Words that rhyme with quist

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]

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]

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]

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]

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: a date; usually with a member of the opposite sex [syn: tryst, rendezvous] 2: a secret rendezvous (especially between lovers) [syn: assignation, tryst]

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?"