Words that rhyme with asian

• aspersion 5
  n 1: a disparaging remark; "in the 19th century any reference to female sexuality was considered a vile aspersion"; "it is difficult for a woman to understand a man's sensitivity to any slur on his virility" [syn: aspersion, slur] 2: an abusive attack on a person's character or good name [syn: aspersion, calumny, slander, defamation, denigration] 3: the act of sprinkling water in baptism (rare) [syn: aspersion, sprinkling]
• envision 5
  v 1: imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind; "I can't see him on horseback!"; "I can see what will happen"; "I can see a risk in this strategy" [syn: visualize, visualise, envision, project, fancy, see, figure, picture, image] 2: picture to oneself; imagine possible; "I cannot envision him as President" [syn: envision, foresee]
• imprecision 5
  n 1: the quality of lacking precision [syn: impreciseness, imprecision] [ant: preciseness, precision]
• assassin 3
  n 1: a murderer (especially one who kills a prominent political figure) who kills by a surprise attack and often is hired to do the deed; "his assassins were hunted down like animals"; "assassinators of kings and emperors" [syn: assassin, assassinator, bravo] 2: a member of a secret order of Muslims (founded in the 12th century) who terrorized and killed Christian Crusaders
• abrasion 1
  n 1: an abraded area where the skin is torn or worn off [syn: abrasion, scratch, scrape, excoriation] 2: erosion by friction [syn: abrasion, attrition, corrasion, detrition] 3: the wearing down of rock particles by friction due to water or wind or ice [syn: grinding, abrasion, attrition, detrition]
• adhesion 0
  n 1: abnormal union of bodily tissues; most common in the abdomen 2: a fibrous band of scar tissue that binds together normally separate anatomical structures 3: the property of sticking together (as of glue and wood) or the joining of surfaces of different composition; "the mutual adhesiveness of cells"; "a heated hydraulic press was required for adhesion" [syn: adhesiveness, adhesion, adherence, bond] 4: faithful support for a cause or political party or religion; "attachment to a formal agenda"; "adherence to a fat-free diet"; "the adhesion of Seville was decisive" [syn: attachment, adherence, adhesion]
• allusion 0
  n 1: passing reference or indirect mention
• an 0
  n 1: an associate degree in nursing [syn: Associate in Nursing, AN]
• animadversion 0
  n 1: harsh criticism or disapproval [syn: censure, animadversion]
• artesian 0
  adj 1: (of water) rising to the surface under internal hydrostatic pressure; "an artesian well"; "artesian pressure" [ant: subartesian]
• ashen 0
  adj 1: anemic looking from illness or emotion; "a face turned ashen"; "the invalid's blanched cheeks"; "tried to speak with bloodless lips"; "a face livid with shock"; "lips...livid with the hue of death"- Mary W. Shelley; "lips white with terror"; "a face white with rage" [syn: ashen, blanched, bloodless, livid, white] 2: made of wood of the ash tree
• basin 0
  n 1: a bowl-shaped vessel; usually used for holding food or liquids; "she mixed the dough in a large basin" 2: the quantity that a basin will hold; "a basinful of water" [syn: basin, basinful] 3: a natural depression in the surface of the land often with a lake at the bottom of it; "the basin of the Great Salt Lake" 4: the entire geographical area drained by a river and its tributaries; an area characterized by all runoff being conveyed to the same outlet; "flood control in the Missouri basin" [syn: river basin, basin, watershed, drainage basin, catchment area, catchment basin, drainage area] 5: a bathroom sink that is permanently installed and connected to a water supply and drainpipe; where you can wash your hands and face; "he ran some water in the basin and splashed it on his face" [syn: washbasin, basin, washbowl, washstand, lavatory]
• blazon 0
  n 1: the official symbols of a family, state, etc. [syn: coat of arms, arms, blazon, blazonry] v 1: decorate with heraldic arms [syn: emblazon, blazon]
• brazen 0
  adj 1: unrestrained by convention or propriety; "an audacious trick to pull"; "a barefaced hypocrite"; "the most bodacious display of tourism this side of Anaheim"- Los Angeles Times; "bald-faced lies"; "brazen arrogance"; "the modern world with its quick material successes and insolent belief in the boundless possibilities of progress"- Bertrand Russell [syn: audacious, barefaced, bodacious, bald-faced, brassy, brazen, brazen-faced, insolent] 2: made of or resembling brass (as in color or hardness) v 1: face with defiance or impudence; "brazen it out"
• chasten 0
  v 1: censure severely; "She chastised him for his insensitive remarks" [syn: chastise, castigate, objurgate, chasten, correct] 2: restrain [syn: chasten, moderate, temper] 3: correct by punishment or discipline [syn: tame, chasten, subdue]
• circumcision 0
  n 1: (Roman Catholic Church and Anglican Church) feast day celebrating the circumcision of Jesus; celebrated on January 1st [syn: Circumcision, Feast of the Circumcision, January 1] 2: the act of circumcising performed on males eight days after birth as a Jewish and Muslim religious rite 3: the act of circumcising; surgical removal of the foreskin of males
• cohesion 0
  n 1: the state of cohering or sticking together [syn: coherence, coherency, cohesion, cohesiveness] [ant: incoherence, incoherency] 2: (botany) the process in some plants of parts growing together that are usually separate (such as petals) 3: (physics) the intermolecular force that holds together the molecules in a solid or liquid
• collision 0
  n 1: (physics) a brief event in which two or more bodies come together; "the collision of the particles resulted in an exchange of energy and a change of direction" [syn: collision, hit] 2: an accident resulting from violent impact of a moving object; "three passengers were killed in the collision"; "the collision of the two ships resulted in a serious oil spill" 3: a conflict of opposed ideas or attitudes or goals; "a collision of interests"
• collusion 0
  n 1: secret agreement 2: agreement on a secret plot [syn: connivance, collusion]
• compassion 0
  n 1: a deep awareness of and sympathy for another's suffering [syn: compassion, compassionateness] 2: the humane quality of understanding the suffering of others and wanting to do something about it [syn: compassion, pity]
• concision 0
  n 1: terseness and economy in writing and speaking achieved by expressing a great deal in just a few words [syn: conciseness, concision, pithiness, succinctness]
• conclusion 0
  n 1: a position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration; "a decision unfavorable to the opposition"; "his conclusion took the evidence into account"; "satisfied with the panel's determination" [syn: decision, determination, conclusion] 2: an intuitive assumption; "jump to a conclusion" 3: the temporal end; the concluding time; "the stopping point of each round was signaled by a bell"; "the market was up at the finish"; "they were playing better at the close of the season" [syn: stopping point, finale, finis, finish, last, conclusion, close] 4: event whose occurrence ends something; "his death marked the ending of an era"; "when these final episodes are broadcast it will be the finish of the show" [syn: ending, conclusion, finish] [ant: beginning] 5: the proposition arrived at by logical reasoning (such as the proposition that must follow from the major and minor premises of a syllogism) [syn: conclusion, ratiocination] 6: the act of ending something; "the termination of the agreement" [syn: termination, ending, conclusion] 7: a final settlement; "the conclusion of a business deal"; "the conclusion of the peace treaty" 8: the last section of a communication; "in conclusion I want to say..." [syn: conclusion, end, close, closing, ending] 9: the act of making up your mind about something; "the burden of decision was his"; "he drew his conclusions quickly" [syn: decision, determination, conclusion]
• confusion 0
  n 1: disorder resulting from a failure to behave predictably; "the army retreated in confusion" 2: a mental state characterized by a lack of clear and orderly thought and behavior; "a confusion of impressions" [syn: confusion, mental confusion, confusedness, muddiness, disarray] 3: a feeling of embarrassment that leaves you confused [syn: confusion, discombobulation] 4: an act causing a disorderly combination of elements with identities lost and distinctions blended; "the confusion of tongues at the Tower of Babel" 5: a mistake that results from taking one thing to be another; "he changed his name in order to avoid confusion with the notorious outlaw" [syn: confusion, mix-up]
• contusion 0
  n 1: an injury that doesn't break the skin but results in some discoloration [syn: bruise, contusion] 2: the action of bruising; "the bruise resulted from a contusion"
• corrosion 0
  n 1: a state of deterioration in metals caused by oxidation or chemical action 2: erosion by chemical action [syn: corrosion, corroding, erosion]
• decision 0
  n 1: the act of making up your mind about something; "the burden of decision was his"; "he drew his conclusions quickly" [syn: decision, determination, conclusion] 2: a position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration; "a decision unfavorable to the opposition"; "his conclusion took the evidence into account"; "satisfied with the panel's determination" [syn: decision, determination, conclusion] 3: (boxing) a victory won on points when no knockout has occurred; "had little trouble in taking a unanimous decision over his opponent" 4: the outcome of a game or contest; "the team dropped three decisions in a row" 5: the trait of resoluteness as evidenced by firmness of character or purpose; "a man of unusual decisiveness" [syn: decisiveness, decision] [ant: indecision, indecisiveness]
• delusion 0
  n 1: (psychology) an erroneous belief that is held in the face of evidence to the contrary [syn: delusion, psychotic belief] 2: a mistaken or unfounded opinion or idea; "he has delusions of competence"; "his dreams of vast wealth are a hallucination" [syn: delusion, hallucination] 3: the act of deluding; deception by creating illusory ideas [syn: delusion, illusion, head game]
• derision 0
  n 1: contemptuous laughter 2: the act of deriding or treating with contempt [syn: derision, ridicule]
• diffusion 0
  n 1: (physics) the process in which there is movement of a substance from an area of high concentration of that substance to an area of lower concentration 2: the spread of social institutions (and myths and skills) from one society to another 3: the property of being diffused or dispersed [syn: dissemination, diffusion] 4: the act of dispersing or diffusing something; "the dispersion of the troops"; "the diffusion of knowledge" [syn: dispersion, dispersal, dissemination, diffusion]
• disillusion 0
  n 1: freeing from false belief or illusions [syn: disenchantment, disillusion, disillusionment] v 1: free from enchantment [syn: disenchant, disillusion] [ant: delight, enchant, enrapture, enthral, enthrall, ravish, transport]
• dispassion 0
  n 1: objectivity and detachment; "her manner assumed a dispassion and dryness very unlike her usual tone" [syn: dispassion, dispassionateness, dryness]
• dissuasion 0
  n 1: a communication that dissuades you 2: persuading not to do or believe something; talking someone out of a belief or an intended course of action [ant: persuasion, suasion]
• division 0
  n 1: an army unit large enough to sustain combat; "two infantry divisions were held in reserve" 2: one of the portions into which something is regarded as divided and which together constitute a whole; "the written part of the exam"; "the finance section of the company"; "the BBC's engineering division" [syn: part, section, division] 3: the act or process of dividing 4: an administrative unit in government or business 5: discord that splits a group [syn: division, variance] 6: a league ranked by quality; "he played baseball in class D for two years"; "Princeton is in the NCAA Division 1-AA" [syn: class, division] 7: (biology) a group of organisms forming a subdivision of a larger category 8: (botany) taxonomic unit of plants corresponding to a phylum 9: a unit of the United States Air Force usually comprising two or more wings [syn: division, air division] 10: a group of ships of similar type [syn: division, naval division] 11: an arithmetic operation that is the inverse of multiplication; the quotient of two numbers is computed 12: the act of dividing or partitioning; separation by the creation of a boundary that divides or keeps apart [syn: division, partition, partitioning, segmentation, sectionalization, sectionalisation]
• effusion 0
  n 1: an unrestrained expression of emotion [syn: effusion, gush, outburst, blowup, ebullition] 2: flow under pressure
• elision 0
  n 1: omission of a sound between two words (usually a vowel and the end of one word or the beginning of the next) 2: a deliberate act of omission; "with the exception of the children, everyone was told the news" [syn: exception, exclusion, elision]
• equation 0
  n 1: a mathematical statement that two expressions are equal 2: a state of being essentially equal or equivalent; equally balanced; "on a par with the best" [syn: equality, equivalence, equation, par] 3: the act of regarding as equal [syn: equation, equating]
• erosion 0
  n 1: (geology) the mechanical process of wearing or grinding something down (as by particles washing over it) [syn: erosion, eroding, eating away, wearing, wearing away] 2: condition in which the earth's surface is worn away by the action of water and wind 3: a gradual decline of something; "after the accounting scandal there was an erosion of confidence in the auditors" 4: erosion by chemical action [syn: corrosion, corroding, erosion]
• evasion 0
  n 1: a statement that is not literally false but that cleverly avoids an unpleasant truth [syn: evasion, equivocation] 2: the deliberate act of failing to pay money; "his evasion of all his creditors"; "he was indicted for nonpayment" [syn: evasion, nonpayment] [ant: defrayal, defrayment, payment] 3: nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do; "his evasion of his clear duty was reprehensible"; "that escape from the consequences is possible but unattractive" [syn: evasion, escape, dodging] 4: the act of physically escaping from something (an opponent or a pursuer or an unpleasant situation) by some adroit maneuver
• excision 0
  n 1: the omission that is made when an editorial change shortens a written passage; "an editor's deletions frequently upset young authors"; "both parties agreed on the excision of the proposed clause" [syn: deletion, excision, cut] 2: surgical removal of a body part or tissue [syn: ablation, extirpation, cutting out, excision] 3: the act of banishing a member of a church from the communion of believers and the privileges of the church; cutting a person off from a religious society [syn: excommunication, excision] 4: the act of pulling up or out; uprooting; cutting off from existence [syn: extirpation, excision, deracination]
• exclusion 0
  n 1: the state of being excluded [ant: inclusion] 2: the state of being excommunicated [syn: excommunication, exclusion, censure] 3: a deliberate act of omission; "with the exception of the children, everyone was told the news" [syn: exception, exclusion, elision] 4: the act of forcing out someone or something; "the ejection of troublemakers by the police"; "the child's expulsion from school" [syn: ejection, exclusion, expulsion, riddance]
• explosion 0
  n 1: a violent release of energy caused by a chemical or nuclear reaction [syn: explosion, detonation, blowup] 2: the act of exploding or bursting; "the explosion of the firecrackers awoke the children"; "the burst of an atom bomb creates enormous radiation aloft" [syn: explosion, burst] 3: a sudden great increase; "the population explosion"; "the information explosion" 4: the noise caused by an explosion; "the explosion was heard a mile away" 5: the terminal forced release of pressure built up during the occlusive phase of a stop consonant [syn: plosion, explosion] 6: a sudden outburst; "an explosion of laughter"; "an explosion of rage" 7: a golf shot from a bunker that typically moves sand as well as the golf ball
• extrusion 0
  n 1: something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings; "the gun in his pocket made an obvious bulge"; "the hump of a camel"; "he stood on the rocky prominence"; "the occipital protuberance was well developed"; "the bony excrescence between its horns" [syn: bulge, bump, hump, swelling, gibbosity, gibbousness, jut, prominence, protuberance, protrusion, extrusion, excrescence] 2: squeezing out by applying pressure; "an unexpected extrusion of toothpaste from the bottom of the tube"; "the expulsion of pus from the pimple" [syn: extrusion, expulsion]
• fashion 0
  n 1: how something is done or how it happens; "her dignified manner"; "his rapid manner of talking"; "their nomadic mode of existence"; "in the characteristic New York style"; "a lonely way of life"; "in an abrasive fashion" [syn: manner, mode, style, way, fashion] 2: characteristic or habitual practice 3: the latest and most admired style in clothes and cosmetics and behavior 4: consumer goods (especially clothing) in the current mode v 1: make out of components (often in an improvising manner); "She fashioned a tent out of a sheet and a few sticks" [syn: fashion, forge]
• fasten 0
  v 1: cause to be firmly attached; "fasten the lock onto the door"; "she fixed her gaze on the man" [syn: fasten, fix, secure] [ant: unfasten] 2: become fixed or fastened; "This dress fastens in the back" [ant: unfasten] 3: attach to; "They fastened various nicknames to each other" 4: make tight or tighter; "Tighten the wire" [syn: tighten, fasten]
• fusion 0
  n 1: an occurrence that involves the production of a union [syn: fusion, merger, unification] 2: the state of being combined into one body [syn: coalition, fusion] 3: the merging of adjacent sounds or syllables or words 4: a nuclear reaction in which nuclei combine to form more massive nuclei with the simultaneous release of energy [syn: fusion, nuclear fusion, nuclear fusion reaction] 5: the combining of images from the two eyes to form a single visual percept [syn: fusion, optical fusion] 6: correction of an unstable part of the spine by joining two or more vertebrae; usually done surgically but sometimes done by traction or immobilization [syn: fusion, spinal fusion] 7: the act of fusing (or melting) together
• hasten 0
  v 1: act or move at high speed; "We have to rush!"; "hurry--it's late!" [syn: rush, hasten, hurry, look sharp, festinate] 2: move fast; "He rushed down the hall to receive his guests"; "The cars raced down the street" [syn: rush, hotfoot, hasten, hie, speed, race, pelt along, rush along, cannonball along, bucket along, belt along, step on it] [ant: dawdle, linger] 3: speed up the progress of; facilitate; "This should expedite the process" [syn: expedite, hasten] 4: cause to occur rapidly; "the infection precipitated a high fever and allergic reactions" [syn: induce, stimulate, rush, hasten]
• illusion 0
  n 1: an erroneous mental representation [syn: illusion, semblance] 2: something many people believe that is false; "they have the illusion that I am very wealthy" [syn: illusion, fantasy, phantasy, fancy] 3: the act of deluding; deception by creating illusory ideas [syn: delusion, illusion, head game] 4: an illusory feat; considered magical by naive observers [syn: magic trick, conjuring trick, trick, magic, legerdemain, conjuration, thaumaturgy, illusion, deception]
• immersion 0
  n 1: sinking until covered completely with water [syn: submergence, submerging, submersion, immersion] 2: (astronomy) the disappearance of a celestial body prior to an eclipse [syn: ingress, immersion] [ant: egress, emersion] 3: complete attention; intense mental effort [syn: concentration, engrossment, absorption, immersion] 4: a form of baptism in which part or all of a person's body is submerged 5: the act of wetting something by submerging it [syn: submersion, immersion, ducking, dousing]
• implosion 0
  n 1: a sudden inward collapse; "the implosion of a light bulb" 2: the initial occluded phase of a stop consonant
• incision 0
  n 1: a depression scratched or carved into a surface [syn: incision, scratch, prick, slit, dent] 2: the cutting of or into body tissues or organs (especially by a surgeon as part of an operation) [syn: incision, section, surgical incision]
• inclusion 0
  n 1: the state of being included [ant: exclusion] 2: the relation of comprising something; "he admired the inclusion of so many ideas in such a short work" [syn: inclusion, comprehension] 3: any small intracellular body found within another (characteristic of certain diseases); "an inclusion in the cytoplasm of the cell" [syn: inclusion body, cellular inclusion, inclusion] 4: the act of including
• incursion 0
  n 1: the act of entering some territory or domain (often in large numbers); "the incursion of television into the American living room" 2: an attack that penetrates into enemy territory [syn: penetration, incursion] 3: the mistake of incurring liability or blame
• indecision 0
  n 1: doubt concerning two or more possible alternatives or courses of action; "his indecision was only momentary but the opportunity was lost" [syn: indecision, indecisiveness, irresolution] 2: the trait of irresolution; a lack of firmness of character or purpose; "the king's incurable indecisiveness caused turmoil in his court" [syn: indecisiveness, indecision] [ant: decision, decisiveness]
• infusion 0
  n 1: a solution obtained by steeping or soaking a substance (usually in water) [syn: infusion, extract] 2: the process of extracting certain active properties (as a drug from a plant) by steeping or soaking (usually in water) 3: (medicine) the passive introduction of a substance (a fluid or drug or electrolyte) into a vein or between tissues (as by gravitational force) 4: the act of infusing or introducing a certain modifying element or quality; "the team's continued success is attributable to a steady infusion of new talent"
• intrusion 0
  n 1: any entry into an area not previously occupied; "an invasion of tourists"; "an invasion of locusts" [syn: invasion, encroachment, intrusion] 2: entrance by force or without permission or welcome 3: the forcing of molten rock into fissures or between strata of an earlier rock formation 4: rock produced by an intrusive process 5: entry to another's property without right or permission [syn: trespass, encroachment, violation, intrusion, usurpation]
• invasion 0
  n 1: the act of invading; the act of an army that invades for conquest or plunder 2: any entry into an area not previously occupied; "an invasion of tourists"; "an invasion of locusts" [syn: invasion, encroachment, intrusion] 3: (pathology) the spread of pathogenic microorganisms or malignant cells to new sites in the body; "the tumor's invasion of surrounding structures"
• lesion 0
  n 1: any localized abnormal structural change in a bodily part 2: an injury to living tissue (especially an injury involving a cut or break in the skin) [syn: wound, lesion]
• occasion 0
  n 1: an event that occurs at a critical time; "at such junctures he always had an impulse to leave"; "it was needed only on special occasions" [syn: juncture, occasion] 2: a vaguely specified social event; "the party was quite an affair"; "an occasion arranged to honor the president"; "a seemingly endless round of social functions" [syn: affair, occasion, social occasion, function, social function] 3: reason; "there was no occasion for complaint" 4: the time of a particular event; "on the occasion of his 60th birthday" 5: an opportunity to do something; "there was never an occasion for her to demonstrate her skill" v 1: give occasion to
• occlusion 0
  n 1: closure or blockage (as of a blood vessel) 2: (meteorology) a composite front when colder air surrounds a mass of warm air and forces it aloft [syn: occluded front, occlusion] 3: (dentistry) the normal spatial relation of the teeth when the jaws are closed 4: an obstruction in a pipe or tube; "we had to call a plumber to clear out the blockage in the drainpipe" [syn: blockage, block, closure, occlusion, stop, stoppage] 5: the act of blocking [syn: blockage, closure, occlusion]
• passion 0
  n 1: a strong feeling or emotion [syn: passion, passionateness] 2: the trait of being intensely emotional [syn: heat, warmth, passion] 3: something that is desired intensely; "his rage for fame destroyed him" [syn: rage, passion] 4: an irrational but irresistible motive for a belief or action [syn: mania, passion, cacoethes] 5: a feeling of strong sexual desire 6: any object of warm affection or devotion; "the theater was her first love"; "he has a passion for cock fighting"; [syn: love, passion] 7: the suffering of Jesus at the Crucifixion [syn: Passion, Passion of Christ]
• perfusion 0
  n 1: pumping a liquid into an organ or tissue (especially by way of blood vessels)
• persuasion 0
  n 1: the act of persuading (or attempting to persuade); communication intended to induce belief or action [syn: persuasion, suasion] [ant: dissuasion] 2: a personal belief or judgment that is not founded on proof or certainty; "my opinion differs from yours"; "I am not of your persuasion"; "what are your thoughts on Haiti?" [syn: opinion, sentiment, persuasion, view, thought]
• pervasion 0
  n 1: the process of permeating or infusing something with a substance [syn: permeation, pervasion, suffusion]
• perversion 0
  n 1: a curve that reverses the direction of something; "the tendrils of the plant exhibited perversion"; "perversion also shows up in kinky telephone cords" 2: an aberrant sexual practice; [syn: perversion, sexual perversion] 3: the action of perverting something (turning it to a wrong use); "it was a perversion of justice"
• precision 0
  n 1: the quality of being reproducible in amount or performance; "he handled it with the preciseness of an automaton"; "note the meticulous precision of his measurements" [syn: preciseness, precision] [ant: impreciseness, imprecision]
• preclusion 0
  n 1: the act of preventing something by anticipating and disposing of it effectively [syn: obviation, forestalling, preclusion]
• prevision 0
  n 1: a prophetic vision (as in a dream) 2: the power to foresee the future [syn: prescience, prevision] 3: seeing ahead; knowing in advance; foreseeing [syn: prevision, foresight, farsightedness, prospicience] 4: the act of predicting (as by reasoning about the future) [syn: prediction, anticipation, prevision]
• profusion 0
  n 1: the property of being extremely abundant; "the profusion of detail"; "the idiomatic richness of English" [syn: profusion, profuseness, richness, cornucopia]
• prolusion 0
  n 1: a short introductory essay preceding the text of a book [syn: foreword, preface, prolusion] 2: exercising in preparation for strenuous activity [syn: warm- up, tune-up, prolusion]
• protrusion 0
  n 1: something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings; "the gun in his pocket made an obvious bulge"; "the hump of a camel"; "he stood on the rocky prominence"; "the occipital protuberance was well developed"; "the bony excrescence between its horns" [syn: bulge, bump, hump, swelling, gibbosity, gibbousness, jut, prominence, protuberance, protrusion, extrusion, excrescence] 2: the act of projecting out from something [syn: protrusion, projection, jut, jutting]
• provision 0
  n 1: a stipulated condition; "he accepted subject to one provision" [syn: provision, proviso] 2: the activity of supplying or providing something [syn: provision, supply, supplying] 3: the cognitive process of thinking about what you will do in the event of something happening; "his planning for retirement was hindered by several uncertainties" [syn: planning, preparation, provision] 4: a store or supply of something (especially of food or clothing or arms) v 1: supply with provisions [syn: provision, purvey]
• racism 0
  n 1: the prejudice that members of one race are intrinsically superior to members of other races 2: discriminatory or abusive behavior towards members of another race [syn: racism, racialism, racial discrimination]
• ration 0
  n 1: the food allowance for one day (especially for service personnel); "the rations should be nutritionally balanced" 2: a fixed portion that is allotted (especially in times of scarcity) v 1: restrict the consumption of a relatively scarce commodity, as during war; "Bread was rationed during the siege of the city" 2: distribute in rations, as in the army; "Cigarettes are rationed" [syn: ration, ration out]
• recursion 0
  n 1: (mathematics) an expression such that each term is generated by repeating a particular mathematical operation
• rescission 0
  n 1: (law) the act of rescinding; the cancellation of a contract and the return of the parties to the positions they would have had if the contract had not been made; "recission may be brought about by decree or by mutual consent" [syn: recission, rescission]
• revision 0
  n 1: the act of revising or altering (involving reconsideration and modification); "it would require a drastic revision of his opinion" [syn: revision, alteration] 2: the act of rewriting something [syn: revision, revisal, revise, rescript] 3: something that has been written again; "the rewrite was much better" [syn: rewrite, revision, rescript]
• scission 0
  n 1: the act of dividing by cutting or splitting
• seclusion 0
  n 1: the quality of being secluded from the presence or view of others [syn: privacy, privateness, seclusion] 2: the act of secluding yourself from others
• suasion 0
  n 1: the act of persuading (or attempting to persuade); communication intended to induce belief or action [syn: persuasion, suasion] [ant: dissuasion]
• subdivision 0
  n 1: an area composed of subdivided lots 2: the act of subdividing; division of something previously divided 3: a division of some larger or more complex organization; "a branch of Congress"; "botany is a branch of biology"; "the Germanic branch of Indo-European languages" [syn: branch, subdivision, arm] 4: a self-contained part of a larger composition (written or musical); "he always turns first to the business section"; "the history of this work is discussed in the next section" [syn: section, subdivision] 5: a section of a section; a part of a part; i.e., a part of something already divided [syn: subsection, subdivision]
• submersion 0
  n 1: sinking until covered completely with water [syn: submergence, submerging, submersion, immersion] 2: the act of wetting something by submerging it [syn: submersion, immersion, ducking, dousing]
• suffusion 0
  n 1: the process of permeating or infusing something with a substance [syn: permeation, pervasion, suffusion]
• supervision 0
  n 1: management by overseeing the performance or operation of a person or group [syn: supervision, supervising, superintendence, oversight]
• television 0
  n 1: broadcasting visual images of stationary or moving objects; "she is a star of screen and video"; "Television is a medium because it is neither rare nor well done" - Ernie Kovacs [syn: television, telecasting, TV, video] 2: a telecommunication system that transmits images of objects (stationary or moving) between distant points [syn: television, television system] 3: an electronic device that receives television signals and displays them on a screen; "the British call a tv set a telly" [syn: television receiver, television, television set, tv, tv set, idiot box, boob tube, telly, goggle box]
• transfusion 0
  n 1: the introduction of blood or blood plasma into a vein or artery [syn: transfusion, blood transfusion] 2: the action of pouring a liquid from one vessel to another
• vision 0
  n 1: a vivid mental image; "he had a vision of his own death" 2: the ability to see; the visual faculty [syn: sight, vision, visual sense, visual modality] 3: the perceptual experience of seeing; "the runners emerged from the trees into his clear vision"; "he had a visual sensation of intense light" [syn: vision, visual sensation] 4: the formation of a mental image of something that is not perceived as real and is not present to the senses; "popular imagination created a world of demons"; "imagination reveals what the world could be" [syn: imagination, imaginativeness, vision] 5: a religious or mystical experience of a supernatural appearance; "he had a vision of the Virgin Mary"
• frisian 0
  adj 1: of or relating to the people or culture or language of Friesland or Frisia n 1: a native or inhabitant of Friesland or Frisia 2: a West Germanic language spoken in Friesland in the northwestern Netherlands; a near relative of English
• persian 0
  adj 1: of or relating to Iran or its people or language or culture; "Iranian mountains"; "Iranian security police" [syn: Iranian, Persian] n 1: a native or inhabitant of Iran; "the majority of Irani are Persian Shiite Muslims" [syn: Irani, Iranian, Persian] 2: the language of Persia (Iran) in any of its ancient forms [syn: Persian, Farsi]
• caucasian 0
  adj 1: of or relating to the geographical region of Caucasia; "Caucasian languages" [syn: Caucasian, Caucasic] 2: of or relating to Caucasian people [syn: Caucasian, Caucasoid] n 1: a member of the Caucasoid race [syn: White, White person, Caucasian] 2: a number of languages spoken in the Caucasus that are unrelated to languages spoken elsewhere [syn: Caucasian, Caucasian language]
• malaysian 0
  adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of Malaysia; "Malaysian police crack down hard on drug smugglers"; "Malayan crocodiles" [syn: Malaysian, Malayan] n 1: a native or inhabitant of Malaysia 2: the Malay language spoken in Malaysia [syn: Malaysian, Bahasa Malaysia, Bahasa Melayu, Bahasa Kebangsaan]
• cartesian 0
  adj 1: of or relating to Rene Descartes or his works; "Cartesian linguistics" n 1: a follower of Cartesian thought
• rhodesian 0
  adj 1: of or relating to the former country of Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe)
• indonesian 0
  adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of Indonesia or its people or languages n 1: a native or inhabitant of Indonesia 2: the dialect of Malay used as the national language of the Republic of Indonesia or of Malaysia [syn: Indonesian, Bahasa Indonesia, Bahasa]
• melanesian 0
  adj 1: of or relating to Melanesia or its people or culture
• polynesian 0
  adj 1: of or relating to Polynesia or its people or culture n 1: a native or inhabitant of Polynesia 2: the branch of the Austronesian languages spoken from Madagascar to the central Pacific [syn: Malayo-Polynesian, Polynesian]
• eurasian 0
  adj 1: relating to, or coming from, Europe and Asia; "His mother was Eurasian, and his father Chinese"; "the Eurasian landmass is the largest in the world" [syn: Eurasian, Eurasiatic] n 1: a person of mixed European and Asian descent
• corrasion 0
  n 1: erosion by friction [syn: abrasion, attrition, corrasion, detrition]
• australasian 0
  adj 1: relating to or found in Australasia
• dermabrasion 0
  n 1: removal of scars or tattoos by anesthetizing the skin surface and then sanding or scraping off some of the outer skin layer
• vespasian 0
  n 1: Emperor of Rome and founder of the Flavian dynasty who consolidated Roman rule in Germany and Britain and reformed the army and brought prosperity to the empire; began the construction of the Colosseum (9-79) [syn: Vespasian, Titus Flavius Sabinus Vespasianus]

See also asian definition and asian synonyms