Words that rhyme with fiske

n 1: a star-shaped character * used in printing [syn: asterisk, star] v 1: mark with an asterisk; "Linguists star unacceptable sentences" [syn: star, asterisk]

n 1: (classical mythology) a serpent (or lizard or dragon) able to kill with its breath or glance 2: ancient brass cannon 3: small crested arboreal lizard able to run on its hind legs; of tropical America

n 1: a thick cream soup made from shellfish

adj 1: quick and energetic; "a brisk walk in the park"; "a lively gait"; "a merry chase"; "traveling at a rattling rate"; "a snappy pace"; "a spanking breeze" [syn: alert, brisk, lively, merry, rattling, snappy, spanking, zippy] 2: imparting vitality and energy; "the bracing mountain air" [syn: bracing, brisk, fresh, refreshing, refreshful, tonic] 3: very active; "doing a brisk business" v 1: become brisk; "business brisked up" [syn: brisk, brisk up, brisken]

n 1: sound recording consisting of a disk with a continuous groove; used to reproduce music by rotating while a phonograph needle tracks in the groove [syn: phonograph record, phonograph recording, record, disk, disc, platter] 2: something with a round shape resembling a flat circular plate; "the moon's disk hung in a cloudless sky" [syn: disk, disc, saucer] 3: (computer science) a memory device consisting of a flat disk covered with a magnetic coating on which information is stored [syn: magnetic disk, magnetic disc, disk, disc] 4: a flat circular plate [syn: disk, disc]

n 1: something with a round shape resembling a flat circular plate; "the moon's disk hung in a cloudless sky" [syn: disk, disc, saucer] 2: a flat circular plate [syn: disk, disc] 3: sound recording consisting of a disk with a continuous groove; used to reproduce music by rotating while a phonograph needle tracks in the groove [syn: phonograph record, phonograph recording, record, disk, disc, platter] 4: (computer science) a memory device consisting of a flat disk covered with a magnetic coating on which information is stored [syn: magnetic disk, magnetic disc, disk, disc] v 1: draw a harrow over (land) [syn: harrow, disk]

n 1: the act of searching someone for concealed weapons or illegal drugs; "he gave the suspect a quick frisk" [syn: frisk, frisking] v 1: play boisterously; "The children frolicked in the garden"; "the gamboling lambs in the meadows"; "The toddlers romped in the playroom" [syn: frolic, lark, rollick, skylark, disport, sport, cavort, gambol, frisk, romp, run around, lark about] 2: search as for concealed weapons by running the hands rapidly over the clothing and through the pockets; "The police frisked everyone at the airport"

n 1: a stone pillar having a rectangular cross section tapering towards a pyramidal top 2: a character used in printing to indicate a cross reference or footnote [syn: dagger, obelisk]

n 1: a woman slave in a harem

n 1: a source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune; "drinking alcohol is a health hazard" [syn: hazard, jeopardy, peril, risk, endangerment] 2: a venture undertaken without regard to possible loss or injury; "he saw the rewards but not the risks of crime"; "there was a danger he would do the wrong thing" [syn: risk, peril, danger] 3: the probability of becoming infected given that exposure to an infectious agent has occurred [syn: risk, risk of infection] 4: the probability of being exposed to an infectious agent [syn: risk, risk of exposure] v 1: expose to a chance of loss or damage; "We risked losing a lot of money in this venture"; "Why risk your life?"; "She laid her job on the line when she told the boss that he was wrong" [syn: risk, put on the line, lay on the line] 2: take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome; "When you buy these stocks you are gambling" [syn: gamble, chance, risk, hazard, take chances, adventure, run a risk, take a chance]

n 1: any shrub or small tree of the genus Tamarix having small scalelike or needle-shaped leaves and feathery racemes of small white or pinkish flowers; of mostly coastal areas with saline soil

n 1: a mixer incorporating a coil of wires; used for whipping eggs or cream 2: a small short-handled broom used to brush clothes [syn: whisk, whisk broom] v 1: move somewhere quickly; "The President was whisked away in his limo" 2: move quickly and nimbly; "He whisked into the house" 3: brush or wipe off lightly [syn: whisk, whisk off] 4: whip with or as if with a wire whisk; "whisk the eggs" [syn: whisk, whip]

n 1: a state treasury or exchequer or a royal treasury; originally the public treasury of Rome or the emperor's private purse

n 1: (computer science) a kind of computer architecture that has a relatively small set of computer instructions that it can perform [syn: reduced instruction set computing, reduced instruction set computer, RISC] [ant: CISC, complex instruction set computer, complex instruction set computing]

n 1: a digital recording (as of a movie) on an optical disk that can be played on a computer or a television set [syn: videodisk, videodisc, DVD]