11-letter words containing ni
- mutationist — a supporter of mutation theory as a means of explaining evolution
- myogenicity — originating in muscle, as an impulse or sensation.
- myrmidonian — comprising or resembling myrmidons
- mythomaniac — lying or exaggerating to an abnormal degree.
- myxasthenia — defective secretion of mucus.
- napoleonite — a variety of diorite rock with a spherical structure
- negationist — the act of denying: He shook his head in negation of the charge.
- neocolonial — the policy of a strong nation in seeking political and economic hegemony over an independent nation or extended geographical area without necessarily reducing the subordinate nation or area to the legal status of a colony.
- neopaganism — a 20th-century revival of interest in the worship of nature, fertility, etc., as represented by various deities.
- neopaganize — to make neopagan
- neoplatonic — a philosophical system, originated in the 3rd century a.d. by Plotinus, founded chiefly on Platonic doctrine and Eastern mysticism, with later influences from Christianity. It holds that all existence consists of emanations from the One with whom the soul may be reunited.
- nephelinite — a fine-grained, dark rock of volcanic origin, essentially a basalt containing nepheline but no feldspar and little or no olivine.
- nephrogenic — (medicine, anatomy) that forms the tissues of the kidney.
- neutropenia — a decrease in the number of neutrophils in the blood: mild, moderate, or severe neutropenia.
- neutropenic — Having neutropenia.
- niacinamide — nicotinamide.
- nic.ddn.mil — (networking) Defense Data Network's Network Information Center.
- nicey-nicey — trying to be pleasant, but in a way that suggests artifice or exaggeration; ingratiating(ly)
- nicholas ii — (Gérard de Bourgogne) died 1061, pope 1058–61.
- nicholas iv — (Girolamo Masci) died 1292, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1288–92.
- nicht wahr? — isn't that so?
- nickel belt — the area around Sudbury in Northern Ontario, rich in nickel ore
- nickelodeon — an early motion-picture theater where a film or a variety show could be seen, usually for the admission price of a nickel.
- nicol prism — one of a pair of prisms used to produce and analyze plane-polarized light in a polarizing microscope. Also called Nicol. Compare polarizer (def 1).
- nicostratus — a son of Menelaus and Helen who, with his illegitimate brother Megapenthes, expelled Helen from Sparta when Menelaus died.
- nictitating — Winking, blinking.
- nictitation — Winking, blinking.
- niederrhein — a section of the Rhine River between Bonn, Germany and the North Sea.
- niersteiner — a white wine from the region around Nierstein, Germany
- nietzschean — the philosophy of Nietzsche, emphasizing the will to power as the chief motivating force of both the individual and society.
- niger-congo — a subfamily of Niger-Kordofanian, that comprises a large number of languages of Africa, as Ewe, Ibo, Yoruba, and the Bantu languages, spoken in nearly all of the equatorial forest region and in much of southern Africa.
- niggardness — Niggardliness.
- niggerheads — Plural form of niggerhead.
- night coach — the class of airline coach at a lower fare than regularly offered, often restricted to late-night journeys.
- night court — a criminal court that convenes at night for the quick disposition of charges and the granting of bail.
- night heron — any of several thick-billed, crepuscular or nocturnal herons of the genus Nycticorax and related genera, as N. nycticorax (black-crowned night heron) of the Old and New Worlds, and Nyctanassa violacea (yellow-crowned night heron) of America.
- night latch — a door lock operated from the inside by a knob and from the outside by a key.
- night light — soft room light left on at night
- night nurse — a nurse whose duty is to look after a patient or patients during the night
- night raven — a bird that cries in the night.
- night shift — the work force, as of a factory, scheduled to work during the nighttime.
- night snake — a nocturnal, mildly venomous New World snake, Hypsiglena torquata, having a gray or yellowish body marked with dark brown spots.
- night stand — small bedside table
- night stick — a special club carried by a policeman; billy.
- night table — a small table, chest, etc., for use next to a bed.
- night watch — a painting (1642) by Rembrandt.
- night-blind — a condition of the eyes in which vision is normal in daylight but abnormally poor at night or in a dim light; nyctalopia.
- night-light — a usually dim light kept burning at night, as in a child's bedroom.
- night-night — go night-night, Baby Talk. to go to bed or to sleep.
- night-watch — a painting (1642) by Rembrandt.