Words that rhyme with nemec

adj 1: associated with academia or an academy; "the academic curriculum"; "academic gowns" 2: hypothetical or theoretical and not expected to produce an immediate or practical result; "an academic discussion"; "an academic question" 3: marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning especially its trivial aspects [syn: academic, donnish, pedantic] n 1: an educator who works at a college or university [syn: academician, academic, faculty member]

adj 1: related to or concerned with alchemy [syn: alchemic, alchemical]

adj 1: of or relating to a disease (or anything resembling a disease) constantly present to greater or lesser extent in a particular locality; "diseases endemic to the tropics"; "endemic malaria"; "food shortages and starvation are endemic in certain parts of the world" [syn: endemic, endemical] [ant: ecdemic, epidemic] 2: native to or confined to a certain region; "the islands have a number of interesting endemic species" [ant: cosmopolitan, widely distributed] 3: originating where it is found; "the autochthonal fauna of Australia includes the kangaroo"; "autochthonous rocks and people and folktales"; "endemic folkways"; "the Ainu are indigenous to the northernmost islands of Japan" [syn: autochthonal, autochthonic, autochthonous, endemic, indigenous] n 1: a disease that is constantly present to a greater or lesser degree in people of a certain class or in people living in a particular location [syn: endemic, endemic disease] 2: a plant that is native to a certain limited area; "it is an endemic found only this island"

adj 1: (especially of medicine) of disease or anything resembling a disease; attacking or affecting many individuals in a community or a population simultaneously; "an epidemic outbreak of influenza" [ant: ecdemic, endemic, endemical] n 1: a widespread outbreak of an infectious disease; many people are infected at the same time

adj 1: using the name of one thing for that of another with which it is closely associated; "to say `he spent the evening reading Shakespeare' is metonymic because it substitutes the author himself for the author's works" [syn: metonymic, metonymical]

adj 1: epidemic over a wide geographical area; "a pandemic outbreak of malaria" 2: existing everywhere; "pandemic fear of nuclear war" n 1: an epidemic that is geographically widespread; occurring throughout a region or even throughout the world

adj 1: of or involving dispute or controversy [syn: polemic, polemical] n 1: a writer who argues in opposition to others (especially in theology) [syn: polemicist, polemist, polemic] 2: a controversy (especially over a belief or dogma)

adj 1: affecting an entire system; "a systemic poison"

adj 1: of or relating to taxonomy; "taxonomic relations"; "a taxonomic designation" [syn: taxonomic, taxonomical, systematic]

adj 1: of or concerned with thermodynamics; "the thermodynamic limit" [syn: thermodynamic, thermodynamical]

adj 1: relating to totemism; "totemic object"

adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of tragicomedy; "a playwright specializing in tragicomic drama" 2: manifesting both tragic and comic aspects; "the tragicomic disparity...between's man's aspirations and his accomplishments"- B.R.Redman [syn: tragicomic, tragicomical] 3: having pathetic as well as ludicrous characteristics; "her life...presented itself to me as a tragicomical adventure"-- Joseph Conrad [syn: tragicomic, tragicomical]

adj 1: wasteful of resources [syn: uneconomical, uneconomic]

adj 1: relating to or containing or affecting blood; "a hematic cyst"; "a hematic crisis" [syn: hemic, haemic, hematic, haematic]

adj 1: of or relating to or located in the dermis [syn: dermal, dermic]

adj 1: of or relating to or derived from humus; "humic acid"

adj 1: of or relating to or measured in ohms

adj 1: relating to or associated with heat; "thermal movements of molecules"; "thermal capacity"; "thermic energy"; "the caloric effect of sunlight" [syn: thermal, thermic, caloric] [ant: nonthermal]

adj 1: of or relating to or supporting Islamism; "Islamic art" [syn: Muslim, Moslem, Islamic]