9-letter words starting with n
- neptunite — A black silicate mineral with chemical formula KNa2Li(Fe2+,Mn2+)2Ti2Si8O24.
- neptunium — a transuranic element produced in nuclear reactors by the neutron bombardment of U-238: decays rapidly to plutonium and then to U-235. Symbol: Np; atomic number: 93.
- ner tamid — a lamp that is set above and in front of the Holy Ark in a synagogue and is kept burning constantly.
- nerdiness — the quality of being nerdy
- nervation — venation.
- nerve gas — any of several poison gases, derived chiefly from phosphoric acid, that weaken or paralyze the nervous system, especially that part of the system controlling respiration.
- nerve net — a diffuse branching network of nerve cells connecting the sensory and muscular cells of coelenterates and primitive flatworms.
- nerveless — without nervousness, as in emergencies; calm; collected.
- nerviness — The characteristic of being nervy.
- nervosity — the quality of being nervous; nervousness.
- nervously — highly excitable; unnaturally or acutely uneasy or apprehensive: to become nervous under stress.
- nescience — lack of knowledge; ignorance.
- nestlings — Plural form of nestling.
- nestorian — one of a sect of followers of Nestorius who denied the hypostatic union and were represented as maintaining the existence of two distinct persons in Christ.
- nestorius — died a.d. 451? Syrian ecclesiastic: patriarch of Constantinople 428–431.
- net meter — an energy meter that can run both forward and backward so as to measure the net power the customer will pay for.
- net sales — Net sales are total sales after subtracting discounts, returned goods, and allowances for damaged goods.
- net worth — net assets.
- netanyahu — Benjamin, born 1949, Israeli prime minister 1996–99.
- netballer — (netball) A netball player.
- netbollix — ["bollix": to bungle] IBM's NetBIOS, an extremely brain-damaged network protocol that, like Blue Glue, is used at commercial shops that don't know any better.
- netkeeper — Alternative name for a goalkeeper.
- netminder — (ice hockey, field hockey) A goalie.
- netphones — Plural form of netphone.
- netquette — (spelling) It's spelled "netiquette".
- networked — any netlike combination of filaments, lines, veins, passages, or the like: a network of arteries; a network of sewers under the city.
- networker — any netlike combination of filaments, lines, veins, passages, or the like: a network of arteries; a network of sewers under the city.
- neuchatel — a canton in W Switzerland. 309 sq. mi. (800 sq. km).
- neuenburg — Neuchâtel
- neuralgia — sharp and paroxysmal pain along the course of a nerve.
- neuralgic — sharp and paroxysmal pain along the course of a nerve.
- neuration — venation, as of an insect's wings.
- neurility — the ability belonging to nerves to conduct electrical impulses
- neurinoma — A schwannoma.
- neuristor — a microelectronic fiberlike device used in information processing.
- neurochip — a semiconductor chip designed for use in an electronic neural network
- neurocoel — the system of cavities of the embryonic brain and spinal cord.
- neuroglia — a class of cells in the brain and spinal cord that form a supporting structure for the neurons and provide them with insulation.
- neurology — the science of the nerves and the nervous system, especially of the diseases affecting them.
- neuromast — a group of innervated sensory cells occurring along the lateral line of fishes and aquatic amphibians.
- neuropath — A person affected by nervous disease, or with an abnormally sensitive nervous system.
- neuropile — Alternative form of neuropil.
- neurotics — Plural form of neurotic.
- neurotomy — the cutting of a nerve, as to relieve neuralgia.
- neustrian — the W part of the Frankish kingdom, corresponding roughly to N and NW France.
- neutering — Present participle of neuter.
- neutrally — not taking part or giving assistance in a dispute or war between others: a neutral nation during World War II.
- neutretto — the neutrino associated with the muon
- neutrinos — Plural form of neutrino.
- neutronic — (physics) Involving neutrons.