5-letter words containing is
- *lisp — (language) (StarLISP) A data-parallel extension of Common LISP developed by Cliff Lasser and Steve Omohundro, employees of the Thinking Machines Corporation to provide an efficient yet high-level language to program the Connection Machine. StarLisp operated on PVARS (Parallel Variables) which represented Connection Machine memory, and were essentially vectors: one element per CM processor (or virtual processor).
- -asis — a condition resembling or a condition characterized by
- -ista — indicating a supporter or follower of someone or something
- -itis — indicating inflammation of a specified part
- -osis — indicating a process or state
- -wise — -wise is added to nouns to form adverbs indicating that something is the case when considering the particular thing mentioned.
- abris — a shelter, especially a dugout.
- actis — a son of Rhoda and Helius who, when banished from his home for fratricide, fled to Egypt, where he taught astrology. The Colossus of Rhodes was built in his honor.
- aegis — sponsorship or protection; auspices (esp in the phrase under the aegis of)
- agism — Alternative spelling of ageism.
- agist — to care for and feed (cattle or horses) for payment
- aisha — ?613–678 ad, the favourite wife of Mohammed; daughter of Abu Bekr
- aisle — An aisle is a long narrow gap that people can walk along between rows of seats in a public building such as a church or between rows of shelves in a supermarket.
- aisne — a department of NE France, in Picardy region. Capital: Laon. Pop: 535 326 (2003 est). Area: 7428 sq km (2897 sq miles)
- alish — Resembling or characteristic of ale.
- alist — inclined to one side; heeling or listing.
- amish — The Amish are members of a Protestant sect whose rural way of life is simple and strict.
- amiss — If you say that something is amiss, you mean there is something wrong.
- anis- — not equal
- anise — Anise is a plant with seeds that have a strong smell and taste. It is often made into an alcoholic drink.
- antis — Plural form of anti.
- aphis — any of various aphids constituting the genus Aphis, such as the blackfly
- apish — stupid; foolish
- apism — the act of aping
- apsis — either of two points lying at the extremities of an eccentric orbit of a planet, satellite, etc, such as the aphelion and perihelion of a planet or the apogee and perigee of the moon. The line of apsides connects two such points and is the principal axis of the orbit
- arise — If a situation or problem arises, it begins to exist or people start to become aware of it.
- arist — (obsolete) A rising, as from a seat, a bed, or the ground, or from below the horizon.
- arris — a sharp edge at the meeting of two surfaces at an angle with one another, as at two adjacent sides of a stone block
- arsis — (in classical prosody) the long syllable or part on which the ictus falls in a metrical foot
- as is — in the existing state of affairs
- aspis — an African poisonous snake of the genus Cerastes with a thick scale over each eye
- attis — a youth of Phrygia, loved by the goddess Cybele. In a jealous passion she caused him to go mad, whereupon he castrated himself and died
- aulis — an ancient town in E central Greece, in Boeotia: traditionally the harbour from which the Greeks sailed at the beginning of the Trojan war
- aunis — a historic region in W France, on the Atlantic coast, earlier part of Aquitaine.
- avise — Obsolete spelling of advise.
- aviso — a boat carrying messages; a dispatch-boat
- baisa — a unit of currency in Oman, worth one-thousandth of a rial
- basis — If something is done on a particular basis, it is done according to that method, system, or principle.
- baxis — the horizontal crystallographic axis that is in a right-left position.
- biisk — Biysk
- bisdn — Broadband Integrated Services Digital Network.
- bisho — a self-governing Bantu territory of South Africa on the Indian Ocean: granted independence in 1981 by South Africa, but not recognized by any other country as an independent state. 3200 sq. mi. (8300 sq. km). Capital: Bisho.
- bison — A bison is a large hairy animal with a large head that is a member of the cattle family. They used to be very common in North America and Europe.
- bisso — bis2 .
- bisto — a preparation for thickening, flavouring, and browning gravy
- blais — Marie-Claire [muh-ree-klair] /məˈriˈklɛər/ (Show IPA), born 1939, Canadian poet and novelist.
- bliss — Bliss is a state of complete happiness.
- blois — a town in N central France, on the Loire: 13th-century castle. Pop: 46 013 (2009)
- boise — a city in SW Idaho: the state capital. Pop: 190 117 (2003 est)
- boris — a masculine name
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