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There are 16 seven-letter words containing ESIS

ALGESIS• ALGESIS n. the sensation of pain.
ANOESIS• anoesis n. (Psychology) The reception of impressions or sensations (by the brain) without any intellectual understanding.
• ANOESIS n. consciousness with sensation but without thought.
APHESIS• aphesis n. (Linguistics, prosody) The loss of the initial unstressed vowel of a word.
• APHESIS n. (Greek) the loss of an unstressed vowel from the beginning of a word.
ASCESIS• ascesis n. (Rigorous) self-discipline, particularly as a religious observance; asceticism.
• ascesis n. (Christianity, chiefly Eastern Orthodoxy and Catholicism, specifically) The praxis or "exercise" of…
• ASCESIS n. (Greek) the conduct of an ascetic, also ASKESIS.
ASKESIS• askesis n. Alternative form of ascesis.
• ASKESIS n. (Greek) the conduct of an ascetic, also ASCESIS.
AUXESIS• auxesis n. (Rhetoric) A rhetorical device whereby the subject matter is made greater, particularly.
• auxesis n. (Biology) Biological growth, (now usually restricted to) expansion or growth of an organism apart from…
• auxesis n. (Chemistry) The condition of being auxetic.
DESISTS• desists v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of desist.
• DESIST v. to cease doing something.
GENESIS• genesis n. The origin, start, or point at which something comes into being.
• Genesis prop.n. (Religion) The first book in the Hebrew Bible.
• Genesis prop.n. A female given name from Ancient Greek of American usage since the 1980s.
KINESIS• kinesis n. (Biology) The movement of an organism in response to an external stimulus.
• kinesis n. (Physics) Any energy that creates/controls movement.
• kinesis n. (Philosophy) The force driving life forward.
MIMESIS• mimesis n. The representation of aspects of the real world, especially human actions, in literature and art.
• mimesis n. (Biology) Mimicry.
• mimesis n. (Medicine) The appearance of symptoms of a disease not actually present.
NEMESIS• nemesis n. (Chiefly North America) An enemy, especially an archenemy.
• nemesis n. (Chiefly outside the US and Canada) A person or character who specifically brings about the downfall…
• nemesis n. The personification of the "fatal flaw" of a dramatic hero in the style of Greek tragedy.
PARESIS• paresis n. A paralysis which is incomplete or which occurs in isolated areas.
• paresis n. Inflammation of the brain as a cause of dementia or paralysis.
• PARESIS n. (Greek) a partial form of paralysis affecting muscle movements but not diminishing sensation.
PEDESIS• pedesis n. Brownian motion.
• PEDESIS n. (Greek) a Brownian movement.
RESISTS• resists n. Plural of resist.
• resists v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of resist.
• RESIST v. to strive against, oppose.
SYNESIS• synesis n. (Grammar) A grammatical construction in which a word takes the gender or number not of the word with…
• synesis n. (Philosophy) The faculty of good judgment or comprehension, passive intelligence.
• SYNESIS n. a construction in which a form differs in number but agrees in meaning with the word governing it, e. g. if anyone arrives, tell them to wait.
TELESIS• telesis n. The intelligent planning of the means to achieve a desired end.
• TELESIS n. (Greek) planned progress.

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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