9-letter words containing ni
- penitente — a member of a religious order, chiefly in Spanish-American communities in New Mexico, known for their practice of self-flagellation, especially during Holy Week.
- penniform — shaped like a feather; (esp of muscles) having fibres attached to the tendon in a feather-like fashion
- penniless — without any money whatsoever; totally impoverished; destitute.
- penninite — a member of the chlorite group, rhombohedral in habit.
- pepperoni — a highly seasoned, hard sausage of beef and pork.
- peptonize — to subject (food) to an artificial, partial digestion by pepsin or pancreatic extract in order to aid digestion.
- perennial — lasting for an indefinitely long time; enduring: her perennial beauty.
- peridinia — genus of flagellate organisms
- peronista — Peronist.
- personify — to attribute human nature or character to (an inanimate object or an abstraction), as in speech or writing.
- petrinism — the body of theological doctrine taught by, or attributed to, the apostle Peter.
- petronius — Gaius (ˈɡaɪəs), known as Petronius Arbiter. died 66 ad, Roman satirist, supposed author of the Satyricon, a picaresque account of the licentiousness of contemporary society
- pharaonic — (sometimes lowercase) of or like a Pharaoh: living in Pharaonic splendor.
- phelonion — a liturgical vestment resembling a chasuble.
- phoenicia — an ancient kingdom on the Mediterranean, in the region of modern Syria, Lebanon, and Israel.
- phoniness — not real or genuine; fake; counterfeit: a phony diamond.
- photonics — the study and technology of the use of light for the transmission of information.
- phrenitis — inflammation of the brain; encephalitis.
- pianistic — relating to, characteristic of, or adaptable for the piano.
- picaninny — pickaninny.
- picnicker — an excursion or outing in which the participants carry food with them and share a meal in the open air.
- pidginize — to develop (a language) into a pidgin.
- pigeonite — a monoclinic variety of pyroxene consisting mainly of a mixture of (MgFe)SiO 3 and CaMg(SiO 3) 2 .
- pilonidal — noting or pertaining to a growth of hair in a dermoid cyst or in the deeper layers of the skin.
- planiform — having a flattened shape, as an anatomical joint.
- plannings — the act or process of making a plan or plans.
- platinize — to coat or plate with metallic platinum.
- platonism — the philosophy or doctrines of Plato or his followers.
- platonist — the philosophy or doctrines of Plato or his followers.
- platonize — to follow or adopt the doctrines of Plato.
- plenilune — a full moon
- plenished — to fill up; stock; furnish.
- plenitude — fullness or adequacy in quantity, measure, or degree; abundance: a plenitude of food, air, and sunlight.
- plotinian — of, relating to, or in accordance with Plotinus or his philosophy.
- plotinism — the Neoplatonism of Plotinus.
- plutonian — Also, Plutonic [ploo-ton-ik] /pluˈtɒn ɪk/ (Show IPA). of, relating to, or resembling Pluto or the lower world; infernal.
- plutonism — the intrusion of magma and associated deep-seated processes within the earth's crust.
- plutonium — a transuranic element with a fissile isotope of mass number 239 (plutonium 239) that can be produced from non-fissile uranium 238, as in a breeder reactor. Symbol: Pu; atomic number: 94.
- pneumonia — inflammation of the lungs with congestion.
- pneumonic — of, relating to, or affecting the lungs; pulmonary.
- pododynia — pain in the sole of the foot.
- poimenics — pastoral theology.
- poisoning — a substance with an inherent property that tends to destroy life or impair health.
- polianite — a variety of pyrolusite, MnO 2 , having well-developed crystals.
- pollinium — an agglutinated mass or body of pollen grains, characteristic of plants of the orchid and milkweed families.
- pollinize — pollinate.
- polyconic — pertaining to or utilizing two or more cones.
- polygenic — one of a group of nonallelic genes that together control a quantitative characteristic in an organism.
- polynices — a son of Oedipus and Jocasta and brother of Eteocles and Antigone on whose behalf the Seven against Thebes were organized.
- pomerania — a former province of NE Germany, now mostly in NW Poland.