1K+ Words That Rhyme With ISMS

• 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

• a Christian sacrament signifying spiritual cleansing and rebirth

• 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

• 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 painful and involuntary muscular contraction

• (pathology) sudden constriction of a hollow organ (as a blood vessel)

• a common white or colorless mineral (hydrated calcium sulphate) used to make cements and plasters (especially plaster of Paris)

• nocturnal arboreal marsupial having a naked prehensile tail found from southern North America to northern South America

• small furry Australian arboreal marsupials having long usually prehensile tails

• a window above a door that is usually hinged to a horizontal crosspiece over the door

• a horizontal crosspiece across a window or separating a door from a window over it

• a short pithy instructive saying

• a form of socialism that abolishes private ownership

• a political theory favoring collectivism in a classless society

• disapproval expressed by pointing out faults or shortcomings

• a serious examination and judgment of something

• a written evaluation of a work of literature

• 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

• an insertion into a calendar

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

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

• freeing from evil spirits

• the act of inducing hypnosis

• 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

• the religious beliefs and practices of Methodists characterized by concern with social welfare and public morals

• the doctrine that reality consists of a single basic substance or element

• reproductive organ of angiosperm plants especially one having showy or colorful parts

• the period of greatest prosperity or productivity

• produce or yield flowers

• develop or come to a promising stage

• money demanded for the return of a captured person

• payment for the release of someone

• the act of freeing from captivity or punishment

• exchange or buy back for money; under threat

• a saying that is widely accepted on its own merits

• English inventor (born in the United States) who invented the Maxim gun that was used in World War I (1840-1916)

• money collected under a tariff

• situated at the bottom or lowest position

• the lower side of anything

• the lowest part of anything

• the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on

• the second half of an inning; while the home team is at bat

• a depression forming the ground under a body of water

• low-lying alluvial land near a river

• a cargo ship

• the lowest rank

• provide with a bottom or a seat

• strike the ground, as with a ship's bottom

• come to understand

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

• the state of being an isomer; the complex of chemical and physical phenomena characteristic of isomers