Words that rhyme with taffel

n 1: a flat plate that controls or directs the flow of fluid or energy [syn: baffle, baffle board] v 1: be a mystery or bewildering to; "This beats me!"; "Got me-- I don't know the answer!"; "a vexing problem"; "This question really stuck me" [syn: perplex, vex, stick, get, puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, pose, bewilder, flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound] 2: hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of; "What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge"; "foil your opponent" [syn: thwart, queer, spoil, scotch, foil, cross, frustrate, baffle, bilk] 3: check the emission of (sound) [syn: baffle, regulate]

n 1: small croquette of mashed chick peas or fava beans seasoned with sesame seeds [syn: falafel, felafel]

n 1: a small mallet used by a presiding officer or a judge

n 1: rock fragments and pebbles [syn: gravel, crushed rock] v 1: cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations; "Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me"; "It irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves" [syn: annoy, rag, get to, bother, get at, irritate, rile, nark, nettle, gravel, vex, chafe, devil] 2: cover with gravel; "We gravelled the driveway" 3: be a mystery or bewildering to; "This beats me!"; "Got me--I don't know the answer!"; "a vexing problem"; "This question really stuck me" [syn: perplex, vex, stick, get, puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, pose, bewilder, flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound]

adj 1: connected with or belonging to or used in a navy; "naval history"; "naval commander"; "naval vessels"

n 1: a scar where the umbilical cord was attached; "you were not supposed to show your navel on television"; "they argued whether or not Adam had a navel"; "she had a tattoo just above her bellybutton" [syn: navel, umbilicus, bellybutton, belly button, omphalos, omphalus] 2: the center point or middle of something; "the Incas believed that Cuzco was the navel of the universe" [syn: navel, navel point]

n 1: a lottery in which the prizes are goods rather than money v 1: dispose of in a lottery; "We raffled off a trip to the Bahamas" [syn: raffle, raffle off]

n 1: French composer and exponent of Impressionism (1875-1937) [syn: Ravel, Maurice Ravel] 2: a row of unravelled stitches; "she got a run in her stocking" [syn: run, ladder, ravel] v 1: disentangle; "can you unravel the mystery?" [syn: ravel, unravel, ravel out] [ant: knot, ravel, tangle] 2: tangle or complicate; "a ravelled story" [syn: ravel, tangle, knot] [ant: ravel, ravel out, unknot, unpick, unravel, unscramble, untangle]

n 1: a simple jointed bit for a horse; without a curb [syn: snaffle, snaffle bit] v 1: get hold of or seize quickly and easily; "I snapped up all the good buys during the garage sale" [syn: snap up, snaffle, grab] 2: fit or restrain with a snaffle; "snaffle a horse"

n 1: the act of going from one place to another; "he enjoyed selling but he hated the travel" [syn: travel, traveling, travelling] 2: a movement through space that changes the location of something [syn: change of location, travel] 3: self-propelled movement [syn: locomotion, travel] v 1: change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast" [syn: travel, go, move, locomote] [ant: stay in place] 2: undertake a journey or trip [syn: travel, journey] 3: make a trip for pleasure [syn: travel, trip, jaunt] 4: travel upon or across; "travel the oceans" [syn: travel, journey] 5: undergo transportation as in a vehicle; "We travelled North on Rte. 508" 6: travel from place to place, as for the purpose of finding work, preaching, or acting as a judge [syn: travel, move around]