9-letter words containing n
- acrodynia — (pathology) An epidemic disease of the skin characterized by increased sensibility of the soles and palms, with pricking sensations in them and rheumatoid pains in the hands and feet.
- acronical — happening at sunset, as the rising of a star
- acronymed — a word formed from the initial letters or groups of letters of words in a set phrase or series of words and pronounced as a separate word, as Wac from Women's Army Corps, OPEC from Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, or loran from long-range navigation.
- acronymic — a word formed from the initial letters or groups of letters of words in a set phrase or series of words and pronounced as a separate word, as Wac from Women's Army Corps, OPEC from Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, or loran from long-range navigation.
- acrophony — the use of symbols to represent sounds
- actinides — Plural form of actinide.
- actinopod — any protozoan of the phylum Actinopoda, such as a radiolarian or a heliozoan, having stiff radiating cytoplasmic projections
- actionary — (business, obsolete) A shareholder in a joint-stock company.
- actioners — Plural form of actioner.
- actioning — Present participle of action.
- actionist — a person who is bent on (spoken) action
- actuarian — Insurance. a person who computes premium rates, dividends, risks, etc., according to probabilities based on statistical records.
- actuating — to incite or move to action; impel; motivate: actuated by selfish motives.
- actuation — to incite or move to action; impel; motivate: actuated by selfish motives.
- acuminate — narrowing to a sharp point, as some types of leaf
- 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.
- acylation — the introduction into a chemical compound of an acyl group
- ad agency — An ad agency is a company whose business is to create advertisements for other companies or organizations.
- ad damnum — a formal and specific claim by a plaintiff for damages.
- adamantly — utterly unyielding in attitude or opinion in spite of all appeals, urgings, etc.
- adamently — Misspelling of adamantly.
- adaptions — the act of adapting.
- adaptogen — any of various natural substances used in herbal medicine to normalize and regulate the systems of the body
- addendums — a thing to be added; an addition.
- addicting — a person who is addicted to an activity, habit, or substance: a drug addict.
- addiction — Addiction is the condition of taking harmful drugs and being unable to stop taking them.
- addington — Henry, 1st Viscount Sidmouth. 1757–1844, British statesman; prime minister (1801–04) and Home Secretary (1812–21)
- additions — Plural form of addition.
- addlement — a process or state of confusion
- addleness — The state or quality of being addle.
- adducting — Present participle of adduct.
- adduction — an adducing or citing
- ademption — the failure of a specific legacy, as by a testator disposing of the subject matter in his lifetime
- adenoidal — having the nasal tones or impaired breathing of one with enlarged adenoids
- adenology — the branch of medicine dealing with the development, structure, function, and diseases of glands.
- adenomata — a benign tumor originating in a secretory gland.
- 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
- adenotomy — (anatomy) Dissection of, or incision into, a gland or glands.
- adenylate — (organic chemistry) The dissociated anion present in adenylic acid;' adenosine monophosphate.
- adeptness — very skilled; proficient; expert: an adept juggler.
- adherence — Adherence is the fact of adhering to a particular rule, agreement, or belief.
- adherents — Plural form of adherent.
- adhesions — Plural form of adhesion.
- adigranth — Granth.
- adipokine — (biochemistry) Any of several cytokines secreted by adipose tissue.
- adjacence — the state of being adjacent
- adjacency — the quality or state of being adjacent; nearness
- adjection — Act of adjecting or adding, or the thing added.