Words ending with lis

abies amabilis means: medium to tall fir of western North America having a conic crown and branches in tiers; leaves smell of orange when crushed

abudefduf saxatilis means: large blue-grey black-striped damselfish; nearly worldwide

acanthus mollis means: widely cultivated southern European acanthus with whitish purple-veined flowers

accipiter gentilis means: large hawk of Eurasia and North America used in falconry

acheta assimilis means: common American black cricket; attacks crops and also enters dwellings

acocanthera spectabilis means: medium-sized shrubby tree of South Africa having thick leathery evergreen leaves and white or pink flowers and globose usually two-seeded purplish black fruits

acropolis means: the citadel in ancient Greek towns

adrianopolis means: a city in northwestern Turkey; a Thracian town that was rebuilt and renamed by the Roman Emperor Hadrian

aegilops triuncalis means: European grass naturalized as a weed in North America; sharp-pointed seeds cause injury when eaten by livestock

aeolis means: an ancient coastal region of northwestern Asia Minor (including Lesbos) where the Aeolians founded several cities around 1100 BC

basileus means: a ruler of the eastern Roman Empire

cacoethes means: an irrational but irresistible motive for a belief or action

eruptive means: actively spewing out lava

eruptive means: produced by the action of fire or intense heat

eruptive means: producing or characterized by eruptions

everest means: a mountain in the central Himalayas on the border of Tibet and Nepal; the highest mountain peak in the world (29,028 feet high)

genus chamaecytisus means: small late-flowering trees or subshrubs having yellow to red flowers and leathery or woody pods; often especially formerly included in genus Cytisus

genus syrrhaptes means: a genus of Pteroclididae

hemispherical means: of or relating to or being a hemisphere

innovative means: being or producing something like nothing done or experienced or created before

innovative means: ahead of the times

kashag means: the advisory board of the Tibetan government-in-exile

langue d'oil french means: medieval provincial dialects of French spoken in central and northern France

lanyard means: (nautical) a line used for extending or fastening rigging on ships

lanyard means: a cord worn around the neck to hold a knife or whistle

lanyard means: a cord with an attached hook that is used to fire certain types of cannon

magisterial means: used of a person's appearance or behavior; befitting an eminent person

magisterial means: offensively self-assured or given to exercising usually unwarranted power

magisterial means: of or relating to a magistrate

old latin means: the oldest recorded Latin (dating back at early as the 6th century B.C.)