9-letter words containing ien
- impatiens — any of numerous plants belonging to the genus Impatiens, of the balsam family, having irregular flowers in which the calyx and corolla are not clearly distinguishable and bearing fruit that bursts open to scatter the seeds.
- impatient — not patient; not accepting delay, opposition, pain, etc., with calm or patience.
- impedient — (religion, of an impediment to marriage) Serving to make a marriage illicit but valid.
- incipient — beginning to exist or appear; in an initial stage: an incipient cold.
- inpatient — a patient who stays in a hospital while receiving medical care or treatment.
- inscience — (obsolete) ignorance; the lack of knowledge.
- insipient — lack of wisdom; foolishness.
- julienned — Simple past tense and past participle of julienne.
- kien lung — Ch'ien Lung.
- leniently — agreeably tolerant; permissive; indulgent: He tended to be lenient toward the children. More lenient laws encouraged greater freedom of expression.
- manfriend — A male friend.
- marienbad — a spa and resort town in the Czech Republic.
- misorient — to orient wrongly or improperly.
- nescience — lack of knowledge; ignorance.
- ninghsien — Yinxian.
- nutrients — nourishing; providing nourishment or nutriment.
- obedience — the state or quality of being obedient.
- orientals — Plural form of oriental.
- orientate — (UK, intransitive) To face (a given direction).
- orienteer — (sports) Someone who takes part in the sport of orienteering.
- orienting — the Orient, the countries of Asia, especially East Asia. (formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- patiences — a female given name.
- patiently — a person who is under medical care or treatment.
- persienne — a kind of calico that is printed with a pattern, or a material that resembles this
- prescient — having prescience, or knowledge of things or events before they exist or happen; having foresight: The prescient economist was one of the few to see the financial collapse coming.
- prurience — having, inclined to have, or characterized by lascivious or lustful thoughts, desires, etc.
- quotients — Plural form of quotient.
- recipient — a person or thing that receives; receiver: the recipient of a prize.
- resilient — springing back; rebounding.
- ripienist — an orchestral member who is there to swell the sound rather than play solo
- saliently — prominent or conspicuous: salient traits.
- sarmiento — a city in E Argentina, a suburb of Buenos Aires.
- schlesien — German name of Silesia.
- sciential — having knowledge.
- scientism — the style, assumptions, techniques, practices, etc., typifying or regarded as typifying scientists.
- scientist — an expert in science, especially one of the physical or natural sciences.
- scientize — to apply or attempt to apply scientific principles to: to scientize art criticism.
- sentience — sentient condition or character; capacity for sensation or feeling.
- sentiency — sentient condition or character; capacity for sensation or feeling.
- sex fiend — a person who commits sexual offences
- the fiend — the devil; Satan
- tien shan — a mountain range in central Asia, in China and Kirghizia. Highest peak, Pobeda Peak, 24,406 feet (7439 meters).
- transient — not lasting, enduring, or permanent; transitory.
- triennial — occurring every three years.
- triennium — a period of three years.
- unpatient — a person who is under medical care or treatment.
- unsalient — projecting or pointing outward: a salient angle.
- vientiane — a country in SE Asia: formerly part of French Indochina. 91,500 sq. mi. (236,985 sq. km). Capital: Vientiane.
- volitient — voluntary