8-letter words containing nis
- draconis — a late 7th-century b.c. Athenian statesman noted for the severity of his code of laws.
- ebeniste — cabinetmaker
- ebionism — the teaching upheld by the Ebionites that said that Jesus was a mortal human being, that Christians should adhere to Jewish law and that absence of wealth was a preferred religious quality
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- eugenism — the practice or advocacy of eugenics
- eugenist — An advocate or supporter of eugenics. (from 20th c.).
- feminise — Alternative spelling of feminize.
- feminism — the doctrine advocating social, political, and all other rights of women equal to those of men.
- feminist — advocating social, political, legal, and economic rights for women equal to those of men.
- finished — ended or completed.
- finisher — to bring (something) to an end or to completion; complete: to finish a novel; to finish breakfast.
- finishes — Plural form of finish.
- galenism — the medical system or principles of Galen.
- ganister — a highly refractory, siliceous rock used to line furnaces.
- greenish — somewhat green; having a tinge of green.
- hedonism — the doctrine that pleasure or happiness is the highest good.
- hedonist — a person whose life is devoted to the pursuit of pleasure and self-gratification.
- hornists — Plural form of hornist.
- humanise — to make humane, kind, or gentle.
- humanism — any system or mode of thought or action in which human interests, values, and dignity predominate.
- humanist — a person having a strong interest in or concern for human welfare, values, and dignity.
- hygenist — Alternative spelling of hygienist.
- hymnists — Plural form of hymnist.
- ibsenism — a manner or style of dramatic structure or content characteristic of Ibsen.
- immunise — to make immune.
- insignis — The Monterey pine.
- ionising — (British) alternative spelling of ionizing.
- isolanis — Plural form of isolani.
- japanism — a custom, trait, or other feature peculiar to or characteristic of Japan or its people.
- japonism — something typically Japanese.
- laconism — laconic brevity.
- latinism — a mode of expression derived from or imitative of Latin.
- latinist — a specialist in Latin.
- lemnisci — Plural form of lemniscus.
- leninism — the form of Communism as taught by Lenin, with emphasis on the dictatorship of the proletariat.
- leninist — of or relating to Lenin or to Leninism.
- linisher — a machine that polishes and makes the surface of a material smooth using a moving belt coated in an abrasive material
- lionised — Simple past tense and past participle of lionise.
- louganis — Gregory ("Greg") born 1960, U.S. diver.
- luminism — a style of landscape painting practiced by some mid-19th-century American artists, especially of the Hudson River School, that emphasized meticulously crafted realism and a technically precise rendering of atmosphere and of the effects produced by direct and reflected light.
- lutanist — a person who plays the lute.
- lutenist — a person who plays the lute.
- martinis — Plural form of martini.
- melanise — Alt form melanize.
- melanism — Ethnology. the condition in human beings of having a high amount of melanin granules in the skin, hair, and eyes.
- melanist — a melanistic person
- meniscal — Pertaining to, or having the form of, a meniscus.
- meniscus — a crescent or a crescent-shaped body.
- minister — a person authorized to conduct religious worship; member of the clergy; pastor.
- ministry — the service, functions, or profession of a minister of religion.