9-letter words that end in sis
- phronesis — wisdom in determining ends and the means of attaining them.
- polyposis — the development of numerous polyps on a hollow internal organ, seen especially in the intestinal tract.
- precrisis — occurring or existing before a crisis; of or pertaining to the period preceding a crisis
- proclisis — the pronunciation of a word as a proclitic
- prognosis — Medicine/Medical. a forecasting of the probable course and outcome of a disease, especially of the chances of recovery.
- prolepsis — Rhetoric. the anticipation of possible objections in order to answer them in advance.
- proptosis — the forward displacement of an organ.
- prostasis — (in a classical temple) a pronaos or prostas before a cella.
- prothesis — the addition of a sound or syllable at the beginning of a word, as in Spanish escala “ladder” from Latin scala.
- psoriasis — a common chronic, inflammatory skin disease characterized by scaly patches.
- psychosis — a mental disorder characterized by symptoms, such as delusions or hallucinations, that indicate impaired contact with reality.
- pyrolysis — the subjection of organic compounds to very high temperatures.
- resinosis — excessive production and/or outflow of resin in conifers due to disease or damage
- sclerosis — Pathology. a hardening or induration of a tissue or part, or an increase of connective tissue or the like at the expense of more active tissue.
- scoliosis — an abnormal lateral curvature of the spine.
- selenosis — a poisoned condition caused by selenium, occurring esp in livestock as a result of the natural presence of selenium in plants and soil
- siderosis — a disease of the lungs caused by inhaling iron or other metallic particles.
- silicosis — a disease of the lungs caused by the inhaling of siliceous particles, as by stonecutters.
- sparassis — cauliflower fungus.
- steatosis — the abnormal accumulation of fat within a cell or organ
- stegnosis — a constriction of bodily pores, vessels, or ducts
- syllepsis — the use of a word or expression to perform two syntactic functions, especially to modify two or more words of which at least one does not agree in number, case, or gender, as the use of are in Neither he nor we are willing.
- symbiosis — Biology. the living together of two dissimilar organisms, as in mutualism, commensalism, amensalism, or parasitism. (formerly) mutualism (def 1).
- symphysis — the growing together, or the fixed or nearly fixed union, of bones, as that of the two halves of the lower jaw in humans or of the pubic bones in the anterior part of the pelvic girdle.
- symptosis — local or general atrophy.
- synchysis — an arrangement of words with muddled meaning
- syncrisis — the comparison of opposites.
- syneresis — the contraction of two syllables or two vowels into one, especially the contraction of two vowels so as to form a diphthong.
- synizesis — the combination into one syllable of two vowels (or of a vowel and a diphthong) that do not form a diphthong.
- synthesis — the combining of the constituent elements of separate material or abstract entities into a single or unified entity (opposed to analysis, ) the separating of any material or abstract entity into its constituent elements.
- taeniasis — infestation with tapeworms.
- teratosis — teratism (def 2).
- thutmosis — flourished c1475 b.c, Egyptian ruler: conqueror of the Middle East.
- torulosis — cryptococcosis.
- toxicosis — an abnormal condition produced by the action of a poison.
- tremissis — Also called triens. a gold coin of the Eastern Roman Empire, the third part of a solidus, first issued in the 3rd century a.d.
- trichosis — any disease of the hair.
- typhlosis — blindness.
- vaginosis — a vaginal infection caused by a bacterial imbalance
- varicosis — the formation of a varix or varices.
- vibriosis — a venereal disease of cattle and sheep, caused by the organism Vibrio fetus, characterized by delayed female fertility and by spontaneous abortion.
- wallensis — Sir William, Wallace, Sir William.
- wet basis — A wet basis is a measure of the water in a solid, expressed as the weight of water as a percentage of the wet solid.
- xanthosis — (pathology) A yellowish discolouration of tissues undergoing degeneration.
- zoochosis — Abnormal animal behaviour caused by time in captivity.
- zymolysis — the digestive and fermentative action of enzymes.