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There are 19 five-letter words containing NIS

ANISE	• anise n. An umbelliferous plant (Pimpinella anisum) growing naturally in Egypt, and cultivated in Spain, Malta… • anise n. (US, often qualified as "sweet anise" or "wild anise") Fennel, Foeniculum vulgare. • ANISE n. an annual Mediterranean plant of the carrot family.
BENIS	• benis n. (Internet slang) Penis. • BENI n. the sesame plant, also BENNE, BENNI.
DENIS	• denis n. Plural of deni. • Denis prop.n. A male given name from Ancient Greek, a mostly British and Irish spelling variant of Dennis. • Denis prop.n. A surname.
FENIS	• fenis n. Plural of feni. • FENI n. (Hindi) an alcoholic spirit made from coconuts, also FENNY.
FINIS	• finis n. The end (of a book or other work). • FINIS n. (Latin) the end, the conclusion.
KNISH	• knish n. An Eastern European Jewish, or Yiddish, snack food consisting of a dumpling covered with a shell of… • KNISH n. (Yiddish) in Jewish cooking, dough with potato, meat etc. baked or fried.
LENIS	• lenis adj. (Phonetics) Weakly articulated (of a consonant), hence voiced; especially as compared to the others… • lenis n. (Phonetics) A lenis consonant. • Lenis prop.n. A surname.
MANIS	• manis n. Plural of mani. • manis n. (Obsolete) The pangolin. • Manis prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Manidae – the pangolins.
MINIS	• minis n. Plural of mini. • Minis n. Plural of Mini. • MINI n. something small of its type.
MUNIS	• munis n. Plural of muni. • MUNI n. a security issued by a government.
NISEI	• nisei n. One whose parents were Japanese immigrants, especially to North or South America. • Nisei n. A person born outside of Japan of parents who were born in Japan. • NISEI n. (Japanese) a second-generation Japanese immigrant.
NISSE	• Nisse prop.n. A town in Borsele, Netherlands. • NISSE n. in Scandinavian folklore, a brownie or goblin, also NIS.
NISUS	• nisus n. A mental or physical effort to attain a specific goal; a striving. • nisus n. The periodic procreative desire manifested in the spring by birds, etc. • nisus n. The contraction of the diaphragm and abdominal muscles to evacuate faeces or urine.
NONIS	• nonis n. Plural of noni. • NONI n. (Hawaiian) a tree of SE Asia whose fruit provides a possibly health-promoting juice.
ORNIS	• ornis n. (Formal) A bird. • ornis n. The birds collectively of a region; avifauna. • -ornis suff. Used to form genus names of birds.
PENIS	• penis n. (Anatomy) The male reproductive organ used for sexual intercourse that in the human male and some other… • PENIS n. the male organ used for copulation.
RANIS	• ranis n. Plural of rani. • RANI n. (Hindi) the wife of a rajah, also RANEE.
SUNIS	• Sunis n. Plural of Suni. • SUNI n. (Bantu) a small South African antelope.
YONIS	• yonis n. Plural of yoni. • YONI n. (Sanskrit) a representation of the female genitals.

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