| ALGESIS | • ALGESIS n. the sensation of pain. |
| ANOESIS | • anoesis n. (Psychology) The reception of impressions or sensations (by the brain) without any intellectual understanding. • ANOESIS n. consciousness with sensation but without thought. |
| APHESIS | • aphesis n. (Linguistics, prosody) The loss of the initial unstressed vowel of a word. • APHESIS n. (Greek) the loss of an unstressed vowel from the beginning of a word. |
| ASCESIS | • ascesis n. (Rigorous) self-discipline, particularly as a religious observance; asceticism. • ascesis n. (Christianity, chiefly Eastern Orthodoxy and Catholicism, specifically) The praxis or "exercise" of… • ASCESIS n. (Greek) the conduct of an ascetic, also ASKESIS. |
| ASKESIS | • askesis n. Alternative form of ascesis. • ASKESIS n. (Greek) the conduct of an ascetic, also ASCESIS. |
| AUXESIS | • auxesis n. (Rhetoric) A rhetorical device whereby the subject matter is made greater, particularly. • auxesis n. (Biology) Biological growth, (now usually restricted to) expansion or growth of an organism apart from… • auxesis n. (Chemistry) The condition of being auxetic. |
| GENESIS | • genesis n. The origin, start, or point at which something comes into being. • Genesis prop.n. (Religion) The first book in the Hebrew Bible. • Genesis prop.n. A female given name from Ancient Greek of American usage since the 1980s. |
| KINESIS | • kinesis n. (Biology) The movement of an organism in response to an external stimulus. • kinesis n. (Physics) Any energy that creates/controls movement. • kinesis n. (Philosophy) The force driving life forward. |
| MIMESIS | • mimesis n. The representation of aspects of the real world, especially human actions, in literature and art. • mimesis n. (Biology) Mimicry. • mimesis n. (Medicine) The appearance of symptoms of a disease not actually present. |
| NEMESIS | • nemesis n. (Chiefly North America) An enemy, especially an archenemy. • nemesis n. (Chiefly outside the US and Canada) A person or character who specifically brings about the downfall… • nemesis n. The personification of the "fatal flaw" of a dramatic hero in the style of Greek tragedy. |
| PARESIS | • paresis n. A paralysis which is incomplete or which occurs in isolated areas. • paresis n. Inflammation of the brain as a cause of dementia or paralysis. • PARESIS n. (Greek) a partial form of paralysis affecting muscle movements but not diminishing sensation. |
| PEDESIS | • pedesis n. Brownian motion. • PEDESIS n. (Greek) a Brownian movement. |
| SYNESIS | • synesis n. (Grammar) A grammatical construction in which a word takes the gender or number not of the word with… • synesis n. (Philosophy) The faculty of good judgment or comprehension, passive intelligence. • SYNESIS n. a construction in which a form differs in number but agrees in meaning with the word governing it, e. g. if anyone arrives, tell them to wait. |
| TELESIS | • telesis n. The intelligent planning of the means to achieve a desired end. • TELESIS n. (Greek) planned progress. |