Words That Start With: RATT

• a difficult entangling situation

• filthy run-down dilapidated housing

• a trap for catching rats

• thrown into a state of agitated confusion; (`rattled' is an informal term)

• of or characteristic of rats

• showing signs of wear and tear

• dirty and infested with rats

• to furnish incriminating evidence to an officer of the law (usually in return for favors)

• any of various long-tailed rodents similar to but larger than a mouse

• someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike

• a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible

• one who reveals confidential information to the police or other authority

• a pad (usually made of hair) worn as part of a woman's coiffure

• desert one's party or group of friends, for example, for one's personal advantage

• employ scabs or strike breakers in

• take the place of work of someone on strike

• give (hair) the appearance of being fuller by using a rat

• catch rats, especially with dogs

• give away information about somebody

• pit viper with horny segments at the end of the tail that rattle when shaken

• a railroad train consisting of freight cars

• deep-sea fish with a large head and body and long tapering tail

• a rapid series of short loud sounds (as might be heard with a stethoscope in some types of respiratory disorders)

• a baby's toy that makes percussive noises when shaken

• loosely connected horny sections at the end of a rattlesnake's tail

• make short successive sounds

• shake and cause to make a rattling noise