Words that rhyme with metaphysician

n 1: the act of contracting or assuming or acquiring possession of something; "the acquisition of wealth"; "the acquisition of one company by another" 2: something acquired; "a recent acquisition by the museum" 3: the cognitive process of acquiring skill or knowledge; "the child's acquisition of language" [syn: learning, acquisition] 4: an ability that has been acquired by training [syn: skill, accomplishment, acquirement, acquisition, attainment]

n 1: a ghostly appearing figure; "we were unprepared for the apparition that confronted us" [syn: apparition, phantom, phantasm, phantasma, fantasm, specter, spectre] 2: the appearance of a ghostlike figure; "I was recalled to the present by the apparition of a frightening specter" 3: something existing in perception only; "a ghostly apparition at midnight" [syn: apparition, phantom, phantasm, phantasma, fantasm, shadow] 4: an act of appearing or becoming visible unexpectedly; "natives were amazed at the apparition of this white stranger"

n 1: a grammatical relation between a word and a noun phrase that follows; "`Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer' is an example of apposition" 2: (biology) growth in the thickness of a cell wall by the deposit of successive layers of material 3: the act of positioning close together (or side by side); "it is the result of the juxtaposition of contrasting colors" [syn: juxtaposition, apposition, collocation]

n 1: the spatial property resulting from the arrangement of parts in relation to each other and to the whole; "harmonious composition is essential in a serious work of art" [syn: composition, composing] 2: the way in which someone or something is composed [syn: constitution, composition, physical composition, makeup, make-up] 3: a mixture of ingredients 4: a musical work that has been created; "the composition is written in four movements" [syn: musical composition, opus, composition, piece, piece of music] 5: musical creation [syn: composing, composition] 6: the act of creating written works; "writing was a form of therapy for him"; "it was a matter of disputed authorship" [syn: writing, authorship, composition, penning] 7: art and technique of printing with movable type [syn: typography, composition] 8: an essay (especially one written as an assignment); "he got an A on his composition" [syn: composition, paper, report, theme] 9: something that is created by arranging several things to form a unified whole; "he envied the composition of their faculty"

n 1: the analysis of a vector field [syn: decomposition, vector decomposition] 2: in a decomposed state [syn: decomposition, disintegration] 3: (chemistry) separation of a substance into two or more substances that may differ from each other and from the original substance [syn: decomposition, decomposition reaction, chemical decomposition reaction] 4: (biology) the process of decay caused by bacterial or fungal action [syn: decomposition, rot, rotting, putrefaction] 5: the organic phenomenon of rotting [syn: decay, decomposition]

n 1: the natural process of laying down a deposit of something [syn: deposition, deposit] 2: (law) a pretrial interrogation of a witness; usually conducted in a lawyer's office 3: the act of putting something somewhere [syn: deposit, deposition] 4: the act of deposing someone; removing a powerful person from a position or office [syn: deposition, dethronement]

n 1: your usual mood; "he has a happy disposition" [syn: disposition, temperament] 2: the act or means of getting rid of something [syn: disposal, disposition] 3: an attitude of mind especially one that favors one alternative over others; "he had an inclination to give up too easily"; "a tendency to be too strict" [syn: inclination, disposition, tendency] 4: a natural or acquired habit or characteristic tendency in a person or thing; "a swelling with a disposition to rupture"

n 1: an elaborate analytical or explanatory essay or discussion

n 1: a systematic interpretation or explanation (usually written) of a specific topic [syn: exposition, expounding] 2: a collection of things (goods or works of art etc.) for public display [syn: exhibition, exposition, expo] 3: an account that sets forth the meaning or intent of a writing or discourse; "we would have understood the play better if there had been some initial exposition of the background" 4: (music) the section of a movement (especially in sonata form) where the major musical themes first occur

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 act of imposing something (as a tax or an embargo) [syn: imposition, infliction] 2: an uncalled-for burden; "he listened but resented the imposition"

n 1: a slight illness 2: a certain degree of unwillingness; "a reluctance to commit himself"; "his hesitancy revealed his basic indisposition"; "after some hesitation he agreed" [syn: reluctance, hesitancy, hesitation, disinclination, indisposition]

n 1: a former tribunal of the Roman Catholic Church (1232-1820) created to discover and suppress heresy 2: a severe interrogation (often violating the rights or privacy of individuals)

n 1: the action of interjecting or interposing an action or remark that interrupts [syn: interjection, interposition, interpolation, interpellation] 2: the act or fact of interposing one thing between or among others [syn: interposition, intervention]

n 1: the act of positioning close together (or side by side); "it is the result of the juxtaposition of contrasting colors" [syn: juxtaposition, apposition, collocation] 2: a side-by-side position

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: 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: 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 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

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: (linguistics) the placing of one linguistic element after another (as placing a modifier after the word that it modifies in a sentence or placing an affix after the base to which it is attached)

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: susceptibility to a pathogen [syn: sensitivity, predisposition] 2: an inclination beforehand to interpret statements in a particular way 3: a disposition in advance to react in a particular way

n 1: a function word that combines with a noun or pronoun or noun phrase to form a prepositional phrase that can have an adverbial or adjectival relation to some other word 2: (linguistics) the placing of one linguistic element before another (as placing a modifier before the word it modifies in a sentence or placing an affix before the base to which it is attached)

n 1: the act of presupposing; a supposition made prior to having knowledge (as for the purpose of argument)

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: 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: the act of requiring; an authoritative request or demand, especially by a military or public authority that takes something over (usually temporarily) for military or public use 2: an official form on which a request in made; "first you have to fill out the requisition" [syn: requisition, requisition form] 3: seizing property that belongs to someone else and holding it until profits pay the demand for which it was seized [syn: sequestration, requisition] v 1: make a formal request for official services 2: demand and take for use or service, especially by military or public authority for public service [ant: derequisition]

n 1: a mathematician who specializes in statistics [syn: statistician, mathematical statistician] 2: someone versed in the collection and interpretation of numerical data (especially someone who uses statistics to calculate insurance premiums) [syn: statistician, actuary]

n 1: (geology) the deposition of one geological stratum on another 2: (geology) the principle that in a series of stratified sedimentary rocks the lowest stratum is the oldest [syn: principle of superposition, superposition principle, superposition] 3: (geometry) the placement of one object ideally in the position of another one in order to show that the two coincide 4: the placement of one thing on top of another

n 1: a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence [syn: guess, conjecture, supposition, surmise, surmisal, speculation, hypothesis] 2: a hypothesis that is taken for granted; "any society is built upon certain assumptions" [syn: assumption, supposition, supposal] 3: the cognitive process of supposing [syn: supposition, supposal]

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"

n 1: any abnormal position of the organs of the body [syn: transposition, heterotaxy] 2: an event in which one thing is substituted for another; "the replacement of lost blood by a transfusion of donor blood" [syn: substitution, permutation, transposition, replacement, switch] 3: (genetics) a kind of mutation in which a chromosomal segment is transfered to a new position on the same or another chromosome 4: (mathematics) the transfer of a quantity from one side of an equation to the other along with a change of sign 5: (electricity) a rearrangement of the relative positions of power lines in order to minimize the effects of mutual capacitance and inductance; "he wrote a textbook on the electrical effects of transposition" 6: the act of reversing the order or place of [syn: transposition, reversal] 7: (music) playing in a different key from the key intended; moving the pitch of a piece of music upwards or downwards

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]

n 1: the capability of conscious choice and decision and intention; "the exercise of their volition we construe as revolt"- George Meredith [syn: volition, will] 2: the act of making a choice; "followed my father of my own volition" [syn: volition, willing]

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

n 1: imposition again