13-letter words containing ni
- companionless — Without a companion; friendless, alone.
- companionship — Companionship is having someone you know and like with you, rather than being on your own.
- companionways — Plural form of companionway.
- company union — an unaffiliated union of workers usually restricted to a single business enterprise
- complainingly — In a complaining manner; peevishly.
- completionist — (in a video game) a player who attempts to complete every challenge and earn every achievement or trophy: I’m not really a completionist, so I skipped the side missions and focused on the main story quests.
- compulsionist — a believer in compulsion, esp a believer in obligatory military service
- concessionist — a person who supports or recommends concession
- confectioning — a sweet preparation of fruit or the like, as a preserve or candy.
- confraternity — a group of men united for some particular purpose, esp Christian laymen organized for religious or charitable service; brotherhood
- congenialness — The state or quality of being congenial.
- conic section — one of a group of curves formed by the intersection of a plane and a right circular cone. It is either a circle, ellipse, parabola, or hyperbola, depending on the eccentricity, e, which is constant for a particular curve e = 0 for a circle; e<1 for an ellipse; e = 1 for a parabola; e>1 for a hyperbola
- conidiophores — Plural form of conidiophore.
- coniferophyte — (biology) conifer.
- connectionism — the theory that the connections between brain cells mediate thought and govern behaviour
- connectionist — An advocate of connectionism.
- conning tower — a superstructure of a submarine, used as the bridge when the vessel is on the surface
- consanguinity — relationship by blood; kinship
- consumer unit — A consumer unit is a particular type of distribution board that controls and distributes electrical energy, especially in domestic premises.
- contortionism — the practice of contorting, esp as a performance
- contortionist — A contortionist is someone who twists their body into strange and unnatural shapes and positions in order to entertain other people, for example in a circus.
- contrarianism — Beliefs and practices of a contrarian.
- conventionist — a conventioneer
- convulsionist — a person who believes that major geological changes were caused by intense convulsions
- coreligionist — an adherent of the same religion as another
- corinthianize — to live a promiscuous life
- cornification — the process of producing a horn or horny substance
- cornish pasty — A Cornish pasty is a small pie with meat and vegetables inside.
- corruptionist — a person who engages in or upholds corrupt practices, esp. in public life
- countermining — Present participle of countermine.
- countersniper — designed to act against or eliminate snipers
- cranial index — the ratio of the greatest length to the greatest width of the cranium, multiplied by 100: used in comparative anthropology
- cranial nerve — any of the 12 paired nerves that have their origin in the brain and reach the periphery through natural openings in the skull
- cranioscopist — a practitioner of cranioscopy
- crinicultural — of or relating to hair growth
- crotonic acid — type of colourless acid
- cryogenically — in a cryogenic manner
- crystallinity — of or like crystal; clear; transparent.
- cummingtonite — an amphibole mineral, magnesium iron silicate hydroxide, found in metamorphic rocks
- cunnilinguist — One who gives cunnilingus.
- cuprotitanium — (metallurgy) An alloy of copper and titanium obtained by reducing a mixture of copper and rutile.
- currency unit — a unit of money, such as the pound, dollar, or euro, that is used in a particular currency
- customs union — an association of nations which promotes free trade within the union and establishes common tariffs on trade with nonmember nations
- cyberfeminism — A community, philosophy and set of practices concerned with feminist acts in cyberspace.
- cycloolefinic — of or like a cycloolefin
- cystathionine — an amino acid, C 7 H 14 O 4 N 2 S, that is an intermediate in the transfer of sulfur from methionine to cysteine.
- damnification — That which causes damage or loss.
- danish pastry — Danish pastries are cakes made from sweet pastry. They are often filled with things such as apple or almond paste.
- day and night — If something happens day and night or night and day, it happens all the time without stopping.
- decamethonium — a drug that is used to relax or loosen the muscles