Words that rhyme with quickset

  • anisette
    n 1: liquorice-flavored usually colorless sweet liqueur made from aniseed [syn: anisette, anisette de Bordeaux]
  • asset
    n 1: a useful or valuable quality [syn: asset, plus] [ant: liability]
  • avocet
    n 1: long-legged web-footed black-and-white shorebird with slender upward-curving bill
  • beset
    v 1: annoy continually or chronically; "He is known to harry his staff when he is overworked"; "This man harasses his female co-workers" [syn: harass, hassle, harry, chivy, chivvy, chevy, chevvy, beset, plague, molest, provoke] 2: assail or attack on all sides: "The zebra was beset by leopards" [syn: beset, set upon] 3: decorate or cover lavishly (as with gems) [syn: encrust, incrust, beset]
  • cadet
    n 1: a military trainee (as at a military academy) [syn: cadet, plebe]
  • cassette
    n 1: a container that holds a magnetic tape used for recording or playing sound or video
  • coquet
    v 1: talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions; "The guys always try to chat up the new secretaries"; "My husband never flirts with other women" [syn: chat up, flirt, dally, butterfly, coquet, coquette, romance, philander, mash]
  • coquette
    n 1: a seductive woman who uses her sex appeal to exploit men [syn: coquette, flirt, vamp, vamper, minx, tease, prickteaser] v 1: talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions; "The guys always try to chat up the new secretaries"; "My husband never flirts with other women" [syn: chat up, flirt, dally, butterfly, coquet, coquette, romance, philander, mash]
  • facet
    n 1: a distinct feature or element in a problem; "he studied every facet of the question" [syn: aspect, facet] 2: a smooth surface (as of a bone or cut gemstone)
  • handset
    n 1: telephone set with the mouthpiece and earpiece mounted on a single handle [syn: handset, French telephone]
  • headset
    n 1: receiver consisting of a pair of headphones
  • heavyset
    adj 1: having a short and solid form or stature; "a wrestler of compact build"; "he was tall and heavyset"; "stocky legs"; "a thickset young man" [syn: compact, heavyset, stocky, thick, thickset]
  • inset
    n 1: a small picture inserted within the bounds or a larger one 2: an artifact that is inserted or is to be inserted [syn: insert, inset] 3: a piece of material used to strengthen or enlarge a garment [syn: gusset, inset] v 1: set or place in
  • offset
    n 1: the time at which something is supposed to begin; "they got an early start"; "she knew from the get-go that he was the man for her" [syn: beginning, commencement, first, outset, get-go, start, kickoff, starting time, showtime, offset] [ant: end, ending, middle] 2: a compensating equivalent [syn: counterbalance, offset] 3: a horizontal branch from the base of plant that produces new plants from buds at its tips [syn: stolon, runner, offset] 4: a natural consequence of development [syn: outgrowth, branch, offshoot, offset] 5: a plate makes an inked impression on a rubber-blanketed cylinder, which in turn transfers it to the paper [syn: offset, offset printing] 6: structure where a wall or building narrows abruptly [syn: set-back, setoff, offset] v 1: compensate for or counterbalance; "offset deposits and withdrawals" [syn: offset, countervail] 2: make up for; "His skills offset his opponent's superior strength" [syn: cancel, offset, set off] 3: cause (printed matter) to transfer or smear onto another surface 4: create an offset in; "offset a wall" 5: produce by offset printing; "offset the conference proceedings"
  • onset
    n 1: the beginning or early stages; "the onset of pneumonia" [syn: onset, oncoming] 2: (military) an offensive against an enemy (using weapons); "the attack began at dawn" [syn: attack, onslaught, onset, onrush]
  • outset
    n 1: the time at which something is supposed to begin; "they got an early start"; "she knew from the get-go that he was the man for her" [syn: beginning, commencement, first, outset, get-go, start, kickoff, starting time, showtime, offset] [ant: end, ending, middle]
  • preset
    adj 1: set in advance; "a preset plan of action"; "at a predetermined time" [syn: preset, predetermined]
  • reset
    n 1: device for resetting instruments or controls v 1: set anew; "They re-set the date on the clock" 2: set to zero; "reset instruments and dials" 3: adjust again after an initial failure [syn: readjust, reset]
  • subset
    n 1: a set whose members are members of another set; a set contained within another set
  • sunset
    adj 1: of a declining industry or technology; "sunset industries" 2: providing for termination; "a program with a sunset provision" n 1: the time in the evening at which the sun begins to fall below the horizon [syn: sunset, sundown] [ant: aurora, break of day, break of the day, cockcrow, dawn, dawning, daybreak, dayspring, first light, morning, sunrise, sunup] 2: atmospheric phenomena accompanying the daily disappearance of the sun 3: the daily event of the sun sinking below the horizon
  • thickset
    adj 1: having a short and solid form or stature; "a wrestler of compact build"; "he was tall and heavyset"; "stocky legs"; "a thickset young man" [syn: compact, heavyset, stocky, thick, thickset] 2: planted or growing close together; "thickset trees"
  • typeset
    v 1: set in type; "My book will be typeset nicely"; "set these words in italics" [syn: typeset, set]
  • upset
    adj 1: afflicted with or marked by anxious uneasiness or trouble or grief; "too upset to say anything"; "spent many disquieted moments"; "distressed about her son's leaving home"; "lapsed into disturbed sleep"; "worried parents"; "a worried frown"; "one last worried check of the sleeping children" [syn: disquieted, distressed, disturbed, upset, worried] 2: thrown into a state of disarray or confusion; "troops fleeing in broken ranks"; "a confused mass of papers on the desk"; "the small disordered room"; "with everything so upset" [syn: broken, confused, disordered, upset] 3: used of an unexpected defeat of a team favored to win; "the Bills' upset victory over the Houston Oilers" 4: mildly physically distressed; "an upset stomach" 5: having been turned so that the bottom is no longer the bottom; "an overturned car"; "the upset pitcher of milk"; "sat on an upturned bucket" [syn: overturned, upset, upturned] n 1: an unhappy and worried mental state; "there was too much anger and disturbance"; "she didn't realize the upset she caused me" [syn: disturbance, perturbation, upset] 2: the act of disturbing the mind or body; "his carelessness could have caused an ecological upset"; "she was unprepared for this sudden overthrow of their normal way of living" [syn: upset, derangement, overthrow] 3: a physical condition in which there is a disturbance of normal functioning; "the doctor prescribed some medicine for the disorder"; "everyone gets stomach upsets from time to time" [syn: disorder, upset] 4: a tool used to thicken or spread metal (the end of a bar or a rivet etc.) by forging or hammering or swaging [syn: upset, swage] 5: the act of upsetting something; "he was badly bruised by the upset of his sled at a high speed" [syn: upset, overturn, turnover] 6: an improbable and unexpected victory; "the biggest upset since David beat Goliath" [syn: overturn, upset] v 1: disturb the balance or stability of; "The hostile talks upset the peaceful relations between the two countries" 2: cause to lose one's composure [syn: upset, discompose, untune, disconcert, discomfit] 3: move deeply; "This book upset me"; "A troubling thought" [syn: disturb, upset, trouble] 4: cause to overturn from an upright or normal position; "The cat knocked over the flower vase"; "the clumsy customer turned over the vase"; "he tumped over his beer" [syn: overturn, tip over, turn over, upset, knock over, bowl over, tump over] 5: form metals with a swage [syn: swage, upset] 6: defeat suddenly and unexpectedly; "The foreign team upset the local team"
  • mindset
    n 1: a habitual or characteristic mental attitude that determines how you will interpret and respond to situations [syn: mentality, outlook, mindset, mind-set]
  • somerset
    n 1: a county in southwestern England on the Bristol Channel 2: an acrobatic feat in which the feet roll over the head (either forward or backward) and return [syn: somersault, somerset, summersault, summerset, somersaulting, flip]
  • videlicet
    adv 1: as follows [syn: namely, viz., that is to say, to wit, videlicet]
  • moonset
  • overset
  • photoset
  • scilicet
  • unset
  • annette
  • cadette
  • poussette
  • underset
  • placet

See also quickset definition