These are the meanings of the letters RAT when you unscramble them.
- Art ()
The second person singular, indicative mode, present tense, of the substantive verb Be; but formed after the analogy of the plural are, with the ending -t, as in thou shalt, wilt, orig. an ending of the second person sing. pret. Cf. Be. Now used only in solemn or poetical style.
- Art (n.)
A system of rules serving to facilitate the performance of certain actions; a system of principles and rules for attaining a desired end; method of doing well some special work; -- often contradistinguished from science or speculative principles; as, the art of building or engraving; the art of war; the art of navigation.
- Art (n.)
Cunning; artifice; craft.
- Art (n.)
Learning; study; applied knowledge, science, or letters.
- Art (n.)
Skill, dexterity, or the power of performing certain actions, acquired by experience, study, or observation; knack; as, a man has the art of managing his business to advantage.
- Art (n.)
Skillful plan; device.
- Art (n.)
The application of skill to the production of the beautiful by imitation or design, or an occupation in which skill is so employed, as in painting and sculpture; one of the fine arts; as, he prefers art to literature.
- Art (n.)
The black art; magic.
- Art (n.)
The employment of means to accomplish some desired end; the adaptation of things in the natural world to the uses of life; the application of knowledge or power to practical purposes.
- Art (n.)
The systematic application of knowledge or skill in effecting a desired result. Also, an occupation or business requiring such knowledge or skill.
- Art (n.)
Those branches of learning which are taught in the academical course of colleges; as, master of arts.
- Rat (n.)
A round and tapering mass of hair, or similar material, used by women to support the puffs and rolls of their natural hair.
- Rat (n.)
One of several species of small rodents of the genus Mus and allied genera, larger than mice, that infest houses, stores, and ships, especially the Norway, or brown, rat (M. decumanus), the black rat (M. rattus), and the roof rat (M. Alexandrinus). These were introduced into America from the Old World.
- Rat (n.)
One who deserts his party or associates; hence, in the trades, one who works for lower wages than those prescribed by a trades union.
- Rat (v. i.)
In English politics, to desert one's party from interested motives; to forsake one's associates for one's own advantage; in the trades, to work for less wages, or on other conditions, than those established by a trades union.
- Rat (v. i.)
To catch or kill rats.
- Tar (n.)
A sailor; a seaman.
- Tar (n.)
A thick, black, viscous liquid obtained by the distillation of wood, coal, etc., and having a varied composition according to the temperature and material employed in obtaining it.
- Tar (v. t.)
To smear with tar, or as with tar; as, to tar ropes; to tar cloth.