Words that rhyme with sagitta

  • babysitter
    n 1: a person engaged to care for children when the parents are not home [syn: babysitter, baby-sitter, sitter]
  • balata
    n 1: when dried yields a hard substance used e.g. in golf balls [syn: balata, gutta balata] 2: a tropical hardwood tree yielding balata gum and heavy red timber [syn: balata, balata tree, beefwood, bully tree, Manilkara bidentata]
  • 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
  • capacitor
    n 1: an electrical device characterized by its capacity to store an electric charge [syn: capacitor, capacitance, condenser, electrical condenser]
  • catheter
    n 1: a thin flexible tube inserted into the body to permit introduction or withdrawal of fluids or to keep the passageway open
  • coadjutor
    n 1: an assistant to a bishop
  • comforter
    n 1: commiserates with someone who has had misfortune [syn: sympathizer, sympathiser, comforter] 2: a person who reduces the intensity (e.g., of fears) and calms and pacifies; "a reliever of anxiety"; "an allayer of fears" [syn: reliever, allayer, comforter] 3: bedding made of two layers of cloth filled with stuffing and stitched together [syn: quilt, comforter, comfort, puff] 4: device used for an infant to suck or bite on [syn: comforter, pacifier, baby's dummy, teething ring]
  • compositor
    n 1: one who sets written material into type [syn: compositor, typesetter, setter, typographer]
  • conservator
    n 1: the custodian of a collection (as a museum or library) [syn: curator, conservator] 2: someone appointed by a court to assume responsibility for the interests of a minor or incompetent person
  • conspirator
    n 1: a member of a conspiracy [syn: conspirator, coconspirator, plotter, machinator]
  • contributor
    n 1: someone who contributes (or promises to contribute) a sum of money [syn: subscriber, contributor] 2: a writer whose work is published in a newspaper or magazine or as part of a book
  • counterfeiter
    n 1: someone who makes copies illegally [syn: forger, counterfeiter]
  • critter
    n 1: a regional term for `creature' (especially for domestic animals)
  • depositor
    n 1: a person who has deposited money in a bank or similar institution
  • distributor
    n 1: someone who markets merchandise [syn: distributor, distributer] 2: a person with authority to allot or deal out or apportion [syn: allocator, distributor] 3: a company that markets merchandise; "his company is a large distributor of software products" 4: electrical device that distributes voltage to the spark plugs of a gasoline engine in the order of the firing sequence [syn: distributor, distributer, electrical distributor]
  • 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
  • executor
    n 1: a person appointed by a testator to carry out the terms of the will
  • expositor
    n 1: a person who explains [syn: expositor, expounder]
  • 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]
  • heritor
    n 1: a person who is entitled by law or by the terms of a will to inherit the estate of another [syn: heir, inheritor, heritor]
  • 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]
  • idolater
    n 1: a person who worships idols [syn: idolater, idolizer, idoliser, idol worshiper]
  • inheritor
    n 1: a person who is entitled by law or by the terms of a will to inherit the estate of another [syn: heir, inheritor, heritor]
  • inquisitor
    n 1: a questioner who is excessively harsh [syn: inquisitor, interrogator] 2: an official of the ecclesiastical court of the Inquisition
  • interlocutor
    n 1: the performer in the middle of a minstrel line who engages the others in talk [syn: interlocutor, middleman] 2: a person who takes part in a conversation [syn: interlocutor, conversational partner]
  • interpreter
    n 1: someone who mediates between speakers of different languages [syn: interpreter, translator] 2: someone who uses art to represent something; "his paintings reveal a sensitive interpreter of nature"; "she was famous as an interpreter of Shakespearean roles" 3: an advocate who represents someone else's policy or purpose; "the meeting was attended by spokespersons for all the major organs of government" [syn: spokesperson, interpreter, representative, voice] 4: (computer science) a program that translates and executes source language statements one line at a time [syn: interpreter, interpretive program]
  • janitor
    n 1: someone employed to clean and maintain a building
  • 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
  • monitor
    n 1: someone who supervises (an examination) [syn: proctor, monitor] 2: someone who gives a warning so that a mistake can be avoided [syn: admonisher, monitor, reminder] 3: an ironclad vessel built by Federal forces to do battle with the Merrimac 4: display produced by a device that takes signals and displays them on a television screen or a computer monitor [syn: monitor, monitoring device] 5: electronic equipment that is used to check the quality or content of electronic transmissions 6: a piece of electronic equipment that keeps track of the operation of a system continuously and warns of trouble 7: any of various large tropical carnivorous lizards of Africa and Asia and Australia; fabled to warn of crocodiles [syn: monitor, monitor lizard, varan] v 1: keep tabs on; keep an eye on; keep under surveillance; "we are monitoring the air quality"; "the police monitor the suspect's moves" [syn: monitor, supervise] 2: check, track, or observe by means of a receiver
  • neurotransmitter
    n 1: a neurochemical that transmits nerve impulses across a synapse
  • orator
    n 1: a person who delivers a speech or oration [syn: orator, speechmaker, rhetorician, public speaker, speechifier]
  • 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"
  • ovipositor
    n 1: egg-laying tubular structure at the end of the abdomen in many female insects and some fishes
  • primogenitor
    n 1: an ancestor in the direct line [syn: progenitor, primogenitor]
  • progenitor
    n 1: an ancestor in the direct line [syn: progenitor, primogenitor]
  • quitter
    n 1: a person who gives up too easily
  • riveter
    n 1: a worker who inserts and hammers rivets [syn: riveter, rivetter] 2: a machine for driving rivets [syn: riveting machine, riveter, rivetter]
  • senator
    n 1: a member of a senate
  • servitor
    n 1: someone who performs the duties of an attendant for someone else
  • 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
  • solicitor
    n 1: a petitioner who solicits contributions or trade or votes [syn: solicitor, canvasser] 2: a British lawyer who gives legal advice and prepares legal documents
  • 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]
  • stigmata
    n 1: marks resembling the wounds on the crucified body of Christ
  • submitter
    n 1: someone who yields to the will of another person or force 2: someone who submits something (as an application for a job or a manuscript for publication etc.) for the judgment of others; "he was a prolific submitter of proposals"
  • taffeta
    n 1: a crisp smooth lustrous fabric
  • 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]
  • twitter
    n 1: a series of chirps [syn: chirrup, twitter] v 1: make high-pitched sounds, as of birds [syn: chitter, twitter]
  • visitor
    n 1: someone who visits [syn: visitor, visitant]
  • 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]
  • mahabharata
    n 1: (Hinduism) a sacred epic Sanskrit poem of India dealing in many episodes with the struggle between two rival families [syn: Mahabharata, Mahabharatam, Mahabharatum]
  • bedsitter
    n 1: a furnished sitting room with sleeping accommodations (and some plumbing) [syn: bedsitting room, bedsitter, bedsit]
  • pitta
    n 1: any bird of the genus Pitta; brilliantly colored chiefly terrestrial birds with short wings and tail and stout bills
  • masseter
    n 1: a large muscle that raises the lower jaw and is used in chewing
  • ureter
    n 1: either of a pair of thick-walled tubes that carry urine from the kidney to the urinary bladder
  • atwitter
  • banqueter
  • bibliolater
  • collocutor
  • comparator
  • elicitor
  • ferreter
  • forfeiter
  • prolocutor
  • remitter
  • sequitur
  • slitter
  • witter
  • gritter
  • ritter
  • lysistrata
  • premonitor
  • perdita
  • lytta
  • vitta
  • exeter
  • bullshitter

See also sagitta definition