10-Letter Words Containing ISM

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

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

1. newspapers and magazines collectively

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

1. an economic system based on private ownership of capital

1. 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

2. an intense persistent desire to drink alcoholic beverages to excess

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

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

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

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

1. zealous preaching and advocacy of the gospel

1. love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it

1. doubt about the truth of something

2. the disbelief in any claims of ultimate knowledge

1. the idea of a federal organization of more or less self-governing units

1. tourism to exotic or threatened ecosystems to observe wildlife or to help preserve nature

1. female homosexuality

1. torn down and broken up

1. a 20th century movement of artists and writers (developing out of dadaism) who used fantastic images and incongruous juxtapositions in order to represent unconscious thoughts and dreams

1. (philosophy) the philosophical doctrine that all criteria of judgment are relative to the individuals and situations involved

1. (philosophy) the doctrine that practical consequences are the criteria of knowledge and meaning and value

2. the attribute of accepting the facts of life and favoring practicality and literal truth

1. a political orientation of a people or a government to maintain a strong military force and to be prepared to use it aggressively to defend or promote national interests

1. a doctrine that rejects religion and religious considerations

1. a state of deep-seated ill-will

2. the relation between opposing principles or forces or factors

1. any painful disorder of the joints or muscles or connective tissues

2. 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

1. (philosophy) the doctrine that the world can be understood in scientific terms without recourse to spiritual or supernatural explanations

2. an artistic movement in 19th century France; artists and writers strove for detailed realistic and factual description

1. habitual relapse into crime

1. an exceptional interest in and admiration for yourself

1. the disbelief in any claims of ultimate knowledge

1. (of a contest or contestants) not fairly matched as opponents

2. either not matched or unsuitably matched

1. the branch of geology that studies earthquakes and the propagation of elastic waves through the Earth or through other planet-like bodies

1. excessive intolerance of opposing views

1. breakdown in living organisms of more complex substances into simpler ones together with release of energy

1. a movement in literature and art during the 17th and 18th centuries in Europe that favored rationality and restraint and strict forms

1. the political orientation of those who favor revolutionary change in government and society

1. an art movement in sculpture and painting that began in the 1950s and emphasized extreme simplification of form and color

1. showing indifference or disregard

2. stopping to associate with

1. an inclination to favor some person or group

2. unfair treatment of a person or group on the basis of prejudice

1. (philosophy) the doctrine that knowledge derives from experience

2. the application of empirical methods in any art or science

1. belief in a single God

1. of or relating to or belonging to an organism (considered as a whole)

1. the concentration of your efforts on a particular field of study or occupation

2. the special line of work you have adopted as your career

1. the relation between two different kinds of organisms in which one receives benefits from the other by causing damage to it (usually not fatal damage)

1. the form of empiricism that bases all knowledge on perceptual experience (not on intuition or revelation)

2. a quality or state characterized by certainty or acceptance or affirmation and dogmatic assertiveness

1. abnormal alignment of one or both eyes

1. a social system that provides separate facilities for minority groups

2. a disposition toward schism and secession from a larger group; the principles and practices of separatists

1. dominance through threat of punishment and violence

2. a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.)

1. fanatical patriotism

2. activity indicative of belief in the superiority of men over women

1. the doctrine that through renunciation of worldly pleasures it is possible to achieve a high spiritual or intellectual state

2. the trait of great self-denial (especially refraining from worldly pleasures)

1. (chemistry) the property of certain substances that enables them to exist in two distinct crystalline forms

2. (biology) the existence of two forms of individual within the same animal species (independent of sex differences)