5-letter words starting with n
- nixes — nothing.
- nixie — a female water spirit.
- nixon — Richard M(ilhous) [mil-hous] /ˈmɪl haʊs/ (Show IPA), 1913–94, 37th president of the U.S., 1969–74 (resigned).
- nizam — the title of the ruler of Hyderabad from the beginning of the 18th century to 1950.
- njord — the god of winds, navigation, and prosperity, and the father of Frey and Freya; king of the Vanir.
- nkomo — Joshua Mquabuko Nyongolo [uh m-kwah-boo-koh nyong-goh-loh] /əm kwɑˈbu koʊ nyɒŋˈgoʊ loʊ/ (Show IPA), 1917–1999, African nationalist and political leader in Zimbabwe.
- nkosi — a term of address to a superior; master; chief
- nllst — National Lending Library for Science and Technology
- nmsqt — National Merit Scholarships Qualifying Test
- no go — functioning properly and ready: two minutes before the satellite is to be launched and all systems are go.
- no-go — inoperative; canceled: The Tuesday space launch is no-go.
- no-no — anything that is forbidden or not advisable, as because of being improper or unsafe: If you want to lose weight, rich desserts are a no-no.
- no-op — /noh'op/ alt. NOP /nop/ [no operation] 1. A machine instruction that does nothing (sometimes used in assembler-level programming as filler for data or patch areas, or to overwrite code to be removed in binaries). See also JFCL. 2. A person who contributes nothing to a project, or has nothing going on upstairs, or both. As in "He's a no-op." 3. Any operation or sequence of operations with no effect, such as circling the block without finding a parking space, or putting money into a vending machine and having it fall immediately into the coin-return box, or asking someone for help and being told to go away. "Oh, well, that was a no-op." Hot-and-sour soup that is insufficiently either is "no-op soup"; so is wonton soup if everybody else is having hot-and-sour.
- no. 1 — number one.
- nobby — fashionable or elegant; stylish; chic.
- nobel — Alfred Bernhard [ahl-fred ber-nahrd] /ˈɑl frɛd ˈbɛr nɑrd/ (Show IPA), 1833–96, Swedish engineer, manufacturer, and philanthropist.
- noble — distinguished by rank or title.
- nobly — in a noble manner.
- nocks — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of nock.
- nodal — pertaining to or of the nature of a node.
- noddy — any of several dark-bodied terns of the genera Anous and Micranous found about the coasts and islands in warm seas of both the New and Old Worlds, often so tame as to seem stupid.
- noded — Having or divided into nodes.
- nodes — Plural form of node.
- nodus — a difficult or intricate point, situation, plot, etc.
- noels — Plural form of noel.
- noema — (philosophy) The perceived as perceived.
- noemi — Naomi (def 1).
- nogai — a member of a people living in the Caucasus region.
- nogay — Nogai.
- noggs — a shave for shaping dowels and handles.
- nohow — under no circumstances; in no way (usually preceded by another negative): I can't learn this nohow.
- noice — (dialect, nonstandard) nice.
- noily — a short fiber of cotton, wool, worsted, etc., separated from the long fibers in combing.
- noing — (a negative used to express dissent, denial, or refusal, as in response to a question or request)
- noint — Obsolete form of anoint.
- noirs — Plural form of noir.
- noise — sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind: deafening noises.
- noisy — abounding in or full of noise: a noisy assembly hall.
- nokyo — a Japanese agricultural cooperative.
- nolan — Michael Patrick, Baron. 1928–2007, British judge; chairman of the Committee on Standards in Public Life (1994–97)
- nolde — Emil (Emil Hansen) 1867–1956, German painter.
- nolls — Plural form of noll.
- nomad — a member of a people or tribe that has no permanent abode but moves about from place to place, usually seasonally and often following a traditional route or circuit according to the state of the pasturage or food supply.
- noman — Not a person; Not a human.
- nomen — (in ancient Rome) the second name of a citizen, indicating his gens, as “Gaius Julius Caesar.”.
- nomes — Plural form of nome.
- nomex — a lightweight, fire-resistant, nylon fiber made into garments, aircraft upholstery, etc.
- nomic — (dated) customary; ordinary; applied to the usual spelling of a language, in distinction from strictly phonetic methods.
- nomo- — indicating law or custom
- nomoi — a subdivision or department of Greek government