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There are 19 eleven-letter words containing ASIS

ANTIPHRASIS• antiphrasis n. (Rhetoric) Use of a word or phrase in a sense not in accord with its literal meaning, especially for…
• ANTIPHRASIS n. the humorous or ironic use of a word or a phrase in a sense opposite of its usual meaning.
ATELECTASIS• atelectasis n. (Medicine) The collapse of a part of or the whole lung caused by inner factors rather than a pneumothorax.
• ATELECTASIS n. incomplete dilatation or collapse of lungs.
CANDIDIASIS• candidiasis n. (Pathology) A fungal infection of any of the Candida (yeast) species.
• CANDIDIASIS n. a thrush-like infection caused by the candida fungus.
CHOLESTASIS• cholestasis n. (Pathology) The suppression of the flow of bile caused by an obstruction associated with the liver.
• CHOLESTASIS n. a checking or failure of bile flow.
ECSTASISING• ecstasising v. Present participle of ecstasise.
• ECSTASISE v. to be ecstatic, also ECSTASIZE.
EMPHASISING• emphasising v. Present participle of emphasise.
• EMPHASISE v. to add emphasis to, also EMPHASIZE.
FANTASISERS• fantasisers n. Plural of fantasiser.
• FANTASISER n. one who fantasises, also FANTASIZER.
FANTASISING• fantasising v. Present participle of fantasise.
• FANTASISE v. to visualize in fantasy, also FANTASIZE.
HAEMOSTASIS• haemostasis n. (British spelling) Alternative spelling of hemostasis.
• hæmostasis n. Alternative form of hemostasis.
• HAEMOSTASIS n. stoppage of bleeding or the circulation, also HAEMOSTASIA, HEMOSTASIA, HEMOSTASIS.
HOMEOSTASIS• homeostasis n. (Physiology) The ability of a system or living organism to adjust its internal environment to maintain…
• homeostasis n. Such a dynamic equilibrium or balance.
• HOMEOSTASIS n. a tendency towards health or stable physical conditions, also HOMOEOSTASIS.
HYPOSTASISE• hypostasise v. Alternative form of hypostasize.
• HYPOSTASISE v. to treat as hypostasis, to personify, also HYPOSTASIZE, HYPOSTATISE, HYPOSTATIZE.
ICONOSTASIS• iconostasis n. (Eastern Orthodoxy) A wall of icons between the sanctuary and the nave in a church of eastern Christendom.
• ICONOSTASIS n. (Greek) in Eastern churches, a screen separating the sanctuary from the nave, also ICONOSTAS.
METAPHRASIS• metaphrasis n. Metaphrase; direct word-for-word translation.
• metaphrasis n. Metaphrase; repartee.
• METAPHRASIS n. a turning of prose into verse, or verse into prose.
METASTASISE• metastasise v. Alternative spelling of metastasize.
• METASTASISE v. to spread or grow by or as if by metastasis, also METASTASIZE.
MISEMPHASIS• misemphasis n. Bad or wrong emphasis.
• MISEMPHASIS n. a wrong emphasis.
OSTEOCLASIS• osteoclasis n. (Medicine) The surgical fracture of a bone in order to correct a deformity.
• OSTEOCLASIS n. the surgical breaking of a bone.
PERIPHRASIS• periphrasis n. The use of a longer expression instead of a shorter one with a similar meaning, for example "I am going…
• periphrasis n. (Linguistics) Expressing a grammatical meaning (such as a tense) using a syntactic construction rather…
• periphrasis n. (Rhetoric) The substitution of a descriptive word or phrase for a proper name (a type of circumlocution).
PHTHIRIASIS• phthiriasis n. (Medicine) An infestation with crab lice.
• phthiriasis n. A pediculosis.
• PHTHIRIASIS n. infestation with lice.
REEMPHASISE• reemphasise v. Non-Oxford British spelling standard spelling of reemphasize.
• re-emphasise v. (British spelling) Alternative spelling of reemphasize.
• REEMPHASISE v. to emphasise again, also REEMPHASIZE.

Scrabble words — in black are valid world wide — in RED are not valid in North America — in GREEN are valid only in North America.
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  • English Wiktionary: 84 words
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  • Scrabble in Spanish: 21 words
  • Scrabble in Italian: no word
  • Scrabble in German: no word
  • Scrabble in Romanian: 58 words


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