9-letter words containing l, e, i, s
- ambleside — a town in NW England, in Cumbria: a tourist centre for the Lake District. Pop: 3064 (2001)
- amissible — likely to be lost
- amplifies — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of amplify.
- analepsis — A form of flashback in which earlier parts of a narrative are related to others that have already been narrated.
- analgesia — inability to feel pain
- analgesic — An analgesic drug reduces the effect of pain.
- analities — Plural form of anality.
- analogies — A comparison between two things, typically on the basis of their structure and for the purpose of explanation or clarification.
- analogise — to make use of analogy in reasoning, argument, etc.
- anelastic — relating to anelasticity
- angelfish — any of various small tropical marine percoid fishes of the genus Pomacanthus and related genera, which have a deep flattened brightly coloured body and brushlike teeth: family Chaetodontidae
- angelicas — Plural form of angelica.
- anglesite — a white or grey secondary mineral consisting of lead sulphate in orthorhombic crystalline form. It occurs in lead-ore deposits and is a source of lead. Formula: PbSO4
- anglewise — at an angle, in an angular manner
- anglicise — (transitive) To make English, as to customs, culture, pronunciation, spelling, or style.
- animalise — Non-Oxford British standard spelling of animalize.
- annalised — Simple past tense and past participle of annalise.
- annualise — To express (a quantity such as an interest rate, profit, expenditure etc.) as if it applied or were measured over one year.
- anomalies — a deviation from the common rule, type, arrangement, or form. Synonyms: abnormality, exception, peculiarity.
- antisleep — acting to prevent sleep
- antistyle — a style that rejects or subverts conventional style
- apologies — a written or spoken expression of one's regret, remorse, or sorrow for having insulted, failed, injured, or wronged another: He demanded an apology from me for calling him a crook.
- apologise — to offer an apology or excuse for some fault, insult, failure, or injury: He apologized for accusing her falsely.
- apostille — a marginal annotation or note.
- appliques — Plural form of applique.
- apse line — the major axis of an elliptical orbit.
- apsidiole — a secondary, or small, apse
- aristotle — a bottle
- arsenical — of or containing arsenic
- arterials — Physiology. pertaining to the blood in the pulmonary vein, in the left side of the heart, and in most arteries, having been oxygenated during its passage through the lungs and being normally bright red.
- ascetical — a person who dedicates his or her life to a pursuit of contemplative ideals and practices extreme self-denial or self-mortification for religious reasons.
- asclepiad — a plant that belongs to the class Asclepiadaceae
- asclepias — any plant of the perennial mostly tuberous genus Asclepias; some are grown as garden or greenhouse plants for their showy orange-scarlet or purple flowers: family Asclepiadaceae
- asclepius — a god of healing; son of Apollo
- asheville — city in W N.C.: pop. 69,000
- asininely — In an asinine manner; very irrationally.
- aspergill — An aspergillum.
- asplenium — any fern of the very large genus Asplenium, of worldwide distribution. Some, esp the bird's nest fern (A. nidus), are grown as greenhouse or house plants for their decorative evergreen fronds: family Polypodiaceae
- assailers — Plural form of assailer.
- ateliosis — a form of infantilism caused by pituitary malfunction, characterized by a childish face and voice and associated physical underdevelopment, but not affecting intelligence.
- athelings — Plural form of atheling.
- athletics — Athletics refers to track and field sports such as running, the high jump, and the javelin.
- athletism — The state or practice of an athlete; the characteristics of an athlete.
- ausgleich — the agreement (1867) that established the Dual Monarchy of Austria-Hungary
- b special — a member of a part-time largely Protestant police force formerly functioning in Northern Ireland
- backfiles — Plural form of backfile.
- backslide — to lapse into bad habits or vices from a state of virtue, religious faith, etc
- balconies — Plural form of balcony.
- balikesir — city in NW Asiatic Turkey: pop. 173,000
- balkanise — to divide (a country, territory, etc.) into small, quarrelsome, ineffectual states.