8-letter words containing ni
- bornitic — of or relating to bornite
- botanica — a shop that sells herbs, charms, and other items associated with alternative medicine or magic
- botanist — A botanist is a scientist who studies plants.
- botanize — to collect or study plants
- bovinity — the state of being bovine
- bowenite — a compact and dense variety of green serpentine resembling jade.
- braconid — any member of the Braconidae, a family of parasitoid wasps
- brahmani — a woman of the Brahman caste
- brainiac — a highly intelligent person
- brainier — intelligent; clever; intellectual.
- braining — Anatomy, Zoology. the part of the central nervous system enclosed in the cranium of humans and other vertebrates, consisting of a soft, convoluted mass of gray and white matter and serving to control and coordinate the mental and physical actions.
- brainish — impulsive or impetuous
- braunite — a brown or black mineral that consists of manganese oxide and silicate and is a source of manganese. Formula: 3Mn2O3.MnSiO3
- browning — a substance used to darken soups, gravies, etc
- brownish — Something that is brownish is slightly brown in colour.
- brownist — a person who supported the principles of church government advocated by Robert Browne and adopted in modified form by the Independents or Congregationalists
- brunizem — a type of dark prairie soil
- bsd unix — Berkeley Software Distribution
- bucatini — pasta in the shape of long tubes
- bucrania — (in classical architecture) an ornament, especially on a frieze, having the form of the skull of an ox.
- bulganin — Nikolai Aleksandrovich (nikaˈlaj alɪkˈsandrəvitʃ). 1895–1975, Soviet statesman and military leader; chairman of the council of ministers (1955–58)
- burinist — a person who works with a burin
- byronism — of or relating to Lord Byron.
- cabining — Present participle of cabin.
- campania — a region of SW Italy: includes the islands of Capri and Ischia. Chief town: Naples. Pop: 5 725 098 (2003 est). Area: 13 595 sq km (5248 sq miles)
- canicula — Sirius, the Dog Star
- canidate — Eye dialect of candidate.
- caninity — the quality or state of being canine
- canistel — an evergreen tree, Pouteria campechiana, that is native to Central America and the West Indies
- canister — A canister is a strong metal container. It is used to hold gases or chemical substances.
- canities — greyness or whiteness of hair
- cannibal — Cannibals are people who eat the flesh of other human beings.
- cannikin — a small can, esp one used as a drinking vessel
- canonise — Ecclesiastical. to place in the canon of saints.
- canonist — a specialist in canon law
- canonize — If a dead person is canonized, it is officially announced by the Catholic Church that he or she is a saint.
- caponier — a covered passageway built across a ditch as a military defence
- caponize — to make (a cock) into a capon
- carbanil — phenyl isocyanate.
- carbonic — (of a compound) containing carbon, esp tetravalent carbon
- carmania — a province of the ancient Persian empire, on the Gulf of Oman.
- carminic — Of or pertaining to, or derived from, carmine.
- carnifex — an executioner
- carniola — a region of N Slovenia: a former duchy and crownland of Austria (1335–1919); divided between Yugoslavia and Italy in 1919; part of Yugoslavia (1947–92)
- carnitas — A Mexican dish involving strips of braised or roasted pork.
- carnival — A carnival is a public festival during which people play music and sometimes dance in the streets.
- cationic — a positively charged ion that is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis.
- caulonia — a town in S Calabria, in S Italy: ruins of ancient Achaean colony.
- chaining — Present participle of chain.
- chalonic — of or relating to a chalone