8-letter words containing lis
- modalist — an adherent of modalism
- modelist — a person who makes models, as of airplanes.
- mollisol — a productive agricultural soil common to the world's grasslands, characterized by a dark surface layer rich in organic matter.
- moralise — to reflect on or express opinions about something in terms of right and wrong, especially in a self-righteous or tiresome way.
- moralism — the habit of moralizing.
- moralist — a person who teaches or inculcates morality.
- mulishly — In a mulish manner.
- muralism — an artistic movement identified chiefly with the Mexican painters José Orozco, Diego Rivera, and David Siqueiros and exemplified by their grand-scale, narrative murals on humanitarian, social, and political themes.
- muralist — an artist who paints murals, especially an artist associated with muralism.
- nasalise — Alternative spelling of nasalize.
- nasalism — the tendency to pronounce sounds nasally
- natalism — Pronatalism; an ideology in favour of childbearing.
- natalist — A supporter of natalism; one who is in favour of childbearing.
- navalism — the promotion of naval interests
- neapolis — a port in E Greece, in Macedonia East and Thrace region on the Bay of Kaválla an important Macedonian fortress of the Byzantine empire; ceded to Greece by Turkey after the Balkan War (1912–13). Pop: 58 576 (1991)
- nebulise — to reduce to fine spray; atomize.
- nihilism — total rejection of established laws and institutions.
- nihilist — total rejection of established laws and institutions.
- nobelist — a person who is awarded a Nobel prize.
- novelish — (esp of a name or a person) characteristic of a novel; having qualities like those of a character or scene in a novel; fanciful; romantic
- novelism — an innovative idea or concept; innovation; novelty
- novelist — a person who writes novels.
- obelised — to mark (a word or passage) with an obelus.
- obelisks — Plural form of obelisk.
- objvlisp — 1984. An object-oriented extension of Vlisp. Reflective architecture.
- oculists — Plural form of oculist.
- orlistat — A drug designed to treat obesity.
- owlishly — resembling or characteristic of an owl: His thick glasses give him an owlish appearance.
- palisade — a fence of pales or stakes set firmly in the ground, as for enclosure or defense.
- panelist — a member of a small group of persons gathered for formal public discussion, judging, playing a radio or television game, etc.
- papalism — the papal system.
- papalist — a follower of the Pope or papacy
- penalise — to subject to a penalty, as a person.
- petalism — a form of expulsion that typically lasted for five years and was dealt to those who were seen to have treacherous aspirations and objectives and was carried out in Syracuse in Ancient Greece
- pignolis — pine nut (def 1).
- playlist — a list of the recordings to be played on the radio during a particular program or time period, often including their sequence, duration, etc.
- polglish — informal Polish containing a high proportion of words of English origin
- polished — made smooth and glossy: a figurine of polished mahogany.
- polisher — to make smooth and glossy, especially by rubbing or friction: to polish a brass doorknob.
- populism — the political philosophy of the People's party.
- populist — a member of the People's party.
- propolis — a reddish resinous cement collected by bees from the buds of trees, used to stop up crevices in the hives, strengthen the cells, etc.
- psellism — Pathology. stuttering; stammering.
- ptyalism — excessive secretion of saliva.
- pugilism — the art or practice of fighting with the fists; boxing.
- pugilist — a person who fights with the fists; a boxer, usually a professional.
- purplish — of or having a somewhat purple hue.
- qawwalis — Plural form of qawwali.
- realised — to grasp or understand clearly.
- realises — to grasp or understand clearly.