9-letter words containing l, i, n, t, o
- nightlong — lasting all night: a nightlong snowfall.
- nightsoil — Alternative spelling of night soil.
- nilometer — a graduated pillar by which the rise and fall of the Nile can be measured
- nilpotent — equal to zero when raised to a certain power.
- niocalite — (mineralogy) A monoclinic-domatic light yellow mineral containing calcium, fluorine, niobium, oxygen, and silicon.
- no little — considerable
- nobiletin — (organic compound) An O-methylated flavone found in citrus peels.
- noctiluca — a dinoflagellate of the genus Noctiluca, capable of producing light and, in groups, of causing a luminous appearance of the sea.
- non licet — not permitted or lawful.
- noncoital — not involving sexual intercourse
- nonmotile — Biology. moving or capable of moving spontaneously: motile cells; motile spores.
- nonpliant — not pliant; inflexible
- nontribal — not related to, originating from, or involving a tribe or tribes
- nonviolet — Not violet in colour.
- normality — conforming to the standard or the common type; usual; not abnormal; regular; natural.
- 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.
- notabilia — things worthy of notice
- notaphily — the collecting of bank notes as a hobby.
- noticable — Misspelling of noticeable.
- novelists — Plural form of novelist.
- novelties — Plural form of novelty.
- oblations — Plural form of oblation.
- octennial — occurring every eight years.
- octillion — a cardinal number represented in the U.S. by 1 followed by 27 zeros, and in Great Britain by 1 followed by 48 zeros.
- 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 paint — oil color.
- oil-plant — any of several plants, as the castor-oil plant or sesame, the seeds of which yield an oil.
- old latin — the Latin language in use from the earliest inscriptions to c100 b.c. Abbreviation: OL, OL., O.L.
- olfaction — the act of smelling.
- 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)
- olivenite — a mineral, basic copper arsenate, Cu 4 As 2 O 8 (OH) 2 , occurring in crystals and in masses, usually olive-green in color.
- on-limits — open or not prohibited to certain persons, as military personnel: an on-limits area.
- oncolytic — absorbing or destroying tumours
- ontically — In an ontic sense.
- 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.
- orientals — Plural form of oriental.
- orleanist — a supporter of the Orléans branch of the former French royal family and of its claim to the throne of France through descent from the younger brother of Louis XIV.
- ornithol. — ornithological
- oughtlins — in the least; to the least degree.
- outflying — Present participle of outfly.
- outlawing — Present participle of outlaw.
- outlaying — an expending or spending, as of money.
- outlinear — relating to an outline
- outliners — Plural form of outliner.
- outlining — the line by which a figure or object is defined or bounded; contour.
- outliving — Present participle of outlive.
- ovulation — to produce and discharge eggs from an ovary or ovarian follicle.
- pactional — relating to an agreement or a bargain