2K+ Words That Rhyme With MELANISMS

• the doctrine that people's duty is to promote human welfare

• the doctrine emphasizing a person's capacity for self-realization through reason; rejects religion and the supernatural

• the cultural movement of the Renaissance; based on classical studies

• 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 genetic abnormality resulting in short stature

• manual stimulation of the genital organs (of yourself or another) for sexual pleasure

• a method of birth control in which coitus is initiated but the penis is deliberately withdrawn before ejaculation

• any of various religions other than Christianity or Judaism or Islamism

• a belief in and reverence for devils (especially Satan)

• the phenomena associated with volcanic activity

• willful wanton and malicious destruction of the property of others

• the beliefs and practices characteristic of Puritans (most of whom were Calvinists who wished to purify the Church of England of its Catholic aspects)

• strictness and austerity in conduct and religion

• (Roman Catholic Church) the policy that the absolute authority of the church should be vested in the pope

• discrimination on the basis of a person's age

• the congenital absence of pigmentation in the eyes and skin and hair

• mountain climbing (not restricted to the Alps)

• the doctrine that all natural objects and the universe itself have souls

• a short pithy instructive saying

• (mineralogy) a star-shaped figure with six rays that is seen in some crystal structures under reflected or transmitted light

• (astronomy) a cluster of stars (or a small constellation)

• involuntarily or unconsciously clenching or grinding the teeth, typically during sleep

• the manner and dress of a fop or dandy

• acceptance of the inevitability of defeat

• a belief in and reverence for devils (especially Satan)

• dominance through threat of punishment and violence

• a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.)

• tendency to assert principles as undeniably true

• 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

• a genetic abnormality resulting in short stature

• an offensive or disparaging expression that is substituted for an inoffensive one

• an exaggerated opinion of your own importance

• an inflated feeling of pride in your superiority to others

• the attitude that society should be governed by an elite group of individuals

• nativeness by virtue of originating or occurring naturally (as in a particular place)

• an abnormally high degree of irritability or sensitivity to stimulation of an organ or body part

• poisoning by ingestion of ergot-infected grain products; characterized by thirst and diarrhea and nausea and cramping and vomiting and abnormal cardiac rhythms; in severe cases it can cause seizures and gangrene of the limbs

• an inclination to retreat from unpleasant realities through diversion or fantasy

• the quality of being exotic

• any political theory favoring immoderate uncompromising policies