14-letter words containing ni
- cranial suture — a type of immovable joint between the bones of the skull
- craniocerebral — relating to both the cranium and the cerebrum
- cremnitz white — lead white.
- cross training — training in two or more sports to improve performance, esp on one's main sport
- crowning glory — the greatest achievement
- cryptovolcanic — of or relating to a rock structure providing indirect or incomplete evidence of volcanism.
- cubic zirconia — a synthetic crystalline compound of zirconium oxide, fashioned to resemble diamonds, etc.
- cyanoguanidine — dicyandiamide.
- cyanoplatinite — platinocyanide.
- cytopathogenic — causing cytopathy
- dacryoadenitis — Inflammation of the lacrimal glands.
- daniel webster — Daniel, 1782–1852, U.S. statesman and orator.
- darning needle — a long needle with a large eye used for darning
- darning stitch — a stitch used in darning that imitates the texture of the fabric that is to be mended
- dead reckoning — a method of establishing one's position using the distance and direction travelled rather than astronomical observations
- decamillennial — Occurring every ten thousand years.
- dechristianize — to make non-Christian
- decolonisation — Alternative spelling of decolonization.
- decolonization — Decolonization means giving political independence to a country that was previously a colony.
- deconditioning — Present participle of decondition.
- defeminization — (in a developing organism) the process in which full development into a female of the species is prevented because of a male developmental characteristic
- definitionally — the act of defining, or of making something definite, distinct, or clear: We need a better definition of her responsibilities.
- definitiveness — most reliable or complete, as of a text, author, criticism, study, or the like: the definitive biography of Andrew Jackson.
- dehumanisation — Alternative spelling of dehumanization.
- dehumanization — to deprive of human qualities or attributes; divest of individuality: Conformity dehumanized him.
- dehydrogenized — Simple past tense and past participle of dehydrogenize.
- demolitionists — Plural form of demolitionist.
- denitrificator — an apparatus which is used in denitrification, particularly in sulphuric acid works
- dennis ritchie — (person) Dennis M. Ritchie, co-author of the Unix operating system, inventor of the C programming language and demigod. See also K&R, Core War, If you want X, you know where to find it.
- desalinisation — Removal of salt and other minerals from water; desalination.
- desalinization — desalt.
- desert varnish — the dark, lustrous coating or crust, usually of manganese and iron oxides, that forms on rocks, pebbles, etc., when exposed to weathering in the desert.
- destructionist — a person who believes in destruction, esp of social institutions
- desynchronized — Simple past tense and past participle of desynchronize.
- deunionization — to eliminate labor unions from (a company, industry, etc.).
- deurbanization — to divest (a city or locality) of urban characteristics.
- deuteragonists — Plural form of deuteragonist.
- devaluationist — a person, as an economist, who advocates the devaluation of a currency.
- dextrinization — The process of dextrinizing.
- diachronically — in a diachronic fashion
- diazonium salt — any of a class of compounds with the general formula ArN:N–M+, where Ar is an aryl group and M is a metal atom; made by the action of nitrous acid on aromatic amines and used in dyeing
- dining kitchen — a room where meals are eaten and prepared
- dinitrobenzene — any of three isomeric benzene derivatives having the formula C 6 H 4 NO 2 , made by nitration of benzene or nitrobenzene, the most important of which is the meta form: used chiefly in the manufacture of dyes.
- discernibility — The state or quality of being discernible.
- disfurnishment — the act or quality of disfurnishing
- disillusioning — to free from or deprive of illusion, belief, idealism, etc.; disenchant.
- disillusionise — Alternative spelling of disillusionize.
- disillusionist — to disillusion.
- disillusionize — to disillusion.
- disjoint union — In domain theory, a union (or sum) which results in a domain without a least element.