Words that rhyme with sisal

  • diesel
    n 1: German engineer (born in France) who invented the diesel engine (1858-1913) [syn: Diesel, Rudolf Diesel, Rudolf Christian Karl Diesel] 2: an internal-combustion engine that burns heavy oil [syn: diesel, diesel engine, diesel motor]
  • easel
    n 1: an upright tripod for displaying something (usually an artist's canvas)
  • reprisal
    n 1: a retaliatory action against an enemy in wartime
  • teasel
    n 1: any of several herbs of the genus Dipsacus native to the Old World having flower heads surrounded by spiny bracts [syn: teasel, teazel, teasle]
  • weasel
    n 1: a person who is regarded as treacherous or sneaky 2: small carnivorous mammal with short legs and elongated body and neck
  • faisal
    n 1: king of Saudi Arabia from 1964 to 1975 (1906-1975) [syn: Faisal, Faisal ibn Abdel Aziz al-Saud]
  • resile
    v 1: pull out from an agreement, contract, statement, etc.; "The landlord cannot resile from the lease" 2: spring back; spring away from an impact; "The rubber ball bounced"; "These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide" [syn: bounce, resile, take a hop, spring, bound, rebound, recoil, reverberate, ricochet] 3: formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure; "He retracted his earlier statements about his religion"; "She abjured her beliefs" [syn: abjure, recant, forswear, retract, resile] 4: return to the original position or state after being stretched or compressed; "The rubber tubes resile"
  • geisel
    n 1: United States writer of children's books (1904-1991) [syn: Geisel, Theodor Seuss Geisel, Dr. Seuss]
  • paradisal
    adj 1: relating to or befitting Paradise; "together in that paradisal place"; "paradisiacal innocence" [syn: paradisiacal, paradisiac, paradisaical, paradisaic, paradisal]
  • revisal
    n 1: the act of rewriting something [syn: revision, revisal, revise, rescript]
  • trysail
  • cecil
  • feisal
  • measel

See also sisal definition and sisal synonyms