Words that rhyme with syntheses

n 1: the territorial jurisdiction of a bishop [syn: diocese, bishopric, episcopate]

n 1: solid excretory product evacuated from the bowels [syn: fecal matter, faecal matter, feces, faeces, BM, stool, ordure, dejection]

n 1: bundle of rods containing an axe with the blade protruding; in ancient Rome it was a symbol of a magistrate's power; in modern Italy it is a symbol of fascism

n 1: a common and long cultivated European herb from which most common garden pansies are derived [syn: wild pansy, Johnny-jump-up, heartsease, love-in-idleness, pink of my John, Viola tricolor] 2: violet of Pacific coast of North America having white petals tinged with yellow and deep violet [syn: two-eyed violet, heartsease, Viola ocellata] 3: common Old World viola with creamy often violet-tinged flowers [syn: field pansy, heartsease, Viola arvensis] 4: the absence of mental stress or anxiety [syn: peace, peacefulness, peace of mind, repose, serenity, heartsease, ataraxis]

n 1: the monthly discharge of blood from the uterus of nonpregnant women from puberty to menopause; "the women were sickly and subject to excessive menstruation"; "a woman does not take the gout unless her menses be stopped" --Hippocrates; "the semen begins to appear in males and to be emitted at the same time of life that the catamenia begin to flow in females"--Aristotle [syn: menstruation, menses, menstruum, catamenia, period, flow]

n 1: (biology) taxonomic group whose members can interbreed 2: a specific kind of something; "a species of molecule"; "a species of villainy"

n 1: (biology) a taxonomic group that is a division of a species; usually arises as a consequence of geographical isolation within a species [syn: subspecies, race]

n 1: the twelfth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about February 19 to March 20 [syn: Pisces, Pisces the Fishes, Fish] 2: (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Pisces [syn: Pisces, Fish] 3: a large faint zodiacal constellation; between Aquarius and Aries 4: a group of vertebrates comprising both cartilaginous and bony fishes and sometimes including the jawless vertebrates; not used technically

n 1: any of 12 kings of ancient Egypt between 1315 and 1090 BC [syn: Rameses, Ramesses, Ramses]

n 1: the passage between the back of the mouth and the pharynx

n 1: (Roman mythology) Roman spelling for Odysseus

n 1: a Christian sect of dissenters that originated in southern France in the late 12th century adopted Calvinist doctrines in the 16th century [syn: Waldenses, Vaudois]

n 1: a Christian religious sect in southern France in the 12th and 13th centuries; believers in Albigensianism [syn: Albigenses, Cathars, Cathari]

n 1: king of Persia who subdued numerous revolutions and made peace with Sparta (?-359 BC) [syn: Artaxerxes II, Artaxerxes] 2: king of Persia who sanctioned the practice of Judaism in Jerusalem (?-424 BC) [syn: Artaxerxes I, Artaxerxes]