Words ending with rism
5 letter words ending with rism
- prism — Optics. a transparent solid body, often having triangular bases, used for dispersing light into a spectrum or for reflecting rays of light.
- achromatic prism — a system of two or more prisms of different substances that deflects but does not disperse a beam of light.
- amici prism — a compound prism that spreads out incident white light into a spectrum but produces no deviation of the central color of the dispersed beam.
- direct-vision prism — Amici prism.
- dove prism — a prism that inverts a beam of light, often used in a telescope to produce an erect image.
6 letter words ending with rism
- chrism — a mixture of olive oil and balsam used for sacramental anointing in the Greek Orthodox and Roman Catholic Churches
- lyrism — lyricism.
- merism — (literature, rhetoric) Referring to something by its polar extremes, as in
- ogrism — a monster in fairy tales and popular legend, usually represented as a hideous giant who feeds on human flesh.
- porism — a type of mathematical proposition considered by Euclid, the meaning of which is now obscure. It is thought to be a proposition affirming the possibility of finding such conditions as will render a certain problem indeterminate or capable of innumerable solutions
7 letter words ending with rism
- amorism — the state of someone who is preoccupied with love and lovemaking or with writing about love
- biprism — a prism having a highly obtuse angle to facilitate beam splitting
- charism — Theology. a divinely conferred gift or power.
- czarism — the Russian government under the czars
- diorism — definition; clarity
8 letter words ending with rism
- algorism — the Arabic or decimal system of counting
- aneurism — a permanent cardiac or arterial dilatation usually caused by weakening of the vessel wall.
- aphorism — An aphorism is a short witty sentence which expresses a general truth or comment.
- asharism — the classical synthesis of Islamic philosophical theology, formulated by al-Ashʿari.
- asterism — three asterisks arranged in a triangle (⁂ or ), to draw attention to the text that follows
9 letter words ending with rism
- -centrism — the state or condition of having (a specified thing) as the center or focus of attention, efforts, etc.
- antiprism — A polyhedron composed of two parallel copies of some particular polygon, connected by an alternating band of triangles.
- apriorism — the philosophical doctrine that there may be genuine knowledge independent of experience
- auteurism — a critical film theory according to which the primary creator of a film is the director, all of whose works are said to reflect to a certain degree the characteristics of a personal style
- authorism — the state or condition of being author
10 letter words ending with rism
- allomerism — similarity of crystalline structure in substances of different chemical composition
- amateurism — Amateurism is the belief that people should take part in sports and other activities as a hobby, for pleasure, rather than as a job, for money.
- anachorism — a geographical misplacement; something located in an incongruous position
- blepharism — spasm of the eyelids, causing rapid involuntary blinking
- boosterism — the practice of actively promoting a city, region, etc, and its local businesses
11 letter words ending with rism
- adiaphorism — a Christian Protestant theological theory that certain rites and actions are matters of indifference in religion since not forbidden by the Scriptures
- adventurism — Adventurism is a willingness to take risks, especially in order to obtain an unfair advantage in politics or business.
- agritourism — tourism in which customers stay in accommodation on working farms and may have the opportunity to help with farm work
- agrotourism — tourism in which tourists take part in farm or village activities, as animal and crop care, cooking and cleaning, handicrafts, and entertainments.
- aspheterism — the teaching that all property should be in common ownership and no individual should benefit from personal possession
12 letter words ending with rism
- afrikanerism — a word, term, or usage peculiar to or originating among Afrikaners.
- afrocentrism — centered on Africa or on African-derived cultures, as those of Brazil, Cuba, and Haiti: Afrocentric art.
- behaviourism — Behaviourism is the belief held by some psychologists that the only valid method of studying the psychology of people or animals is to observe how they behave.
- bioterrorism — Bioterrorism is terrorism that involves the use of biological weapons.
- characterism — the description of character
13 letter words ending with rism
- agroterrorism — the use of biological agents as weapons against agricultural and food-supply industries
- androcentrism — centered on, emphasizing, or dominated by males or masculine interests: an androcentric society; an androcentric religion.
- antiterrorism — opposed to or acting against terrorism; counterterrorist
- bio-terrorism — the use of living organisms and their toxic products to kill or incapacitate, esp as a political weapon
- doctrinairism — Doctrinaire attitudes generally.
14 letter words ending with rism
- antimilitarism — the opposition to militarism or to war between states
- corpuscularism — (philosophy) Ideology that discusses reality and change in terms of particles (corpuscles) and their motion.
- cyberterrorism — the illegal use of computers and the internet to achieve some goal
- multiculturism — Multiculturalism.
- narcoterrorism — terrorist tactics employed by dealers in illicit drugs, as against competitors or government agents.
15 letter words ending with rism
- entrepreneurism — Synonym of entrepreneurialism.
- hypopituitarism — abnormally diminished activity of the pituitary gland, especially of the anterior lobe.
- schopenhauerism — the philosophy of Schopenhauer, who taught that only the cessation of desire can solve the problems arising from the universal impulse of the will to live.
- stereoisomerism — the isomerism ascribed to different relative positions of the atoms or groups of atoms in the molecules of organic compounds.
16 letter words ending with rism
- anthropocentrism — an anthropocentric theory or view.
- anti-consumerism — a modern movement for the protection of the consumer against useless, inferior, or dangerous products, misleading advertising, unfair pricing, etc.
- counterterrorism — Counterterrorism consists of activities that are intended to prevent terrorist acts or to get rid of terrorist groups.
- hyperpituitarism — overactivity of the pituitary gland.
17 letter words ending with rism
- nuclear-isomerism — Chemistry. the relation of two or more compounds, radicals, or ions that are composed of the same kinds and numbers of atoms but differ from each other in structural arrangement (structural isomerism) as CH 3 OCH 3 and CH 3 CH 2 OH, or in the arrangement of their atoms in space and therefore in one or more properties. Compare optical isomerism, stereoisomerism.
18 letter words ending with rism
- diastereoisomerism — (chemistry) Any form of stereoisomerism other than enantiomerism.
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