9-letter words containing e, i, n
- animalise — Non-Oxford British standard spelling of animalize.
- animalize — to rouse to brutality or sensuality or make brutal or sensual
- animately — In an animate way.
- animative — Tending to animate; causing animation.
- anisidine — (organic compound) Any of three three isomeric forms of the aromatic amine methoxyaniline; they are toxic, and are used in the synthesis of azo dyes and pharmaceuticals.
- annalised — Simple past tense and past participle of annalise.
- annealing — Annealing is the process of heating a metal or alloy to a temperature below its melting point in order to make it softer.
- annelidan — Of or pertaining to the annelids.
- annointed — Simple past tense and past participle of annoint.
- annualise — To express (a quantity such as an interest rate, profit, expenditure etc.) as if it applied or were measured over one year.
- annualize — to convert (a rate of interest) to an annual rate when it is quoted for a period of less than a year
- annuities — Plural form of annuity.
- annuitize — If you annuitize a lump sum payment, you convert it into a regular income such as a pension or annuity.
- anomalies — a deviation from the common rule, type, arrangement, or form. Synonyms: abnormality, exception, peculiarity.
- anonymise — (transitive) To render anonymous; especially to remove data that would establish the identity of a person.
- anonymize — to carry out or organize in such a way as to preserve anonymity
- anorectic — Also, anorectous. having no appetite.
- anorexics — Plural form of anorexic.
- anorthite — a white to greyish-white or reddish-white mineral of the feldspar group and plagioclase series, found chiefly in igneous rocks and more rarely in metamorphic rocks. It is used in the manufacture of glass and ceramics. Composition: calcium aluminium silicate. Formula: CaAl2Si2O8. Crystal structure: triclinic
- anoxaemia — a deficiency in the amount of oxygen in the arterial blood
- answering — Present participle of answer.
- ant tribe — (in China) a generation of young people who have migrated from rural areas to cities in large numbers
- antechoir — the part of a church in front of the choir, usually enclosed by screens, tombs, etc
- antefixes — Plural form of antefix.
- antessive — (grammar) Indicating the spatial relation of preceding or being before something.
- anthelion — a faint halo sometimes seen in polar or high altitude regions around the shadow of an object cast onto a thick cloud bank or fog
- anthemion — a floral design, used esp in ancient Greek and Roman architecture and decoration, usually consisting of honeysuckle, lotus, or palmette leaf motifs
- anti-hero — An anti-hero is the main character in a novel, play, or film who is not morally good and does not behave like a typical hero.
- anti-icer — a device fitted to an aircraft to prevent the formation of ice
- anti-site — a website through which people can express their contempt for a particular person, organization, etc
- antiabuse — designed to prevent abuse
- antialien — relating to the prevention of foreign animal or plant species from becoming established
- antibuser — someone who opposes busing
- anticaste — Lb sociology Opposing the social system of caste.
- anticline — a formation of stratified rock raised up, by folding, into a broad arch so that the strata slope down on both sides from a common crest
- anticrime — preventing or fighting crime
- antideath — Preventing death.
- antidotes — Plural form of antidote.
- antielite — opposed to elitism
- antigenic — Immunology. any substance that can stimulate the production of antibodies and combine specifically with them.
- antiglare — Acting to reduce or combat glare.
- antihelix — the rounded piece of cartilage inside the outer rim (helix) of the ear; anthelix
- antilifer — a person in favour of abortion
- antimeres — Plural form of antimere.
- antimeson — The antiparticle corresponding to a meson.
- antimeter — (obsolete) A modification of the quadrant, for measuring small angles.
- antimoney — Opposing the concept of money.
- antinodes — Plural form of antinode.
- antinoise — sound generated so that it is out of phase with a noise, such as that made by an engine, in order to reduce the noise level by interference
- antinovel — a type of prose fiction in which conventional or traditional novelistic elements are rejected