Rhymes for XANTHISM

• instrumentality that combines interrelated interacting artifacts designed to work as a coherent entity

• a group of independent but interrelated elements comprising a unified whole

• (physical chemistry) a sample of matter in which substances in different phases are in equilibrium

• a complex of methods or rules governing behavior

• an organized structure for arranging or classifying

• a group of physiologically or anatomically related organs or parts

• a procedure or process for obtaining an objective

• the living body considered as made up of interdependent components forming a unified whole

• an ordered manner; orderliness by virtue of being methodical and well organized

• an unfortunate person who suffers from some adverse circumstance

• a person who is tricked or swindled

• 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 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

• accumulated knowledge or erudition or enlightenment

• an Apocryphal book consisting mainly of a meditation on wisdom; although ascribed to Solomon it was probably written in the first century BC

• the trait of utilizing knowledge and experience with common sense and insight

• ability to apply knowledge or experience or understanding or common sense and insight

• the quality of being prudent and sensible

• 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

• newspapers and magazines collectively

• the profession of reporting or photographing or editing news stories for one of the media

• 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

• (medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease

• anything that accompanies X and is regarded as an indication of X's existence

• the 5th letter of the Hebrew alphabet

• a very light colorless element that is one of the six inert gasses; the most difficult gas to liquefy; occurs in economically extractable amounts in certain natural gases (as those found in Texas and Kansas)

• 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

• a policy of taking direct action to achieve a political or social goal

• (psychiatry) an abnormal absorption with the self; marked by communication disorders and short attention span and inability to treat others as people

• a Christian sacrament signifying spiritual cleansing and rebirth

• adherence to some extreme traditional theological concept or interpretation

• the doctrines of the Kabbalah

• a series of questions put to an individual (such as a political candidate) to elicit their views

• an elementary book summarizing the principles of a Christian religion; written as questions and answers

• an abstractionist artistic movement in Russia after World War I; industrial materials were used to construct nonrepresentational objects

• a cynical feeling of distrust

• 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

• a political theory advocating an authoritarian hierarchical government (as opposed to democracy or liberalism)

• a doctrine that advocates equal rights for women

• the movement aimed at equal rights for women

• the act of inducing hypnosis

• an exceptional interest in and admiration for yourself

• the optimistic feeling that all is going to turn out well

• a general disposition to expect the best in all things

• a piece of writing that has been copied from someone else and is presented as being your own work

• the act of plagiarizing; taking someone's words or ideas as if they were your own

• the prejudice that members of one race are intrinsically superior to members of other races

• discriminatory or abusive behavior towards members of another race

• 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

• any painful disorder of the joints or muscles or connective tissues

• a chronic autoimmune disease with inflammation of the joints and marked deformities; something (possibly a virus) triggers an attack on the synovium by the immune system, which releases cytokines that stimulate an inflammatory reaction that can lead to the destruction of all components of the joint

• discriminatory or abusive behavior towards members of the opposite sex

• doubt about the truth of something

• the disbelief in any claims of ultimate knowledge

• a political theory advocating state ownership of industry

• an economic system based on state ownership of capital

• a system of symbols and symbolic representations

• the practice of investing things with symbolic meaning

• an artistic movement in the late 19th century that tried to express abstract or mystical ideas through the symbolic use of images

• 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

• Used to indicate source or provenance.

• Originating at (a year, time, etc.)

• Used to indicate a starting point or initial reference.

• Indicating removal or separation.

• Indicating exclusion.

• Indicating differentiation.

• Produced with or out of (a substance or material).

• Used to indicate causation; because of, as a result of.

• habitual intoxication; prolonged and excessive intake of alcoholic drinks leading to a breakdown in health and an addiction to alcohol such that abrupt deprivation leads to severe withdrawal symptoms

• an intense persistent desire to drink alcoholic beverages to excess

• the practice of eating the flesh of your own kind

• exploitation by a stronger country of weaker one; the use of the weaker country's resources to strengthen and enrich the stronger country

• the theory that an increasing consumption of goods is economically beneficial

• a movement advocating greater protection of the interests of consumers

• a state of anticipation of sexuality

• the arousal of feelings of sexual desire

• a policy of extending your rule over foreign countries

• a political orientation that advocates imperial interests

• any instance of aggressive extension of authority

• a political orientation that favors social progress by reform and by changing laws rather than by revolution

• an economic theory advocating free competition and a self-regulating market

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

• the organic processes (in a cell or organism) that are necessary for life

• love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it

• the doctrine that your national culture and interests are superior to any other

• the aspiration for national independence felt by people under foreign domination

• the doctrine that nations should act independently (rather than collectively) to attain their goals