10-Letter Words Ending: IS

• the master gland of the endocrine system; located at the base of the brain

• reproduction involving the union or fusion of a male and a female gamete

• union of sperm and egg in sexual reproduction

• movement by a cell or organism in reaction to a chemical stimulus

• the purple or black-and-blue area resulting from a bruise

• the escape of blood from ruptured blood vessels into the surrounding tissue to form a purple or black-and-blue spot on the skin

• The secretion of substances through cellular membranes, either to excrete waste products or as a regulatory function.

• In British India, a system used to collect revenues from the ryots (cultivators of agricultural land) indirectly through the zamindars, as opposed to ryotwari, where revenues were collected directly.

• The office or jurisdiction of a zamindar.

• The land possessed by a zamindar.

• The movement of an organism either towards or away from a source of light

• a proposal intended to explain certain facts or observations

• a tentative insight into the natural world; a concept that is not yet verified but that if true would explain certain facts or phenomena

• a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence

• layer of cells that secretes the chitinous cuticle in e.g. arthropods