9-letter words containing n
- abnegated — Simple past tense and past participle of abnegate.
- abnegates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of abnegate.
- abnegator — (rare) One who abnegates, denies, or rejects. (From Mid 17th century.).
- abnormity — lack of normality; a deviation from the usual or typical
- abnormous — abnormal; irregular or misshapen
- abnoxious — Misspelling of obnoxious.
- abodement — a sign that something good or bad is about to happen
- abolition — The abolition of something such as a system or practice is its formal ending.
- abominate — to dislike intensely; loathe; detest
- abondance — (card games) Alternative form of abundance.
- aborigine — Aborigines are members of the tribes that were living in Australia when Europeans arrived there.
- abortions — Plural form of abortion.
- abortment — (obsolete) Abortion. (Attested from the early 17th century until the late 19th century.).
- aboundant — Obsolete spelling of abundant (14th–17th centuries).
- abounding — to occur or exist in great quantities or numbers: a stream in which trout abound.
- abrasions — Plural form of abrasion.
- abridging — to shorten by omissions while retaining the basic contents: to abridge a reference book.
- abrotanum — A bushy wormwood from Europe, sometimes used in the brewing of beer.
- abrupting — Present participle of abrupt.
- abruption — a breaking off of a part or parts from a mass
- abs resin — a copolymer of acrylonitrile, butadiene, and styrene that is a tough, light, economical, heat- and stain-resistant plastic: used for telephones, boat hulls, and medical equipment.
- absailing — Misspelling of abseiling.
- abscising — Present participle of abscise.
- absconded — Leave hurriedly and secretly, typically to avoid detection of or arrest for an unlawful action such as theft.
- abscondee — a person who absconds; absconder.
- absconder — to depart in a sudden and secret manner, especially to avoid capture and legal prosecution: The cashier absconded with the money.
- abseiling — the practice of descending a steep slope by a rope secured from above and coiled around one's body
- absentees — a person who is absent, especially from work or school.
- absenting — not in a certain place at a given time; away, missing (opposed to present): absent from class.
- absinthes — Plural form of absinthe.
- absolvent — a person who absolves
- absolving — Present participle of absolve.
- absorbant — Alternative spelling of absorbent.
- absorbent — Absorbent material soaks up liquid easily.
- absorbing — An absorbing task or activity interests you a great deal and takes up all your attention and energy.
- abstained — to hold oneself back voluntarily, especially from something regarded as improper or unhealthy (usually followed by from): to abstain from eating meat.
- abstainer — a person who abstains from something regarded as improper or unhealthy, especially the drinking of alcoholic beverages.
- abstinent — forbearance from any indulgence of appetite, especially from the use of alcoholic beverages: total abstinence.
- abuilding — in the process of being built or building
- abundance — An abundance of something is a large quantity of it.
- abundancy — A state of plentifulness. (First attested in the mid 16th century.).
- abundaunt — Obsolete form of abundant.
- abusement — Abuse; one or many acts of abuse.
- abutments — Plural form of abutment.
- abyssinia — Ethiopia
- academian — (historical, obsolete) A follower of w Plato. (Attested from the mid 16th century until the late 17th century.)Brown, Lesley, ed. The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary. 5th. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003.
- acalephan — an acaleph
- acanthine — of or resembling an acanthus
- acanthite — the orthorhombic form of silver sulfide.
- acanthoid — resembling a spine; spiny