Wrist

What do we mean by wrist?

The joint between the human hand and forearm. noun

A similar joint in other vertebrates. noun

The part of a sleeve or glove that encircles the wrist. noun

To shoot (a puck) by making a wrist shot. transitive verb

That part of the fore limb or arm which comes between the forearm and the hand, and by which the latter is joined or jointed to the former; the wrist-joint; technically, the carpus, or the carpal articulation. noun

The ankle or the instep. noun

In machinery, a stud or pin projecting from the side of a crank, wheel, or other moving part, and forming a means of attachment to a connecting-rod leading to some other part of the mechanism. Also called wrist-pin. noun

The joint, or the region of the joint, between the hand and the arm; the carpus. See Carpus. noun

A stud or pin which forms a journal; -- also called wrist pin. noun

The wrist of the left hand, in which a horseman holds the bridle. noun

A series of quickly alternating movements of flexion and extension of the wrist, produced in some cases of nervous disease by suddenly bending the hand back upon the forearm. noun

Paralysis of the extensor muscles of the hand, affecting the hand so that when an attempt is made to hold it out in line with the forearm with the palm down, the hand drops. It is chiefly due to plumbism. Called also hand drop. noun

A swinging plate bearing two or more wrists, for operating the valves. noun

The complex joint between forearm bones, carpus, and metacarpals where the hand is attached to the arm; the carpus in narrow sense. noun

A joint between the distal end of the radius and the proximal row of carpal bones noun

The complex joint between forearm bones, carpus, and metacarpals where the hand is attached to the arm; the carpus in a narrow sense.

A stud or pin which forms a journal.

Words that are spelled similarly to wrist:
wrist, writ, grist, waist, wrest, whist, wist, trist, rist, arist, frist, wriest, crist, prist, weist, krist, wrst, brist, wris, hrist.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word wrist:
scaphoid, arthroscopy, carpal, ulnar, flexion, flexor, forearm, ulna, palmar, carpi, osteoarthritis, elbow, strap, straps, thumb, bracelet, watches, fingers, proximal, tendon, ankle, fracture, distal, finger, joints, ligament, injury, muscles, thigh, radial, shoulder, bones, nerve, grip, spin, arm, gloves, surgery, bone, watch, artery, injuries, radius, knee, hand, lock, dorsal, palm, pain, pin, wound, knife, missed, muscle, neck, worn, pocket, extension, disabled, stick, leg, chest, opponent, leather, hip, blade, sustained, hitting, ball, broken, joint, pitch, syndrome, shot, motion, movements, injured, accident, tunnel, hands, miss, foot, bands, technique, device, patient.

Words that rhyme with wrist:
list, just, twist, gist, cyst, assist, persist, exist, mist, tryst, consist, insist, resist, desist, midst, enlist, fist, grist, subsist, schist, checklist, 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 wrist:
left, right, broken, slender, thin, limp, hand, injured, strong, normal, white, bare, inner, stiff, bony, delicate, thick, fractured, opposite, painful, slim, flexed, hairy, extended, loose, sore, flexible, supple, bent, tiny, dorsal, brown, firm, drop, dislocated, outstretched, narrow, weak, straight, affected, swollen, the, spherical, shattered, radial, skinny, plump, contralateral, bruised, round, sprained, dominant, naked, relaxed, fragile, flat, uninjured, distal, fat, tanned, steady, rounded, bloody, dainty, ulnar, stable, pale, quick, twisted, lame, frail, inside, compliant, veined, bandaged.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective wrist:
flexion, drop, extension, joint, watches, pain, pin, fractures, injuries, arthrodesis, watch, arthrography, arthroscopy, motion, splints, flexors, curls, extensors, movements, bones, guards, pins, straps, action, circumference, movement, fusion, splint, rotation, position, deviation, disarticulation, finger, guard, anatomy, joints, involvement, restraints, actigraphy, cutting, plate, sprains, motions, bands, stretch, exercises, block, curl, units, adm, blocks, figure, fracture, rests, range, arthroplasty, strap, band, abduction, dorsiflexion, circles, roll, muscles, sprain, posture, syndrome, fig, instability, apb, radiographs, flexor, kinematics, shot, exercise, strength, stability, deformity, weights, roller, postures, stabilization, injury, lock, radial, clonus, breadth, rest, extensor, ruffles, ligaments, immobilization, dislocations, pads, ganglion, disorders, jerk, unit.

Consonant match to wrist:
rest, roast, roost, rust, wrest, roust, rast, rist, raced, rost, riced, reust, ruest.

Words that sound like wrist:
wrist, rist, rest, rust, arrest, wrest, reste, roast, roost, raced, rost, rast, reast, roust, riced, raste, risd, roist, wrists, earnest, receipt, writ, rit, tryst, ris, ernest, thrist, trist, frist, rst, crist, riss, rinsed, risked, grist, rissa, ernst, irst, reso, arist, arista, erst, krist, rys, prist, reist, wris, ritt, risse, aristo, wrst, rister, wristy, rista, reest, brist, ryt, christe, risto, chryst, cryst, hris, wrister, ariss, rhit, chorist, earst, risso, ristau, ristow, risu, rasd, aurist, hissed, hist, wist, schist, shist, eest, zist, wiste, breast, dressed, crust, crest, caressed, brest, arrests, brust, arest, chrest, aurous, arrester, drest, arrestor, arrestee, breste, arrased, aurate, cresst.