Words that rhyme with alecost

• accost 0
  v 1: speak to someone [syn: address, accost, come up to] 2: approach with an offer of sexual favors; "he was solicited by a prostitute"; "The young man was caught soliciting in the park" [syn: hook, solicit, accost]
• aghast 0
  adj 1: struck with fear, dread, or consternation [syn: aghast(p), appalled, dismayed, shocked]
• blast 0
  n 1: a very long fly ball 2: a sudden very loud noise [syn: bang, clap, eruption, blast, bam] 3: a strong current of air; "the tree was bent almost double by the gust" [syn: gust, blast, blow] 4: an explosion (as of dynamite) 5: a highly pleasurable or exciting experience; "we had a good time at the party"; "celebrating after the game was a blast" [syn: good time, blast] 6: intense adverse criticism; "Clinton directed his fire at the Republican Party"; "the government has come under attack"; "don't give me any flak" [syn: fire, attack, flak, flack, blast] v 1: make a strident sound; "She tended to blast when speaking into a microphone" [syn: blast, blare] 2: hit hard; "He smashed a 3-run homer" [syn: smash, nail, boom, blast] 3: use explosives on; "The enemy has been shelling us all day" [syn: blast, shell] 4: apply a draft or strong wind to to; "the air conditioning was blasting cold air at us" 5: create by using explosives; "blast a passage through the mountain" [syn: blast, shell] 6: make with or as if with an explosion; "blast a tunnel through the Alps" 7: fire a shot; "the gunman blasted away" [syn: blast, shoot] 8: criticize harshly or violently; "The press savaged the new President"; "The critics crucified the author for plagiarizing a famous passage" [syn: savage, blast, pillory, crucify] 9: shatter as if by explosion [syn: blast, knock down] 10: shrivel or wither or mature imperfectly
• broadcast 0
  n 1: message that is transmitted by radio or television 2: a radio or television show; "did you see his program last night?" [syn: broadcast, program, programme] v 1: broadcast over the airwaves, as in radio or television; "We cannot air this X-rated song" [syn: air, send, broadcast, beam, transmit] 2: sow over a wide area, especially by hand; "broadcast seeds" 3: cause to become widely known; "spread information"; "circulate a rumor"; "broadcast the news" [syn: circulate, circularize, circularise, distribute, disseminate, propagate, broadcast, spread, diffuse, disperse, pass around]
• cast 0
  n 1: the actors in a play [syn: cast, cast of characters, dramatis personae] 2: container into which liquid is poured to create a given shape when it hardens [syn: mold, mould, cast] 3: the distinctive form in which a thing is made; "pottery of this cast was found throughout the region" [syn: cast, mold, mould, stamp] 4: the visual appearance of something or someone; "the delicate cast of his features" [syn: form, shape, cast] 5: bandage consisting of a firm covering (often made of plaster of Paris) that immobilizes broken bones while they heal [syn: cast, plaster cast, plaster bandage] 6: object formed by a mold [syn: cast, casting] 7: the act of throwing dice [syn: cast, roll] 8: the act of throwing a fishing line out over the water by means of a rod and reel [syn: casting, cast] 9: a violent throw [syn: hurl, cast] v 1: put or send forth; "She threw the flashlight beam into the corner"; "The setting sun threw long shadows"; "cast a spell"; "cast a warm light" [syn: project, cast, contrive, throw] 2: deposit; "cast a vote"; "cast a ballot" 3: select to play,sing, or dance a part in a play, movie, musical, opera, or ballet; "He cast a young woman in the role of Desdemona" 4: throw forcefully [syn: hurl, hurtle, cast] 5: assign the roles of (a movie or a play) to actors; "Who cast this beautiful movie?" 6: move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment; "The gypsies roamed the woods"; "roving vagabonds"; "the wandering Jew"; "The cattle roam across the prairie"; "the laborers drift from one town to the next"; "They rolled from town to town" [syn: roll, wander, swan, stray, tramp, roam, cast, ramble, rove, range, drift, vagabond] 7: form by pouring (e.g., wax or hot metal) into a cast or mold; "cast a bronze sculpture" [syn: cast, mold, mould] 8: get rid of; "he shed his image as a pushy boss"; "shed your clothes" [syn: shed, cast, cast off, shake off, throw, throw off, throw away, drop] 9: choose at random; "draw a card"; "cast lots" [syn: draw, cast] 10: formulate in a particular style or language; "I wouldn't put it that way"; "She cast her request in very polite language" [syn: frame, redact, cast, put, couch] 11: eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth; "After drinking too much, the students vomited"; "He purged continuously"; "The patient regurgitated the food we gave him last night" [syn: vomit, vomit up, purge, cast, sick, cat, be sick, disgorge, regorge, retch, puke, barf, spew, spue, chuck, upchuck, honk, regurgitate, throw up] [ant: keep down]
• caste 0
  n 1: social status or position conferred by a system based on class; "lose caste by doing work beneath one's station" 2: (Hinduism) a hereditary social class among Hindus; stratified according to ritual purity 3: a social class separated from others by distinctions of hereditary rank or profession or wealth 4: in some social insects (such as ants) a physically distinct individual or group of individuals specialized to perform certain functions in the colony
• compost 0
  n 1: a mixture of decaying vegetation and manure; used as a fertilizer v 1: convert to compost; "compost organic debris"
• contrast 0
  n 1: the opposition or dissimilarity of things that are compared; "in contrast to", "by contrast" [syn: contrast, direct contrast] 2: the act of distinguishing by comparing differences 3: a conceptual separation or distinction; "there is a narrow line between sanity and insanity" [syn: line, dividing line, demarcation, contrast] 4: the perceptual effect of the juxtaposition of very different colors 5: the range of optical density and tone on a photographic negative or print (or the extent to which adjacent areas on a television screen differ in brightness) v 1: put in opposition to show or emphasize differences; "The middle school teacher contrasted her best student's work with that of her weakest student" 2: to show differences when compared; be different; "the students contrast considerably in their artistic abilities" [syn: contrast, counterpoint]
• cost 0
  n 1: the total spent for goods or services including money and time and labor 2: the property of having material worth (often indicated by the amount of money something would bring if sold); "the fluctuating monetary value of gold and silver"; "he puts a high price on his services"; "he couldn't calculate the cost of the collection" [syn: monetary value, price, cost] 3: value measured by what must be given or done or undergone to obtain something; "the cost in human life was enormous"; "the price of success is hard work"; "what price glory?" [syn: price, cost, toll] v 1: be priced at; "These shoes cost $100" [syn: cost, be] 2: require to lose, suffer, or sacrifice; "This mistake cost him his job"
• defrost 0
  v 1: make or become free of frost or ice; "Defrost the car window" [syn: defrost, deice, de-ice]
• downcast 0
  adj 1: directed downward; "a downcast glance" 2: filled with melancholy and despondency ; "gloomy at the thought of what he had to face"; "gloomy predictions"; "a gloomy silence"; "took a grim view of the economy"; "the darkening mood"; "lonely and blue in a strange city"; "depressed by the loss of his job"; "a dispirited and resigned expression on her face"; "downcast after his defeat"; "feeling discouraged and downhearted" [syn: gloomy, grim, blue, depressed, dispirited, down(p), downcast, downhearted, down in the mouth, low, low-spirited] n 1: a ventilation shaft through which air enters a mine
• fast 0
  adv 1: quickly or rapidly (often used as a combining form); "how fast can he get here?"; "ran as fast as he could"; "needs medical help fast"; "fast-running rivers"; "fast-breaking news"; "fast-opening (or fast-closing) shutters" 2: firmly or closely; "held fast to the rope"; "her foot was stuck fast"; "held tight" [syn: fast, tight] adj 1: acting or moving or capable of acting or moving quickly; "fast film"; "on the fast track in school"; "set a fast pace"; "a fast car" [ant: slow] 2: (used of timepieces) indicating a time ahead of or later than the correct time; "my watch is fast" [ant: slow] 3: at a rapid tempo; "the band played a fast fox trot" [ant: slow] 4: (of surfaces) conducive to rapid speeds; "a fast road"; "grass courts are faster than clay" 5: resistant to destruction or fading; "fast colors" 6: unrestrained by convention or morality; "Congreve draws a debauched aristocratic society"; "deplorably dissipated and degraded"; "riotous living"; "fast women" [syn: debauched, degenerate, degraded, dissipated, dissolute, libertine, profligate, riotous, fast] 7: hurried and brief; "paid a flying visit"; "took a flying glance at the book"; "a quick inspection"; "a fast visit" [syn: flying, quick, fast] 8: securely fixed in place; "the post was still firm after being hit by the car" [syn: fast, firm, immobile] 9: unwavering in devotion to friend or vow or cause; "a firm ally"; "loyal supporters"; "the true-hearted soldier...of Tippecanoe"- Campaign song for William Henry Harrison; "fast friends" [syn: firm, loyal, truehearted, fast(a)] 10: (of a photographic lens or emulsion) causing a shortening of exposure time; "a fast lens" n 1: abstaining from food [syn: fast, fasting] v 1: abstain from certain foods, as for religious or medical reasons; "Catholics sometimes fast during Lent" 2: abstain from eating; "Before the medical exam, you must fast"
• forecast 0
  n 1: a prediction about how something (as the weather) will develop [syn: prognosis, forecast] v 1: predict in advance [syn: forecast, calculate] 2: judge to be probable [syn: calculate, estimate, reckon, count on, figure, forecast] 3: indicate by signs; "These signs bode bad news" [syn: bode, portend, auspicate, prognosticate, omen, presage, betoken, foreshadow, augur, foretell, prefigure, forecast, predict]
• frost 0
  n 1: ice crystals forming a white deposit (especially on objects outside) [syn: frost, hoar, hoarfrost, rime] 2: weather cold enough to cause freezing [syn: freeze, frost] 3: the formation of frost or ice on a surface [syn: frost, icing] 4: United States poet famous for his lyrical poems on country life in New England (1874-1963) [syn: Frost, Robert Frost, Robert Lee Frost] v 1: decorate with frosting; "frost a cake" [syn: frost, ice] 2: provide with a rough or speckled surface or appearance; "frost the glass"; "she frosts her hair" 3: cover with frost; "ice crystals frosted the glass" 4: damage by frost; "The icy precipitation frosted the flowers and they turned brown"
• glassed 0
  adj 1: fitted or covered with glass; "four glazed walls" [syn: glazed, glassed] [ant: glassless, unglazed]
• harassed 0
  adj 1: troubled persistently especially with petty annoyances; "harassed working mothers"; "a harried expression"; "her poor pestered father had to endure her constant interruptions"; "the vexed parents of an unruly teenager" [syn: annoyed, harassed, harried, pestered, vexed]
• impost 0
  n 1: money collected under a tariff [syn: customs, customs duty, custom, impost] 2: the lowest stone in an arch -- from which it springs [syn: springer, impost]
• last 0
  adv 1: most_recently; "I saw him last in London" 2: the item at the end; "last, I'll discuss family values" [syn: last, lastly, in conclusion, finally] adj 1: immediately past; "last Thursday"; "the last chapter we read" 2: coming after all others in time or space or degree or being the only one remaining; "the last time I saw Paris"; "the last day of the month"; "had the last word"; "waited until the last minute"; "he raised his voice in a last supreme call"; "the last game of the season"; "down to his last nickel" [ant: first] 3: occurring at or forming an end or termination; "his concluding words came as a surprise"; "the final chapter"; "the last days of the dinosaurs"; "terminal leave" [syn: concluding, final, last, terminal] 4: most unlikely or unsuitable; "the last person we would have suspected"; "the last man they would have chosen for the job" 5: occurring at the time of death; "his last words"; "the last rites" 6: conclusive in a process or progression; "the final answer"; "a last resort"; "the net result" [syn: final, last, net] 7: highest in extent or degree; "to the last measure of human endurance"; "whether they were accomplices in the last degree or a lesser one was...to be determined individually" [syn: last, utmost] 8: not to be altered or undone; "the judge's decision is final"; "the arbiter will have the last say" [syn: final, last] 9: lowest in rank or importance; "last prize"; "in last place" [syn: last, last-place, lowest] n 1: the temporal end; the concluding time; "the stopping point of each round was signaled by a bell"; "the market was up at the finish"; "they were playing better at the close of the season" [syn: stopping point, finale, finis, finish, last, conclusion, close] 2: the last or lowest in an ordering or series; "he was the last to leave"; "he finished an inglorious last" 3: a person's dying act; the final thing a person can do; "he breathed his last" 4: the time at which life ends; continuing until dead; "she stayed until his death"; "a struggle to the last" [syn: death, last] 5: a unit of weight equal to 4,000 pounds 6: a unit of capacity for grain equal to 80 bushels 7: the concluding parts of an event or occurrence; "the end was exciting"; "I had to miss the last of the movie" [syn: end, last, final stage] 8: holding device shaped like a human foot that is used to fashion or repair shoes [syn: last, shoemaker's last, cobbler's last] v 1: persist for a specified period of time; "The bad weather lasted for three days" [syn: last, endure] 2: continue to live through hardship or adversity; "We went without water and food for 3 days"; "These superstitions survive in the backwaters of America"; "The race car driver lived through several very serious accidents"; "how long can a person last without food and water?" [syn: survive, last, live, live on, go, endure, hold up, hold out]
• lost 0
  adj 1: no longer in your possession or control; unable to be found or recovered; "a lost child"; "lost friends"; "his lost book"; "lost opportunities" [ant: found] 2: having lost your bearings; confused as to time or place or personal identity; "I frequently find myself disoriented when I come up out of the subway"; "the anesthetic left her completely disoriented" [syn: confused, disoriented, lost] 3: spiritually or physically doomed or destroyed; "lost souls"; "a lost generation"; "a lost ship"; "the lost platoon" [ant: saved] 4: not gained or won; "a lost battle"; "a lost prize" [ant: won] 5: incapable of being recovered or regained; "his lost honor" 6: not caught with the senses or the mind; "words lost in the din" [syn: lost, missed] 7: deeply absorbed in thought; "as distant and bemused as a professor listening to the prattling of his freshman class"; "lost in thought"; "a preoccupied frown" [syn: bemused, deep in thought(p), lost(p), preoccupied] 8: perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements; filled with bewilderment; "obviously bemused by his questions"; "bewildered and confused"; "a cloudy and confounded philosopher"; "just a mixed-up kid"; "she felt lost on the first day of school" [syn: baffled, befuddled, bemused, bewildered, confounded, confused, lost, mazed, mixed-up, at sea] 9: unable to function; without help [syn: helpless, lost] n 1: people who are destined to die soon; "the agony of the doomed was in his voice" [syn: doomed, lost]
• miscast 0
  v 1: cast an actor, singer, or dancer in an unsuitable role
• newscast 0
  n 1: a broadcast of news or commentary on the news
• opencast 0
  adj 1: (of mines and mining) worked from the exposed surface; "opencast mining"; "an opencut iron mine" [syn: opencast, opencut]
• outcast 0
  adj 1: excluded from a society [syn: friendless, outcast] n 1: a person who is rejected (from society or home) [syn: outcast, castaway, pariah, Ishmael]
• outcaste 0
  adj 1: not belonging to or having been expelled from a caste and thus having no place or status in society; "the foreigner was a casteless person" [syn: outcaste, casteless] n 1: a person belonging to no caste
• outlast 0
  v 1: live longer than; "She outlived her husband by many years" [syn: outlive, outlast, survive]
• overcast 0
  adj 1: filled or abounding with clouds [syn: cloud-covered, clouded, overcast, sunless] n 1: the state of the sky when it is covered by clouds [syn: cloudiness, cloud cover, overcast] 2: gloomy semidarkness caused by cloud cover [syn: cloudiness, overcast] 3: a long whipstitch or overhand stitch overlying an edge to prevent raveling [syn: overcast, overcasting] 4: a cast that falls beyond the intended spot v 1: make overcast or cloudy; "Fall weather often overcasts our beaches" [syn: overcast, cloud] [ant: brighten, clear, clear up, light up] 2: sew over the edge of with long slanting wide stitches 3: sew with an overcast stitch from one section to the next; "overcast books"
• past 0
  adv 1: so as to pass a given point; "every hour a train goes past" [syn: by, past] adj 1: earlier than the present time; no longer current; "time past"; "his youth is past"; "this past Thursday"; "the past year" [ant: future, present(a)] 2: of a person who has held and relinquished a position or office; "a retiring member of the board" [syn: past(a), preceding(a), retiring(a)] n 1: the time that has elapsed; "forget the past" [syn: past, past times, yesteryear] [ant: future, futurity, hereafter, time to come] 2: a earlier period in someone's life (especially one that they have reason to keep secret); "reporters dug into the candidate's past" 3: a verb tense that expresses actions or states in the past [syn: past, past tense]
• permafrost 0
  n 1: ground that is permanently frozen
• precast 0
  adj 1: of structural members especially of concrete; cast into form before being transported to the site of installation
• provost 0
  n 1: a high-ranking university administrator
• recast 0
  v 1: cast again, in a different role; "He was recast as Iago" 2: cast again; "The bell cracked and had to be recast" [syn: recast, remold, remould] 3: cast or model anew; "She had to recast her image to please the electorate in her home state" [syn: recast, reforge, remodel]
• riposte 0
  n 1: a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one); "it brought a sharp rejoinder from the teacher" [syn: rejoinder, retort, return, riposte, replication, comeback, counter] 2: (fencing) a counterattack made immediately after successfully parrying the opponents lunge v 1: make a return thrust; "his opponent riposted" 2: answer back [syn: retort, come back, repay, return, riposte, rejoin]
• roughcast 0
  n 1: a coarse plaster for the surface of external walls 2: a rough preliminary model v 1: shape roughly 2: apply roughcast to; "roughcast a wall" 3: hew roughly, without finishing the surface; "rough-hew stone or timber" [syn: rough-hew, roughcast]
• sportscast 0
  n 1: a broadcast of sports news or commentary v 1: broadcast a sports event
• topmast 0
  n 1: the mast next above a lower mast and topmost in a fore-and- aft rig
• typecast 0
  v 1: cast repeatedly in the same kind of role 2: identify as belonging to a certain type; "Such people can practically be typed" [syn: type, typecast]
• unsurpassed 0
  adj 1: not capable of being improved on [syn: unexcelled, unexceeded, unsurpassed]
• vast 0
  adj 1: unusually great in size or amount or degree or especially extent or scope; "huge government spending"; "huge country estates"; "huge popular demand for higher education"; "a huge wave"; "the Los Angeles aqueduct winds like an immense snake along the base of the mountains"; "immense numbers of birds"; "at vast (or immense) expense"; "the vast reaches of outer space"; "the vast accumulation of knowledge...which we call civilization"- W.R.Inge [syn: huge, immense, vast, Brobdingnagian]
• glasnost 0
  n 1: a policy of the Soviet government allowing freer discussion of social problems
• teleost 0
  n 1: a bony fish of the subclass Teleostei [syn: teleost fish, teleost, teleostan]
• amassed 0
• prost 0
• arblast 0
• beechmast 0
• oncost 0

See also alecost definition and alecost synonyms