9-letter words that end in is
- bourgeois — If you describe people, their way of life, or their attitudes as bourgeois, you disapprove of them because you consider them typical of conventional middle-class people.
- broccolis — a form of a cultivated cruciferous plant, Brassica oleracea botrytis, whose leafy stalks and clusters of usually green buds are eaten as a vegetable.
- cantharis — Spanish fly (sense 1)
- canthitis — an inflammation of the canthus
- caryopsis — a dry seedlike fruit having the pericarp fused to the seed coat of the single seed: produced by the grasses
- catabasis — a descent or downward movement
- catalexis — the state of lacking a syllable in the last foot of a line of poetry
- catalysis — Catalysis is the speeding up of a chemical reaction by adding a catalyst to it.
- catharsis — Catharsis is getting rid of unhappy memories or strong emotions such as anger or sadness by expressing them in some way.
- ceratitis — Alternative spelling of keratitis.
- chapattis — Plural form of chapatti.
- charolais — a breed of large white beef cattle that originated in France
- charteris — Leslie, original name Leslie Charles Bowyer Yin. 1907–93, British novelist, born in Singapore: created the character Simon Templar, known as The Saint, the central character in many adventure novels
- charybdis — a ship-devouring monster in classical mythology, identified with a whirlpool off the north coast of Sicily, lying opposite Scylla on the Italian coast
- cheilitis — an inflammation of the lip or lips
- cheilosis — Inflammation of one or both of the corners of the mouth.
- chlorosis — a disorder, formerly common in adolescent girls, characterized by pale greenish-yellow skin, weakness, and palpitation and caused by insufficient iron in the body
- chrysalis — A chrysalis is a butterfly or moth in the stage between being a larva and an adult.
- cirrhosis — Cirrhosis or cirrhosis of the liver is a disease which destroys a person's liver and which can kill them. It is often caused by drinking too much alcohol.
- clafoutis — a French baked pudding
- clinoaxis — in a monoclinic crystal, the lateral axis which forms an oblique angle with the vertical axis
- cloacitis — inflammation of the cloaca in birds, including domestic fowl, and other animals with a common opening of the urinary and gastrointestinal tracts
- cogenesis — The genesis of two entities at the same time.
- cokuloris — a palette with irregular holes, placed between lighting and camera to prevent glare
- colonitis — (obsolete) Colitis.
- compromis — a formal document, executed in common by nations submitting a dispute to arbitration, that defines the matter at issue, the rules of procedure and the powers of the arbitral tribunal, and the principles for determining the award.
- conchitis — inflammation of the outer ear
- coreopsis — any plant of the genus Coreopsis, of America and tropical Africa, cultivated for their yellow, brown, or yellow-and-red daisy-like flowers: family Asteraceae (composites)
- corneitis — an inflammation of the cornea
- coronitis — inflammation of the coronary cushion of hoofed animals.
- corvallis — a city in W Oregon.
- corydalis — any erect or climbing plant of the N temperate genus Corydalis, having finely-lobed leaves and spurred yellow or pinkish flowers: family Fumariaceae
- cunjevois — Plural form of cunjevoi.
- cytolysis — the dissolution of cells, esp by the destruction of their membranes
- cytotaxis — movement of cells due to external stimulation
- daiquiris — Plural form of daiquiri.
- dassiepis — (South African English) hyraceum: The solidified urine of a dassie, used medicinally, inter-alia, for epilepsy.
- day-lewis — C(ecil). 1904–72, British poet, critic, and (under the pen name Nicholas Blake) author of detective stories; poet laureate (1968–72)
- de valois — Dame Ninette (niːˈnɛt). original name Edris Stannus. 1898–2001, British ballet dancer and choreographer, born in Ireland: a founder of the Vic-Wells Ballet Company (1931), which under her direction became the Royal Ballet (1956)
- decapolis — a league of ten cities, including Damascus, in the northeast of ancient Palestine: established in 63 bc by Pompey and governed by Rome
- decubitis — (medical) Inflammations cause by a reclined position of the body; it often refers to the complications of bed-ridden patients such as bed sores.
- devadasis — Plural form of devadasi.
- diaclasis — (medicine) Osteoclasis.
- diaeresis — the mark ¨, in writing placed over the second of two adjacent vowels to indicate that it is to be pronounced separately rather than forming a diphthong with the first, as in some spellings of coöperate, naïve, etc
- diagnosis — Diagnosis is the discovery and naming of what is wrong with someone who is ill or with something that is not working properly.
- diaphysis — the shaft of a long bone
- diapyesis — the discharge of pus
- diastasis — the separation of an epiphysis from the long bone to which it is normally attached without fracture of the bone
- diathesis — a hereditary or acquired susceptibility of the body to one or more diseases
- diazeuxis — the separation of two tetrachords by the interval of a tone