10-letter words containing ni
- isoaminile — a drug formerly used to suppress coughing. Formula: C16H24N2
- isocyanide — a compound containing an isocyano group.
- isocyanine — a member of the group of cyanine dyes.
- italianism — an Italian practice, trait, or idiom.
- italianist — a person who specializes in the study of Italy, the Italian people, or the Italian language.
- italianize — to become Italian in manner, character, etc.
- jack-knife — a large pocketknife.
- jackknifed — Simple past tense and past participle of jackknife.
- jackknifes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of jackknife.
- jackknives — Plural form of jackknife.
- jacksonian — of or relating to Andrew Jackson, his ideas, the period of his presidency, or the political principles or social values associated with him: Jacksonian democracy.
- jacksonism — the group of political principles or attitudes associated with Andrew Jackson.
- jacobinism — (in the French Revolution) a member of a radical society or club of revolutionaries that promoted the Reign of Terror and other extreme measures, active chiefly from 1789 to 1794: so called from the Dominican convent in Paris, where they originally met.
- jacobinize — to imbue with Jacobinism.
- jamesonite — a metallic, dark-gray mineral, lead and iron antimony sulfide: formerly mined for lead.
- janitorial — a person employed in an apartment house, office building, school, etc., to clean the public areas, remove garbage, and do minor repairs; caretaker.
- jardiniere — an ornamental receptacle or stand for holding plants, flowers, etc.
- jargonized — Simple past tense and past participle of jargonize.
- javelinier — A soldier who throws a javelin.
- johnsonian — of, relating to, or characteristic of Samuel Johnson or his works.
- juvenility — juvenile state, character, or manner.
- juvenilize — to make juvenile or immature: to juvenilize the classics for quick reading.
- kantianism — the philosophy of Kant, who held that the content of knowledge comes a posteriori from sense perception, but that its form is determined by a priori categories of the mind: he also declared that God, freedom, and immortality, although they cannot be proved or disproved, are necessary postulates of a rational morality
- kaolinitic — Of or relating to kaolinite.
- kefallinia — Cephalonia
- kenilworth — a town in central Warwickshire, in central England, SE of Birmingham.
- keratinise — Alternative form of keratinize.
- keratinize — Change or become changed into a form containing keratin.
- kibbutznik — a member of a kibbutz.
- knickknack — an ornamental trinket or gimcrack; a bit of bric-a-brac.
- knickpoint — a break in the slope of a river profile caused by renewed erosion by a rejuvenated river
- knife edge — the cutting edge of a knife.
- knife rest — something upon which to rest a knife when it is not being used.
- knife-edge — You can use knife-edge to refer to something that is very exciting or tense because you do not know what is going to happen next.
- knifepoint — the sharp tip of a knife.
- knighthead — either of a pair of upright members flanking and securing the bowsprit of a ship at the bow, often used as mooring bitts; apostle.
- knighthood — the rank or dignity of a knight: to confer knighthood upon him.
- knightless — not suitable or seemly for a knight
- knightlike — Knightly; bold, gallant, etc.
- knightship — The honor bestowed that makes someone a knight.
- kolkhoznik — someone who lives on a collective farm or kolkhoz
- koniggratz — German name of Hradec Králové.
- konigsberg — a former province in NE Germany: an enclave separated from Germany by the Polish Corridor; now divided between Poland and the Russian Federation. 14,283 sq. mi. (36,993 sq. km). Capital: Königsberg.
- kryptonite — The one weakness of something or someone that is otherwise invulnerable, an Achilles' heel.
- laconicism — laconic brevity.
- lactogenic — stimulating lactation.
- lageniform — shaped like a flask; having an enlarged base tapering to a narrow neck.
- lagniappes — Plural form of lagniappe.
- lampooning — a sharp, often virulent satire directed against an individual or institution; a work of literature, art, or the like, ridiculing severely the character or behavior of a person, society, etc.
- lampoonist — One who lampoons.