10-letter words starting with n
- navelworts — Plural form of navelwort.
- naviculare — a small boat-shaped bone of the wrist or foot
- naviculars — Plural form of navicular.
- navigating — navigation
- navigation — the act or process of navigating.
- navigators — Plural form of navigator.
- navy cross — a U.S. Navy decoration awarded for outstanding heroism in operations against an enemy.
- naya paisa — a former monetary unit of India and Bhutan, the 100th part of a rupee.
- naysayings — refusals or denials; negative utterances
- neandertal — a small valley of the river Düssel in the German Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia, located about 12 km (7.5 mi) east of Düsseldorf
- neapolitan — of, relating to, or characteristic of Naples: a Neapolitan love song.
- near money — any asset easily made liquid, as government bonds or savings deposits.
- near point — the point nearest the eye at which an object is clearly focused on the retina when accommodation of the eye is at a maximum.
- near rhyme — rhyme in which either the vowels or the consonants of stressed syllables are identical, as in eyes, light; years, yours.
- near thing — an event or action whose outcome is nearly a failure, success, disaster, etc
- near-point — the point nearest the eye at which an object is clearly focused on the retina when accommodation of the eye is at a maximum.
- near-rhyme — rhyme in which either the vowels or the consonants of stressed syllables are identical, as in eyes, light; years, yours.
- nearly new — Nearly new items are items for sale that have belonged to another person but have not been used much and are still in very good condition. A nearly new shop sells nearly new items.
- nebulizers — Plural form of nebulizer.
- nebulizing — Present participle of nebulize.
- nebulosity — nebulous or nebular matter.
- nebulously — hazy, vague, indistinct, or confused: a nebulous recollection of the meeting; a nebulous distinction between pride and conceit.
- necessaire — A small case for holding personal items.
- neckcloths — Plural form of neckcloth.
- necklacing — Present participle of necklace.
- neckpieces — Plural form of neckpiece.
- necrolater — a person who worships the dead
- necrolatry — worship of the dead.
- necromancy — a method of divination through alleged communication with the dead; black art.
- necrophage — An organism that eats dead or decaying flesh.
- necrophagy — The eating of dead or decaying animal flesh.
- necrophile — (sexuality) One who is subject to necrophilia.
- necrophily — Necrophilia.
- necropolis — a cemetery, especially one of large size and usually of an ancient city.
- necropsied — the examination of a body after death; autopsy.
- necropsies — Plural form of necropsy.
- necroscopy — necropsy.
- necrotized — to undergo necrosis.
- necrotroph — a parasitic organism that kills the living cells of its host and then feeds on the dead matter
- nectareous — nectarous.
- nectarines — Plural form of nectarine.
- nectarlike — Resembling or characteristic of nectar.
- nectocalyx — the swimming bell of a jellyfish
- needle fly — a small stonefly of the genus Leuctra, whose rolled-up wings at rest give it a slender pointed appearance
- needlebook — A book-shaped needlecase, having leaves of cloth into which the needles are stuck.
- needlecase — A case in which needles are kept.
- needlecord — a corduroy fabric with narrow ribs
- needlefish — any fish of the family Belonidae, of warm seas and coastal fresh waters, having a sharp beak and needlelike teeth.
- needlelike — a small, slender, rodlike instrument, usually of polished steel, with a sharp point at one end and an eye or hole for thread at the other, for passing thread through cloth to make stitches in sewing.
- needlessly — unnecessary; not needed or wanted: a needless waste of food.