Phrase Hound found 130 phrases and 36 compound words that contain rats. The most common are listed below. Open rats in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 130
- rats with wingsplural of rat with wings: A pigeon.
- black ratsplural of black rat: A common species of rat, Rattus rattus, originating anciently in Asia but now distributed worldwide.
- brown ratsplural of brown rat: A rat of species Rattus norvegicus, common worldwide.
- desert ratsplural of desert rat: One of various mouselike rodents species inhabiting deserts:
- fancy ratsplural of fancy rat: A domesticated brown rat (Rattus norvegicus), common as a pet.
- lab ratsplural of lab rat: A student or employee who spends a great deal of time working in a laboratory.
- laboratory ratsplural of laboratory rat: A rat used in a laboratory for scientific experiments
- mall ratsplural of mall rat: A young person who frequently loiters in a shopping mall, especially to socialize with friends.
- Norway ratsplural of Norway rat: The brown rat (Rattus norvegicus).
- Norwegian ratsplural of Norwegian rat: The brown rat.
- Pacific ratsplural of Pacific rat: Polynesian rat
- pack-ratsplural of pack-rat
- rice ratsplural of rice rat: A New World rat of the genus Oryzomys, having an exceptionally long tail.
- river ratsplural of river rat: A rat that lives on or along a river.
- rock ratsplural of rock rat: Certain members of the subfamily Murinae in the family Muridae, those in:
- ship ratsplural of ship rat: A common species of rat, Rattus rattus, originating anciently in Asia but now distributed worldwide.
- tunnel ratsplural of tunnel rat: A soldier trained to enter enclosed enemy spaces like tunnel systems to search them and eliminate and/or capture any occupants.
- water ratsplural of water rat: Any of various aquatic or semi-aquatic rodents from Florida and southern Georgia, especially Neofiber alleni; the muskrat.
- rug ratsplural of rug rat: A toddler, a young child.
- bamboo ratsplural of bamboo rat: Any of the four species of burrowing rodents in the genera Rhizomys or Cannomys, found in China and Southeast Asia
- cane ratsplural of cane rat: A large rodent of the genus Thryonomys, native to sub-Saharan Africa.
- mole ratsplural of mole rat
- wharf ratsplural of wharf rat: A brown rat; especially, one that lives among wharves.
- New World ratsplural of New World rat: Any rat in the subfamilies Neotominae, Sigmodontinae, and Tylomyinae.
- Old World ratsplural of Old World rat: Any rat in the subfamily Murinae.
Compound words 36
- congratsClipping of congratulations: Expressing praise and approval, expressing approbation.
- rugratsplural of rugrat: A toddler, a young child.
- mallratsplural of mallrat: A young person who frequently loiters in a shopping mall, especially to socialize with friends.
- quadratsplural of quadrat: An area of land, marked for studying its plants, animals, soil, natural processes, etc.
- muskratsplural of muskrat: A semiaquatic rodent of the tribe Ondatrini.
- packratsplural of packrat
- adhocratsplural of adhocrat: One who espouses or practises adhocracy.
- barratsthird-person singular simple present indicative of barrat: To engage in barratry.
- bogratsplural of bograt: A junior fighter pilot.
- bushratsplural of bushrat: Any of various rat-sized rodents and marsupials, especially local species of Rattus.