Words that rhyme with chryst

n 1: the activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose; "he gave me an assist with the housework"; "could not walk without assistance"; "rescue party went to their aid"; "offered his help in unloading" [syn: aid, assist, assistance, help] 2: (sports) the act of enabling another player to make a good play v 1: give help or assistance; be of service; "Everyone helped out during the earthquake"; "Can you help me carry this table?"; "She never helps around the house" [syn: help, assist, aid] 2: act as an assistant in a subordinate or supportive function 3: work for or be a servant to; "May I serve you?"; "She attends the old lady in the wheelchair"; "Can you wait on our table, please?"; "Is a salesperson assisting you?"; "The minister served the King for many years" [syn: serve, attend to, wait on, attend, assist]

v 1: coexist peacefully, as of nations 2: exist together

v 1: originate (in); "The problems dwell in the social injustices in this country" [syn: dwell, consist, lie, lie in] 2: have its essential character; be comprised or contained in; be embodied in; "The payment consists in food"; "What does love consist in?" 3: be consistent in form, tenor, or character; be congruous; "Desires are to be satisfied only so far as consists with an approved end" 4: be composed of; "The land he conquered comprised several provinces"; "What does this dish consist of?" [syn: consist, comprise]

n 1: a closed sac that develops abnormally in some body structure 2: a small anatomically normal sac or bladderlike structure (especially one containing fluid) [syn: vesicle, cyst]

v 1: choose not to consume; "I abstain from alcohol" [syn: abstain, refrain, desist] [ant: consume, have, ingest, take, take in]

adj 1: having lost your job [syn: discharged, dismissed, fired, laid-off, pink-slipped]

v 1: join the military 2: hire for work or assistance; "engage aid, help, services, or support" [syn: engage, enlist] 3: engage somebody to enter the army [syn: enlist, draft, muster in] [ant: discharge, muster out]

v 1: have an existence, be extant; "Is there a God?" [syn: exist, be] 2: support oneself; "he could barely exist on such a low wage"; "Can you live on $2000 a month in New York City?"; "Many people in the world have to subsist on $1 a day" [syn: exist, survive, live, subsist]

n 1: a hand with the fingers clenched in the palm (as for hitting) [syn: fist, clenched fist]

n 1: the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work [syn: effect, essence, burden, core, gist] 2: the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience; "the gist of the prosecutor's argument"; "the heart and soul of the Republican Party"; "the nub of the story" [syn: kernel, substance, core, center, centre, essence, gist, heart, heart and soul, inwardness, marrow, meat, nub, pith, sum, nitty- gritty]

n 1: grain intended to be or that has been ground

v 1: be emphatic or resolute and refuse to budge; "I must insist!" [syn: insist, take a firm stand] 2: beg persistently and urgently; "I importune you to help them" [syn: importune, insist] 3: assert to be true; "The letter asserts a free society" [syn: insist, assert]

n 1: a database containing an ordered array of items (names or topics) [syn: list, listing] 2: the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the vertical; "the tower had a pronounced tilt"; "the ship developed a list to starboard"; "he walked with a heavy inclination to the right" [syn: tilt, list, inclination, lean, leaning] v 1: give or make a list of; name individually; give the names of; "List the states west of the Mississippi" [syn: list, name] 2: include in a list; "Am I listed in your register?" 3: cause to lean to the side; "Erosion listed the old tree" [syn: list, lean] 4: tilt to one side; "The balloon heeled over"; "the wind made the vessel heel"; "The ship listed to starboard" [syn: list, heel] 5: enumerate; "We must number the names of the great mathematicians" [syn: number, list]

n 1: the location of something surrounded by other things; "in the midst of the crowd" [syn: midst, thick]

adj 1: not caught with the senses or the mind; "words lost in the din" [syn: lost, missed]

n 1: a thin fog with condensation near the ground v 1: become covered with mist; "The windshield misted over" [syn: mist, mist over] 2: make less visible or unclear; "The stars are obscured by the clouds"; "the big elm tree obscures our view of the valley" [syn: obscure, befog, becloud, obnubilate, haze over, fog, cloud, mist] 3: spray finely or cover with mist

v 1: continue to exist; "These stories die hard"; "The legend of Elvis endures" [syn: prevail, persist, die hard, run, endure] 2: be persistent, refuse to stop; "he persisted to call me every night"; "The child persisted and kept asking questions" [syn: persevere, persist, hang in, hang on, hold on] 3: stay behind; "The smell stayed in the room"; "The hostility remained long after they made up" [syn: persist, remain, stay]

adj 1: aroused to impatience or anger; "made an irritated gesture"; "feeling nettled from the constant teasing"; "peeved about being left out"; "felt really pissed at her snootiness"; "riled no end by his lies"; "roiled by the delay" [syn: annoyed, irritated, miffed, nettled, peeved, pissed, pissed off, riled, roiled, steamed, stung] 2: very drunk [syn: besotted, blind drunk, blotto, crocked, cockeyed, fuddled, loaded, pie-eyed, pissed, pixilated, plastered, slopped, sloshed, smashed, soaked, soused, sozzled, squiffy, stiff, tight, wet]

v 1: elude, especially in a baffling way; "This behavior defies explanation" [syn: defy, resist, refuse] [ant: apply, lend oneself] 2: stand up or offer resistance to somebody or something [syn: resist, hold out, withstand, stand firm] [ant: give up, surrender] 3: express opposition through action or words; "dissent to the laws of the country" [syn: protest, resist, dissent] 4: withstand the force of something; "The trees resisted her"; "stand the test of time"; "The mountain climbers had to fend against the ice and snow" [syn: resist, stand, fend] 5: resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign tissue or organ; "His body rejected the liver of the donor" [syn: resist, reject, refuse] 6: refuse to comply [syn: resist, balk, baulk, jib]

n 1: any metamorphic rock that can be split into thin layers

v 1: support oneself; "he could barely exist on such a low wage"; "Can you live on $2000 a month in New York City?"; "Many people in the world have to subsist on $1 a day" [syn: exist, survive, live, subsist]

n 1: an unforeseen development; "events suddenly took an awkward turn" [syn: turn, turn of events, twist] 2: an interpretation of a text or action; "they put an unsympathetic construction on his conduct" [syn: construction, twist] 3: any clever maneuver; "he would stoop to any device to win a point"; "it was a great sales gimmick"; "a cheap promotions gimmick for greedy businessmen" [syn: device, gimmick, twist] 4: the act of rotating rapidly; "he gave the crank a spin"; "it broke off after much twisting" [syn: spin, twirl, twist, twisting, whirl] 5: a sharp strain on muscles or ligaments; "the wrench to his knee occurred as he fell"; "he was sidelined with a hamstring pull" [syn: wrench, twist, pull] 6: a sharp bend in a line produced when a line having a loop is pulled tight [syn: kink, twist, twirl] 7: a circular segment of a curve; "a bend in the road"; "a crook in the path" [syn: bend, crook, twist, turn] 8: a miniature whirlpool or whirlwind resulting when the current of a fluid doubles back on itself [syn: eddy, twist] 9: a jerky pulling movement [syn: twist, wrench] 10: a hairdo formed by braiding or twisting the hair [syn: braid, plait, tress, twist] 11: social dancing in which couples vigorously twist their hips and arms in time to the music; was popular in the 1960s; "they liked to dance the twist" 12: the act of winding or twisting; "he put the key in the old clock and gave it a good wind" [syn: wind, winding, twist] 13: turning or twisting around (in place); "with a quick twist of his head he surveyed the room" [syn: twist, turn] v 1: to move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling); "The prisoner writhed in discomfort"; "The child tried to wriggle free from his aunt's embrace" [syn: writhe, wrestle, wriggle, worm, squirm, twist] 2: cause (a plastic object) to assume a crooked or angular form; "bend the rod"; "twist the dough into a braid"; "the strong man could turn an iron bar" [syn: flex, bend, deform, twist, turn] [ant: unbend] 3: turn in the opposite direction; "twist one's head" 4: form into a spiral shape; "The cord is all twisted" [syn: twist, twine, distort] [ant: untwist] 5: form into twists; "Twist the strips of dough" 6: extend in curves and turns; "The road winds around the lake"; "the path twisted through the forest" [syn: wind, twist, curve] 7: do the twist 8: twist or pull violently or suddenly, especially so as to remove (something) from that to which it is attached or from where it originates; "wrench a window off its hinges"; "wrench oneself free from somebody's grip"; "a deep sigh was wrenched from his chest" [syn: wrench, twist] 9: practice sophistry; change the meaning of or be vague about in order to mislead or deceive; "Don't twist my words" [syn: twist, twist around, pervert, convolute, sophisticate] 10: twist suddenly so as to sprain; "wrench one's ankle"; "The wrestler twisted his shoulder"; "the hikers sprained their ankles when they fell"; "I turned my ankle and couldn't walk for several days" [syn: twist, sprain, wrench, turn, wrick, rick]

n 1: a card game for four players who form two partnerships; a pack of 52 cards is dealt and each side scores one point for each trick it takes in excess of six [syn: whist, long whist, short whist]

n 1: a joint between the distal end of the radius and the proximal row of carpal bones [syn: wrist, carpus, wrist joint, radiocarpal joint, articulatio radiocarpea]

n 1: Hungarian composer and piano virtuoso (1811-1886) [syn: Liszt, Franz Liszt]

n 1: an agency in the Technology Administration that makes measurements and sets standards as needed by industry or government programs [syn: National Institute of Standards and Technology, NIST]

v 1: remove (a security) from listing at a stock exchange

v 1: exist beforehand or prior to a certain point in time; "Did this condition pre-exist?"