6-letter words starting with n
- nanism — the condition of being unusually or abnormally small in size or stature; dwarfism.
- nanite — nanobot.
- nanner — (informal) banana.
- nanobe — a microbe that measures between 50 and 100 nanometres across and is smaller than the smallest known bacterium
- nanoid — dwarfish.
- nanook — the polar bear
- nansen — Fridtjof [frit-yof] /ˈfrɪt yɒf/ (Show IPA), 1861–1930, Norwegian arctic explorer, zoologist, and statesman: Nobel Peace Prize 1922.
- nantes — a department in NW France. 2695 sq. mi. (6980 sq. km). Capital: Nantes.
- naoise — the husband of Deirdre and a nephew of Conchobar, by whom he was treacherously killed.
- napalm — a highly incendiary jellylike substance used in fire bombs, flamethrowers, etc.
- napata — an ancient city of Nubia and Cush, situated downstream from the Fourth Cataract of the Nile river, in present-day Sudan.
- napery — table linen, as tablecloths or napkins.
- napier — Sir Charles James, 1782–1853, British general.
- napkin — a small piece of cloth or paper, usually square, for use in wiping the lips and fingers and to protect the clothes while eating.
- naples — a region in SW Italy. 5214 sq. mi. (13,505 sq. km). Capital: Naples.
- naplps — North American Presentation-Level-Protocol Syntax. Format for sending text and graphics over communication lines. Used by videotex systems.
- napoli — Italian name of Naples.
- napped — to sleep for a short time; doze.
- napper — a person who naps or dozes.
- nappes — Plural form of nappe.
- nappie — a small shallow dish, usually round and often of glass, with a flat bottom and sloping sides, for serving food.
- naraka — a place of torment for the spirits of the wicked.
- narced — Simple past tense and past participle of narc.
- narco- — Narco- is added to words to form new words that relate to illegal narcotics.
- narcos — Plural form of narco.
- nardoo — (Australia) Marsilea drummondii, a four-leaved cryptogamous plant sometimes used for food.
- narial — of or relating to the nares or nostrils.
- narked — British Slang. a stool pigeon or informer.
- narmer — a king of Egypt identified by modern scholars as the Menes of tradition and depicted as the unifier of Upper and Lower Egypt on an ancient slate tablet (Narmer Palette or Palette of Narmer) c3200 b.c. with relief carvings on both sides.
- narras — a type of shrub (Ancanthosicyos horridus) native to southern parts of Africa
- narrow — of little breadth or width; not broad or wide; not as wide as usual or expected: a narrow path.
- naruto — A type of kamaboko.
- narvik — a seaport in N Norway.
- narwal — Archaic form of narwhal.
- nasals — Plural form of nasal.
- nasard — a type of organ stop
- nascar — National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing.
- nasdaq — National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations: a system for quoting over-the-counter securities.
- naseby — a village in W Northamptonshire, in central England: Royalist defeat 1645.
- nashik — a city in W Maharashtra, in W central India: pilgrimage city of the Hindus.
- nashua — a city in S New Hampshire, on the Merrimack River.
- nasion — the intersection of the internasal suture with the nasofrontal suture in the midsagittal plane.
- naskhi — the cursive variety of Arabic script from which was derived the variety used in modern printed works.
- nassau — (used with a plural verb) a group of islands in the W Atlantic Ocean, SE of Florida.
- nasser — Gamal Abdel [guh-mahl ab-doo l,, juh-] /gəˈmɑl ˈæb dʊl,, dʒə-/ (Show IPA), 1918–70, Egyptian military and political leader: prime minister of Egypt 1954–56; president of Egypt 1956–58; president of the United Arab Republic 1958–70.
- nastic — of or showing sufficiently greater cellular force or growth on one side of an axis to change the form or position of the axis.
- nasute — a soldier termite characterized by a beaklike snout through which a sticky secretion repellent to other insects is emitted.
- natals — (obsolete) One's birth, or the circumstances attending it.
- natant — swimming; floating.
- natfhe — National Association of Teachers in Further and Higher Education