6-letter words containing ni
- kipnis — Alexander [al-ig-zan-der,, -zahn-;; Russian uh-lyi-ksahn-dr] /ˌæl ɪgˈzæn dər,, -ˈzɑn-;; Russian ʌ lyɪˈksɑn dr/ (Show IPA), 1891–1978, Russian singer in the U.S.
- knicks — (British, colloquial) Knickers.
- knifed — Simple past tense and past participle of knife.
- knifer — Someone who sells knives.
- knifes — an instrument for cutting, consisting essentially of a thin, sharp-edged, metal blade fitted with a handle.
- knight — Eric, 1897–1943, U.S. novelist, born in England.
- knives — plural of knife.
- konini — the edible dark purple berry of the kotukutuku (tree fuchsia)
- kozani — a city in central Greece.
- kunitz — Stanley, 1905–2006, U.S. poet and translator: U.S. poet laureate 2000–01.
- kutani — Japanese porcelain made in Kaga province in the late 17th century, often with both underglaze and overglaze enamel decoration; imitated in the 19th century.
- lanier — Sidney, 1842–81, U.S. poet and literary scholar.
- larnin — Present participle of larn.
- lenify — (transitive) To assuage or mitigate; to soften.
- lenite — to undergo lenition; be pronounced with weakened articulation, as when the consonant sound p changes to b, b to v, or v to w.
- lenity — the quality or state of being mild or gentle, as toward others.
- leonid — any of a shower of meteors occurring around November 15 and appearing to radiate from a point in the constellation Leo.
- ligni- — indicating wood
- lignin — Botany. an organic substance that, with cellulose, forms the chief part of woody tissue.
- limnic — Of or pertaining to fresh water; freshwater.
- linier — full of or marked with lines.
- lining — a thickness of glue, as between two veneers in a sheet of plywood.
- linins — Plural form of linin.
- linish — to polish and smooth the surface of a material by grinding or sanding
- lonnie — a male given name, form of Alonso.
- loonie — Canadian Informal. a dollar coin.
- magni- — great, big, large
- maniac — Mathematical Analyzer, Numerical Integrator and Computer
- manias — Plural form of mania.
- manies — constituting or forming a large number; numerous: many people.
- manila — an archipelago of 7083 islands in the Pacific, SE of China: formerly (1898–1946) under the guardianship of the U.S.; now an independent republic. 114,830 sq. mi. (297,410 sq. km). Capital: Manila.
- manini — small; insignificant.
- manioc — cassava.
- manisa — a city in W Turkey, near the Aegean: Roman defeat of Antiochus the Great 190 b.c.
- manism — Ancestor-worship.
- manist — Ancestor-worshipper.
- manita — (rare) The tree Chiranthodendron pentadactyllon, or the red, hand-like flower this tree produces.
- manito — (among the Algonquian Indians) a supernatural being that controls nature; a spirit, deity, or object that possesses supernatural power.
- manitu — (among the Algonquian Indians) a supernatural being that controls nature; a spirit, deity, or object that possesses supernatural power.
- mannie — a male given name, form of Emanuel.
- marini — Giambattista [jahm-baht-tees-tah] /ˌdʒɑm bɑtˈtis tɑ/ (Show IPA), Also, Marino [muh-ree-noh;; Italian mah-ree-naw] /məˈri noʊ;; Italian mɑˈri nɔ/ (Show IPA), ("il Cavalier Marino") 1569–1625, Italian poet.
- maroni — a river in N South America, forming the border between French Guiana and Suriname, flowing N to the Atlantic Ocean: upper course called the Itany. 450 miles (724 km) long.
- meanie — Informal. meany.
- meinie — Archaic. a group or suite of attendants, followers, dependents, etc.
- menial — lowly and sometimes degrading: menial work.
- meninx — A membrane, especially one of the three membranes enclosing the brain and spinal cord in vertebrates.
- minify — to make less.
- minima — a plural of minimum.
- minims — Plural form of minim.
- mining — an excavation made in the earth for the purpose of extracting ores, coal, precious stones, etc.