7-letter words containing sis
- nemesis — something that a person cannot conquer, achieve, etc.: The performance test proved to be my nemesis.
- onassis — Aristotle Socrates, 1906–75, Greek businessman, born in Turkey.
- osmosis — Physical Chemistry, Cell Biology. the tendency of a fluid, usually water, to pass through a semipermeable membrane into a solution where the solvent concentration is higher, thus equalizing the concentrations of materials on either side of the membrane. the diffusion of fluids through membranes or porous partitions. Compare endosmosis, exosmosis.
- ostosis — the formation of bone; ossification.
- paresis — partial motor paralysis.
- pedesis — the random motion of particles in a liquid or gas; Brownian motion
- persist — to continue steadfastly or firmly in some state, purpose, course of action, or the like, especially in spite of opposition, remonstrance, etc.: to persist in working for world peace; to persist in unpopular political activities.
- porosis — a porous condition of bones
- pyrosis — heartburn (def 1).
- scepsis — a philosophical attitude of doubt or scepticism
- sensism — the theory that all ideas spring from the senses
- sistine — of or relating to any pope named Sixtus.
- sistrum — an ancient Egyptian percussion instrument consisting of a looped metal frame set in a handle and fitted with loose crossbars that rattle when shaken.
- skepsis — doubt
- sorosis — a fleshy multiple fruit composed of many flowers, seed vessels, and receptacles consolidated, as in the pineapple and mulberry.
- stypsis — the employment or application of styptics.
- subsist — to exist; continue in existence.
- sycosis — an inflammatory disease of the hair follicles, characterized by a pustular eruption.
- synesis — a construction in which an expected grammatical agreement in form is replaced by an agreement in meaning, as in The crowd rose to their feet, where a plural pronoun is used to refer to a singular noun.
- telesis — deliberate, purposeful utilization of the processes of nature and society to obtain particular goals.
- tharsis — Tarshish.
- tripsis — the act of kneading the body to promote circulation or suppleness
- tycosis — the withdrawal of investment funds from companies because of suspicion about waste and mismanagement
- tylosis — a bubblelike formation in the cavity of tracheids or vessels in the wood of trees, consisting of protoplasm intruded from adjacent parenchyma cells.
- virosis — infection with a virus.
- whatsis — a thing or object whose name one does not know or cannot recall.
- whoosis — an object or person whose name is not known or cannot be recalled: It's the whoosis next to the volume control.
- xerosis — abnormal dryness, as of the eye or skin.
- zygosis — the union of two gametes; conjugation.
- zymosis — fermentation.