16-letter words containing nin
- morning sickness — nausea occurring in the early part of the day, especially as a characteristic symptom in the first months of pregnancy.
- mourning clothes — clothes worn as a symbol of grief at a bereavement, esp black clothes
- myelomeningocele — (pathology) A form of spina bifida characterized by protrusion of the spinal meninges.
- nicoya peninsula — a peninsula in NW Costa Rica, on the Pacific Ocean.
- nine-days wonder — something that arouses great interest, but only for a short period
- noninstitutional — Not institutional; not having the usual characteristics of an institution.
- opening ceremony — a ceremony held in celebration of the start of something
- optical scanning — the process of interpreting data in printed, handwritten, bar-code, or other visual form by a device (optical scanner or reader) that scans and identifies the data.
- palmer peninsula — former name of Antarctic Peninsula.
- parents' evening — an occasion when the parents of children at a school and their teachers come together (outside normal school hours, in the evening) in order to discuss the progress or work of the children
- peninsular state — Florida (used as a nickname).
- petrol rationing — a scheme rationing the amount of petrol that an individual is allowed to purchase
- plant bargaining — a form of bargaining within industry, involving either informal small groups of employees or collective agreements at plant level
- project planning — project management
- ribbon lightning — a repeated lightning discharge in which successive strokes are displaced from each other by wind, resulting in a broadened appearance.
- seat of learning — People sometimes refer to a university or a similar institution as a seat of learning.
- self-questioning — review or scrutiny of one's own motives or behavior.
- seward peninsula — a peninsula in W Alaska, on Bering Strait.
- short sweetening — sugar.
- stomach-churning — causing nausea.
- strain hardening — a process in which a metal is permanently deformed in order to increase its resistance to further deformation
- streak lightning — lightning in which there is a sudden flash from what appears to be a single main line
- summer lightning — distant sheet lightning without audible thunder, which typically occurs on a summer evening
- sustaining pedal — a pedal on a piano that when depressed with the foot raises the dampers and permits the strings to vibrate and sustain the tone.
- taimyr peninsula — a peninsula in the N Russian Federation in Asia, between the Kara and Laptev seas.
- teacher training — practical teaching course
- the leonine city — a district of Rome on the right bank of the Tiber fortified by Pope Leo IV
- tomorrow evening — on the evening of the day after today
- training college — a school providing training for a special field or profession.
- training officer — a person whose job is to teach people the skills they need for a particular field or profession
- triiodothyronine — Biochemistry. a thyroid hormone, C 15 H 12 I 3 NO 4 , similar to thyroxine but several times more potent.
- ungava peninsula — a peninsula in NW Ungava region, in N Quebec, in E Canada.
- uninhabitability — to live or dwell in (a place), as people or animals: Small animals inhabited the woods.
- velcro fastening — a fastening made of Velcro
- warning triangle — a triangle placed by a broken-down car to warn motorists to avoid it
- well-functioning — the kind of action or activity proper to a person, thing, or institution; the purpose for which something is designed or exists; role.
- whole nine yards — a common unit of linear measure in English-speaking countries, equal to 3 feet or 36 inches, and equivalent to 0.9144 meter.