9-letter words starting with n
- naughtier — disobedient; mischievous (used especially in speaking to or about children): Weren't we naughty not to eat our spinach?
- naughtily — disobedient; mischievous (used especially in speaking to or about children): Weren't we naughty not to eat our spinach?
- naumachia — a mock sea fight, given as a spectacle among the ancient Romans.
- naupathia — (medicine) seasickness.
- nauplioid — of or relating to the first stage in the development of a freshly hatched nauplius larva
- nauseated — to affect with nausea; sicken.
- nauseates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of nauseate.
- nautiloid — a mollusk of the subclass Nautiloidea, including nautiluses and many fossil species that were abundant in the Ordovician and Silurian periods.
- navaratri — an annual Hindu festival celebrated over nine days in September–October. Observed throughout India, it commemorates the slaying of demons by Rama and the goddess Durga; in some places it is dedicated to all female deities
- navel ill — joint ill.
- navelwort — a European plant, Umbilicus rupestris, of the stonecrop family, having fleshy, round leaves and yellowish-green flowers.
- navicerts — Plural form of navicert.
- navicular — boat-shaped, as certain bones.
- navigable — deep and wide enough to provide passage to ships: a navigable channel.
- navigated — Simple past tense and past participle of navigate.
- navigates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of navigate.
- navigator — Netscape Navigator
- navpaktos — Greek name of Lepanto.
- navy bean — a small, white bean, dried for prolonged storage and prepared for eating by soaking and cooking.
- navy blue — a dark blue.
- navy gray — a dark gray, as of a warship.
- navy list — (in Britain) an official list of all serving commissioned officers of the Royal Navy and reserve officers liable for recall
- navy plug — a strong, dark tobacco in plug form.
- navy seal — US Navy Sea, Air, and Land (SEAL) forces
- navy yard — a government dockyard where naval ships are built, repaired, and fitted out, and naval supplies and munitions are laid up.
- naysayers — Plural form of naysayer.
- naysaying — Present participle of naysay.
- neap tide — either of the two tides that occur at the first or last quarter of the moon when the tide-generating forces of the sun and moon oppose each other and produce the smallest rise and fall in tidal level
- near beer — any of several malt beverages that are similar to beer but are usually considered nonalcoholic because they have an alcoholic content of less than ½ percent.
- near east — an indefinite geographical or regional term, usually referring to the countries of SW Asia, including Turkey, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, and Saudi Arabia and the other nations of the Arabian Peninsula. Compare Middle East (def 1).
- near gale — a wind of force seven on the Beaufort scale or from 32–38 mph
- near home — concerning one deeply
- near miss — a strike by a missile that is not a direct hit but is close enough to damage the target.
- near-term — for, covering, or involving the very near future: the near-term prospects for lower interest rates.
- nearshore — extending from or occurring along a shore.
- neat hack — 1. A clever technique. 2. A brilliant practical joke, where neatness is correlated with cleverness, harmlessness, and surprise value. Example: the Caltech Rose Bowl card display switch. See also hack.
- neat line — a line defining a limit or edge of an excavation, cut stone, etc.
- neatening — Present participle of neaten.
- nebbishes — Plural form of nebbish.
- nebenkern — a mitochondrial structure in the sperm of certain insects
- nebraskan — of or relating to Nebraska.
- nebulated — having dim or indistinct markings, as a bird or other animal.
- nebuliser — Alternative spelling of nebulizer.
- nebulized — Simple past tense and past participle of nebulize.
- nebulizer — to reduce to fine spray; atomize.
- nebulizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of nebulize.
- nebulosus — (of a cloud) having indistinct details.
- nec 780-c — (processor) A copy of the Zilog Z80A microprocessor, running at 3.25 MHz. The NEC 780-C was the processor used in the Sinclair ZX-80.
- necessary — being essential, indispensable, or requisite: a necessary part of the motor.
- necessity — something necessary or indispensable: food, shelter, and other necessities of life.