10-letter words that end in ise
- moisturise — to add or restore moisture to (something): to moisturize one's skin with lotion; to moisturize air.
- mongrelise — Alternative spelling of mongrelize.
- monopolise — to acquire, have, or exercise a monopoly of.
- musicalise — (British spelling) To set (a text etc) to music.
- naturalise — Alternative spelling of naturalize.
- neutralise — to make neutral; cause to undergo neutralization.
- nominalise — to convert (another part of speech) into a noun, as in changing the adjective lowly into the lowly or the verb legalize into legalization.
- ontologise — Alt form ontologize.
- outpromise — to promise more than
- overpraise — to praise excessively or unduly.
- parcelwise — bit by bit
- pasteurise — to expose (a food, as milk, cheese, yogurt, beer, or wine) to an elevated temperature for a period of time sufficient to destroy certain microorganisms, as those that can produce disease or cause spoilage or undesirable fermentation of food, without radically altering taste or quality.
- patrialise — to make patrial, one with a legal right to enter and stay in the UK
- penny-wise — greatly concerned with saving small sums of money
- pink noise — a random signal within the audible frequency range whose amplitude decreases as frequency increases, maintaining constant audio power per frequency increment.
- plagiarise — to take and use by plagiarism.
- ploughwise — back and forth in alternate rows, in the manner of a plough
- point-wise — occurring at each point of a given set: pointwise convergence.
- polymerise — to subject to polymerization.
- popularise — to make popular: to popularize a dance.
- portlaoise — a town in central Republic of Ireland, county town of Laois: site of a top-security prison. Pop: 12 127 (2002)
- pre-advise — to give counsel to; offer an opinion or suggestion as worth following: I advise you to be cautious.
- presurmise — a surmise previously formed.
- prioritise — to arrange or do in order of priority: learning to prioritize our assignments.
- profitwise — from the point of view of profit
- radicalise — to make radical or more radical, as in politics: young people who are being radicalized by extremist philosophies.
- randomwise — in a random manner
- reappraise — to estimate the monetary value of; determine the worth of; assess: We had an expert appraise the house before we bought it.
- regularise — to make regular.
- relativise — to regard as or make relative.
- revitalise — to give new life to.
- scandalise — to shock or horrify by something considered immoral or improper.
- scrollwise — like a scroll, in a way similar to a scroll
- scrutinise — to examine in detail with careful or critical attention.
- segmentise — to segmentalize.
- sensualise — to render sensual.
- shot noise — random fluctuations in the emission of electrons from a hot cathode, causing a hissing or sputtering sound (shot noise) in an audio amplifier and causing snow on a television screen.
- specialise — to pursue some special line of study, work, etc.; have a specialty: The doctor specializes in gastroenterology.
- squarewise — in a square position or shape
- star anise — Also called Chinese anise. a shrub or small tree, Illicium verum, of China, having white flowers that turn purple and bearing anise-scented, star-shaped clusters of carminative fruit.
- stigmatise — to set some mark of disgrace or infamy upon: The crime of the father stigmatized the whole family.
- stolenwise — in a stealthy or secretive manner
- strategise — to make up or determine strategy; plan.
- streetwise — street-smart.
- sulphatise — to convert into a sulfate, as by the roasting of ores.
- sulphurise — to combine, treat, or impregnate with sulfur.
- sympathise — to be in sympathy or agreement of feeling; share in a feeling (often followed by with).
- synonymise — to give synonyms for (a word, name, etc.); furnish with synonyms.
- synthesise — to form (a material or abstract entity) by combining parts or elements (opposed to analyze): to synthesize a statement.
- tandemwise — in the manner of a tandem