10-letter words that end in ic
- nanoscopic — Having a scale expressed in nanometers.
- naphthenic — any of a group of hydrocarbon ring compounds of the general formula, C n H 2n , derivatives of cyclopentane and cyclohexane, found in certain petroleums.
- napoleonic — pertaining to, resembling, or suggestive of Napoleon I, or, less often, Napoleon III, or their dynasty: the Napoleonic era; a Napoleonic attitude toward one's employees.
- nativistic — the policy of protecting the interests of native inhabitants against those of immigrants.
- naturistic — Pertaining to naturism (doctrine attributing everything to nature).
- neo-gothic — of, relating to, or designating chiefly a style of architecture in which gothic motifs and forms are imitated.
- neoclassic — (sometimes initial capital letter) belonging or pertaining to a revival of classic styles or something that is held to resemble classic styles, as in art, literature, music, or architecture.
- neogenetic — of or relating to neogenesis
- neoplastic — the theory and practice of the de Stijl school, chiefly characterized by an emphasis on the formal structure of a work of art, and restriction of spatial or linear relations to vertical and horizontal movements as well as restriction of the artist's palette to black, white, and the primary colors.
- nephelinic — containing or resembling nepheline, pertaining to nepheline
- nepotistic — patronage bestowed or favoritism shown on the basis of family relationship, as in business and politics: She was accused of nepotism when she made her nephew an officer of the firm.
- neurogenic — originating in a nerve or nerve tissue.
- neurologic — Relating to neurology or the nervous system.
- neurolytic — Pathology. disintegration of nerve tissue. exhaustion of a nerve by excess stimulation.
- neurotoxic — poisonous to nerve tissue, as to the brain or spinal cord.
- nihilistic — of or believing in nihilism, or the total rejection of established laws and institutions: An exhibition of nihilistic art—now there's an oxymoron!
- nitrogenic — Of, relating to, or containing nitrogen.
- nomothetic — giving or establishing laws; legislative.
- non-cyclic — revolving or recurring in cycles; characterized by recurrence in cycles.
- non-ethnic — not of or associated with any particular ethnic background or group: some of the best nonethnic cooking in town.
- non-heroic — Also, heroical. of, relating to, or characteristic of a hero or heroine.
- non-ironic — using words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning; containing or exemplifying irony: an ironic novel; an ironic remark.
- non-italic — designating or pertaining to a style of printing types in which the letters usually slope to the right, patterned upon a compact manuscript hand, and used for emphasis, to separate different kinds of information, etc.: These words are in italic type.
- non-static — pertaining to or characterized by a fixed or stationary condition.
- nonallelic — any of several forms of a gene, usually arising through mutation, that are responsible for hereditary variation.
- nonaquatic — Not aquatic.
- nonascetic — a person who is not an ascetic
- noncaloric — of or relating to calories: the caloric content of food.
- nonclastic — Biology. breaking up into fragments or separate portions; dividing into parts.
- nondynamic — pertaining to or characterized by energy or effective action; vigorously active or forceful; energetic: the dynamic president of the firm.
- nonelastic — capable of returning to its original length, shape, etc., after being stretched, deformed, compressed, or expanded: an elastic waistband; elastic fiber.
- nonenteric — of or relating to the enteron; intestinal.
- nongenetic — Biology. pertaining or according to genetics.
- nonkinetic — pertaining to motion.
- nonmimetic — not mimetic, not involving or characterized by mimesis or imitation
- nonnomadic — Not nomadic.
- nonorganic — noting or pertaining to a class of chemical compounds that formerly comprised only those existing in or derived from plants or animals, but that now includes all other compounds of carbon.
- nonplastic — Often, plastics. any of a group of synthetic or natural organic materials that may be shaped when soft and then hardened, including many types of resins, resinoids, polymers, cellulose derivatives, casein materials, and proteins: used in place of other materials, as glass, wood, and metals, in construction and decoration, for making many articles, as coatings, and, drawn into filaments, for weaving. They are often known by trademark names, as Bakelite, Vinylite, or Lucite.
- nonvocalic — Not vocalic; not used as a vowel.
- nostologic — geriatrics.
- notaphilic — of or pertaining to notaphily
- novelistic — of, relating to, or characteristic of novels.
- numismatic — of, relating to, or consisting of coins, medals, paper money, etc.
- nummulitic — Of or pertaining to nummulites.
- nyctalopic — (medicine) Unable to see clearly in low light; night-blind; suffering from nyctalopia.
- obesogenic — Tending to cause obesity.
- oculogyric — (medicine) Pertaining to the rotation of the eyeballs within their orbits.
- oenophilic — a person who enjoys wines, usually as a connoisseur.
- old fustic — a large tropical American moraceous tree, Chlorophora tinctoria
- old permic — a subfamily of Finnic, comprising the modern languages Udmurt and Komi, spoken in northeastern European Russia, and fragmentary attestations of an earlier language (Old Permic) dating from the 15th century.