9-letter words containing tis
- heightism — discrimination or prejudice based on a person's stature, especially discrimination against short people.
- hepatitis — inflammation of the liver, caused by a virus or a toxin and characterized by jaundice, liver enlargement, and fever.
- hermetism — a former religion based on pagan mystical knowledge
- hermetist — a believer in or expounder of hermetism
- hermitism — the act of living as a hermit
- hirsutism — excessive hairiness, especially in women.
- hydrastis — goldenseal (def 2).
- hypnotise — to put in the hypnotic state.
- hypnotism — the science dealing with the induction of hypnosis.
- hypnotist — the science dealing with the induction of hypnosis.
- jejunitis — (pathology) inflammation of the jejunum.
- jesuitism — the system, principles, or practices of the Jesuits.
- jettisons — Plural form of jettison.
- keratitis — inflammation of the cornea.
- klephtism — the activities or life of klephts
- laminitis — inflammation of sensitive laminae in the hoof of a horse, caused by stressful events, as trauma, infection, or parturition.
- loutishly — In a loutish manner.
- ludditism — a member of any of various bands of workers in England (1811–16) organized to destroy manufacturing machinery, under the belief that its use diminished employment.
- lymphitis — (archaic) lymphadenopathy.
- maggotish — Maggoty.
- magmatism — Geology. molten material beneath or within the earth's crust, from which igneous rock is formed.
- magnetise — to make a magnet of or impart the properties of a magnet to.
- magnetism — the properties of attraction possessed by magnets; the molecular properties common to magnets.
- mantispid — any neuropterous, mantislike insect of the family Mantispidae, the larvae of which are parasites in the nests of spiders or wasps.
- marketise — Alternative spelling of marketize.
- mediatise — to annex (a principality) to another state, while allowing certain rights to its former sovereign.
- mephitism — poisonous air or a foul smell
- midgetism — (not in technical use) an extremely small person having normal physical proportions.
- monetised — Simple past tense and past participle of monetise.
- mortising — Present participle of mortise.
- motettist — a person who composes or sings motets
- mucositis — A complication of some cancer therapies in which the lining of the digestive system becomes inflamed. Often seen as sores in the mouth.
- multiscan — (hardware) A monitor that can synchronise to a variety of horizontal scan rates and refresh rates, allowing it to display images at different resolutions.
- multisite — Occupying, or occurring at multiple sites.
- multisize — having more than one size
- multistep — Involving multiple steps.
- multisync — (hardware) An NEC trademark term for multiscan. As NEC was the first to manufacture multiscan monitors the term is often used interchangeably with multiscan.
- mytishchi — a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, NE of Moscow.
- narcotise — Alternative spelling of narcotize.
- narcotism — habitual use of narcotics.
- narcotist — One who is addicted to a narcotic drug.
- naucratis — an ancient Greek city in N Egypt, on the Nile delta.
- necrotise — to undergo necrosis.
- nephritis — inflammation of the kidneys, especially in Bright's disease.
- nonartist — a person who is not an artist
- occultism — belief in the existence of secret, mysterious, or supernatural agencies.
- occultist — belief in the existence of secret, mysterious, or supernatural agencies.
- odonatist — a person who studies or is expert in insects that belong to the zoological group Odonata
- orthotist — (used with a singular verb) a branch of medicine dealing with the making and fitting of orthotic devices.
- ovotestis — the hermaphroditic reproductive organ of some gastropods, containing both an ovary and a testis.