Words that rhyme with veldt

  • belt
    n 1: endless loop of flexible material between two rotating shafts or pulleys 2: a band to tie or buckle around the body (usually at the waist) 3: an elongated region where a specific condition or characteristic is found; "a belt of high pressure" 4: a vigorous blow; "the sudden knock floored him"; "he took a bash right in his face"; "he got a bang on the head" [syn: knock, bash, bang, smash, belt] 5: a path or strip (as cut by one course of mowing) [syn: swath, belt] 6: ammunition (usually of small caliber) loaded in flexible linked strips for use in a machine gun [syn: belt, belt ammunition, belted ammunition] 7: the act of hitting vigorously; "he gave the table a whack" [syn: knock, belt, rap, whack, whang] v 1: sing loudly and forcefully [syn: belt out, belt] 2: deliver a blow to; "He belted his opponent" 3: fasten with a belt; "belt your trousers" [ant: unbelt]
  • felt
    n 1: a fabric made of compressed matted animal fibers v 1: mat together and make felt-like; "felt the wool" 2: cover with felt; "felt a cap" 3: change texture so as to become matted and felt-like; "The fabric felted up after several washes" [syn: felt, felt up, mat up, matt-up, matte up, matte, mat]
  • gelt
    n 1: informal terms for money [syn: boodle, bread, cabbage, clams, dinero, dough, gelt, kale, lettuce, lolly, lucre, loot, moolah, pelf, scratch, shekels, simoleons, sugar, wampum]
  • greenbelt
    n 1: a belt of parks or rural land surrounding a town or city [syn: greenbelt, greenway]
  • melt
    n 1: the process whereby heat changes something from a solid to a liquid; "the power failure caused a refrigerator melt that was a disaster"; "the thawing of a frozen turkey takes several hours" [syn: thaw, melt, thawing, melting] v 1: reduce or cause to be reduced from a solid to a liquid state, usually by heating; "melt butter"; "melt down gold"; "The wax melted in the sun" [syn: melt, run, melt down] 2: become or cause to become soft or liquid; "The sun melted the ice"; "the ice thawed"; "the ice cream melted"; "The heat melted the wax"; "The giant iceberg dissolved over the years during the global warming phase"; "dethaw the meat" [syn: dissolve, thaw, unfreeze, unthaw, dethaw, melt] 3: become more relaxed, easygoing, or genial; "With age, he mellowed" [syn: mellow, melt, mellow out] 4: lose its distinct outline or shape; blend gradually; "Hundreds of actors were melting into the scene" [syn: melt, meld] 5: become less clearly visible or distinguishable; disappear gradually or seemingly; "The scene begins to fade"; "The tree trunks are melting into the forest at dusk" [syn: fade, melt] 6: become less intense and fade away gradually; "her resistance melted under his charm"; "her hopes evaporated after years of waiting for her fiance" [syn: melt, disappear, evaporate]
  • pelt
    n 1: the dressed hairy coat of a mammal [syn: fur, pelt] 2: body covering of a living animal [syn: hide, pelt, skin] v 1: cast, hurl, or throw repeatedly with some missile; "They pelted each other with snowballs" [syn: pelt, bombard] 2: attack and bombard with or as if with missiles; "pelt the speaker with questions" [syn: pepper, pelt] 3: rain heavily; "Put on your rain coat-- it's pouring outside!" [syn: pour, pelt, stream, rain cats and dogs, rain buckets]
  • smelt
    n 1: small cold-water silvery fish; migrate between salt and fresh water 2: small trout-like silvery marine or freshwater food fishes of cold northern waters v 1: extract (metals) by heating
  • spelt
    n 1: hardy wheat grown mostly in Europe for livestock feed [syn: spelt, Triticum spelta, Triticum aestivum spelta]
  • svelte
    adj 1: showing a high degree of refinement and the assurance that comes from wide social experience; "his polished manner"; "maintained an urbane tone in his letters" [syn: polished, refined, svelte, urbane] 2: moving and bending with ease [syn: lissome, lissom, lithe, lithesome, slender, supple, svelte, sylphlike] 3: being of delicate or slender build; "she was slender as a willow shoot is slender"- Frank Norris; "a slim girl with straight blonde hair"; "watched her slight figure cross the street" [syn: slender, slight, slim, svelte]
  • welt
    n 1: a raised mark on the skin (as produced by the blow of a whip); characteristic of many allergic reactions [syn: wale, welt, weal, wheal] 2: a raised or strengthened seam v 1: beat severely with a whip or rod; "The teacher often flogged the students"; "The children were severely trounced" [syn: flog, welt, whip, lather, lash, slash, strap, trounce] 2: put a welt on; "welt the shoes"
  • celt
    n 1: a member of a European people who once occupied Britain and Spain and Gaul prior to Roman times [syn: Celt, Kelt]
  • sunbelt
    n 1: states in the south and southwest that have a warm climate and tend to be politically conservative
  • kelt
    n 1: a member of a European people who once occupied Britain and Spain and Gaul prior to Roman times [syn: Celt, Kelt]
  • veld
    n 1: elevated open grassland in southern Africa [syn: veld, veldt]
  • seatbelt
    n 1: a safety belt used in a car or plane to hold you in your seat in case of an accident [syn: seat belt, seatbelt]
  • unbelt
    v 1: undo the belt of; "unbelt your trousers" [ant: belt]
  • roosevelt
    n 1: 32nd President of the United States; elected four times; instituted New Deal to counter the Great Depression and led country during World War II (1882-1945) [syn: Roosevelt, Franklin Roosevelt, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, F. D. Roosevelt, President Roosevelt, President Franklin Roosevelt, FDR] 2: wife of Franklin Roosevelt and a strong advocate of human rights (1884-1962) [syn: Roosevelt, Eleanor Roosevelt, Anna Eleanor Roosevelt] 3: 26th President of the United States; hero of the Spanish- American War; Panama Canal was built during his administration; "Theodore Roosevelt said `Speak softly but carry a big stick'" (1858-1919) [syn: Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt, President Roosevelt, President Theodore Roosevelt]
  • underfelt
    n 1: a carpet pad of thick felt
  • dealt
  • dwelt
  • knelt
  • unfelt
  • vanpelt
  • heldt
  • helt
  • bielefeld
  • flybelt
  • snowbelt
  • misdealt
  • weidenfeld
  • lifebelt

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