10-letter words containing ni
- landmining — the laying of landmines
- landowning — an owner or proprietor of land.
- laniferous — wool-bearing: sheep and other laniferous animals.
- lanterning — Present participle of lantern.
- lanternist — someone who operates a magic lantern
- lanthanide — any element of the lanthanide series.
- late-night — of or occurring late at night: a late-night TV talk show.
- latinizing — Present participle of latinize.
- latticinio — an opaque, white glass first produced in Venice during the Renaissance, often used in thread form to decorate clear glass pieces.
- laudianism — the policies and practices of Archbishop Laud or his supporters.
- leibnizian — of or relating to Baron Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibnitz, the German rationalist philosopher and mathematician (1646–1716)
- leishmania — any parasitic flagellate protozoan of the genus Leishmania, occurring in vertebrates in an oval or spherical, nonflagellate form, and in invertebrates in an elongated, flagellated form.
- lemniscate — a plane curve generated by the locus of the point at which a variable tangent to a rectangular hyperbola intersects a perpendicular from the center to the tangent. Equation: r 2 = 2 a 2 cosθ.
- lemoniness — The state or quality of being lemony.
- lenin peak — a peak in the Trans Alai range, in central Asia, between Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. 23,382 feet (7127 meters).
- lenitively — In a lenitive manner.
- lenocinium — tacit encouragement of, or assent to, adultery committed by one's partner
- lesbianism — homosexual relations between women.
- leucopenia — a decrease in the number of white blood cells in the blood.
- leukopenia — a decrease in the number of white blood cells in the blood.
- leukopenic — a decrease in the number of white blood cells in the blood.
- liaisoning — Present participle of liaison.
- libidinist — a lewd or lustful person
- libidinize — to regard or treat as an area or source of sexual gratification
- lightening — the descent of the uterus into the pelvic cavity, occurring toward the end of pregnancy, changing the contour of the abdomen and facilitating breathing by lessening pressure under the diaphragm.
- lightnings — (archaic) Plural form of lightning.
- lincolnian — of or relating to Abraham Lincoln, his character, or his political principles.
- lithuanian — of or relating to Lithuania, its inhabitants, or their language.
- lopatnikov — Nicolai Lvovich [nik-uh-lahy luh-voh-vich;; Russian nyi-kuh-lahy lvaw-vyich] /ˈnɪk əˌlaɪ ləˈvoʊ vɪtʃ;; Russian nyɪ kʌˈlaɪ ˈlvɔ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1903–76, U.S. composer, born in Russia.
- lusitanian — (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.
- lysogenize — to make lysogenic.
- m-learning — a form of e-learning designed for mobile phones or tablet computers
- macaronics — Plural form of macaronic.
- macedonian — a native or inhabitant of Macedonia.
- machinists — Plural form of machinist.
- macmonnies — Frederick William, 1863–1937, U.S. sculptor.
- magazinist — a person who writes for or edits a magazine.
- magnifical — magnificent; imposing.
- magnificat — (italics) the hymn of the Virgin Mary in Luke, 1:46–55, beginning “My soul doth magnify the Lord,” used as a canticle at evensong or vespers.
- magnifiers — Plural form of magnifier.
- magnifying — Present participle of magnify.
- magnitudes — Plural form of magnitude.
- mahoganies — Plural form of mahogany.
- maimonides — (Moses ben Maimon"RaMBaM") 1135–1204, Jewish scholastic philosopher and rabbi, born in Spain: one of the major theologians of Judaism.
- mainlining — to inject a narcotic, especially heroin, directly into a vein.
- mammogenic — exciting or generating mammary development
- mandarinic — Appropriate or peculiar to a mandarin.
- manfredini — Francesco [frahn-ches-kaw] /frɑnˈtʃɛs kɔ/ (Show IPA), 1684–1748, Italian composer.
- maniacally — of or relating to mania or a maniac.
- manichaean — Also, Manichee [man-i-kee] /ˈmæn ɪˌki/ (Show IPA). an adherent of the dualistic religious system of Manes, a combination of Gnostic Christianity, Buddhism, Zoroastrianism, and various other elements, with a basic doctrine of a conflict between light and dark, matter being regarded as dark and evil.