Words that rhyme with scissor
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bidder
n 1: someone who makes an offer 2: someone who makes a bid at cards -
bigger
adj 1: large or big relative to something else [syn: bigger, larger] -
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 -
blizzard
n 1: a storm with widespread snowfall accompanied by strong winds [syn: blizzard, snowstorm] 2: a series of unexpected and unpleasant occurrences; "a rash of bank robberies"; "a blizzard of lawsuits" [syn: rash, blizzard] -
clipper
n 1: (electronics) a nonlinear electronic circuit whose output is limited in amplitude; used to limit the instantaneous amplitude of a waveform (to clip off the peaks of a waveform); "a limiter introduces amplitude distortion" [syn: limiter, clipper] 2: a fast sailing ship used in former times [syn: clipper, clipper ship] 3: shears for cutting grass or shrubbery (often used in the plural) 4: scissors for cutting hair or finger nails (often used in the plural) -
consider
v 1: deem to be; "She views this quite differently from me"; "I consider her to be shallow"; "I don't see the situation quite as negatively as you do" [syn: see, consider, reckon, view, regard] 2: give careful consideration to; "consider the possibility of moving" [syn: study, consider] 3: take into consideration for exemplifying purposes; "Take the case of China"; "Consider the following case" [syn: consider, take, deal, look at] 4: show consideration for; take into account; "You must consider her age"; "The judge considered the offender's youth and was lenient" [syn: consider, count, weigh] 5: think about carefully; weigh; "They considered the possibility of a strike"; "Turn the proposal over in your mind" [syn: consider, debate, moot, turn over, deliberate] 6: judge or regard; look upon; judge; "I think he is very smart"; "I believe her to be very smart"; "I think that he is her boyfriend"; "The racist conceives such people to be inferior" [syn: think, believe, consider, conceive] 7: look at attentively [syn: regard, consider] 8: look at carefully; study mentally; "view a problem" [syn: view, consider, look at] 9: regard or treat with consideration, respect, and esteem; "Please consider your family" -
deliver
v 1: deliver (a speech, oration, or idea); "The commencement speaker presented a forceful speech that impressed the students" [syn: deliver, present] 2: bring to a destination, make a delivery; "our local super market delivers" 3: to surrender someone or something to another; "the guard delivered the criminal to the police"; "render up the prisoners"; "render the town to the enemy"; "fork over the money" [syn: hand over, fork over, fork out, fork up, turn in, deliver, render] 4: free from harm or evil [syn: rescue, deliver] 5: hand over to the authorities of another country; "They extradited the fugitive to his native country so he could be tried there" [syn: extradite, deliver, deport] 6: pass down; "render a verdict"; "deliver a judgment" [syn: render, deliver, return] 7: utter (an exclamation, noise, etc.); "The students delivered a cry of joy" 8: save from sins [syn: deliver, redeem, save] 9: carry out or perform; "deliver an attack", "deliver a blow"; "The boxer drove home a solid left" [syn: deliver, drive home] 10: relinquish possession or control over; "The squatters had to surrender the building after the police moved in" [syn: surrender, cede, deliver, give up] 11: throw or hurl from the mound to the batter, as in baseball; "The pitcher delivered the ball" [syn: deliver, pitch] 12: cause to be born; "My wife had twins yesterday!" [syn: give birth, deliver, bear, birth, have] -
differ
v 1: be different; "These two tests differ in only one respect" [ant: be, equal] 2: be of different opinions; "I beg to differ!"; "She disagrees with her husband on many questions" [syn: disagree, differ, dissent, take issue] [ant: agree, concord, concur, hold] -
dither
n 1: an excited state of agitation; "he was in a dither"; "there was a terrible flap about the theft" [syn: dither, pother, fuss, tizzy, flap] v 1: act nervously; be undecided; be uncertain 2: make a fuss; be agitated [syn: dither, flap, pother] -
downriver
adv 1: away from the source or with the current [syn: downriver, downstream] [ant: upriver, upstream] -
fisher
n 1: someone whose occupation is catching fish [syn: fisherman, fisher] 2: large dark brown North American arboreal carnivorous mammal [syn: fisher, pekan, fisher cat, black cat, Martes pennanti] -
fissure
n 1: a long narrow depression in a surface [syn: crevice, cranny, crack, fissure, chap] 2: a long narrow opening [syn: crack, cleft, crevice, fissure, scissure] 3: (anatomy) a long narrow slit or groove that divides an organ into lobes v 1: break into fissures or fine cracks -
giver
n 1: someone who devotes himself completely; "there are no greater givers than those who give themselves" 2: person who makes a gift of property [syn: donor, giver, presenter, bestower, conferrer] -
gizzard
n 1: thick-walled muscular pouch below the crop in many birds and reptiles for grinding food [syn: gizzard, ventriculus, gastric mill] -
hither
adv 1: to this place (especially toward the speaker); "come here, please" [syn: here, hither] [ant: there, thither] -
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] -
kicker
n 1: a player who kicks the football -
killer
n 1: someone who causes the death of a person or animal [syn: killer, slayer] 2: the causal agent resulting in death; "heart disease is the biggest killer in the United States" [syn: cause of death, killer] 3: a difficulty that is hard to deal with; "that exam was a real killer" 4: predatory black-and-white toothed whale with large dorsal fin; common in cold seas [syn: killer whale, killer, orca, grampus, sea wolf, Orcinus orca] -
kingfisher
n 1: nonpasserine large-headed bird with a short tail and long sharp bill; usually crested and bright-colored; feed mostly on fish -
kisser
n 1: someone who kisses [syn: kisser, osculator] 2: the human face (`kisser' and `smiler' and `mug' are informal terms for `face' and `phiz' is British) [syn: countenance, physiognomy, phiz, visage, kisser, smiler, mug] -
liquor
n 1: an alcoholic beverage that is distilled rather than fermented [syn: liquor, spirits, booze, hard drink, hard liquor, John Barleycorn, strong drink] 2: a liquid substance that is a solution (or emulsion or suspension) used or obtained in an industrial process; "waste liquors" 3: the liquid in which vegetables or meat have be cooked [syn: liquor, pot liquor, pot likker] -
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 -
liver
adj 1: having a reddish-brown color [syn: liver-colored, liver] n 1: large and complicated reddish-brown glandular organ located in the upper right portion of the abdominal cavity; secretes bile and functions in metabolism of protein and carbohydrate and fat; synthesizes substances involved in the clotting of the blood; synthesizes vitamin A; detoxifies poisonous substances and breaks down worn-out erythrocytes 2: liver of an animal used as meat 3: a person who has a special life style; "a high liver" 4: someone who lives in a place; "a liver in cities" -
lizard
n 1: relatively long-bodied reptile with usually two pairs of legs and a tapering tail 2: a man who idles about in the lounges of hotels and bars in search of women who would support him [syn: lounge lizard, lizard] -
mirror
n 1: polished surface that forms images by reflecting light 2: a faithful depiction or reflection; "the best mirror is an old friend" v 1: reflect as if in a mirror; "The smallest pond at night mirrors the firmament above" 2: reflect or resemble; "The plane crash in Milan mirrored the attack in the World Trade Center" -
mister
n 1: a form of address for a man [syn: Mister, Mr, Mr.] -
quiver
n 1: an almost pleasurable sensation of fright; "a frisson of surprise shot through him" [syn: frisson, shiver, chill, quiver, shudder, thrill, tingle] 2: a shaky motion; "the shaking of his fingers as he lit his pipe" [syn: shaking, shakiness, trembling, quiver, quivering, vibration, palpitation] 3: case for holding arrows 4: the act of vibrating [syn: vibration, quiver, quivering] v 1: shake with fast, tremulous movements; "His nostrils palpitated" [syn: quiver, quake, palpitate] 2: move back and forth very rapidly; "the candle flickered" [syn: flicker, waver, flitter, flutter, quiver] 3: move with or as if with a regular alternating motion; "the city pulsated with music and excitement" [syn: pulsate, beat, quiver] -
quizzer
n 1: someone who administers a test to determine your qualifications [syn: examiner, tester, quizzer] -
razor
n 1: edge tool used in shaving v 1: shave with a razor -
ripper
n 1: a murderer who slashes the victims with a knife; "Jack the Ripper was probably a madman" -
river
n 1: a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek); "the river was navigable for 50 miles" -
sister
n 1: a female person who has the same parents as another person; "my sister married a musician" [syn: sister, sis] [ant: blood brother, brother] 2: (Roman Catholic Church) a title given to a nun (and used as a form of address); "the Sisters taught her to love God" 3: a female person who is a fellow member of a sorority or labor union or other group; "none of her sisters would betray her" 4: (slang) sometimes used as a term of address for attractive young women [syn: baby, babe, sister] -
slither
v 1: to pass or move unobtrusively or smoothly; "They slid through the wicket in the big gate" [syn: slither, slide] -
sliver
n 1: a small thin sharp bit or wood or glass or metal; "he got a splinter in his finger"; "it broke into slivers" [syn: splinter, sliver] 2: a thin fragment or slice (especially of wood) that has been shaved from something [syn: paring, sliver, shaving] v 1: divide into slivers or splinters [syn: sliver, splinter] 2: break up into splinters or slivers; "The wood splintered" [syn: splinter, sliver] 3: form into slivers; "sliver wood" -
sticker
n 1: a small sharp-pointed tip resembling a spike on a stem or leaf [syn: spine, thorn, prickle, pricker, sticker, spikelet] 2: an adhesive label [syn: gummed label, sticker, paster] 3: a particularly difficult or baffling question or problem [syn: poser, stumper, toughie, sticker] 4: a short knife with a pointed blade used for piercing or stabbing [syn: dagger, sticker] -
trigger
n 1: lever that activates the firing mechanism of a gun [syn: gun trigger, trigger] 2: a device that activates or releases or causes something to happen 3: an act that sets in motion some course of events [syn: trigger, induction, initiation] v 1: put in motion or move to act; "trigger a reaction"; "actuate the circuits" [syn: trip, actuate, trigger, activate, set off, spark off, spark, trigger off, touch off] 2: release or pull the trigger on; "Trigger a gun" -
upriver
adv 1: toward the source or against the current [syn: upriver, upstream] [ant: downriver, downstream] -
winner
n 1: the contestant who wins the contest [syn: winner, victor] [ant: also-ran, loser] 2: a gambler who wins a bet [ant: loser] 3: a person with a record of successes; "his son would never be the achiever that his father was"; "only winners need apply"; "if you want to be a success you have to dress like a success" [syn: achiever, winner, success, succeeder] [ant: failure, loser, nonstarter, unsuccessful person] -
wither
v 1: wither, as with a loss of moisture; "The fruit dried and shriveled" [syn: shrivel, shrivel up, shrink, wither] 2: lose freshness, vigor, or vitality; "Her bloom was fading" [syn: fade, wither] -
wizard
adj 1: possessing or using or characteristic of or appropriate to supernatural powers; "charming incantations"; "magic signs that protect against adverse influence"; "a magical spell"; "'tis now the very witching time of night"- Shakespeare; "wizard wands"; "wizardly powers" [syn: charming, magic, magical, sorcerous, witching(a), wizard(a), wizardly] n 1: someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field [syn: ace, adept, champion, sensation, maven, mavin, virtuoso, genius, hotshot, star, superstar, whiz, whizz, wizard, wiz] 2: one who practices magic or sorcery [syn: sorcerer, magician, wizard, necromancer, thaumaturge, thaumaturgist] -
zipper
n 1: a fastener for locking together two toothed edges by means of a sliding tab [syn: slide fastener, zip, zipper, zip fastener] v 1: close with a zipper; "Zip up your jacket--it's cold" [syn: zip up, zipper, zip] [ant: unzip] -
sniffer
n 1: a person who sniffs -
windsor
n 1: a city in southeastern Ontario on the Detroit River opposite Detroit 2: the British royal family since 1917 [syn: Windsor, House of Windsor] -
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kyzar
See also scissor definition
