12-letter words starting with n
- natural food — Natural food is food which has not been processed much and has not had artificial ingredients added to it.
- natural-born — native-born.
- naturalising — Present participle of naturalise.
- naturalistic — imitating nature or the usual natural surroundings.
- naturalizing — Present participle of naturalize.
- nature lover — someone who likes plants, birds and other natural phenomena
- nature strip — a grass strip in front of a house between a fence or footpath and a roadway
- nature study — the study of plants and animals, especially by amateurs.
- nature trail — a path through a forest, wildlife preserve, or the like, especially one designed to provide opportunities for observing and learning about the flora and fauna.
- naturopathic — (alternative medicine) Of or pertaining to naturopathy or to naturopaths.
- naughty bits — genitals
- naughty step — a place where a child is made to stand as a punishment for bad behaviour
- naughty word — a word that is considered to be rude
- nauseatingly — causing sickness of the stomach; nauseous.
- nauseousness — affected with nausea; nauseated: to feel nauseous.
- nautical day — a period from noon of one day to noon of the next, used in reckoning time aboard ship.
- naval stores — supplies for warships.
- navel orange — a seedless variety of orange having at the apex a navellike formation containing a small secondary fruit.
- navel-gazing — excessive absorption in self-analysis or focus on a single issue.
- navigability — deep and wide enough to provide passage to ships: a navigable channel.
- navigational — the act or process of navigating.
- nazification — to place under Nazi control or influence.
- ncr language — Software Writer's Language
- neanderthals — Plural form of neanderthal.
- near and far — close and distant
- near at hand — close; to a point or place not far away: Come near so I won't have to shout.
- near islands — a group of islands of SW Alaska, the smallest and westernmost of the Aleutian Islands, including Attu.
- near-sighted — seeing distinctly at a short distance only; myopic.
- nearer tibet — the eastern part of Tibet.
- nebulization — to reduce to fine spray; atomize.
- nebulosities — Plural form of nebulosity.
- nebulousness — The characteristic of being nebulous.
- necessitated — to make necessary or unavoidable: The breakdown of the car necessitated a change in our plans.
- necessitates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of necessitate.
- neckerchiefs — Plural form of neckerchief.
- necrographer — a person who writes obituaries
- necrological — a list of persons who have died within a certain time.
- necromancers — Plural form of necromancer.
- necromimesis — a pathological state in which a person believes himself or herself to be dead.
- necrophagous — That eats dead or decaying animal flesh.
- necrophiliac — an erotic attraction to corpses.
- necrophilism — necrophilia.
- necrophilous — displaying a preference for dead tissue, esp of certain bacteria and insects
- necrophorous — denoting animals, such as certain beetles, that carry away the bodies of dead animals
- necropolises — Plural form of necropolis.
- need-to-know — done or given only when it is essential that someone knows something
- needle match — a bitterly fought contest between two competitors or teams who bear each other a grudge
- needle valve — a valve with a needlelike part, a fine adjustment, or a small opening, especially a valve in which the opening is controlled by a needlelike or conical point that fits into a conical seat.
- needle-sharp — very sharp
- needlefishes — Plural form of needlefish.