9-letter words containing ni
- connivery — the act of conniving
- conniving — If you describe someone as conniving, you mean you dislike them because they make secret plans in order to get things for themselves or harm other people.
- convening — the act of gathering a meeting
- cordoning — Present participle of cordon.
- corkonian — a native or inhabitant of the city of Cork
- corniches — Plural form of corniche.
- cornichon — a type of small gherkin
- cornicing — a moulding or other material used to make cornices
- cornicula — plural form of singular corniculum: small horn
- cornified — Converted into horn; horny.
- corniform — shaped like a horn
- corniglia — a group of five coastal villages (Monterosso al Mare, Vernazza, Corniglia, Manarola, and Riomaggiore) on the Ligurian Sea in NW Italy, near La Spezia.
- corniness — the quality of being corny
- coronitis — inflammation of the coronary cushion of hoofed animals.
- cost unit — a quantity or unit of a product or service whose cost is computed, used as a standard for comparison with other costs.
- cottoning — Present participle of cotton.
- cotunnite — a soft, white to yellowish mineral, lead chloride, PbCl 2 , that forms as an alteration product of galena.
- couponing — the distribution or redemption of promotional coupons
- cranially — With regard to the cranium.
- craniates — Plural form of craniate.
- cravening — Present participle of craven.
- crayoning — Draw with a crayon or crayons.
- crayonist — (dated) An artist who uses crayons.
- cretinise — make (someone) a cretin
- cretinism — a condition arising from a deficiency of thyroid hormone, present from birth, characterized by dwarfism and learning difficulties
- cretinize — to cause (a person) to be a cretin or cretinous
- crotonism — poisoning by ingestion of croton oil, characterized by burning of the mouth, severe diarrhea, and colic, with possible death from respiratory or circulatory failure.
- crownings — Plural form of crowning.
- cryogenic — of or relating to the production or use of very low temperatures: cryogenic storage.
- ctenidium — one of the comblike respiratory gills of molluscs
- cteniform — resembling a comb
- cube unit — Cube units are shelving units made up of horizontal and vertical dividers which form open-ended cubes, suitable for displaying products such as towels in a range of colors.
- cuisinier — a cook; chef
- cunicular — a small conduit or burrow, as an underground drain or rabbit hole.
- cuniculus — a small conduit or burrow, as an underground drain or rabbit hole.
- cunningly — skill employed in a shrewd or sly manner, as in deceiving; craftiness; guile.
- cutinized — Simple past tense and past participle of cutinize.
- cyclonite — a white crystalline insoluble explosive prepared by the action of nitric acid on hexamethylenetetramine; cyclotrimethylenetrinitramine: used in bombs and shells. Formula: C3H6N6O6
- cyllenian — of or relating to Mount Cyllene in Arcadia, Greece, or to the god Hermes, reputed to have been born there.
- cynically — If you say that someone is cynically doing something, you mean they are doing it to benefit themselves and they do not care that they are deceiving, harming, or using people.
- cynicisms — Plural form of cynicism.
- cyphonism — An ancient form of punishment involving a sort of wooden pillory by which the victim's neck was bent or weighed downward.
- cytokinin — any of a group of plant hormones that promote cell division and retard ageing in plants
- cytopenia — a condition characterized by a deficiency of a type of blood cells
- daemonian — demonian.
- daemonize — Demonize.
- daltonian — relating to John Dalton or his atomic theory
- daltonism — colour blindness, esp the confusion of red and green
- damnified — Simple past tense and past participle of damnify.
- damningly — in a damning manner