Schist

What do we mean by schist?

Any of various medium-grained to coarse-grained metamorphic rocks composed of laminated, often flaky parallel layers of chiefly micaceous minerals. noun

A rock the constituent minerals of which have assumed a position in more or less closely parallel layers or folia, due not to deposition as a sediment, but—in large part, at least—to metamorphic action, which has caused a rearrangement or imperfect crystallization of the component minerals, or the formation of new ones, these. in the course of the process, having assumed the parallel arrangement characteristic of the rock. noun

Any crystalline rock having a foliated structure (see foliation) and hence admitting of ready division into slabs or slates. The common kinds are mica schist, and hornblendic schist, consisting chiefly of quartz with mica or hornblende and often feldspar. noun

Any crystalline rock having a foliated structure and hence admitting of ready division into slabs or slates. noun

Any metamorphic rock that can be split into thin layers noun

Any of a variety of coarse-grained crystalline metamorphic rocks with a foliated structure that allows easy division into slabs or slates.

Words that are spelled similarly to schist:
schist, schism, shist, schilt, chist.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word schist:
arkose, gneiss, quartzite, chlorite, syenite, soapstone, metamorphic, diorite, gabbro, foliated, terrane, foliation, pluton, talc, relict, paleozoic, mafic, grained, muscovite, precambrian, granitic, quartz, igneous, mica, bedrock, sedimentary, feldspar, orogeny, pyrite, dolomite, basalt, garnet, alabaster, granite, mesozoic, uplifted, deformed, ordovician, calcite, slate, quarried, cambrian, overlying, rocks, serpentine, intrusive, shearing, limestone, massif, shale, sandstone, sulfide, valdez, assemblage, marble, inferred, grains, triassic, banded, cretaceous, veins, brahma, tectonic, graphite, crystalline, alkaline, glacial, conglomerate, carbonate, mined, minerals, otago, fault, deposits, peninsular, mineral, faults, geology, geological, belts, volcanic, deposited, clay, stony, alpine, masonry, slopes, watershed, vishnu, excavated, cliffs, mud, ore, soil, tertiary, shear, steep, gravel, exposed, layers.

Words that rhyme with schist:
list, just, twist, gist, cyst, assist, persist, exist, mist, tryst, consist, insist, resist, desist, midst, enlist, fist, grist, subsist, checklist, wrist, whist, cist, coexist, podiatrist, blacklist, missed, oculist, wist, recidivist, nativist, liszt, proctologist, dismissed, pissed, kist, numismatist, rist, baptiste, dissed, nist, delist, backlist, quist, lindquist, kissed, preexist, frist, reminisced, vist, shist, short list, rehnquist, hissed, sick list, crist, bolshevist, sebaceous cyst, waiting list, pilar cyst, frost mist, ovarian cyst, sechrist, free list, class list, mailing list, price list, snow mist, sunkist, clenched fist, stock list, hemorrhagic cyst, krist, blood cyst, sundquist, blomquist, lundquist, hist-, seaquist, cyst-, ahlquist, dahlquist, holmquist, rundquist, sandquist, bloomquist, chryst, cronquist, edquist, elmquist, enquist, ghrist, granquist, hedquist, melquist, neopositivist, newquist, ramqvist, runquist, steenkiste.

Adjectives that are often used to describe schist:
mica, hornblende, micaceous, chlorite, green, quartz, biotite, argillaceous, black, crystalline, muscovite, chloritic, sericite, grained, dark, graphitic, garnet, talc, calcareous, grey, garnetiferous, talcose, pelitic, siliceous, gray, actinolite, graphite, bearing, quartzose, hard, soft, metamorphic, bituminous, blue, amphibole, coarse, sillimanite, epidote, greenish, fine, albite, calc, foliated, feldspathic, quartzite, glaucophane, typical, rich, amphibolite, weathered, carbonaceous, ferruginous, sericitic, slaty, staurolite, brown, decomposed, andalusite, quartzitic, plagioclase, kyanite, cambrian, phyllitic, tremolite, rusty, clayey, silicious, hornblendic, massive, laminated, grade, slate, hematite, aluminous, adjacent, psammitic, contorted, magnetite, sandy, colored, coloured, interbedded, feldspar, fissile, silicified, overlying.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective schist:
facies, series, belt, contact, zone, rock, rocks, formation, band, belts, alternates, granite, unit, complexes, metamorphism, country, areas, complex, limestone, contacts, type, plain, region, area, group, systems, block, triad, palelo, junction, gneiss, sequence, zones, boundary, horizon, enclaves, formations, statue, bands, north, mountains, conglomerate, aggregate, sequences, pebbles, groups, alluvium, works.

Consonant match to schist:
shist.

Words that sound like schist:
schist, shist, just, gist, jist, chiste, chest, jest, shits, gest, cest, shis, chesed, geste, schists, jessed, shiso, ceste, eest, list, wrist, chased, cyst, chaste, joust, cist, hissed, tist, rist, sist, juiced, hist, wist, syst, joist, chast, jost, joost, liszt, lyst, oest, seced, zist, ouest, wiste, shut, shet, shushed, schuss, shyest, shiest, shas, shuster, chaet, schutt, -tious, schut, iest, iast, iust, rest, lust, sheet, shift, rust, arrest, lest, chute, shite, shipped, shat, schizo, shiz, shasta, hust, hest, sheat, sest, sheisty, shoat, shatt, shiite, schuster, shiza, reste, scheidt, chaat, schott, schiz, cessed, jast, schadt, leste, schuit, schicht, schizo-, schizzo, shass, chaut, shaster.