10-letter words starting with n
- neumunster — a city in Schleswig-Holstein, in N central Germany.
- neurectomy — the removal of part or all of a nerve.
- neurilemma — the delicate outermost membrane of the myelin sheath of a myelinated nerve cell.
- neurinomas — Plural form of neurinoma.
- neuroblast — an immature nerve cell.
- neurocoele — the system of cavities of the embryonic brain and spinal cord.
- neurodynia — (pathology) nerve pain; neuralgia.
- neurogenic — originating in a nerve or nerve tissue.
- neuroglial — Of or pertaining to the glial cells or neuroglia.
- neurohumor — neurotransmitter
- neuroimage — (transitive) To produce an image of the structure or function of part of the brain.
- neurolemma — (neurology) the outermost nucleated cytoplasmic layer of Schwann cells that surrounds the axon of the neuron.
- neurologic — Relating to neurology or the nervous system.
- neurolysin — (neuroscience, toxicology) A neurotoxin.
- neurolysis — Pathology. disintegration of nerve tissue. exhaustion of a nerve by excess stimulation.
- neurolytic — Pathology. disintegration of nerve tissue. exhaustion of a nerve by excess stimulation.
- neuromotor — neuromuscular.
- neuropathy — any diseased condition of the nervous system.
- neuroplasm — the cytoplasm of a nerve cell.
- neuropodia — Plural form of neuropodium.
- neurospora — a genus of fast-growing orange-red fungus characterized by markings on the spores resembling axons, used widely in genetic and biochemical research
- neurotoxic — poisonous to nerve tissue, as to the brain or spinal cord.
- neurotoxin — a neurotoxic substance, as rattlesnake venom or the poison of a black widow spider.
- neurotropy — the quality of being neurotropic.
- neutercane — a storm resembling a small hurricane but obtaining part of its energy by the same mechanism as a frontal cyclone.
- neutralino — (physics) Any of several hypothetical particles, predicted by supersymmetry, related to neutrinos.
- neutralise — to make neutral; cause to undergo neutralization.
- neutralism — the policy or advocacy of maintaining strict neutrality in foreign affairs.
- neutralist — a person who advocates or adheres to a policy of strict neutrality in foreign affairs.
- neutrality — the state of being neutral.
- neutralize — to make neutral; cause to undergo neutralization.
- neutronium — (physics) the supposed material composed entirely of neutrons that composes a neutron star.
- neutrophil — (of a cell or cell part) having an affinity for neutral dyes.
- never ever — not ever
- never fear — do not worry
- never mind — (in a human or other conscious being) the element, part, substance, or process that reasons, thinks, feels, wills, perceives, judges, etc.: the processes of the human mind.
- never-outs — articles that a supplier, esp a retail store, is 'never out of', i.e. always has in stock
- neverendum — A series of referendums on the same issue held in an attempt to achieve an unpopular result.
- nevirapine — A non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor used to treat HIV and AIDS.
- new albany — a city in S Indiana, on the Ohio River.
- new berlin — a city in SE Wisconsin, near Milwaukee.
- new canaan — a town in SW Connecticut.
- new candle — candela
- new castle — a city in W Pennsylvania.
- new comedy — Greek comedy arising toward the end of the 4th century b.c. that employed stock characters and plots drawn from contemporary bourgeois life, the formulas of which were adopted by later Roman writers for the comic stage.
- new empire — the period in the history of ancient Egypt, 1580–1085 b.c., comprising the 18th to 20th dynasties, characterized by the predominance of Thebes.
- new forest — a forest region in S England, in Hampshire: national park. 145 sq. mi. (376 sq. km).
- new france — the French colonies and possessions in North America up to 1763.
- new guinea — a large island N of Australia, politically divided into the Indonesian province of Irian Jaya (West Irian) and the independent country of Papua New Guinea. About 316,000 sq. mi. (818,000 sq. km).
- new iberia — a city in S Louisiana.