9-letter words containing m, i, l, n
- nephalism — teetotalism; abstinence from alcohol
- news film — a film showing main events in the news
- nialamide — an early MAOI antidepressant drug with chemical formula C16H18N4O2
- niemöller — Martin [mahr-teen] /ˈmɑr tin/ (Show IPA), 1892–1984, German Lutheran clergyman: resisted Nazism.
- nilometer — a graduated pillar by which the rise and fall of the Nile can be measured
- nimblewit — an alert, bright, and clever person
- 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.
- nominable — capable of, or worthy of, being named
- nominally — by or as regards name; in name; ostensibly: He was nominally the leader, but others actually ran the organization.
- nonanimal — That does not derive from an animal.
- nonfamily — Not a member of the family.
- nonmobile — capable of moving or being moved readily.
- nonmotile — Biology. moving or capable of moving spontaneously: motile cells; motile spores.
- normalise — Non-Oxford British standard spelling of normalize.
- normality — conforming to the standard or the common type; usual; not abnormal; regular; natural.
- normalize — to make normal.
- numbingly — causing numbness or insensibility; stupefying: the numbing effects of grief; a story repeated with numbing regularity.
- numerical — of or relating to numbers; of the nature of a number.
- nummuline — relating to a nummulite or a member of the group Nummulitidae or consisting of nummulites
- nummulite — a fossil foraminifer of the genus Camerina (Nummulites), having a calcareous, usually disklike shell.
- nymphalid — a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae, comprising the brush-footed butterflies.
- nymphlike — Resembling a nymph.
- ominously — portending evil or harm; foreboding; threatening; inauspicious: an ominous bank of dark clouds.
- on a limb — isolated
- on-limits — open or not prohibited to certain persons, as military personnel: an on-limits area.
- ovalbumin — the principal protein of egg white.
- palm wine — wine made from distilled palm-tree sap.
- palmation — a palmate state or formation.
- panlogism — the doctrine that the universe is a realization or act of the logos.
- paulinism — the body of theological doctrine taught by or attributed to the apostle Paul.
- pelmanism — a system of training to improve the memory
- pennalism — a system of mild oppression and torment practised upon first-year students of German Protestant universities in the 17th century
- penultima — the next to the last syllable in a word.
- permalink — a permanent URL that links to a specific web page, typically a single blog entry or news article.
- pigmental — of or relating to a pigment or pigments, or the natural colouring of a person or thing
- pimpernel — a plant belonging to the genus Anagallis, of the primrose family, especially A. arvensis (scarlet pimpernel) having scarlet or white flowers that close at the approach of bad weather.
- plainsman — an inhabitant of the plains.
- planiform — having a flattened shape, as an anatomical joint.
- platonism — the philosophy or doctrines of Plato or his followers.
- plotinism — the Neoplatonism of Plotinus.
- plumbicon — a development of the vidicon television camera tube in which the photosensitive material is lead oxide
- plutonism — the intrusion of magma and associated deep-seated processes within the earth's crust.
- plutonium — a transuranic element with a fissile isotope of mass number 239 (plutonium 239) that can be produced from non-fissile uranium 238, as in a breeder reactor. Symbol: Pu; atomic number: 94.
- policeman — a member of a police force or body.
- policemen — a member of a police force or body.
- pollinium — an agglutinated mass or body of pollen grains, characteristic of plants of the orchid and milkweed families.
- polyamine — a compound containing more than one amino group.
- polymyxin — any of various polypeptide antibiotics derived from Bacillus polymyxa.
- polyomino — a polygon made from joining identical squares at their edges
- primuline — a synthetic yellow dye