Words that rhyme with parisian

• artesian 0
  adj 1: (of water) rising to the surface under internal hydrostatic pressure; "an artesian well"; "artesian pressure" [ant: subartesian]
• 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
• 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"
• 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]
• 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]
• derision 0
  n 1: contemptuous laughter 2: the act of deriding or treating with contempt [syn: derision, ridicule]
• 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]
• elision 0
  n 1: omission of a sound between two words (usually a vowel and the end of one word or the beginning of the next) 2: a deliberate act of omission; "with the exception of the children, everyone was told the news" [syn: exception, exclusion, elision]
• 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]
• envision 0
  v 1: imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind; "I can't see him on horseback!"; "I can see what will happen"; "I can see a risk in this strategy" [syn: visualize, visualise, envision, project, fancy, see, figure, picture, image] 2: picture to oneself; imagine possible; "I cannot envision him as President" [syn: envision, foresee]
• excision 0
  n 1: the omission that is made when an editorial change shortens a written passage; "an editor's deletions frequently upset young authors"; "both parties agreed on the excision of the proposed clause" [syn: deletion, excision, cut] 2: surgical removal of a body part or tissue [syn: ablation, extirpation, cutting out, excision] 3: the act of banishing a member of a church from the communion of believers and the privileges of the church; cutting a person off from a religious society [syn: excommunication, excision] 4: the act of pulling up or out; uprooting; cutting off from existence [syn: extirpation, excision, deracination]
• imprecision 0
  n 1: the quality of lacking precision [syn: impreciseness, imprecision] [ant: preciseness, precision]
• incision 0
  n 1: a depression scratched or carved into a surface [syn: incision, scratch, prick, slit, dent] 2: the cutting of or into body tissues or organs (especially by a surgeon as part of an operation) [syn: incision, section, surgical incision]
• indecision 0
  n 1: doubt concerning two or more possible alternatives or courses of action; "his indecision was only momentary but the opportunity was lost" [syn: indecision, indecisiveness, irresolution] 2: the trait of irresolution; a lack of firmness of character or purpose; "the king's incurable indecisiveness caused turmoil in his court" [syn: indecisiveness, indecision] [ant: decision, decisiveness]
• 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]
• precision 0
  n 1: the quality of being reproducible in amount or performance; "he handled it with the preciseness of an automaton"; "note the meticulous precision of his measurements" [syn: preciseness, precision] [ant: impreciseness, imprecision]
• prevision 0
  n 1: a prophetic vision (as in a dream) 2: the power to foresee the future [syn: prescience, prevision] 3: seeing ahead; knowing in advance; foreseeing [syn: prevision, foresight, farsightedness, prospicience] 4: the act of predicting (as by reasoning about the future) [syn: prediction, anticipation, prevision]
• provision 0
  n 1: a stipulated condition; "he accepted subject to one provision" [syn: provision, proviso] 2: the activity of supplying or providing something [syn: provision, supply, supplying] 3: the cognitive process of thinking about what you will do in the event of something happening; "his planning for retirement was hindered by several uncertainties" [syn: planning, preparation, provision] 4: a store or supply of something (especially of food or clothing or arms) v 1: supply with provisions [syn: provision, purvey]
• rescission 0
  n 1: (law) the act of rescinding; the cancellation of a contract and the return of the parties to the positions they would have had if the contract had not been made; "recission may be brought about by decree or by mutual consent" [syn: recission, rescission]
• revision 0
  n 1: the act of revising or altering (involving reconsideration and modification); "it would require a drastic revision of his opinion" [syn: revision, alteration] 2: the act of rewriting something [syn: revision, revisal, revise, rescript] 3: something that has been written again; "the rewrite was much better" [syn: rewrite, revision, rescript]
• scission 0
  n 1: the act of dividing by cutting or splitting
• subdivision 0
  n 1: an area composed of subdivided lots 2: the act of subdividing; division of something previously divided 3: a division of some larger or more complex organization; "a branch of Congress"; "botany is a branch of biology"; "the Germanic branch of Indo-European languages" [syn: branch, subdivision, arm] 4: a self-contained part of a larger composition (written or musical); "he always turns first to the business section"; "the history of this work is discussed in the next section" [syn: section, subdivision] 5: a section of a section; a part of a part; i.e., a part of something already divided [syn: subsection, subdivision]
• supervision 0
  n 1: management by overseeing the performance or operation of a person or group [syn: supervision, supervising, superintendence, oversight]
• television 0
  n 1: broadcasting visual images of stationary or moving objects; "she is a star of screen and video"; "Television is a medium because it is neither rare nor well done" - Ernie Kovacs [syn: television, telecasting, TV, video] 2: a telecommunication system that transmits images of objects (stationary or moving) between distant points [syn: television, television system] 3: an electronic device that receives television signals and displays them on a screen; "the British call a tv set a telly" [syn: television receiver, television, television set, tv, tv set, idiot box, boob tube, telly, goggle box]
• 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"
• tv 0
  n 1: broadcasting visual images of stationary or moving objects; "she is a star of screen and video"; "Television is a medium because it is neither rare nor well done" - Ernie Kovacs [syn: television, telecasting, TV, video] 2: an electronic device that receives television signals and displays them on a screen; "the British call a tv set a telly" [syn: television receiver, television, television set, tv, tv set, idiot box, boob tube, telly, goggle box]
• 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]
• 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]
• nasion 0
  n 1: the craniometric point at the bridge of the nose where the frontal and nasal bones of the skull meet
• 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
• dionysian 0
  adj 1: of or relating to or worshipping Dionysus
• 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
• dickensian 0
  adj 1: of or like the novels of Charles Dickens (especially with regard to poor social and economic conditions)
• malthusian 0
  adj 1: of or relating to Thomas Malthus or to Malthusianism; "Malthusian theories" n 1: a believer in Malthusian theory
• etesian 0
• misprision 0
• athanasian 0
• divison 0
• precisian 0
• recision 0
• multivision 0
• eurovision 0
• milesian 0
• salesian 0
• holmesian 0
• venusian 0
• homoiousian 0
• homoousian 0
• maglemosian 0
• tardenoisian 0

See also parisian definition