10-letter words containing n, i, s
- alignments — Plural form of alignment.
- alisanders — Alternative form of alexanders (plant).
- allenstein — German name of Olsztyn.
- almandines — Plural form of almandine.
- almsgiving — the making of charitable donations, giving alms
- alpestrine — (of plants) growing at high altitudes; subalpine
- altiplanos — Plural form of altiplano.
- altisonant — having an impressive sound
- aluminates — Plural form of aluminate.
- amanuensis — a person employed to take dictation or to copy manuscripts
- ambisonics — the technique of reproducing and transmitting surround sound
- amensalism — a relationship between two species of organisms in which the individuals of one species adversely affect those of the other and are unaffected themselves.
- americanos — Plural form of americano.
- aminoacids — Plural form of aminoacid.
- aminoplast — amino resin.
- aminosugar — a monosaccharide with an amino or substituted amino group in place of a nonglycosidic hydroxyl group.
- ammonifies — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ammonify.
- amnestying — Present participle of amnesty.
- amnioscopy — Examination of a foetus and the amniotic fluid in the lowest part of the amniotic sac using an amnioscope introduced through the cervical canal.
- amortising — Present participle of amortise.
- amphibians — any cold-blooded vertebrate of the class Amphibia, comprising frogs and toads, newts and salamanders, and caecilians, the larvae being typically aquatic, breathing by gills, and the adults being typically semiterrestrial, breathing by lungs and through the moist, glandular skin.
- amphinomus — Penelope's favorite suitor.
- amphiscian — an inhabitant of the tropics
- amplidynes — Plural form of amplidyne.
- anabaptise — to rebaptise
- anabaptism — a member of any of various Protestant sects, formed in Europe after 1520, that denied the validity of infant baptism, baptized believers only, and advocated social and economic reforms as well as the complete separation of church and state.
- anabaptist — a member of any of various 16th-century Protestant movements that rejected infant baptism, insisted that adults be rebaptized, and sought to establish Christian communism
- anachorism — a geographical misplacement; something located in an incongruous position
- anaclastic — relating to refraction
- anacoustic — unable to support the propagation of sound; soundless
- anacrustic — Prosody. an unstressed syllable or syllable group that begins a line of verse but is not counted as part of the first foot.
- anaerobies — (biology) anaerobes.
- anagenesis — the progressive evolutionary changes that take place over time in a single genetic lineage
- analeptics — Plural form of analeptic.
- analgesics — Plural form of analgesic.
- analogised — Simple past tense and past participle of analogise.
- analogizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of analogize.
- analysis's — the separating of any material or abstract entity into its constituent elements (opposed to synthesis).
- analysises — Misconstruction of analyses.
- anamnestic — of or relating to anamnesis
- anaplastic — of or relating to anaplasia
- anarchists — Plural form of anarchist.
- anastigmat — a lens or system of lenses designed to be free of astigmatism
- anatomists — Plural form of anatomist.
- anatomizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of anatomize.
- anaximenes — 6th century bc, Greek philosopher who believed air to be the primary substance
- ancestries — Plural form of ancestry.
- anchorites — Plural form of anchorite.
- anchylosis — (anatomy, medicine) alternative spelling of ankylosis.
- ancipitous — Alternative form of ancipital.