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Definition: Crisis |
CrisisNoun1. An unstable situation of extreme danger or difficulty; "they went bankrupt during the economic crisis". 2. A crucial stage or turning point in the course of something; "after the crisis the patient either dies or gets better". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "crisis" was first used: sometime around 1425. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Literature | Crisis properly means the "ability to judge." Hippocrates said that all diseases had their periods, when the humours of the body ebbed and flowed like the tide of the sea. These tidal days he called critical days, and the tide itself a crisis, because it was on these days the physician could determine whether the disorder was taking a good or a bad turn. The seventh and all its multiples were critical days of a favourable character. (Greek, krino, to judge or determine.). Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
CRISIS | English | Committee to Restore an Internationally Stable Investment System | Finance |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonyms: CrisisSynonyms: Emergency, Exigency. (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Circumstance | Predicament; emergence, emergency; exigency, crisis, pinch, pass, push; occurrence; turning point. |
Completion | Ripen, culminate; come to a head, come to a crisis; come to its end; die a natural death, die of old age; run its course, run one's race; touch the goal, reach the goal, attain the goal; reach; (arrive); get in the harvest. |
Difficulty | Nonplus, quandary, strait, pass, pinch, pretty pass, stress, brunt; critical situation, crisis; trial, rub, emergency, exigency, scramble. |
Eventuality | Business, concern, transaction, dealing, proceeding; circumstance, particular, casualty, accident, adventure, passage, crisis, pass, emergency, contingency, consequence; opportunity (occasion). |
Occasion | Crisis, turn, juncture, conjuncture; crisis, turning point, given time. |
Resolution | Verb: have determination; Noun: know one's own mind; be resolved; Adjective: make up one's mind, will, resolve, determine; decide; (judgment); form a determination, come to a determination, come to a resolution, come to a resolve; conclude, fix, seal, determine once for all, bring to a crisis, drive matters to an extremity; take a decisive step; (choice); take upon oneself; (undertake). |
The Present Time | Noun: the present, the present time, the present day, the present moment, the present juncture, the present occasion; the times, the existing time, the time being; today, these days, nowadays, our times, modern times, the twentieth century; nonce, crisis, epoch, day, hour. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
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Screenplays | If I could bottle the sexual tension between Bonnie Franklin and Shnyder, I could solve the energy crisis. (Reality Bites; writing credit: Ben Stiller, written by Helen Childress.) Ipkiss! We have a crisis on our hands and you stroll in over an hour late (The Mask; writing credit: Michael Fallon; Mark Verheiden) Teen crisis hotline. (Clone High; writing credit: Damian Chapa) He's bound to have some classic mid-life crisis transport. (Buffy the Vampire Slayer; writing credit: Doreen Spicer) Ahh, what's a little mid-life crisis between friends? (Friends; writing credit: Jörn O. Jensen; Birger Larsen) | |
Clever | He who smiles in a crisis has found someone to blame. (references; author: unknown) There cannot be a crisis today; my schedule is already full. (references; author: unknown) A crisis is when you can't say: "Let's forget the whole thing. (references; author: unknown) The British have a reputation for keeping calm even when there is no crisis. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Action: The October Crisis of 1970 (1974) Reaction: A Portrait of a Society in Crisis (1973) Crisis on the Campus (1971) Men in Crisis (1964) Crisis on the Hill (1962) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Peripheral blood smear showing blast crisis of chronic myelogenous leukemia. Credit: CDC. |  | Staff Sgt. Norm Leo, a crisis hotline volunteer from the 623rd Air Mobility Support Squadon, Ramstein Air Base, Germany, passes information to fellow volunteer Teresa McBride as she responds to a call. (P.; photo by Master Sgt. Keith Reed).. |
 | Referral manuals and telephone numbers, the "tools of the trade" for crisis hotline volunteers, are always at their finger tips when needed to help someone with a problem. (P.; photo by Master Sgt. Keith Reed).. |  | "Gas stations abandoned during the fuel crisis in the winter of 1973-74 were sometimes used for other purposes. This station at Potlatch, Washington, west of Olympia was turned into a religious meeting hall. Signs painted on the gas pumps proclaim 'fill up with the Holy Ghost . . . and Salvation.'". Credit: National Archives and Records Administration, Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. |
 | Animal Magnetism : The Operator putting his Patient into a Crisis. / Dodd del. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |  | Awaiting her turn to refuel, while operating in the Mediterranean Sea during the Jordanian crisis, 29 April 1957. USS Caloosahatchee (AO-98) is ahead, with USS Lake Champlain (CVA-39) and USS Salem (CA-139) alongside. Note Forrestal's eclectic air group, with F3H-2N, FJ-3M, F9F-8B, F2H-2P, A3D-1, AD-6, and S2F aircraft visible on her flight deck. Credit: NAVY. |
 | Undergoing reactivation at Norfolk, Virginia, 3 August 1950. She was the first ship of the Norfolk Reserve Fleet to be removed from "mothballs" during the Korean War crisis. Credit: NAVY. |  | "The impending crisis"--Or caught in the act. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Honey production crisis. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | U.N. dues crisis. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| Author | Quotation |
Anton Chekhov | Any idiot can face a crisis, it's the day to day living that wears you out. |
Claiborne Johnson | The real values of life are solid and unshakable. A financial crisis can rob us of all that we have; but it cannot affect what we are. |
Henry Kissinger | There can't be a crisis next week. My schedule is already full. |
President John F. Kennedy | Dante once said that the hottest places in hell are reserved for those who in a period of moral crisis maintain their neutrality. |
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Emma | Austen, Jane | She felt as if the spring would not pass without bringing a crisis, an event, a something to alter her present composed and tranquil state. |
Sylvie and Bruno Concluded | Carroll, Lewis | He was beginning to pant a little, as he knew the crisis was coming. |
Life, the Universe and Everything | Douglas Adams | Arthur had adopted his normal crisis role, which was to stand with his mouth hanging open and let it all wash over him. |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | In some regiments, the soldiers were doubtful, which added to the frightful obscurity of the crisis. |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | Our moulting season, like that of the fowls, must be a crisis in our lives. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Left untreated, an addisonian crisis can be fatal. (references) | |
These conditions can precipitate an addisonian crisis. (references) | ||
This is called an addisonian crisis, or acute adrenal insufficiency. (references) | ||
Business | Imports declined thereafter due to the onset of the economic crisis. (references) | |
Until the 1998 financial crisis, Russia was a major market for export. (references) | ||
Forestry was one of the few sectors that gained from the above crisis. (references) | ||
Children | Czech Republic | A Children's Crisis Center was established in 1995 and is 70 percent state supported. (references) |
Ireland | The Dublin Rape Crisis Center reported that 55 percent of calls to its crisis line involved child sexual abuse. (references) | |
Indonesia | Throughout the year, UNICEF continued to warn of a "lost generation" of youth as a result of the economic crisis. (references) | |
Civil Liberties | Korea | The food crisis apparently has heightened government concern about antiregime activity. (references) |
Korea | Overseas religious relief organizations have been active in responding to the country's food crisis. (references) | |
Macedonia | The law provides for these rights; however, as a result of the internal crisis the Government restricted freedom of movement. (references) | |
Economic History | Brazil | Every crisis usually has a positive side. (references) |
Colombia | As of March 2001, the crisis continued to ease. (references) | |
Poland | In the ensuing political crisis, Oleksy resigned. (references) | |
Human Rights | Colombia | The army reported that limited manpower and mobility, as well as other demands on army resources at the time, prevented rapid reaction to the crisis in Peque. (references) |
Korea | A former prison camp inmate who later defected to South Korea told the South Korean press that conditions in prison camps became more difficult as the food crisis worsened in the mid-1990s. (references) | |
Moldova | He cited as reasons the economic crisis, a lack of judicial and prosecutorial resources and the absence from the country of many working-age individuals against whom judgments have been levied. (references) | |
Minorities | Nigeria | Although the crisis in Jos had religious overtones, it was precipitated, at least partially, by indigenous ethnic groups attempting deny Hausa "immigrants" access to the resources of Plateau State, even though immigrant Hausa settlers originally founded Jos. (references) |
Political Economy | Ecuador | Ecuador is overcoming its worst economic crisis in 70 years. (references) |
MEXICO | Mexico has successfully returned to international capital markets since the peso crisis. (references) | |
Political Rights | Lesotho | Local elections, scheduled to be held late in 1998, were postponed because of the 1998 crisis. (references) |
Fiji | International media organizations criticized the law due to concerns that the Government could close or censor publications during times of crisis. (references) | |
Lesotho | In October 1998, the LCD and the newly formed opposition alliance agreed to hold new elections within 2 years to resolve the ongoing political crisis. (references) | |
Trade | Indonesia | Banks were at ground zero of the 1997-98 financial crisis. (references) |
Lebanon | Strict bank regulation has helped Lebanon avoid the emerging markets crisis. (references) | |
Russia | The Russian economy has shown some strength as it has recovered from the 1998 crisis. (references) | |
Travel | West Bank | Also, two new five-star Intercontinental hotels have recently opened in Bethlehem and Jericho, although both are currently closed due to the on-going political crisis. (references) |
Vietnam | As these issues are rapidly changing, specific questions may be directed to the Embassy of Vietnam, Washington D.C., or to the Office of American Citizens Services and Crisis Management, Department of State, Washington, DC 20520. (references) | |
Thailand | Thailand's economic plunge in 1997 caused a sharp decline in the demand for telecommunications services that included landline telephone, cellular phone, radio communications, paging, and VSAT services . Consequently, planned investments in the expansion of 6 million landline telephones and cellular phones in the radio frequency ranges of 1500 and 1900-megahertz have been deferred . However, the installation of rural public long distance telephone lines and the installation of submarine fiber optic cable were not affected by the economic crisis. (references) | |
Women | Cambodia | NGO's provide shelters for women in crisis. (references) |
Pakistan | During 2000 the crisis center served 75 women. (references) | |
Indonesia | Foreign governments have funded some of these crisis center projects. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Belarus | Crisis centers established by some NGO's do provide psychological assistance to victims of violence. (references) |
Tajikistan | The NGO "Women Scientists" runs a crisis center for abused women, which provides services to trafficked women as well. (references) | |
Kyrgyz Republic | SEZIM is another organization that provides rehabilitation services to victims of violence and serves as a crisis resolution center. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Christopher Reeve | It's funny how the psyche and the body shut down when you're in real crisis. Mine shut downs at odd moments anyway. |
Colin Powell | I spoke to President Musharraf a number of times during the course of this crisis, and am deeply saddened by the loss of Danny Pearl, and my heart goes out to his wife and his still-unborn child. |
Mark Shields | Bob, contrary to the defensiveness of some church leaders, Archbishop Flynn was crystal clear and emphatic. He praised the media for bringing this scandal, this crisis in the Church to public light and forcing the Church to act upon it. |
Rush Limbaugh | The National Security Agency has launched a bunch of ads urging military personnel to protect national secrets during this time of terrorist crisis. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
John Adams | 1797-1801 | But although the establishment of a permanent system of naval defense appears to be requisite, I am sensible it can not be formed so speedily and extensively as the present crisis demands. |
Andrew Jackson | 1829-1837 | In conclusion permit me to invoke that Power which superintends all governments to infuse into your deliberations at this important crisis of our history a spirit of mutual forbearance and conciliation. |
John F. Kennedy | 1961-1963 | Prudence and good sense do require, however, that new steps be taken to ease the payments deficit and prevent any gold crisis. |
Richard Nixon | 1969-1974 | To a crisis of the spirit, we need an answer of the spirit. |
Gerald Ford | 1974-1977 | Now let me turn, if I might, to the international dimension of the present crisis. |
Jimmy Carter | 1977-1981 | Our international cooperation efforts in the energy field are not limited to crisis management. |
Ronald Reagan | 1981-1989 | As we came to the decade of the eighties, we faced the worst crisis in our postwar history. |
Bill Clinton | 1993-2001 | Today, an economic crisis anywhere can affect economies everywhere. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Crisis" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 99.35% of the time. "Crisis" is used about 5,684 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 99.35% | 5,647 | 1,742 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.46% | 26 | 68,323 |
| Noun (common) | 0.16% | 9 | 117,287 |
| Noun (plural) | 0.04% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 5,684 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "crisis": blast crisis ♦ cabinet crisis ♦ crisis center ♦ Crisis Intervention ♦ crisis management ♦ crisis period ♦ crisis Software ♦ economic crisis ♦ energy crisis ♦ government crisis ♦ identity crisis ♦ liquidity crisis ♦ midlife crisis ♦ ocular crisis ♦ oil crisis ♦ Pel's crisis ♦ rape crisis center ♦ systemic crisis ♦ tax crisis ♦ Thyroid Crisis ♦ world crisis. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "crisis": crisis-and-clarity, crisis-based, crisis-by-crisis, Crisis-callaghan, crisis-club, crisis-discussions, crisis-driven, crisis-fancying, crisis-hit, crisis-intervention, crisis-management, crisis-manager, Crisis-of-britain, crisis-point, crisis-prone, crisis-proof, crisis-provoking, crisis-revolution, crisis-ridden, crisis-sharing, crisis-solving, crisis-strewn, crisis-torn, crisis-weary. | |
Ending with "crisis": anti-crisis. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
cuban missile crisis | 893 | the cuban missile crisis picture | 64 |
crisis management | 767 | dino crisis cheat | 64 |
dino crisis | 407 | earth crisis | 63 |
mid life crisis | 305 | crisis hostage iranian | 58 |
midlife crisis | 227 | crisis communication | 57 |
time crisis | 225 | china crisis | 55 |
3 crisis dino | 187 | bubble gum crisis tokyo 2040 | 54 |
crisis | 187 | crisis flq | 50 |
bubble gum crisis | 184 | crisis magazine | 48 |
cuban missle crisis | 162 | budget california crisis | 47 |
3 crisis time | 152 | male midlife crisis | 45 |
dino crisis 2 | 117 | energy crisis | 44 |
time crisis 2 | 106 | argentina crisis | 43 |
crisis intervention | 102 | crisis sakura | 43 |
dino crisis walk through | 93 | gay man health crisis | 42 |
iran hostage crisis | 93 | the oka crisis | 41 |
crisis group international | 91 | crisis center | 40 |
suez crisis | 78 | bubble gum crisis 2040 | 40 |
crisis pregnancy center | 75 | crisis life quarter | 37 |
crisis october | 75 | man mid life crisis | 37 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "crisis"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Afrikaans | krisis (depression, emergency). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | kulm (acme, apex, bloom, climax, crescendo, crown, culmination, dead, extremity, flower, heat, height, heyday, meridian, nab, payoff, peak, pink, pinnacle, prime, summit, superlative, tiptop, top, vertex, zenith), krizë (access, attack, blizzard, conjuncture, famine, fit, paroxysm, seizure, slump, turn). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | أزمة حرجة, أزمة (recession, seizure, squeeze, turn). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | криза (attack, brunt, paroxysm, shortage, turning point). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 風波 (disturbance), 危机 (Crises), 危機 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | krize (depression, slump, turning point). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | kulmination (acme, culmination, transit), krisis, krise, fastigium (acme), akme (acme). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | crisis (depression, emergency). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | krizo (depression, emergency). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Faeroese | kreppa (depression, emergency). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | بحران (Acme, Tension). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | pula (abashment, embarrassment, fix, mess, perplexity, pinch, predicament, shortage), murroskausi (critical period), kriisi, käänne (bend, change, curve, lapel, turn, turning-point, turn-up cuff). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | crise (cross). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Frisian | krisis (depression, emergency). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | krise (crises, crunch, depression, emergency, head, showdown), krisis (depression, emergency). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | κρίση (conceit, crisis crises, decision, estimation, judgement, slump). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | משבר (jam), שבר (break, breakage, breaking, collapse, failure, fracture, mishap, rupture, splinter), קו"ת מפ " (turning point, watershed). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | válság (crises, depression), krízis (crises, juncture). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | masa gawat, kemelut (critical stage), kegentingan (critical junction). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | crisi (attack, depression, emergency, fit, problem, setback, slump). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 非常時 (emergency), 苦境 (predicament, trouble), "ンキング鋏 (a focus, a pinch, flyer advertising a sex-related business, focusation point, forceps, pin tuck, pinch hitter, pinch runner, pink, pink lady, pink mood, pink noise, pink salon, pink-collar, pinking shears, tweezers), 境目 (border, boundary line), 危急存亡の秋 (critical moment, critical time), 危急存亡の時 (critical moment, critical time), 危機 , 危極 (grave danger, serious depression), 危局 , クーロン力 (car horn, Chrysler, Clark, classic, classic car, classic life, classic races, classical, classicism, clerk, client, client server, climax, climber, climbing, climograph, cloud, collider, cook, cookie, cooking, cooking card, cooking school, Coulomb's force, coutouriere, couturier, crime story, criteria, crouching start, crown, cryoelectronics, cryogenics, cumin, cushion, cushion ball, Klaxon, Kuwait, large size, multi-purpose health facility, pitcher throwing to first base, quake, Quaker, quality, quality paper, quantity, quantize, quark, quarter, quarterback, quarterly, quartet, quartz, quasar, queen, queen size, Queen's English, Queensland, question, question mark, quick, quick motion, quick step, quick turn, quilter, quintet, quinto, quiz, quiz mania, quiz rally, quota, quotation mark, quote, Society of Friends, the Queen Mary), 分け目 (dividing line, parting, partition), 分利 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | "ンチ (a pinch), ききゅうそ"ぼうのとき (critical moment, critical time), くきょう (predicament, trouble), ききょく (grave danger, serious depression), きき (brilliance, damage, demolishing, destroying, disliking, displeasure, dreadful, effective, effectiveness, efficacy, ghastly, machinery and tools, offense, the Kojiki and Nihonshoki, work), ひじょうじ (emergency), さかいめ (border, boundary line), ぶ"り (context, detachment, isolation, literature and science, reasoning, segregation, separation), わけめ (dividing line, parting, partition), クライシス . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 위기 (Climacteric, Climacterical, Crises). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | geyre-ghaue. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Norwegian | krise. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Papiamen | krisis (depression, emergency). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | isiscray acme (acme). (various references) crizã (access, acme, attack, bout, climacteric, depression, fit, head, juncture, push, slump, spasm, turn), moment crucial. (various references) кризис (head, slump, turning-point). (various references) faochadh (a favourable crisis in sickness). (various references) kriza. (various references) crisis (clutch, conjuncture, depression, emergency, height, shortage, turn). (various references) kris (depression, emergency, Kris, slump). (various references) buhran (acme, depression, emergency). (various references) krizis (r). (various references) критичний момент, криза (depression, slump). (various references) argyfwng. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Greek | 700 BCE-300 CE | krisis. (various references) |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | articulo, articulus, discrimini. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words ending with "crisis": noncrisis, postcrisis, precrisis. (additional references) | |
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"Crisis" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Carisio, cerises, circis, cirsoid, Cisi, Cissi, cissies, Coisir, crasie, Crassus, Cressid, cripsis, crisi, crisic, crisiss, criss, Crissie, Cristi, crisus, crisys, crities, critism, crizi, crusia, crusies, cruzi, Cryiiia, crypsis, crysis, icrisat, krises, krisis, Kroisos. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "crisis" (pronounced krī"sus) |
| 3 | -s u s | acidosis, amniocentesis, analysis, antithesis, apotheosis, archdiocese, arteriosclerosis, atherosclerosis, axis, catharsis, census, cirrhosis, colossus, consensus, diagnosis, dialysis, diocese, electrolysis, fibrosis, Genesis, geotaxis, glacis, heterosis, homeostasis, hydrolysis, hypnosis, hypothesis, meiosis, metamorphosis, misdiagnosis, morphogenesis, Narcissus, necrosis, nemesis, nephrosis, neurofibromatosis, neurosis, nexus, organogenesis, photosynthesis, phototaxis, plexus, preadolescence, proboscis, prognosis, prosthesis, psoriasis, psychoanalysis, psychokinesis, psychosis, rhesus, sclerosis, symbiosis, synopsis, synthesis, Tarsus, telexes, Texas, thesis, thrombosis, tuberculosis, urinalysis, versus. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-i-i-r-s-s" | |
-2 letters: cris, iris, sics, sirs, sris. | |
-3 letters: cis, sic, sir, sis, sri. | |
-4 letters: is, si. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-i-i-r-s-s" | |
+2 letters: eristics, incisors, narcissi, sciurids, sericins. | |
+3 letters: acariasis, casimires, christies, cirrhosis, clerisies, coistrils, crispiest, cruisings, districts, incisures, inscribes, lyricises, lyricisms, lyricists, misprices, noncrisis, parchisis, piscaries, precrisis, recisions, ricinuses, scarifies, scimitars, scimiters, sciurines, scorifies, spiceries, trisomics, tristichs. | |
+4 letters: archivists, armistices, ascariasis, bishoprics, carditises, chimerisms, classifier, clitorises, cousinries, cramoisies, cretinisms, crispiness, criticises, criticisms, cuirassier, cuirassing, dichroisms, dicrotisms, discredits, discursive, disservice, epicurisms, eroticisms, eroticists, heuristics, incrossing, incursions, inscribers, isocracies, isometrics, justiciars, microseism, miscarries, misdirects, narcissism, narcissist, orchitises, patristics, postcrisis, precisians, precisions, psoriatics, racialisms, racialists, reminisces, rescission, sacrifices, sacristies, scarcities, scarifiers, scissoring, scrimpiest, scrutinies, scrutinise, securities, solicitors, soporifics, specifiers, sporicides, strabismic, sudorifics, trichiases, trichiasis, trickiness, tricksiest, tricuspids, vicarships, vorticisms, vorticists. | |
| 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. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Images: Photo Album 8. Quotations: Familiar | 9. Quotations: Fiction 10. Quotations: Non-fiction 11. Quotations: Spoken 12. Quotations: Speeches | 13. Usage Frequency 14. Expressions 15. Expressions: Internet 16. Translations: Modern | 17. Translations: Ancient 18. Abbreviations 19. Acronyms 20. Derivations | 21. Rhymes 22. Anagrams 23. Bibliography |
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