Words ending with the suffix -ESIS
Includes words ending in -GENESIS, KINESIS, SYNTHESIS, THESIS, etc.
This list is expanded and updated regularly.
All of the words on this list are nouns.
abiogenesis
aesthesis (British English) or esthesis (American English) also aesthesia (Br Eng) or esthesia (Am Eng)
agamogenesis
agenesis also agenesia
agennesis also impotence, sterility
akinesis also akinesia
amniocentesis
amniogenesis
amphigenesis also amphigony
amylogenesis
anaesthesis same as anaesthesia (British English) or anesthesia (American English)
anagenesis
anamnesis
androgenesis
angiogenesis
anoesis
anthesis
anthropogenesis also anthropogeny
antimetathesis
antipyresis
antithesis
anuresis
aparithmesis
aphaeresis (British English) or apheresis (American English)
aphesis
aposiopesis
apothesis
arthrodesis also called artificial ankylosis
ascesis same as askesis
askesis also ascesis
atherogenesis
autogenesis also autogeny
autokinesis
auxesis
biogenesis also biogeny
biopoiesis
biosynthesis
blastogenesis
caenogenesis or cainogenesis or cenogenesis or kainogenesis
carcinogenesis
catachresis
cataphoresis
catechesis
cenesthesis (American English) or coenesthesis (British English) also cenesthesia (Am Eng) or coenesthesia (Br Eng)
cenogenesis or caenogenesis or cainogenesis or kainogenesis
centesis
chemokinesis
chemosynthesis
chondrogenesis
cladogenesis
coenesthesis (British English) or cenesthesis (American English) also coenesthesia (Br Eng) or cenesthesia (Am Eng)
counterhypothesis
cyanogenesis
cyclogenesis
cyesis same as pregnancy
cytogenesis
cytokinesis
diaeresis (British English) or dieresis (American English)
diagenesis
diakinesis
diapedesis
diaphoresis
diathesis
diegesis
dieresis (American English) or diaeresis (British English)
diesis also called double dagger
digenesis also alternation of generations
diplogenesis
diuresis
dynamogenesis
dysgenesis
ecesis
ecphonesis also exclamation
ectogenesis
eisegesis
electrogenesis
electrophoresis
embryogenesis also embryogeny
emesis same as vomitus
empyesis
endogenesis also endogeny
enterocentesis
enuresis
epeirogenesis also epeirogeny or epirogeny
epenthesis
epexegesis
epiclesis
epigenesis
epithesis
erotesis also erotema, eroteme
erotogenesis
erythropoiesis
esthesis (American English) or aesthesis (British English)
eudiaphoresis
eugenesis
exaeresis (British English) or exeresis (American English)
exanthesis
exegesis
exeresis (American English) or exaeresis (British English)
frontogenesis
galactopoiesis
gametogenesis also gametogeny
gamogenesis
geneagenesis
genesis
glucogenesis
gluconeogenesis also glyconeogenesis
glycogenesis
glyconeogenesis same as gluconeogenesis
granulocytopoiesis same as granulopoiesis
granulopoiesis also called granulocytopoiesis
gynogenesis
haematemesis (British English) or hematemesis (American English)
haematogenesis (British English) or hematogenesis (American English)
haematopoiesis (British English) or hematopoiesis (American English) also haemopoiesis (Br Eng) or hemopoiesis (Am Eng)
haemopoiesis (British English) or hemopoiesis (American English) also haematopoiesis (Br Eng) or hematopoiesis (Am Eng)
hemapheresis same as apheresis
hematemesis (American English) or haematemesis (British English)
hematogenesis (American English) or haematogenesis (British English)
hematopoiesis (American English) or haematopoiesis (British English) also hemopoiesis (Am Eng) or haemopoiesis (Br Eng)
hemopoiesis (American English) or haemopoiesis (British English) also hematopoiesis (Am Eng) or haematopoiesis (Br Eng)
heterauxesis
heterogenesis 1. also heterogeny 2. same as abiogenesis
histogenesis
homogenesis
hyperemesis
hypergenesis
hyperkinesis also hyperkinesia
hypnogenesis
hypothesis
hysteresis
immunoelectrophoresis
interkinesis same as interphase
ionophoresis same as electrophoresis
iontophoresis
iridesis also called iridodesis
iridodesis same as iridesis
iridokinesis also iridokinesia
iridosteresis
kainogenesis or cainogenesis or caenogenesis or cenogenesis
karyogenesis
karyokinesis
kenogenesis or cenogenesis or caenogenesis or cainogenesis or kainogenesis
ketogenesis
kinaesthesis (British English) or kinesthesis (American English) same as kinaesthesia (Br Eng) or kinesthesia (Am Eng)
kinesis
kinesthesis (American English) or kinaesthesis (British English) same as kinesthesia (Am Eng) or kinaesthesia (Br Eng)
kinetogenesis
leucocytogenesis
leucopoiesis or leukopoiesis also called leucocytopoiesis
leukaemogenesis (British English) or leukemogenesis (American English)
leukemogenesis (American English) or leukaemogenesis (British English)
leukopoiesis or leucopoiesis also called leucocytopoiesis
lipogenesis
lymphoplasmapheresis
lymphopoiesis
mathesis (Rare)
megasporogenesis
melanogenesis
merogenesis
metagenesis
metathesis
microelectrophoresis
microsporogenesis
mimesis
monogenesis also monogeny
morphogenesis
mutagenesis
mythopoesis also mythopoeia
narcosynthesis
natriuresis
nemesis
Nemesis proper noun (Greek Mythology)
neogenesis
neurogenesis
neuropathogenesis
noesis
nonsynthesis
nucleosynthesis
ochlesis
oncogenesis
ontogenesis also ontogeny
oogenesis
organogenesis also organogeny
orogenesis also orogeny
orthogenesis
osteogenesis
paedogenesis (British English) or pedogenesis (American English)
palingenesis
pangenesis
paracentesis also called tapping
paragenesis
paraparesis
parasynthesis
parathesis
parenesis (Rare) also exhortation
parenthesis
paresis
parthenogenesis
pathogenesis also pathogeny
pedesis same as Brownian movement, Brownian motion
pedogenesis (American English) or paedogenesis (British English)
perigenesis
petrogenesis also petrogeny
pheresis
photokinesis
photomorphogenesis
photosynthesis
phronesis
phylogenesis also phylogeny
phytogenesis
plasmapheresis
pleurocentesis same as thoracentesis
polygenesis
polysynthesis
prosthesis
prothesis
pseudocyesis also false pregnancy
psychogenesis
psychokinesis also called telekinesis
psychosynthesis
pyogenesis
pyrokinesis
regenesis
resynthesis
schesis
schindylesis
schizogenesis
self-antithesis
spermatogenesis
spermiogenesis
spondylolisthesis
spondylosyndesis same as spinal fusion
sporogenesis
steroidogenesis
subhypothesis
synaeresis (British English) or syneresis (American English)
synanthesis
synartesis (Rare)
synchoresis
synderesis also called synteresis
syndesis also synapsis
synecphonesis also synizesis
syneresis (American English) or synaeresis (British English)
synesis
syngenesis
synizesis also called synaeresis
synkinesis
synteresis same as synderesis
synthesis
taboparesis
taphrogenesis
telekinesis same as psychokinesis
telesis
teratogenesis also called teratogeny, teratogenicity
thermogenesis
thesis
thoracentesis also thoracocentesis also called pleurocentesis
thoracocentesis same as thoracentesis
tmesis
transgenesis
tumorigenesis (American English) or tumourigenesis (British English)
uresis same as urination
uropoiesis
vitellogenesis
xenogenesis also xenogeny
zygogenesis
zymogenesis
Includes words ending in -GENESIS, KINESIS, SYNTHESIS, THESIS, etc.
This list is expanded and updated regularly.
All of the words on this list are nouns.
abiogenesis
aesthesis (British English) or esthesis (American English) also aesthesia (Br Eng) or esthesia (Am Eng)
agamogenesis
agenesis also agenesia
agennesis also impotence, sterility
akinesis also akinesia
amniocentesis
amniogenesis
amphigenesis also amphigony
amylogenesis
anaesthesis same as anaesthesia (British English) or anesthesia (American English)
anagenesis
anamnesis
androgenesis
angiogenesis
anoesis
anthesis
anthropogenesis also anthropogeny
antimetathesis
antipyresis
antithesis
anuresis
aparithmesis
aphaeresis (British English) or apheresis (American English)
aphesis
aposiopesis
apothesis
arthrodesis also called artificial ankylosis
ascesis same as askesis
askesis also ascesis
atherogenesis
autogenesis also autogeny
autokinesis
auxesis
biogenesis also biogeny
biopoiesis
biosynthesis
blastogenesis
caenogenesis or cainogenesis or cenogenesis or kainogenesis
carcinogenesis
catachresis
cataphoresis
catechesis
cenesthesis (American English) or coenesthesis (British English) also cenesthesia (Am Eng) or coenesthesia (Br Eng)
cenogenesis or caenogenesis or cainogenesis or kainogenesis
centesis
chemokinesis
chemosynthesis
chondrogenesis
cladogenesis
coenesthesis (British English) or cenesthesis (American English) also coenesthesia (Br Eng) or cenesthesia (Am Eng)
counterhypothesis
cyanogenesis
cyclogenesis
cyesis same as pregnancy
cytogenesis
cytokinesis
diaeresis (British English) or dieresis (American English)
diagenesis
diakinesis
diapedesis
diaphoresis
diathesis
diegesis
dieresis (American English) or diaeresis (British English)
diesis also called double dagger
digenesis also alternation of generations
diplogenesis
diuresis
dynamogenesis
dysgenesis
ecesis
ecphonesis also exclamation
ectogenesis
eisegesis
electrogenesis
electrophoresis
embryogenesis also embryogeny
emesis same as vomitus
empyesis
endogenesis also endogeny
enterocentesis
enuresis
epeirogenesis also epeirogeny or epirogeny
epenthesis
epexegesis
epiclesis
epigenesis
epithesis
erotesis also erotema, eroteme
erotogenesis
erythropoiesis
esthesis (American English) or aesthesis (British English)
eudiaphoresis
eugenesis
exaeresis (British English) or exeresis (American English)
exanthesis
exegesis
exeresis (American English) or exaeresis (British English)
frontogenesis
galactopoiesis
gametogenesis also gametogeny
gamogenesis
geneagenesis
genesis
glucogenesis
gluconeogenesis also glyconeogenesis
glycogenesis
glyconeogenesis same as gluconeogenesis
granulocytopoiesis same as granulopoiesis
granulopoiesis also called granulocytopoiesis
gynogenesis
haematemesis (British English) or hematemesis (American English)
haematogenesis (British English) or hematogenesis (American English)
haematopoiesis (British English) or hematopoiesis (American English) also haemopoiesis (Br Eng) or hemopoiesis (Am Eng)
haemopoiesis (British English) or hemopoiesis (American English) also haematopoiesis (Br Eng) or hematopoiesis (Am Eng)
hemapheresis same as apheresis
hematemesis (American English) or haematemesis (British English)
hematogenesis (American English) or haematogenesis (British English)
hematopoiesis (American English) or haematopoiesis (British English) also hemopoiesis (Am Eng) or haemopoiesis (Br Eng)
hemopoiesis (American English) or haemopoiesis (British English) also hematopoiesis (Am Eng) or haematopoiesis (Br Eng)
heterauxesis
heterogenesis 1. also heterogeny 2. same as abiogenesis
histogenesis
homogenesis
hyperemesis
hypergenesis
hyperkinesis also hyperkinesia
hypnogenesis
hypothesis
hysteresis
immunoelectrophoresis
interkinesis same as interphase
ionophoresis same as electrophoresis
iontophoresis
iridesis also called iridodesis
iridodesis same as iridesis
iridokinesis also iridokinesia
iridosteresis
kainogenesis or cainogenesis or caenogenesis or cenogenesis
karyogenesis
karyokinesis
kenogenesis or cenogenesis or caenogenesis or cainogenesis or kainogenesis
ketogenesis
kinaesthesis (British English) or kinesthesis (American English) same as kinaesthesia (Br Eng) or kinesthesia (Am Eng)
kinesis
kinesthesis (American English) or kinaesthesis (British English) same as kinesthesia (Am Eng) or kinaesthesia (Br Eng)
kinetogenesis
leucocytogenesis
leucopoiesis or leukopoiesis also called leucocytopoiesis
leukaemogenesis (British English) or leukemogenesis (American English)
leukemogenesis (American English) or leukaemogenesis (British English)
leukopoiesis or leucopoiesis also called leucocytopoiesis
lipogenesis
lymphoplasmapheresis
lymphopoiesis
mathesis (Rare)
megasporogenesis
melanogenesis
merogenesis
metagenesis
metathesis
microelectrophoresis
microsporogenesis
mimesis
monogenesis also monogeny
morphogenesis
mutagenesis
mythopoesis also mythopoeia
narcosynthesis
natriuresis
nemesis
Nemesis proper noun (Greek Mythology)
neogenesis
neurogenesis
neuropathogenesis
noesis
nonsynthesis
nucleosynthesis
ochlesis
oncogenesis
ontogenesis also ontogeny
oogenesis
organogenesis also organogeny
orogenesis also orogeny
orthogenesis
osteogenesis
paedogenesis (British English) or pedogenesis (American English)
palingenesis
pangenesis
paracentesis also called tapping
paragenesis
paraparesis
parasynthesis
parathesis
parenesis (Rare) also exhortation
parenthesis
paresis
parthenogenesis
pathogenesis also pathogeny
pedesis same as Brownian movement, Brownian motion
pedogenesis (American English) or paedogenesis (British English)
perigenesis
petrogenesis also petrogeny
pheresis
photokinesis
photomorphogenesis
photosynthesis
phronesis
phylogenesis also phylogeny
phytogenesis
plasmapheresis
pleurocentesis same as thoracentesis
polygenesis
polysynthesis
prosthesis
prothesis
pseudocyesis also false pregnancy
psychogenesis
psychokinesis also called telekinesis
psychosynthesis
pyogenesis
pyrokinesis
regenesis
resynthesis
schesis
schindylesis
schizogenesis
self-antithesis
spermatogenesis
spermiogenesis
spondylolisthesis
spondylosyndesis same as spinal fusion
sporogenesis
steroidogenesis
subhypothesis
synaeresis (British English) or syneresis (American English)
synanthesis
synartesis (Rare)
synchoresis
synderesis also called synteresis
syndesis also synapsis
synecphonesis also synizesis
syneresis (American English) or synaeresis (British English)
synesis
syngenesis
synizesis also called synaeresis
synkinesis
synteresis same as synderesis
synthesis
taboparesis
taphrogenesis
telekinesis same as psychokinesis
telesis
teratogenesis also called teratogeny, teratogenicity
thermogenesis
thesis
thoracentesis also thoracocentesis also called pleurocentesis
thoracocentesis same as thoracentesis
tmesis
transgenesis
tumorigenesis (American English) or tumourigenesis (British English)
uresis same as urination
uropoiesis
vitellogenesis
xenogenesis also xenogeny
zygogenesis
zymogenesis
