14-letter words containing ni
- floor planning — a system of financing that permits a dealer to borrow money to buy goods, which become the security for the loan that is repaid when the merchandise is sold.
- food combining — a dietary approach that advocates the eating of specific foods at specific times and restricts which types of foods can be eaten together.
- food poisoning — an acute gastrointestinal condition characterized by such symptoms as headache, fever, chills, abdominal and muscular pain, nausea, diarrhea, and prostration, caused by foods that are naturally toxic, as poisonous mushrooms, by vegetable foods that are chemically contaminated, as by insecticides, or by bacteria or their toxins, especially of the genus Salmonella.
- food rationing — the practice of having a fixed allowance of food, esp a statutory one for civilians in time of scarcity or soldiers in time of war
- foraminiferans — Plural form of foraminiferan.
- foraminiferous — Having small openings, or foramina.
- foreshortening — Fine Arts. to reduce or distort (parts of a represented object that are not parallel to the picture plane) in order to convey the illusion of three-dimensional space as perceived by the human eye: often done according to the rules of perspective.
- fraternisation — (chiefly, British) alternative spelling of fraternization.
- fraternity pin — a pin worn on clothing that indicates membership in a fraternity
- fraternization — to associate in a fraternal or friendly way.
- free companion — a member of a band of mercenary soldiers during the Middle Ages.
- free-machining — (of certain metals) readily machinable at high speeds with low force.
- french oceania — former name of French Polynesia.
- funnily enough — You use funnily enough to indicate that, although something is surprising, it is true or really happened.
- galvanizations — Plural form of galvanization.
- gelatiniferous — Yielding gelatine on boiling with water; capable of gelatination.
- gelatinisation — Alternative spelling of gelatinization.
- gelatinization — to make gelatinous.
- genie services — GE Information Services
- genital herpes — a sexually transmitted disease caused by herpes simplex virus type 2, characterized primarily by transient blisters on and around the genitals.
- geomorphogenic — relating to geomorphogeny
- giovanni leone — Giovanni [jaw-vahn-nee] /dʒɔˈvɑn ni/ (Show IPA), 1908–2001, Italian political leader: prime minister 1963, 1968; president 1971–78.
- go night-night — go night-night, Baby Talk. to go to bed or to sleep.
- goitrogenicity — the potential to cause goitre
- goodnight kiss — a kiss given to a person before going home or going to sleep
- governing body — board, regulatory authority
- greisenization — the process whereby granite is converted to greisen
- group genitive — (in English) a construction in which the genitive ending 's is added to an entire phrase, especially when added to a word other than the head of the noun phrase, as the woman who lives across the street's in That is the woman who lives across the street's cat or the people next-door's in The people next-door's house is for rent.
- haemagglutinin — Alternative spelling of hemagglutinin.
- hallucinogenic — producing hallucinations: a hallucinogenic drug.
- hamiltonianism — the political principles or doctrines held by or associated with Alexander Hamilton, especially those stressing a strong central government and protective tariffs.
- harmoniousness — The characteristic of being harmonious.
- health warning — a message indicating the dangers to the consumer's health of consuming a particular product printed on the packaging for the product
- heat lightning — lightning too distant for thunder to be heard, observed as diffuse flashes near the horizon on summer evenings.
- heavy nitrogen — the stable isotope of nitrogen having a mass number of 15.
- hedonistically — a person whose life is devoted to the pursuit of pleasure and self-gratification.
- heracliteanism — the philosophy of Heraclitus, maintaining the perpetual change of all things, the only abiding thing being the logos, or orderly principle, according to which the change takes place.
- herniated disk — an abnormal protrusion of a spinal disk between vertebrae, most often in the lumbar region of the spine, causing pain due to pressure on spinal nerves.
- heterochronism — a change in the stage at which developmental processes take place relative to members of the same species
- hexosaminidase — the enzymes that catalyse the metabolism of gangliosides
- histrionically — of or relating to actors or acting.
- holland finish — an oil and sizing or starch finish applied to cotton fabrics to increase their opacity and strength.
- holoplanktonic — plankton that spend their entire life cycle as free-swimming organisms (opposed to hemiplankton).
- holter monitor — a portable electrocardiograph worn by a patient over an extended period of time to assess the effects on heart function of activities of daily living.
- holy communion — communion (def 1).
- homogenisation — Alternative spelling of homogenization.
- homogenization — to form by blending unlike elements; make homogeneous.
- house-cleaning — the act of cleaning a house, room, etc., and its furnishings, especially the act of cleaning thoroughly and completely.
- humanistically — a person having a strong interest in or concern for human welfare, values, and dignity.
- hydromechanics — hydrodynamics.