Words that rhyme with tortoiseshell

  • aunt
    n 1: the sister of your father or mother; the wife of your uncle [syn: aunt, auntie, aunty] [ant: uncle]
  • awn
    n 1: slender bristlelike appendage found on the bracts of grasses
  • commandant
    n 1: an officer in command of a military unit [syn: commanding officer, commandant, commander]
  • croissant
    n 1: very rich flaky crescent-shaped roll [syn: crescent roll, croissant]
  • daunt
    v 1: cause to lose courage; "dashed by the refusal" [syn: daunt, dash, scare off, pall, frighten off, scare away, frighten away, scare]
  • detente
    n 1: the easing of tensions or strained relations (especially between nations)
  • nonchalant
    adj 1: marked by blithe unconcern; "an ability to interest casual students"; "showed a casual disregard for cold weather"; "an utterly insouciant financial policy"; "an elegantly insouciant manner"; "drove his car with nonchalant abandon"; "was polite in a teasing nonchalant manner" [syn: casual, insouciant, nonchalant]
  • savant
    n 1: someone who has been admitted to membership in a scholarly field [syn: initiate, learned person, pundit, savant]
  • taunt
    n 1: aggravation by deriding or mocking or criticizing [syn: twit, taunt, taunting] v 1: harass with persistent criticism or carping; "The children teased the new teacher"; "Don't ride me so hard over my failure"; "His fellow workers razzed him when he wore a jacket and tie" [syn: tease, razz, rag, cod, tantalize, tantalise, bait, taunt, twit, rally, ride]
  • vaunt
    n 1: extravagant self-praise v 1: show off [syn: boast, tout, swash, shoot a line, brag, gas, blow, bluster, vaunt, gasconade]
  • vermont
    n 1: a state in New England [syn: Vermont, Green Mountain State, VT]
  • enfant
  • aune
  • conte
  • bondt
  • bonte
  • dhondt
  • mont
  • avant
  • cheuvront
  • dumont
  • guimont
  • lafont
  • lamont
  • lamonte
  • lemont
  • poussaint
  • bankvermont
  • coutant

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