5 letter words ending in ism

Deism (n.) The doctrine or creed of a deist; the belief or system of those who acknowledge the existence of one God, but deny revelation.

Laism (n.) See Lamaism.

Prism (n.) A solid whose bases or ends are any similar, equal, and parallel plane figures, and whose sides are parallelograms.

Prism (n.) A transparent body, with usually three rectangular plane faces or sides, and two equal and parallel triangular ends or bases; -- used in experiments on refraction, dispersion, etc.

Prism (n.) A form the planes of which are parallel to the vertical axis. See Form, n., 13.





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Mark McCracken

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