| APHAERESIS | • aphaeresis n. (UK, Canada) Alternative spelling of apheresis. • aphæresis n. Obsolete form of apheresis. • APHAERESIS n. the omission of a letter, sound or syllable at the beginning of a word, e.g. as knife becoming nife, also APHERESIS. |
| ENCOPRESIS | • encopresis n. (Medicine) fecal incontinence in children. • ENCOPRESIS n. the involuntary discharge of faeces, esp. when associated with psychiatric disturbance. |
| ENURESISES | • ENURESIS n. involuntary urination. |
| HYSTERESIS | • hysteresis n. A property of a system such that an output value is not a strict function of the corresponding input… • hysteresis n. Magnetic friction in dynamos, by which every reversal of magnetism in the iron causes dissipation of energy. • HYSTERESIS n. the retardation or lagging of an effect behind the cause of the effect. |
| OLIGURESIS | • OLIGURESIS n. scantiness of urine in proportion to liquid intake, also OLIGURIA. |
| PROAIRESIS | • PROAIRESIS n. the act of choosing. |
| RESISTANCE | • resistance n. The act of resisting, or the capacity to resist. • resistance n. (Physics) A force that tends to oppose motion. • resistance n. (Physics) electrical resistance. |
| RESISTANTS | • resistants n. Plural of resistant. • RESISTANT n. a person who or thing which resists; specifically a member of a resistance movement, also RESISTENT. |
| RESISTENTS | • resistents n. Plural of resistent. • RESISTENT n. a person who or thing which resists; specifically a member of a resistance movement, also RESISTANT. |
| RESISTIBLE | • resistible adj. Able to be resisted. • RESISTIBLE adj. that can be resisted. |
| RESISTIBLY | • resistibly adv. Such that it can be resisted. • RESISTIBLE adv. that can be resisted. |
| RESISTLESS | • resistless adj. That cannot be resisted; irresistible. • resistless adj. Putting up no resistance; unresisting. • RESISTLESS adj. (archaic) irresistible. |
| SYNAERESIS | • synaeresis n. (Linguistics, prosody) the contraction of two vowels into a diphthong or a long vowel. • synaeresis n. (Chemistry) the separating out of the liquid from a gel. • synæresis n. Alternative spelling of synaeresis. |
| SYNDERESIS | • synderesis n. (Philosophy) The supposed innate ability of the human mind to realise the basic principles of ethics and morals. • SYNDERESIS n. conscience as a guide to action; intuitive moral knowledge, also SYNTERESIS. |
| SYNTERESIS | • synteresis n. (Theology, historical) An aspect of one’s conscience by which one can judge wrong from right and decide… • synteresis n. (Medicine, obsolete) Preventive treatment; prophylaxis. • SYNTERESIS n. conscience as a guide to action; intuitive moral knowledge, also SYNDERESIS. |
| UNRESISTED | • unresisted adj. Not resisted; unopposed, undefied. • UNRESISTED adj. not resisted; unopposed. |