10-letter words containing nis
- pyrrhonism — the Skeptic doctrines of Pyrrho and his followers.
- rachmanism — extortion or exploitation by a landlord of tenants of dilapidated or slum property, esp when involving intimidation or use of racial fears to drive out sitting tenants whose rent is fixed at a low rate
- recognised — to identify as something or someone previously seen, known, etc.: He had changed so much that one could scarcely recognize him.
- refinisher — a person who professionally refinishes or restores buildings or antique furniture
- reminisced — to recall past experiences, events, etc.; indulge in reminiscence.
- reminiscer — someone who remembers or tells of past events or experiences
- reminisces — to recall past experiences, events, etc.; indulge in reminiscence.
- reunionist — a person who advocates the reunion of the Anglican Church with the Roman Catholic Church.
- routinised — to develop into a regular procedure.
- ruffianish — like a ruffian
- ruffianism — conduct befitting a ruffian.
- sandinista — a member of the Nicaraguan revolutionary movement that took control of Nicaragua in 1979.
- scrutinise — to examine in detail with careful or critical attention.
- sinisterly — threatening or portending evil, harm, or trouble; ominous: a sinister remark.
- sinistrous — ill-omened; unlucky; disastrous.
- solemnised — to perform the ceremony of (marriage).
- spartanism — Also, Spartanic [spahr-tan-ik] /spɑrˈtæn ɪk/ (Show IPA). of or relating to Sparta or its people.
- stanislaus — (Stanislaus Leszczynski) 1677–1766, king of Poland 1704–09, 1733–35.
- star anise — Also called Chinese anise. a shrub or small tree, Illicium verum, of China, having white flowers that turn purple and bearing anise-scented, star-shaped clusters of carminative fruit.
- symphonist — a composer who writes symphonies.
- tonishness — the quality or state of being tonish
- triniscope — an early television with three tubes projecting the three primary colours
- trombonist — musician who plays the trombone
- unbanished — to expel from or relegate to a country or place by authoritative decree; condemn to exile: He was banished to Devil's Island.
- unfeminist — advocating social, political, legal, and economic rights for women equal to those of men.
- unfinished — not finished; incomplete or unaccomplished.
- uniseptate — Biology. having only one septum or partition, as a silicle.
- uniseriate — arranged in a single row or line.
- unisolated — to set or place apart; detach or separate so as to be alone.
- unisonally — in unison
- unisonance — the state or quality of agreeing or being identical in sound
- unpunished — to subject to pain, loss, confinement, death, etc., as a penalty for some offense, transgression, or fault: to punish a criminal.
- upanishads — any of a class of speculative prose treatises composed between the 8th and 6th centuries b.c. and first written a.d. c1300: they represent a philosophical development beyond the Vedas, having as their principal message the unity of Brahman and Atman.
- urbanistic — of or relating to urbanism.
- utopianism — the views or habit of mind of a utopian; impracticable schemes of political or social reform.
- utopianist — the views or habit of mind of a utopian; impracticable schemes of political or social reform.
- vaginismus — a painful spasm of the vagina.
- vanishment — to disappear from sight, especially quickly; become invisible: The frost vanished when the sun came out.
- varnishing — the skill or technique of varnishing something
- vaticanism — the doctrine of the absolute supremacy of the pope.
- vernissage — Also called varnishing day. the day before the opening of an art exhibition traditionally reserved for the artist to varnish the paintings.
- versionist — a translator
- westernise — Non-Oxford British standard spelling of westernize.
- westernism — a word, idiom, or practice characteristic of people of the Occident or of the western U.S.
- womanishly — In a womanish way.
- womanising — to make effeminate.