11-letter words containing n, i, s
- alcaligenes — any of several rod-shaped aerobic or facultatively anaerobic bacteria of the genus Alcaligenes, found in the intestinal tract of humans and other vertebrates and in dairy products.
- alessandria — a town in NW Italy, in Piedmont. Pop: 85 438 (2001)
- alfonso xii — 1857–85, king of Spain 1874–85.
- alkyd resin — any synthetic resin made from a dicarboxylic acid, such as phthalic acid, and diols or triols: used in paints and adhesives
- allantoides — Plural form of allantois.
- allegations — Plural form of allegation.
- allegiances — the loyalty of a citizen to his or her government or of a subject to his or her sovereign.
- alligations — Plural form of alligation.
- allocations — Plural form of allocation.
- allocutions — Plural form of allocution.
- allyl resin — any of several thermosetting synthetic resins made by polymerizing esters of allyl alcohol with a dibasic acid. They are used as adhesives
- alterations — adjustments
- amativeness — (phrenology) The state or quality of being amative; propensity to love or sexual feelings.
- amazingness — The state or quality, of being amazing.
- ambiversion — a condition or character trait that includes elements of both introversion and extroversion
- ambuscading — Present participle of ambuscade.
- americanism — An Americanism is an expression that is typical of people living in the United States of America.
- americanist — a person who studies some aspect of America, such as its history or languages
- amethystine — Like amethyst, especially when referring to colour.
- amiableness — The state or quality of being amiable.
- amino acids — any of a class of organic compounds that contains at least one amino group, –NH 2 , and one carboxyl group, –COOH: the alpha-amino acids, RCH(NH 2)COOH, are the building blocks from which proteins are constructed.
- amino resin — any thermosetting synthetic resin formed by copolymerization of amines or amides with aldehydes. Amino resins are used as adhesives and as coatings for paper and textiles
- amino-sugar — a monosaccharide with an amino or substituted amino group in place of a nonglycosidic hydroxyl group.
- ammonolysis — solvolysis in liquid ammonia
- ammunitions — the material fired, scattered, dropped, or detonated from any weapon, as bombs or rockets, and especially shot, shrapnel, bullets, or shells fired by guns.
- amniotomies — Plural form of amniotomy.
- amphigenous — (of certain parasitic fungi) growing on both sides of leaves.
- amphisbaena — any worm lizard of the genus Amphisbaena
- amputations — Plural form of amputation.
- amusingness — the quality or state of being amusing
- amusiveness — the quality of being amusive
- anacamptics — The science of reflected light; catoptrics.
- anachronism — You say that something is an anachronism when you think that it is out of date or old-fashioned.
- anachronist — A person who has anachronistic views or habits.
- anacoenosis — a figure of speech in which an appeal is made to one's listeners or opponents for their opinion or judgment as to the subject under discussion.
- anadiploses — Plural form of anadiplosis.
- anadiplosis — repetition of the words or phrase at the end of one sentence, line, or clause at the beginning of the next
- anaesthesia — Anaesthesia is the use of anaesthetics in medicine and surgery.
- anaesthetic — Anaesthetic is a substance that doctors use to stop you feeling pain during an operation, either in the whole of your body when you are unconscious, or in a part of your body when you are awake.
- anaglyptics — (arts) The art of carving or embossing in low relief.
- anagnorises — Plural form of anagnorisis.
- anagnorisis — (in Greek tragedy) the recognition or discovery by the protagonist of the identity of some character or the nature of his own predicament, which leads to the resolution of the plot; denouement
- analeptics' — restoring; invigorating; giving strength after disease.
- analogistic — a person who employs or argues from analogy.
- analysation — Alternative form of analyzation.
- anamorphism — intense metamorphism of a rock in which high-density complex minerals are formed from simpler minerals of lower density
- anaphoresis — the movement of suspended charged particles towards the anode in an electric field
- anaphylaxis — extreme sensitivity to an injected antigen, esp a protein, following a previous injection
- anaplerosis — the filling up of a scar, wound, etc which has decayed or been destroyed
- anapophysis — a small process of a vertebra, especially of a lumbar or thoracic vertebra.