9-letter words containing ni
- nickelize — to nickel-plate.
- nickelled — Simple past tense and past participle of nickel.
- nickelous — containing bivalent nickel.
- nickering — neigh.
- nicknacks — an ornamental trinket or gimcrack; a bit of bric-a-brac.
- nicknamed — Simple past tense and past participle of nickname.
- nicknamer — One who bestows a nickname.
- nicknames — Plural form of nickname.
- nickstick — a stick on which notches are made for the purpose of keeping a tally; by extension, a tally or account
- nicky-tam — a strap or string secured round a trouser leg below the knee, formerly worn esp by farm workers to keep the trouser bottoms clear of dirt
- nicodemus — a Pharisee and member of the Sanhedrin who became a secret follower of Jesus. John 3:1–21; 7:50–52; 19:39.
- nicolette — a female given name, form of Nicole.
- nicomedia — an ancient city in NW Asia Minor, at the head of the Gulf of Astacus, in present-day Turkey: modern Izmit is on its site.
- nicopolis — city in ancient Epirus
- nicotiana — any plant belonging to the genus Nicotiana, of the nightshade family, especially one grown for its ornamental value, as flowering tobacco.
- nicotinic — of, relating to, or containing nicotine.
- nictating — to wink.
- nictation — The action or process of blinking.
- nictheroy — Niterói.
- nictitant — adapted for blinking or winking
- nictitate — to wink.
- nidamenta — egg capsules
- niddering — a coward.
- nidwalden — a demicanton of Unterwalden, in central Switzerland. 106 sq. mi. (275 sq. km). Capital: Stans.
- niellated — inlaid with niello
- niemöller — Martin [mahr-teen] /ˈmɑr tin/ (Show IPA), 1892–1984, German Lutheran clergyman: resisted Nazism.
- nierstein — a village in SW central Germany, SSE of Mainz: noted for its wines.
- nietzsche — Friedrich Wilhelm [free-drikh vil-helm] /ˈfri drɪx ˈvɪl hɛlm/ (Show IPA), 1844–1900, German philosopher.
- niftiness — Quality of being nifty.
- niggardly — reluctant to give or spend; stingy; miserly.
- niggerdom — the condition of being a Black person
- niggering — Present participle of nigger.
- niggerish — resembling or characteristic of a Black person
- niggerism — the condition of being a Black person
- night key — a key for a night latch.
- night out — evening or nighttime social outing
- night owl — a person who often stays up late at night; nighthawk.
- night-owl — a person who often stays up late at night; nighthawk.
- nightbird — Alternative spelling of night bird.
- nightcaps — Plural form of nightcap.
- nightclub — Also, night club. an establishment for evening entertainment, generally open until the early morning, that serves liquor and usually food and offers patrons music, comedy acts, a floor show, or dancing; nightspot.
- nightfall — the coming of night; the end of daylight; dusk.
- nightfire — a fire burned at night e.g. a campfire
- nightgear — nightclothes, that which is worn at night
- nightglow — a dim light from the upper atmosphere caused by emissions from atoms and molecules ionized by solar radiation: observed at night (nightglow) during the day (dayglow) and at twilight (twilight glow) with each having slightly different characteristics.
- nightgown — a loose gown, worn in bed by women or children.
- nighthawk — any of several longwinged, American goatsuckers of the genus Chordeiles, related to the whippoorwill, especially C. minor, having variegated black, white, and buff plumage.
- nightjars — Plural form of nightjar.
- nightless — the period of darkness between sunset and sunrise.
- nightlife — the activity of people seeking nighttime diversion, as at a nightclub, theater, or the like.