9-letter words containing nin
- ninghsien — Yinxian.
- ninhydrin — a white or yellow, toxic, crystalline or powdery compound, C 9 H 4 O 3 ⋅H 2 O, that reddens when heated above 100°C, a monohydrate, soluble in water or alcohol: used primarily as a reagent to detect the presence of various amino acids.
- nino rota — Nino [nee-naw] /ˈni nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1911–1979, Italian composer.
- noninjury — A practice or philosophy of not causing injury to others.
- noninsect — an animal that is not an insect
- nonintact — Not intact.
- obtaining — to come into possession of; get, acquire, or procure, as through an effort or by a request: to obtain permission; to obtain a better income.
- oppugning — Present participle of oppugn.
- ordaining — Present participle of ordain.
- orphaning — Present participle of orphan.
- outlining — the line by which a figure or object is defined or bounded; contour.
- peninsula — an area of land almost completely surrounded by water except for an isthmus connecting it with the mainland.
- penninite — a member of the chlorite group, rhombohedral in habit.
- phoniness — not real or genuine; fake; counterfeit: a phony diamond.
- picaninny — pickaninny.
- plannings — the act or process of making a plan or plans.
- poisoning — a substance with an inherent property that tends to destroy life or impair health.
- proponing — to suggest for consideration; propose.
- puddening — the rope fender on a boat
- punningly — in a punning manner
- rationing — a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage: a daily ration of meat and bread.
- ravenings — rapacious behaviour and activities
- reasoning — a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.: the reason for declaring war.
- reckoning — count; computation; calculation.
- reclining — person: lying back
- reconning — reconnaissance.
- redlining — Automotive. the maximum rotational speed, or angular velocity, of the engine crankshaft that is considered safe: often measured in rpm. a red line or boundary of a red area that delineates such a value, as on a tachometer.
- remaining — to continue in the same state; continue to be as specified: to remain at peace.
- reopening — the act of opening again something that was closed
- rerunning — to run again.
- resigning — to give up an office or position, often formally (often followed by from): to resign from the presidency.
- retaining — to keep possession of.
- runniness — the state of being runny
- runningly — in a running manner; rapidly
- saddening — causing someone to become sad
- safranine — any of a class of chiefly red organic dyes, phenazine derivatives, used for dyeing wool, silk, etc.
- sapogenin — a crystalline substance derived from saponin
- saturnine — sluggish in temperament; gloomy; taciturn.
- screening — a movable or fixed device, usually consisting of a covered frame, that provides shelter, serves as a partition, etc.
- seasoning — one of the four periods of the year (spring, summer, autumn, and winter), beginning astronomically at an equinox or solstice, but geographically at different dates in different climates.
- sermoning — the preaching of sermons
- serotonin — a neurotransmitter, derived from tryptophan, that is involved in sleep, depression, memory, and other neurological processes.
- 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.
- 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.
- sopranino — a musical instrument, as a saxophone or recorder, that is a pitch higher than the soprano instrument of its class.
- spininess — a spiny quality or condition
- stoniness — full of or abounding in stones or rock: a stony beach.