9-letter words containing ns
- instanton — (mathematics, physics) A solution to the imaginary time nonlinear field equation of Yang-Mills field theory; carries information about quantum tunnelling.
- instarred — to set with or as if with stars.
- instating — Present participle of instate.
- instigate — to cause by incitement; foment: to instigate a quarrel.
- instilled — to infuse slowly or gradually into the mind or feelings; insinuate; inject: to instill courtesy in a child.
- instiller — One who instills.
- instincts — an inborn pattern of activity or tendency to action common to a given biological species.
- institute — to set up; establish; organize: to institute a government.
- instructs — (informal) shortened form of instructions.
- insuccess — (archaic) Lack of success.
- insuetude — (archaic) The state or quality of being unaccustomed; absence of habit.
- insularly — of or relating to an island or islands: insular possessions.
- insulated — to cover, line, or separate with a material that prevents or reduces the passage, transfer, or leakage of heat, electricity, or sound: to insulate an electric wire with a rubber sheath; to insulate a coat with down.
- insulates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of insulate.
- insulator — Electricity. a material of such low conductivity that the flow of current through it is negligible. insulating material, often glass or porcelain, in a unit form designed so as to support a charged conductor and electrically isolate it.
- insulsity — stupidity
- insultant — insulting
- insulting — giving or causing insult; characterized by affronting rudeness, insolence, etc.
- insultive — (rare,non-standard) Insulting.
- insurable — capable of being or proper to be insured, as against loss or harm.
- insurance — the act, system, or business of providing financial protection for property, life, health, etc, against specified contingencies, such as death, loss, or damage, and involving payment of regular premiums in return for a policy guaranteeing such protection
- insurgent — a person who rises in forcible opposition to lawful authority, especially a person who engages in armed resistance to a government or to the execution of its laws; rebel.
- inswinger — a bowled ball that veers from off side to leg side.
- integrins — Plural form of integrin.
- intensate — (transitive) To intensify.
- intensely — existing or occurring in a high or extreme degree: intense heat.
- intensest — Superlative form of intense.
- intensify — to make intense or more intense.
- intension — intensification; increase in degree.
- intensity — the quality or condition of being intense.
- intensive — of, relating to, or characterized by intensity: intensive questioning.
- intrinsic — belonging to a thing by its very nature: the intrinsic value of a gold ring.
- invasions — Plural form of invasion.
- ironsides — a strong person with great power of endurance or resistance.
- ironsmith — a worker in iron; blacksmith.
- ironstone — any iron-bearing mineral or rock with siliceous impurities.
- isenstein — (in the Nibelungenlied) the home of Brunhild in Isenland.
- jansenism — the doctrinal system of Cornelis Jansen and his followers, denying free will and maintaining that human nature is corrupt and that Christ died for the elect and not for all humanity.
- javabeans — (programming) A component architecture for the Java programming language, developed initially by Sun, but now available from several other vendors. JavaBeans components are called "beans". JavaBeans allows developers to create reusable software components that can then be assembled together using visual application builder tools including Sybase's PowerJ, Borland's JBuilder, IBM's Visual Age for Java, SunSoft's Java Workshop and Symantec's Visual Cafe. JavaBeans support Introspection (a builder tool can analyze how a Bean works), Customisation (developers can customise the appearance and behaviour of a Bean), Events (Beans can communicate), Properties (developers can customise and program with Beans(?)) and Persistence (customised Beans can be stored and reused).
- jawlensky — Alexej von [ah-le-ksey fuh n] /ˌɑ lɛˈkseɪ fən/ (Show IPA), 1864?–1941, German painter, born in Russia.
- jenkinson — Robert Banks, 2nd Earl of Liverpool, 1770–1828, British statesman: prime minister 1812–27.
- jensenism — the theory that an individual's IQ is largely due to heredity, including racial heritage.
- jettisons — Plural form of jettison.
- johnstown — a city in SW Pennsylvania: disastrous flood 1889.
- jonsonian — Ben, 1573?–1637, English dramatist and poet.
- jugginses — Plural form of juggins.
- junctions — Plural form of junction.
- kaczynski — Lech. 1949–2010, Polish politician, president of Poland (2005–10)
- kandinsky — Wassily [vas-uh-lee] /ˈvæs ə li/ (Show IPA), or Vasili [vas-uh-lee,, vuh-sil-ee;; Russian vuh-syee-lyee] /ˈvæs ə li,, vəˈsɪl i;; Russian vʌˈsyi lyi/ (Show IPA), 1866–1944, Russian painter.
- keansburg — a town in E New Jersey.