Words that rhyme with scotto

adv 1: separating the notes; in music; "play this staccato, please" [ant: legato] adj 1: (music) marked by or composed of disconnected parts or sounds; cut short crisply; "staccato applause"; "a staccato command"; "staccato notes" [syn: staccato, disconnected] [ant: legato, smooth]

n 1: mildly acid red or yellow pulpy fruit eaten as a vegetable 2: native to South America; widely cultivated in many varieties [syn: tomato, love apple, tomato plant, Lycopersicon esculentum]

n 1: (music) a pulsating effect in an instrumental or vocal tone produced by slight and rapid variations in pitch

n 1: a soft yellow malleable ductile (trivalent and univalent) metallic element; occurs mainly as nuggets in rocks and alluvial deposits; does not react with most chemicals but is attacked by chlorine and aqua regia [syn: gold, Au, atomic number 79] 2: a unit of length used for distances within the solar system; equal to the mean distance between the Earth and the Sun (approximately 93 million miles or 150 million kilometers) [syn: Astronomical Unit, AU]

n 1: Japanese stringed instrument that resembles a zither; has a rectangular wooden sounding board and usually 13 silk strings that are plucked with the fingers

n 1: Japanese admiral who planned the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941 (1884-1943) [syn: Yamamoto, Isoroku Yamamoto]