Words that rhyme with unction

  • adjunction
    n 1: an act of joining or adjoining things [syn: junction, adjunction]
  • assumption
    n 1: a statement that is assumed to be true and from which a conclusion can be drawn; "on the assumption that he has been injured we can infer that he will not to play" [syn: premise, premiss, assumption] 2: a hypothesis that is taken for granted; "any society is built upon certain assumptions" [syn: assumption, supposition, supposal] 3: the act of taking possession of or power over something; "his assumption of office coincided with the trouble in Cuba"; "the Nazi assumption of power in 1934"; "he acquired all the company's assets for ten million dollars and the assumption of the company's debts" [syn: assumption, laying claim] 4: celebration in the Roman Catholic Church of the Virgin Mary's being taken up into heaven when her earthly life ended; corresponds to the Dormition in the Eastern Orthodox Church [syn: Assumption, Assumption of Mary, August 15] 5: (Christianity) the taking up of the body and soul of the Virgin Mary when her earthly life had ended 6: audacious (even arrogant) behavior that you have no right to; "he despised them for their presumptuousness" [syn: presumption, presumptuousness, effrontery, assumption] 7: the act of assuming or taking for granted; "your assumption that I would agree was unwarranted"
  • compunction
    n 1: a feeling of deep regret (usually for some misdeed) [syn: compunction, remorse, self-reproach]
  • conjunction
    n 1: the temporal property of two things happening at the same time; "the interval determining the coincidence gate is adjustable" [syn: concurrence, coincidence, conjunction, co-occurrence] 2: the state of being joined together [syn: junction, conjunction, conjugation, colligation] 3: an uninflected function word that serves to conjoin words or phrases or clauses or sentences [syn: conjunction, conjunctive, connective, continuative] 4: the grammatical relation between linguistic units (words or phrases or clauses) that are connected by a conjunction 5: (astronomy) apparent meeting or passing of two or more celestial bodies in the same degree of the zodiac [syn: conjunction, alignment] 6: something that joins or connects [syn: junction, conjunction]
  • consumption
    n 1: the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating) [syn: consumption, ingestion, intake, uptake] 2: involving the lungs with progressive wasting of the body [syn: pulmonary tuberculosis, consumption, phthisis, wasting disease, white plague] 3: (economics) the utilization of economic goods to satisfy needs or in manufacturing; "the consumption of energy has increased steadily" [syn: consumption, economic consumption, usance, use, use of goods and services] 4: the act of consuming something [syn: consumption, using up, expenditure]
  • disjunction
    n 1: state of being disconnected [syn: disjunction, disjuncture, disconnection, disconnectedness] [ant: connectedness, connection, link] 2: the act of breaking a connection [syn: disconnection, disjunction]
  • dysfunction
    n 1: (medicine) any disturbance in the functioning of an organ or body part or a disturbance in the functioning of a social group; "erectile dysfunction"; "sexual relationship dysfunction" [syn: dysfunction, disfunction]
  • expunction
    n 1: deletion by an act of expunging or erasing [syn: expunction, expunging, erasure]
  • extinction
    n 1: no longer active; extinguished; "the extinction of the volcano" 2: no longer in existence; "the extinction of a species" [syn: extinction, defunctness] 3: the reduction of the intensity of radiation as a consequence of absorption and radiation 4: complete annihilation; "they think a meteor cause the extinction of the dinosaurs" [syn: extinction, extermination] 5: a conditioning process in which the reinforcer is removed and a conditioned response becomes independent of the conditioned stimulus [syn: extinction, experimental extinction] 6: the act of extinguishing; causing to stop burning; "the extinction of the lights" [syn: extinction, extinguishing, quenching]
  • function
    n 1: (mathematics) a mathematical relation such that each element of a given set (the domain of the function) is associated with an element of another set (the range of the function) [syn: function, mathematical function, single-valued function, map, mapping] 2: what something is used for; "the function of an auger is to bore holes"; "ballet is beautiful but what use is it?" [syn: function, purpose, role, use] 3: the actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group; "the function of a teacher"; "the government must do its part"; "play its role" [syn: function, office, part, role] 4: a relation such that one thing is dependent on another; "height is a function of age"; "price is a function of supply and demand" 5: a formal or official social gathering or ceremony; "it was a black-tie function" 6: a vaguely specified social event; "the party was quite an affair"; "an occasion arranged to honor the president"; "a seemingly endless round of social functions" [syn: affair, occasion, social occasion, function, social function] 7: a set sequence of steps, part of larger computer program [syn: routine, subroutine, subprogram, procedure, function] v 1: perform as expected when applied; "The washing machine won't go unless it's plugged in"; "Does this old car still run well?"; "This old radio doesn't work anymore" [syn: function, work, operate, go, run] [ant: malfunction, misfunction] 2: serve a purpose, role, or function; "The tree stump serves as a table"; "The female students served as a control group"; "This table would serve very well"; "His freedom served him well"; "The table functions as a desk" [syn: serve, function] 3: perform duties attached to a particular office or place or function; "His wife officiated as his private secretary" [syn: officiate, function]
  • injunction
    n 1: a formal command or admonition 2: (law) a judicial remedy issued in order to prohibit a party from doing or continuing to do a certain activity; "injunction were formerly obtained by writ but now by a judicial order" [syn: injunction, enjoining, enjoinment, cease and desist order]
  • invention
    n 1: the creation of something in the mind [syn: invention, innovation, excogitation, conception, design] 2: a creation (a new device or process) resulting from study and experimentation [syn: invention, innovation] 3: the act of inventing
  • junction
    n 1: the place where two or more things come together 2: the state of being joined together [syn: junction, conjunction, conjugation, colligation] 3: the shape or manner in which things come together and a connection is made [syn: articulation, join, joint, juncture, junction] 4: something that joins or connects [syn: junction, conjunction] 5: an act of joining or adjoining things [syn: junction, adjunction]
  • malfunction
    n 1: a failure to function normally v 1: fail to function or function improperly; "the coffee maker malfunctioned" [syn: malfunction, misfunction] [ant: function, go, operate, run, work]
  • mansion
    n 1: (astrology) one of 12 equal areas into which the zodiac is divided [syn: sign of the zodiac, star sign, sign, mansion, house, planetary house] 2: a large and imposing house [syn: mansion, mansion house, manse, hall, residence]
  • mention
    n 1: a remark that calls attention to something or someone; "she made frequent mention of her promotion"; "there was no mention of it"; "the speaker made several references to his wife" [syn: mention, reference] 2: a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage; "the student's essay failed to list several important citations"; "the acknowledgments are usually printed at the front of a book"; "the article includes mention of similar clinical cases" [syn: citation, cite, acknowledgment, credit, reference, mention, quotation] 3: an official recognition of merit; "although he didn't win the prize he did get special mention" [syn: mention, honorable mention] v 1: make reference to; "His name was mentioned in connection with the invention" [syn: mention, advert, bring up, cite, name, refer] 2: make mention of; "She observed that his presentation took up too much time"; "They noted that it was a fine day to go sailing" [syn: note, observe, mention, remark] 3: commend; "he was cited for his outstanding achievements" [syn: mention, cite]
  • misapprehension
    n 1: an understanding of something that is not correct; "he wasn't going to admit his mistake"; "make no mistake about his intentions"; "there must be some misunderstanding--I don't have a sister" [syn: mistake, misunderstanding, misapprehension]
  • pension
    n 1: a regular payment to a person that is intended to allow them to subsist without working v 1: grant a pension to [syn: pension, pension off]
  • prevention
    n 1: the act of preventing; "there was no bar against leaving"; "money was allocated to study the cause and prevention of influenza" [syn: prevention, bar]
  • propulsion
    n 1: a propelling force 2: the act of propelling [syn: propulsion, actuation]
  • reprehension
    n 1: an act or expression of criticism and censure; "he had to take the rebuke with a smile on his face" [syn: rebuke, reproof, reproval, reprehension, reprimand]
  • scansion
    n 1: analysis of verse into metrical patterns
  • stanchion
    n 1: any vertical post or rod used as a support
  • tension
    n 1: (psychology) a state of mental or emotional strain or suspense; "he suffered from fatigue and emotional tension"; "stress is a vasoconstrictor" [syn: tension, tenseness, stress] 2: the physical condition of being stretched or strained; "it places great tension on the leg muscles"; "he could feel the tenseness of her body" [syn: tension, tensity, tenseness, tautness] 3: a balance between and interplay of opposing elements or tendencies (especially in art or literature); "there is a tension created between narrative time and movie time"; "there is a tension between these approaches to understanding history" 4: (physics) a stress that produces an elongation of an elastic physical body; "the direction of maximum tension moves asymptotically toward the direction of the shear" 5: feelings of hostility that are not manifest; "he could sense her latent hostility to him"; "the diplomats' first concern was to reduce international tensions" [syn: latent hostility, tension] 6: the action of stretching something tight; "tension holds the belt in the pulleys"
  • obtention
    n 1: the act of obtaining [syn: obtainment, obtention]
  • prehension
    n 1: the act of gripping something firmly with the hands (or the tentacles) [syn: grasping, taking hold, seizing, prehension]
  • coextension
    n 1: equality of extension or duration
  • inunction
    n 1: anointing as part of a religious ceremony or healing ritual [syn: unction, inunction]
  • salientian
    adj 1: relating to frogs and toads [syn: anuran, batrachian, salientian] n 1: any of various tailless stout-bodied amphibians with long hind limbs for leaping; semiaquatic and terrestrial species [syn: frog, toad, toad frog, anuran, batrachian, salientian]
  • reinvention
  • sponsion
  • recension
  • evulsion

See also unction definition and unction synonyms