5-letter words containing n, i
- dino- — terrible, dreadful
- dints — Plural form of dint.
- dione — Classical Mythology. a Titan and a consort of Zeus.
- dioon — any of several Mexican and Central American palmlike plants belonging to the genus Dioon, of the cycad family, having a crown of stiff, pinnate leaves.
- disna — Eye dialect of doesn't.
- divan — a sofa or couch, usually without arms or back, often usable as a bed.
- divna — do not
- diwan — (in India) any of certain officials, as a financial minister or prime minister of a native colony.
- dixon — Jeremiah, died 1777, English astronomer and surveyor. Compare Mason-Dixon line.
- dizen — to deck with clothes or finery; bedizen.
- djing — The role of a DJ (disk jockey).
- djinn — any of a class of spirits, lower than the angels, capable of appearing in human and animal forms and influencing humankind for either good or evil.
- djins — jinn.
- do in — Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
- doing — action; performance; execution: Your misfortune is not of my doing.
- doink — (US slang, humorous, transitive) To have sexual intercourse (with someone).
- dolin — Sir Anton [an-ton] /ˈæn tɒn/ (Show IPA), (Patrick Healey-Kay) 1904–83, English ballet dancer.
- drain — to withdraw or draw off (a liquid) gradually; remove slowly or by degrees, as by filtration: to drain oil from a crankcase.
- drina — a river in S Europe, flowing N along the part of the border between Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina to the Sava River at Belgrade, Serbia. 285 miles (459 km) long.
- drink — to take water or other liquid into the mouth and swallow it; imbibe.
- dunai — the Danube
- dvina — Also called Western Dvina. Latvian Daugava. a river rising in the Valdai Hills in the W Russian Federation, flowing W through Byelorussia (Belarus) and Latvia to the Baltic Sea at Riga. About 640 miles (1030) long.
- dwine — (archaic except in Scotland and dialects) To wither, decline, pine away.
- dying — ceasing to live; approaching death; expiring: a dying man.
- dynix — (library) A host-based library automation system from Dynix Automated Library Systems. First installed in 1993, it is now used in over 2000 libraries worldwide. Dynix runs on Unix using the UniVerse post relational database. The software is configurable using tables of parameters. It includes modules for cataloguing, circulation, OPAC, acquisitions, serials, reserve book room, advance bookings, homebound, BiblioBus, Pac Plus for Windows, Kids Catalog, Dynix Online Catalog, media bookings, and community information.
- edina — a city in SE Minnesota, near Minneapolis.
- edwin — MIT Scheme
- eigen — Manfred. born 1927, German physical chemist: shared the Nobel prize for chemistry (1967) for developing his relaxation technique for studying fast reactions
- eigne — first-born
- eking — Manage to support oneself or make a living with difficulty.
- eldin — fuel or firewood
- elfin — (with reference to a person) small and delicate, typically with an attractively mischievous or strange charm.
- elgin — a market town in NE Scotland, the administrative centre of Moray, on the River Lossie: ruined 13th-century cathedral: distilling, engineering. Pop: 20 829 (2001)
- elint — intelligence gathered by using electronic sensors to intercept electromagnetic signals, such as radio signals, from other countries
- engin — engineer
- eniac — Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer
- ennis — a town in the W Republic of Ireland, county town of Co Clare. Pop: 22 051 (2002)
- ennui — A feeling of listlessness and dissatisfaction arising from a lack of occupation or excitement.
- enoki — An edible Japanese mushroom, growing in clusters, with slender stems and small caps.
- envie — (obsolete) To vie; to emulate; to strive.
- envoi — A short stanza concluding a ballade.
- eosin — A red fluorescent dye that is a bromine derivative of fluorescein, or one of its salts or other derivatives.
- ermin — Obsolete form of ermine.
- ernie — (in Britain) a machine that randomly selects winning numbers of Premium Bonds
- erwin — a masculine name: var. Irwin
- ettin — (dialectal, archaic, fantasy) A giant.
- exine — The decay-resistant outer coating of a pollen grain or spore. It typically bears a highly characteristic surface pattern that is used in palynology.
- exing — Present participle of ex.
- eying — Present participle of eye.
- ezine — Alternative spelling of e-zine.