Rhymes with academic

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tick — a score or account.
brick — Bricks are rectangular blocks of baked clay used for building walls, which are usually red or brown. Brick is the material made up of these blocks.
flick — a motion picture.
hick — an unsophisticated, boorish, and provincial person; rube.
kick — to strike with the foot or feet: to kick the ball; to kick someone in the shins.
mic — Many Integrated Core Architecture
mick — a contemptuous term for a person of Irish birth or descent.
nick — Old Nick.
pick — to cast (a shuttle).
sick — afflicted with ill health or disease; ailing.
stick — a thrust with a pointed instrument; stab.

credit — If you are allowed credit, you are allowed to pay for goods or services several weeks or months after you have received them.
critic — A critic is a person who writes about and expresses opinions about things such as books, films, music, or art.
gimmick — an ingenious or novel device, scheme, or stratagem, especially one designed to attract attention or increase appeal.
limit — the final, utmost, or furthest boundary or point as to extent, amount, continuance, procedure, etc.: the limit of his experience; the limit of vision.
medic — any plant belonging to the genus Medicago, of the legume family, having trifoliate leaves and grown as a forage crop.
merit — claim to respect and praise; excellence; worth.
mimic — to imitate or copy in action, speech, etc., often playfully or derisively.
music — an art of sound in time that expresses ideas and emotions in significant forms through the elements of rhythm, melody, harmony, and color.
relic — a surviving memorial of something past.
splenic — of, pertaining to, connected with, or affecting the spleen: splenic nerves.

athletic — Athletic means relating to athletes and athletics.
authentic — An authentic person, object, or emotion is genuine.
creative — A creative person has the ability to invent and develop original ideas, especially in the arts.
glycemic — the presence of glucose in the blood.
hellenic — of, relating to, or characteristic of the ancient Greeks or their language, culture, thought, etc., especially before the time of Alexander the Great. Compare Hellenistic (def 3).
medical — of or relating to the science or practice of medicine: medical history; medical treatment.
pandemic — (of a disease) prevalent throughout an entire country, continent, or the whole world; epidemic over a large area.
pathetic — causing or evoking pity, sympathetic sadness, sorrow, etc.; pitiful; pitiable: a pathetic letter; a pathetic sight.
polemic — a controversial argument, as one against some opinion, doctrine, etc.
replenish — to make full or complete again, as by supplying what is lacking, used up, etc.: to replenish one's stock of food.
synthetic — of, pertaining to, proceeding by, or involving synthesis (opposed to analytic).
systemic — of or relating to a system.
terrific — extraordinarily great or intense: terrific speed.
transgenic — of, relating to, or containing a gene or genes transferred from another species: transgenic mice.

academics — of or relating to a college, academy, school, or other educational institution, especially one for higher education: academic requirements.
anesthetic — relating to, with, or characterized by anesthesia
anorexic — If someone is anorexic, they are suffering from anorexia and so are very thin.
apathetic — If you describe someone as apathetic, you are criticizing them because they do not seem to be interested in or enthusiastic about doing anything.
paramedic — Military. a medic in the paratroops.
pathogenic — Pathology. capable of producing disease: pathogenic bacteria.
photogenic — forming an attractive subject for photography or having features that look well in a photograph: a photogenic face.
psychogenic — having origin in the mind or in a mental condition or process: a psychogenic disorder.
schizophrenic — Psychiatry. of or relating to schizophrenia: Not all of these patients are schizophrenic.
systematic — having, showing, or involving a system, method, or plan: a systematic course of reading; systematic efforts.
telegenic — having physical qualities or characteristics that televise well; videogenic.

academia — Academia refers to all the academics in a particular country or region, the institutions they work in, and their work.
anthropogenic — relating to anthropogenesis
carcinogenic — A substance that is carcinogenic is likely to cause cancer.
nonacademic — of or relating to a college, academy, school, or other educational institution, especially one for higher education: academic requirements.

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