10-letter words starting with n
- narcotizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of narcotize.
- naringenin — The predominant flavanone in grapefruit.
- narrations — Plural form of narration.
- narratives — Plural form of narrative.
- narrowback — a person of slight build who is unfit for hard labor.
- narrowband — Of or involving signals over a narrow range of frequencies.
- narrowboat — A canal boat less than 7 feet (2.1 m) wide with a maximum length of 70 feet (21.3 m) and steered with a tiller rather than a wheel.
- narrowbody — (aeronautics) An airliner capable of seating six or less passengers in a single row of economy seating, with one aisle.
- narrowcast — to aim a program or programming at a specific, limited audience or sales market.
- narrowhead — Applied to various kinds of animals with a narrow head.
- narrowness — of little breadth or width; not broad or wide; not as wide as usual or expected: a narrow path.
- nascar dad — a stereotypical representation of a white working-class American male with a family
- nasturtium — any plant of the genus Tropaeolum, cultivated for its showy, usually orange, red, or yellow flowers or for its fruit, which is pickled and used like capers.
- nat turner — Frederick Jackson, 1861–1932, U.S. historian.
- natal plum — a southern African bushy shrub, Carissa grandiflora, of the dogbane family, having forked spines, white flowers, and egg-shaped, red berries.
- natalitial — of or relating to a birth or birthday
- natashquan — a river in Labrador and Quebec, E Canada, flowing S to the Gulf of St. Lawrence. 241 miles (388 km) long.
- natatorial — pertaining to, adapted for, or characterized by swimming: natatorial birds.
- natatorium — a swimming pool, especially one that is indoors.
- nationally — of, relating to, or maintained by a nation as an organized whole or independent political unit: national affairs.
- nationhood — the state or quality of having status as a separate and independent nation: an African colony that achieved nationhood.
- nationless — a large body of people, associated with a particular territory, that is sufficiently conscious of its unity to seek or to possess a government peculiarly its own: The president spoke to the nation about the new tax.
- nationwide — extending throughout the nation: The incident aroused nationwide interest.
- native cat — any of several catlike dasyures of the genus Dasyurus, of Australia and Tasmania: most populations are now rare.
- native dog — a dingo
- native son — a novel (1940) by Richard Wright.
- nativeness — The state or condition of being native.
- nativistic — the policy of protecting the interests of native inhabitants against those of immigrants.
- nativities — Plural form of nativity.
- natterjack — a European toad, Bufo calamita, that moves by running.
- naturalise — Alternative spelling of naturalize.
- naturalism — Literature. a manner or technique of treating subject matter that presents, through volume of detail, a deterministic view of human life and actions. a deterministic theory of writing in which it is held that a writer should adopt an objective view toward the material written about, be free of preconceived ideas as to form and content, and represent with clinical accuracy and frankness the details of life. Compare realism (def 4b). a representation of natural appearances or natural patterns of speech, manner, etc., in a work of fiction. the depiction of the physical environment, especially landscape or the rural environment.
- naturalist — a person who studies or is an expert in natural history, especially a zoologist or botanist.
- naturality — The condition of being natural; nature, naturalness.
- naturalize — to confer upon (an alien) the rights and privileges of a citizen.
- naturelike — the material world, especially as surrounding humankind and existing independently of human activities.
- naturistic — Pertaining to naturism (doctrine attributing everything to nature).
- naturopath — a system or method of treating disease that employs no surgery or synthetic drugs but uses special diets, herbs, vitamins, massage, etc., to assist the natural healing processes.
- naughtiest — Superlative form of naughty; most naughty.
- naumachiae — Plural form of naumachia.
- naumannite — a mineral, silver-lead selenide, (Ag 2 Pb)Se, usually occurring in iron-black cubic crystals.
- nauseating — causing sickness of the stomach; nauseous.
- nauseation — The act of nauseating.
- nauseative — causing nausea
- nauseously — In a nauseous manner.
- nautically — of or relating to sailors, ships, or navigation: nautical terms.
- nautiloids — Plural form of nautiloid.
- nautophone — an electrically operated horn for giving fog warnings.
- naval base — military stronghold
- naval mine — mine2 (def 5).