aigret | (noun) a long plume (especially one of egret feathers) worn on a hat or a piece of jewelry in the shape of a plume | Synonyms: aigrette |
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banneret | (noun) a knight honored for valor; entitled to display a square banner and to hold higher command | Synonyms: knight banneret, knight of the square flag |
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beret | (noun) a cap with no brim or bill; made of soft cloth | - |
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buret | (noun) measuring instrument consisting of a graduated glass tube with a tap at the bottom; used for titration | Synonyms: burette |
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cabaret | (noun) a series of acts at a night club | Synonyms: floor show, floorshow |
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(noun) a spot that is open late at night and that provides entertainment (as singers or dancers) as well as dancing and food and drink | Synonyms: club, night club, nightclub, nightspot |
caret | (noun) a mark used by an author or editor to indicate where something is to be inserted into a text | - |
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cellaret | (noun) sideboard with compartments for holding bottles | Synonyms: minibar |
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cigaret | (noun) finely ground tobacco wrapped in paper; for smoking | Synonyms: butt, cigarette, coffin nail, fag |
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claret | (noun) a dark purplish-red color | - |
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(noun) dry red Bordeaux or Bordeaux-like wine | Synonyms: red Bordeaux |
curet | (noun) a surgical instrument shaped like a scoop to remove tissue from a bodily cavity | Synonyms: curette |
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egret | (noun) any of various usually white herons having long plumes during breeding season | - |
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ferret | (noun) domesticated albino variety of the European polecat bred for hunting rats and rabbits | - |
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(noun) musteline mammal of prairie regions of United States; nearly extinct | Synonyms: black-footed ferret, Mustela nigripes |
floret | (noun) a diminutive flower (especially one that is part of a composite flower) | Synonyms: floweret |
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floweret | (noun) a diminutive flower (especially one that is part of a composite flower) | Synonyms: floret |
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fret | (noun) a small bar of metal across the fingerboard of a musical instrument; when the string is stopped by a finger at the metal bar it will produce a note of the desired pitch | - |
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(noun) an ornamental pattern consisting of repeated vertical and horizontal lines (often in relief) | Synonyms: Greek fret, Greek key, key pattern |
(noun) a spot that has been worn away by abrasion or erosion | Synonyms: worn spot |
(noun) agitation resulting from active worry | Synonyms: lather, stew, sweat, swither |
garret | (noun) floor consisting of open space at the top of a house just below roof; often used for storage | Synonyms: attic, loft |
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imaret | (noun) a hostel for pilgrims in Turkey | - |
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lazaret | (noun) hospital for persons with infectious diseases (especially leprosy) | Synonyms: lazar house, lazarette, lazaretto, pesthouse |
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leveret | (noun) a young hare especially one in its first year | - |
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minaret | (noun) slender tower with balconies | - |
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pomfret | (noun) deep-bodied sooty-black pelagic spiny-finned fish of the northern Atlantic and northern Pacific; valued for food | Synonyms: Brama raii |
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regret | (noun) sadness associated with some wrong done or some disappointment | Synonyms: rue, ruefulness, sorrow |
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sayeret | (noun) Israel's elite secret commando unit responsible for counterterrorist and top secret intelligence gathering and hostage rescue missions | Synonyms: Sayeret Mat'kal, Sayeret Matkal |
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secret | (noun) something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained | Synonyms: closed book, enigma, mystery |
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(noun) something that should remain hidden from others (especially information that is not to be passed on) | - |
(noun) information known only to a special group | Synonyms: arcanum |
skirret | (noun) an Asiatic herb cultivated in Europe for its sweet edible tuberous root | Synonyms: Sium sisarum |
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solleret | (noun) armor plate that protects the foot; consists of mail with a solid toe and heel | Synonyms: sabaton |
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swimmeret | (noun) one of the paired abdominal appendages of certain aquatic crustaceans that function primarily for carrying the eggs in females and are usually adapted for swimming | Synonyms: pleopod |
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taboret | (noun) a low stool in the shape of a drum | Synonyms: tabouret |
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tabouret | (noun) a low stool in the shape of a drum | Synonyms: taboret |
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turret | (noun) a small tower extending above a building | - |
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(noun) a self-contained weapons platform housing guns and capable of rotation | Synonyms: gun enclosure, gun turret |