Words that rhyme with prizm

n 1: the doctrine that all natural objects and the universe itself have souls; "animism is common among primitive peoples"

n 1: a consecrated ointment consisting of a mixture of oil and balsam [syn: chrism, chrisom, sacramental oil, holy oil]

n 1: a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school [syn: doctrine, philosophy, philosophical system, school of thought, ism]

n 1: a polyhedron with two congruent and parallel faces (the bases) and whose lateral faces are parallelograms 2: optical device having a triangular shape and made of glass or quartz; used to deviate a beam or invert an image [syn: prism, optical prism]

n 1: division of a group into opposing factions; "another schism like that and they will wind up in bankruptcy" [syn: schism, split] 2: the formal separation of a church into two churches or the withdrawal of one group over doctrinal differences