9-letter words containing nis
- hellenism — ancient Greek culture or ideals.
- hellenist — a person, especially in ancient times, adopting Greek speech, ideas, or customs.
- hennishly — in a hennish manner
- heroinism — an addiction to heroin
- hispanism — a movement in Latin America for the promotion of Spanish or of native culture and influence. Compare hispanidad.
- hispanist — a specialist in the Spanish or Portuguese language or in Spanish or Latin-American literature or culture.
- hoidenish — Alternative form of hoydenish.
- hoydenish — a boisterous, bold, and carefree girl; a tomboy.
- hoydenism — The behaviour of a hoyden.
- humanised — Simple past tense and past participle of humanise.
- humanists — Plural form of humanist.
- hygienist — an expert in hygiene.
- hyphenism — dual patriotic loyalty
- imaginist — an imaginative person
- immunised — Simple past tense and past participle of immunise.
- in unison — coincidence in pitch of two or more musical tones, voices, etc.
- indianism — action or policy for promoting the interests of Indians, especially American Indians.
- internist — a physician specializing in the diagnosis and nonsurgical treatment of diseases, especially of adults.
- issigonis — Sir Alec (Arnold Constantine). 1906–88, British car designer born in Smyrna. He is noted for his designs for the Morris Minor (1948) and the Mini (1959)
- janissary — (often initial capital letter) a member of an elite military unit of the Turkish army organized in the 14th century and abolished in 1826 after it revolted against the Sultan.
- jansenism — the doctrinal system of Cornelis Jansen and his followers, denying free will and maintaining that human nature is corrupt and that Christ died for the elect and not for all humanity.
- jargonise — Alternative form of jargonize.
- jargonish — jargonistic
- jargonist — a user of jargon
- jensenism — the theory that an individual's IQ is largely due to heredity, including racial heritage.
- kittenish — coyly playful.
- koniscope — a device for detecting and measuring dust in the air
- laconisms — Plural form of laconism.
- larcenist — a person who commits larceny.
- lemniscal — relating to a lemniscate
- lemniscus — a band of fibers, especially of white nerve fibers in the brain.
- lichenism — the symbiotic association between a fungus and alga that forms a lichen
- lichenist — a person who studies lichenology
- linishing — an object or surface which has been made smooth and polished through the process of linishing
- lionising — Present participle of lionise.
- lumpenism — Lumpen beliefs or behaviour.
- lunisolar — pertaining to or based upon the relations or joint action of the moon and the sun.
- lutenists — Plural form of lutenist.
- machinist — a person who operates machinery, especially a skilled operator of machine tools.
- maharanis — Plural form of maharani.
- maidenish — Resembling or characteristic of a maiden.
- mammonish — Actuated or prompted by a devotion to money getting or the service of Mammon.
- mammonism — the greedy pursuit of riches.
- mannishly — In a mannish manner.
- marianism — any religious system emphasizing worship of or devotion to the Virgin Mary.
- marranism — the practices, principles, or condition characteristic of the Marranos.
- masinissa — 238–149 b.c, king of Numidia c210–149.
- massinisa — Masinissa.
- mechanise — to make mechanical.
- mechanism — an assembly of moving parts performing a complete functional motion, often being part of a large machine; linkage.