9-letter words containing is
- auteurism — a critical film theory according to which the primary creator of a film is the director, all of whose works are said to reflect to a certain degree the characteristics of a personal style
- auteurist — a filmmaker whose individual style and complete control over all elements of production give a film its personal and unique stamp.
- authorise — to give authority or official power to; empower: to authorize an employee to sign purchase orders.
- authorish — like or similar to an author
- authorism — the state or condition of being author
- autistics — Plural form of autistic.
- autoecism — the development of the entire life cycle of a parasitic fungus on a single host or group of hosts.
- autolysis — the destruction of cells and tissues of an organism by enzymes produced by the cells themselves
- autopista — a Spanish motorway
- autopsist — a surgeon who specializes in conducting autopsies
- averroism — the teachings of Averroës
- avisement — the careful consideration or observation of something
- axanthism — (zoology) Absence of yellow pigmentation.
- axis deer — an Asian deer, Cervus (Axis) axis, of India and Sri Lanka, having a reddish-brown coat spotted with white.
- baboonish — resembling a baboon
- babyishly — in a baby-like fashion; childishly
- backfisch — a teenage girl; a girl who has not yet reached maturity
- backlists — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backlist.
- backshish — Alternative spelling of baksheesh.
- baisemain — a kissing of the hand; thus, a sign of respect
- balanitis — inflammation of the glans penis, usually due to infection
- balkanise — to divide (a country, territory, etc.) into small, quarrelsome, ineffectual states.
- balkanism — to divide (a country, territory, etc.) into small, quarrelsome, ineffectual states.
- balladist — someone who composes or performs ballads
- ballismus — a condition characterized by twisting, shaking, and jerking motions.
- ballistae — an ancient military engine for throwing stones or other missiles.
- ballister — (obsolete) A crossbow.
- ballistic — Ballistic means relating to ballistics.
- band list — a list of Canadian Indians formally recognized as belonging to a band
- bandished — Simple past tense and past participle of bandish.
- banishing — Present participle of banish.
- banisters — the railing and supporting balusters on a staircase; balustrade
- bankerish — resembling or befitting a banker, especially in being perceived as reserved and conservative in dress and demeanor: a model of bankerish decorum.
- bannister — Sir Roger (Gilbert). born 1929, British athlete and doctor: first man to run a mile in under four minutes (1954)
- baptisand — Alternative spelling of baptizand.
- baptising — Present participle of baptise.
- baptismal — Baptismal means relating to or connected with baptism.
- baptistic — Of or for baptism; baptismal.
- baptistry — a part of a Christian church in which baptisms are carried out
- bar joist — a welded steel joist having an open web consisting of a single bent bar running in a zigzag pattern between horizontal upper and lower chords.
- barachois — (in the Atlantic Provinces of Canada) a shallow lagoon formed by a sand bar
- barbarism — If you refer to someone's behaviour as barbarism, you strongly disapprove of it because you think that it is extremely cruel or uncivilized.
- barotitis — inflammation of the ear caused by a change in air pressure
- barrister — In England and Wales, a barrister is a lawyer who represents clients in the higher courts of law. Compare solicitor.
- bashawism — the combined characteristics of a bashaw, esp haughtiness, imperiousness
- basilisks — Plural form of basilisk.
- bassarisk — any carnivorous mammal of the genus Bassariscus, comprising the cacomistles and ringtails.
- beamishly — in a beamish manner; smilingly; radiantly
- beardfish — any of several fishes of the family Polymyxiidae, found in the deeper waters of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, having a pair of long barbels under the chin.
- bearishly — In a bearish manner.