5-letter words containing n, i
- bison — A bison is a large hairy animal with a large head that is a member of the cattle family. They used to be very common in North America and Europe.
- blain — a blister, blotch, or sore on the skin
- blind — Someone who is blind is unable to see because their eyes are damaged.
- bling — Some people refer to expensive or fancy jewellery as bling or bling-bling.
- blini — Russian pancakes made of buckwheat flour and yeast
- blink — When you blink or when you blink your eyes, you shut your eyes and very quickly open them again.
- boing — to rebound making a noise
- boink — /boynk/ [Usenet: variously ascribed to the TV series "Cheers" "Moonlighting", and "Soap"] 1. To have sex with; compare bounce. (This is mainstream slang.) In Commonwealth hackish the variant "bonk" is more common. 2. After the original Peter Korn "Boinkon" Usenet parties, used for almost any net social gathering, e.g. Miniboink, a small boink held by Nancy Gillett in 1988; Minniboink, a Boinkcon in Minnesota in 1989; Humpdayboinks, Wednesday get-togethers held in the San Francisco Bay Area. Compare @-party. 3. Variant of "bonk"; see bonk/oif.
- bondi — Sir Hermann. 1919–2005, British mathematician and cosmologist, born in Austria; joint originator (with Sir Fred Hoyle and Thomas Gold) of the steady-state theory of the universe
- brain — Your brain is the organ inside your head that controls your body's activities and enables you to think and to feel things such as heat and pain.
- brian — Havergal (ˈhævəɡəl). 1876–1972, English composer, who wrote 32 symphonies, including the large-scale Gothic Symphony (1919–27)
- brine — Brine is salty water, especially salty water that is used for preserving food.
- bring — If you bring someone or something with you when you come to a place, they come with you or you have them with you.
- brink — If you are on the brink of something, usually something important, terrible, or exciting, you are just about to do it or experience it.
- briny — of or resembling brine; salty
- bruin — a name for a bear, used in children's tales, fables, etc
- bunin — Ivan Alekseyevich (iˈvan alɪkˈsjejɪvitʃ). 1870–1953, Russian novelist and poet; author of The Gentleman from San Francisco (1922)
- burin — a chisel of tempered steel with a sharp lozenge-shaped point, used for engraving furrows in metal, wood, or marble
- cabin — A cabin is a small room in a ship or boat.
- caine — Sir Michael. real name Maurice Micklewhite. born 1933, British film actor. His films include The Ipcress File (1965), Get Carter (1971), Educating Rita (1983), Hannah and Her Sisters (1986), and The Cider House Rules (1999)
- cairn — A cairn is a pile of stones which marks a boundary, a route across rough ground, or the top of a mountain. A cairn is sometimes also built in memory of someone.
- canid — any animal of the dog family
- carin — a female given name.
- cavin — (military) A hollow route, adapted to cover troops and facilitate their approach to a place.
- cbing — the operating of a CB radio.
- ccirn — Coordinating Committee for Intercontinental Research Networks.
- cenci — a verse tragedy (1819) by Shelley.
- cenis — Montmountain pass between France and Italy in the Graian Alps: 6,830 ft (2,082 m) high
- cetin — a white, crystalline, water-insoluble fat, C 32 H 64 O 2 , obtained from spermaceti by extraction with ether: used chiefly as an emulsive agent in the manufacture of pharmaceuticals and cosmetics and as a base in the manufacture of candles and soaps.
- ch'in — a dynasty in ancient China, 221–206 b.c., marked by the emergence of a unified empire and the construction of much of the Great Wall of China.
- chain — A chain consists of metal rings connected together in a line.
- chian — of or relating to Chios
- china — China is a hard white substance made from clay. It is used to make things such as cups, bowls, plates, and ornaments.
- chine — the backbone
- ching — of, relating to, or designating the Manchu dynasty (1644–1912) of China
- chink — A chink in a surface is a very narrow crack or opening in it.
- chino — a durable cotton twill cloth
- chins — Plural form of chin.
- ciano — Galeazzo, full name Conte Galeazzo Ciano di Cortellazzo. 1903–44, Italian fascist politician; minister of foreign affairs (1936–43) and son-in-law of Mussolini, whose supporters shot him
- cimon — died 449 bc, Athenian military and naval commander: defeated the Persians at Eurymedon (?466)
- cinch — If you say that something is a cinch, you mean that you think it is very easy to do.
- cinct — encircled
- cindy — a female given name, form of Cynthia.
- cine- — indicating motion picture or cinema
- cinna — Lucius Cornelius (ˈluːsɪəs kɔːˈniːlɪəs). died 84 bc, Roman patrician; an opponent of Sulla
- cions — scion (def 2).
- clin- — clino-
- cline — a continuous variation in form between members of a species having a wide variable geographical or ecological range
- cling — If you cling to someone or something, you hold onto them tightly.
- clink — If objects made of glass, pottery, or metal clink or if you clink them, they touch each other and make a short, light sound.