9-letter words containing nis
- revarnish — a preparation consisting of resinous matter, as copal or lac, dissolved in an oil (oil varnish) or in alcohol (spirit varnish) or other volatile liquid. When applied to the surface of wood, metal, etc., it dries and leaves a hard, more or less glossy, usually transparent coating.
- ripienist — an orchestral member who is there to swell the sound rather than play solo
- romanised — to make Roman Catholic.
- routinism — adherence to routine.
- routinist — someone who lives by routine
- saturnism — lead poisoning (def 1b).
- saturnist — a dull, gloomy, or saturnine person thought to be born under the influence of Saturn
- sermonise — to deliver or compose a sermon; preach.
- shamanism — the animistic religion of northern Asia, embracing a belief in powerful spirits that can be influenced only by shamans.
- simonists — the making of profit out of sacred things.
- sinistral — of, relating to, or on the left side; left (opposed to dextral).
- sinistro- — of, at, or toward the left
- sorbonist — a student or graduate of the Sorbonne.
- st. denis — Saint, died a.d. c280, 1st bishop of Paris: patron saint of France.
- stalinism — the principles of communism associated with Joseph Stalin, characterized especially by the extreme suppression of dissident political or ideological views, the concentration of power in one person, and an aggressive international policy.
- stalinist — of or relating to Joseph Stalin or Stalinism.
- stanislav — former name of Ivano-Frankovsk.
- stanisław — Saint. 1030–79, the patron saint of Poland. As Bishop of Cracow (1072–79) he excommunicated King Bolesław II, who arranged his murder. Feast day: May 11
- tarnished — metal: discolored
- tectonism — diastrophism (def 1).
- terminism — philosophical nominalism
- terminist — someone who accepts the doctrine of terminism
- teutonism — the character, spirit, or culture of the Teutons, especially the Germans.
- tympanist — a person who plays the drums, especially the kettledrums, in an orchestra.
- tyrannise — to exercise absolute power or control, especially cruelly or oppressively (often followed by over).
- unfurnish — to clear of furniture or furnishings
- uniserial — in or relating to a single series
- unisexual — of or relating to one sex only.
- unisonous — being in unison.
- unispiral — having one spiral.
- unmannish — not belonging to or resembling a man
- upanishad — 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.
- uraniscus — a starlike ornament, as in a coffer of a ceiling.
- varnished — a preparation consisting of resinous matter, as copal or lac, dissolved in an oil (oil varnish) or in alcohol (spirit varnish) or other volatile liquid. When applied to the surface of wood, metal, etc., it dries and leaves a hard, more or less glossy, usually transparent coating.
- veblenism — the economic or social theories originated by Thorstein Veblen.
- violinist — a person who plays the violin.
- visionist — someone who believes that the Biblical story of creation was revealed to the author of Genesis in a series of visions
- volcanism — the phenomena connected with volcanoes and volcanic activity.
- volcanist — a person who studies volcanoes
- voltinism — the number of annual broods of an insect
- vulcanise — to treat (rubber) with sulfur and heat, thereby imparting strength, greater elasticity, durability, etc.
- vulcanism — volcanism.
- vulpinism — the characteristics of a fox
- wilsonism — the theories, methods, or practices of Woodrow Wilson.
- womaniser — Non-Oxford British standard spelling of womanizer.
- yeniseian — a group of languages spoken in Siberia, the only surviving member of which is Ket.
- zabernism — (obsolete) The misuse or abuse of military authority; bullying.
- zervanism — a Zoroastrian heresy that developed during the late Achaemenian period according to which both Ahura Mazda and Angra Mainyu were offspring of Zurvan.
- zurvanism — a Zoroastrian heresy that developed during the late Achaemenian period according to which both Ahura Mazda and Angra Mainyu were offspring of Zurvan.