Words that rhyme with varmint
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allurement
n 1: attractiveness; "its allurement was its remoteness" 2: the power to entice or attract through personal charm [syn: allure, allurement, temptingness] 3: the act of enticing a person to do something wrong (as an offer of sex in return for money) [syn: solicitation, allurement] -
cerement
n 1: burial garment in which a corpse is wrapped [syn: pall, shroud, cerement, winding-sheet, winding-clothes] -
claimant
n 1: someone who claims a benefit or right or title; "claimants of unemployment compensation"; "he was a claimant to the throne" -
clamant
adj 1: conspicuously and offensively loud; given to vehement outcry; "blatant radios"; "a clamorous uproar"; "strident demands"; "a vociferous mob" [syn: blatant, clamant, clamorous, strident, vociferous] 2: demanding attention; "clamant needs"; "a crying need"; "regarded literary questions as exigent and momentous"- H.L.Mencken; "insistent hunger"; "an instant need" [syn: clamant, crying, exigent, insistent, instant] -
clement
adj 1: (of weather or climate) physically mild; "clement weather" [ant: inclement] 2: (used of persons or behavior) inclined to show mercy; "a more clement judge reduced the sentence" [ant: inclement] -
debarment
n 1: the state of being debarred (excluded from enjoying certain possessions or rights or practices) 2: the act of prevention by legal means; "they achieved his debarment from holding public office" -
deployment
n 1: the distribution of forces in preparation for battle or work -
disbarment
n 1: the act of expelling a lawyer from the practice of law -
dormant
adj 1: in a condition of biological rest or suspended animation; "dormant buds"; "a hibernating bear"; "torpid frogs" [syn: dormant, hibernating(a), torpid] 2: (of e.g. volcanos) not erupting and not extinct ; "a dormant volcano" [syn: dormant, inactive] [ant: active] 3: lying with head on paws as if sleeping [syn: dormant(ip), sleeping] 4: inactive but capable of becoming active; "her feelings of affection are dormant but easily awakened" [syn: abeyant, dormant] -
embayment
n 1: an indentation of a shoreline larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf [syn: bay, embayment] -
embodiment
n 1: a new personification of a familiar idea; "the embodiment of hope"; "the incarnation of evil"; "the very avatar of cunning" [syn: embodiment, incarnation, avatar] 2: a concrete representation of an otherwise nebulous concept; "a circle was the embodiment of his concept of life" [syn: shape, embodiment] 3: giving concrete form to an abstract concept -
employment
n 1: the state of being employed or having a job; "they are looking for employment"; "he was in the employ of the city" [syn: employment, employ] [ant: unemployment] 2: the occupation for which you are paid; "he is looking for employment"; "a lot of people are out of work" [syn: employment, work] 3: the act of giving someone a job [syn: employment, engagement] 4: the act of using; "he warned against the use of narcotic drugs"; "skilled in the utilization of computers" [syn: use, usage, utilization, utilisation, employment, exercise] -
empowerment
n 1: the act of conferring legality or sanction or formal warrant [syn: authorization, authorisation, empowerment] -
endearment
n 1: the act of showing affection -
endowment
n 1: natural abilities or qualities [syn: endowment, gift, talent, natural endowment] 2: the capital that provides income for an institution [syn: endowment, endowment fund] 3: the act of endowing with a permanent source of income; "his generous endowment of the laboratory came just in the nick of time" -
enjoyment
n 1: the pleasure felt when having a good time 2: act of receiving pleasure from something [syn: enjoyment, delectation] 3: (law) the exercise of the legal right to enjoy the benefits of owning property; "we were given the use of his boat" [syn: use, enjoyment] -
garment
n 1: an article of clothing; "garments of the finest silk" v 1: provide with clothes or put clothes on; "Parents must feed and dress their child" [syn: dress, clothe, enclothe, garb, raiment, tog, garment, habilitate, fit out, apparel] [ant: discase, disrobe, peel, strip, strip down, uncase, unclothe, undress] -
immurement
n 1: the state of being imprisoned; "he was held in captivity until he died"; "the imprisonment of captured soldiers"; "his ignominious incarceration in the local jail"; "he practiced the immurement of his enemies in the castle dungeon" [syn: captivity, imprisonment, incarceration, immurement] -
impairment
n 1: the occurrence of a change for the worse [syn: damage, harm, impairment] 2: a symptom of reduced quality or strength [syn: deterioration, impairment] 3: the condition of being unable to perform as a consequence of physical or mental unfitness; "reading disability"; "hearing impairment" [syn: disability, disablement, handicap, impairment] 4: damage that results in a reduction of strength or quality 5: the act of making something futile and useless (as by routine) [syn: stultification, constipation, impairment, deadening] -
inclement
adj 1: (of weather or climate) severe [ant: clement] 2: used of persons or behavior; showing no clemency or mercy; "the harsh sentence of an inclement judge" [ant: clement] -
informant
n 1: a person who supplies information [syn: informant, source] 2: someone who sees an event and reports what happened [syn: witness, witnesser, informant] -
lineament
n 1: a characteristic property that defines the apparent individual nature of something; "each town has a quality all its own"; "the radical character of our demands" [syn: quality, character, lineament] 2: the characteristic parts of a person's face: eyes and nose and mouth and chin; "an expression of pleasure crossed his features"; "his lineaments were very regular" [syn: feature, lineament] -
overpayment
n 1: a payment larger than needed or expected 2: the act of paying too much -
payment
n 1: a sum of money paid or a claim discharged [ant: default, nonpayment, nonremittal] 2: the act of paying money [syn: payment, defrayal, defrayment] [ant: evasion, nonpayment] 3: an act of requiting; returning in kind [syn: requital, payment] -
prepayment
n 1: payment in advance -
procurement
n 1: the act of getting possession of something; "he was responsible for the procurement of materials and supplies" [syn: procurement, procurance, procural] -
raiment
n 1: especially fine or decorative clothing [syn: array, raiment, regalia] v 1: provide with clothes or put clothes on; "Parents must feed and dress their child" [syn: dress, clothe, enclothe, garb, raiment, tog, garment, habilitate, fit out, apparel] [ant: discase, disrobe, peel, strip, strip down, uncase, unclothe, undress] -
redeployment
n 1: the withdrawal and redistribution of forces in an attempt to use them more effectively [syn: redeployment, redisposition] -
repayment
n 1: the act of returning money received previously [syn: refund, repayment] 2: payment of a debt or obligation [syn: repayment, quittance] -
torment
n 1: unbearable physical pain [syn: torture, torment] 2: extreme mental distress [syn: anguish, torment, torture] 3: intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain; "an agony of doubt"; "the torments of the damned" [syn: agony, torment, torture] 4: a feeling of intense annoyance caused by being tormented; "so great was his harassment that he wanted to destroy his tormentors" [syn: harassment, torment] 5: a severe affliction [syn: curse, torment] 6: the act of harassing someone [syn: badgering, worrying, torment, bedevilment] v 1: torment emotionally or mentally [syn: torment, torture, excruciate, rack] 2: treat cruelly; "The children tormented the stuttering teacher" [syn: torment, rag, bedevil, crucify, dun, frustrate] 3: subject to torture; "The sinners will be tormented in Hell, according to the Bible" [syn: torture, excruciate, torment] -
undergarment
n 1: a garment worn under other garments [syn: undergarment, unmentionable] [ant: outer garment, overgarment] -
underpayment
n 1: a payment smaller than needed or expected 2: the act of paying less than required -
unemployment
n 1: the state of being unemployed or not having a job; "unemployment is a serious social evil"; "the rate of unemployment is an indicator of the health of an economy" [ant: employ, employment] -
vehement
adj 1: marked by extreme intensity of emotions or convictions; inclined to react violently; fervid; "fierce loyalty"; "in a tearing rage"; "vehement dislike"; "violent passions" [syn: fierce, tearing, vehement, violent, trigger-happy] 2: characterized by great force or energy; "vehement deluges of rain"; "vehement clapping"; "a vehement defense" -
disembodiment
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formant
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misemployment
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underemployment
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claremont
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lamont
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arment
See also varmint definition and varmint synonyms
