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6-letter words starting with ni

  • nikkud — any of the combinations of dots and lines sometimes placed above or below Hebrew consonant symbols to indicate the pronunciation of vowels accompanying and usually following the consonants; vowel point.
  • nilgai — a large, Indian antelope, Boselaphus tragocamelus, the male of which is bluish gray with small horns, the female tawny and hornless.
  • nilled — to be unwilling: will he, nill he.
  • nilote — a member of any of several indigenous black peoples of the Sudan and eastern Africa.
  • nimble — quick and light in movement; moving with ease; agile; active; rapid: nimble feet.
  • nimbly — quick and light in movement; moving with ease; agile; active; rapid: nimble feet.
  • nimbus — Classical Mythology. a shining cloud sometimes surrounding a deity when on earth.
  • nimitzChester William, 1885–1966, U.S. admiral.
  • nimmed — Past participle of nim.
  • nimmer — A petty thief.
  • nimrod — the great-grandson of Noah: noted as a great hunter. Gen. 10:8–10.
  • nimrud — modern name of the site of the ancient city of Kalakh.
  • nimwit — (rare) A dimwit.
  • nineth — Misspelling of ninth.
  • ninety — a cardinal number, ten times nine.
  • ningbo — a seaport in E Zhejiang province, in E China.
  • ninian — Saint. ?360–?432 ad, the first known apostle of Scotland; built a stone church (candida casa) at Whithorn on his native Solway; preached to the Picts. Feast day: Sept 16
  • ninigi — the grandson of Amaterasu and first ruler of Japan.
  • ninjas — Plural form of ninja.
  • ninths — Plural form of ninth.
  • niobic — of or relating to niobium; columbic.
  • niobid — any of the children of Niobe.
  • nip-up — a calisthenic routine or gymnastic move of springing to one's feet from a supine position.
  • nipped — to squeeze or compress tightly between two surfaces or points; pinch; bite.
  • nipper — a person or thing that nips.
  • nipple — TrackPoint
  • nippon — a Japanese name of Japan.
  • nippur — an ancient Sumerian and Babylonian city in SE Iraq: partially excavated.
  • nipter — a religious ceremony of foot washing
  • nisgul — the smallest and weakest bird in a brood of chickens
  • nissan — the seventh month of the Jewish calendar.
  • nistru — Romanian name of Dniester.
  • nitery — a nightclub.
  • nitfly — botfly.
  • nither — Alternative form of nether.
  • nitric — containing nitrogen, usually in the pentavalent state.
  • nitro- — Nitro- combines with nouns to form other nouns referring to things which contain nitrogen and oxygen.
  • nitros — Chemistry. containing the nitro group.
  • nitrox — a mixture of nitrogen and oxygen used by divers
  • nitryl — (inorganic chemistry, especially in combination) The univalent radical -NO2.
  • nitter — (zoology) A louse that deposits nits on horses.
  • nitwit — a slow-witted, stupid, or foolish person.
  • niuean — of or relating to the S Pacific island of Niue or its inhabitants
  • nivose — (in the French Revolutionary calendar) the fourth month of the year, extending from December 21 to January 19.
  • nixies — Plural form of nixie.
  • nixing — nothing.
  • niyama — one of five observances, composing one of the eight practices, or angas, which are cleanliness of mind and body, equanimity, temperance or tapas, self-appraisal, and attentiveness to God, who is conceived of as a completely free spirit.
  • nizzle — (slang, US, African American Vernacular English) Nigga, another slang term used as a euphemism or familiar adaptation to the derogative term nigger, utilized during the time period immediately before and during the Civil War in reference to slaves brought over from Africa.
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