7-letter words starting with ni
- niigata — a seaport on NW Honshu, in central Japan.
- nikopol — a city in SE Ukraine, on the Dnieper River.
- niladic — (programming) A less common synonym for "nullary", presumably following the more common monadic, dyadic, etc. The term was in use as early as 1976, and probably originated in APL.
- nilling — Present participle of nill.
- nilotic — of or relating to the Nile River or the inhabitants of the Nile region.
- nilsson — (Märta) Birgit [mahr-tah bir-git;; English mahr-tuh bur-git] /ˈmɑr tɑ ˈbɪr gɪt;; English ˈmɑr tə ˈbɜr gɪt/ (Show IPA), 1918–2005, Swedish soprano.
- nimbler — quick and light in movement; moving with ease; agile; active; rapid: nimble feet.
- nimeiry — Gaafar Muhammad al- [gah-fahr,, al] /ˈgɑ fɑr,, æl/ (Show IPA), 1930–2009, Sudanese political leader: president 1969–85.
- nimiety — excess; overabundance: nimiety of mere niceties in conversation.
- nimious — great, extravagant, considerable
- nimrods — Plural form of nimrod.
- ninepin — The wooden pin used in the game of ninepins; a skittle.
- ninette — a female given name.
- nineveh — an ancient empire in SW Asia: greatest extent from about 750 to 612 b.c. Capital: Nineveh.
- ningsia — a former province in NW China, now part of Inner Mongolia.
- ningxia — a former province in NW China, now part of Inner Mongolia.
- ninnies — a fool or simpleton.
- ninurta — a Sumerian and Babylonian hero god.
- niobate — any salt of niobic acid; columbate.
- niobite — The mineral columbite.
- niobium — a steel-gray metallic element resembling tantalum in its chemical properties; becomes a superconductor below 9 K; used chiefly in alloy steels. Symbol: Nb; atomic number: 41; atomic weight: 92.906; specific gravity: 8.4 at 20°C.
- niobous — Chemistry. containing trivalent niobium, as niobous chloride, NbCl 3 .
- nipigon — Lake, a lake in SW Ontario, in S central Canada. About 1870 sq. mi. (4845 sq. km).
- nipmuck — a member of an Algonquian Indian people living in the vicinity of Worcester, Mass.
- nippers — a person or thing that nips.
- nippily — In a nippy way.
- nipping — sharp or biting, as cold.
- nippled — Having a nipple or nipples.
- nipples — Plural form of nipple.
- nirvana — (often initial capital letter). Pali nibbana. Buddhism. freedom from the endless cycle of personal reincarnations, with their consequent suffering, as a result of the extinction of individual passion, hatred, and delusion: attained by the Arhat as his goal but postponed by the Bodhisattva.
- nitches — Plural form of nitch.
- nitchie — a contemptuous term used to refer to a North-American Indian.
- niterie — (US) A nightclub or nightspot.
- niteroi — a seaport in and the capital of Rio de Janeiro state, in SE Brazil.
- nithing — a villain or coward who breaks a code of honour
- nitinol — a paramagnetic alloy of nickel and titanium that, after heating and deformation, resumes its original shape when reheated.
- nitpick — to be excessively concerned with or critical of inconsequential details.
- nitrate — Chemistry. a salt or ester of nitric acid, or any compound containing the univalent group –ONO 2 or NO 3 .
- nitrene — (organic chemistry) Any organic compound, the univalent nitrogen equivalent of a carbene, having general formula RN:.
- nitride — a compound, containing two elements only, of which the more electronegative one is nitrogen.
- nitrify — to oxidize (ammonia, ammonium compounds, or atmospheric nitrogen) to nitrites, nitrates, or their respective acids, especially by bacterial action.
- nitrile — any of a class of organic compounds with the general formula RC≡N.
- nitrite — Chemistry. a salt or ester of nitrous acid.
- nitroso — (especially of organic compounds) containing the nitroso group; nitrosyl.
- nitrous — pertaining to compounds obtained from niter, usually containing less oxygen than the corresponding nitric compounds.
- nitwits — Plural form of nitwit.
- niveous — resembling snow, especially in whiteness; snowy.