8-letter words starting with n
- nearness — close; to a point or place not far away: Come near so I won't have to shout.
- nearside — (British) the left side of a road vehicle when facing in the same direction as the vehicle.
- neatened — Simple past tense and past participle of neaten.
- neatherd — cowherd.
- neatness — in a pleasingly orderly and clean condition: a neat room.
- neatniks — Plural form of neatnik.
- nebbishy — a pitifully ineffectual, luckless, and timid person.
- nebelung — a breed of cat with a long body, long silky bluish hair, and a plumelike tail
- nebraska — a state in the central United States. 77,237 sq. mi. (200,044 sq. km). Capital: Lincoln. Abbreviation: NE (for use with zip code), Nebr., Neb.
- nebulise — to reduce to fine spray; atomize.
- nebulium — a hypothetical element once thought to be present in emission nebulae because of certain unidentified spectral lines, now known to be forbidden transitions of oxygen and nitrogen ions.
- nebulize — to reduce to fine spray; atomize.
- nebulose — cloudlike; nebulous.
- nebulous — hazy, vague, indistinct, or confused: a nebulous recollection of the meeting; a nebulous distinction between pride and conceit.
- neckatee — a piece of ornamental cloth worn around the neck
- neckband — a band of cloth at the neck of a garment.
- neckbeef — the flesh from the neck of cattle, regarded as being of poor quality
- neckdown — An angled narrowing of the roadway and widening of the pavement, used as a traffic calming measure.
- neckgear — any form of clothing or apparel worn around the neck
- necklace — a piece of jewelry consisting of a string of stones, beads, jewels, or the like, or a chain of gold, silver, or other metal, for wearing around the neck.
- neckless — the part of the body of an animal or human being that connects the head and the trunk.
- necklets — Plural form of necklet.
- necklike — Resembling a neck or some aspect of one.
- neckline — the opening at the neck of a garment, especially of a woman's garment, with reference to its shape or its position on the body: a V-neckline; a high neckline.
- neckmold — Alt form neckmould.
- neckshot — a shot in the neck of an animal
- neckties — Plural form of necktie.
- neckwear — articles of dress worn round or at the neck.
- neckweed — a type of flowering weed (Veronica peregrine) native to North America
- neckyoke — A yoke which touches or surrounds the carrier's neck, rather then just resting on the shoulders.
- necropsy — the examination of a body after death; autopsy.
- necrosed — Simple past tense and past participle of necrose.
- necroses — death of a circumscribed portion of animal or plant tissue.
- necrosis — death of a circumscribed portion of animal or plant tissue.
- necrotic — death of a circumscribed portion of animal or plant tissue.
- nectared — Imbued or abounding with nectar.
- nectopod — (in certain mollusks) an appendage modified for swimming.
- needfire — spontaneous combustion.
- needfull — (archaic) needful.
- needfuls — must-haves
- neediest — Superlative form of needy.
- needlers — Plural form of needler.
- needless — unnecessary; not needed or wanted: a needless waste of food.
- needling — a small, slender, rodlike instrument, usually of polished steel, with a sharp point at one end and an eye or hole for thread at the other, for passing thread through cloth to make stitches in sewing.
- needment — a thing which is needed or wanted
- nefertem — Ptah, as the personification of the lotus that keeps Ra alive with its fragrance.
- negating — to deny the existence, evidence, or truth of: an investigation tending to negate any supernatural influences.
- negation — the act of denying: He shook his head in negation of the charge.
- negative — expressing or containing negation or denial: a negative response to the question.
- negators — Plural form of negator.