7-letter words starting with n
- nipmuck — a member of an Algonquian Indian people living in the vicinity of Worcester, Mass.
- nippers — a person or thing that nips.
- nippily — In a nippy way.
- nipping — sharp or biting, as cold.
- nippled — Having a nipple or nipples.
- nipples — Plural form of nipple.
- nirvana — (often initial capital letter). Pali nibbana. Buddhism. freedom from the endless cycle of personal reincarnations, with their consequent suffering, as a result of the extinction of individual passion, hatred, and delusion: attained by the Arhat as his goal but postponed by the Bodhisattva.
- nitches — Plural form of nitch.
- nitchie — a contemptuous term used to refer to a North-American Indian.
- niterie — (US) A nightclub or nightspot.
- niteroi — a seaport in and the capital of Rio de Janeiro state, in SE Brazil.
- nithing — a villain or coward who breaks a code of honour
- nitinol — a paramagnetic alloy of nickel and titanium that, after heating and deformation, resumes its original shape when reheated.
- nitpick — to be excessively concerned with or critical of inconsequential details.
- nitrate — Chemistry. a salt or ester of nitric acid, or any compound containing the univalent group –ONO 2 or NO 3 .
- nitrene — (organic chemistry) Any organic compound, the univalent nitrogen equivalent of a carbene, having general formula RN:.
- nitride — a compound, containing two elements only, of which the more electronegative one is nitrogen.
- nitrify — to oxidize (ammonia, ammonium compounds, or atmospheric nitrogen) to nitrites, nitrates, or their respective acids, especially by bacterial action.
- nitrile — any of a class of organic compounds with the general formula RC≡N.
- nitrite — Chemistry. a salt or ester of nitrous acid.
- nitroso — (especially of organic compounds) containing the nitroso group; nitrosyl.
- nitrous — pertaining to compounds obtained from niter, usually containing less oxygen than the corresponding nitric compounds.
- nitwits — Plural form of nitwit.
- niveous — resembling snow, especially in whiteness; snowy.
- nkandla — the private residence of Jacob Zuma, South African President from 2009, south of the town of Nkandla, KwaZulu-Natal. The use of state funds to upgrade the property caused controversy
- nkrumah — Kwame [kwah-mee] /ˈkwɑ mi/ (Show IPA), 1909–72, president of Ghana 1960–66.
- no ball — an unfairly bowled ball.
- no dice — to cut into small cubes.
- no exit — a play (1945) by Jean-Paul Sartre.
- no fair — not according to the rules
- no fear — certainly not, never
- no fool — a wise or sensible person
- no good — morally excellent; virtuous; righteous; pious: a good man.
- no joke — sth serious
- no jump — a jump that does not qualify in sports such as the long jump
- no less — however surprising that seems
- no mean — of high quality
- no risk — an expression of assent
- no sale — a situation in which a seller and a potential buyer are unable to agree terms to sell something so that a sale does not take place
- no shit — excrement; feces.
- no soap — a substance used for washing and cleansing purposes, usually made by treating a fat with an alkali, as sodium or potassium hydroxide, and consisting chiefly of the sodium or potassium salts of the acids contained in the fat.
- no-ball — an unfairly bowled ball.
- no-bill — to fail to indict (a person): The grand jury no-billed the two officers in the slaying.
- no-code — Medicine/Medical. a directive not to alert a hospital team to perform emergency resuscitation on a particular patient. Compare code (def 9).
- no-good — lacking worth or merit; useless; bad: This no-good faucet never did work properly. Her no-good brother sold me the car.
- no-host — requiring patrons and guests to pay a fee for attendance or to pay for any food and drink they consume: a no-host cocktail party; a no-host dinner-dance.
- no-iron — requiring no ironing or pressing: a no-iron blouse; no-iron sheets.
- no-load — (of a mutual fund or its shares) free of any sales charges.
- no-lose — noting or pertaining to a situation or condition in which one is certain of success or benefit.
- no-mark — an insignificant or worthless person