8-letter words containing lis
- devilism — a characteristic of the devil; behaviour proper to the devil
- dorsalis — dorsal1 .
- drollish — somewhat droll
- dualisms — Plural form of dualism.
- duelists — Plural form of duelist.
- duellist — a person who participates in a duel.
- ebullism — (physiology) The formation of bubbles of gas in biological fluids due to reduced environmental pressure.
- elisions — Plural form of elision.
- embolism — Obstruction of an artery, typically by a clot of blood or an air bubble.
- enclisis — the state of being enclitic
- enlisted — Enroll or be enrolled in the armed services.
- enlistee — A person who enlists (or is enlisted), especially into the armed forces.
- enlister — One who enlists.
- equalise — (UK) Alternative form of equalize.
- equalism — Any of several forms of egalitarianism (advocacy of equality) concerned with establishing sexual, racial, class or other equality.
- fabulism — (literature) A form of magic realism in which fantastical elements are placed into an everyday setting.
- fabulist — a person who invents or relates fables.
- faliscan — a member of an ancient people who inhabited southern Etruria.
- familism — the subordination of the personal interests and prerogatives of an individual to the values and demands of the family: Familism characterized the patriarchal family.
- familist — the subordination of the personal interests and prerogatives of an individual to the values and demands of the family: Familism characterized the patriarchal family.
- faq list — frequently asked question
- fatalism — the acceptance of all things and events as inevitable; submission to fate: Her fatalism helped her to face death with stoic calm.
- fatalist — the acceptance of all things and events as inevitable; submission to fate: Her fatalism helped her to face death with stoic calm.
- feeblish — physically weak, as from age or sickness; frail.
- fetialis — (in Ancient Rome) a priest who was responsible for the sanctioning of treaties and making declarations of war or peace
- fidelism — Castroism.
- fidelist — Castroism.
- filister — a rabbet or groove, as one on a window sash to hold the glass and putty.
- finalise — to put into final form; complete all the details of.
- finalism — the doctrine or belief that all events are determined by their purposes or goals.
- finalist — a person entitled to participate in the final or decisive contest in a series, as in musical or athletic competition.
- frailish — reasonably frail
- gaullism — a political movement in France led by Charles de Gaulle.
- gaullist — a supporter of the political principles of Charles Charles de Gaulle.
- ghoulish — strangely diabolical or cruel; monstrous: a ghoulish and questionable sense of humor.
- glissade — a skillful glide over snow or ice in descending a mountain, as on skis or a toboggan.
- glistens — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of glisten.
- glisters — Plural form of glister.
- googlish — Resembling or in the manner of Google.
- gracilis — a muscle in the inner side of the thigh, the action of which assists in drawing the legs inward and in bending the knee.
- greylist — to hold (someone) in suspicion, without actually excluding him or her from a particular activity
- hamlisch — Marvin. 1944–2012, US composer, best known for the musical A Chorus Line (1975)
- handlist — a list, as of the contents of a collection, containing few details
- helistop — a heliport.
- hinglish — a variety of English incorporating elements of Hindi
- hit list — a list of persons singled out as targets for murder.
- holistic — incorporating the concept of holism, or the idea that the whole is more than merely the sum of its parts, in theory or practice: holistic psychology.
- homilist — a person who writes or delivers homilies.
- hotlists — Plural form of hotlist.
- idealise — to make ideal; represent in an ideal form or character; exalt to an ideal perfection or excellence.