Rhymes for PATRISTICS

• scientific tests or techniques used in the investigation of crimes

• the branch of physics concerned with the motion of bodies in a frame of reference

• the technical aspects of doing something

• The scientific processing and study of evidence of crimes.

• a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement

• the study of the physical properties of sound

• exercise that increases the need for oxygen

• (art) the branch of philosophy dealing with beauty and taste (emphasizing the evaluative criteria that are applied to art)

• an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition

• a contest between athletes

• participation in sports events as an extracurricular activity

• a statement of fundamental facts or principles

• principles from which other truths can be derived

• the art of making and decorating pottery

• the branch of mechanics concerned with the forces that cause motions of bodies

• the study of methods of improving genetic qualities by selective breeding (especially as applied to human mating)

• the branch of biology that studies heredity and variation in organisms

• photographs or other visual representations in a printed publication

• the drawings and photographs in the layout of a book

• a sport that involves exercises intended to display strength and balance and agility

• study of the mechanics of fluids

• an attack of hysteria

• the branch of physics that studies the physical properties of light

• optical properties

• the area of AI concerned with the practical use of robots

• the study of language meaning

• the meaning of a word, phrase, sentence, or text

• the part of the Earth's surface between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn; characterized by a hot climate

• a ludicrous or grotesque act done for fun and amusement

• ludicrously odd

• act as or like a clown

• generic name for certain synthetic or semisynthetic materials that can be molded or extruded into objects or films or filaments or used for making e.g. coatings and adhesives

• a card (usually plastic) that assures a seller that the person using it has sufficient means of payment and that the issuer will see to it that the seller receives payment for the merchandise delivered

• capable of being molded or modeled (especially of earth or clay or other soft material)

• capable of being influenced or formed

• forming or capable of forming or molding or fashioning

• Theatrical appearance or character

• Histrionics

• the gymnastic moves of an acrobat

• the performance of stunts while in flight in an aircraft

• the branch of mechanics that deals with the motion of gases (especially air) and their effects on bodies in the flow

• the theory and practice of navigation through air or space

• the branch of medical science dealing with the classification of disease

• the branch of physics that deals with the emission and effects of electrons and with the use of electronic devices

• the branch of medical science that deals with diseases and problems specific to old people

• the philosophical study of being and knowing

• resembling hieroglyphic writing

• written in or belonging to a writing system using pictorial symbols

• writing that resembles hieroglyphics (usually by being illegible)

• a writing system using picture symbols; used in ancient Egypt

• a taxonomic system of classifying species based on the branching patterns of cladograms that are built to infer phylogenetic relations

• characteristic of or affected with autism

• a person who disputes; who is good at or enjoys controversy

• the art of logical disputation (especially if specious)

• given to disputation for its own sake and often employing specious arguments

• of or relating to or using a general formulation that serves to guide investigation

• a commonsense rule (or set of rules) intended to increase the probability of solving some problem

• of or relating to style (especially in the use of language)

• sports that involve bodies of water

• application of biological principles to the study and design of engineering systems (especially electronic systems)

• a branch of biology that studies biological phenomena and observations by means of statistical analysis

• the social science of civic affairs

• the freezing of a seriously ill or recently deceased person to stop tissues from decomposing; the body is preserved until new medical cures are developed that might bring the person back to life

• participation in theatrical productions as an extracurricular activity

• the art of writing and producing plays

• the study of the operation of factors causing degeneration in the type of offspring produced

• a nonstandard form of American English characteristically spoken by African Americans in the United States

• (art) the branch of philosophy dealing with beauty and taste (emphasizing the evaluative criteria that are applied to art)

• the study or prediction of future developments on the basis of existing conditions

• the branch of genetics that studies organisms in terms of their genomes (their full DNA sequences)