8-letter words that end in ise
- porpoise — any of several small, gregarious cetaceans of the genus Phocoena, usually blackish above and paler beneath, and having a blunt, rounded snout, especially the common porpoise, P. phocoena, of both the North Atlantic and Pacific.
- practise — habitual or customary performance; operation: office practice.
- put wise — having the power of discerning and judging properly as to what is true or right; possessing discernment, judgment, or discretion.
- quantise — Alternative spelling of quantize.
- readvise — to give counsel to; offer an opinion or suggestion as worth following: I advise you to be cautious.
- repraise — the act of expressing approval or admiration; commendation; laudation.
- rerevise — a new or second revise or revised version
- ringwise — (of a boxer) used to being in a boxing ring and able to respond appropriately
- sanitise — to free from dirt, germs, etc., as by cleaning or sterilizing.
- satirise — to attack or ridicule with satire.
- sidewise — sideways
- sodomise — to subject to sodomy; commit sodomy upon.
- somewise — by some means; somehow.
- stepwise — in a steplike arrangement.
- subitise — to perceive at a glance the number of items presented, the limit for humans being about seven.
- suchwise — in such a way or manner
- surprise — to strike or occur to with a sudden feeling of wonder or astonishment, as through unexpectedness: Her beauty surprised me.
- teamwise — in respect of a team, in the manner of a team
- televise — broadcast on TV
- tentwise — in the manner of a tent
- termwise — term by term: The series can be integrated termwise. Two series are added termwise.
- tetanise — to induce tetanus in (a muscle).
- theorise — to form a theory or theories.
- thuswise — in this way; thus
- tortoise — a turtle, especially a terrestrial turtle.
- treatise — a formal and systematic exposition in writing of the principles of a subject, generally longer and more detailed than an essay.
- unpraise — to withhold praise from
- urbanise — to make or cause to become urban, as a locality.
- valorise — to provide for the maintaining of the value or price of (a commercial commodity) by a government's purchasing the commodity at the fixed price or by its making special loans to the producers.
- vaporise — to cause to change into vapor.
- vitalise — to give life to; make vital.
- 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.
- warpwise — in a vertical direction; at right angles to the filling; lengthwise.
- weftwise — in a horizontal direction; from selvage to selvage; crosswise.
- womanise — Non-Oxford British standard spelling of womanize.
- workwise — In terms of work.