Countable Nouns Ending in IS and Containing L

This list gathers 491 English countable nouns ending in IS and containing L, such as Analysis, Louis, Paralysis, Metropolis, Pelvis, Dialysis and Psychoanalysis. 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
24 words
analysis
acropolis
amaryllis
amyloidosis
autolysis
alkalosis
atelectasis
anglais
allantois
aspergillosis
ankylosis
aerotropolis
alveolitis
allis
anolis
anomalocaris
anadiplosis
ampelopsis
antanaclasis
anagallis
apalis
arteriolosclerosis
anaclisis
anticyclogenesis
Starts with B
20 words
beaujolais
balanitis
biocatalysis
bellis
blastomycosis
bacteriolysis
blepharoconjunctivitis
braaivleis
bubalis
bothriolepis
blepharophimosis
broncholithiasis
blepharostenosis
blepharolithiasis
bronchoaspergillosis
biolysis
blepharoadenitis
blepharodiastasis
bulbilis
blepharosymphysis
Starts with C
24 words
clitoris
colitis
chrysalis
clovis
chablis
catalysis
coulis
clematis
charolais
cholelithiasis
clevis
cryptanalysis
challis
cholangitis
cheilitis
clafoutis
chemoprophylaxis
clavis
corydalis
cosmopolis
classis
collis
cladogenesis
catalexis
Starts with D
11 words
dialysis
digitalis
didelphis
dilis
deplasmolysis
diastalsis
diaplasis
dicatalexis
diaclasis
dactylosymphysis
diacoelosis
Starts with E
24 words
elvis
ellipsis
encephalitis
epiglottis
electrophoresis
epiglottitis
encephalomyelitis
enterocolitis
electrosynthesis
epiclesis
eclipsis
engraulis
ephelis
epulis
enclisis
enteroclysis
electroanalysis
electroosmosis
epanalepsis
electrodiagnosis
epiplexis
epistylis
ethanolysis
encephalomeningitis
Starts with F
9 words
felis
follis
finalis
frontolysis
fontinalis
fasciolopsis
fetialis
fimbristylis
flagellosis
Starts with G
10 words
glottis
glacis
glomerulonephritis
gliosis
gracilis
glossitis
granulosis
gliomatosis
gastroenterocolitis
gastrocoloptosis
Starts with H
21 words
hydrolysis
hemodialysis
hemerocallis
hyperlordosis
hamamelis
helminthiasis
hallucinosis
haliotis
heliopsis
homolysis
hydrogenolysis
hematolysis
heterolysis
histolysis
holophrasis
hypnoanalysis
hymenocallis
hypercatalexis
haplosis
hypodermatoclysis
hydrocholecystis
Starts with I
5 words
immunoelectrophoresis
ideopolis
illadopsis
intertransversalis
isoplexis
Starts with K
6 words
kalis
kalpis
keratomileusis
karyolysis
kalimeris
kyllosis
Starts with L
24 words
louis
lewis
levis
lapis
lysis
lis
loris
lipolysis
lordosis
lycoris
leishmaniasis
lyonnais
lachesis
liatris
lenis
leukocytosis
lithiasis
lychnis
lymphadenitis
lipomatosis
lymphocytosis
leucosis
leukosis
lymphogranulomatosis
Starts with M
24 words
metropolis
majlis
megalopolis
myelitis
meningoencephalitis
misanalysis
mirabilis
melioidosis
melanosis
microanalysis
metalepsis
metanalysis
milreis
morphallaxis
mucopolysaccharidosis
micropolis
mycoplasmosis
metaplasis
myeloencephalitis
miltoniopsis
macrothelypteris
mastoidohumeralis
melittis
metrolymphangitis
Starts with N
6 words
necropolis
neurolysis
narcoanalysis
nephrolepis
nephroangiosclerosis
nephrocoloptosis
Starts with O
13 words
overanalysis
osteomyelitis
orbicularis
oxalis
ozonolysis
occipitofrontalis
osteoclasis
ophthalmomycosis
ophthalmodiagnosis
ophthalmomyositis
ophthalmoneuritis
olecranarthritis
ophthalmorrhexis
Starts with P
24 words
paralysis
pelvis
psychoanalysis
prophylaxis
pyrolysis
polis
palais
portcullis
prolepsis
plasmapheresis
proteolysis
physalis
photolysis
phalaenopsis
paralipsis
polioencephalitis
polyarthritis
polyposis
plasmolysis
pentapolis
phyllotaxis
papillitis
phylogenesis
papillomatosis
Starts with Q
1 words
quisqualis
Starts with R
6 words
reanalysis
radiolysis
rhipsalis
rhaphiolepis
rhipsalidopsis
radioanaphylaxis
Starts with S
24 words
sclerosis
scoliosis
spondylosis
spondylolisthesis
seychellois
syllepsis
spondylolysis
solenopsis
sialadenitis
solvolysis
spondylarthritis
salmis
strongylosis
sialis
sialosis
salpiglossis
sialolithiasis
sacrospinalis
spondylosyndesis
schizostylis
sialostenosis
schindylesis
sclerotitis
semimicroanalysis
Starts with T
20 words
trellis
thrombolysis
torticollis
thrombophlebitis
temporalis
tibialis
telangiectasis
thermolysis
typhlitis
technopolis
tylosis
tetrapolis
trientalis
thlipsis
telotaxis
trichocephaliasis
teretiscapularis
thrombolymphangitis
tracheloacromialis
thoracoceloschisis
Starts with U
5 words
urinalysis
urolithiasis
uvulitis
ulosis
ureteropyelonephritis
Starts with V
4 words
vasculitis
valvulitis
vulvovaginitis
vallis
Starts with X
2 words
xanthoxalis
xiphihumeralis
Starts with Z
3 words
zymolysis
zygolabialis
zygomaticoauricularis

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