10-letter words containing alis
- globalised — Simple past tense and past participle of globalise.
- glottalise — Alternative spelling of glottalize.
- gradualism — the principle or policy of achieving some goal by gradual steps rather than by drastic change.
- gradualist — (biology, politics) One who believes in gradualism.
- herbalists — Plural form of herbalist.
- humoralism — a theory of the composition and workings of the human body, based on the idea that it was filled with four basic substances, or humours, adopted by Greek and Roman physicians and philosophers.
- humoralist — a person who believes in humoralism
- idealising — Present participle of idealise.
- idealistic — of or relating to idealism or idealists.
- illegalise — Non-Oxford British standard spelling of illegalize.
- immoralism — indifference toward or opposition to conventional morality.
- immoralist — indifference toward or opposition to conventional morality.
- initialise — to set (variables, counters, switches, etc.) to their starting values at the beginning of a program or subprogram.
- initialism — a set of initials representing a name, organization, or the like, with each letter pronounced separately, as FBI for Federal Bureau of Investigation.
- journalise — Alternative spelling of journalize.
- journalism — the occupation of reporting, writing, editing, photographing, or broadcasting news or of conducting any news organization as a business.
- journalist — a person who practices the occupation or profession of journalism.
- kabalistic — cabalistic.
- lateralise — Alt form lateralize.
- legalising — Present participle of legalise.
- legalistic — strict adherence, or the principle of strict adherence, to law or prescription, especially to the letter rather than the spirit.
- lexicalise — Alternative spelling of lexicalize.
- liberalise — Alternative spelling of liberalize.
- liberalism — the quality or state of being liberal, as in behavior or attitude.
- liberalist — the quality or state of being liberal, as in behavior or attitude.
- literalism — adherence to the exact letter or the literal sense, as in translation or interpretation: to interpret the law with uncompromising literalism.
- literalist — adherence to the exact letter or the literal sense, as in translation or interpretation: to interpret the law with uncompromising literalism.
- localising — Present participle of localise.
- maximalist — a person who favors a radical and immediate approach to the achievement of a set of goals or the completion of a program.
- medicalise — to handle or accept as deserving of or appropriate for medical treatment.
- mineralise — Alt form mineralize.
- mineralist — a mineralogist
- minimalise — to make minimal: to minimalize tax increases.
- minimalism — Music. a reductive style or school of modern music utilizing only simple sonorities, rhythms, and patterns, with minimal embellishment or orchestrational complexity, and characterized by protracted repetition of figurations, obsessive structural rigor, and often a pulsing, hypnotic effect.
- minimalist — a person who favors a moderate approach to the achievement of a set of goals or who holds minimal expectations for the success of a program.
- moralising — to reflect on or express opinions about something in terms of right and wrong, especially in a self-righteous or tiresome way.
- moralistic — a person who teaches or inculcates morality.
- mortalised — Simple past tense and past participle of mortalise.
- musicalise — (British spelling) To set (a text etc) to music.
- mutualised — Simple past tense and past participle of mutualise.
- mutualists — Plural form of mutualist.
- naturalise — Alternative spelling of naturalize.
- naturalism — Literature. a manner or technique of treating subject matter that presents, through volume of detail, a deterministic view of human life and actions. a deterministic theory of writing in which it is held that a writer should adopt an objective view toward the material written about, be free of preconceived ideas as to form and content, and represent with clinical accuracy and frankness the details of life. Compare realism (def 4b). a representation of natural appearances or natural patterns of speech, manner, etc., in a work of fiction. the depiction of the physical environment, especially landscape or the rural environment.
- naturalist — a person who studies or is an expert in natural history, especially a zoologist or botanist.
- neorealism — (sometimes initial capital letter) any of various movements in literature, art, etc., that are considered as a return to a more realistic style.
- neorealist — Of or pertaining to the post World War II international relations movement of neorealism.
- neutralise — to make neutral; cause to undergo neutralization.
- neutralism — the policy or advocacy of maintaining strict neutrality in foreign affairs.
- neutralist — a person who advocates or adheres to a policy of strict neutrality in foreign affairs.
- nominalise — to convert (another part of speech) into a noun, as in changing the adjective lowly into the lowly or the verb legalize into legalization.