Words that rhyme with paschen

n 1: an increase by natural growth or addition [syn: accretion, accumulation] 2: several things grouped together or considered as a whole [syn: collection, aggregation, accumulation, assemblage] 3: the act of accumulating [syn: accumulation, accrual, accruement] 4: (finance) profits that are not paid out as dividends but are added to the capital base of the corporation

n 1: a disposition to behave aggressively 2: a feeling of hostility that arouses thoughts of attack [syn: aggression, aggressiveness] 3: violent action that is hostile and usually unprovoked [syn: aggression, hostility] 4: the act of initiating hostilities 5: deliberately unfriendly behavior

adj 1: anemic looking from illness or emotion; "a face turned ashen"; "the invalid's blanched cheeks"; "tried to speak with bloodless lips"; "a face livid with shock"; "lips...livid with the hue of death"- Mary W. Shelley; "lips white with terror"; "a face white with rage" [syn: ashen, blanched, bloodless, livid, white] 2: made of wood of the ash tree

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]

n 1: a feeling of intense dislike [syn: antipathy, aversion, distaste] 2: the act of turning yourself (or your gaze) away; "averting her gaze meant that she was angry" [syn: aversion, averting]

n 1: a deep awareness of and sympathy for another's suffering [syn: compassion, compassionateness] 2: the humane quality of understanding the suffering of others and wanting to do something about it [syn: compassion, pity]

n 1: an increase in the density of something [syn: compaction, compression, concretion, densification] 2: the process or result of becoming smaller or pressed together; "the contraction of a gas on cooling" [syn: compression, condensation, contraction] 3: encoding information while reducing the bandwidth or bits required [ant: decompression] 4: applying pressure [syn: compression, compressing] [ant: decompressing, decompression]

n 1: injury to the brain caused by a blow; usually resulting in loss of consciousness 2: any violent blow

n 1: an admission of misdeeds or faults 2: a written document acknowledging an offense and signed by the guilty party 3: (Roman Catholic Church) the act of a penitent disclosing his sinfulness before a priest in the sacrament of penance in the hope of absolution 4: a public declaration of your faith 5: the document that spells out the belief system of a given church (especially the Reformation churches of the 16th century)

n 1: a mechanical damper; absorbs energy of sudden impulses; "the old car needed a new set of shocks" [syn: shock absorber, shock, cushion] 2: the layer of air that supports a hovercraft or similar vehicle 3: a soft bag filled with air or a mass of padding such as feathers or foam rubber etc. v 1: protect from impact; "cushion the blow" [syn: cushion, buffer, soften]

n 1: restoring compressed information to its normal form for use or display [ant: compression] 2: relieving pressure (especially bringing a compressed person gradually back to atmospheric pressure) [syn: decompression, decompressing] [ant: compressing, compression]

n 1: a mental state characterized by a pessimistic sense of inadequacy and a despondent lack of activity [ant: elation] 2: a long-term economic state characterized by unemployment and low prices and low levels of trade and investment [syn: depression, slump, economic crisis] 3: a sunken or depressed geological formation [syn: natural depression, depression] [ant: elevation, natural elevation] 4: sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy 5: a period during the 1930s when there was a worldwide economic depression and mass unemployment [syn: Depression, Great Depression] 6: an air mass of lower pressure; often brings precipitation; "a low moved in over night bringing sleet and snow" [syn: low, depression] 7: a state of depression and anhedonia so severe as to require clinical intervention [syn: depressive disorder, clinical depression, depression] 8: a concavity in a surface produced by pressing; "he left the impression of his fingers in the soft mud" [syn: depression, impression, imprint] 9: angular distance below the horizon (especially of a celestial object) 10: pushing down; "depression of the space bar on the typewriter"

n 1: a message that departs from the main subject [syn: digression, aside, excursus, divagation, parenthesis] 2: a turning aside (of your course or attention or concern); "a diversion from the main highway"; "a digression into irrelevant details"; "a deflection from his goal" [syn: diversion, deviation, digression, deflection, deflexion, divagation] 3: wandering from the main path of a journey [syn: digression, excursion]

n 1: freedom to act or judge on one's own 2: knowing how to avoid embarrassment or distress; "the servants showed great tact and discretion" [syn: discretion, discreetness, circumspection, prudence] 3: refined taste; tact [syn: delicacy, discretion] 4: the power of making free choices unconstrained by external agencies [syn: free will, discretion] 5: the trait of judging wisely and objectively; "a man of discernment" [syn: discretion, discernment]

n 1: an extended communication (often interactive) dealing with some particular topic; "the book contains an excellent discussion of modal logic"; "his treatment of the race question is badly biased" [syn: discussion, treatment, discourse] 2: an exchange of views on some topic; "we had a good discussion"; "we had a word or two about it" [syn: discussion, give-and-take, word]

n 1: objectivity and detachment; "her manner assumed a dispassion and dryness very unlike her usual tone" [syn: dispassion, dispassionateness, dryness]

n 1: spreading widely or driving off [syn: dispersion, scattering] 2: the spatial or geographic property of being scattered about over a range, area, or volume; "worldwide in distribution"; "the distribution of nerve fibers"; "in complementary distribution" [syn: distribution, dispersion] [ant: compactness, concentration, denseness, density, tightness] 3: the act of dispersing or diffusing something; "the dispersion of the troops"; "the diffusion of knowledge" [syn: dispersion, dispersal, dissemination, diffusion]

n 1: an activity that diverts or amuses or stimulates; "scuba diving is provided as a diversion for tourists"; "for recreation he wrote poetry and solved crossword puzzles"; "drug abuse is often regarded as a form of recreation" [syn: diversion, recreation] 2: a turning aside (of your course or attention or concern); "a diversion from the main highway"; "a digression into irrelevant details"; "a deflection from his goal" [syn: diversion, deviation, digression, deflection, deflexion, divagation] 3: an attack calculated to draw enemy defense away from the point of the principal attack [syn: diversion, diversionary attack]

n 1: how something is done or how it happens; "her dignified manner"; "his rapid manner of talking"; "their nomadic mode of existence"; "in the characteristic New York style"; "a lonely way of life"; "in an abrasive fashion" [syn: manner, mode, style, way, fashion] 2: characteristic or habitual practice 3: the latest and most admired style in clothes and cosmetics and behavior 4: consumer goods (especially clothing) in the current mode v 1: make out of components (often in an improvising manner); "She fashioned a tent out of a sheet and a few sticks" [syn: fashion, forge]

v 1: make (to feel) fresh; "The cool water refreshed us" [syn: refresh, freshen] 2: become or make oneself fresh again; "She freshened up after the tennis game" [syn: freshen, refresh, refreshen, freshen up] 3: make fresh again [syn: refresh, freshen, refreshen] [ant: fag, fag out, fatigue, jade, outwear, tire, tire out, wear, wear down, wear out, wear upon, weary]

n 1: a strong feeling or emotion [syn: passion, passionateness] 2: the trait of being intensely emotional [syn: heat, warmth, passion] 3: something that is desired intensely; "his rage for fame destroyed him" [syn: rage, passion] 4: an irrational but irresistible motive for a belief or action [syn: mania, passion, cacoethes] 5: a feeling of strong sexual desire 6: any object of warm affection or devotion; "the theater was her first love"; "he has a passion for cock fighting"; [syn: love, passion] 7: the suffering of Jesus at the Crucifixion [syn: Passion, Passion of Christ]

n 1: the food allowance for one day (especially for service personnel); "the rations should be nutritionally balanced" 2: a fixed portion that is allotted (especially in times of scarcity) v 1: restrict the consumption of a relatively scarce commodity, as during war; "Bread was rationed during the siege of the city" 2: distribute in rations, as in the army; "Cigarettes are rationed" [syn: ration, ration out]

n 1: a meeting for execution of a group's functions; "it was the opening session of the legislature" 2: the time during which a school holds classes; "they had to shorten the school term" [syn: school term, academic term, academic session, session] 3: a meeting devoted to a particular activity; "a filming session"; "a gossip session" 4: a meeting of spiritualists; "the seance was held in the medium's parlor" [syn: seance, sitting, session]

v 1: make harsh or harsher; "Winter harshened the look of the city"

adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of Prussia or its inhabitants; "Prussian officers"; "Prussian aristocracy" n 1: a German inhabitant of Prussia

adj 1: of or pertaining to or characteristic of Russia or its people or culture or language; "Russian dancing" n 1: a native or inhabitant of Russia 2: the Slavic language that is the official language of Russia