9-letter words containing n, s
- acesodyne — mitigating pain; anodyne.
- achimenes — any plant of the tropical S American tuberous-rooted perennial genus Achimenes, with showy red, blue, or white tubular flowers, some of which are grown as greenhouse plants: family Gesneriaceae
- acquaints — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of acquaint.
- acridness — Bitterness or acerbity.
- acrodonts — Plural form of acrodont.
- actinides — Plural form of actinide.
- actioners — Plural form of actioner.
- actionist — a person who is bent on (spoken) action
- acuminous — keen insight; shrewdness: remarkable acumen in business matters.
- acupoints — Plural form of acupoint.
- acuteness — sharp or severe in effect; intense: acute sorrow; an acute pain.
- adaptions — the act of adapting.
- addendums — a thing to be added; an addition.
- additions — Plural form of addition.
- addleness — The state or quality of being addle.
- adenosine — a nucleoside formed by the condensation of adenine and ribose. It is present in all living cells in a combined form, as in ribonucleic acids. Formula: C10H13N5O4
- adeptness — very skilled; proficient; expert: an adept juggler.
- adherents — Plural form of adherent.
- adhesions — Plural form of adhesion.
- adjusting — Alter or move (something) slightly in order to achieve the desired fit, appearance, or result.
- adjutants — Plural form of adjutant.
- adjuvants — Plural form of adjuvant.
- adminship — The role of an administrator; administratorship.
- admission — Admission is permission given to a person to enter a place, or permission given to a country to enter an organization. Admission is also the act of entering a place.
- adnascent — growing on or to something else
- adoptions — Plural form of adoption.
- adsorbant — Adsorbent.
- adsorbent — capable of adsorption
- adsorbing — Present participle of adsorb.
- adultness — the state or quality of being an adult; an impression of maturity
- advancers — Plural form of advancer.
- adventism — the belief that the Second Coming of Christ will occur soon
- adventist — a member of any of the Christian groups, such as the Seventh-Day Adventists that hold that the Second Coming of Christ is imminent
- adversion — (obsolete) An adverting or turning towards; attention.
- aepyornis — any of the large extinct flightless birds of the genus Aepyornis, remains of which have been found in Madagascar
- aeronauts — A traveler in a hot-air balloon, airship, or other flying craft.
- aeschines — ?389–?314 bc, Athenian orator; the main political opponent of Demosthenes
- afferents — Plural form of afferent.
- affiances — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of affiance.
- affluents — Plural form of affluent.
- afrikaans — Afrikaans is one of the official languages of South Africa.
- afterings — the last of the milk drawn from a cow in milking, which contains the richest milk
- agentless — Without an agent.
- agileness — the quality of being agile
- agistment — the act of agisting
- agnathans — Plural form of agnathan.
- agnathous — (esp of lampreys and hagfishes) lacking jaws
- agnostics — Plural form of agnostic.
- agnus dei — the figure of a lamb bearing a cross or banner, emblematic of Christ
- agonising — to suffer extreme pain or anguish; be in agony.