Words that rhyme with coition

• admission 0
  n 1: the act of admitting someone to enter; "the surgery was performed on his second admission to the clinic" [syn: admission, admittance] 2: an acknowledgment of the truth of something 3: the fee charged for admission [syn: entrance fee, admission, admission charge, admission fee, admission price, price of admission, entrance money] 4: the right to enter [syn: entree, access, accession, admission, admittance]
• ambition 0
  n 1: a cherished desire; "his ambition is to own his own business" [syn: ambition, aspiration, dream] 2: a strong drive for success [syn: ambition, ambitiousness] v 1: have as one's ambition
• ammunition 0
  n 1: projectiles to be fired from a gun [syn: ammunition, ammo] 2: any nuclear or chemical or biological material that can be used as a weapon of mass destruction 3: information that can be used to attack or defend a claim or argument or viewpoint; "his admission provided ammunition for his critics"
• competition 0
  n 1: a business relation in which two parties compete to gain customers; "business competition can be fiendish at times" 2: an occasion on which a winner is selected from among two or more contestants [syn: contest, competition] 3: the act of competing as for profit or a prize; "the teams were in fierce contention for first place" [syn: competition, contention, rivalry] [ant: cooperation] 4: the contestant you hope to defeat; "he had respect for his rivals"; "he wanted to know what the competition was doing" [syn: rival, challenger, competitor, competition, contender]
• condition 0
  n 1: a state at a particular time; "a condition (or state) of disrepair"; "the current status of the arms negotiations" [syn: condition, status] 2: an assumption on which rests the validity or effect of something else [syn: condition, precondition, stipulation] 3: a mode of being or form of existence of a person or thing; "the human condition" 4: information that should be kept in mind when making a decision; "another consideration is the time it would take" [syn: circumstance, condition, consideration] 5: the state of (good) health (especially in the phrases `in condition' or `in shape' or `out of condition' or `out of shape') [syn: condition, shape] 6: an illness, disease, or other medical problem; "a heart condition"; "a skin condition" 7: (usually plural) a statement of what is required as part of an agreement; "the contract set out the conditions of the lease"; "the terms of the treaty were generous" [syn: condition, term] 8: the procedure that is varied in order to estimate a variable's effect by comparison with a control condition [syn: condition, experimental condition] v 1: establish a conditioned response 2: develop (children's) behavior by instruction and practice; especially to teach self-control; "Parents must discipline their children"; "Is this dog trained?" [syn: discipline, train, check, condition] 3: specify as a condition or requirement in a contract or agreement; make an express demand or provision in an agreement; "The will stipulates that she can live in the house for the rest of her life"; "The contract stipulates the dates of the payments" [syn: stipulate, qualify, condition, specify] 4: put into a better state; "he conditions old cars" 5: apply conditioner to in order to make smooth and shiny; "I condition my hair after washing it"
• fission 0
  n 1: reproduction of some unicellular organisms by division of the cell into two more or less equal parts 2: a nuclear reaction in which a massive nucleus splits into smaller nuclei with the simultaneous release of energy [syn: fission, nuclear fission]
• fruition 0
  n 1: the condition of bearing fruit 2: enjoyment derived from use or possession 3: something that is made real or concrete; "the victory was the realization of a whole year's work" [syn: realization, realisation, fruition]
• ignition 0
  n 1: the process of initiating combustion or catching fire 2: the mechanism that ignites the fuel in an internal-combustion engine [syn: ignition, ignition system] 3: the act of setting something on fire [syn: ignition, firing, lighting, kindling, inflammation]
• intermission 0
  n 1: the act of suspending activity temporarily 2: a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something [syn: pause, intermission, break, interruption, suspension]
• intuition 0
  n 1: instinctive knowing (without the use of rational processes) 2: an impression that something might be the case; "he had an intuition that something had gone wrong" [syn: intuition, hunch, suspicion]
• mission 0
  n 1: an organization of missionaries in a foreign land sent to carry on religious work [syn: mission, missionary post, missionary station, foreign mission] 2: an operation that is assigned by a higher headquarters; "the planes were on a bombing mission" [syn: mission, military mission] 3: a special assignment that is given to a person or group; "a confidential mission to London"; "his charge was deliver a message" [syn: mission, charge, commission] 4: the organized work of a religious missionary [syn: mission, missionary work] 5: a group of representatives or delegates [syn: deputation, commission, delegation, delegacy, mission]
• nutrition 0
  n 1: (physiology) the organic process of nourishing or being nourished; the processes by which an organism assimilates food and uses it for growth and maintenance 2: a source of materials to nourish the body [syn: nutriment, nourishment, nutrition, sustenance, aliment, alimentation, victuals] 3: the scientific study of food and drink (especially in humans)
• obstetrician 0
  n 1: a physician specializing in obstetrics [syn: obstetrician, accoucheur]
• omission 0
  n 1: a mistake resulting from neglect [syn: omission, skip] 2: something that has been omitted; "she searched the table for omissions" 3: any process whereby sounds or words are left out of spoken words or phrases [syn: omission, deletion] 4: neglecting to do something; leaving out or passing over something
• opposition 0
  n 1: the action of opposing something that you disapprove or disagree with; "he encountered a general feeling of resistance from many citizens"; "despite opposition from the newspapers he went ahead" [syn: resistance, opposition] 2: the relation between opposed entities [syn: opposition, oppositeness] 3: the act of hostile groups opposing each other; "the government was not ready for a confrontation with the unions"; "the invaders encountered stiff opposition" [syn: confrontation, opposition] 4: a contestant that you are matched against [syn: opposition, opponent, opposite] 5: a body of people united in opposing something 6: a direction opposite to another 7: an armed adversary (especially a member of an opposing military force); "a soldier must be prepared to kill his enemies" [syn: enemy, foe, foeman, opposition] 8: the major political party opposed to the party in office and prepared to replace it if elected; "Her Majesty's loyal opposition"
• optician 0
  n 1: a worker who makes glasses for remedying defects of vision [syn: optician, lens maker]
• patrician 0
  adj 1: befitting a person of noble origin; "a patrician nose" 2: belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or aristocracy; "an aristocratic family"; "aristocratic Bostonians"; "aristocratic government"; "a blue family"; "blue blood"; "the blue-blooded aristocracy"; "of gentle blood"; "patrician landholders of the American South"; "aristocratic bearing"; "aristocratic features"; "patrician tastes" [syn: aristocratic, aristocratical, blue, blue-blooded, gentle, patrician] n 1: a person of refined upbringing and manners 2: a member of the aristocracy [syn: aristocrat, blue blood, patrician]
• permission 0
  n 1: approval to do something; "he asked permission to leave" 2: the act of giving a formal (usually written) authorization [syn: license, permission, permit]
• petition 0
  n 1: a formal message requesting something that is submitted to an authority [syn: request, petition, postulation] 2: reverent petition to a deity [syn: prayer, petition, orison] v 1: write a petition for something to somebody; request formally and in writing
• physician 0
  n 1: a licensed medical practitioner; "I felt so bad I went to see my doctor" [syn: doctor, doc, physician, MD, Dr., medico]
• politician 0
  n 1: a leader engaged in civil administration 2: a person active in party politics [syn: politician, politico, pol, political leader] 3: a schemer who tries to gain advantage in an organization in sly or underhanded ways
• position 0
  n 1: the particular portion of space occupied by something; "he put the lamp back in its place" [syn: position, place] 2: a point occupied by troops for tactical reasons [syn: military position, position] 3: a way of regarding situations or topics etc.; "consider what follows from the positivist view" [syn: position, view, perspective] 4: the arrangement of the body and its limbs; "he assumed an attitude of surrender" [syn: position, posture, attitude] 5: the relative position or standing of things or especially persons in a society; "he had the status of a minor"; "the novel attained the status of a classic"; "atheists do not enjoy a favorable position in American life" [syn: status, position] 6: a job in an organization; "he occupied a post in the treasury" [syn: position, post, berth, office, spot, billet, place, situation] 7: the spatial property of a place where or way in which something is situated; "the position of the hands on the clock"; "he specified the spatial relations of every piece of furniture on the stage" [syn: position, spatial relation] 8: the appropriate or customary location; "the cars were in position" 9: (in team sports) the role assigned to an individual player; "what position does he play?" 10: the act of putting something in a certain place [syn: placement, location, locating, position, positioning, emplacement] 11: a condition or position in which you find yourself; "the unpleasant situation (or position) of having to choose between two evils"; "found herself in a very fortunate situation" [syn: situation, position] 12: a rationalized mental attitude [syn: position, stance, posture] 13: an opinion that is held in opposition to another in an argument or dispute; "there are two sides to every question" [syn: side, position] 14: an item on a list or in a sequence; "in the second place"; "moved from third to fifth position" [syn: place, position] 15: the post or function properly or customarily occupied or served by another; "can you go in my stead?"; "took his place"; "in lieu of" [syn: stead, position, place, lieu] 16: the act of positing; an assumption taken as a postulate or axiom v 1: cause to be in an appropriate place, state, or relation 2: put into a certain place or abstract location; "Put your things here"; "Set the tray down"; "Set the dogs on the scent of the missing children"; "Place emphasis on a certain point" [syn: put, set, place, pose, position, lay]
• precondition 0
  n 1: an assumption on which rests the validity or effect of something else [syn: condition, precondition, stipulation] 2: an assumption that is taken for granted [syn: given, presumption, precondition] 3: a condition that is a prerequisite v 1: put into the required condition beforehand
• premonition 0
  n 1: a feeling of evil to come; "a steadily escalating sense of foreboding"; "the lawyer had a presentiment that the judge would dismiss the case" [syn: foreboding, premonition, presentiment, boding] 2: an early warning about a future event [syn: forewarning, premonition]
• prohibition 0
  n 1: a law forbidding the sale of alcoholic beverages; "in 1920 the 18th amendment to the Constitution established prohibition in the US" 2: a decree that prohibits something [syn: prohibition, ban, proscription] 3: the period from 1920 to 1933 when the sale of alcoholic beverages was prohibited in the United States by a constitutional amendment [syn: prohibition, prohibition era] 4: refusal to approve or assent to 5: the action of prohibiting or inhibiting or forbidding (or an instance thereof); "they were restrained by a prohibition in their charter"; "a medical inhibition of alcoholic beverages"; "he ignored his parents' forbiddance" [syn: prohibition, inhibition, forbiddance]
• scission 0
  n 1: the act of dividing by cutting or splitting
• suspicion 0
  n 1: an impression that something might be the case; "he had an intuition that something had gone wrong" [syn: intuition, hunch, suspicion] 2: doubt about someone's honesty [syn: misgiving, mistrust, distrust, suspicion] 3: the state of being suspected; "he tried to shield me from suspicion" 4: being of a suspicious nature; "his suspiciousness destroyed his marriage" [syn: suspicion, suspiciousness]
• tradition 0
  n 1: an inherited pattern of thought or action 2: a specific practice of long standing [syn: custom, tradition]
• transition 0
  n 1: the act of passing from one state or place to the next [syn: passage, transition] 2: an event that results in a transformation [syn: conversion, transition, changeover] 3: a change from one place or state or subject or stage to another 4: a musical passage moving from one key to another [syn: transition, modulation] 5: a passage that connects a topic to one that follows v 1: cause to convert or undergo a transition; "the company had to transition the old practices to modern technology" 2: make or undergo a transition (from one state or system to another); "The airline transitioned to more fuel-efficient jets"; "The adagio transitioned into an allegro"
• transmission 0
  n 1: the act of sending a message; causing a message to be transmitted [syn: transmission, transmittal, transmitting] 2: communication by means of transmitted signals 3: the fraction of radiant energy that passes through a substance [syn: transmittance, transmission] 4: an incident in which an infectious disease is transmitted [syn: infection, contagion, transmission] 5: the gears that transmit power from an automobile engine via the driveshaft to the live axle [syn: transmission, transmission system]
• tuition 0
  n 1: a fee paid for instruction (especially for higher education); "tuition and room and board were more than $25,000" [syn: tuition, tuition fee] 2: teaching pupils individually (usually by a tutor hired privately) [syn: tutelage, tuition, tutorship]
• 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"
• imbibition 0
  n 1: (chemistry) the absorption of a liquid by a solid or gel 2: the act of consuming liquids [syn: drinking, imbibing, imbibition]
• adhibition 0
• priscian 0

See also coition definition and coition synonyms