10-letter words containing n, i
- anaximenes — 6th century bc, Greek philosopher who believed air to be the primary substance
- ancestries — Plural form of ancestry.
- anchor ice — ice that forms at the bottom of a lake or river
- anchorites — Plural form of anchorite.
- anchoritic — of or relating to an anchorite
- anchylosis — (anatomy, medicine) alternative spelling of ankylosis.
- ancilliary — Misspelling of ancillary.
- ancipitous — Alternative form of ancipital.
- andalucian — from or relating to Andalusía
- andalusian — from or relating to Andalusia
- andalusite — a grey, pink, or brown hard mineral consisting of aluminium silicate in orthorhombic crystalline form. It occurs in metamorphic rocks and is used as a refractory and as a gemstone. Formula: Al2SiO5
- andragogic — the methods or techniques used to teach adults: Many educators believe that the principles of andragogy, as advanced by Malcolm Knowles, have great relevance to adult education; others are not so certain.
- androecium — the stamens of a flowering plant collectively
- androgenic — any substance, as testosterone or androsterone, that promotes male characteristics.
- anecdotist — a person who tells or collects anecdotes
- anelectric — not capable of acquiring a static electric charge when subjected to friction.
- anemically — Pathology. suffering from anemia.
- anemophily — fertilized by wind-borne pollen or spores.
- anemotaxis — oriented movement in response to a current of air.
- anesthesia — a partial or total loss of the sense of pain, temperature, touch, etc., produced by disease
- anesthetic — relating to, with, or characterized by anesthesia
- aneuploidy — (genetics) The condition of being aneuploid; the state of possessing chromosome number that is not an exact multiple of the haploid number.
- aneurismal — Alternative spelling of aneurysmal.
- angel hair — a kind of pasta in the shape of very fine long strands
- angioblast — one of several mesenchymal cells capable of developing into the endothelium of the blood vessels.
- angioedema — swelling that occurs just beneath the surface of the skin or mucous membranes.
- angiogenic — promoting or relating to blood vessel growth
- angiogenin — a small, single-chain protein, resembling ribonuclease in structure, that stimulates the formation of new blood vessels.
- angiograms — Plural form of angiogram.
- angiograph — The film or image of the blood vessels produced by angiography.
- angiopathy — (pathology) Any disease of the blood vessels.
- angioscope — An instrument for examining the capillary vessels of animals and plants.
- angiosperm — any seed-bearing plant of the phylum Angiospermophyta (division Angiospermae in traditional systems), in which the ovules are enclosed in an ovary, which develops into the fruit after fertilization; any flowering plant
- angle iron — an iron or a steel structural bar that has an L-shaped cross section
- anglecized — Misspelling of anglicized.
- anglepoise — a type of lamp with joints and spring tension that allow it to be placed in a wide range of positions
- anglerfish — a bony fish with a growth on its head which can be wiggled to attract prey
- anglesmith — a blacksmith skilled in forging angle irons, beams, etc., into various forms used in shipbuilding.
- anglicised — Made into a form similar to that used by the English.
- anglicized — having become or been made English in outlook, attitude, form, etc
- anglicizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of anglicize.
- anglistics — the study of English language and literature
- anglomania — excessive respect for English customs, etc
- anglophile — If you describe a non-British person as Anglophile, you mean that they admire Britain and British culture.
- anguifauna — the snakes inhabiting a particular region
- anguishing — excruciating or acute distress, suffering, or pain: the anguish of grief.
- angularity — the condition of being angular
- angulation — an angular formation
- angwantibo — a rare gold-coloured prosimian primate of tropical Africa, Arctocebus calabarensis, having digits that are specialized as a pair of pincers for climbing: family Lorisidae (lorises)
- anharmonic — of or concerned with an oscillation whose frequency is not an integral factor or multiple of the base frequency