Countable Nouns Ending in IS and Containing ES

This list gathers 174 English countable nouns ending in IS and containing ES, such as Thesis, Hypothesis, Synthesis, Nemesis, Parenthesis, Antithesis and Prosthesis. Use the sorting controls below to organize entries by length, or consult our noun grammar guide to review singular and plural count rules.

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Starts with A
21 words
antithesis
amniocentesis
anamnesis
apheresis
arthrodesis
agenesis
askesis
autogenesis
anagenesis
aposiopesis
anthesis
androgenesis
aphesis
aesthesis
autokinesis
auxesis
abdominocentesis
anesis
anticyclogenesis
antimetathesis
athetesis
Starts with B
3 words
biosynthesis
bombogenesis
buprestis
Starts with C
19 words
carcinogenesis
catechesis
cytokinesis
catachresis
cladogenesis
cataphoresis
cordocentesis
centesis
counterhypothesis
cyesis
cardiocentesis
cenogenesis
chemokinesis
caenogenesis
colocentesis
celioparacentesis
celiocentesis
celiocyesis
cephalocentesis
Starts with D
13 words
diuresis
diathesis
diegesis
diaeresis
diesis
diapedesis
dysgenesis
desmitis
desmosis
desmorrhexis
diasynthesis
desynapsis
diaporesis
Starts with E
24 words
esophagitis
exegesis
electrophoresis
emesis
ethnogenesis
eisegesis
electrosynthesis
epenthesis
epiclesis
epexegesis
epithesis
erotesis
exeresis
esthesis
epeirogenesis
ecphonesis
exairesis
endogenesis
endoesophagitis
esophagostenosis
enanthesis
esophagomycosis
exomologesis
esogastritis
Starts with F
1 words
fasciodesis
Starts with G
2 words
genesis
gametogenesis
Starts with H
7 words
hypothesis
hysteresis
hemiparesis
hesperis
hesperornis
hyphaeresis
heterauxesis
Starts with I
5 words
iontophoresis
immunoelectrophoresis
ionophoresis
interkinesis
immunophoresis
Starts with K
3 words
kinesis
karyokinesis
kenogenesis
Starts with L
2 words
lachesis
laryngovestibulitis
Starts with M
11 words
mutagenesis
metathesis
mythopoesis
mythogenesis
metagenesis
megasporogenesis
microsporogenesis
mesenteritis
merogenesis
mastoideocentesis
mesoappendicitis
Starts with N
1 words
nemesis
Starts with O
4 words
organogenesis
orogenesis
onomatopoiesis
ovotestis
Starts with P
24 words
parenthesis
prosthesis
pathogenesis
plasmapheresis
paracentesis
pheresis
pericardiocentesis
prothesis
phylogenesis
paraparesis
palingenesis
paraenesis
paragenesis
pseudocyesis
plateletpheresis
pleurocentesis
periegesis
parathesis
proairesis
parasynthesis
parenesis
peritoneocentesis
photokinesis
phylesis
Starts with R
3 words
resynthesis
restenosis
resinosis
Starts with S
14 words
synthesis
spondylolisthesis
syndesmosis
syneresis
syndesis
spondylosyndesis
schindylesis
synizesis
synchoresis
synanthesis
schesis
salpingocyesis
syneilesis
synecphonesis
Starts with T
6 words
thesis
testis
thoracentesis
tmesis
transgenesis
thoracocentesis
Starts with X
1 words
xenogenesis

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