9-letter words containing n, i, c
- acrodynia — (pathology) An epidemic disease of the skin characterized by increased sensibility of the soles and palms, with pricking sensations in them and rheumatoid pains in the hands and feet.
- acronical — happening at sunset, as the rising of a star
- acronymic — a word formed from the initial letters or groups of letters of words in a set phrase or series of words and pronounced as a separate word, as Wac from Women's Army Corps, OPEC from Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, or loran from long-range navigation.
- actinides — Plural form of actinide.
- actinopod — any protozoan of the phylum Actinopoda, such as a radiolarian or a heliozoan, having stiff radiating cytoplasmic projections
- actionary — (business, obsolete) A shareholder in a joint-stock company.
- actioners — Plural form of actioner.
- actioning — Present participle of action.
- actionist — a person who is bent on (spoken) action
- actuarian — Insurance. a person who computes premium rates, dividends, risks, etc., according to probabilities based on statistical records.
- actuating — to incite or move to action; impel; motivate: actuated by selfish motives.
- actuation — to incite or move to action; impel; motivate: actuated by selfish motives.
- acuminate — narrowing to a sharp point, as some types of leaf
- acuminous — keen insight; shrewdness: remarkable acumen in business matters.
- acupoints — Plural form of acupoint.
- acylation — the introduction into a chemical compound of an acyl group
- addicting — a person who is addicted to an activity, habit, or substance: a drug addict.
- addiction — Addiction is the condition of taking harmful drugs and being unable to stop taking them.
- adducting — Present participle of adduct.
- adduction — an adducing or citing
- adjection — Act of adjecting or adding, or the thing added.
- adminicle — something contributing to prove a point without itself being complete proof
- admirance — an admiration (for)
- advancing — to move or bring forward: The general advanced his troops to the new position.
- advection — the transference of heat energy in a horizontal stream of gas, esp of air
- aerogenic — producing gas, as certain bacteria.
- aeronomic — of or relating to the study of the upper atmosphere
- aeschines — ?389–?314 bc, Athenian orator; the main political opponent of Demosthenes
- affecting — If you describe something such as a story or a piece of music as affecting, you think it is good because it makes you feel a strong emotion, especially sadness or pity.
- affection — If you regard someone or something with affection, you like them and are fond of them.
- affianced — betrothed; engaged.
- affiances — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of affiance.
- agincourt — a battle fought in 1415 near the village of Azincourt, N France: a decisive victory for English longbowmen under Henry V over French forces vastly superior in number
- agnatical — relating to agnates
- agnostics — Plural form of agnostic.
- agonistic — striving for effect; strained
- agronomic — the science of soil management and the production of field crops.
- ailanthic — of or relating to the ailanthus tree
- air-lance — to clean with an air lance.
- aitchbone — the rump bone or floor of the pelvis in cattle
- alamannic — the high German speech of Switzerland, Alsace, and southwestern Germany. Compare Bavarian (def 3).
- albinotic — of or relating to albinism.
- alcimedon — an Arcadian hero whose daughter, Philao, was seduced by Hercules.
- alemannic — the group of High German dialects spoken in Alsace, Switzerland, and SW Germany
- aleuronic — related to the aleurone layer
- allantoic — of or in the allantois
- allianced — Simple past tense and past participle of alliance.
- alliances — Plural form of alliance.
- allicient — That attracts; attracting.
- allogenic — Immunology. allogeneic.