9-letter words containing s, t, i, l, n
- lovingest — extremely loving and affectionate.
- lunations — Plural form of lunation.
- lusitania — (italics) a British luxury liner sunk by a German submarine in the North Atlantic on May 7, 1915: one of the events leading to U.S. entry into World War I.
- lustering — the state or quality of shining by reflecting light; glitter, sparkle, sheen, or gloss: the luster of satin.
- lustiness — The property of having or experiencing lust, of being lusty.
- lutenists — Plural form of lutenist.
- mantillas — Plural form of mantilla.
- manualist — an advocate of manualism.
- mentalise — Alt form mentalize.
- mentalism — the doctrine that objects of knowledge have no existence except in the mind of the perceiver.
- mentalist — a person who believes in or advocates mentalism.
- milestone — a stone functioning as a milepost.
- militants — Plural form of militant.
- millstone — either of a pair of circular stones between which grain or another substance is ground, as in a mill.
- minstrels — Plural form of minstrel.
- molesting — Present participle of molest.
- monoliths — Plural form of monolith.
- monthlies — pertaining to a month, or to each month.
- multiscan — (hardware) A monitor that can synchronise to a variety of horizontal scan rates and refresh rates, allowing it to display images at different resolutions.
- multisync — (hardware) An NEC trademark term for multiscan. As NEC was the first to manufacture multiscan monitors the term is often used interchangeably with multiscan.
- musteline — belonging or pertaining to the family Mustelidae, including the martens, skunks, minks, weasels, badgers, and otters.
- nationals — Plural form of national.
- navy list — (in Britain) an official list of all serving commissioned officers of the Royal Navy and reserve officers liable for recall
- nelspruit — a city in NE South Africa, the capital of Mpumalanga province on the Crocodile River: trading and agricultural centre, esp for fruit, with a growing tourist trade. Pop: 21 541 (2001)
- neologist — a new word, meaning, usage, or phrase.
- nephalist — (obsolete, Temperance movement) One who practises nephalism; a teetotaller.
- nestlings — Plural form of nestling.
- nightless — the period of darkness between sunset and sunrise.
- nightsoil — Alternative spelling of night soil.
- nihilists — Plural form of nihilist.
- 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.
- novelists — Plural form of novelist.
- novelties — Plural form of novelty.
- nullities — Plural form of nullity.
- oblations — Plural form of oblation.
- 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.
- on-limits — open or not prohibited to certain persons, as military personnel: an on-limits area.
- 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.
- oughtlins — in the least; to the least degree.
- outliners — Plural form of outliner.
- palestine — Also called Holy Land. Biblical name Canaan. an ancient country in SW Asia, on the E coast of the Mediterranean.
- panellist — A panellist is a person who is a member of a panel and speaks in public, especially on a radio or television programme.
- penalties — a punishment imposed or incurred for a violation of law or rule.
- pestilent — producing or tending to produce infectious or contagious, often epidemic, disease; pestilential.
- pianolist — a person who plays the Pianola
- platinous — containing bivalent platinum.
- platonism — the philosophy or doctrines of Plato or his followers.
- platonist — the philosophy or doctrines of Plato or his followers.