11-letter words starting with n
- nerve fiber — a process, axon, or dendrite of a nerve cell.
- nerve fibre — a threadlike extension of a nerve cell; axon
- nerve trunk — the main stem of a nerve.
- nervelessly — In a nerveless manner.
- nervousness — highly excitable; unnaturally or acutely uneasy or apprehensive: to become nervous under stress.
- nervuration — the arrangement of the veins in the wing of an insect.
- net curtain — Net curtains are curtains made of thin cloth that people hang across their windows to stop people outside seeing into their houses in the daytime.
- net fishing — Fishing using a net, esp a large commercial drift net
- net revenue — profit: income minus expenses
- netherlands — the, (used with a singular or plural verb) a kingdom in W Europe, bordering on the North Sea, Germany, and Belgium. 13,433 sq. mi. (34,790 sq. km). Capitals: Amsterdam and The Hague.
- netherlings — underwear
- netherstock — a stocking
- netherworld — the infernal regions; hell.
- nettle cell — a nematocyst.
- nettle rash — urticaria resulting from contact with various plants causing local irritation.
- neural arch — a bony or cartilaginous arch resting on the chief part of each vertebra and forming a tunnel through which the nerve cord passes
- neural nets — artificial neural network
- neural tube — a tube formed by the closure of ectodermal tissue in the early vertebrate embryo that later develops into the brain, spinal cord, nerves, and ganglia.
- neurilemmal — Relating to neurilemma.
- neurilemmas — Plural form of neurilemma.
- neuroactive — affecting or interacting directly with the nervous system
- neuroblasts — Plural form of neuroblast.
- neurocytoma — A nervous system tumor primarily derived from nervous tissue, in contrast to the gliomas.
- neuroethics — The ethics of neuroscience and neurotechnology.
- neurofibril — a fibril of a nerve cell.
- neurogenous — originating in a nerve or nerve tissue.
- neuroglobin — (protein) Any of a class of vertebrate globins involved in cellular oxygen homeostasis.
- neurohumour — a chemical substance secreted by nerve endings; a neurohormone, particularly a neurotransmitter
- neuroleptic — (chiefly of a drug) tending to reduce nervous tension by depressing nerve functions.
- neurologist — a physician specializing in neurology.
- neuropathic — any diseased condition of the nervous system.
- neuroplasty — Any surgery to repair nerve tissue.
- neuropodium — (zoology) The ventral lobe or branch of a parapodium.
- neuropteral — (zoology) Of or pertaining to the Neuroptera.
- neuropteran — neuropterous.
- neurotensin — A 13-amino acid peptide that exerts neuromodulatory functions in the central nervous system and endocrine/paracrine actions in the periphery.
- neuroticism — the state of having traits or symptoms characteristic of neurosis.
- neurotomies — Plural form of neurotomy.
- neurotoxins — Plural form of neurotoxin.
- neurotrophy — the influence of the nerves on the nutrition and maintenance of body tissue.
- neurotropic — having an affinity for nerve cells or tissue: a neurotropic virus; a neurotropic drug.
- neurulation — the formation of a neurula.
- neutralised — Simple past tense and past participle of neutralise.
- neutralises — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of neutralise.
- neutralists — a person who advocates or adheres to a policy of strict neutrality in foreign affairs.
- neutralized — (American spelling) alternative spelling of neutralisedt; Simple past tense and past participle of neutralize.
- neutralizer — to make neutral; cause to undergo neutralization.
- neutralizes — (American spelling) alternative spelling of neutralisest; Third-person singular simple present indicative form of neutralize.
- neutralness — The state or quality of being neutral.
- neutron gun — a device used for producing a beam of fast neutrons