12-letter words containing nic
- denicotinize — to remove nicotine from (tobacco)
- diabetogenic — causing or producing diabetes
- diatonically — In a diatonic manner.
- dodecaphonic — musical composition using the 12-tone technique.
- draconically — (often lowercase) Draconian.
- echogenicity — (medical) The ability to create an echo that can be detected in an ultrasound examination.
- ecumenically — general; universal.
- electrogenic — Pf or pertaining to electrogenesis.
- electronical — (rare) electronic.
- enharmonical — relating to the enharmonic scale
- euphonically — In a euphonic manner.
- fibrinogenic — producing fibrin.
- folinic acid — a crystalline, slightly water-soluble solid, C 20 H 23 N 7 O 7 , produced by fermentation or derived from folic acid, used in medicine in the treatment of certain anemias.
- fornications — Plural form of fornication.
- fornicatress — (obsolete) A woman guilty of fornication.
- galvanically — pertaining to or produced by galvanism; producing or caused by an electric current.
- geniculating — Present participle of geniculate.
- geniculation — the state of being geniculate.
- geobotanical — of or relating to geobotany
- geomechanics — the study and application of rock and soil mechanics
- geotechnical — of or relating to practical applications of geological science in civil engineering, mining, etc.
- graphophonic — a phonograph for recording and reproducing sounds on wax records.
- harmonic law — any one of three laws governing planetary motion: each planet revolves in an ellipse, with the sun at one focus; the line connecting a planet to the sun sweeps out equal areas in equal periods of time (law of areas) or the square of the period of revolution of each planet is proportional to the cube of the semimajor axis of the planet's orbit (harmonic law)
- harmonically — pertaining to harmony, as distinguished from melody and rhythm.
- harmonichord — a musical instrument resembling an upright piano intended to fuse the sound of a violin with the functionality of a piano, the tone therefore produced using friction rather than through striking
- heterophonic — the simultaneous performance of the same melodic line, with slight individual variations, by two or more performers.
- histrionical — (British) Alternative form of histrionic.
- hydronically — in a hydronic manner; in a manner relating to a heating system that uses water
- hygienically — conducive to good health; healthful; sanitary.
- hypotonicity — Physiology. (of tissue) having less than the normal tone.
- hysterogenic — inducing hysteria.
- in good nick — in good condition
- inharmonical — Alternative form of inharmonic.
- inter-ethnic — pertaining to or characteristic of a people, especially a group (ethnic group) sharing a common and distinctive culture, religion, language, or the like.
- interoceanic — connecting or between oceans: an interoceanic canal.
- ionic liquid — An ionic liquid is a liquid which contains ions.
- ironicalness — The quality of being ironical.
- isoantigenic — relating to an isoantigen or isoantigens
- isotonically — In an isotonic way.
- killickinnic — kinnikinnick.
- kinnikinnick — a mixture of bark, dried leaves, and sometimes tobacco, formerly smoked by the Indians and pioneers in the Ohio valley.
- knick-knacks — Knick-knacks are small objects which people keep as ornaments or toys, rather than for a particular use.
- kupfernickel — (archaic) cupronickel.
- lesser ionic — Prosody. an Ionic foot, verse, or meter.
- lysogenicity — the quality or condition of being lysogenic
- malonic acid — a white, crystalline, water-soluble, dibasic acid, C 3 H 4 O 4 , easily decomposed by heat: used chiefly as an intermediate in the synthesis of barbiturates.
- manicure set — a set of small tools designed for trimming and caring for the nails
- mechanically — having to do with machinery: a mechanical failure.
- mechanicians — Plural form of mechanician.
- mechatronics — The synergistic combination of mechanical engineering, electronic engineering and software engineering for the study of automata from an engineering perspective and the control of advanced hybrid systems.