Rhymes for ANTITHESES

• a metabolic process that breaks down carbohydrates and sugars through a series of reactions to either pyruvic acid or lactic acid and releases energy for the body in the form of ATP

• a member of an ancient Jewish sect noted for strict obedience to Jewish traditions

• a self-righteous or sanctimonious person

• any of various plants of the genus Limonium of temperate salt marshes having spikes of white or mauve flowers

• the posterior lobe of the pituitary body; primarily glandular in nature

• solid excretory product evacuated from the bowels

• a separate part of a whole

• an item that is an instance of some type

• a portion of a natural object

• a musical work that has been created

• an instance of some kind

• an artistic or literary composition

• a portable gun

• a serving that has been cut from a larger portion

• a distance

• a work of art of some artistic value

• a period of indeterminate length (usually short) marked by some action or condition

• a share of something

• game equipment consisting of an object used in playing certain board games

• to join or unite the pieces of

• create by putting components or members together

• join during spinning

• eat intermittently; take small bites of

• repair by adding pieces

• the force of policemen and officers

• maintain the security of by carrying out a patrol

• (`cease' is a noun only in the phrase `without cease') end

• put an end to a state or an activity

• have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical

• a quantity that is added

• a change resulting in an increase

• a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important

• the amount by which something increases

• the act of increasing something

• become bigger or greater in amount

• make bigger or more

• property that is leased or rented out or let

• a contract granting use or occupation of property during a specified time for a specified payment

• the period of time during which a contract conveying property to a person is in effect

• let for money

• hold under a lease or rental agreement; of goods and services

• grant use or occupation of under a term of contract

• engage for service under a term of contract

• something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained

• a story about a crime (usually murder) presented as a novel or play or movie

• imperfect development; nondevelopment of a part

• rigorous self-denial and active self-restraint

• infertility between hybrids

• the lagging of an effect behind its cause; especially the phenomenon in which the magnetic induction of a ferromagnetic material lags behind the changing magnetic field

• 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

• The prepending of phonemes at the beginning of a word without changing its morphological structure, as in Spanish esfera from Latin sphaera (expected form would be *sfera).

• A type of preparatory ceremony, part of the Divine Liturgy of the Eastern Orthodox Church

• (pregnancy) extraction by centesis of amniotic fluid from a pregnant woman (after the 15th week of pregnancy) to aid in the diagnosis of fetal abnormalities

• breaking off in the middle of a sentence (as by writers of realistic conversations)

• the formation of atheromas on the walls of the arteries as in atherosclerosis

• a diacritical mark (two dots) placed over a vowel to indicate that it does not form a diphthong with an adjacent vowel

• a geological change in the mineral content of rock after the rock has formed

• An ordered chronological sequence of mineral formations.

• The formation of minerals in contact, so as to affect one another's development.

• Hybridism.

• language characterized by terseness and ellipsis as in telegrams

• things that make you comfortable and at ease

• to or from every one of two or more (considered individually)

• a sudden desire

• the central or most important feature

• something placed at the center of something else (as on a table)

• an angular or rounded shape made by folding

• a slight depression or fold in the smoothness of a surface

• a Malayan dagger with a wavy blade

• make wrinkles or creases on a smooth surface; make a pressed, folded or wrinkled line in; `crisp' is archaic

• make wrinkled or creased

• scrape gently

• become wrinkled or crumpled or creased

• a change downward

• a process of becoming smaller or shorter

• the amount by which something decreases

• the act of decreasing or reducing something

• decrease in size, extent, or range

• make become smaller

• electro-acoustic transducer for converting electric signals into sounds; it is held over or inserted into the ear

• a revue with elaborate costuming