5-Letter Words Ending: SIS

• recuperation in which the symptoms of an acute disease gradually subside

• (biochemistry) dissolution or destruction of cells such as blood cells or bacteria

• a relation that provides the foundation for something

• the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained

• the most important or necessary part of something

• a domed or vaulted recess or projection on a building especially the east end of a church; usually contains the altar

• a fertile tract in a desert (where the water table approaches the surface)

• a shelter serving as a place of safety or sanctuary

• The stronger part of a musical measure: the part containing the beat.

• The stronger part of a metrical foot: the part containing the long (heavy) syllable in quantitative meter, or the stressed syllable in a qualitative meter.

• The elevation of the hand, or that part of the bar at which it is raised, in beating time; the weak or unaccented part of the bar, opposed to the thesis.

• The elevation of the voice to a higher pitch in speaking.