3K+ Words That Rhyme With BOSSISM

• a polyhedron with two congruent and parallel faces (the bases) and whose lateral faces are parallelograms

• optical device having a triangular shape and made of glass or quartz; used to deviate a beam or invert an image

• a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently

• a system considered analogous in structure or function to a living body

• division of a group into opposing factions

• the formal separation of a church into two churches or the withdrawal of one group over doctrinal differences

• disapproval expressed by pointing out faults or shortcomings

• a serious examination and judgment of something

• a written evaluation of a work of literature

• newspapers and magazines collectively

• the profession of reporting or photographing or editing news stories for one of the media

• a Christian sacrament signifying spiritual cleansing and rebirth

• the prejudice that members of one race are intrinsically superior to members of other races

• discriminatory or abusive behavior towards members of another race

• discriminatory or abusive behavior towards members of the opposite sex

• habitual intoxication; prolonged and excessive intake of alcoholic drinks leading to a breakdown in health and an addiction to alcohol such that abrupt deprivation leads to severe withdrawal symptoms

• an intense persistent desire to drink alcoholic beverages to excess

• the practice of eating the flesh of your own kind

• a series of questions put to an individual (such as a political candidate) to elicit their views

• an elementary book summarizing the principles of a Christian religion; written as questions and answers

• exploitation by a stronger country of weaker one; the use of the weaker country's resources to strengthen and enrich the stronger country

• the theory that an increasing consumption of goods is economically beneficial

• a movement advocating greater protection of the interests of consumers

• a cynical feeling of distrust

• an insertion into a calendar

• occlusion of a blood vessel by an embolus (a loose clot or air bubble or other particle)

• a state of anticipation of sexuality

• the arousal of feelings of sexual desire

• an inoffensive or indirect expression that is substituted for one that is considered offensive or too harsh

• a doctrine that advocates equal rights for women

• the movement aimed at equal rights for women

• the act of inducing hypnosis

• a policy of extending your rule over foreign countries

• a political orientation that advocates imperial interests

• any instance of aggressive extension of authority

• the marked and rapid transformation of a larva into an adult that occurs in some animals

• the organic processes (in a cell or organism) that are necessary for life

• love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it

• the doctrine that your national culture and interests are superior to any other

• the aspiration for national independence felt by people under foreign domination

• the doctrine that nations should act independently (rather than collectively) to attain their goals

• the optimistic feeling that all is going to turn out well

• a general disposition to expect the best in all things

• love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it

• a piece of writing that has been copied from someone else and is presented as being your own work

• the act of plagiarizing; taking someone's words or ideas as if they were your own

• the attribute of accepting the facts of life and favoring practicality and literal truth

• the state of being actual or real

• (philosophy) the philosophical doctrine that physical objects continue to exist when not perceived

• an artistic movement in 19th century France; artists and writers strove for detailed realistic and factual description

• (philosophy) the philosophical doctrine that abstract concepts exist independent of their names

• any painful disorder of the joints or muscles or connective tissues

• a chronic autoimmune disease with inflammation of the joints and marked deformities; something (possibly a virus) triggers an attack on the synovium by the immune system, which releases cytokines that stimulate an inflammatory reaction that can lead to the destruction of all components of the joint

• impractical romantic ideals and attitudes

• a movement in literature and art during the late 18th and early 19th centuries that celebrated nature rather than civilization

• an exciting and mysterious quality (as of a heroic time or adventure)

• doubt about the truth of something

• the disbelief in any claims of ultimate knowledge

• a political theory advocating state ownership of industry

• an economic system based on state ownership of capital

• (theology) any doctrine that asserts the separate existence of God

• the belief that the spirits of dead people can communicate with people who are still alive (especially via a medium)

• concern with things of the spirit

• a system of symbols and symbolic representations

• the practice of investing things with symbolic meaning

• an artistic movement in the late 19th century that tried to express abstract or mystical ideas through the symbolic use of images

• a consecrated ointment consisting of a mixture of oil and balsam

• an artistic movement in France beginning in 1907 that featured surfaces of geometrical planes

• a genetic abnormality resulting in short stature

• an art movement launched in 1905 whose work was characterized by bright and nonnatural colors and simple forms; influenced the expressionists

• a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school

• the condition of being unable or unwilling to speak

• going without clothes as a social practice

• the doctrine that calls for the abolition of slavery

• a political theory favoring the abolition of governments

• a cardiovascular disease characterized by a saclike widening of an artery resulting from weakening of the artery wall

• the doctrine that through renunciation of worldly pleasures it is possible to achieve a high spiritual or intellectual state

• the trait of great self-denial (especially refraining from worldly pleasures)

• rigorous self-denial and active self-restraint

• a reappearance of an earlier characteristic

• intense energy

• an approach to psychology that emphasizes observable measurable behavior

• Soviet communism

• fanatical patriotism

• activity indicative of belief in the superiority of men over women