Words that rhyme with what

n 1: botfly larva; typically develops inside the body of a horse or sheep or human

v 1: lie adjacent to another or share a boundary; "Canada adjoins the U.S."; "England marches with Scotland" [syn: border, adjoin, edge, abut, march, butt, butt against, butt on]

n 1: a highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series); a decay product of uranium and thorium [syn: astatine, At, atomic number 85] 2: 100 at equal 1 kip in Laos

n 1: nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate [syn: bat, chiropteran] 2: (baseball) a turn trying to get a hit; "he was at bat when it happened"; "he got four hits in four at-bats" [syn: bat, at-bat] 3: a small racket with a long handle used for playing squash [syn: squash racket, squash racquet, bat] 4: the club used in playing cricket; "a cricket bat has a narrow handle and a broad flat end for hitting" [syn: cricket bat, bat] 5: a club used for hitting a ball in various games v 1: strike with, or as if with a baseball bat; "bat the ball" 2: wink briefly; "bat one's eyelids" [syn: bat, flutter] 3: have a turn at bat; "Jones bats first, followed by Martinez" 4: use a bat; "Who's batting?" 5: beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight; "We licked the other team on Sunday!" [syn: cream, bat, clobber, drub, thrash, lick]

n 1: a blemish made by dirt; "he had a smudge on his cheek" [syn: smudge, spot, blot, daub, smear, smirch, slur] 2: an act that brings discredit to the person who does it; "he made a huge blot on his copybook" [syn: blot, smear, smirch, spot, stain] v 1: dry (ink) with blotting paper 2: make a spot or mark onto; "The wine spotted the tablecloth" [syn: spot, fleck, blob, blot]

n 1: a very troublesome child [syn: terror, brat, little terror, holy terror] 2: a small pork sausage [syn: bratwurst, brat]

adv 1: and nothing more; "I was merely asking"; "it is simply a matter of time"; "just a scratch"; "he was only a child"; "hopes that last but a moment" [syn: merely, simply, just, only, but]

n 1: thick end of the handle [syn: butt, butt end] 2: the part of a plant from which the roots spring or the part of a stalk or trunk nearest the roots 3: a victim of ridicule or pranks [syn: butt, goat, laughingstock, stooge] 4: the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on; "he deserves a good kick in the butt"; "are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?" [syn: buttocks, nates, arse, butt, backside, bum, buns, can, fundament, hindquarters, hind end, keister, posterior, prat, rear, rear end, rump, stern, seat, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush, bottom, behind, derriere, fanny, ass] 5: sports equipment consisting of an object set up for a marksman or archer to aim at [syn: target, butt] 6: finely ground tobacco wrapped in paper; for smoking [syn: cigarette, cigaret, coffin nail, butt, fag] 7: a joint made by fastening ends together without overlapping [syn: butt joint, butt] 8: a large cask (especially one holding a volume equivalent to 2 hogsheads or 126 gallons) 9: the small unused part of something (especially the end of a cigarette that is left after smoking) [syn: butt, stub] v 1: lie adjacent to another or share a boundary; "Canada adjoins the U.S."; "England marches with Scotland" [syn: border, adjoin, edge, abut, march, butt, butt against, butt on] 2: to strike, thrust or shove against; "He butted his sister out of the way"; "The goat butted the hiker with his horns" [syn: butt, bunt] 3: place end to end without overlapping; "The frames must be butted at the joints"

n 1: feline mammal usually having thick soft fur and no ability to roar: domestic cats; wildcats [syn: cat, true cat] 2: an informal term for a youth or man; "a nice guy"; "the guy's only doing it for some doll" [syn: guy, cat, hombre, bozo] 3: a spiteful woman gossip; "what a cat she is!" 4: the leaves of the shrub Catha edulis which are chewed like tobacco or used to make tea; has the effect of a euphoric stimulant; "in Yemen kat is used daily by 85% of adults" [syn: kat, khat, qat, quat, cat, Arabian tea, African tea] 5: a whip with nine knotted cords; "British sailors feared the cat" [syn: cat-o'-nine-tails, cat] 6: a large tracked vehicle that is propelled by two endless metal belts; frequently used for moving earth in construction and farm work [syn: Caterpillar, cat] 7: any of several large cats typically able to roar and living in the wild [syn: big cat, cat] 8: a method of examining body organs by scanning them with X rays and using a computer to construct a series of cross- sectional scans along a single axis [syn: computerized tomography, computed tomography, CT, computerized axial tomography, computed axial tomography, CAT] v 1: beat with a cat-o'-nine-tails 2: eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth; "After drinking too much, the students vomited"; "He purged continuously"; "The patient regurgitated the food we gave him last night" [syn: vomit, vomit up, purge, cast, sick, cat, be sick, disgorge, regorge, retch, puke, barf, spew, spue, chuck, upchuck, honk, regurgitate, throw up] [ant: keep down]

n 1: an informal conversation [syn: chat, confab, confabulation, schmooze, schmoose] 2: birds having a chattering call [syn: New World chat, chat] 3: songbirds having a chattering call [syn: Old World chat, chat] v 1: talk socially without exchanging too much information; "the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze" [syn: chew the fat, shoot the breeze, chat, confabulate, confab, chitchat, chit-chat, chatter, chaffer, natter, gossip, jaw, claver, visit]

n 1: a lump of material formed from the content of a liquid [syn: clot, coagulum] v 1: change from a liquid to a thickened or solid state; "coagulated blood" [syn: clot, coagulate] 2: cause to change from a liquid to a solid or thickened state [syn: clot, coagulate] 3: turn into curds; "curdled milk" [syn: curdle, clabber, clot] [ant: homogenise, homogenize] 4: coalesce or unite in a mass; "Blood clots" [syn: clog, clot]

n 1: an engagement fought between two military forces [syn: combat, armed combat] 2: the act of fighting; any contest or struggle; "a fight broke out at the hockey game"; "there was fighting in the streets"; "the unhappy couple got into a terrible scrap" [syn: fight, fighting, combat, scrap] v 1: battle or contend against in or as if in a battle; "The Kurds are combating Iraqi troops in Northern Iraq"; "We must combat the prejudices against other races"; "they battled over the budget" [syn: battle, combat]

n 1: a sheath worn to protect a finger [syn: fingerstall, cot] 2: baby bed with high sides made of slats [syn: crib, cot] 3: a small bed that folds up for storage or transport [syn: cot, camp bed]

adj 1: separated into parts or laid open or penetrated with a sharp edge or instrument; "the cut surface was mottled"; "cut tobacco"; "blood from his cut forehead"; "bandages on her cut wrists" [ant: uncut] 2: fashioned or shaped by cutting; "a well-cut suit"; "cut diamonds"; "cut velvet" [ant: rough, uncut] 3: with parts removed; "the drastically cut film" [syn: cut, shortened] 4: made neat and tidy by trimming; "his neatly trimmed hair" [syn: trimmed, cut] [ant: uncut, untrimmed] 5: (used of grass or vegetation) cut down with a hand implement or machine; "the smell of newly mown hay" [syn: mown, cut] [ant: uncut, unmown] 6: (of pages of a book) having the folds of the leaves trimmed or slit; "the cut pages of the book" [ant: uncut] 7: (of a male animal) having the testicles removed; "a cut horse" [syn: cut, emasculated, gelded] 8: (used of rates or prices) reduced usually sharply; "the slashed prices attracted buyers" [syn: cut, slashed] 9: mixed with water; "sold cut whiskey"; "a cup of thinned soup" [syn: cut, thinned, weakened] n 1: a share of the profits; "everyone got a cut of the earnings" 2: (film) an immediate transition from one shot to the next; "the cut from the accident scene to the hospital seemed too abrupt" 3: a trench resembling a furrow that was made by erosion or excavation [syn: cut, gash] 4: a step on some scale; "he is a cut above the rest" 5: a wound made by cutting; "he put a bandage over the cut" [syn: cut, gash, slash, slice] 6: a piece of meat that has been cut from an animal carcass [syn: cut, cut of meat] 7: a remark capable of wounding mentally; "the unkindest cut of all" [syn: stinger, cut] 8: a distinct selection of music from a recording or a compact disc; "he played the first cut on the cd"; "the title track of the album" [syn: cut, track] 9: the omission that is made when an editorial change shortens a written passage; "an editor's deletions frequently upset young authors"; "both parties agreed on the excision of the proposed clause" [syn: deletion, excision, cut] 10: the style in which a garment is cut; "a dress of traditional cut" 11: a canal made by erosion or excavation 12: a refusal to recognize someone you know; "the snub was clearly intentional" [syn: snub, cut, cold shoulder] 13: in baseball; a batter's attempt to hit a pitched ball; "he took a vicious cut at the ball" [syn: baseball swing, swing, cut] 14: (sports) a stroke that puts reverse spin on the ball; "cuts do not bother a good tennis player" [syn: cut, undercut] 15: the division of a deck of cards before dealing; "he insisted that we give him the last cut before every deal"; "the cutting of the cards soon became a ritual" [syn: cut, cutting] 16: the act of penetrating or opening open with a sharp edge; "his cut in the lining revealed the hidden jewels" [syn: cut, cutting] 17: the act of cutting something into parts; "his cuts were skillful"; "his cutting of the cake made a terrible mess" [syn: cut, cutting] 18: the act of shortening something by chopping off the ends; "the barber gave him a good cut" [syn: cut, cutting, cutting off] 19: the act of reducing the amount or number; "the mayor proposed extensive cuts in the city budget" 20: an unexcused absence from class; "he was punished for taking too many cuts in his math class" v 1: separate with or as if with an instrument; "Cut the rope" 2: cut down on; make a reduction in; "reduce your daily fat intake"; "The employer wants to cut back health benefits" [syn: reduce, cut down, cut back, trim, trim down, trim back, cut, bring down] 3: turn sharply; change direction abruptly; "The car cut to the left at the intersection"; "The motorbike veered to the right" [syn: swerve, sheer, curve, trend, veer, slue, slew, cut] 4: make an incision or separation; "cut along the dotted line" 5: discharge from a group; "The coach cut two players from the team" 6: form by probing, penetrating, or digging; "cut a hole"; "cut trenches"; "The sweat cut little rivulets into her face" 7: style and tailor in a certain fashion; "cut a dress" [syn: cut, tailor] 8: hit (a ball) with a spin so that it turns in the opposite direction; "cut a Ping-Pong ball" 9: make out and issue; "write out a check"; "cut a ticket"; "Please make the check out to me" [syn: write out, issue, make out, cut] 10: cut and assemble the components of; "edit film"; "cut recording tape" [syn: edit, cut, edit out] 11: intentionally fail to attend; "cut class" [syn: cut, skip] 12: be able to manage or manage successfully; "I can't hack it anymore"; "she could not cut the long days in the office" [syn: hack, cut] 13: give the appearance or impression of; "cut a nice figure" 14: move (one's fist); "his opponent cut upward toward his chin" 15: pass directly and often in haste; "We cut through the neighbor's yard to get home sooner" 16: pass through or across; "The boat cut the water" 17: make an abrupt change of image or sound; "cut from one scene to another" 18: stop filming; "cut a movie scene" 19: make a recording of; "cut the songs"; "She cut all of her major titles again" 20: record a performance on (a medium); "cut a record" 21: create by duplicating data; "cut a disk"; "burn a CD" [syn: cut, burn] 22: form or shape by cutting or incising; "cut paper dolls" 23: perform or carry out; "cut a caper" 24: function as a cutting instrument; "This knife cuts well" 25: allow incision or separation; "This bread cuts easily" 26: divide a deck of cards at random into two parts to make selection difficult; "Wayne cut"; "She cut the deck for a long time" 27: cause to stop operating by disengaging a switch; "Turn off the stereo, please"; "cut the engine"; "turn out the lights" [syn: switch off, cut, turn off, turn out] [ant: switch on, turn on] 28: reap or harvest; "cut grain" 29: fell by sawing; hew; "The Vietnamese cut a lot of timber while they occupied Cambodia" 30: penetrate injuriously; "The glass from the shattered windshield cut into her forehead" 31: refuse to acknowledge; "She cut him dead at the meeting" [syn: ignore, disregard, snub, cut] 32: shorten as if by severing the edges or ends of; "cut my hair" 33: weed out unwanted or unnecessary things; "We had to lose weight, so we cut the sugar from our diet" [syn: cut, prune, rationalize, rationalise] 34: dissolve by breaking down the fat of; "soap cuts grease" 35: have a reducing effect; "This cuts into my earnings" 36: cease, stop; "cut the noise"; "We had to cut short the conversation" [syn: cut, cut off] 37: reduce in scope while retaining essential elements; "The manuscript must be shortened" [syn: abridge, foreshorten, abbreviate, shorten, cut, contract, reduce] [ant: dilate, elaborate, enlarge, expand, expatiate, exposit, expound, flesh out, lucubrate] 38: lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture; "cut bourbon" [syn: dilute, thin, thin out, reduce, cut] 39: have grow through the gums; "The baby cut a tooth" 40: grow through the gums; "The new tooth is cutting" 41: cut off the testicles (of male animals such as horses); "the vet gelded the young horse" [syn: geld, cut]

n 1: a very small circular shape; "a row of points"; "draw lines between the dots" [syn: point, dot] 2: the United States federal department that institutes and coordinates national transportation programs; created in 1966 [syn: Department of Transportation, Transportation, DoT] 3: the shorter of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code [syn: dot, dit] 4: street name for lysergic acid diethylamide [syn: acid, back breaker, battery-acid, dose, dot, Elvis, loony toons, Lucy in the sky with diamonds, pane, superman, window pane, Zen] v 1: scatter or intersperse like dots or studs; "Hills constellated with lights" [syn: dot, stud, constellate] 2: distribute loosely; "He scattered gun powder under the wagon" [syn: scatter, sprinkle, dot, dust, disperse] 3: make a dot or dots 4: mark with a dot; "dot your `i's"

adv 1: with flat sails; "sail flat against the wind" 2: in a forthright manner; candidly or frankly; "he didn't answer directly"; "told me straight out"; "came out flat for less work and more pay" [syn: directly, flat, straight] [ant: indirectly] adj 1: having a surface without slope, tilt in which no part is higher or lower than another; "a flat desk"; "acres of level farmland"; "a plane surface"; "skirts sewn with fine flat seams" [syn: flat, level, plane] 2: having a relatively broad surface in relation to depth or thickness; "flat computer monitors" 3: not modified or restricted by reservations; "a categorical denial"; "a flat refusal" [syn: categoric, categorical, flat, unconditional] 4: stretched out and lying at full length along the ground; "found himself lying flat on the floor" [syn: flat, prostrate] 5: lacking contrast or shading between tones [ant: contrasty] 6: (of a musical note) lowered in pitch by one chromatic semitone; "B flat" [ant: natural, sharp] 7: flattened laterally along the whole length (e.g., certain leafstalks or flatfishes) [syn: compressed, flat] 8: lacking taste or flavor or tang; "a bland diet"; "insipid hospital food"; "flavorless supermarket tomatoes"; "vapid beer"; "vapid tea" [syn: bland, flat, flavorless, flavourless, insipid, savorless, savourless, vapid] 9: lacking stimulating characteristics; uninteresting; "a bland little drama"; "a flat joke" [syn: bland, flat] 10: having lost effervescence; "flat beer"; "a flat cola" 11: sounded or spoken in a tone unvarying in pitch; "the owl's faint monotonous hooting" [syn: flat, monotone, monotonic, monotonous] 12: horizontally level; "a flat roof" 13: lacking the expected range or depth; not designed to give an illusion or depth; "a film with two-dimensional characters"; "a flat two-dimensional painting" [syn: two-dimensional, 2-dimensional, flat] 14: not reflecting light; not glossy; "flat wall paint"; "a photograph with a matte finish" [syn: flat, mat, matt, matte, matted] 15: commercially inactive; "flat sales for the month"; "prices remained flat"; "a flat market" n 1: a level tract of land; "the salt flats of Utah" 2: a shallow box in which seedlings are started 3: a musical notation indicating one half step lower than the note named 4: freight car without permanent sides or roof [syn: flatcar, flatbed, flat] 5: a deflated pneumatic tire [syn: flat, flat tire] 6: scenery consisting of a wooden frame covered with painted canvas; part of a stage setting 7: a suite of rooms usually on one floor of an apartment house [syn: apartment, flat]

n 1: the quality of being so overabundant that prices fall [syn: glut, oversupply, surfeit] v 1: overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself; "She stuffed herself at the dinner"; "The kids binged on ice cream" [syn: gorge, ingurgitate, overindulge, glut, englut, stuff, engorge, overgorge, overeat, gormandize, gormandise, gourmandize, binge, pig out, satiate, scarf out] 2: supply with an excess of; "flood the market with tennis shoes"; "Glut the country with cheap imports from the Orient" [syn: flood, oversupply, glut]

n 1: a small cave (usually with attractive features) [syn: grotto, grot]

n 1: headdress that protects the head from bad weather; has shaped crown and usually a brim [syn: hat, chapeau, lid] 2: an informal term for a person's role; "he took off his politician's hat and talked frankly" v 1: put on or wear a hat; "He was unsuitably hatted" 2: furnish with a hat

adj 1: used of physical heat; having a high or higher than desirable temperature or giving off heat or feeling or causing a sensation of heat or burning; "hot stove"; "hot water"; "a hot August day"; "a hot stuffy room"; "she's hot and tired"; "a hot forehead" [ant: cold] 2: characterized by violent and forceful activity or movement; very intense; "the fighting became hot and heavy"; "a hot engagement"; "a raging battle"; "the river became a raging torrent" [syn: hot, raging] 3: extended meanings; especially of psychological heat; marked by intensity or vehemence especially of passion or enthusiasm; "a hot temper"; "a hot topic"; "a hot new book"; "a hot love affair"; "a hot argument" [ant: cold] 4: (color) bold and intense; "hot pink" 5: sexually excited or exciting; "was hot for her"; "hot pants" 6: recently stolen or smuggled; "hot merchandise"; "a hot car" 7: very fast; capable of quick response and great speed; "a hot sports car"; "a blistering pace"; "got off to a hot start"; "in hot pursuit"; "a red-hot line drive" [syn: blistering, hot, red-hot] 8: wanted by the police; "a hot suspect" 9: producing a burning sensation on the taste nerves; "hot salsa"; "jalapeno peppers are very hot" [syn: hot, spicy] 10: performed or performing with unusually great skill and daring and energy; "a hot drummer"; "he's hot tonight" 11: very popular or successful; "one of the hot young talents"; "cabbage patch dolls were hot last season" 12: very unpleasant or even dangerous; "make it hot for him"; "in the hot seat"; "in hot water" 13: newest or most recent; "news hot off the press"; "red-hot information" [syn: hot, red-hot] 14: having or bringing unusually good luck; "hot at craps"; "the dice are hot tonight" 15: very good; often used in the negative; "he's hot at math but not so hot at history" 16: newly made; "a hot scent" 17: having or showing great eagerness or enthusiasm; "hot for travel" 18: of a seeker; very near to the object sought; "you are hot" 19: having or dealing with dangerously high levels of radioactivity; "hot fuel rods"; "a hot laboratory" 20: charged or energized with electricity; "a hot wire"; "a live wire" [syn: hot, live] 21: marked by excited activity; "a hot week on the stock market"

n 1: a brief (and hurriedly handwritten) note [syn: jotting, jot] 2: a slight but appreciable amount; "this dish could use a touch of garlic" [syn: touch, hint, tinge, mite, pinch, jot, speck, soupcon] v 1: write briefly or hurriedly; write a short note of [syn: jot down, jot]

n 1: a tight cluster of people or things; "a small knot of women listened to his sermon"; "the bird had a knot of feathers forming a crest" 2: any of various fastenings formed by looping and tying a rope (or cord) upon itself or to another rope or to another object 3: a hard cross-grained round piece of wood in a board where a branch emerged; "the saw buckled when it hit a knot" 4: something twisted and tight and swollen; "their muscles stood out in knots"; "the old man's fists were two great gnarls"; "his stomach was in knots" [syn: knot, gnarl] 5: a unit of length used in navigation; exactly 1,852 meters; historically based on the distance spanned by one minute of arc in latitude [syn: nautical mile, mile, mi, naut mi, knot, international nautical mile, air mile] 6: soft lump or unevenness in a yarn; either an imperfection or created by design [syn: slub, knot, burl] 7: a sandpiper that breeds in the Arctic and winters in the southern hemisphere [syn: knot, greyback, grayback, Calidris canutus] v 1: make into knots; make knots out of; "She knotted her fingers" 2: tie or fasten into a knot; "knot the shoelaces" 3: tangle or complicate; "a ravelled story" [syn: ravel, tangle, knot] [ant: ravel, ravel out, unknot, unpick, unravel, unscramble, untangle]

n 1: a broad flat muscle on either side of the back [syn: latissimus dorsi, lat]

n 1: (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent; "a batch of letters"; "a deal of trouble"; "a lot of money"; "he made a mint on the stock market"; "see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos"; "it must have cost plenty"; "a slew of journalists"; "a wad of money" [syn: batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad] 2: a parcel of land having fixed boundaries; "he bought a lot on the lake" 3: an unofficial association of people or groups; "the smart set goes there"; "they were an angry lot" [syn: set, circle, band, lot] 4: your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you); "whatever my fortune may be"; "deserved a better fate"; "has a happy lot"; "the luck of the Irish"; "a victim of circumstances"; "success that was her portion" [syn: fortune, destiny, fate, luck, lot, circumstances, portion] 5: anything (straws or pebbles etc.) taken or chosen at random; "the luck of the draw"; "they drew lots for it" [syn: draw, lot] 6: any collection in its entirety; "she bought the whole caboodle" [syn: bunch, lot, caboodle] 7: (Old Testament) nephew of Abraham; God destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah but chose to spare Lot and his family who were told to flee without looking back at the destruction v 1: divide into lots, as of land, for example 2: administer or bestow, as in small portions; "administer critical remarks to everyone present"; "dole out some money"; "shell out pocket money for the children"; "deal a blow to someone"; "the machine dispenses soft drinks" [syn: distribute, administer, mete out, deal, parcel out, lot, dispense, shell out, deal out, dish out, allot, dole out]

adv 1: negation of a word or group of words; "he does not speak French"; "she is not going"; "they are not friends"; "not many"; "not much"; "not at all" [syn: not, non]

n 1: a secret scheme to do something (especially something underhand or illegal); "they concocted a plot to discredit the governor"; "I saw through his little game from the start" [syn: plot, secret plan, game] 2: a small area of ground covered by specific vegetation; "a bean plot"; "a cabbage patch"; "a briar patch" [syn: plot, plot of land, plot of ground, patch] 3: the story that is told in a novel or play or movie etc.; "the characters were well drawn but the plot was banal" 4: a chart or map showing the movements or progress of an object v 1: plan secretly, usually something illegal; "They plotted the overthrow of the government" 2: make a schematic or technical drawing of that shows interactions among variables or how something is constructed [syn: diagram, plot] 3: make a plat of; "Plat the town" [syn: plat, plot] 4: devise the sequence of events in (a literary work or a play, movie, or ballet); "the writer is plotting a new novel"

n 1: metal or earthenware cooking vessel that is usually round and deep; often has a handle and lid 2: a plumbing fixture for defecation and urination [syn: toilet, can, commode, crapper, pot, potty, stool, throne] 3: the quantity contained in a pot [syn: pot, potful] 4: a container in which plants are cultivated [syn: pot, flowerpot] 5: (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent; "a batch of letters"; "a deal of trouble"; "a lot of money"; "he made a mint on the stock market"; "see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos"; "it must have cost plenty"; "a slew of journalists"; "a wad of money" [syn: batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad] 6: the cumulative amount involved in a game (such as poker) [syn: pot, jackpot, kitty] 7: slang for a paunch [syn: pot, potbelly, bay window, corporation, tummy] 8: a resistor with three terminals, the third being an adjustable center terminal; used to adjust voltages in radios and TV sets [syn: potentiometer, pot] 9: street names for marijuana [syn: pot, grass, green goddess, dope, weed, gage, sess, sens, smoke, skunk, locoweed, Mary Jane] v 1: plant in a pot; "He potted the palm"

v 1: overthrow by argument, evidence, or proof; "The speaker refuted his opponent's arguments" [syn: refute, rebut] 2: prove to be false or incorrect [syn: refute, rebut, controvert]

n 1: a state of decay usually accompanied by an offensive odor [syn: putrefaction, rot] 2: (biology) the process of decay caused by bacterial or fungal action [syn: decomposition, rot, rotting, putrefaction] 3: unacceptable behavior (especially ludicrously false statements) [syn: bunk, bunkum, buncombe, guff, rot, hogwash] v 1: break down; "The bodies decomposed in the heat" [syn: decompose, rot, molder, moulder] 2: become physically weaker; "Political prisoners are wasting away in many prisons all over the world" [syn: waste, rot]

n 1: singing jazz; the singer substitutes nonsense syllables for the words of the song and tries to sound like a musical instrument [syn: scat, scat singing] v 1: flee; take to one's heels; cut and run; "If you see this man, run!"; "The burglars escaped before the police showed up" [syn: scat, run, scarper, turn tail, lam, run away, hightail it, bunk, head for the hills, take to the woods, escape, fly the coop, break away]

adj 1: varying in color when seen in different lights or from different angles; "changeable taffeta"; "chatoyant (or shot) silk"; "a dragonfly hovered, vibrating and iridescent" [syn: changeable, chatoyant, iridescent, shot] n 1: the act of firing a projectile; "his shooting was slow but accurate" [syn: shooting, shot] 2: a solid missile discharged from a firearm; "the shot buzzed past his ear" [syn: shot, pellet] 3: (sports) the act of swinging or striking at a ball with a club or racket or bat or cue or hand; "it took two strokes to get out of the bunker"; "a good shot requires good balance and tempo"; "he left me an almost impossible shot" [syn: stroke, shot] 4: a chance to do something; "he wanted a shot at the champion" [syn: shot, crack] 5: a person who shoots (usually with respect to their ability to shoot); "he is a crack shot"; "a poor shooter" [syn: shot, shooter] 6: a consecutive series of pictures that constitutes a unit of action in a film [syn: scene, shot] 7: the act of putting a liquid into the body by means of a syringe; "the nurse gave him a flu shot" [syn: injection, shot] 8: a small drink of liquor; "he poured a shot of whiskey" [syn: nip, shot] 9: an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect; "his parting shot was `drop dead'"; "she threw shafts of sarcasm"; "she takes a dig at me every chance she gets" [syn: shot, shaft, slam, dig, barb, jibe, gibe] 10: an estimate based on little or no information [syn: guess, guesswork, guessing, shot, dead reckoning] 11: an informal photograph; usually made with a small hand-held camera; "my snapshots haven't been developed yet"; "he tried to get unposed shots of his friends" [syn: snapshot, snap, shot] 12: sports equipment consisting of a heavy metal ball used in the shot put; "he trained at putting the shot" 13: an explosive charge used in blasting 14: a blow hard enough to cause injury; "he is still recovering from a shot to his leg"; "I caught him with a solid shot to the chin" 15: an attempt to score in a game 16: informal words for any attempt or effort; "he gave it his best shot"; "he took a stab at forecasting" [syn: shot, stab] 17: the launching of a missile or spacecraft to a specified destination [syn: blastoff, shot]

n 1: a thin strip (wood or metal) [syn: slat, spline] v 1: equip or bar with slats; "Slat the windows" 2: close the slats of (windows)

n 1: a position in a grammatical linguistic construction in which a variety of alternative units are interchangeable; "he developed a version of slot grammar" 2: a small slit (as for inserting a coin or depositing mail); "he put a quarter in the slot" 3: a time assigned on a schedule or agenda; "the TV program has a new time slot"; "an aircraft landing slot" [syn: time slot, slot] 4: a position in a hierarchy or organization; "Bob Dylan occupied the top slot for several weeks"; "she beat some tough competition for the number one slot" 5: the trail of an animal (especially a deer); "he followed the deer's slot over the soft turf to the edge of the trees" 6: (computer) a socket in a microcomputer that will accept a plug-in circuit board; "the PC had three slots for additional memory" [syn: slot, expansion slot] 7: a slot machine that is used for gambling; "they spend hours and hours just playing the slots" [syn: slot, one-armed bandit] v 1: assign a time slot; "slot a television program"

n 1: a dirty untidy woman [syn: slattern, slut, slovenly woman, trollop] 2: a woman adulterer [syn: adulteress, fornicatress, hussy, jade, loose woman, slut, strumpet, trollop]

n 1: a black colloidal substance consisting wholly or principally of amorphous carbon and used to make pigments and ink [syn: carbon black, lampblack, soot, smut, crock] 2: destructive diseases of plants (especially cereal grasses) caused by fungi that produce black powdery masses of spores 3: any fungus of the order Ustilaginales [syn: smut, smut fungus] 4: an offensive or indecent word or phrase [syn: obscenity, smut, vulgarism, filth, dirty word] 5: creative activity (writing or pictures or films etc.) of no literary or artistic value other than to stimulate sexual desire [syn: pornography, porno, porn, erotica, smut] v 1: make obscene; "This line in the play smuts the entire act" 2: stain with a dirty substance, such as soot 3: become affected with smut; "the corn smutted and could not be eaten" 4: affect with smut or mildew, as of a crop such as corn

n 1: a person regarded as arrogant and annoying [syn: snob, prig, snot, snoot] 2: nasal mucus

adv 1: to a small degree or extent; "his arguments were somewhat self-contradictory"; "the children argued because one slice of cake was slightly larger than the other" [syn: slightly, somewhat, more or less] 2: to a moderately sufficient extent or degree; "pretty big"; "pretty bad"; "jolly decent of him"; "the shoes are priced reasonably"; "he is fairly clever with computers" [syn: reasonably, moderately, pretty, jolly, somewhat, fairly, middling, passably] [ant: immoderately, unreasonably]

n 1: a chronic drinker [syn: drunkard, drunk, rummy, sot, inebriate, wino]

n 1: a quarrel about petty points [syn: bicker, bickering, spat, tiff, squabble, pettifoggery, fuss] 2: a cloth covering (a legging) that covers the instep and ankles [syn: spat, gaiter] 3: a young oyster or other bivalve v 1: come down like raindrops; "Bullets were spatting down on us" 2: become permanently attached; "mollusks or oysters spat" 3: strike with a sound like that of falling rain; "Bullets were spatting the leaves" 4: clap one's hands or shout after performances to indicate approval [syn: applaud, clap, spat, acclaim] [ant: boo, hiss] 5: engage in a brief and petty quarrel 6: spawn; "oysters spat" 7: clap one's hands together; "The children were clapping to the music" [syn: clap, spat]

n 1: a single splash; "he heard a splat as it hit the floor" 2: a slat of wood in the middle of the back of a straight chair v 1: give off the sound of a bullet flattening on impact 2: split open and flatten for cooking; "splat fish over an open fire" 3: flatten on impact; "The snowballs splatted on the trees"

n 1: a point located with respect to surface features of some region; "this is a nice place for a picnic"; "a bright spot on a planet" [syn: topographic point, place, spot] 2: a short section or illustration (as between radio or tv programs or in a magazine) that is often used for advertising 3: an outstanding characteristic; "his acting was one of the high points of the movie" [syn: point, spot] 4: a blemish made by dirt; "he had a smudge on his cheek" [syn: smudge, spot, blot, daub, smear, smirch, slur] 5: a small contrasting part of something; "a bald spot"; "a leopard's spots"; "a patch of clouds"; "patches of thin ice"; "a fleck of red" [syn: spot, speckle, dapple, patch, fleck, maculation] 6: a section of an entertainment that is assigned to a specific performer or performance; "they changed his spot on the program" 7: a business establishment for entertainment; "night spot" 8: a job in an organization; "he occupied a post in the treasury" [syn: position, post, berth, office, spot, billet, place, situation] 9: a slight attack of illness; "he has a touch of rheumatism" [syn: touch, spot] 10: a small piece or quantity of something; "a spot of tea"; "a bit of paper"; "a bit of lint"; "I gave him a bit of my mind" [syn: spot, bit] 11: a mark on a die or on a playing card (shape depending on the suit) [syn: spot, pip] 12: a lamp that produces a strong beam of light to illuminate a restricted area; used to focus attention of a stage performer [syn: spotlight, spot] 13: a playing card with a specified number of pips on it to indicate its value; "an eight-spot" 14: an act that brings discredit to the person who does it; "he made a huge blot on his copybook" [syn: blot, smear, smirch, spot, stain] v 1: catch sight of [syn: descry, spot, espy, spy] 2: detect with the senses; "The fleeing convicts were picked out of the darkness by the watchful prison guards"; "I can't make out the faces in this photograph" [syn: spot, recognize, recognise, distinguish, discern, pick out, make out, tell apart] 3: mar or impair with a flaw; "her face was blemished" [syn: blemish, spot] 4: make a spot or mark onto; "The wine spotted the tablecloth" [syn: spot, fleck, blob, blot] 5: become spotted; "This dress spots quickly" 6: mark with a spot or spots so as to allow easy recognition; "spot the areas that one should clearly identify"

n 1: small fatty European fish; usually smoked or canned like sardines [syn: sprat, brisling] 2: small herring processed like a sardine [syn: brisling, sprat, Clupea sprattus]

adj 1: short and thick; as e.g. having short legs and heavy musculature; "some people seem born to be square and chunky"; "a dumpy little dumpling of a woman"; "dachshunds are long lowset dogs with drooping ears"; "a little church with a squat tower"; "a squatty red smokestack"; "a stumpy ungainly figure" [syn: chunky, dumpy, low-set, squat, squatty, stumpy] 2: having a low center of gravity; built low to the ground [syn: squat, underslung] n 1: exercising by repeatedly assuming a crouching position with the knees bent; strengthens the leg muscles [syn: knee bend, squat, squatting] 2: a small worthless amount; "you don't know jack" [syn: jack, doodly-squat, diddly-squat, diddlysquat, diddly-shit, diddlyshit, diddly, diddley, squat, shit] 3: the act of assuming or maintaining a crouching position with the knees bent and the buttocks near the heels [syn: squat, squatting] v 1: sit on one's heels; "In some cultures, the women give birth while squatting"; "The children hunkered down to protect themselves from the sandstorm" [syn: squat, crouch, scrunch, scrunch up, hunker, hunker down] 2: be close to the earth, or be disproportionately wide; "The building squatted low" 3: occupy (a dwelling) illegally

n 1: a proud stiff pompous gait [syn: strut, prance, swagger] 2: brace consisting of a bar or rod used to resist longitudinal compression v 1: to walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others; "He struts around like a rooster in a hen house" [syn: tittup, swagger, ruffle, prance, strut, sashay, cock]

n 1: a sharp blow v 1: hit swiftly with a violent blow; "Swat flies"

n 1: an insignificant student who is ridiculed as being affected or boringly studious [syn: swot, grind, nerd, wonk, dweeb] v 1: study intensively, as before an exam; "I had to bone up on my Latin verbs before the final exam" [syn: cram, grind away, drum, bone up, swot, get up, mug up, swot up, bone]

n 1: a slow pace of running [syn: jog, trot, lope] 2: radicals who support Trotsky's theory that socialism must be established throughout the world by continuing revolution [syn: Trotskyite, Trotskyist, Trot] 3: a literal translation used in studying a foreign language (often used illicitly) [syn: pony, trot, crib] 4: a gait faster than a walk; diagonally opposite legs strike the ground together v 1: run at a moderately swift pace [syn: trot, jog, clip] 2: ride at a trot 3: cause to trot; "She trotted the horse home"

n 1: a man who is a stupid incompetent fool [syn: fathead, goof, goofball, bozo, jackass, goose, cuckoo, twat, zany] 2: obscene terms for female genitals [syn: cunt, puss, pussy, slit, snatch, twat]

adj 1: not trimmed; "shaggy untrimmed locks" [syn: untrimmed, uncut] [ant: cut, trimmed] 2: (used of grass or vegetation) not cut down with a hand implement or machine; "uncut grass"; "an unmown lawn" [syn: unmown, uncut] [ant: cut, mown] 3: not shaped by cutting or trimming; "an uncut diamond"; "rough gemstones" [syn: uncut, rough] [ant: cut] 4: (of pages of a book) having adjacent leaves still joined at the fore edge; "a book with its leaves still uncut" [ant: cut] 5: not cut [ant: cut] 6: not cut; "glad to get out of the house with my throat uncut"- Tobias Smollett 7: complete; "the full-length play" [syn: full-length, uncut]

n 1: a unit of power equal to 1 joule per second; the power dissipated by a current of 1 ampere flowing across a resistance of 1 ohm [syn: watt, W] 2: Scottish engineer and inventor whose improvements in the steam engine led to its wide use in industry (1736-1819) [syn: Watt, James Watt]

n 1: an expensive vessel propelled by sail or power and used for cruising or racing [syn: yacht, racing yacht] v 1: travel in a yacht

n 1: United States feminist and suffragist (1793-1880) [syn: Mott, Lucretia Coffin Mott]

n 1: a native or inhabitant of Scotland [syn: Scot, Scotsman, Scotchman]

n 1: award-winning United States film actor (1928-1999) [syn: Scott, George C. Scott] 2: English explorer who reached the South Pole just a month after Amundsen; he and his party died on the return journey (1868-1912) [syn: Scott, Robert Scott, Robert Falcon Scott] 3: United States general who was a hero of the War of 1812 and who defeated Santa Anna in the Mexican War (1786-1866) [syn: Scott, Winfield Scott] 4: British author of historical novels and ballads (1771-1832) [syn: Scott, Walter Scott, Sir Walter Scott] 5: United States slave who sued for liberty after living in a non-slave state; caused the Supreme Court to declare the Missouri Compromise unconstitutional (1795?-1858) [syn: Scott, Dred Scott]

n 1: a river in Nebraska that flows eastward to become a tributary of the Missouri River [syn: Platte, Platte River]

n 1: light informal conversation for social occasions [syn: chitchat, chit-chat, chit chat, small talk, gab, gabfest, gossip, tittle-tattle, chin wag, chin- wag, chin wagging, chin-wagging, causerie] v 1: talk socially without exchanging too much information; "the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze" [syn: chew the fat, shoot the breeze, chat, confabulate, confab, chitchat, chit-chat, chatter, chaffer, natter, gossip, jaw, claver, visit]