11-letter words starting with n
- nearshoring — the practice of moving one's employees or business activities from a distant country back to a country that is nearby: The U.S.-based company is focusing on the nearshoring of its customer-service operations from India to Canada. Compare offshoring.
- nearsighted — seeing distinctly at a short distance only; myopic.
- necessarian — (philosophy, theology) An adherent of necessarianism, an advocate of the doctrine of necessity.
- necessaries — being essential, indispensable, or requisite: a necessary part of the motor.
- necessarily — by or of necessity; as a matter of compulsion or requirement: You don't necessarily have to attend.
- necessitate — to make necessary or unavoidable: The breakdown of the car necessitated a change in our plans.
- necessities — something necessary or indispensable: food, shelter, and other necessities of life.
- necessitous — destitute or impoverished; needy; indigent: to aid a necessitous young mother.
- necessitude — necessity.
- necker cube — a line drawing showing the 12 edges of a transparent cube, so that it can be seen alternately facing in two different directions: an example of an ambiguous figure
- neckerchief — a cloth or scarf worn round the neck.
- necrobiosis — the death of cells or tissue caused by aging or disease.
- necrologies — Plural form of necrology.
- necrologist — a list of persons who have died within a certain time.
- necromancer — a method of divination through alleged communication with the dead; black art.
- necromantic — a method of divination through alleged communication with the dead; black art.
- necrophagan — (zoology) Any of the tribe Necrophaga of beetles whose larvae feed on carrion.
- necrophagia — the eating of dead bodies; esp., the practice of feeding on carrion
- necrophilia — an erotic attraction to corpses.
- necrophilic — an erotic attraction to corpses.
- necrophobia — an abnormal fear of death; thanatophobia.
- necropoleis — Plural form of necropolis.
- necroscopic — of or relating to a necropsy or postmortem examination
- necrotizing — Causing or accompanied by necrosis.
- needcessity — a necessity; a thing that is needed
- needfulness — The property of being needful or necessary.
- needle book — something used for keeping sewing needles in. It is made of fabric and looks like a book
- needle time — the limited time allocated by a radio channel to the broadcasting of music from records
- needlecraft — needlework.
- needlepoint — embroidery upon canvas, usually with uniform spacing of stitches in a pattern.
- needlestick — Puncture of the skin by a hypodermic needle or other sharp object.
- needlewoman — a woman who does needlework.
- needlewomen — Plural form of needlewoman.
- nefariously — extremely wicked or villainous; iniquitous: a nefarious plot.
- negationist — the act of denying: He shook his head in negation of the charge.
- negentropic — Of or characterized by a reduction in entropy (and corresponding increase in order).
- neglectable — Small enough, or unimportant enough to be neglected; negligible.
- negligently — guilty of or characterized by neglect, as of duty: negligent officials.
- negotiables — Plural form of negotiable.
- negotiating — to deal or bargain with another or others, as in the preparation of a treaty or contract or in preliminaries to a business deal.
- negotiation — mutual discussion and arrangement of the terms of a transaction or agreement: the negotiation of a treaty.
- negotiators — Plural form of negotiator.
- negotiatory — Of or pertaining to negotiation.
- negotiatrix — (obsolete) A female negotiator.
- negrophobia — strong fear or dislike of black people.
- nei monggol — Inner Mongolia
- neighboring — situated or living near another: one of our neighbor nations.
- neighbourly — (British, Canada) Showing the qualities of a friendly and helpful neighbour.
- nemathecium — a wartlike protuberance on the thallus of certain red algae, containing tetraspores, antheridia, or cystocarps.
- nematicidal — Alternative spelling of nematocidal.