9-letter words containing g, i, l, n
- negrophil — a white or other nonblack person who is especially sympathetic to or supportive of black people.
- neolignan — (organic compound) Any compound having a structure based on a neolignane.
- neologian — Neological.
- neologism — a new word, meaning, usage, or phrase.
- neologist — a new word, meaning, usage, or phrase.
- neologize — to make or use new words or create new meanings for existing words.
- nestlings — Plural form of nestling.
- neuralgia — sharp and paroxysmal pain along the course of a nerve.
- neuralgic — sharp and paroxysmal pain along the course of a nerve.
- neuroglia — a class of cells in the brain and spinal cord that form a supporting structure for the neurons and provide them with insulation.
- newsgirls — Plural form of newsgirl.
- niggardly — reluctant to give or spend; stingy; miserly.
- night owl — a person who often stays up late at night; nighthawk.
- night-owl — a person who often stays up late at night; nighthawk.
- nightclub — Also, night club. an establishment for evening entertainment, generally open until the early morning, that serves liquor and usually food and offers patrons music, comedy acts, a floor show, or dancing; nightspot.
- nightfall — the coming of night; the end of daylight; dusk.
- nightglow — a dim light from the upper atmosphere caused by emissions from atoms and molecules ionized by solar radiation: observed at night (nightglow) during the day (dayglow) and at twilight (twilight glow) with each having slightly different characteristics.
- nightless — the period of darkness between sunset and sunrise.
- nightlife — the activity of people seeking nighttime diversion, as at a nightclub, theater, or the like.
- nightlike — Resembling night or some aspect of it; dark, tenebrous.
- nightlong — lasting all night: a nightlong snowfall.
- nightsoil — Alternative spelling of night soil.
- noddingly — by way of nodding, usually slightly
- nonflying — Not flying; traveling by means other than flight.
- nonliving — having life; being alive; not dead: living persons.
- nonloving — not loving, devoid of or unable to love
- nonruling — Not ruling; not in power.
- nosologic — Pertaining to nosology or the classification of diseases.
- nostalgia — a wistful desire to return in thought or in fact to a former time in one's life, to one's home or homeland, or to one's family and friends; a sentimental yearning for the happiness of a former place or time: a nostalgia for his college days.
- nostalgic — experiencing or exhibiting nostalgia, a sentimental or wistful yearning for the happiness felt in a former place, time, or situation.
- numbingly — causing numbness or insensibility; stupefying: the numbing effects of grief; a story repeated with numbing regularity.
- nurseling — an infant, child, or young animal being nursed or being cared for by a nurse.
- nurslings — Plural form of nursling.
- nyctalgia — night pain that occurs in the sleep.
- obeyingly — (rare) obediently.
- occluding — Present participle of occlude.
- octupling — Present participle of octuple.
- odelsting — the parliament of Norway, elected by popular vote, which is divided into the upper house (Lagting) comprising one quarter of the members, and the lower house (Odelsting) comprising the rest.
- oil gland — uropygial gland.
- oligocene — noting or pertaining to an epoch of the Tertiary Period, occurring from 40 to 25 million years ago.
- oligogene — a gene that produces or significantly affects the expression of a qualitative heritable characteristic, acting either alone or with a few other genes.
- olinguito — a small omnivorous South American procyonid mammal, Bassaricyon neblina, inhabiting the mountain forests of Colombia and Ecuador: the most recent mammal to be discovered and the smallest member of family Procyonidae (the raccoons)
- oncologic — the branch of medical science dealing with tumors, including the origin, development, diagnosis, and treatment of malignant neoplasms.
- onlooking — looking on; observing; perceiving.
- ontologic — of or relating to ontology, the branch of metaphysics that studies the nature of existence or being as such; metaphysical: Some of the U.S. founders held an ontological belief in natural rights.
- opalizing — Present participle of opalize.
- originals — Plural form of original.
- oughtlins — in the least; to the least degree.
- outflying — Present participle of outfly.
- outlawing — Present participle of outlaw.