10-letter words containing n, i
- almond oil — oil obtained from almonds, used in many products, esp skin products
- almsgiving — the making of charitable donations, giving alms
- along with — accompanying; together with
- alpestrine — (of plants) growing at high altitudes; subalpine
- alpha iron — a magnetic allotrope of iron that is stable below 910°C; ferrite
- alpine fir — a fir, Abies lasiocarpa, of the Rocky Mountains, yielding a soft, brittle wood used for making boxes, crates, etc.
- altar wine — wine for use in a Eucharistic service.
- alteration — An alteration is a change in or to something.
- alternatim — (in sacred music) alternating between two modes
- altiplanos — Plural form of altiplano.
- altisonant — having an impressive sound
- altitonant — sounding loudly from high above
- altrincham — a residential town in NW England, in Trafford unitary authority, Greater Manchester. Pop: 40 695 (2001)
- aluminates — Plural form of aluminate.
- aluminized — Simple past tense and past participle of aluminize.
- alvin york — a member of the royal house of England that ruled from 1461 to 1485.
- amantadine — an antiviral drug used in the treatment of some types of influenza and to reduce some of the symptoms of Parkinson's disease
- amanuensis — a person employed to take dictation or to copy manuscripts
- amarantine — amaranthine
- ambiophony — the reproduction of sound to create an illusion to a listener of being in a spacious room, such as a concert hall
- ambisonics — the technique of reproducing and transmitting surround sound
- ambitioned — sought after, desired
- ambivalent — If you say that someone is ambivalent about something, they seem to be uncertain whether they really want it, or whether they really approve of it.
- ambulating — Present participle of ambulate.
- ambulation — to walk about or move from place to place.
- ameliorant — a thing that ameliorates
- amendation — (US) The result of making an amendment to a document etc; an amendment.
- 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.
- amer. ind. — American Indian
- americanos — Plural form of americano.
- amerindian — Amerindian means the same as American Indian.
- amianthoid — a fine variety of asbestos, with delicate, flexible filaments.
- amino acid — Amino acids are substances containing nitrogen and hydrogen and which are found in proteins. Amino acids occur naturally in the body.
- 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.
- amiodarone — a substance, C 25 H 29 I 2 NO 3 , used in the treatment of heart arrhythmias.
- amlodipine — A long-acting calcium channel blocker used as an anti-hypertensive and in the treatment of angina.
- ammoniacal — of, containing, using, or resembling ammonia
- ammoniated — to treat or cause to unite with ammonia.
- ammonified — Simple past tense and past participle of ammonify.
- ammonifies — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ammonify.
- ammunition — Ammunition is bullets and rockets that are made to be fired from guns.
- 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.
- amodiaquin — a compound, C20H22ClN3O, whose hydrochloride form is used in treating malaria
- amortising — Present participle of amortise.
- amortizing — Present participle of amortize.
- 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.
- amphictyon — a delegate to an amphictyonic council