Words that rhyme with fissell

adj 1: relating to ocean depths from 2000 to 5000 meters 2: resembling an abyss in depth; so deep as to be unmeasurable; "the abyssal depths of the ocean" [syn: abysmal, abyssal, unfathomable]

adj 1: contrived by art rather than nature; "artificial flowers"; "artificial flavoring"; "an artificial diamond"; "artificial fibers"; "artificial sweeteners" [syn: artificial, unreal] [ant: natural] 2: artificially formal; "that artificial humility that her husband hated"; "contrived coyness"; "a stilted letter of acknowledgment"; "when people try to correct their speech they develop a stilted pronunciation" [syn: artificial, contrived, hokey, stilted] 3: not arising from natural growth or characterized by vital processes

adj 1: promoting or enhancing well-being; "an arms limitation agreement beneficial to all countries"; "the beneficial effects of a temperate climate"; "the experience was good for her" [syn: beneficial, good]

n 1: a stiff fiber (coarse hair or filament); natural or synthetic 2: a stiff hair v 1: be in a state of movement or action; "The room abounded with screaming children"; "The garden bristled with toddlers" [syn: abound, burst, bristle] 2: rise up as in fear; "The dog's fur bristled"; "It was a sight to make one's hair uprise!" [syn: bristle, uprise, stand up] 3: have or be thickly covered with or as if with bristles; "bristling leaves" 4: react in an offended or angry manner; "He bristled at her suggestion that he should teach her how to use the program"

n 1: raccoon-like omnivorous mammal of Mexico and the southwestern United States having a long bushy tail with black and white rings [syn: bassarisk, cacomistle, cacomixle, coon cat, raccoon fox, ringtail, ring- tailed cat, civet cat, miner's cat, Bassariscus astutus]

n 1: an edge tool with a flat steel blade with a cutting edge v 1: engage in deceitful behavior; practice trickery or fraud; "Who's chiseling on the side?" [syn: cheat, chisel] 2: deprive somebody of something by deceit; "The con-man beat me out of $50"; "This salesman ripped us off!"; "we were cheated by their clever-sounding scheme"; "They chiseled me out of my money" [syn: cheat, rip off, chisel] 3: carve with a chisel; "chisel the marble"

n 1: a judgment disposing of the matter without a trial [syn: judgment of dismissal, judgement of dismissal, dismissal] 2: official notice that you have been fired from your job [syn: dismissal, dismission, pink slip] 3: permission to go; the sending away of someone 4: the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart) [syn: dismissal, dismission, discharge, firing, liberation, release, sack, sacking]

n 1: a specially long, formal letter 2: a book of the New Testament written in the form of a letter from an Apostle

adj 1: capable of undergoing nuclear fission; "a fissionable nucleous"; "fissionable material" [syn: fissionable, fissile] [ant: nonfissionable] 2: capable of being split or cleft or divided in the direction of the grain; "fissile crystals"; "fissile wood" [ant: nonfissile]

n 1: tough elastic tissue; mostly converted to bone in adults [syn: cartilage, gristle]

n 1: (Roman Catholic Church) a book containing all the prayers and responses needed to celebrate Mass throughout the year

n 1: a rocket carrying a warhead of conventional or nuclear explosives; may be ballistic or directed by remote control 2: a weapon that is forcibly thrown or projected at a targets but is not self-propelled [syn: projectile, missile]

n 1: any of numerous plants of the family Compositae and especially of the genera Carduus and Cirsium and Onopordum having prickly-edged leaves

n 1: the sound made by something moving rapidly or by steam coming out of a small aperture [syn: whistle, whistling] 2: the act of signalling (e.g., summoning) by whistling or blowing a whistle; "the whistle signalled the end of the game" [syn: whistle, whistling] 3: a small wind instrument that produces a whistling sound by blowing into it 4: acoustic device that forces air or steam against an edge or into a cavity and so produces a loud shrill sound 5: an inexpensive fipple flute [syn: pennywhistle, tin whistle, whistle] v 1: make whistling sounds; "He lay there, snoring and whistling" 2: move with, or as with, a whistling sound; "The bullets whistled past him" 3: utter or express by whistling; "She whistled a melody" 4: move, send, or bring as if by whistling; "Her optimism whistled away these worries" 5: make a whining, ringing, or whistling sound; "the kettle was singing"; "the bullet sang past his ear" [syn: whistle, sing] 6: give a signal by whistling; "She whistled for her maid"