Words that rhyme with rivet

  • 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]
  • covert
    adj 1: secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed; "covert actions by the CIA"; "covert funding for the rebels" [ant: open, overt] 2: (of a wife) being under the protection of her husband; "a woman covert" n 1: a flock of coots 2: a covering that serves to conceal or shelter something; "a screen of trees afforded privacy"; "under cover of darkness"; "the brush provided a covert for game"; "the simplest concealment is to match perfectly the color of the background" [syn: screen, cover, covert, concealment]
  • covet
    v 1: wish, long, or crave for (something, especially the property of another person); "She covets her sister's house"
  • culvert
    n 1: a transverse and totally enclosed drain under a road or railway
  • 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]
  • overt
    adj 1: open and observable; not secret or hidden; "an overt lie"; "overt hostility"; "overt intelligence gathering"; "open ballots" [syn: overt, open] [ant: covert]
  • 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]
  • private
    adj 1: confined to particular persons or groups or providing privacy; "a private place"; "private discussions"; "private lessons"; "a private club"; "a private secretary"; "private property"; "the former President is now a private citizen"; "public figures struggle to maintain a private life" [ant: public] 2: concerning things deeply private and personal; "private correspondence"; "private family matters" 3: concerning one person exclusively; "we all have individual cars"; "each room has a private bath" [syn: individual(a), private] 4: not expressed; "secret (or private) thoughts" [syn: secret, private] n 1: an enlisted man of the lowest rank in the Army or Marines; "our prisoner was just a private and knew nothing of value" [syn: private, buck private, common soldier]
  • privet
    n 1: any of various Old World shrubs having smooth entire leaves and terminal panicles of small white flowers followed by small black berries; many used for hedges
  • semiprivate
    adj 1: confined to a small number of hospital patients; "semiprivate room"
  • 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
  • evert
    n 1: United States tennis player who won women's singles titles in the United States and at Wimbledon (born in 1954) [syn: Evert, Chris Evert, Chrissie Evert, Christine Marie Evert] v 1: turn inside out; turn the inner surface of outward; "evert the eyelid"
  • vervet
    n 1: South African monkey with black face and hands [syn: vervet, vervet monkey, Cercopithecus aethiops pygerythrus]
  • olivet
  • mcdivett
  • mcdivitt
  • calvert

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