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7-letter words that end in is

  • millaisSir John Everett, 1829–96, English painter.
  • milreis — a silver coin and former monetary unit of Brazil, equal to 1000 reis, discontinued in 1942.
  • mimesis — Rhetoric. imitation or reproduction of the supposed words of another, as in order to represent his or her character.
  • mimosis — mimesis (def 5).
  • mitosis — the usual method of cell division, characterized typically by the resolving of the chromatin of the nucleus into a threadlike form, which condenses into chromosomes, each of which separates longitudinally into two parts, one part of each chromosome being retained in each of two new cells resulting from the original cell.
  • monosis — a disjunction of plant parts that are usually joined together
  • munshis — Plural form of munshi.
  • mycosis — the presence of parasitic fungi in or on any part of the body.
  • myiasis — any disease that results from the infestation of tissues or cavities of the body by larvae of flies.
  • nemesis — something that a person cannot conquer, achieve, etc.: The performance test proved to be my nemesis.
  • novalis — (pen name of Friedrich von Hardenberg) 1772–1801, German poet.
  • numeris — The name given by France Telecom, the french telephone network operator, to its ISDN network.
  • onassisAristotle Socrates, 1906–75, Greek businessman, born in Turkey.
  • osmosis — Physical Chemistry, Cell Biology. the tendency of a fluid, usually water, to pass through a semipermeable membrane into a solution where the solvent concentration is higher, thus equalizing the concentrations of materials on either side of the membrane. the diffusion of fluids through membranes or porous partitions. Compare endosmosis, exosmosis.
  • ostosis — the formation of bone; ossification.
  • ouraris — curare.
  • paresis — partial motor paralysis.
  • parotis — a parotid gland
  • parulis — gumboil.
  • pedesis — the random motion of particles in a liquid or gas; Brownian motion
  • phillis — a feminine name
  • phlomis — a plant that belongs to the genus Phlomis and family Labiatae or Lamiaceae
  • phyllis — a name used in pastoral literature, as the Eclogues of Vergil, for a country girl or sweetheart.
  • pilotis — a column of iron, steel, or reinforced concrete supporting a building above an open ground level.
  • polaris — a distinctive English argot in use since at least the 18th century among groups of theatrical and circus performers and in certain homosexual communities, derived largely from Italian, directly or through Lingua Franca.
  • porosis — a porous condition of bones
  • pyrosis — heartburn (def 1).
  • resnais — Alain (alɛ̃). 1922–2014, French film director, whose films include Hiroshima mon amour (1959), L'Année dernière à Marienbad (1961), La Vie est un roman (1983), and On Connaît la Chanson (1998)
  • rhachis — rachis.
  • russkis — a contemptuous term used to refer to a Russian.
  • salamis — a kind of sausage, originally Italian, often flavored with garlic.
  • sarapis — Serapis (def 1).
  • scepsis — a philosophical attitude of doubt or scepticism
  • seferis — George. pen name of Georgios Seferiades. 1900–71, Greek poet and diplomat: Nobel prize for literature 1963
  • serapis — Also, Sarapis. a Greco-Egyptian deity combining the attributes of Osiris and Apis, identified in Egypt with the Ptolemies: later worshiped throughout the Greek and Roman empires.
  • sherris — sherry.
  • sinopis — a red ocher, used from antiquity to the Middle Ages.
  • skepsis — doubt
  • solaris — (operating system)   Sun Microsystems, Inc.'s version of the Unix operating system. As well as the core operating system, Solaris inludes networking software, the Java Virtual Machine, the CDE/Desktop that includes an X11-based windowing environment and graphical user interface. Sun claim that Solaris is not just an operating system but an "operating environment". Solaris 1.x was a retroactive (marketing?) name for SunOS 4.1.x (where x>=1). Solaris 2.x (which is the first version most people call "Solaris") includes SunOS5.x, which is an SVR4-derived Unix, OpenWindows 3.x, and tooltalk.
  • sorosis — a fleshy multiple fruit composed of many flowers, seed vessels, and receptacles consolidated, as in the pineapple and mulberry.
  • sturgisRussell, 1836–1909, U.S. architect and author.
  • stypsis — the employment or application of styptics.
  • sybaris — an ancient Greek city in S Italy: noted for its wealth and luxury; destroyed 510 b.c.
  • sycosis — an inflammatory disease of the hair follicles, characterized by a pustular eruption.
  • synaxis — an assembly for religious worship, especially for the celebration of the Eucharist.
  • synesis — a construction in which an expected grammatical agreement in form is replaced by an agreement in meaning, as in The crowd rose to their feet, where a plural pronoun is used to refer to a singular noun.
  • telesis — deliberate, purposeful utilization of the processes of nature and society to obtain particular goals.
  • tharsis — Tarshish.
  • that is — (used with adjectives and adverbs of quantity or extent) to the extent or degree indicated: that much; The fish was that big.
  • thespis — flourished 6th century b.c, Greek poet.
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