10-letter words that end in ise
- entreprise — Archaic form of enterprise.
- equivalise — To make equivalent.
- evangelise — Alternative spelling of evangelize.
- fanaticise — Alternative spelling of fanaticize.
- fluoridise — fluoridate
- fort boise — a fort formerly near Boise, in SW Idaho: an important post on the Oregon Trail.
- fraternise — to associate in a fraternal or friendly way.
- fund-raise — to collect by fund-raising: The charity needs to fund-raise more than a million dollars.
- generalise — to infer (a general principle, trend, etc.) from particular facts, statistics, or the like.
- genteelise — to make genteel or falsely refined
- glamourise — to make glamorous.
- glottalise — Alternative spelling of glottalize.
- gluttonise — Alternative form of gluttonize.
- goliathise — to play Goliath, exaggerate extravagantly
- gormandise — Alternative spelling of gourmandise.
- grangerise — To illustrate a book with pictures taken from published sources, such as by clipping them out for one's own use.
- healthwise — With regard to health.
- homogenise — to form by blending unlike elements; make homogeneous.
- homologise — Alt form homologize.
- ideologise — to render ideological
- illegalise — Non-Oxford British standard spelling of illegalize.
- immiserise — to subject to immiseration, progressive impoverishment or degradation
- immobilise — to make immobile or immovable; fix in place.
- imparadise — to enrapture.
- indigenise — to make indigenous.
- infamonise — to defame, to brand with infamy
- initialise — to set (variables, counters, switches, etc.) to their starting values at the beginning of a program or subprogram.
- jazzercise — vigorous dancing done to jazz dance music as an exercise for physical fitness.
- jeopardise — to put in jeopardy; hazard; risk; imperil: He jeopardized his life every time he dived from the tower.
- journalise — Alternative spelling of journalize.
- keratinise — Alternative form of keratinize.
- lateralise — Alt form lateralize.
- legitimise — to make legitimate.
- lengthwise — In a direction parallel with a thing's length.
- lexicalise — Alternative spelling of lexicalize.
- liberalise — Alternative spelling of liberalize.
- line noise — (communications) 1. Spurious characters due to electrical noise in a communications link, especially an EIA-232 serial connection. Line noise may be induced by poor connections, interference or crosstalk from other circuits, electrical storms, cosmic rays, or (notionally) birds crapping on the phone wires. 2. Any chunk of data in a file or elsewhere that looks like the results of electrical line noise. 3. Text that is theoretically a readable text or program source but employs syntax so bizarre that it looks like line noise. Yes, there are languages this ugly. The canonical example is TECO, whose input syntax is often said to be indistinguishable from line noise. Other non-WYSIWYG editors, such as Multics "qed" and Unix "ed", in the hands of a real hacker, also qualify easily, as do deliberately obfuscated languages such as INTERCAL.
- lobotomise — to perform a lobotomy on.
- lyophilise — Alternative spelling of lyophilize.
- macadamise — to pave by laying and compacting successive layers of broken stone, often with asphalt or hot tar.
- mayonnaise — a thick dressing of egg yolks, vinegar or lemon juice, oil, and seasonings, used for salads, sandwiches, vegetable dishes, etc.
- medicalise — to handle or accept as deserving of or appropriate for medical treatment.
- metabolise — Alternative spelling of metabolize.
- mignardise — A bite-sized dessert sometimes served at the end of a meal.
- militarise — Non-Oxford British standard spelling of militarize.
- mineralise — Alt form mineralize.
- minimalise — to make minimal: to minimalize tax increases.
- minoritise — Alternative spelling of minoritize.
- mirrorwise — having the left and right sides reversed
- modularise — to form or organize into modules, as for flexibility.