Words that rhyme with anamorphosis
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antithesis
n 1: exact opposite; "his theory is the antithesis of mine" 2: the juxtaposition of contrasting words or ideas to give a feeling of balance -
biosynthesis
n 1: production of a chemical compound by a living organism [syn: biosynthesis, biogenesis] -
chemosynthesis
n 1: synthesis of carbohydrate from carbon dioxide and water; limited to certain bacteria and fungi -
diathesis
n 1: constitutional predisposition to a particular disease or abnormality -
epenthesis
n 1: the insertion of a vowel or consonant into a word to make its pronunciation easier; "the insertion of a vowel in the plural of the word `bush' is epenthesis" -
hypothesis
n 1: a proposal intended to explain certain facts or observations 2: a tentative insight into the natural world; a concept that is not yet verified but that if true would explain certain facts or phenomena; "a scientific hypothesis that survives experimental testing becomes a scientific theory"; "he proposed a fresh theory of alkalis that later was accepted in chemical practices" [syn: hypothesis, possibility, theory] 3: a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence [syn: guess, conjecture, supposition, surmise, surmisal, speculation, hypothesis] -
metamorphosis
n 1: the marked and rapid transformation of a larva into an adult that occurs in some animals [syn: metamorphosis, metabolism] 2: a striking change in appearance or character or circumstances; "the metamorphosis of the old house into something new and exciting" [syn: transfiguration, metamorphosis] 3: a complete change of physical form or substance especially as by magic or witchcraft -
metathesis
n 1: a linguistic process of transposition of sounds or syllables within a word or words within a sentence 2: a chemical reaction between two compounds in which parts of each are interchanged to form two new compounds (AB+CD=AD+CB) [syn: double decomposition, double decomposition reaction, metathesis] -
overemphasis
n 1: too much emphasis -
parenthesis
n 1: either of two punctuation marks (or) used to enclose textual material 2: a message that departs from the main subject [syn: digression, aside, excursus, divagation, parenthesis] -
photosynthesis
n 1: synthesis of compounds with the aid of radiant energy (especially in plants) -
synthesis
n 1: the process of producing a chemical compound (usually by the union of simpler chemical compounds) 2: the combination of ideas into a complex whole [syn: synthesis, synthetic thinking] [ant: analysis, analytic thinking] 3: reasoning from the general to the particular (or from cause to effect) [syn: deduction, deductive reasoning, synthesis] -
hypophysis
n 1: the master gland of the endocrine system; located at the base of the brain [syn: pituitary, pituitary gland, pituitary body, hypophysis] -
apophysis
n 1: (botany) a natural swelling or enlargement: at the base of the stalk or seta in certain mosses or on the cone scale of certain conifers 2: (anatomy) a natural outgrowth or projection on an organ or body part such as the process of a vertebra -
apheresis
n 1: (linguistics) omission at the beginning of a word as in `coon' for `raccoon' or `till' for `until' [syn: aphaeresis, apheresis] 2: a procedure in which blood is drawn and separated into its components by dialysis; some are retained and the rest are returned to the donor by transfusion [syn: apheresis, pheresis] -
diaeresis
n 1: a diacritical mark (two dots) placed over a vowel in German to indicate a change in sound [syn: umlaut, dieresis, diaeresis] -
syneresis
n 1: the contraction of two vowels into a diphthong [syn: syneresis, synaeresis] 2: the separation of liquid from a gel that is caused by contraction (as in cheese making) [syn: syneresis, synaeresis] -
ectasis
n 1: dilatation or distension of a hollow organ [syn: ectasia, ectasis] -
myiasis
n 1: infestation of the body by the larvae of flies (usually through a wound or other opening) or any disease resulting from such infestation -
pertussis
n 1: a disease of the respiratory mucous membrane [syn: whooping cough, pertussis] -
salmacis
n 1: nymph who merged with Hermaphroditus to form one body -
atelectasis
n 1: collapse of an expanded lung (especially in infants); also failure of pulmonary alveoli to expand at birth -
diastasis
n 1: separation of an epiphysis from the long bone to which it is normally attached without fracture of the bone -
epistasis
n 1: the suppression of a gene by the effect of an unrelated gene [syn: hypostasis, epistasis] -
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diaplasis
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