12-letter words that end in is
- acrocyanosis — cyanosis of the hands and feet due to poor circulation of the blood
- adhesiolysis — Lb surgery The cutting or removal of adhesion or scar tissue.
- adiaphoresis — absence or reduction of perspiration.
- adrianopolis — Edirne
- aeroneurosis — a functional disorder of aeroplane pilots characterized by anxiety and various psychosomatic disturbances, caused by insufficient oxygen at high altitudes and the emotional tension of flying
- agamogenesis — asexual reproduction, such as fission or parthenogenesis
- alieni juris — under the control of another, as a lunatic or infant.
- alpha boötis — Arcturus
- alpha leonis — Regulus1
- amelogenesis — the production of enamel by ameloblasts
- anacatharsis — severe vomiting
- anaerobiosis — life in the absence of oxygen
- anamorphosis — an image or drawing distorted in such a way that it becomes recognizable only when viewed in a specified manner or through a special device
- anaplasmosis — a disease of cattle caused by a blood-infecting protozoan parasite, Anaplasma marginale, transmitted by bloodsucking flies and ticks.
- androgenesis — a type of reproduction in insects and plants involving the development of an embryo that contains only paternal chromosomes
- angiogenesis — the induction of blood-vessel growth, often in association with a particular organ or tissue, or with a tumour
- anisocytosis — (medicine) Significant size variation of blood cells.
- antanaclasis — a form of speech in which a key word is repeated and used in a different, and sometimes contrary, way for a play on words, as in The craft of a politician is to appear before the public without craft.
- anticathexis — a change from one emotion to its opposite, as from hate to love.
- appendicitis — Appendicitis is an illness in which a person's appendix is infected and painful.
- athrocytosis — the capability of a cell to receive and store matter
- autoanalysis — Psychoanalysis. self-analysis.
- autohypnosis — the process or result of self-induced hypnosis
- avitaminosis — any disease caused by a vitamin deficiency in the diet
- barophoresis — the diffusion of suspended particles at a rate dependent on external forces
- beaumarchais — Pierre Augustin Caron de (pjɛr oɡystɛ̃ karɔ̃ də). 1732–99, French dramatist, noted for his comedies The Barber of Seville (1775) and The Marriage of Figaro (1784)
- beta orionis — Rigel
- bilharziasis — schistosomiasis
- biosynthesis — the formation of complex compounds from simple substances by living organisms
- bognor regis — a resort in S England, in West Sussex on the English Channel: electronics industries. Regis was added to the name after King George V's convalescence there in 1929. Pop: 62 141 (2001)
- bromhidrosis — the secretion of foul-smelling sweat.
- cactoblastis — a moth, Cactoblastis cactorum of South America, that was introduced into Australia to act as a biological control on the prickly pear
- caenogenesis — the development of structures and organs in an embryo or larva that are adaptations to its way of life and are not retained in the adult form
- cataphoresis — electrophoresis
- chemiosmosis — the mechanism by which the synthesis and utilization of the biochemical energy source ATP is regulated: the energy generated by oxidative phosphorylation generates a proton gradient across the membrane of the mitochondrion that drives the enzymic resynthesis of ATP
- chemokinesis — the random movement of cells, such as leucocytes, stimulated by substances in their environment
- chromidrosis — the secretion of pigmented sweat.
- cladogenesis — adaptive evolution leading to a greater variety of species
- cleptobiosis — an ecological relationship in which members of one species, as of ants, steal food from another.
- colacobiosis — (among social insects) life in which one species lives as a parasite in the community of another species.
- corpus juris — a body of law, esp the laws of a nation or state
- cosmogenesis — The origin or evolution of the universe.
- court tennis — a variety of tennis played indoors on a specially constructed court having high cement walls off which the ball may be played, points being made chiefly by stroking the ball into any of three openings in the walls of the court. Compare penthouse (def 7), tambour (def 7), winning opening.
- crested iris — a low iris, Iris cristata, of the eastern and central U.S., having faintly fragrant, yellow-crested, lilac-dotted flowers.
- cryptobiosis — a temporary state in an organism in which metabolic activity is absent or undetectable
- crystallitis — the formation of a crystallite or crystallites
- cyanogenesis — the release by certain plants, such as cherry laurel, of hydrogen cyanide, esp after wounding or invasion by pathogens
- cyclogenesis — the formation and development of a low-pressure storm system
- de profundis — out of the depths of misery or dejection
- diplogenesis — the double production or formation of something that is normally single, such as a doubled part in a fetus or a double fetus
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