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Heist
- noun - commit a burglary; enter and rob a dwelling
- robbery at gunpoint
- the act of stealing
Hoist
- noun - lifting device for raising heavy or cumbersome objects
- move from one place to another by lifting; "They hoisted the patient onto the operating table"
- raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help; "hoist the bicycle onto the roof of the car"
- raise; "hoist the flags"; "hoist a sail"
Joist
- noun - beam used to support floors or roofs
Moist
- adjective - slightly wet; "clothes damp with perspiration"; "a moist breeze"; "eyes moist with tears"
Odist
- noun - a poet who writes odes
Ovist
- - A believer in ovism. Same as Ovulist.
Suist
- - One who seeks for things which gratify merely himself; a selfish person; a selfist.
Twist
- noun -
- a circular segment of a curve; "a bend in the road"; "a crook in the path"
- a hairdo formed by braiding or twisting the hair
- a jerky pulling movement
- a miniature whirlpool or whirlwind resulting when the current of a fluid doubles back on itself
- a sharp bend in a line produced when a line having a loop is pulled tight
- a sharp strain on muscles or ligaments; "the wrench to his knee occurred as he fell"; "he was sidelined with a hamstring pull"
- an interpretation of a text or action; "they put an unsympathetic construction on his conduct"
- an unforeseen development; "events suddenly took an awkward turn"
- do the twist
- form into twists; "Twist the strips of dough"
- practice sophistry; change the meaning of or be vague about in order to mislead or deceive; "Don't twist my words"
- social dancing in which couples vigorously twist their hips and arms in time to the music; was pop