9-letter words containing ni
- serbonian — of, relating to, or designating the large marshy tract of land in the northern part of ancient Egypt in which entire armies are said to have been swallowed up.
- sermoning — the preaching of sermons
- sermonise — to deliver or compose a sermon; preach.
- sermonize — to deliver or compose a sermon; preach.
- serotonin — a neurotransmitter, derived from tryptophan, that is involved in sleep, depression, memory, and other neurological processes.
- sexennial — of or for six years.
- shamanism — the animistic religion of northern Asia, embracing a belief in powerful spirits that can be influenced only by shamans.
- shininess — bright or glossy in appearance.
- shiningly — in a shining or bright manner
- sickening — causing or capable of causing sickness, especially nausea, disgust, or loathing: sickening arrogance.
- sidi ifni — a seaport in W Morocco: former capital of Ifni.
- significs — semantics (def 2).
- signified — the thing or concept denoted by a sign.
- signifier — a person or thing that signifies.
- signifies — (in linguistics) the signified.
- simeonite — a member of the Israelite tribe of Simeon.
- simonides — 556?–468? b.c, Greek poet.
- simonists — the making of profit out of sacred things.
- sinicised — to make Chinese in character or bring under Chinese influence.
- sinistral — of, relating to, or on the left side; left (opposed to dextral).
- sinistro- — of, at, or toward the left
- sink unit — a fitted unit that consists of a sink, draining board and cupboards underneath
- sinningia — any of various tropical American plants belonging to the genus Sinningia, of the gesneria family, including the gloxinia and other species cultivated as houseplants for their variously colored flowers.
- siphoning — a tube or conduit bent into legs of unequal length, for use in drawing a liquid from one container into another on a lower level by placing the shorter leg into the container above and the longer leg into the one below, the liquid being forced up the shorter leg and into the longer one by the pressure of the atmosphere.
- sisinnius — pope a.d. 708.
- sitomania — abnormal craving for food.
- slavonian — of or relating to Slavonia or its inhabitants.
- sloganize — to make a slogan of; express as a slogan: to sloganize one's opinions.
- slovenian — of or from Slovenia
- snickered — to laugh in a half-suppressed, indecorous or disrespectful manner.
- snickerer — someone who snickers
- sniff out — detect
- sniffable — capable of being sniffed
- sniggerer — a person who sniggers or laughs in a suppressed manner
- snipe fly — any of various predatory dipterous flies of the family Leptidae (or Rhagionidae), such as Rhagio scolopacea of Europe, having an elongated body and long legs
- snipefish — any of several fishes of the family Macrorhamphosidae, of tropical and temperate seas, having a long, tubular snout and a compressed body.
- sniveling — to weep or cry with sniffling.
- snowdonia — a massif in NW Wales, in Gwynedd, the highest peak being Snowdon
- solemnify — to make solemn: to solemnify an occasion with hymns and prayers.
- solemnity — the state or character of being solemn; earnestness; gravity; impressiveness: the solemnity of a state funeral.
- solemnize — to perform the ceremony of (marriage).
- solomonic — of or relating to King Solomon.
- sonically — in a sonic manner
- sonicator — a device for treatment with ultrasound
- sophonias — Zephaniah.
- sopranino — a musical instrument, as a saxophone or recorder, that is a pitch higher than the soprano instrument of its class.
- sorbonist — a student or graduate of the Sorbonne.
- spartanic — (usually lowercase) suggestive of the ancient Spartans; sternly disciplined and rigorously simple, frugal, or austere.
- spiniform — like a thorn or spine
- spininess — a spiny quality or condition