3K+ Words That Rhyme With DAOISM

• a Chinese sect claiming to follow the teaching of Lao-tzu but incorporating pantheism and sorcery in addition to Taoism

• religion adhering to the teaching of Lao-tzu

• popular Chinese philosophical system based in teachings of Lao-tzu but characterized by a pantheism of many gods and the practices of alchemy and divination and magic

• philosophical system developed by Lao-tzu and Chuang-tzu advocating a simple honest life and noninterference with the course of natural events

• the atomic process that occurs during a chemical reaction

• the technical aspects of doing something

• a natural object resembling a machine in structure or function

• (philosophy) the philosophical theory that all phenomena can be explained in terms of physical or biological causes

• device consisting of a piece of machinery; has moving parts that perform some function

• the basic rhythmic unit in a piece of music

• recurring at regular intervals

• an interval during which a recurring sequence of events occurs

• the arrangement of spoken words alternating stressed and unstressed elements

• natural family planning in which ovulation is assumed to occur 14 days before the onset of a period (the fertile period would be assumed to extend from day 10 through day 18 of her cycle)

• (architecture) the repetitive use of a group of visual elements to establish a recognizable pattern

• the qualities of a hero or heroine; exceptional or heroic courage when facing danger (especially in battle)

• the calculated use of violence (or the threat of violence) against civilians in order to attain goals that are political or religious or ideological in nature; this is done through intimidation or coercion or instilling fear

• a precise rule (or set of rules) specifying how to solve some problem

• a Christian sacrament signifying spiritual cleansing and rebirth

• an exceptional interest in and admiration for yourself

• 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

• 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

• 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

• doubt about the truth of something

• the disbelief in any claims of ultimate knowledge

• the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract

• move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody

• reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress

• come to pass; arrive, as in due course

• reach or enter a state, relation, condition, use, or position

• to be the product or result

• be found or available

• come forth

• be a native of

• extend or reach

• exist or occur in a certain point in a series

• cover a certain distance

• come under, be classified or included

• happen as a result

• add up in number or quantity

• to measure up to in kind or quality

• be received

• come to one's mind; suggest itself

• come from; be connected by a relationship of blood, for example

• proceed or get along

• experience orgasm

• have a certain priority

• (ethics) the theory that the pursuit of your own welfare is the basis of morality

• concern for your own interests and welfare

• a brutal barbarous savage act

• a sudden violent change in the earth's surface

• an event resulting in great loss and misfortune

• attraction for iron; associated with electric currents as well as magnets; characterized by fields of force

• the branch of science that studies magnetism

• genre of art and literature that makes a self-conscious break with previous genres

• the quality of being current or of the present

• practices typical of contemporary life or thought

• a religion based on mystical communion with an ultimate reality

• obscure or irrational thought

• the business of providing services to tourists

• willful wanton and malicious destruction of the property of others

• 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

• (philosophy) the philosophical theory that ideas are the only reality

• impracticality by virtue of thinking of things in their ideal form rather than as they really are

• elevated ideals or conduct; the quality of believing that ideals should be pursued

• a 20th century movement of artists and writers (developing out of dadaism) who used fantastic images and incongruous juxtapositions in order to represent unconscious thoughts and dreams

• a state of difficulty that needs to be resolved

• a question raised for consideration or solution

• a source of difficulty

• (quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity

• (of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct

• relatively many but unspecified in number

• remarkable

• pleochroism of a crystal so that it exhibits two different colors when viewed from two different directions

• a disease of livestock caused by locoweed poisoning; characterized by weakness and lack of coordination and trembling and partial paralysis

• mountain climbing (not restricted to the Alps)

• a short pithy instructive saying

• food poisoning from ingesting botulin; not infectious; affects the CNS; can be fatal if not treated promptly

• a nihilistic art movement (especially in painting) that flourished in Europe early in the 20th century; based on irrationality and negation of the accepted laws of beauty

• acceptance of the inevitability of defeat

• the system of religion and philosophy taught by the Druids and their rites and ceremonies

• the doctrine that reality consists of two basic opposing elements, often taken to be mind and matter (or mind and body), or good and evil

• the social system that developed in Europe in the 8th century; vassals were protected by lords who they had to serve in war

• the doctrine that formal structure rather than content is what should be represented

• (philosophy) the philosophical theory that formal (logical or mathematical) statements have no meaning but that its symbols (regarded as physical entities) exhibit a form that has useful applications

• the practice of scrupulous adherence to prescribed or external forms

• an artistic movement in Italy around 1910 that tried to express the energy and values of the machine age

• the position that the meaning of life should be sought in the future

• a religious orientation advocating gnosis as the way to release a person's spiritual element; considered heresy by Christian churches

• a behavioral attribute that is distinctive and peculiar to an individual

• an art style in late 16th century Europe characterized by spatial incongruity and excessive elongation of the human figures.

• a deliberate pretense or exaggerated display

• (philosophy) the doctrine that practical consequences are the criteria of knowledge and meaning and value

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

• rowdy behavior

• the disbelief in any claims of ultimate knowledge

• an indifference to pleasure or pain

• (philosophy) the philosophical system of the Stoics following the teachings of the ancient Greek philosopher Zeno