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Definitions: SCHESIS |
SCHESISNoun1. A figure of speech whereby the mental habitude of an adversary or opponent is feigned for the purpose of arguing against him. 2. General state or disposition of the body or mind, or of one thing with regard to other things; habitude. |
Etymology: Schesis \Sche"sis\, noun. [New Latin expression, from the Greek expression, from to have or hold. See Scheme.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
State | Mode, modality, schesis; form; (shape). |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| Words rhyming with "SCHESIS" (pronounced 'Sche"sis'): Absis, Actinomycosis, Adenosclerosis, AEsthesis, Agennesis, Albuminosis, Amanuensis, Amaurosis, Amitosis, Ampelopsis, Amphiarthrosis, Anacoenosis, Anacrusis, Anadiplosis, Anaesthesis, Anamnesis, Anastomosis, Anemosis, Angioneurosis, Antanaclasis, Anthesis, Anthracosis, Antiptosis, Antipyresis, Antisepsis, Aponeurosis, Aposiopesis, apsis, Archebiosis, Arsis, Arteriosclerosis, Arthrosis, Asepsis, Athetosis, Autokinesis, Auxesis, Basis, Biognosis, Calliopsis, Cardiosclerosis, Cariopsis, Caryopsis, Catachresis, Chemosis, Chlorosis, Chromidrosis, Cillosis, Cirrhosis, Classis, Coenesthesis, Coreopsis, Crasis, Crisis, Cyanosis, Cyclosis, Deesis, Dermostosis, Diagnosis, Diapedesis, Diaphoresis, Diarthrosis, Diegesis, Dipsosis, Diuresis, Ecchymosis, Ecphonesis, Ecthlipsis, Ectostosis, Ellipsis, Emphyteusis, Empyesis, Empyrosis, Enantiosis, Enarthrosis, Endostosis, Enuresis, Epanadiplosis, Epanalepsis, Epanorthosis, Epexegesis, Eremacausis, Erotesis, Exanthesis, Exegesis, Exosmosis, Exostosis, Geognosis, Glaucosis, Gnosis, Gomphosis, haematosis, Haemocytotrypsis, Heterauxesis, Heterosis, hidrosis, hydrarthrosis, hydronephrosis, Hyperinosis, Hyperkinesis, Hypinosis, Hypotyposis, hysteresis, ichthyosis, Idiocrasis, ISIS, Karyostenosis, kinaesthesis, Limosis, lordosis, lysis, Marmorosis, Mathesis, meiosis, melanosis, Metachrosis, metalepsis, metempsychosis, Metemptosis, Metensomatosis, mimesis, missis, Morosis, Morphosis, Myopsis, Myosis, Mysis, Narcosis, Necrobiosis, Necrosis, Neurosis, Ochlesis, Osmidrosis, osmosis, osteoclasis, Osteoporosis, Osteosclerosis, Ostosis, Paracentesis, Paraphimosis, paremptosis, Parostosis, Pedesis, Peristalsis, Persis, Pertussis, Pharmacognosis, Phasis, Phimosis, Phlogosis, Phthisis, Phyllomorphosis, Polymorphosis, Proemptosis, Prognosis, Prolepsis, Pseudoblepsis, Psychosis, Pterylosis, Ptilosis, Ptosis, Pyrosis, Reversis, Sarcosis, Scepsis, Schindylesis, sclerosis, scoliosis, sepsis, siderosis, Sphrigosis, stasis, Stegnosis, stenosis, Sycosis, syllepsis, symbiosis, Synanthesis, Synartesis, Synarthrosis, Synchondrosis, Synchoresis, Syndesmosis, Synecphonesis, synizesis, Synneorosis, synopsis, Synosteosis, Synostosis, Synteresis, Syssarcosis, Thanatopsis, Thermoneurosis, thesis, Thlipsis, Thoracentesis, thrombosis, Tmesis, trichinosis, Tripsis, tuberculosis, Tussis, Tylosis, Xanthosis, Zygosis, Zymosis. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-e-h-i-s-s-s" | |
-1 letter: hisses. | |
-2 letters: chess, shies, sices, sises. | |
-3 letters: cess, chis, hies, hiss, ices, ichs, secs, seis, shes, sice, sics. | |
-4 letters: chi, cis, ess, hes, hic, hie, his, ice, ich, sec, sei, she, sic, sis. | |
-5 letters: eh, es, he, hi, is, sh, si. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-e-h-i-s-s-s" | |
+2 letters: chastises, schistose. | |
+3 letters: achinesses, chastisers, cheesiness, chicnesses, hibiscuses, richnesses, scirrhuses, spaceships, suckfishes. | |
+4 letters: caddishness, censorships, charinesses, chillnesses, cholestasis, chrysalises, coheiresses, coltishness, cultishness, cushionless, itchinesses, puckishness, sacahuistes, schematisms, schistosome, sickishness, sketchiness, slouchiness, spicebushes, starchiness, stockfishes, thicknesses, vichyssoise. | |
+5 letters: bitchinesses, brackishness, chancinesses, chattinesses, cheekinesses, cheerinesses, cheesinesses, childishness, chillinesses, choicenesses, choppinesses, chubbinesses, chumminesses, churlishness, clannishness, cliquishness, cloddishness, clownishness, cohesionless, cohesiveness, cohostessing, estheticisms, homesickness, hucksterisms, patchinesses, physicalness, researchists, schismatizes, schistosomes, schottisches, scratchiness, synchronises, tetchinesses, thalassemics, ticklishness, touchinesses, trickishness, vichyssoises, witchgrasses. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)53 43 48 45 53 49 53 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)... -.-. .... . ... .. ... |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010011 01000011 01001000 01000101 01010011 01001001 01010011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)S C H E S I S |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0053 0043 0048 0045 0053 0049 0053 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)53374239534353 |
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