12-letter words starting with n
- ninety-first — next after the ninetieth; being the ordinal number for 91.
- ninety-ninth — next after the ninety-eighth; being the ordinal number for 99.
- ninety-seven — a cardinal number, 90 plus 7.
- ninety-sixth — next after the ninety-fifth; being the ordinal number for 96.
- ninety-third — next after the ninety-second; being the ordinal number for 93.
- ninety-three — a cardinal number, 90 plus 3.
- ninth-grader — a student in their ninth year at school
- nip and tuck — to squeeze or compress tightly between two surfaces or points; pinch; bite.
- nitrate film — film stock using a base of cellulose nitrate: extremely flammable and tending to erode at a relatively early age.
- nitric oxide — a colorless, slightly water-soluble gas, NO, formed by the action of dilute nitric acid on copper, and by the direct combination of atmospheric oxygen and nitrogen at the high temperatures of an electric arc: an intermediate in the manufacture of nitric acid.
- nitroaniline — (organic chemistry) Any nitro derivative of aniline.
- nitrobenzene — a pale yellow, toxic, water-soluble liquid, C 6 H 5 NO 2 , produced by nitrating benzene with nitric acid: used chiefly in the manufacture of aniline.
- nitrogelatin — gelatin dynamite.
- nitrogenized — Treated with nitrogen or a nitrogen compound.
- nitromannite — mannitol hexanitrate.
- nitromethane — a colorless, oily, slightly water-soluble, poisonous liquid, CH 3 NO 2 , used chiefly as a solvent, rocket fuel, and gasoline additive and in organic synthesis.
- nitrophilous — (of plants) growing in soil well supplied with nitrogen
- nitrosamines — Plural form of nitrosamine.
- nitroscanate — The ether analogue of amoscanate, used in veterinary medicine as an anthelmintic.
- nitrotoluene — (organic compound) Any of several nitro derivatives of toluene; they have a number of industrial uses, and those with multiple nitro groups are explosive.
- nitrous acid — an acid, HNO 2 , known only in solution.
- nitty-gritty — the essential substance or details of a matter; basics; crux: Let's skip the chitchat and get down to the nitty-gritty.
- nizhni tagil — a city in the Russian Federation in Asia, on the E slope of the Ural Mountains.
- no exception — If you make a general statement, and then say that something or someone is no exception, you are emphasizing that they are included in that statement.
- no harm done — If you say that there is no harm done, you are telling someone not to worry about something that has happened because it has not caused any serious injury or damage.
- no less than — at least
- no love lost — a profoundly tender, passionate affection for another person.
- no match for — If one person or thing is no match for another, they are unable to compete successfully with the other person or thing.
- no such luck — You can say 'No such luck' when you want to express your disappointment over something.
- no thanks to — to express gratitude, appreciation, or acknowledgment to: She thanked them for their hospitality.
- no vacancies — No vacancies is used on a notice at a hotel or guest house when there are no rooms available to rent.
- noahide laws — the seven laws given to Noah after the Flood, which decree the establishment of a fair system of justice in society, and prohibit idolatry, blasphemy, murder, adultery and incest, robbery, and the eating of flesh taken from a living animal
- noam chomsky — (Avram) Noam [nohm,, noh-uh m] /noʊm,, ˈnoʊ əm/ (Show IPA), born 1928, U.S. linguist, educator, and political activist.
- nobel prizes — any of various awards made annually, beginning in 1901, from funds originally established by Alfred B. Nobel for outstanding achievement in physics, chemistry, medicine or physiology, literature, and the promotion of peace; an annual award in economics was established in 1969 from private funds.
- nobilitation — the act of ennobling
- noble savage — primitive indigenous person
- noble-minded — characterized by morally admirable thought or motives; righteous; worthy.
- nocireceptor — a receptor sensitive to pain
- noctambulant — of, relating to, or given to sleepwalking.
- noctambulism — somnambulism.
- noctambulist — somnambulism.
- noctambulous — of, relating to, or given to sleepwalking.
- noctilucence — (of high-altitude clouds) visible during the short night of the summer.
- nocturnality — of or relating to the night (opposed to diurnal).
- noematically — in an intellectual manner
- noise factor — the ratio of the noise output of an ideal device to the noise output of the unit being tested.
- noise margin — (electronics) The voltage difference between the guaranteed output level and the required input voltage level of a logic gate.
- noise-making — a person or thing that makes noise, as a reveler on New Year's Eve, Halloween, etc., or a rattle, horn, or similar device used on such an occasion.
- nom de plume — pen name.
- nomadization — the process of becoming like a nomad, or making nomadic in character