Words that rhyme with dionysian

• abrasion 0
  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]
• 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]
• allusion 0
  n 1: passing reference or indirect mention
• 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
• artesian 0
  adj 1: (of water) rising to the surface under internal hydrostatic pressure; "an artesian well"; "artesian pressure" [ant: subartesian]
• aspersion 0
  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]
• attrition 0
  n 1: erosion by friction [syn: abrasion, attrition, corrasion, detrition] 2: the wearing down of rock particles by friction due to water or wind or ice [syn: grinding, abrasion, attrition, detrition] 3: sorrow for sin arising from fear of damnation [syn: attrition, contrition, contriteness] 4: a wearing down to weaken or destroy; "a war of attrition" 5: the act of rubbing together; wearing something down by friction
• audition 0
  n 1: the ability to hear; the auditory faculty; "his hearing was impaired" [syn: hearing, audition, auditory sense, sense of hearing, auditory modality] 2: a test of the suitability of a performer [syn: audition, tryout] v 1: perform in order to get a role; "She auditioned for a role on Broadway" [syn: audition, try out]
• beautician 0
  n 1: someone who works in a beauty parlor [syn: beautician, cosmetician]
• christen 0
  v 1: administer baptism to; "The parents had the child baptized" [syn: baptize, baptise, christen]
• 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
• clinician 0
  n 1: a practitioner (of medicine or psychology) who does clinical work instead of laboratory experiments
• coition 0
  n 1: the act of sexual procreation between a man and a woman; the man's penis is inserted into the woman's vagina and excited until orgasm and ejaculation occur [syn: sexual intercourse, intercourse, sex act, copulation, coitus, coition, sexual congress, congress, sexual relation, relation, carnal knowledge]
• 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]
• commission 0
  n 1: a special group delegated to consider some matter; "a committee is a group that keeps minutes and loses hours" - Milton Berle [syn: committee, commission] 2: a fee for services rendered based on a percentage of an amount received or collected or agreed to be paid (as distinguished from a salary); "he works on commission" 3: the act of granting authority to undertake certain functions [syn: commission, commissioning] 4: the state of being in good working order and ready for operation; "put the ships into commission"; "the motor was out of commission" 5: a group of representatives or delegates [syn: deputation, commission, delegation, delegacy, mission] 6: a formal statement of a command or injunction to do something; "the judge's charge to the jury" [syn: commission, charge, direction] 7: an official document issued by a government and conferring on the recipient the rank of an officer in the armed forces [syn: commission, military commission] 8: the act of committing a crime [syn: perpetration, commission, committal] 9: 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] v 1: put into commission; equip for service; of ships 2: place an order for 3: charge with a task
• 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]
• 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"
• contrition 0
  n 1: sorrow for sin arising from fear of damnation [syn: attrition, contrition, contriteness]
• 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]
• 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]
• elysian 0
  adj 1: relating to the Elysian Fields 2: being of such surpassing excellence as to suggest inspiration by the gods; "her pies were simply divine"; "the divine Shakespeare"; "an elysian meal"; "an inspired performance" [syn: divine, elysian, inspired]
• halcyon 0
  adj 1: idyllically calm and peaceful; suggesting happy tranquillity; "a halcyon atmosphere" 2: marked by peace and prosperity; "a golden era"; "the halcyon days of the clipper trade" [syn: golden, halcyon, prosperous] n 1: (Greek mythology) a woman who was turned into a kingfisher [syn: Alcyone, Halcyon] 2: a large kingfisher widely distributed in warmer parts of the Old World [syn: Halcyon, genus Halcyon] 3: a mythical bird said to breed at the time of the winter solstice in a nest floating on the sea and to have the power of calming the winds and waves
• scission 0
  n 1: the act of dividing by cutting or splitting
• asian 0
  adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of Asia or the peoples of Asia or their languages or culture; "Asian countries" [syn: Asian, Asiatic] n 1: a native or inhabitant of Asia [syn: Asian, Asiatic]
• 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
• 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]
• andalusian 0
  adj 1: in or relating to Andalusia
• hessian 0
  n 1: (19th century) a man's high tasseled boot [syn: Hessian boot, hessian, jackboot, Wellington, Wellington boot]
• cartesian 0
  adj 1: of or relating to Rene Descartes or his works; "Cartesian linguistics" n 1: a follower of Cartesian thought
• tunisian 0
  adj 1: of or relating to the city of Tunis or its residents; "Tunisian markets" 2: of or relating to Tunisia or its inhabitants; "Tunisian archeological sites" n 1: a native or inhabitant of Tunisia
• 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]
• abkhazian 0
  adj 1: of or relating to Abkazia or its people or their language [syn: Abkhaz, Abkhazian] n 1: a member of the Circassian people who live to the east of the Black Sea [syn: Abkhaz, Abkhazian, Abkhas, Abkhasian] 2: a Circassian language spoken by the Abkhaz [syn: Abkhazian, Abkhasian]
• circassian 0
  n 1: a member of the Sunni Muslim people living in northwestern Caucasia 2: a mostly Sunni Muslim community living in northwestern Caucasia 3: a northern Caucasian language spoken by the Circassian
• nasion 0
  n 1: the craniometric point at the bridge of the nose where the frontal and nasal bones of the skull meet
• procyon 0
  n 1: the brightest star in Canis Minor 2: the type genus of the family Procyonidae: raccoons [syn: Procyon, genus Procyon]
• 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]
• carthusian 0
  adj 1: of or relating to the Carthusian order n 1: a member of the Carthusian order
• parisian 0
  adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of Paris or its inhabitants; "Parisian restaurants can be expensive" n 1: a native or resident of Paris
• austronesian 0
  adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of Austronesia or its people or culture n 1: a native or inhabitant of Austronesia 2: the family of languages spoken in Australia and Formosa and Malaysia and Polynesia [syn: Austronesian, Austronesian language]
• ambrosian 0
  adj 1: of or by or relating to Saint Ambrose; "Ambrosian chants" 2: extremely pleasing to the taste; sweet and fragrant; "a nectarous drink"; "ambrosial food" [syn: ambrosial, ambrosian, nectarous] 3: worthy of the gods [syn: ambrosial, ambrosian]
• keynesian 0
  adj 1: of or relating to John Maynard Keynes or to his economic theories n 1: a follower of the economic theories of John Maynard Keynes
• lycian 0
  n 1: an Anatolian language
• dickensian 0
  adj 1: of or like the novels of Charles Dickens (especially with regard to poor social and economic conditions)
• leibnizian 0
  adj 1: of or relating to Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz or to his mathematics or philosophy [syn: Leibnizian, Leibnitzian]
• malthusian 0
  adj 1: of or relating to Thomas Malthus or to Malthusianism; "Malthusian theories" n 1: a believer in Malthusian theory
• albigensian 0
  adj 1: of or relating to Albigenses or Albigensianism
• ordovician 0
  n 1: from 500 million to 425 million years ago; conodonts and ostracods and algae and seaweeds [syn: Ordovician, Ordovician period]
• belorussian 0
  n 1: a native or inhabitant of Byelorussia [syn: Byelorussian, Belorussian, White Russian]
• etesian 0
• zein 0
• lucian 0
• athanasian 0
• roscian 0
• traducian 0
• milesian 0
• salesian 0
• capsian 0
• holmesian 0
• joycean 0
• marxian 0
• piscean 0
• venusian 0
• waldensian 0
• homoiousian 0
• homoousian 0
• maglemosian 0
• tardenoisian 0
• ossian 0

See also dionysian definition