6-letter words starting with n
- nathan — a prophet during the reigns of David and Solomon. II Sam. 12; I Kings 1:34.
- natick — a town in E Massachusetts, W of Boston.
- nation — Carry or Carrie (Amelia Moore) 1846–1911, U.S. temperance leader.
- native — being the place or environment in which a person was born or a thing came into being: one's native land.
- natron — a mineral, hydrated sodium carbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅10H 2 O.
- natrum — Lb homeopathy sodium.
- natter — to talk incessantly; chatter.
- natura — nature
- nature — has the X nature
- naught — nothing.
- nausea — sickness at the stomach, especially when accompanied by a loathing for food and an involuntary impulse to vomit.
- nautch — (in India) an exhibition of dancing by professional dancing girls.
- nautes — (in the Aeneid) an aged Trojan and advisor to Aeneas.
- nautic — Alternative form of nautical.
- navaho — a member of the principal tribe of the southern division of the Athabaskan stock of North American Indians, located in New Mexico and Arizona, and now constituting the largest tribal group in the U.S.
- navaid — an electronic aid to navigation.
- navajo — a member of the principal tribe of the southern division of the Athabaskan stock of North American Indians, located in New Mexico and Arizona, and now constituting the largest tribal group in the U.S.
- navels — Plural form of navel.
- navies — the whole body of warships and auxiliaries belonging to a country or ruler.
- navig. — navigation
- navsat — navigational satellite.
- nawabs — Plural form of nawab.
- naying — Present participle of nay.
- naysay — to say nay to; deny; reject; oppose.
- nazify — to place under Nazi control or influence.
- nazism — the principles or methods of the Nazis.
- ne win — U [oo] /u/ (Show IPA), (Maung Shu Maung) 1911–2002, Burmese soldier and political leader: prime minister 1958–60, 1962–74; president 1974–81.
- neanic — of or relating to the early stages in the life cycle of an organism, esp the pupal stage of an insect
- neaped — grounded until the next cycle of spring tides.
- nearby — close at hand; not far off; adjacent; neighboring: a nearby village.
- neared — close; to a point or place not far away: Come near so I won't have to shout.
- nearer — close; to a point or place not far away: Come near so I won't have to shout.
- nearly — all but; almost: nearly dead with cold.
- neaten — to make neat: a day spent neatening the kitchen shelves.
- neater — in a pleasingly orderly and clean condition: a neat room.
- neatly — in a pleasingly orderly and clean condition: a neat room.
- nebber — Eye dialect of never.
- nebiim — the Prophets, being the second of the three Jewish divisions of the Old Testament.
- nebris — a fawn skin worn in Greek mythology by Dionysus and his followers.
- nebula — Astronomy. Also called diffuse nebula. a cloud of interstellar gas and dust. Compare dark nebula, emission nebula, reflection nebula. (formerly) any celestial object that appears nebulous, hazy, or fuzzy, and extended in a telescope view.
- nebule — (obsolete) A little cloud.
- nebuly — resembling the wavy edges of a cloud, esp of a line in heraldry or architecture
- neches — a river in E Texas, flowing S and SE to Sabine Lake. 416 miles (669 km) long.
- neckar — a river in SW Germany, flowing N and NE from the Black Forest, then W to the Rhine River. 246 miles (395 km) long.
- necked — having a neck of a kind specified (usually used in combination): a square-necked blouse.
- necker — Jacques [zhahk] /ʒɑk/ (Show IPA), 1732–1804, French statesman, born in Switzerland.
- necro- — indicating death, a dead body, or dead tissue
- necros — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of necro.
- nectar — the saccharine secretion of a plant, which attracts the insects or birds that pollinate the flower.
- needed — necessary, required, or wanted (usually used in combination): a much-needed vacation.