5-letter words starting with n
- newry — a city and port in Northern Ireland, in Newry and Mourne district, Co Down. Pop: 27 433 (2001)
- newsy — full of news: a nice long newsy letter.
- newts — Plural form of newt.
- nexor — (company) A technology company that specialises in providing electronic communication software products and services to a worldwide market. It is also the home of CUSI.
- nexum — A contract in early Ancient Rome in which the debtor pledged his own person as collateral should he default on his loan (thus risking becoming a slave to the creditor).
- nexus — a means of connection; tie; link.
- nfld. — Newfoundland
- ngaio — An evergreen tree, Myoporum laetum, native to New Zealand.
- ngaka — A traditional Sotho witch doctor.
- ngami — Lake, a shallow marshy lake in NW Botswana, N of the Kalahari desert. About 40 miles (64 km) long.
- ngati — (occurring as part of the name of a tribe) tribe or clan
- ngoma — (in East Africa) a dance; a night of dancing and music.
- ngoni — a member of an Nguni people of Tanzania, Malawi, and Zambia.
- nguni — a member of a group of culturally and linguistically related peoples of southern and eastern Africa, including the Xhosa, Zulu, Ndebele, and Swazi.
- ngwee — a bronze coin and monetary unit of Zambia, the 100th part of a kwacha.
- nhisa — National Health Interview Survey Association
- nicad — nickel-cadmium battery.
- nicam — near-instantaneous companding system: a technique for coding audio signals into digital form
- nicar — Nicaragua
- niced — Simple past tense and past participle of nice.
- nicen — To become nicer.
- nicer — pleasing; agreeable; delightful: a nice visit.
- nices — a port in and the capital of Alpes-Maritimes, in SE France, on the Mediterranean: resort.
- niche — an ornamental recess in a wall or the like, usually semicircular in plan and arched, as for a statue or other decorative object.
- nicks — Plural form of nick.
- nicky — a female given name, form of Nicole.
- nicol — device for producing plane-polarized light
- nidal — a nest, especially one in which insects, spiders, etc., deposit their eggs.
- niddm — noninsulin-dependent diabetes mellitus; a form of diabetes in which insulin production is inadequate or the body becomes resistant to insulin
- nidge — to dress (a stone) with a pick or kevel.
- nidor — the strong odour of cooking or burning animal products; thus, any strong unpleasant smell
- nidus — a nest, especially one in which insects, spiders, etc., deposit their eggs.
- niece — a daughter of a person's brother or sister.
- nieve — Archaic Northern British and Scot. Dialect. a clenched or closed hand; fist.
- niffy — (colloquial) Having a bad smell.
- nifle — (obsolete) A trifle; something small and insignificant.
- nifoc — (chat) Naked in front of computer. Possibly also typing with one hand.
- nifty — attractively stylish or smart: a nifty new dress for Easter.
- nigel — a male given name, form of Neil.
- niger — a republic in NW Africa: formerly part of French West Africa. 458,976 sq. mi. (1,188,748 sq. km). Capital: Niamey.
- nigga — a term used to refer to or address a black person.
- night — the period of darkness between sunset and sunrise.
- nigra — (offensive, ethnic slur) A negro person.
- nihcl — A class library for C++ from the US National Institutes of Health (NIH).
- nihil — nil; nothing
- nihon — a Japanese name of Japan.
- nikah — a marriage contract
- nikau — Rhopalostylis sapida, a palm tree of New Zealand.
- nikko — a city on central Honshu, in central Japan: famous for shrines and temples.
- nikky — a female given name, form of Nicole.