9-letter words containing nin
- darkening — Present participle of darken.
- de-mining — the process of removing landmines
- deadening — A deadening situation destroys people's enthusiasm and imagination.
- deafening — A deafening noise is a very loud noise.
- decerning — Present participle of decern.
- declining — deteriorating gradually, as in quality, health, or character
- deconning — Present participle of decon.
- deepening — becoming deeper
- dehorning — Present participle of dehorn.
- delphinin — a violet anthocyanin, C 41 H 38 O 21 , found in the flowers of the larkspur, Delphinium consolida.
- demeaning — Something that is demeaning makes people have less respect for the person who is treated in that way, or who does that thing.
- deplaning — Present participle of deplane.
- designing — artful and scheming; conniving; crafty
- destining — Present participle of destine.
- detaining — Present participle of detain.
- devanning — Present participle of devan.
- digitonin — a type of glycoside obtained from the foxglove (Digitalis purpurea), used as a cleansing agent
- diosgenin — a crystalline compound, C 27 H 42 O 3 , the aglycone of dioscin: used in the synthesis of steroidal hormones, as of progesterone.
- disowning — to refuse to acknowledge as belonging or pertaining to oneself; deny the ownership of or responsibility for; repudiate; renounce: to disown one's heirs; to disown a published statement.
- downiness — The quality of being downy.
- droningly — With a droning sound.
- drownings — Plural form of drowning.
- echidnine — the essential element contained in the poison of certain snakes or the poisonous secretion itself
- enjoining — Present participle of enjoin.
- enplaning — Present participle of enplane.
- entwining — Present participle of entwine.
- ethionine — a type of amino acid that is the biological antagonist of methionine
- eumelanin — a form of melanin found in human skin and hair, more common in people with dark skin
- examining — Inspect (someone or something) in detail to determine their nature or condition; investigate thoroughly.
- falconine — any of several birds of prey of the family Falconidae, especially of the genus Falco, usually distinguished by long, pointed wings, a hooked beak with a toothlike notch on each side of the upper bill, and swift, agile flight, typically diving to seize prey: some falcon species are close to extinction.
- fastening — something that fastens, as a lock or clasp.
- fattening — to make fat.
- fawningly — In a feigning manner; falsely.
- feininger — Andreas (Bernhard Lyonel) [an-drey-uh s,, ahn-] /ænˈdreɪ əs,, ɑn-/ (Show IPA), 1906–1999, U.S. photographer, born in France.
- feminines — Plural form of feminine.
- foiningly — by means of a thrust or push
- fortuning — Present participle of fortune.
- funniness — providing fun; causing amusement or laughter; amusing; comical: a funny remark; a funny person.
- gammoning — Rope lashings on the bowsprit of a boat.
- gardening — a plot of ground, usually near a house, where flowers, shrubs, vegetables, fruits, or herbs are cultivated.
- gleanings — the act of a person who gleans.
- governing — to rule over by right of authority: to govern a nation.
- groningen — a city in the NE Netherlands.
- happening — something that happens; occurrence; event.
- hardening — a material that hardens another, as an alloy added to iron to make steel.
- harkening — Literary. to give heed or attention to what is said; listen.
- hastening — to move or act with haste; proceed with haste; hurry: to hasten to a place.
- hecogenin — a steroid occurring naturally in plants and used in drugs including cortisone
- hominines — Plural form of hominine.
- horniness — consisting of a horn or a hornlike substance; corneous.