carpet | (noun) floor covering consisting of a piece of thick heavy fabric (usually with nap or pile) | Synonyms: carpeting, rug |
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(noun) a natural object that resembles or suggests a carpet | - |
(verb) cover with a carpet | - |
(verb) cover completely, as if with a carpet | - |
(verb) form a carpet-like cover (over) | - |
crumpet | (noun) a thick soft cake with a porous texture; cooked on a griddle | - |
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lappet | (noun) medium-sized hairy moths; larvae are lappet caterpillars | Synonyms: lappet moth |
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(noun) a small lap on a garment or headdress | - |
(noun) a fleshy wrinkled and often brightly colored fold of skin hanging from the neck or throat of certain birds (chickens and turkeys) or lizards | Synonyms: wattle |
limpet | (noun) any of various usually marine gastropods with low conical shells; found clinging to rocks in littoral areas | - |
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(noun) mollusk with a low conical shell | - |
moppet | (noun) a little girl (usually one you are fond of) | - |
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parapet | (noun) fortification consisting of a low wall | Synonyms: breastwork |
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(noun) a low wall along the edge of a roof or balcony | - |
pet | (adjective) preferred above all others and treated with partiality | Synonyms: best-loved, favored, favorite, favoured, favourite, preferent, preferred |
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(noun) a domesticated animal kept for companionship or amusement | - |
(noun) a fit of petulance or sulkiness (especially at what is felt to be a slight) | - |
(noun) a special loved one | Synonyms: darling, dearie, deary, ducky, favorite, favourite |
(verb) stroke or caress gently | - |
(verb) stroke or caress in an erotic manner, as during lovemaking | - |
pipet | (noun) measuring instrument consisting of a graduated glass tube used to measure or transfer precise volumes of a liquid by drawing the liquid up into the tube | Synonyms: pipette |
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poppet | (noun) a mushroom-shaped valve that rises perpendicularly from its seat; commonly used in internal-combustion engines | Synonyms: poppet valve |
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puppet | (noun) a doll with a hollow head of a person or animal and a cloth body; intended to fit over the hand and be manipulated with the fingers | - |
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(noun) a small figure of a person operated from above with strings by a puppeteer | Synonyms: marionette |
(noun) a person who is controlled by others and is used to perform unpleasant or dishonest tasks for someone else | Synonyms: creature, tool |
snippet | (noun) a small piece of anything (especially a piece that has been snipped off) | Synonyms: snip, snipping |
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strumpet | (noun) a woman adulterer | Synonyms: adulteress, fornicatress, hussy, jade, loose woman, slut, trollop |
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tappet | (noun) a lever that is moved in order to tap something else | - |
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tippet | (noun) a woman's fur shoulder cape with hanging ends; often consisting of the whole fur of a fox or marten | - |
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trumpet | (noun) a brass musical instrument with a brilliant tone; has a narrow tube and a flared bell and is played by means of valves | Synonyms: cornet, horn, trump |
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(verb) proclaim on, or as if on, a trumpet | - |
(verb) utter in trumpet-like sounds | - |
(verb) play or blow on the trumpet | - |
whippet | (noun) small slender dog of greyhound type developed in England | - |
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