8-letter words containing lis
- realisms — interest in or concern for the actual or real, as distinguished from the abstract, speculative, etc.
- redilisp — R.M. Keller, U Utah. Dialect of Lisp used on the Rediflow machine, a derivative of FEL.
- regalism — the principle that royalty have the highest power, esp when referring to church affairs
- regalist — a person who believes in or promotes regalism
- relished — liking or enjoyment of the taste of something.
- relisten — to give attention with the ear; attend closely for the purpose of hearing; give ear.
- repolish — a repolishing, the action of polishing again
- royalism — the principles of royal government; monarchism
- royalist — a supporter or adherent of a king or royal government, especially in times of rebellion or civil war.
- ruralism — of, relating to, or characteristic of the country, country life, or country people; rustic: rural tranquillity.
- ruralist — one who leads or advocates a rural life
- salishan — a family of American Indian languages including Coeur d'Alêne, Kalispel, and other languages of British Columbia and the northwestern U.S.
- scillism — poisoning by squill, characterized by vomiting, slow pulse, cardiac arrhythmia, and ventricular fibrillation.
- sciolism — superficial knowledge.
- sciolist — superficial knowledge.
- shitlist — a list of persons held in extreme disfavor.
- simplism — exaggerated simplicity, as in concentrating on a single aspect or factor of a problem or situation while disregarding others; oversimplification: The senator is given to simplism in dealing with international issues.
- simplist — a herbalist
- singlish — a variety of English spoken in Singapore, incorporating elements of Chinese and Malay
- smallish — rather small.
- sodalist — a member of a sodality.
- stablish — establish.
- starlisp — *LISP
- stylised — to design in or cause to conform to a particular style, as of representation or treatment in art; conventionalize.
- swellish — stylish; resembling a 'swell'
- syphilis — a chronic infectious disease, caused by a spirochete, Treponema pallidum, usually venereal in origin but often congenital, and affecting almost any organ or tissue in the body, especially the genitals, skin, mucous membranes, aorta, brain, liver, bones, and nerves.
- talisman — a stone, ring, or other object, engraved with figures or characters supposed to possess occult powers and worn as an amulet or charm.
- tallises — a shawllike garment of wool, silk, or the like, with fringes, or zizith, at the four corners, worn around the shoulders by Orthodox and Conservative (sometimes also Reform) Jews, as during the morning service.
- ticklish — sensitive to tickling.
- tinglish — exciting
- tonalist — a person who works with or uses tonality, especially one who uses traditional tonality rather than atonality in composing music.
- totalism — totalitarianism.
- totalist — of or relating to the aims of the music of totalism
- trialism — the belief that man consists of body, soul, and spirit
- troilism — sexual activity involving three people
- unlisted — not listed; not entered in a list or directory: an unlisted telephone number.
- unpolish — to remove polish from, to make imperfect
- utilised — to put to use; turn to profitable account: to utilize a stream to power a mill.
- utilises — to put to use; turn to profitable account: to utilize a stream to power a mill.
- virilism — a female disorder in which there is development of secondary male sexual characteristics, as hirsutism and lowered voice, caused by various conditions affecting hormone regulation.
- vitalise — to give life to; make vital.
- vitalism — the philosophical doctrine that the phenomena of life cannot be explained in purely mechanical terms because there is something immaterial which distinguishes living from inanimate matter
- vocalise — a musical composition consisting of the singing of melody with vowel sounds or nonsense syllables rather than text, as for special effect in classical compositions, in polyphonic jazz singing by special groups, or in virtuoso vocal exercises.
- vocalism — Phonetics. a vowel, diphthong, triphthong, or vowel quality, as in a syllable. the system of vowels of a language.
- vocalist — a singer.
- waitlist — to place on a waiting list: All they could do was to waitlist us for the afternoon flight.
- wishlist — A list of desired things.
- wordlist — A written collection of all words derived from a particular source, or sharing some other characteristic.
- yinglish — English characterized by a large number of Yiddish words and expressions.
- yokelish — Like a rustic or bumpkin; simple and ignorant.