10-letter words containing lis
- kannapolis — a town in W North Carolina.
- karamanlis — Konstantinos [kawn-stahn-dee-naws] /ˌkɔn stɑnˈdi nɔs/ (Show IPA), 1907–98, Greek politician: prime minister 1955–63, 1974–80; president 1980–85, 1990–95.
- katabolism — Alternative form of catabolism.
- lateralise — Alt form lateralize.
- legal list — a list of investments that fiduciaries and certain institutions, such as banks and insurance companies, are legally authorized to make.
- legalising — Present participle of legalise.
- legalistic — strict adherence, or the principle of strict adherence, to law or prescription, especially to the letter rather than the spirit.
- lexicalise — Alternative spelling of lexicalize.
- liberalise — Alternative spelling of liberalize.
- liberalism — the quality or state of being liberal, as in behavior or attitude.
- liberalist — the quality or state of being liberal, as in behavior or attitude.
- lisianthus — Eustoma grandiflorum, now Eustoma exaltatum subsp. russellianum, a flowering plant.
- lisichansk — a city in E Ukraine, on the Donets River, NE of Donetsk.
- lisinopril — A drug of the angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor class, primarily used in the treatment of hypertension, congestive heart failure, heart attacks, and certain complications of diabetes.
- lisp-linda — P. Dourish, U Edinburgh 1988.
- list price — the price at which a product is usually sold to the public and from which a trade discount is computed by a wholesaler.
- listenable — pleasant to listen to: soft, listenable music.
- lister bag — a canvas container used especially for supplying troops in the field with pure water.
- listlessly — having or showing little or no interest in anything; languid; spiritless; indifferent: a listless mood; a listless handshake.
- literalism — adherence to the exact letter or the literal sense, as in translation or interpretation: to interpret the law with uncompromising literalism.
- literalist — adherence to the exact letter or the literal sense, as in translation or interpretation: to interpret the law with uncompromising literalism.
- localising — Present participle of localise.
- longlisted — Simple past tense and past participle of longlist.
- lyophilise — Alternative spelling of lyophilize.
- maximalist — a person who favors a radical and immediate approach to the achievement of a set of goals or the completion of a program.
- medallists — Plural form of medallist.
- medicalise — to handle or accept as deserving of or appropriate for medical treatment.
- melismatic — an ornamental phrase of several notes sung to one syllable of text, as in plainsong or blues singing.
- merit list — a list of students or people with high grades in exams or other achievements
- meta-vlisp — (language) An innovative Lisp dialect by E. St.James of IBP, France.
- metabolise — Alternative spelling of metabolize.
- metabolism — Biology, Physiology. the sum of the physical and chemical processes in an organism by which its material substance is produced, maintained, and destroyed, and by which energy is made available. Compare anabolism, catabolism.
- metropolis — any large, busy city.
- micropolis — a small city
- mineralise — Alt form mineralize.
- mineralist — a mineralogist
- minimalise — to make minimal: to minimalize tax increases.
- minimalism — Music. a reductive style or school of modern music utilizing only simple sonorities, rhythms, and patterns, with minimal embellishment or orchestrational complexity, and characterized by protracted repetition of figurations, obsessive structural rigor, and often a pulsing, hypnotic effect.
- minimalist — a person who favors a moderate approach to the achievement of a set of goals or who holds minimal expectations for the success of a program.
- mislisting — Present participle of mislist.
- mobilising — Present participle of mobilise.
- mongrelise — Alternative spelling of mongrelize.
- mongrelism — (uncountable) The condition of being a mongrel.
- monopolise — to acquire, have, or exercise a monopoly of.
- monopolism — the existence or prevalence of monopolies.
- monopolist — a person who has a monopoly.
- moralising — to reflect on or express opinions about something in terms of right and wrong, especially in a self-righteous or tiresome way.
- moralistic — a person who teaches or inculcates morality.
- mortalised — Simple past tense and past participle of mortalise.
- mulishness — of or like a mule, as being very stubborn, obstinate, or intractable.