11-letter words containing nis
- reminiscing — to recall past experiences, events, etc.; indulge in reminiscence.
- replenished — to make full or complete again, as by supplying what is lacking, used up, etc.: to replenish one's stock of food.
- replenisher — to make full or complete again, as by supplying what is lacking, used up, etc.: to replenish one's stock of food.
- retinispora — any member of the genus Retinispora, of conifers which grow in the east of Asia and in the east and west of North America
- revisionism — advocacy or approval of revision.
- revisionist — an advocate of revision, especially of some political or religious doctrine.
- saint denis — 3rd century ad, first bishop of Paris; patron saint of France. Feast day: Oct 9
- saint-denis — an island in the Indian Ocean, E of Madagascar: an overseas department of France. 970 sq. mi. (2512 sq. km). Capital: St. Denis.
- saxophonist — musician who plays saxophone
- scrutinised — to examine in detail with careful or critical attention.
- seditionist — of or relating to sedition; seditious.
- shamanistic — the animistic religion of northern Asia, embracing a belief in powerful spirits that can be influenced only by shamans.
- silk finish — the appearance of paint, fabric etc with regard to its smoothness and light reflecting quality
- sinisterity — left-handedness
- sinistrorse — (from a point of view at the center of the spiral) rising spirally in a counterclockwise manner, as a stem (opposed to dextrorse).
- socinianism — the teachings of Faustus Socinus (1539-1604), It. rationalistic religious reformer, denying the Trinity, the divinity of Christ, etc., and holding that salvation is attained solely by practicing the virtues exemplified by Christ
- solutionist — a problem-solver
- southernism — a pronunciation, expression, or behavioral trait characteristic of the U.S. South.
- spanish fir — a species of fir native to S Spain and N Morocco, Abies pinsapo
- spanish fly — Also called cantharides. a preparation of powdered blister beetles, especially the Spanish fly, used medicinally as a counterirritant, diuretic, and aphrodisiac.
- stanislaw i — (Stanislaw Leszczynski) Stanislaus I.
- stanislawow — Polish name of Ivano-Frankovsk.
- subminister — to supply
- suburbanism — pertaining to, inhabiting, or being in a suburb or the suburbs of a city or town.
- synchronise — to cause to indicate the same time, as one timepiece with another: Synchronize your watches.
- synchronism — coincidence in time; contemporaneousness; simultaneousness.
- telephonist — a telephone switchboard operator.
- tennis ball — a hollow ball used in tennis, made of rubber with a fuzzy covering of woven Dacron, nylon, or wool.
- tennis camp — a camp that people go to in order to play and be taught tennis
- tennis shoe — a sports shoe with a rubber sole (usually pebbled) and a stitched canvas upper that laces over the instep.
- the cornish — the natives or inhabitants of Cornwall
- the spanish — Spaniards collectively
- tobacconist — a dealer in tobacco, especially the owner of a store that sells pipe tobaccos, cigarettes, and cigars.
- tritagonist — (in ancient Greece) the third member of an acting troupe, which always consisted of three actors. Compare protagonist (def 4), deuteragonist.
- unburnished — to polish (a surface) by friction.
- unfinishing — the act of leaving unfinished
- unfurnished — to supply (a house, room, etc.) with necessary furniture, carpets, appliances, etc.
- ungarnished — to provide or supply with something ornamental; adorn; decorate.
- uniserially — in a uniserial manner
- unisotropic — Physics. of equal physical properties along all axes. Compare anisotropic (def 1).
- untarnished — to dull the luster of (a metallic surface), especially by oxidation; discolor.
- unvarnished — plain; clear; straightforward; without vagueness or subterfuge; frank: the unvarnished truth.
- vanishingly — to the point of being nearly invisible or nonexistent
- venisection — phlebotomy.
- violinistic — of, relating to, or characteristic of violins or violinists
- weismannism — the theories of heredity as expounded by Weismann, especially the theory that all inheritable characteristics are carried in the germ plasm, and that acquired characteristics cannot be inherited.
- wesleyanism — the evangelical principles taught by John Wesley; Methodism.
- westernised — to influence with ideas, customs, practices, etc., characteristic of the Occident or of the western U.S.
- xylophonist — A person who plays or performs with the xylophone.