle; used for landing large fish
  • gaffe
    n 1: a socially awkward or tactless act [syn: faux pas, gaffe, solecism, slip, gaucherie]
  • giraffe
    n 1: tallest living quadruped; having a spotted coat and small horns and very long neck and legs; of savannahs of tropical Africa [syn: giraffe, camelopard, Giraffa camelopardalis]
  • graph
    n 1: a visual representation of the relations between certain quantities plotted with reference to a set of axes [syn: graph, graphical record] v 1: represent by means of a graph; "chart the data" [syn: graph, chart] 2: plot upon a graph
  • half
    adv 1: partially or to the extent of a half; "he was half hidden by the bushes" adj 1: consisting of one of two equivalent parts in value or quantity; "a half chicken"; "lasted a half hour" 2: partial; "gave me a half smile"; "he did only a half job" 3: (of siblings) related through one parent only; "a half brother"; "half sister" [ant: whole] n 1: one of two equal parts of a divisible whole; "half a loaf"; "half an hour"; "a century and one half" [syn: one-half, half] 2: one of two divisions into which some games or performances are divided: the two divisions are separated by an interval
  • laugh
    n 1: the sound of laughing [syn: laugh, laughter] 2: a facial expression characteristic of a person laughing; "his face wrinkled in a silent laugh of derision" 3: a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter; "he told a very funny joke"; "he knows a million gags"; "thanks for the laugh"; "he laughed unpleasantly at his own jest"; "even a schoolboy's jape is supposed to have some ascertainable point" [syn: joke, gag, laugh, jest, jape] v 1: produce laughter [syn: laugh, express joy, express mirth] [ant: cry, weep]
  • ref
    n 1: (sports) the chief official (as in boxing or American football) who is expected to ensure fair play [syn: referee, ref]
  • staff
    n 1: personnel who assist their superior in carrying out an assigned task; "the hospital has an excellent nursing staff"; "the general relied on his staff to make routine decisions" 2: a strong rod or stick with a specialized utilitarian purpose; "he walked with the help of a wooden staff" 3: the body of teachers and administrators at a school; "the dean addressed the letter to the entire staff of the university" [syn: staff, faculty] 4: building material consisting of plaster and hair; used to cover external surfaces of temporary structure (as at an exposition) or for decoration 5: a rod carried as a symbol 6: (music) the system of five horizontal lines on which the musical notes are written [syn: staff, stave] v 1: provide with staff; "This position is not always staffed" 2: serve on the staff of; "The two men staff the reception desk"
  • graf
    n 1: German tennis player who won seven women's singles titles at Wimbledon (born in 1969) [syn: Graf, Steffi Graf, Stephanie Graf]
  • staph
    n 1: spherical Gram-positive parasitic bacteria that tend to form irregular colonies; some cause boils or septicemia or infections [syn: staphylococcus, staphylococci, staph]
  • kiev
    n 1: capital and largest city of the Ukraine; a major manufacturing and transportation center [syn: Kyyiv, Kiev, capital of the Ukraine]
  • caff
    n 1: informal British term for a cafe
  • teff
    n 1: an African grass economically important as a cereal grass (yielding white flour of good quality) as well as for forage and hay [syn: teff, teff grass, Eragrostis tef, Eragrostic abyssinica]
  • enfeoff
    v 1: put in possession of land in exchange for a pledge of service, in feudal society; "He enfeoffed his son-in-law with a large estate in Scotland"
  • diaghilev
    n 1: Russian ballet impresario who founded the Russian ballet and later introduced it to the West (1872-1929) [syn: Diaghilev, Sergei Diaghilev, Sergei Pavlovich Diaghilev]
  • unicef
    n 1: an agency of the United Nations responsible for programs to aid education and the health of children and mothers in developing countries [syn: United Nations Children's Fund, United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund, UNICEF]
  • nureyev
    n 1: Russian dancer who was often the partner of Dame Margot Fonteyn and who defected to the United States in 1961 (born in 1938) [syn: Nureyev, Rudolf Nureyev]
  • brezhnev
    n 1: Soviet statesman who became president of the Soviet Union (1906-1982) [syn: Brezhnev, Leonid Brezhnev, Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev]
  • daff
  • raff
  • graef
  • graefe
  • graeff
  • braff
  • fraph
  • graff
  • laff
  • naff
  • paff
  • pfaff
  • scaff
  • schaff
  • shaff
  • skaff
  • taff
  • taffe
  • yaffe
  • assaf
  • sielaff
  • unitaf
  • geoff
  • jeff
  • draff
  • waaf
  • waf
  • wraf

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