9-letter words containing ni
- canonized — Made part of the canon, made official.
- canonizer — a person who canonizes
- canonizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of canonize.
- cantoning — Present participle of canton.
- cantonise — divide into cantons
- cantonize — to divide into cantons
- canyoning — the sport of travelling down a river situated in a canyon by a variety of means including scrambling, floating, swimming, and abseiling
- capellini — a very thin and light pasta that resembles spaghetti
- caponized — Simple past tense and past participle of caponize.
- carbanion — a negatively charged organic ion in which most of the negative charge is localized on a carbon atom
- carbenium — (organic chemistry, informal) Any carbocation.
- carbonise — Non-Oxford British standard spelling of carbonize.
- carbonite — An explosive manufactured from a variety of materials, including nitroglycerine, wood meal and nitrates.
- carbonium — a transient, positively charged organic ion, as H3C+, R3+, that has one less electron than the corresponding free radical
- carbonize — to turn or be turned into carbon as a result of heating, fossilization, chemical treatment, etc
- careening — Present participle of careen.
- carnified — Simple past tense and past participle of carnify.
- carnifies — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of carnify.
- carnitine — a white betaine, C7H15NO3, found in the liver and required for transporting fatty acids from the cytosol into the mitochondria
- carnivals — Plural form of carnival.
- carnivora — carnivorous animals collectively
- carnivore — A carnivore is an animal that eats meat.
- carnivory — the eating of animal flesh
- catalonia — a region of NE Spain, with a strong separatist tradition: became an autonomous region with its own parliament in 1979; an important agricultural and industrial region, with many resorts. Pop: 7 012 600 (2003 est). Area: 31 929 sq km (12 328 sq miles)
- catamenia — menstrual discharge; menstruation
- catatonia — a state of muscular rigidity and stupor, sometimes found in schizophrenia
- catatonic — If you describe someone as being in a catatonic state, you mean that they are not moving or responding at all, usually as a result of illness, shock, or drugs.
- cavallini — Pietro (ˈpjɛːtro). ?1250–?1330, Italian fresco painter and mosaicist. His works include the mosaics of the Life of the Virgin in Santa Maria, Trastevere, Rome
- cediranib — A potent inhibitor of VEGF receptor tyrosine kinases, under development as a possible anticancer drug.
- centenier — a senior police officer of the Honorary Police of Jersey, elected for a period of three years by public vote
- ceylonite — a dark blue or black form of spinel
- cgs units — a metric system of units based on the centimetre, gram, and second. For scientific and technical purposes these units have been replaced by SI units
- chaconine — a toxic alkaloid substance found in potatoes
- chelonian — any reptile of the order Chelonia, including the tortoises and turtles, in which most of the body is enclosed in a protective bony capsule
- chemonite — a solution consisting of copper hydroxide, arsenic trioxide, ammonia, acetic acid, and water: used as a wood preservative.
- chernigov — a city in N central Ukraine, on the River Desna: tyres, pianos, consumer goods. Pop: 308 000 (2005 est)
- cherubini — (Maria) Luigi (Carlo Zenobio Salvatore) (luˈiːdʒi). 1760–1842, Italian composer, noted particularly for his church music and his operas.
- chevening — a mansion and estate in SE England, in western Kent: the official country residence of the British foreign secretary
- chinovnik — an office-holder or bureaucrat serving in the Tsarist Russian government
- chloranil — a yellow, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C 6 Cl 4 O 2 , used chiefly as a fungicide and as an intermediate in the manufacture of dyes.
- chorionic — Of or pertaining to the chorion.
- chronical — relating to or controlled by time
- chronicle — To chronicle a series of events means to write about them or show them in broadcasts in the order in which they happened.
- chthonian — of or relating to the underworld
- churnings — Plural form of churning.
- cistronic — cistron-related
- claytonia — any low-growing North American succulent portulacaceous plant of the genus Claytonia
- clinician — A clinician is a doctor who specializes in clinical work.
- clinitian — Misspelling of clinician.
- clintonia — any temperate liliaceous plant of the genus Clintonia, having white, greenish-yellow, or purplish flowers, broad ribbed leaves, and blue berries