Words that rhyme with prothesis

n 1: exact opposite; "his theory is the antithesis of mine" 2: the juxtaposition of contrasting words or ideas to give a feeling of balance

n 1: production of a chemical compound by a living organism [syn: biosynthesis, biogenesis]

n 1: synthesis of carbohydrate from carbon dioxide and water; limited to certain bacteria and fungi

n 1: constitutional predisposition to a particular disease or abnormality

n 1: the insertion of a vowel or consonant into a word to make its pronunciation easier; "the insertion of a vowel in the plural of the word `bush' is epenthesis"

n 1: a proposal intended to explain certain facts or observations 2: a tentative insight into the natural world; a concept that is not yet verified but that if true would explain certain facts or phenomena; "a scientific hypothesis that survives experimental testing becomes a scientific theory"; "he proposed a fresh theory of alkalis that later was accepted in chemical practices" [syn: hypothesis, possibility, theory] 3: a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence [syn: guess, conjecture, supposition, surmise, surmisal, speculation, hypothesis]

n 1: the marked and rapid transformation of a larva into an adult that occurs in some animals [syn: metamorphosis, metabolism] 2: a striking change in appearance or character or circumstances; "the metamorphosis of the old house into something new and exciting" [syn: transfiguration, metamorphosis] 3: a complete change of physical form or substance especially as by magic or witchcraft

n 1: a linguistic process of transposition of sounds or syllables within a word or words within a sentence 2: a chemical reaction between two compounds in which parts of each are interchanged to form two new compounds (AB+CD=AD+CB) [syn: double decomposition, double decomposition reaction, metathesis]

n 1: too much emphasis

n 1: either of two punctuation marks (or) used to enclose textual material 2: a message that departs from the main subject [syn: digression, aside, excursus, divagation, parenthesis]

n 1: synthesis of compounds with the aid of radiant energy (especially in plants)

n 1: the process of producing a chemical compound (usually by the union of simpler chemical compounds) 2: the combination of ideas into a complex whole [syn: synthesis, synthetic thinking] [ant: analysis, analytic thinking] 3: reasoning from the general to the particular (or from cause to effect) [syn: deduction, deductive reasoning, synthesis]

n 1: the master gland of the endocrine system; located at the base of the brain [syn: pituitary, pituitary gland, pituitary body, hypophysis]

n 1: (botany) a natural swelling or enlargement: at the base of the stalk or seta in certain mosses or on the cone scale of certain conifers 2: (anatomy) a natural outgrowth or projection on an organ or body part such as the process of a vertebra

n 1: the evolution of one type of organism from another by a long series of gradual changes [syn: anamorphosis, anamorphism] 2: a distorted projection or perspective; especially an image distorted in such a way that it becomes visible only when viewed in a special manner [syn: anamorphosis, anamorphism]

n 1: (linguistics) omission at the beginning of a word as in `coon' for `raccoon' or `till' for `until' [syn: aphaeresis, apheresis] 2: a procedure in which blood is drawn and separated into its components by dialysis; some are retained and the rest are returned to the donor by transfusion [syn: apheresis, pheresis]

n 1: a diacritical mark (two dots) placed over a vowel in German to indicate a change in sound [syn: umlaut, dieresis, diaeresis]

n 1: the contraction of two vowels into a diphthong [syn: syneresis, synaeresis] 2: the separation of liquid from a gel that is caused by contraction (as in cheese making) [syn: syneresis, synaeresis]