11-letter words starting with N
Embark on a linguistic journey with words that begin with the letter N. This section showcases how N at the start shapes the identity and sound of various words. From commonly used terms to rare finds, explore the diverse range of words that start with N, enriching your vocabulary and appreciation for language.
| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
|---|---|---|---|
| necessarily | 16 | in such a manner as could not be otherwise | it is necessarily so |
| negotiation | 12 | a discussion intended to produce an agreement | the buyout negotiation lasted several days |
| nonetheless | 14 | despite anything to the contrary (usually preceding a concession) | - |
| nightingale | 16 | European songbird noted for its melodious nocturnal song | - |
| nationality | 14 | people having common origins or traditions and often comprising a nation | immigrants of the same nationality often seek each other out |
| neighboring | 18 | having a common boundary or edge; abutting; touching | neighboring cities |
| nothingness | 15 | empty rhetoric or insincere or exaggerated talk | - |
| nationalist | 11 | devotion to the interests or culture of a particular nation including promoting the interests of one country over those of others | nationalist aspirations |
| neanderthal | 15 | extinct robust human of Middle Paleolithic in Europe and western Asia | - |
| nourishment | 16 | a source of materials to nourish the body | - |
| neurologist | 12 | a medical specialist in the nervous system and the disorders affecting it | - |
| nationalism | 13 | love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it | British nationalism was in the air and patriotic sentiments ran high |
| nonexistent | 18 | not having existence or being or actuality | chimeras are nonexistent |
| netherworld | 18 | (religion) the world of the dead | - |
| notoriously | 14 | - | - |
| nutritional | 11 | of or relating to or providing nutrition | nutritional information |
| neutralized | 21 | made neutral in some respect; deprived of distinctive characteristics | - |
| nervousness | 14 | an uneasy psychological state | - |
| nonsensical | 13 | having no intelligible meaning | a nonsensical jumble of words |
| necromancer | 17 | one who practices magic or sorcery | - |
| neutralised | 12 | made neutral in some respect; deprived of distinctive characteristics | - |
| naughtiness | 15 | an attribute of mischievous children | - |
| necrophilia | 18 | an irresistible sexual attraction to dead bodies | - |
| nightmarish | 20 | extremely alarming | - |
| narcoleptic | 17 | a person who has narcolepsy | - |
| needlepoint | 14 | lace worked with a needle in a buttonhole stitch on a paper pattern | - |
| naturalized | 21 | planted so as to give an effect of wild growth | drifts of naturalized daffodils |
| nearsighted | 16 | unable to see distant objects clearly | - |
| neckerchief | 25 | a kerchief worn around the neck | - |
| nondescript | 16 | lacking distinct or individual characteristics; dull and uninteresting | women dressed in nondescript clothes |
| nickelodeon | 18 | a cabinet containing an automatic record player; records are played by inserting a coin | - |
| necessaries | 13 | - | - |
| nonbeliever | 16 | someone who refuses to believe (as in a divinity) | - |
| nymphomania | 23 | abnormally intense sexual desire in women | - |
| nationalize | 20 | put under state control or ownership | Mitterand nationalized the banks |
| neighbourly | 20 | exhibiting the qualities expected in a friendly neighbor | - |
| noiselessly | 14 | without a sound | - |
| nonchalance | 18 | the trait of remaining calm and seeming not to care; a casual lack of concern | - |
| naphthalene | 19 | a white crystalline strong-smelling hydrocarbon made from coal tar or petroleum and used in organic synthesis and as a fumigant in mothballs | - |
| narcissuses | 13 | - | - |
| naturalised | 12 | planted so as to give an effect of wild growth | - |
| nonpartisan | 13 | a person who is nonpartisan | - |
| nonspecific | 20 | not caused by a specific agent; used also of staining in making microscope slides | nonspecific enteritis |
| noninvasive | 17 | relating to a technique that does not involve puncturing the skin or entering a body cavity | - |
| nonphysical | 21 | lacking substance or reality; incapable of being touched or seen | - |
| numerically | 18 | in number; with regard to numbers | in ten years' time the Oxbridge mathematicians, scientists, and engineers will not be much more significant numerically than the Oxbridge medical schools are now |
| naturalness | 11 | the quality of innocent naivete | - |
| necessitate | 13 | require as useful, just, or proper | - |
| necrotizing | 23 | - | - |
| nonmilitary | 16 | not associated with soldiers or the military | fatigue duty involves nonmilitary labor |
| nonviolence | 16 | peaceful resistance to a government by fasting or refusing to cooperate | - |
| northeaster | 14 | a storm blowing from the northeast | - |
| nailbrushes | 16 | - | - |
| naivenesses | 14 | - | - |
| nakednesses | 16 | - | - |
| nalbuphines | 18 | - | - |
| nalorphines | 16 | - | - |
| naltrexones | 18 | - | - |
| namaycushes | 21 | - | - |
| namechecked | 25 | - | - |
| nandrolones | 12 | - | - |
| nanisations | 11 | - | - |
| nanizations | 20 | - | - |
| nanocrystal | 16 | - | - |
| nanogrammes | 16 | - | - |
| nanograsses | 12 | - | - |
| nanomachine | 18 | - | - |
| nanophysics | 21 | - | - |
| nanoseconds | 14 | - | - |
| naphthaline | 19 | - | - |
| naphthalins | 19 | - | - |
| naphthalise | 19 | - | - |
| naphthalize | 28 | - | - |
| napoleonite | 13 | - | - |
| nappinesses | 15 | - | - |
| narcissisms | 15 | - | - |
| narcissists | 13 | - | - |
| narcotising | 14 | inducing stupor or narcosis | - |
| narcotizing | 23 | inducing stupor or narcosis | - |
| narghillies | 15 | - | - |
| narrational | 11 | - | - |
| narratively | 17 | - | - |
| narratology | 15 | - | - |
| narrowbands | 17 | - | - |
| narrowboats | 16 | - | - |
| narrowcasts | 16 | - | - |
| naseberries | 13 | - | - |
| nasofrontal | 14 | - | - |
| nasogastric | 14 | - | - |
| nasopharynx | 26 | cavity forming the upper part of the pharynx | - |
| nastinesses | 11 | - | - |
| nasturtiums | 13 | - | - |
| natatoriums | 13 | - | - |
| nationalise | 11 | put under state control or ownership | - |
| nationhoods | 15 | - | - |
| natriureses | 11 | - | - |
| natriuresis | 11 | the presence of abnormally large amounts of sodium in the urine | - |
| natriuretic | 13 | of or relating to natriuresis | - |
| natterjacks | 24 | - | - |
| nattinesses | 11 | - | - |
| naturalises | 11 | - | - |
| naturalisms | 13 | - | - |
| naturalists | 11 | - | - |
| naturalizes | 20 | - | - |
| naturopaths | 16 | - | - |
| naturopathy | 19 | a method of treating disease using food and exercise and heat to assist the natural healing process | - |
| naupliiform | 18 | - | - |
| nauseations | 11 | - | - |
| naviculares | 16 | - | - |
| navigations | 15 | - | - |
| neandertals | 12 | - | - |
| neapolitans | 13 | - | - |
| nearshoring | 15 | - | - |
| nearthroses | 14 | - | - |
| nearthrosis | 14 | - | - |
| nebbishiest | 18 | - | - |
| necessaires | 13 | - | - |
| necessarian | 13 | - | - |
| necessitied | 14 | - | - |
| necessities | 13 | - | - |
| necessitous | 13 | poor enough to need help from others | - |
| necklacings | 20 | - | - |
| necrobioses | 15 | - | - |
| necrobiosis | 15 | (physiology) the normal degeneration and death of living cells (as in various epithelial cells) | - |
| necrobiotic | 17 | - | - |
| necrolaters | 13 | - | - |
| necrologies | 14 | - | - |
| necrologist | 14 | - | - |
| necromaniac | 17 | - | - |
| necromanias | 15 | - | - |
| necromantic | 17 | relating to or associated with necromancy | mysterious necromantic rites |
| necrophiles | 18 | - | - |
| necrophilic | 20 | - | - |
| necrophobes | 20 | - | - |
| necrophobia | 20 | - | - |
| necrophobic | 22 | - | - |
| necropoleis | 15 | - | - |
| necropsying | 19 | - | - |
| necroscopic | 19 | - | - |
| necrotising | 14 | - | - |
| necrotomies | 15 | - | - |
| necrotrophs | 18 | - | - |
| needcessity | 17 | - | - |
| needfulness | 15 | - | - |
| needinesses | 12 | - | - |
| needlecords | 15 | - | - |
| needlecraft | 17 | a creation created or assembled by needle and thread | - |
| needlestick | 18 | - | - |
| needlewoman | 17 | someone who makes or mends dresses | - |
| needlewomen | 17 | - | - |
| needleworks | 19 | - | - |
| neesberries | 13 | - | - |
| nefariously | 17 | in a nefarious manner or to a nefarious degree | nefariously involved in a conspiracy |
| negationist | 12 | - | - |
| negativisms | 17 | - | - |
| negativists | 15 | - | - |
| neglectable | 16 | - | - |
| neglections | 14 | - | - |
| negligeable | 15 | - | - |
| negligences | 15 | - | - |
| negligently | 16 | in a negligent manner | he did his work negligently |
| negotiating | 13 | - | - |
| negotiators | 12 | - | - |
| negotiatory | 15 | - | - |
| negotiatrix | 19 | a woman negotiator | - |
| negrophiles | 17 | - | - |
| negrophobes | 19 | - | - |
| negrophobia | 19 | - | - |
| neighboured | 18 | - | - |
| nematicidal | 16 | - | - |
| nematicides | 16 | - | - |
| nematoblast | 15 | - | - |
| nematocidal | 16 | - | - |
| nematocides | 16 | - | - |
| nematocysts | 18 | - | - |
| nematodirus | 14 | - | - |
| nematophore | 18 | - | - |
| neoadjuvant | 22 | - | - |
| neocolonial | 13 | - | - |
| neocortexes | 20 | - | - |
| neocortical | 15 | of or relating to the neocortex of the cerebrum | - |
| neocortices | 15 | - | - |
| neoliberals | 13 | - | - |
| neologising | 13 | - | - |
| neologistic | 14 | - | - |
| neologizing | 22 | - | - |
| neonaticide | 14 | - | - |
| neonatology | 15 | that branch of pediatric medicine concerned with the newborn; the diagnosis and treatment of neonates | - |
| neoorthodox | 22 | - | - |
| neopaganise | 14 | - | - |
| neopaganism | 16 | - | - |
| neopaganize | 23 | - | - |
| neophiliacs | 18 | - | - |
| neoplasties | 13 | - | - |
| neorealisms | 13 | - | - |
| neorealists | 11 | - | - |
| neostigmine | 14 | a cholinergic drug (trade name Prostigmin) used to treat some ophthalmic conditions and to treat myasthenia gravis | - |
| neotericals | 13 | - | - |
| neoterising | 12 | - | - |
| neoterizing | 21 | - | - |
| neotropical | 15 | - | - |
| neovitalism | 16 | - | - |
| neovitalist | 14 | - | - |
| nephelinite | 16 | an igneous rock consisting of nepheline and pyroxene | - |
| nephographs | 22 | - | - |
| nephologies | 17 | - | - |
| nephologist | 17 | - | - |
| nephoscopes | 20 | - | - |
| nephralgias | 17 | - | - |
| nephralgies | 17 | - | - |
| nephrectomy | 23 | surgical removal of a kidney | - |
| nephritical | 18 | - | - |
| nephritides | 17 | - | - |
| nephritises | 16 | - | - |
| nephrolepis | 18 | small genus of tropical ferns; sometimes placed in Polypodiaceae | - |
| nephropathy | 24 | a disease affecting the kidneys | - |
| nephroscope | 20 | - | - |
| nephroscopy | 23 | - | - |
| nephrostome | 18 | - | - |
| nephrotoxic | 25 | toxic to the kidney | - |
| nerdinesses | 12 | - | - |
| nervelessly | 17 | in a composed and unconcerned manner | - |
| nervinesses | 14 | - | - |
| nervosities | 14 | - | - |
| nervuration | 14 | - | - |
| nesselrodes | 12 | - | - |
| netherlings | 15 | - | - |
| nethermores | 16 | - | - |
| netherstock | 20 | - | - |
| netherwards | 18 | - | - |
| netiquettes | 20 | - | - |
| netmindings | 15 | - | - |
| netsurfings | 15 | - | - |
| networkings | 19 | - | - |
| neurilemmal | 15 | - | - |
| neurilemmas | 15 | - | - |
| neurilities | 11 | - | - |
| neuroactive | 16 | - | - |
| neuroblasts | 13 | - | - |
| neurocoeles | 13 | - | - |
| neurofibril | 16 | - | - |
| neurohumors | 16 | - | - |
| neurohumour | 16 | - | - |
| neurolemmas | 15 | - | - |
| neuroleptic | 15 | tranquilizer used to treat psychotic conditions when a calming effect is desired | - |
| neurologies | 12 | - | - |
| neuromatous | 13 | of or relating to or caused by neuromas | - |
| neuropathic | 18 | - | - |
| neuroplasms | 15 | - | - |
| neuropteran | 13 | insect having biting mouthparts and four large membranous wings with netlike veins | - |
| neuropteron | 13 | insect having biting mouthparts and four large membranous wings with netlike veins | - |
| neurosporas | 13 | - | - |
| neuroticism | 15 | a mental or personality disturbance not attributable to any known neurological or organic dysfunction | - |
| neurotomies | 13 | - | - |
| neurotomist | 13 | - | - |
| neurotoxins | 18 | - | - |
| neurotrophy | 19 | - | - |
| neurotropic | 15 | (of a virus, toxin, or chemical) tending to attack or affect the nervous system preferentially | - |
| neurulation | 11 | - | - |
| neutraliser | 11 | - | - |
| neutralises | 11 | - | - |
| neutralisms | 13 | - | - |
| neutralists | 11 | - | - |
| neutralizer | 20 | - | - |
| neutralizes | 20 | - | - |
| neutralness | 11 | - | - |
| neutropenia | 13 | leukopenia in which the decrease is primarily in number of neutrophils (the chief phagocytic leukocyte) | - |
| neutropenic | 15 | - | - |
| neutrophile | 16 | the chief phagocytic leukocyte; stains with either basic or acid dyes | - |
| neutrophils | 16 | - | - |
| nevirapines | 16 | - | - |
| newscasters | 16 | - | - |
| newscasting | 17 | - | - |
| newsdealers | 15 | - | - |
| newsflashes | 20 | - | - |
| newsinesses | 14 | - | - |
| newsletters | 14 | - | - |
| newsmakings | 21 | - | - |
| newsmongers | 17 | - | - |
| newspapered | 19 | - | - |
| newspersons | 16 | - | - |
| newsreaders | 15 | - | - |
| newswriting | 18 | - | - |
| niacinamide | 16 | - | - |
| nickelising | 18 | - | - |
| nickelizing | 27 | - | - |
| nickumpoops | 23 | - | - |
| nicotinisms | 15 | - | - |
| nicrosilals | 13 | - | - |
| nictitating | 14 | - | - |
| nictitation | 13 | a reflex that closes and opens the eyes rapidly | - |
| nidderlings | 14 | - | - |
| nidificated | 18 | - | - |
| nidificates | 17 | - | - |
| nidulations | 12 | - | - |
| nifedipines | 17 | - | - |
| niffnaffing | 24 | - | - |
| niftinesses | 14 | - | - |
| niggardises | 14 | - | - |
| niggardizes | 23 | - | - |
| niggardlier | 14 | - | - |
| niggerheads | 17 | - | - |
| niggerlings | 14 | - | - |
| nightfaring | 19 | - | - |
| nightlights | 19 | - | - |
| nightmarier | 17 | - | - |
| nightpieces | 19 | - | - |
| nightriders | 16 | - | - |
| nightriding | 17 | - | - |
| nightscapes | 19 | - | - |
| nightscopes | 19 | - | - |
| nightshades | 19 | - | - |
| nightshirts | 18 | - | - |
| nightstands | 16 | - | - |
| nightsticks | 21 | - | - |
| nightwalker | 22 | terrestrial worm that burrows into and helps aerate soil; often surfaces when the ground is cool or wet; used as bait by anglers | - |
| nigrescence | 16 | - | - |
| nikethamide | 21 | - | - |
| nimbostrati | 15 | - | - |
| nimbynesses | 18 | - | - |
| nincompoops | 19 | - | - |
| ninepennies | 13 | - | - |
| nineteenths | 14 | - | - |
| ninnyhammer | 21 | - | - |
| nippinesses | 15 | - | - |
| nippleworts | 18 | - | - |
| nitpickiest | 19 | - | - |
| nitpickings | 20 | - | - |
| nitraniline | 11 | - | - |
| nitrazepams | 24 | - | - |
| nitrifiable | 16 | - | - |
| nitrocotton | 13 | a nitric acid ester; used in lacquers and explosives | - |
| nitrofurans | 14 | - | - |
| nitrogenase | 12 | an enzyme of nitrogen-fixing microorganisms that catalyzes the conversion of nitrogen to ammonia | - |
| nitrogenise | 12 | treat with nitrogen or a nitrogen compound | - |
| nitrogenize | 21 | treat with nitrogen or a nitrogen compound | - |
| nitrogenous | 12 | of or relating to or containing nitrogen | - |
| nitrometers | 13 | - | - |
| nitrometric | 15 | - | - |
| nitrosamine | 13 | - | - |
| nitrosation | 11 | - | - |
| nobbinesses | 15 | - | - |
| nobilitated | 14 | - | - |
| nobilitates | 13 | - | - |
| noblenesses | 13 | - | - |
| nociceptive | 20 | caused by or in response to pain | a nociceptive spinal reflex |
| nociceptors | 17 | - | - |
| noctilucent | 15 | shining or glowing by night | the noctilucent eyes of a cat |
| noctilucous | 15 | - | - |
| noctivagant | 17 | - | - |
| noctivagous | 17 | - | - |
| nocturnally | 16 | at night | nocturnally active bird |
| nocuousness | 13 | - | - |
| nodulations | 12 | - | - |
| noisemakers | 17 | - | - |
| noisemaking | 18 | - | - |
| noisinesses | 11 | - | - |
| noisomeness | 13 | the quality of being noxious | - |
| nomadically | 19 | - | - |
| nomenclator | 15 | - | - |
| nominalised | 14 | - | - |
| nominalises | 13 | - | - |
| nominalisms | 15 | - | - |
| nominalists | 13 | - | - |
| nominalized | 23 | - | - |
| nominalizes | 22 | - | - |
| nominatable | 15 | - | - |
| nominations | 13 | - | - |
| nominatival | 16 | - | - |
| nominatives | 16 | - | - |
| nomocracies | 17 | - | - |
| nomographer | 19 | - | - |
| nomographic | 21 | - | - |
| nomological | 16 | - | - |
| nomologists | 14 | - | - |
| nonabrasive | 16 | - | - |
| nonabstract | 15 | - | - |
| nonacademic | 18 | - | - |
| nonaccruals | 15 | - | - |
| nonadaptive | 17 | (of a trait or condition) failing to serve an adjustive purpose | - |
| nonaddicted | 16 | - | - |
| nonadditive | 16 | - | - |
| nonadhesive | 18 | not tending to adhere | - |
| nonadjacent | 21 | not adjacent; not next | - |
| nonadmirers | 14 | - | - |
| nonaerosols | 11 | - | - |
| nonaffluent | 17 | - | - |
| nonagesimal | 14 | - | - |
| nonallergic | 14 | - | - |
| nonaluminum | 15 | - | - |
| nonanalytic | 16 | - | - |
| nonanatomic | 15 | - | - |
| nonanswered | 15 | - | - |
| nonargument | 14 | - | - |
| nonaromatic | 15 | - | - |
| nonarrivals | 14 | - | - |
| nonartistic | 13 | - | - |
| nonascetics | 15 | - | - |
| nonaspirins | 13 | - | - |
| nonathletes | 14 | - | - |
| nonathletic | 16 | - | - |
| nonattached | 17 | - | - |
| nonattender | 12 | someone who shirks duty | - |
| nonauditory | 15 | - | - |
| nonbaryonic | 18 | - | - |
| nonbiblical | 17 | - | - |
| nonbinaries | 13 | - | - |
| nonbotanist | 13 | - | - |
| nonbreeders | 14 | - | - |
| nonbreeding | 15 | - | - |
| nonbuilding | 15 | - | - |
| nonburnable | 15 | - | - |
| nonbusiness | 13 | - | - |
| noncabinets | 15 | - | - |
| noncallable | 15 | - | - |
| noncapitals | 15 | - | - |
| noncarriers | 13 | - | - |
| noncellular | 13 | not made up of or divided into cells | - |
| nonchemical | 20 | - | - |
| nonchurched | 22 | - | - |
| nonchurches | 21 | - | - |
| noncircular | 15 | - | - |
| noncitizens | 22 | - | - |
| nonclerical | 15 | - | - |
| nonclinical | 15 | - | - |
| nonclogging | 16 | - | - |
| noncoercive | 18 | - | - |
| noncoherent | 16 | - | - |
| noncolleges | 14 | - | - |
| noncoloreds | 14 | - | - |
| noncoloured | 14 | - | - |
| noncomposer | 17 | - | - |
| noncompound | 18 | - | - |
| noncomputer | 17 | - | - |
| nonconcerns | 15 | - | - |
| nonconforms | 18 | - | - |
| nonconstant | 13 | - | - |
| nonconsumer | 15 | - | - |
| noncontacts | 15 | - | - |
| noncontract | 15 | - | - |
| noncoplanar | 15 | - | - |
| noncoverage | 17 | - | - |
| noncreative | 16 | - | - |
| noncriminal | 15 | - | - |
| noncritical | 15 | not in a state of crisis or emergency | - |
| nonculinary | 16 | - | - |
| noncultural | 13 | - | - |
| noncurrents | 13 | - | - |
| noncustomer | 15 | - | - |
| noncyclical | 20 | not cyclic | - |
| nondecision | 14 | - | - |
| nondefenses | 15 | - | - |
| nondelegate | 13 | - | - |
| nondelivery | 18 | - | - |
| nondeviants | 15 | - | - |
| nondiabetic | 16 | - | - |
| nondidactic | 17 | - | - |
| nondirected | 15 | - | - |
| nondisabled | 15 | - | - |
| nondiscount | 14 | - | - |
| nondividing | 17 | - | - |
| nondogmatic | 17 | - | - |
| nondomestic | 16 | - | - |
| nondominant | 14 | - | - |
| nondramatic | 16 | - | - |
| nondrinkers | 16 | - | - |
| nondrinking | 17 | - | - |
| nondurables | 14 | - | - |
| nonearnings | 12 | - | - |
| noneconomic | 17 | - | - |
| nonelastics | 13 | - | - |
| nonelection | 13 | - | - |
| nonelective | 16 | filled by appointment rather than by election | a nonelective office |
| nonelectric | 15 | - | - |
| nonemphatic | 20 | - | - |
| nonemployee | 18 | - | - |
| nonentities | 11 | - | - |
| nonevidence | 17 | - | - |
| nonfamilial | 16 | - | - |
| nonfamilies | 16 | - | - |
| nonfeasance | 16 | a failure to act when under an obligation to do so; a refusal (without sufficient excuse) to do that which it is your legal duty to do | - |
| nonfeminist | 16 | - | - |
| nonfictions | 16 | - | - |
| nonfreezing | 24 | - | - |
| nongraduate | 13 | - | - |
| nongranular | 12 | not having granules | clear nongranular cytoplasm |
| nonharmonic | 18 | not harmonic | a nonharmonic note |
| nonhistones | 14 | - | - |
| nonhormonal | 16 | - | - |
| nonhospital | 16 | - | - |
| nonhousings | 15 | - | - |
| nonidentity | 15 | - | - |
| nonillionth | 14 | - | - |
| nonindustry | 15 | - | - |
| noninfected | 17 | - | - |
| noninfested | 15 | - | - |
| noninitials | 11 | - | - |
| noninitiate | 11 | - | - |
| noninjuries | 18 | - | - |
| nonintegral | 12 | - | - |
