9-letter words containing c, n, s
- nicknacks — an ornamental trinket or gimcrack; a bit of bric-a-brac.
- nicknames — Plural form of nickname.
- nickstick — a stick on which notches are made for the purpose of keeping a tally; by extension, a tally or account
- nicodemus — a Pharisee and member of the Sanhedrin who became a secret follower of Jesus. John 3:1–21; 7:50–52; 19:39.
- nicopolis — city in ancient Epirus
- nietzsche — Friedrich Wilhelm [free-drikh vil-helm] /ˈfri drɪx ˈvɪl hɛlm/ (Show IPA), 1844–1900, German philosopher.
- nightcaps — Plural form of nightcap.
- ninescore — the product (180) of nine multiplied by twenty
- nipcheese — a ship's purser
- no claims — A no claims discount or bonus is a reduction in the money that you have to pay for an insurance policy, which you get when you have not made any claims in the previous year.
- no excuse — If you say that there is no excuse for something, you are emphasizing that it should not happen, or expressing disapproval that it has happened.
- nocturnes — Plural form of nocturne.
- nocuously — In a nocuous manner.
- noisecore — (music) A genre of hardcore punk music characterized by distorted feedback.
- non-stick — Non-stick saucepans, frying pans, or baking tins have a special coating on the inside which prevents food from sticking to them.
- nonblacks — Plural form of nonblack.
- noncampus — not located on a campus of a university, corporation, or any other business or organization
- noncasual — not casual
- noncausal — of, constituting, or implying a cause.
- noncompos — A foolish person.
- noncrisis — a situation that is not considered to be a crisis
- nonfiscal — not involving government funds
- noninsect — an animal that is not an insect
- nonracist — One who is not a racist.
- nonsacred — Not sacred.
- nonschool — not relating to school
- nonsecret — not secret
- nonsocial — relating to, devoted to, or characterized by friendly companionship or relations: a social club.
- nonspeech — absence of speech; silence, muteness
- nonstatic — (computing) (object-oriented programming) Not static.
- nonsticky — not sticky
- noscapine — (biochemistry) A benzylisoquinoline alkaloid obtained from plants of the Papaveraceae family, primarily used for its antitussive effects.
- nose cone — the cone-shaped forward section of a rocket or guided missile, including a heat shield and containing the payload.
- nosecount — the counting of individual persons, as for a census.
- nosepiece — the part of a frame for eyeglasses that passes over the bridge of the nose.
- nosologic — Pertaining to nosology or the classification of diseases.
- nostalgic — experiencing or exhibiting nostalgia, a sentimental or wistful yearning for the happiness felt in a former place, time, or situation.
- nostratic — designating or of a proposed language superfamily that includes the Indo-European, Afroasiatic, Dravidian, Uralic, and Altaic families
- notecards — An ambitious hypertext system developed at Xerox PARC, "designed to support the task of transforming a chaotic collection of unrelated thoughts into an integrated, orderly interpretation of ideas and their interconnections".
- notecases — Plural form of notecase.
- nucleases — Plural form of nuclease.
- nucleates — Plural form of nucleate.
- nucleoids — Plural form of nucleoid.
- nucleolus — a conspicuous, rounded body within the nucleus of a cell.
- nucleuses — Plural form of nucleus.
- nugacious — trivial; unimportant or insignificant; nugatory.
- nuisancer — a person that creates a nuisance or public offence
- nuisances — Plural form of nuisance.
- nullspace — (math) The kernel of a linear map between two vector spaces or two modules.
- nunchakus — Plural form of nunchaku.