8-letter words containing n, i
- adiprene — a polyurethane elastomer with exceptional abrasion resistance and strength
- adjoined — to be close to or in contact with; abut on: His property adjoins the lake.
- adjoints — Plural form of adjoint.
- adjuring — Present participle of adjure.
- adlerian — of or relating to Alfred Adler or his ideas
- admiring — An admiring expression shows that you like or respect someone or something.
- admonish — If you admonish someone, you tell them very seriously that they have done something wrong.
- adnation — the adhesion or cohesion of different plants
- adonijah — a son of David, put to death at the order of Solomon. II Sam. 3:4; I Kings 2:19–25.
- adonises — Classical Mythology. a youth slain by a wild boar but permitted by Zeus to pass four months every year in the lower world with Persephone, four with Aphrodite, and four wherever he chose.
- adopting — Present participle of adopt.
- adoption — the act of adopting: the adoption of a new amendment.
- adorning — Make more beautiful or attractive.
- adrian i — died a.d. 795, pope 772–795.
- adrian v — died 1276, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1276.
- adrienne — a feminine name
- aduncity — the quality of being hooked or curved inward
- advising — to give counsel to; offer an opinion or suggestion as worth following: I advise you to be cautious.
- adynamia — loss of vital power or strength, esp as the result of illness; weakness or debility
- adynamic — Not dynamic; without strength or vigor.
- aequorin — a protein obtained from marine organisms that emits blue light in the presence of calcium ions and is used to detect these ions in living tissue
- aerarian — of or relating to the aerarium.
- aerating — Present participle of aerate.
- aeration — Aeration is the application of upward-flowing air to a layer of particles.
- aesculin — a chemical found in the bark of horse-chestnut trees
- aesopian — of Aesop or characteristic of his fables
- affiance — to bind (a person or oneself) in a promise of marriage; betroth
- affinely — In an affine manner.
- affining — Present participle of affine.
- affinity — If you have an affinity with someone or something, you feel that you are similar to them or that you know and understand them very well.
- affixing — to fasten, join, or attach (usually followed by to): to affix stamps to a letter.
- affusion — the baptizing of a person by pouring water onto his head
- afghanis — Plural form of afghani.
- afikoman — Alternative spelling of afikomen.
- afikomen — a piece of matzo broken off from the center one of the three matzoth set before the leader of a Seder: it is hidden by the leader and later searched for by the children, with the finder, usually the youngest, receiving a reward.
- afrasian — of Afrasia.
- africana — objects of cultural or historical interest of African origin
- agaricin — an impure form of agaric acid: formerly used in medicine as an agent for stopping excessive perspiration.
- agencies — Plural form of agency.
- agenesia — absence of or failed development of a body part.
- agenesis — (of an animal or plant) imperfect development
- agenetic — absence of or failed development of a body part.
- agenized — to bleach (flour) with nitrogen trichloride.
- agential — pertaining to an agent or agency.
- agentive — (in some inflected languages) denoting a case of nouns, etc, indicating the agent described by the verb
- aglisten — refulgent; glistening.
- agminate — gathered or clustered together
- agnation — Consanguinity by a line of males only, as distinguished from cognation.
- agnition — (obsolete) acknowledgement.
- agnizing — Present participle of agnize.