Rhymes for PLANETESIMAL-HYPOTHESIS

• the first book of the Old Testament: tells of Creation; Adam and Eve; the Fall of Man; Cain and Abel; Noah and the flood; God's covenant with Abraham; Abraham and Isaac; Jacob and Esau; Joseph and his brothers

• a coming into being

• a proposal intended to explain certain facts or observations

• a tentative insight into the natural world; a concept that is not yet verified but that if true would explain certain facts or phenomena

• a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence

• the process of producing a chemical compound (usually by the union of simpler chemical compounds)

• the combination of ideas into a complex whole

• reasoning from the general to the particular (or from cause to effect)

• exact opposite

• the juxtaposition of contrasting words or ideas to give a feeling of balance

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

• a striking change in appearance or character or circumstances

• a complete change of physical form or substance especially as by magic or witchcraft

• loss of the ability to move a body part

• a chronic skin disease characterized by dry red patches covered with scales; occurs especially on the scalp and ears and genitalia and the skin over bony prominences

• a set of techniques for exploring underlying motives and a method of treating various mental disorders; based on the theories of Sigmund Freud

• differentiation and growth of the structure of an organism (or a part of an organism)

• the territorial jurisdiction of a bishop

• the diocese of an archbishop

• a chemical reaction in which water reacts with a compound to produce other compounds; involves the splitting of a bond and the addition of the hydrogen cation and the hydroxide anion from the water

• (Greek mythology) the immortal winged horse that sprang from the blood of the slain Medusa; was tamed by Bellerophon with the help of a bridle given him by Athena; as the flying horse of the Muses it is a symbol of highflying imagination

• a constellation in the Northern Hemisphere near Andromeda and Pisces

• development of spermatozoa

• exceedingly harmful

• working or spreading in a hidden and usually injurious way

• imperfect development; nondevelopment of a part

• (linguistics) omission at the beginning of a word as in `coon' for `raccoon' or `till' for `until'

• (linguistics) omission at the beginning of a word as in `coon' for `raccoon' or `till' for `until'

• a procedure in which blood is drawn and separated into its components by dialysis; some are retained and the rest are returned to the donor by transfusion

• the gradual disappearance of an initial (usually unstressed) vowel or syllable as in `squire' for `esquire'

• breaking off in the middle of a sentence (as by writers of realistic conversations)

• a relation that provides the foundation for something

• the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained

• the most important or necessary part of something

• an unstable situation of extreme danger or difficulty

• a crucial stage or turning point in the course of something

• identifying the nature or cause of some phenomenon

• (biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level

• development of ova

• emergence during embryonic development of various characters or structures that appeared during the evolutionary history of the strain or species

• the contraction of two vowels into a diphthong

• the separation of liquid from a gel that is caused by contraction (as in cheese making)

• the contraction of chromatin towards one side of the nucleus during the prophase of meiosis

• The process of mountain formation by deformation of the Earth's crust.

• Larval or preadult reproduction in some insects.

• The branch of petrology dealing with the origin of igneous rocks.

• The genesis of a species from more than one ancestor.

• The theory that living organisms originate in cells or embryos of different kinds, instead of coming from a single cell; as opposed to monogenesis.

• The theory that languages developed independently in different places at different periods, as opposed to originating from a single source.

• Production of a new tumor or tumors.

• The process involved in the production of a new tumor or tumors.

• causing disapproval or protest

• psychic activity just below the level of awareness

• just below the level of consciousness

• lysis of plant or animal tissue by an internal process

• the master gland of the endocrine system; located at the base of the brain

• transformation of a substance produced by the action of heat

• works for an expert to learn a trade

• be or work as an apprentice

• not having a point especially a sharp point

• serving no useful purpose; having no excuse for being

• having no points scores

• having incalculable monetary, intellectual, or spiritual worth

• a network of intersecting blood vessels or intersecting nerves or intersecting lymph vessels

• marked by speed and efficiency

• acutely insightful and wise

• mentally acute or penetratingly discerning