10-letter words starting with n
- no-tillage — the planting of crops by direct seeding without plowing, using herbicides as necessary to control weeds.
- no-trumper — a hand suitable for calling and playing no trumps
- noah's ark — the patriarch who built a ship (Noah's Ark) in which he, his family, and animals of every species survived the Flood. Gen. 5–9.
- nobilitate — (obsolete) To make noble; to ennoble; to exalt.
- nobilities — Plural form of nobility.
- noble opal — precious opal.
- noblewoman — a woman of noble birth or rank.
- noblewomen — A woman who belongs to the noble class.
- nociceptor — A sensory receptor for painful stimuli.
- noctograph — a frame used to aid the blind in writing.
- node house — a prefabricated shelter used by welders during the construction of an oil rig
- nodulation — The presence of nodules.
- noegenesis — the production of new knowledge from sensory or intellectual experience.
- noel-baker — Philip John, 1889–1982, British statesman and author: Nobel Peace Prize 1959.
- noisemaker — a person or thing that makes noise, as a reveler on New Year's Eve, Halloween, etc., or a rattle, horn, or similar device used on such an occasion.
- noiseproof — soundproof.
- noises off — sounds made offstage intended for the ears of the audience: used as a stage direction
- nol. pros. — nolle prosequi
- nolichucky — a river in W North Carolina and E Tennessee, flowing NW and W to the French Broad River. 150 miles (241 km) long.
- nomadizing — Present participle of nomadize.
- nomarchies — Plural form of nomarchy.
- nominalise — to convert (another part of speech) into a noun, as in changing the adjective lowly into the lowly or the verb legalize into legalization.
- nominalism — (in medieval philosophy) the doctrine that general or abstract words do not stand for objectively existing entities and that universals are no more than names assigned to them. Compare conceptualism, realism (def 5a).
- nominalist — An adherent of any of the various kinds of nominalism.
- nominalize — to convert (another part of speech) into a noun, as in changing the adjective lowly into the lowly or the verb legalize into legalization.
- nominately — in a nameable or particular manner
- nominating — Present participle of nominate.
- nomination — an act or instance of nominating, especially to office: The floor is open for nomination of candidates for the presidency.
- nominative — Grammar. (in certain inflected languages, as Sanskrit, Latin, and Russian) noting a case having as its function the indication of the subject of a finite verb, as in Latin Nauta bonus est “The sailor is good,” with nauta “sailor” in the nominative case. similar to such a case in function or meaning.
- nomographs — Plural form of nomograph.
- nomography — the art of or a treatise on drawing up laws.
- nomophobia — A fear of or disdain for laws.
- nomothetic — giving or establishing laws; legislative.
- non compos — not of sound mind; mentally incapable of managing one's affairs.
- non linear — of, consisting of, or using lines: linear design.
- non liquet — (of evidence, a cause, etc.) not clear or evident.
- non parity — parity
- non placet — (especially in a church or university assembly) an expression or vote of dissent or disapproval.
- non troppo — not too much: allegro non troppo.
- non-accent — prominence of a syllable in terms of differential loudness, or of pitch, or length, or of a combination of these.
- non-biased — having or showing bias or prejudice: They gave us a biased report on immigration trends.
- non-binary — (of gender, marital and relationship status, etc) not belonging to either of two established or accepted categories
- non-breach — the act or a result of breaking; break or rupture.
- non-causal — of, constituting, or implying a cause.
- non-cereal — any plant of the grass family yielding an edible grain, as wheat, rye, oats, rice, or corn.
- non-client — a person or group that uses the professional advice or services of a lawyer, accountant, advertising agency, architect, etc.
- non-cogent — convincing or believable by virtue of forcible, clear, or incisive presentation; telling.
- non-combat — not including, entailing, or requiring combat: noncombat duty.
- non-cyclic — revolving or recurring in cycles; characterized by recurrence in cycles.
- non-devout — devoted to divine worship or service; pious; religious: a devout Catholic.