10-letter words containing ni
- coniferous — A coniferous forest or wood is made up of conifers.
- conjoining — Present participle of conjoin.
- conniption — a fit of rage or tantrums
- connivance — Connivance is a willingness to allow or assist something to happen even though you know it is wrong.
- connivancy — connivance
- connivence — the act of conniving.
- connivency — connivance
- consignify — to signify (something) when understood or interpreted in combination with something else
- consigning — Present participle of consign.
- containing — to hold or include within its volume or area: This glass contains water. This paddock contains our best horses.
- contemning — to treat or regard with disdain, scorn, or contempt.
- conuenient — Obsolete spelling of convenient.
- convenient — If a way of doing something is convenient, it is easy, or very useful or suitable for a particular purpose.
- copernican — of or relating to Copernicus or his theories.
- copernicus — Nicolaus (ˌnɪkəˈleɪəs). Polish name Mikołaj Kopernik. 1473–1543, Polish astronomer, whose theory of the solar system (the Copernican system) was published in 1543
- coregonine — relating to fish of the genus Coregonus of the family Coregonidae, which are also known as whitefish
- corniculum — a small horn or corniform part
- cornishman — a man who is a native or inhabitant of Cornwall
- cosmogenic — (of an isotope) produced by cosmic rays
- cosmogonic — a theory or story of the origin and development of the universe, the solar system, or the earth-moon system.
- costeaning — the activity of mining for lodes
- craniology — the branch of science concerned with the shape and size of the human skull, esp with reference to variations between different races
- craniotomy — any surgical incision into the skull, esp to expose the brain for neurosurgery
- creatinine — an anhydride of creatine that is abundant in muscle and excreted in the urine
- crimsoning — Present participle of crimson.
- crinogenic — stimulating secretion.
- crispinian — Saint, See under Crispin, Saint.
- cryoconite — a dark powder found at the bottom of glacier holes, formerly thought to be cosmic in origin but now widely regarded to be terrestrial
- cryogenics — Cryogenics is a branch of physics that studies what happens to things at extremely low temperatures.
- cryogenist — of or relating to the production or use of very low temperatures: cryogenic storage.
- cuisiniere — a female cook or chef.
- cunningest — Superlative form of cunning.
- cunningham — Merce (mɜːs). 1919–2009 US dancer and choreographer. His experimental ballets include Suite for Five (1956) and Travelogue (1977)
- curtaining — Present participle of curtain.
- cushioning — Cushioning is something soft that protects an object when it hits something.
- cyanogenic — having the capability to generate or produce cyanide
- cyberknife — a laser surgery technique which uses a mobile robotic arm to target tumours, etc, more effectively than conventional radiotherapy
- cytokinins — Plural form of cytokinin.
- daemonical — Of or relating to daemons; diabolical.
- danish oil — a furniture oil, based on synthetic resins, that gives a soft luster.
- date-night — an evening social date on which a married or long-term couple go out together: I enjoy a once-a-week date night with my husband.
- de kooning — Willem (ˈwɪləm). 1904–97, US abstract expressionist painter, born in Holland
- de-ionizer — a device which de-ionizes a solution
- deadlining — Present participle of deadline.
- decagynian — having ten pistils or female organs of reproduction and belonging to the order Decagynia
- decennials — Plural form of decennial.
- decolonise — to release from the status of a colony.
- decolonize — to grant independence to (a colony)
- defeminise — Alternative spelling of defeminize.
- defeminize — to divest (a person) of feminine qualities