Words that rhyme with lenition

n 1: someone elected to honorary membership in an academy 2: a scholar who is skilled in academic disputation [syn: academician, schoolman] 3: an educator who works at a college or university [syn: academician, academic, faculty member]

n 1: cautionary advice about something imminent (especially imminent danger or other unpleasantness); "a letter of admonition about the dangers of immorality"; "the warning was to beware of surprises"; "his final word of advice was not to play with matches" [syn: admonition, monition, warning, word of advice] 2: a firm rebuke [syn: admonition, admonishment, monition]

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"

n 1: a practitioner (of medicine or psychology) who does clinical work instead of laboratory experiments

n 1: the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning [syn: cognition, knowledge, noesis]

n 1: a concise explanation of the meaning of a word or phrase or symbol 2: clarity of outline; "exercise had given his muscles superior definition"

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]

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]

n 1: weakness characterized by a lack of vitality or energy [syn: inanition, lassitude, lethargy, slackness] 2: exhaustion resulting from lack of food

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]

n 1: a firm rebuke [syn: admonition, admonishment, monition] 2: cautionary advice about something imminent (especially imminent danger or other unpleasantness); "a letter of admonition about the dangers of immorality"; "the warning was to beware of surprises"; "his final word of advice was not to play with matches" [syn: admonition, monition, warning, word of advice] 3: a summons issued after the filing of a libel or claim directing all parties concerned to show cause why the judgment asked for should not be granted [syn: monition, process of monition]

n 1: one whose business is the management of funerals [syn: mortician, undertaker, funeral undertaker, funeral director]

n 1: someone who plays a musical instrument (as a profession) [syn: musician, instrumentalist, player] 2: artist who composes or conducts music as a profession

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)

n 1: a physician specializing in obstetrics [syn: obstetrician, accoucheur]

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

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"

n 1: a worker who makes glasses for remedying defects of vision [syn: optician, lens maker]

n 1: a vertical structure that divides or separates (as a wall divides one room from another) [syn: partition, divider] 2: (computer science) the part of a hard disk that is dedicated to a particular operating system or application and accessed as a single unit 3: (anatomy) a structure that separates areas in an organism 4: 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] v 1: divide into parts, pieces, or sections; "The Arab peninsula was partitioned by the British" [syn: partition, partition off] 2: separate or apportion into sections; "partition a room off" [syn: partition, zone]

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]

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]

n 1: a licensed medical practitioner; "I felt so bad I went to see my doctor" [syn: doctor, doc, physician, MD, Dr., medico]

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

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]

n 1: knowledge of an event before it occurs [syn: precognition, foreknowledge]

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

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]

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]

n 1: (logic) a statement that affirms or denies something and is either true or false 2: a proposal offered for acceptance or rejection; "it was a suggestion we couldn't refuse" [syn: suggestion, proposition, proffer] 3: an offer for a private bargain (especially a request for sexual favors) 4: the act of making a proposal; "they listened to her proposal" [syn: proposal, proposition] 5: a task to be dealt with; "securing adequate funding is a time-consuming proposition" v 1: suggest sex to; "She was propositioned by a stranger at the party"

n 1: the state or quality of being recognized or acknowledged; "the partners were delighted with the recognition of their work"; "she seems to avoid much in the way of recognition or acknowledgement of feminist work prior to her own" [syn: recognition, acknowledgment, acknowledgement] 2: the process of recognizing something or someone by remembering; "a politician whose recall of names was as remarkable as his recognition of faces"; "experimental psychologists measure the elapsed time from the onset of the stimulus to its recognition by the observer" [syn: recognition, identification] 3: approval; "give her recognition for trying"; "he was given credit for his work"; "give her credit for trying" [syn: recognition, credit] 4: coming to understand something clearly and distinctly; "a growing realization of the risk involved"; "a sudden recognition of the problem he faced"; "increasing recognition that diabetes frequently coexists with other chronic diseases" [syn: realization, realisation, recognition] 5: (biology) the ability of one molecule to attach to another molecule that has a complementary shape; "molecular recognition drives all of biology, for instance, hormone and receptor or antibody-antigen interactions or the organization of molecules into larger biologically active entities" 6: the explicit and formal acknowledgement of a government or of the national independence of a country; "territorial disputes were resolved in Guatemala's recognition of Belize in 1991" 7: an acceptance (as of a claim) as true and valid; "the recognition of the Rio Grande as a boundary between Mexico and the United States" 8: designation by the chair granting a person the right to speak in a deliberative body; "he was unable to make his motion because he couldn't get recognition by the chairman"

n 1: depositing in a warehouse; "they decided to reposition their furniture in a recommended repository in Brooklyn"; "my car is in storage"; "publishers reduced print runs to cut down the cost of warehousing" [syn: repositing, reposition, storage, warehousing] v 1: change place or direction; "Shift one's position" [syn: shift, dislodge, reposition] 2: place into another position

n 1: someone whose occupation involves training in a specific technical process 2: someone known for high skill in some intellectual or artistic technique

n 1: weapons considered collectively [syn: weaponry, arms, implements of war, weapons system, munition] 2: military supplies [syn: munition, ordnance, ordnance store] 3: defensive structure consisting of walls or mounds built around a stronghold to strengthen it [syn: fortification, munition] v 1: supply with weapons