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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
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