6-letter words containing n, i, s
- linsey — linsey-woolsey.
- lisbon — a republic in SW Europe, on the Iberian Peninsula, W of Spain. (Including the Azores and the Madeira Islands) 35,414 sq. mi. (91,720 sq. km). Capital: Lisbon.
- listen — to give attention with the ear; attend closely for the purpose of hearing; give ear.
- liston — Sonny, real name Charles. 1922–70, US boxer: former world heavyweight champion
- livens — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of liven.
- logins — Plural form of login.
- losing — causing or suffering loss.
- lungis — Plural form of lungi.
- lupins — Plural form of lupin.
- lyings — Plural form of lying.
- lysine — a crystalline, basic, amino acid, H 2 N(CH 2) 4 CH(NH 2)COOH, produced chiefly from many proteins by hydrolysis, essential in the nutrition of humans and animals. Symbol: K. Abbreviation: Lys;
- lysing — Present participle of lyse.
- manias — Plural form of mania.
- manies — constituting or forming a large number; numerous: many people.
- manisa — a city in W Turkey, near the Aegean: Roman defeat of Antiochus the Great 190 b.c.
- manism — Ancestor-worship.
- manist — Ancestor-worshipper.
- mantis — any of several predaceous insects of the order Mantidae, having a long prothorax and typically holding the forelegs in an upraised position as if in prayer.
- maslin — a mixture of different grains, flours, or meals, especially rye mixed with wheat.
- matins — (often initial capital letter) matins, Also, especially British, mattins. (usually used with a singular verb) Ecclesiastical. the first of the seven canonical hours. the service for it, properly beginning at midnight, but sometimes beginning at daybreak. Also called Morning Prayer. the service of public prayer, said in the morning, in the Anglican Church.
- mavins — an expert or connoisseur.
- mersin — a seaport in S Turkey, on the NW coast of the Mediterranean Sea.
- meslin — Alternative form of maslin.
- messin — a lap dog; small pet dog.
- minces — Plural form of mince.
- miners — Plural form of miner.
- minges — Plural form of minge.
- mingus — Charles ("Charlie") 1922–79, U.S. jazz bass player and composer.
- minims — Plural form of minim.
- minish — (archaic) To lessen or cause to seem to be less.
- minors — Plural form of minor.
- minxes — Plural form of minx.
- minyas — a king of Orchomenus, famed for his wealth.
- miseno — a cape in SW Italy, on the N shore of the Bay of Naples: ruins of ancient Misenum, a Roman naval station and resort.
- mishna — the collection of oral laws compiled about a.d. 200 by Rabbi Judah ha-Nasi and forming the basic part of the Talmud.
- misken — to be unaware or ignorant of
- mispen — to write incorrectly
- misrun — an incomplete casting, the metal of which has solidified prematurely.
- missen — (Yorkshire, colloquial) Myself.
- monies — a plural of money.
- monish — to admonish.
- monism — Philosophy. (in metaphysics) any of various theories holding that there is only one basic substance or principle as the ground of reality, or that reality consists of a single element. Compare dualism (def 2), pluralism (def 1a). (in epistemology) a theory that the object and datum of cognition are identical. Compare pluralism (def 1b).
- monist — Philosophy. (in metaphysics) any of various theories holding that there is only one basic substance or principle as the ground of reality, or that reality consists of a single element. Compare dualism (def 2), pluralism (def 1a). (in epistemology) a theory that the object and datum of cognition are identical. Compare pluralism (def 1b).
- monsig — Monseigneur
- mucins — Plural form of mucin.
- munshi — a native interpreter or language instructor.
- mushin — a city in SW Nigeria, NW of Lagos.
- musing — absorbed in thought; meditative.
- muslin — a cotton fabric made in various degrees of fineness and often printed, woven, or embroidered in patterns, especially a cotton fabric of plain weave, used for sheets and for a variety of other purposes.
- myosin — the principal contractile protein of muscle.