5-letter words starting with n
- nikon — 1605–81, patriarch of Russian Orthodox Church 1652–66.
- nilas — Newly frozen sea ice in the form of smooth thin sheet less than 10 centimeters (4 inches) thick.
- niles — a river in E Africa, the longest in the world, flowing N from Lake Victoria to the Mediterranean. 3473 miles (5592 km) long; from the headwaters of the Kagera River, 4000 miles (6440 km) long.
- nilla — Short form of vanilla.
- nim's — a game in which two players alternate in drawing counters, pennies, or the like, from a set of 12 arranged in three rows of 3, 4, and 5 counters, respectively, the object being to draw the last counter, or, sometimes, to avoid drawing it.
- nimbi — Classical Mythology. a shining cloud sometimes surrounding a deity when on earth.
- nimbs — Plural form of nimb.
- nimby — (chiefly, US) Not In My BackYard.
- nimes — a department in S France. 2271 sq. mi. (5882 sq. km). Capital: Nîmes.
- nimps — easy
- niner — a cardinal number, eight plus one.
- nines — a cardinal number, eight plus one.
- ninib — Ninurta.
- ninja — a person who is expert or highly skilled in a specified field or activity (often used attributively): marketing ninjas; ninja gamers.
- ninny — a fool or simpleton.
- ninon — a sturdy chiffon or voile constructed in either plain or novelty weaves and generally used in the manufacture of women's garments, curtains, and drapery.
- ninos — boy; child.
- ninpo — (martial arts) ninjutsu.
- ninth — next after the eighth; being the ordinal number for nine.
- ninty — Misspelling of ninety.
- ninus — the legendary husband of Semiramis and founder of Nineveh.
- niobe — the daughter of Tantalus and wife of Amphion of Thebes. She provoked Apollo and Artemis to vengeance by taunting their mother, Leto, with the number and beauty of her own children; Niobe's children were slain and Zeus turned her into stone, in which state she continued to weep over her loss.
- niort — a department in W France. 2338 sq. mi. (6055 sq. km). Capital: Niort.
- niosh — National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.
- nippy — chilly or cold: morning air that feels a bit nippy.
- niqab — A veil worn by some Muslim women in public, covering all of the face apart from the eyes.
- nirex — Nuclear Industry Radioactive Waste Executive
- nirly — shrivelled
- nisan — the seventh month of the Jewish calendar.
- nisei — a person of Japanese descent, born and educated in the U.S. or Canada.
- nishi — (sumo) the western side of the ring.
- nisus — an effort or striving toward a particular goal or attainment; impulse.
- nitch — Misspelling of niche.
- niter — potassium nitrate.
- nites — Plural form of nite.
- nitid — bright; lustrous.
- niton — (formerly) radon. Symbol: Nt.
- nitr- — nitro-
- nitra — a city in W Slovakia, on the Nitra River: historic religious sites.
- nitre — potassium nitrate.
- nitro — Chemistry. containing the nitro group.
- nitry — nitrous; comprising nitre
- nitta — A tropical tree of the genus Parkia, having edible pods and seeds, especially Parkia filicoidea or Parkia biglobosa.
- nitti — Francesco Saverio [frahn-ches-kaw sah-ve-ryaw] /frɑnˈtʃɛs kɔ sɑˈvɛ ryɔ/ (Show IPA), 1868–1953, Italian lawyer, statesman, and economist.
- nitty — full of nits.
- nival — of or growing in snow: nival flora.
- niven — David. 1909–83, British film actor and author. His films include The Prisoner of Zenda (1937), Around the World in 80 Days (1956), Casino Royale (1967), and Paper Tiger (1975). He wrote the autobiographical The Moon's a Balloon (1972) and Bring on the Empty Horses (1975)
- nivkh — an indigenous people of the Soviet Far East, now living mainly in scattered communities on the lower Amur River and Sakhalin Island.
- nixed — nothing.
- nixer — (Irish, slang) A job or income which is taken in addition to one's normal employment, generally at evenings or weekends. Originally implied that payment was not declared for taxation, but now refers to any work that is not part of one's regular job.