tec·ton·ism 
(tĕktə-nĭz′əm)
(tĕktə-nĭz′əm)n.
1. The structural behavior of an element of the earth's crust.
2. Crustal instability.
[TECTON(IC) + -ISM.]
- paraneoplastic
- parang
- paranoia
- paranoiac
- paranoid
- paranoid personality disorder
- paranormal
- paranormality
- paranormally
- Paranthropus
- Paraná
- paraparesis
- parapatric
- parapatrically
- parapatry
- parapet
- paraph
- paraphernalia
- paraphilia
- paraphiliac
- paraphilic
- paraphilic disorder
- paraphrasable
- paraphrase
- paraphraser