10-letter words containing nis
- miniseries — a short series of events or presentations.
- miniskirts — Plural form of miniskirt.
- ministates — Plural form of ministate.
- ministered — Simple past tense and past participle of minister.
- ministrant — ministering.
- ministrate — to minister or administer.
- ministress — (archaic) A woman who ministers.
- ministries — the service, functions, or profession of a minister of religion.
- ministroke — transient ischemic attack.
- minisystem — a set of hi-fi equipment in which the components are smaller than standard size
- misogynism — misogyny.
- misogynist — a person who hates, dislikes, mistrusts, or mistreats women.
- modernised — to make modern; give a new or modern character or appearance to: to modernize one's ideas; to modernize a kitchen.
- modernises — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of modernise.
- modernisms — Plural form of modernism.
- modernists — Plural form of modernist.
- monogenism — the theory that the human race has descended from a single pair of individuals or a single ancestral type.
- monogenist — a person who subscribes to the proposition that all humankind has one couple of common ancestors
- mont cenis — Mont, a mountain pass between SE France and Italy, in the Alps. 6834 feet (2083 meters) high.
- morphinism — Morphine addiction.
- mysogynist — Misspelling of misogynist.
- nicotinism — a pathological condition caused by excessive use of tobacco, and characterized by depression of the central and autonomic nervous systems; nicotine poisoning.
- nisi prius — Also called nisi prius court. a trial court for the hearing of civil cases before a judge and jury.
- nissen hut — a prefabricated, tunnel-shaped shelter made of corrugated metal and having a concrete floor; Quonset hut: first used by the British army in World War I.
- old danish — the Danish language as spoken and written from the 9th to the 14th centuries.
- omniscient — having complete or unlimited knowledge, awareness, or understanding; perceiving all things.
- omniscious — (obsolete) omniscient; all-knowing.
- omnisexual — pansexual (def 2).
- opinionist — One fond of his own notions, or unduly attached to his own opinions.
- organisers — Plural form of organiser.
- organising — to form as or into a whole consisting of interdependent or coordinated parts, especially for united action: to organize a committee.
- organismal — a form of life composed of mutually interdependent parts that maintain various vital processes.
- organismic — a form of life composed of mutually interdependent parts that maintain various vital processes.
- paganistic — pagan spirit or attitude in religious or moral questions.
- passionist — a member of the “Congregation of Barefooted Clerks of the Most Holy Cross and Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ,” founded in 1720 and engaged chiefly in missionary work.
- patronised — to give (a store, restaurant, hotel, etc.) one's regular patronage; trade with.
- penis envy — the repressed wish of a female to possess a penis.
- pianissimo — very soft.
- pianistics — (used with a singular verb) the art or practice of playing the piano.
- picayunish — of little value or account; small; trifling: a picayune amount.
- pillionist — a passenger riding on the pillion of a motorcycle
- polygenism — the theory that the human race has descended from two or more ancestral types.
- polygenist — a person who advocates polygenism
- polygynist — a person who practices or favors polygyny.
- portionist — a student at Merton College, Oxford who receives a food or academic allowance from the College, later referred to as a postmaster
- prednisone — an analogue of cortisone, C 2 1 H 2 6 O 5 , used as an anti-inflammatory, immunosuppressive, and antineoplastic in the treatment of various diseases.
- proteanism — readily assuming different forms or characters; extremely variable.
- punishable — liable to or deserving punishment.
- punishment — the act of punishing.
- puritanism — the principles and practices of the Puritans.