9-letter words starting with n
- nidwalden — a demicanton of Unterwalden, in central Switzerland. 106 sq. mi. (275 sq. km). Capital: Stans.
- niellated — inlaid with niello
- niemöller — Martin [mahr-teen] /ˈmɑr tin/ (Show IPA), 1892–1984, German Lutheran clergyman: resisted Nazism.
- nierstein — a village in SW central Germany, SSE of Mainz: noted for its wines.
- nietzsche — Friedrich Wilhelm [free-drikh vil-helm] /ˈfri drɪx ˈvɪl hɛlm/ (Show IPA), 1844–1900, German philosopher.
- niftiness — Quality of being nifty.
- niggardly — reluctant to give or spend; stingy; miserly.
- niggerdom — the condition of being a Black person
- niggering — Present participle of nigger.
- niggerish — resembling or characteristic of a Black person
- niggerism — the condition of being a Black person
- night key — a key for a night latch.
- night out — evening or nighttime social outing
- night owl — a person who often stays up late at night; nighthawk.
- night-owl — a person who often stays up late at night; nighthawk.
- nightbird — Alternative spelling of night bird.
- nightcaps — Plural form of nightcap.
- nightclub — Also, night club. an establishment for evening entertainment, generally open until the early morning, that serves liquor and usually food and offers patrons music, comedy acts, a floor show, or dancing; nightspot.
- nightfall — the coming of night; the end of daylight; dusk.
- nightfire — a fire burned at night e.g. a campfire
- nightgear — nightclothes, that which is worn at night
- nightglow — a dim light from the upper atmosphere caused by emissions from atoms and molecules ionized by solar radiation: observed at night (nightglow) during the day (dayglow) and at twilight (twilight glow) with each having slightly different characteristics.
- nightgown — a loose gown, worn in bed by women or children.
- nighthawk — any of several longwinged, American goatsuckers of the genus Chordeiles, related to the whippoorwill, especially C. minor, having variegated black, white, and buff plumage.
- nightjars — Plural form of nightjar.
- nightless — the period of darkness between sunset and sunrise.
- nightlife — the activity of people seeking nighttime diversion, as at a nightclub, theater, or the like.
- nightlike — Resembling night or some aspect of it; dark, tenebrous.
- nightlong — lasting all night: a nightlong snowfall.
- nightmare — a terrifying dream in which the dreamer experiences feelings of helplessness, extreme anxiety, sorrow, etc.
- nightmary — (of a person) prone to having nightmares
- nightrobe — A robe to be worn at night; a nightgown.
- nightside — Journalism. the night shift of a newspaper.
- nightsoil — Alternative spelling of night soil.
- nightspot — a nightclub.
- nighttide — nighttime.
- nighttime — the time between evening and morning.
- nightward — heading towards night, heading westwards
- nightwear — night clothes.
- nigricant — black, blackish, or turning black
- nigritude — complete darkness or blackness.
- nigrosine — any of the class of deep blue or black dyes obtained by the oxidation of aniline, used as coloring agents in inks and shoe polishes and for dyeing leather, wood, textiles, and furs.
- nihilists — Plural form of nihilist.
- nikko fir — a tall evergreen tree, Abies homolepis, native to mountainous areas of Japan, having dark-green needles and purple cones, cultivated as an ornamental.
- nikolayev — a city in S Ukraine, in the SW on the Bug River.
- nile blue — pale greenish blue.
- nilometer — a graduated pillar by which the rise and fall of the Nile can be measured
- nilopolis — a city in SE Brazil, NW of Rio de Janeiro.
- nilpotent — equal to zero when raised to a certain power.
- nimblewit — an alert, bright, and clever person