Words that rhyme with gusset

  • asset
    n 1: a useful or valuable quality [syn: asset, plus] [ant: liability]
  • at
    n 1: a highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series); a decay product of uranium and thorium [syn: astatine, At, atomic number 85] 2: 100 at equal 1 kip in Laos
  • corset
    n 1: a woman's close-fitting foundation garment [syn: corset, girdle, stays] v 1: dress with a corset
  • cosset
    v 1: treat with excessive indulgence; "grandparents often pamper the children"; "Let's not mollycoddle our students!" [syn: pamper, featherbed, cosset, cocker, baby, coddle, mollycoddle, spoil, indulge]
  • elicit
    v 1: call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses); "arouse pity"; "raise a smile"; "evoke sympathy" [syn: arouse, elicit, enkindle, kindle, evoke, fire, raise, provoke] 2: deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning); "We drew out some interesting linguistic data from the native informant" [syn: educe, evoke, elicit, extract, draw out] 3: derive by reason; "elicit a solution"
  • exit
    n 1: an opening that permits escape or release; "he blocked the way out"; "the canyon had only one issue" [syn: exit, issue, outlet, way out] 2: euphemistic expressions for death; "thousands mourned his passing" [syn: passing, loss, departure, exit, expiration, going, release] 3: the act of going out v 1: move out of or depart from; "leave the room"; "the fugitive has left the country" [syn: exit, go out, get out, leave] [ant: come in, enter, get in, get into, go in, go into, move into] 2: lose the lead 3: pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life; "She died from cancer"; "The children perished in the fire"; "The patient went peacefully"; "The old guy kicked the bucket at the age of 102" [syn: die, decease, perish, go, exit, pass away, expire, pass, kick the bucket, cash in one's chips, buy the farm, conk, give-up the ghost, drop dead, pop off, choke, croak, snuff it] [ant: be born]
  • explicit
    adj 1: precisely and clearly expressed or readily observable; leaving nothing to implication; "explicit instructions"; "she made her wishes explicit"; "explicit sexual scenes" [syn: explicit, expressed] [ant: implicit, inexplicit] 2: in accordance with fact or the primary meaning of a term [syn: denotative, explicit]
  • illicit
    adj 1: contrary to accepted morality (especially sexual morality) or convention; "an illicit association with his secretary" [ant: licit] 2: contrary to or forbidden by law; "an illegitimate seizure of power"; "illicit trade"; "an outlaw strike"; "unlawful measures" [syn: illegitimate, illicit, outlaw(a), outlawed, unlawful]
  • implicit
    adj 1: implied though not directly expressed; inherent in the nature of something; "an implicit agreement not to raise the subject"; "there was implicit criticism in his voice"; "anger was implicit in the argument"; "the oak is implicit in the acorn" [syn: implicit, inexplicit] [ant: explicit, expressed] 2: being without doubt or reserve; "implicit trust" [syn: implicit, unquestioning]
  • inexplicit
    adj 1: implied though not directly expressed; inherent in the nature of something; "an implicit agreement not to raise the subject"; "there was implicit criticism in his voice"; "anger was implicit in the argument"; "the oak is implicit in the acorn" [syn: implicit, inexplicit] [ant: explicit, expressed]
  • licit
    adj 1: sanctioned by custom or morality especially sexual morality; "a wife's licit love" [ant: illicit] 2: authorized, sanctioned by, or in accordance with law; "a legitimate government" [syn: lawful, legitimate, licit]
  • opposite
    adv 1: directly facing each other; "the two photographs lay face-to-face on the table"; "lived all their lives in houses face-to-face across the street"; "they sat opposite at the table" [syn: face-to-face, opposite] adj 1: being directly across from each other; facing; "And I on the opposite shore will be, ready to ride and spread the alarm"- Longfellow; "we lived on opposite sides of the street"; "at opposite poles" 2: of leaves etc; growing in pairs on either side of a stem; "opposite leaves" [syn: opposite, paired] [ant: alternate] 3: moving or facing away from each other; "looking in opposite directions"; "they went in opposite directions" 4: the other one of a complementary pair; "the opposite sex"; "the two chess kings are set up on squares of opposite colors" 5: altogether different in nature or quality or significance; "the medicine's effect was opposite to that intended"; "it is said that opposite characters make a union happiest"- Charles Reade 6: characterized by opposite extremes; completely opposed; "in diametric contradiction to his claims"; "diametrical (or opposite) points of view"; "opposite meanings"; "extreme and indefensible polar positions" [syn: diametric, diametrical, opposite, polar] n 1: a word that expresses a meaning opposed to the meaning of another word, in which case the two words are antonyms of each other; "to him the antonym of `gay' was `depressed'" [syn: antonym, opposite word, opposite] [ant: equivalent word, synonym] 2: a relation of direct opposition; "we thought Sue was older than Bill but just the reverse was true" [syn: reverse, contrary, opposite] 3: a contestant that you are matched against [syn: opposition, opponent, opposite] 4: something inverted in sequence or character or effect; "when the direct approach failed he tried the inverse" [syn: inverse, opposite]
  • plebiscite
    n 1: a vote by the electorate determining public opinion on a question of national importance
  • russet
    adj 1: of brown with a reddish tinge n 1: a reddish brown homespun fabric
  • solicit
    v 1: make a solicitation or entreaty for something; request urgently or persistently; "Henry IV solicited the Pope for a divorce"; "My neighbor keeps soliciting money for different charities" [syn: solicit, beg, tap] 2: make amorous advances towards; "John is courting Mary" [syn: woo, court, romance, solicit] 3: 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] 4: incite, move, or persuade to some act of lawlessness or insubordination; "He was accused of soliciting his colleagues to destroy the documents" 5: make a solicitation or petition for something desired; "She is too shy to solicit"
  • tacit
    adj 1: implied by or inferred from actions or statements; "gave silent consent"; "a tacit agreement"; "the understood provisos of a custody agreement" [syn: silent, tacit, understood]
  • transit
    n 1: a surveying instrument for measuring horizontal and vertical angles, consisting of a small telescope mounted on a tripod [syn: theodolite, transit] 2: a facility consisting of the means and equipment necessary for the movement of passengers or goods [syn: transportation system, transportation, transit] 3: a journey usually by ship; "the outward passage took 10 days" [syn: passage, transit] v 1: make a passage or journey from one place to another; "The tourists moved through the town and bought up all the souvenirs;" "Some travelers pass through the desert" [syn: transit, pass through, move through, pass across, pass over] 2: pass across (a sign or house of the zodiac) or pass across (the disk of a celestial body or the meridian of a place); "The comet will transit on September 11" 3: revolve (the telescope of a surveying transit) about its horizontal transverse axis in order to reverse its direction 4: cause or enable to pass through; "The canal will transit hundreds of ships every day"
  • posset
    n 1: sweet spiced hot milk curdled with ale or beer
  • cresset
  • outsit
  • babysit
  • complicit
  • blissett

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