Words that rhyme with wrought

• allot 0
  v 1: give out; "We were assigned new uniforms" [syn: assign, allot, portion] 2: allow to have; "grant a privilege" [syn: accord, allot, grant] 3: 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]
• aught 0
  n 1: a quantity of no importance; "it looked like nothing I had ever seen before"; "reduced to nil all the work we had done"; "we racked up a pathetic goose egg"; "it was all for naught"; "I didn't hear zilch about it" [syn: nothing, nil, nix, nada, null, aught, cipher, cypher, goose egg, naught, zero, zilch, zip, zippo]
• baht 0
  n 1: the basic unit of money in Thailand [syn: baht, tical]
• blot 0
  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]
• clot 0
  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]
• cot 0
  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]
• court 0
  n 1: an assembly (including one or more judges) to conduct judicial business [syn: court, tribunal, judicature] 2: a room in which a lawcourt sits; "television cameras were admitted in the courtroom" [syn: court, courtroom] 3: the sovereign and his advisers who are the governing power of a state [syn: court, royal court] 4: a specially marked horizontal area within which a game is played; "players had to reserve a court in advance" 5: Australian woman tennis player who won many major championships (born in 1947) [syn: Court, Margaret Court] 6: the family and retinue of a sovereign or prince [syn: court, royal court] 7: a hotel for motorists; provides direct access from rooms to parking area [syn: motor hotel, motor inn, motor lodge, tourist court, court] 8: a tribunal that is presided over by a magistrate or by one or more judges who administer justice according to the laws [syn: court, lawcourt, court of law, court of justice] 9: the residence of a sovereign or nobleman; "the king will visit the duke's court" 10: an area wholly or partly surrounded by walls or buildings; "the house was built around an inner court" [syn: court, courtyard] 11: respectful deference; "pay court to the emperor" [syn: court, homage] v 1: make amorous advances towards; "John is courting Mary" [syn: woo, court, romance, solicit] 2: seek someone's favor; "China is wooing Russia" [syn: woo, court] 3: engage in social activities leading to marriage; "We were courting for over ten years"
• distraught 0
  adj 1: deeply agitated especially from emotion; "distraught with grief" [syn: distraught, overwrought]
• dot 0
  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"
• fort 0
  n 1: a fortified military post where troops are stationed [syn: garrison, fort] 2: a fortified defensive structure [syn: fortress, fort] v 1: gather in, or as if in, a fort, as for protection or defense [syn: fort, fort up] 2: enclose by or as if by a fortification [syn: fortify, fort] 3: station (troops) in a fort
• fraught 0
  adj 1: marked by distress; "a fraught mother-daughter relationship" 2: filled with or attended with; "words fraught with meaning"; "an incident fraught with danger"; "a silence pregnant with suspense" [syn: fraught(p), pregnant]
• hot 0
  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"
• jot 0
  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]
• knot 0
  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]
• lat 0
  n 1: a broad flat muscle on either side of the back [syn: latissimus dorsi, lat]
• naught 0
  n 1: a quantity of no importance; "it looked like nothing I had ever seen before"; "reduced to nil all the work we had done"; "we racked up a pathetic goose egg"; "it was all for naught"; "I didn't hear zilch about it" [syn: nothing, nil, nix, nada, null, aught, cipher, cypher, goose egg, naught, zero, zilch, zip, zippo] 2: complete failure; "all my efforts led to naught"
• not 0
  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]
• nought 0
  n 1: a mathematical element that when added to another number yields the same number [syn: zero, 0, nought, cipher, cypher]
• overwrought 0
  adj 1: deeply agitated especially from emotion; "distraught with grief" [syn: distraught, overwrought]
• plot 0
  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"
• port 0
  adj 1: located on the left side of a ship or aircraft [syn: port, larboard] n 1: a place (seaport or airport) where people and merchandise can enter or leave a country 2: sweet dark-red dessert wine originally from Portugal [syn: port, port wine] 3: an opening (in a wall or ship or armored vehicle) for firing through [syn: port, embrasure, porthole] 4: the left side of a ship or aircraft to someone who is aboard and facing the bow or nose [syn: larboard, port] [ant: starboard] 5: (computer science) computer circuit consisting of the hardware and associated circuitry that links one device with another (especially a computer and a hard disk drive or other peripherals) [syn: interface, port] v 1: put or turn on the left side, of a ship; "port the helm" 2: bring to port; "the captain ported the ship at night" 3: land at or reach a port; "The ship finally ported" 4: turn or go to the port or left side, of a ship; "The big ship was slowly porting" 5: carry, bear, convey, or bring; "The small canoe could be ported easily" 6: carry or hold with both hands diagonally across the body, especially of weapons; "port a rifle" 7: drink port; "We were porting all in the club after dinner" 8: modify (software) for use on a different machine or platform
• pot 0
  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"
• quart 0
  n 1: a United States liquid unit equal to 32 fluid ounces; four quarts equal one gallon 2: a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 2 pints or 1.136 liters 3: a United States dry unit equal to 2 pints or 67.2 cubic inches [syn: quart, dry quart]
• short 0
  adv 1: quickly and without warning; "he stopped suddenly" [syn: abruptly, suddenly, short, dead] 2: without possessing something at the time it is contractually sold; "he made his fortune by selling short just before the crash" 3: clean across; "the car's axle snapped short" 4: at some point or distance before a goal is reached; "he fell short of our expectations" 5: so as to interrupt; "She took him up short before he could continue" 6: at a disadvantage; "I was caught short" [syn: short, unawares] 7: in a curt, abrupt and discourteous manner; "he told me curtly to get on with it"; "he talked short with everyone"; "he said shortly that he didn't like it" [syn: curtly, short, shortly] adj 1: primarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration; "a short life"; "a short flight"; "a short holiday"; "a short story"; "only a few short months" [ant: long] 2: (primarily spatial sense) having little length or lacking in length; "short skirts"; "short hair"; "the board was a foot short"; "a short toss" [ant: long] 3: low in stature; not tall; "he was short and stocky"; "short in stature"; "a short smokestack"; "a little man" [syn: short, little] [ant: tall] 4: not sufficient to meet a need; "an inadequate income"; "a poor salary"; "money is short"; "on short rations"; "food is in short supply"; "short on experience" [syn: inadequate, poor, short] 5: (of memory) deficient in retentiveness or range; "a short memory" [syn: unretentive, forgetful, short] [ant: long, recollective, retentive, tenacious] 6: not holding securities or commodities that one sells in expectation of a fall in prices; "a short sale"; "short in cotton" [ant: long] 7: of speech sounds or syllables of relatively short duration; "the English vowel sounds in `pat', `pet', `pit', `pot', putt' are short" [ant: long] 8: less than the correct or legal or full amount often deliberately so; "a light pound"; "a scant cup of sugar"; "regularly gives short weight" [syn: light, scant(p), short] 9: lacking foresight or scope; "a short view of the problem"; "shortsighted policies"; "shortsighted critics derided the plan"; "myopic thinking" [syn: short, shortsighted, unforesightful, myopic] 10: tending to crumble or break into flakes due to a large amount of shortening; "shortbread is a short crumbly cookie"; "a short flaky pie crust" 11: marked by rude or peremptory shortness; "try to cultivate a less brusque manner"; "a curt reply"; "the salesgirl was very short with him" [syn: brusque, brusk, curt, short(p)] n 1: the location on a baseball field where the shortstop is stationed 2: accidental contact between two points in an electric circuit that have a potential difference [syn: short circuit, short] 3: the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed between second and third base [syn: shortstop, short] v 1: cheat someone by not returning him enough money [syn: short-change, short] 2: create a short circuit in [syn: short-circuit, short]
• shot 0
  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]
• slot 0
  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"
• snort 0
  n 1: a disrespectful laugh [syn: snicker, snort, snigger] 2: a cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt [syn: boo, hoot, Bronx cheer, hiss, raspberry, razzing, razz, snort, bird] v 1: indicate contempt by breathing noisily and forcefully through the nose; "she snorted her disapproval of the proposed bridegroom" 2: make a snorting sound by exhaling hard; "The critic snorted contemptuously" 3: inhale recreational drugs; "The addict was snorting cocaine almost every day"; "the kids were huffing glue" [syn: huff, snort] 4: inhale through the nose [syn: take a hit, snort]
• snot 0
  n 1: a person regarded as arrogant and annoying [syn: snob, prig, snot, snoot] 2: nasal mucus
• sort 0
  n 1: a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality; "sculpture is a form of art"; "what kinds of desserts are there?" [syn: kind, sort, form, variety] 2: an approximate definition or example; "she wore a sort of magenta dress"; "she served a creamy sort of dessert thing" 3: a person of a particular character or nature; "what sort of person is he?"; "he's a good sort" 4: an operation that segregates items into groups according to a specified criterion; "the bottleneck in mail delivery is the process of sorting" [syn: sort, sorting] v 1: examine in order to test suitability; "screen these samples"; "screen the job applicants" [syn: screen, screen out, sieve, sort] 2: arrange or order by classes or categories; "How would you classify these pottery shards--are they prehistoric?" [syn: classify, class, sort, assort, sort out, separate]
• sot 0
  n 1: a chronic drinker [syn: drunkard, drunk, rummy, sot, inebriate, wino]
• sought 0
  adj 1: that is looked for; "the long sought relatives" 2: being searched for; "the most sought-after item was the silver candelabrum" [syn: sought, sought-after(a)]
• sport 0
  n 1: an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition [syn: sport, athletics] 2: the occupation of athletes who compete for pay 3: (Maine colloquial) a temporary summer resident of Maine [syn: sport, summercater] 4: a person known for the way she (or he) behaves when teased or defeated or subjected to trying circumstances; "a good sport"; "a poor sport" 5: someone who engages in sports [syn: sport, sportsman, sportswoman] 6: (biology) an organism that has characteristics resulting from chromosomal alteration [syn: mutant, mutation, variation, sport] 7: verbal wit or mockery (often at another's expense but not to be taken seriously); "he became a figure of fun"; "he said it in sport" [syn: fun, play, sport] v 1: wear or display in an ostentatious or proud manner; "she was sporting a new hat" [syn: sport, feature, boast] 2: play boisterously; "The children frolicked in the garden"; "the gamboling lambs in the meadows"; "The toddlers romped in the playroom" [syn: frolic, lark, rollick, skylark, disport, sport, cavort, gambol, frisk, romp, run around, lark about]
• spot 0
  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"
• squat 0
  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
• sublime 0
  adj 1: inspiring awe; "well-meaning ineptitude that rises to empyreal absurdity"- M.S.Dworkin; "empyrean aplomb"- Hamilton Basso; "the sublime beauty of the night" [syn: empyreal, empyrean, sublime] 2: worthy of adoration or reverence [syn: reverend, sublime] 3: lifted up or set high; "their hearts were jocund and sublime"- Milton 4: of high moral or intellectual value; elevated in nature or style; "an exalted ideal"; "argue in terms of high-flown ideals"- Oliver Franks; "a noble and lofty concept"; "a grand purpose" [syn: exalted, elevated, sublime, grand, high-flown, high-minded, lofty, rarefied, rarified, idealistic, noble-minded] v 1: vaporize and then condense right back again [syn: sublime, sublimate] 2: change or cause to change directly from a solid into a vapor without first melting; "sublime iodine"; "some salts sublime when heated" [syn: sublime, sublimate]
• swart 0
  adj 1: naturally having skin of a dark color; "a dark-skinned beauty"; "gold earrings gleamed against her dusky cheeks"; "a smile on his swarthy face"; "`swart' is archaic" [syn: dark-skinned, dusky, swart, swarthy]
• swat 0
  n 1: a sharp blow v 1: hit swiftly with a violent blow; "Swat flies"
• taut 0
  adj 1: pulled or drawn tight; "taut sails"; "a tight drumhead"; "a tight rope" [syn: taut, tight] 2: subjected to great tension; stretched tight; "the skin of his face looked drawn and tight"; "her nerves were taut as the strings of a bow"
• thought 0
  n 1: the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about; "it was not a good idea"; "the thought never entered my mind" [syn: idea, thought] 2: the process of using your mind to consider something carefully; "thinking always made him frown"; "she paused for thought" [syn: thinking, thought, thought process, cerebration, intellection, mentation] 3: the organized beliefs of a period or group or individual; "19th century thought"; "Darwinian thought" 4: a personal belief or judgment that is not founded on proof or certainty; "my opinion differs from yours"; "I am not of your persuasion"; "what are your thoughts on Haiti?" [syn: opinion, sentiment, persuasion, view, thought]
• thwart 0
  n 1: a crosspiece spreading the gunnels of a boat; used as a seat in a rowboat [syn: thwart, cross thwart] v 1: 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]
• tort 0
  n 1: (law) any wrongdoing for which an action for damages may be brought [syn: tort, civil wrong]
• torte 0
  n 1: rich cake usually covered with cream and fruit or nuts; originated in Austria
• tot 0
  n 1: a small amount (especially of a drink); "a tot of rum" 2: a young child [syn: toddler, yearling, tot, bambino] v 1: determine the sum of; "Add all the people in this town to those of the neighboring town" [syn: total, tot, tot up, sum, sum up, summate, tote up, add, add together, tally, add up]
• trot 0
  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"
• wart 0
  n 1: any small rounded protuberance (as on certain plants or animals) 2: an imperfection in someone or something that is suggestive of a wart (especially in smallness or unattractiveness) 3: (pathology) a firm abnormal elevated blemish on the skin; caused by a virus [syn: wart, verruca]
• watt 0
  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]
• yacht 0
  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
• porte 0
  n 1: the Ottoman court in Constantinople [syn: Porte, Sublime Porte]
• khat 0
  n 1: 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]
• mott 0
  n 1: United States feminist and suffragist (1793-1880) [syn: Mott, Lucretia Coffin Mott]
• scot 0
  n 1: a native or inhabitant of Scotland [syn: Scot, Scotsman, Scotchman]
• scott 0
  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]
• sadat 0
  n 1: Egyptian statesman who (as president of Egypt) negotiated a peace treaty with Menachem Begin (then prime minister of Israel) (1918-1981) [syn: Sadat, Anwar Sadat, Anwar el-Sadat]
• montserrat 0
  n 1: a volcanic island in the Caribbean; in the West Indies
• lotte 0
  n 1: fishes having large mouths with a wormlike filament attached for luring prey [syn: goosefish, angler, anglerfish, angler fish, monkfish, lotte, allmouth, Lophius Americanus]
• ghat 0
  n 1: stairway in India leading down to a landing on the water
• begot 0
• besought 0
• bethought 0
• bought 0
• brought 0
• cannot 0
• caught 0
• forgot 0
• fought 0
• got 0
• mort 0
• motte 0
• ought 0
• overbought 0
• rethought 0
• taught 0
• ot 0
• cort 0
• boart 0
• bort 0
• bhatt 0
• bott 0
• brott 0
• cott 0
• dott 0
• gott 0
• hott 0
• knott 0
• kot 0
• kott 0
• nott 0
• notte 0
• ott 0
• otte 0
• plaut 0
• pott 0
• schaadt 0
• schott 0
• schrodt 0
• shott 0
• sprott 0
• staat 0
• stott 0
• szot 0

See also wrought definition and wrought synonyms