6-letter words starting with n
- nested — (of an ordered collection of sets or intervals) having the property that each set is contained in the preceding set and the length or diameter of the sets approaches zero as the number of sets tends to infinity.
- nester — a pocketlike, usually more or less circular structure of twigs, grass, mud, etc., formed by a bird, often high in a tree, as a place in which to lay and incubate its eggs and rear its young; any protected place used by a bird for these purposes.
- nestle — to lie close and snug, like a bird in a nest; snuggle or cuddle.
- nestor — the oldest and wisest of the Greeks in the Trojan War and a king of Pylos.
- netbsd — (operating system) An open source Unix clone that aims for platform independance by a clean separation between the hardware and the the kernel. It has been ported to many platforms from embedded systems to 64-bit computers.
- netbui — (spelling) It's spelled "NetBEUI".
- netcdf — Network Common Data Form. A machine-independent, self-describing file format for scientific data.
- netful — the quantity of fish that can be held by a net
- nether — lying or believed to lie beneath the earth's surface; infernal: the nether regions.
- nethou — Pic de [French peek duh] /French pik də/ (Show IPA) a mountain in NE Spain: highest peak of the Pyrenees. 11,165 feet (3400 meters).
- netlag — (networking) A condition that occurs when the delays in the IRC network, a MUD connection, a telnet connection, or any other networked interactive system, become severe enough that servers briefly lose and then reestablish contact, causing messages to be delivered in bursts, often with delays of up to a minute. (Note that this term has nothing to do with mainstream "jet lag").
- netman — a tennis player.
- netrek — (games) A 16-player graphical real-time battle simulation with a Star Trek theme. The game is divided into two teams of eight (or less), who dogfight each other and attempt to conquer each other's planets. There are several different types of ships, from fast, fragile scouts up to big, slow battleships; this allows a great deal of variance in play styles. Netrek is played using a client to connect to one of several Netrek servers on the Internet. There is a metaserver which distributes details of games in progress on other servers. See also ogg.
- netted — net income, profit, or the like.
- netter — A fisherman who uses nets to catch fish.
- nettie — (Tyneside, and, Wearside) toilet.
- nettle — any plant of the genus Urtica, covered with stinging hairs. Compare nettle family.
- neumes — Plural form of neume.
- neumic — any of various symbols representing from one to four notes, used in the musical notation of the Middle Ages but now employed solely in the notation of Gregorian chant in the liturgical books of the Roman Catholic Church.
- neural — of or relating to a nerve or the nervous system.
- neuro- — Neuro- is used to form words that refer or relate to a nerve or the nervous system.
- neuron — artificial neural network
- neuter — Grammar. noting or pertaining to a gender that refers to things classed as neither masculine nor feminine. (of a verb) intransitive.
- neutra — a city in W Slovakia, on the Nitra River: historic religious sites.
- nevada — a state in the W United States. 110,540 sq. mi. (286,300 sq. km). Capital: Carson City. Abbreviation: NV (for use with zip code), Nev.
- nevers — a former province in central France. Capital: Nevers.
- neviim — the Prophets, being the second of the three Jewish divisions of the Old Testament.
- nevins — Allan, 1890–1971, U.S. historian.
- nevoid — any congenital anomaly of the skin, including moles and various types of birthmarks.
- nevski — Alexander, Alexander Nevski.
- newari — a Sino-Tibetan language, the language of the Newar.
- newark — a city in NE New Jersey, on Newark Bay.
- newbie — a newcomer or novice, especially an inexperienced user of the Internet or of computers in general.
- newels — Plural form of newel.
- newest — of recent origin, production, purchase, etc.; having but lately come or been brought into being: a new book.
- newfie — Also called Newf. a term used to refer to a native or inhabitant of Newfoundland; Newfoundlander.
- newham — a borough of Greater London, England.
- newies — Plural form of newie.
- newish — rather new.
- newman — John Henry, Cardinal, 1801–90, English theologian and author.
- newnan — a city in W Georgia.
- newses — (Isle of Man) gossip.
- newsie — A reporter.
- newton — Sir Isaac, 1642–1727, English philosopher and mathematician: formulator of the law of gravitation.
- nexion — (occultism) A kind of occult gate or portal.
- nextly — most nearly or closely
- ngadju — a member of any of several Dayak tribes of southern Borneo.
- nhandu — a genus of large, hairy tarantula containing five species
- niacin — nicotinic acid.
- niamey — a republic in NW Africa: formerly part of French West Africa. 458,976 sq. mi. (1,188,748 sq. km). Capital: Niamey.