12-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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| neighborhood | 22 | a surrounding or nearby region | he always blames someone else in the immediate neighborhood |
| nevertheless | 18 | despite anything to the contrary (usually preceding a concession) | while we disliked each other, nevertheless we agreed |
| neurological | 15 | of or relating to or used in or practicing neurology | neurological evidence |
| northwestern | 18 | situated in or oriented toward the northwest | - |
| narcissistic | 16 | characteristic of those having an inflated idea of their own importance | - |
| notification | 17 | a request for payment | the notification stated the grace period and the penalties for defaulting |
| neighbouring | 19 | - | - |
| neurosurgeon | 13 | someone who does surgery on the nervous system (especially the brain) | - |
| nymphomaniac | 26 | a woman with abnormal sexual desires | - |
| northeastern | 15 | situated in or oriented toward the northeast | - |
| navigational | 16 | of or relating to navigation | navigational aids |
| neurosurgery | 16 | any surgery that involves the nervous system (brain or spinal cord or peripheral nerves) | - |
| nutritionist | 12 | a specialist in the study of nutrition | - |
| nationalized | 22 | - | - |
| neutralizing | 22 | - | - |
| nonessential | 12 | not of prime or central importance | nonessential to the integral meanings of poetry |
| newspaperman | 21 | a journalist employed to provide news stories for newspapers or broadcast media | - |
| northernmost | 17 | situated farthest north | Alaska is our northernmost state |
| noncommittal | 18 | refusing to bind oneself to a particular course of action or view or the like | her boyfriend was noncommittal about their future together |
| nomenclature | 16 | a system of words used to name things in a particular discipline | biological nomenclature |
| nonexistence | 21 | the state of not existing | - |
| neurasthenia | 15 | nervous breakdown (not in technical use) | - |
| neuroscience | 16 | the scientific study of the nervous system | - |
| nonchalantly | 20 | in a composed and unconcerned manner | - |
| naturalistic | 14 | representing what is real; not abstract or ideal | in naturalistic colors |
| necrophiliac | 21 | - | - |
| neurasthenic | 17 | a person suffering a nervous breakdown | - |
| nightclothes | 21 | garments designed to be worn in bed | - |
| nimbostratus | 16 | - | - |
| neoclassical | 16 | characteristic of a revival of an earlier classical style | - |
| neurobiology | 18 | the branch of biology that deals with the anatomy and physiology and pathology of the nervous system | - |
| nonalcoholic | 19 | characterized by the absence of alcohol | nonalcoholic beverages |
| nonviolently | 18 | without violence | the government was overthrown nonviolently, but the dictator was killed |
| nauseatingly | 16 | - | - |
| noncompliant | 18 | a person who refuses to comply | - |
| namechecking | 26 | - | - |
| namelessness | 14 | the state of being anonymous | - |
| nameworthier | 20 | - | - |
| nannyberries | 17 | - | - |
| nanocrystals | 17 | - | - |
| nanomachines | 19 | - | - |
| nanomaterial | 14 | - | - |
| nanoparticle | 16 | - | - |
| nanoplankton | 18 | - | - |
| naphthalenes | 20 | - | - |
| naphthalines | 20 | - | - |
| naphthalised | 21 | - | - |
| naphthalises | 20 | - | - |
| naphthalized | 30 | - | - |
| naphthalizes | 29 | - | - |
| napoleonites | 14 | - | - |
| naprapathies | 19 | - | - |
| narcolepsies | 16 | - | - |
| narcoleptics | 18 | - | - |
| narcotically | 19 | - | - |
| narrowcasted | 18 | - | - |
| narrownesses | 15 | - | - |
| nasalisation | 12 | the act of nasalizing; the utterance of sounds modulated by the nasal resonators | - |
| nasalization | 21 | the act of nasalizing; the utterance of sounds modulated by the nasal resonators | - |
| nasolacrymal | 19 | - | - |
| nationalised | 13 | - | - |
| nationaliser | 12 | - | - |
| nationalises | 12 | - | - |
| nationalisms | 14 | - | - |
| nationalists | 12 | - | - |
| nationalizer | 21 | - | - |
| nationalizes | 21 | - | - |
| nativenesses | 15 | - | - |
| natriuretics | 14 | - | - |
| naturalising | 13 | - | - |
| naturalizing | 22 | - | - |
| naturopathic | 19 | - | - |
| nauseousness | 12 | - | - |
| navigability | 21 | the quality of being suitable for the passage of a ship or aircraft | - |
| nazification | 26 | social process of adopting (or being forced to adopt) Nazism | - |
| neandertaler | 13 | - | - |
| neanderthals | 16 | - | - |
| nebulisation | 14 | - | - |
| nebulization | 23 | - | - |
| nebulosities | 14 | - | - |
| nebulousness | 14 | - | - |
| necessarians | 14 | - | - |
| necessitated | 15 | - | - |
| necessitates | 14 | - | - |
| neckerchiefs | 26 | - | - |
| necrographer | 20 | - | - |
| necrolatries | 14 | - | - |
| necrological | 17 | - | - |
| necrologists | 15 | - | - |
| necromancers | 18 | - | - |
| necromancies | 18 | - | - |
| necromaniacs | 18 | - | - |
| necrophagous | 20 | - | - |
| necrophilias | 19 | - | - |
| necrophilies | 19 | - | - |
| necrophilism | 21 | an irresistible sexual attraction to dead bodies | - |
| necrophilous | 19 | - | - |
| necrophobias | 21 | - | - |
| necrophorous | 19 | - | - |
| necropolises | 16 | - | - |
| necroscopies | 18 | - | - |
| necrotrophic | 21 | - | - |
| nectocalyces | 21 | - | - |
| needlecrafts | 18 | - | - |
| needlefishes | 19 | - | - |
| needlepoints | 15 | - | - |
| needlessness | 13 | - | - |
| needlesticks | 19 | - | - |
| needleworker | 20 | someone who does work (as sewing or embroidery) with a needle | - |
| negationists | 13 | - | - |
| negativeness | 16 | an amount less than zero | - |
| negativistic | 18 | - | - |
| negativities | 16 | - | - |
| neglectfully | 21 | in a neglectful manner | - |
| neglectingly | 19 | - | - |
| negotiations | 13 | - | - |
| negotiatress | 13 | a woman negotiator | - |
| negrophilism | 20 | - | - |
| negrophilist | 18 | - | - |
| negrophobias | 20 | - | - |
| neighborless | 18 | - | - |
| neighborlier | 18 | - | - |
| nematoblasts | 16 | - | - |
| nematocystic | 21 | - | - |
| nematologies | 15 | - | - |
| nematologist | 15 | - | - |
| nematophores | 19 | - | - |
| neoanthropic | 19 | - | - |
| neologically | 18 | - | - |
| neonaticides | 15 | - | - |
| neonomianism | 16 | - | - |
| neoorthodoxy | 26 | - | - |
| neopaganised | 16 | - | - |
| neopaganises | 15 | - | - |
| neopaganisms | 17 | - | - |
| neopaganized | 25 | - | - |
| neopaganizes | 24 | - | - |
| neorealistic | 14 | - | - |
| neostigmines | 15 | - | - |
| neoterically | 17 | - | - |
| neovitalisms | 17 | - | - |
| neovitalists | 15 | - | - |
| nephelinites | 17 | - | - |
| nephelinitic | 19 | - | - |
| nephelometer | 19 | - | - |
| nephelometry | 22 | - | - |
| nephological | 20 | - | - |
| nephologists | 18 | - | - |
| nephrologies | 18 | - | - |
| nephrologist | 18 | - | - |
| nephropathic | 24 | - | - |
| nephropexies | 26 | - | - |
| nephroptoses | 19 | - | - |
| nephroptosis | 19 | prolapse of the kidney | - |
| nephroscopes | 21 | - | - |
| nephrostomes | 19 | - | - |
| nephrotomies | 19 | - | - |
| nervurations | 15 | - | - |
| netherstocks | 21 | - | - |
| netherworlds | 19 | - | - |
| neurectomies | 16 | - | - |
| neuroanatomy | 17 | the anatomy of the nervous system | - |
| neurochemist | 19 | - | - |
| neurofibrils | 17 | - | - |
| neurofibroma | 19 | tumor of the fibrous covering of a peripheral nerve | - |
| neurogeneses | 13 | - | - |
| neurogenesis | 13 | the development of nerve tissues | - |
| neurohormone | 17 | a hormone that is released by nerve impulses (e.g., norepinephrine or vasopressin) | - |
| neurohumoral | 17 | - | - |
| neurohumours | 17 | - | - |
| neuroimaging | 16 | - | - |
| neuroleptics | 16 | - | - |
| neurologists | 13 | - | - |
| neuropathies | 17 | - | - |
| neuropathist | 17 | - | - |
| neuropeptide | 17 | - | - |
| neuropterans | 14 | - | - |
| neuropterist | 14 | - | - |
| neuropterons | 14 | - | - |
| neuropterous | 14 | - | - |
| neurosensory | 15 | - | - |
| neurotically | 17 | in a neurotic manner | they are finely, not to say neurotically adjusted |
| neuroticisms | 16 | - | - |
| neurotomists | 14 | - | - |
| neurotrophic | 19 | - | - |
| neurotypical | 19 | - | - |
| neurulations | 12 | - | - |
| neurypnology | 21 | - | - |
| neutralisers | 12 | - | - |
| neutralising | 13 | - | - |
| neutralistic | 14 | - | - |
| neutralities | 12 | - | - |
| neutralizers | 21 | - | - |
| neutrinoless | 12 | - | - |
| neutropenias | 14 | - | - |
| neutrophiles | 17 | - | - |
| neutrophilic | 19 | - | - |
| neverthemore | 20 | - | - |
| newfangledly | 23 | - | - |
| newishnesses | 18 | - | - |
| newsagencies | 18 | - | - |
| newscastings | 18 | - | - |
| newsmagazine | 27 | - | - |
| newspaperdom | 22 | - | - |
| newspapering | 20 | journalism practiced for the newspapers | - |
| newspaperism | 21 | - | - |
| newspapermen | 21 | - | - |
| newsweeklies | 22 | - | - |
| newsworthier | 21 | - | - |
| newswritings | 19 | - | - |
| niacinamides | 17 | - | - |
| nickelodeons | 19 | - | - |
| nicotinamide | 17 | - | - |
| nictitations | 14 | - | - |
| nidificating | 19 | - | - |
| nidification | 18 | - | - |
| niggardliest | 15 | - | - |
| nightclasses | 18 | - | - |
| nightclubbed | 23 | - | - |
| nightclubber | 22 | - | - |
| nightdresses | 17 | - | - |
| nightingales | 17 | - | - |
| nightmariest | 18 | - | - |
| nightridings | 18 | - | - |
| nightwalkers | 23 | - | - |
| nigrescences | 17 | - | - |
| nigromancies | 17 | - | - |
| nikethamides | 22 | - | - |
| nimblenesses | 16 | - | - |
| nimblewitted | 20 | - | - |
| nineteenthly | 18 | - | - |
| ninnyhammers | 22 | - | - |
| nitranilines | 12 | - | - |
| nitrobenzene | 23 | a poisonous oily water-soluble liquid used as a solvent and in the manufacture of aniline | - |
| nitrocottons | 14 | - | - |
| nitrogelatin | 13 | - | - |
| nitrogenases | 13 | - | - |
| nitrogenised | 14 | - | - |
| nitrogenises | 13 | - | - |
| nitrogenized | 23 | - | - |
| nitrogenizes | 22 | - | - |
| nitromethane | 17 | - | - |
| nitrophilous | 17 | - | - |
| nitrosamines | 14 | - | - |
| nitrosations | 12 | - | - |
| nitrotoluene | 12 | - | - |
| nitwitteries | 15 | - | - |
| nobilitating | 15 | - | - |
| nobilitation | 14 | - | - |
| nocireceptor | 18 | - | - |
| noctambulism | 20 | walking by a person who is asleep | - |
| noctambulist | 18 | someone who walks about in their sleep | - |
| noctilucence | 18 | - | - |
| noctivagants | 18 | - | - |
| nocturnality | 17 | - | - |
| noematically | 19 | - | - |
| noisemakings | 19 | - | - |
| nomadisation | 15 | - | - |
| nomadization | 24 | - | - |
| nomenclative | 19 | - | - |
| nomenclators | 16 | - | - |
| nomenklatura | 18 | the system of patronage in communist countries; controlled by committees in the Communist Party | - |
| nominalising | 15 | - | - |
| nominalistic | 16 | of or relating to nominalism | - |
| nominalizing | 24 | - | - |
| nominatively | 20 | - | - |
| nomographers | 20 | - | - |
| nomographies | 20 | - | - |
| nomothetical | 19 | - | - |
| nonabrasives | 17 | - | - |
| nonabsorbent | 16 | not capable of absorbing or soaking up (liquids) | - |
| nonabstracts | 16 | - | - |
| nonacademics | 19 | - | - |
| nonactivated | 18 | - | - |
| nonaddictive | 19 | not causing or characterized by addiction | for years tobacco companies have contended that tobacco is nonaddictive |
| nonadditives | 17 | - | - |
| nonadiabatic | 17 | - | - |
| nonadmission | 15 | - | - |
| nonaesthetic | 17 | - | - |
| nonagenarian | 13 | being from 90 to 99 years old | the nonagenarian inhabitants of the nursing home |
| nonagesimals | 15 | - | - |
| nonalgebraic | 17 | - | - |
| nonalignment | 15 | people (or countries) who are not aligned with other people (or countries) in a pact or treaty | - |
| nonaluminium | 16 | - | - |
| nonambiguous | 17 | - | - |
| nonanalytics | 17 | - | - |
| nonanswering | 16 | - | - |
| nonantigenic | 15 | - | - |
| nonarbitrary | 17 | not subject to individual determination | - |
| nonarchitect | 19 | - | - |
| nonarguments | 15 | - | - |
| nonaromatics | 16 | - | - |
| nonassertive | 15 | not aggressively self-assured, though not necessarily lacking in confidence | she was quiet and nonassertive as she took control |
| nonathletics | 17 | - | - |
| nonattenders | 13 | - | - |
| nonautomated | 15 | - | - |
| nonautomatic | 16 | - | - |
| nonavailable | 17 | - | - |
| nonbacterial | 16 | - | - |
| nonbelievers | 17 | - | - |
| nonbiologist | 15 | - | - |
| nonbotanists | 14 | - | - |
| nonbreakable | 20 | - | - |
| nonbreathing | 18 | - | - |
| nonbreedings | 16 | - | - |
| nonbroadcast | 17 | - | - |
| nonbuildings | 16 | - | - |
| noncancerous | 16 | - | - |
| noncandidacy | 21 | - | - |
| noncandidate | 16 | someone who has announced they are not a candidate; especially a politician who has announced that he or she is not a candidate for some political office | - |
| noncanonical | 16 | - | - |
| noncelebrity | 19 | - | - |
| noncertified | 18 | - | - |
| nonchalances | 19 | - | - |
| noncharacter | 19 | - | - |
| nonchemicals | 21 | - | - |
| nonchurching | 23 | - | - |
| nonclassical | 16 | not classical | - |
| nonclassroom | 16 | - | - |
| nonclericals | 16 | - | - |
| noncognitive | 18 | - | - |
| noncollector | 16 | - | - |
| noncollinear | 14 | - | - |
| noncolorfast | 17 | - | - |
| noncombatant | 18 | a member of the armed forces who does not participate in combat (e.g. a chaplain or surgeon) | - |
| noncombative | 21 | - | - |
| noncommitted | 19 | - | - |
| noncommunist | 18 | - | - |
| noncommunity | 21 | - | - |
| noncomplying | 22 | - | - |
| noncomposers | 18 | - | - |
| noncompounds | 19 | - | - |
| noncomputers | 18 | - | - |
| nonconcurred | 17 | - | - |
| nonconductor | 17 | a material such as glass or porcelain with negligible electrical or thermal conductivity | - |
| nonconformed | 20 | - | - |
| nonconformer | 19 | - | - |
| noncongruent | 15 | - | - |
| nonconscious | 16 | concerning mental functioning that is not represented in consciousness | nonconscious psychic processes |
| nonconstants | 14 | - | - |
| nonconsumers | 16 | - | - |
| nonconsuming | 17 | - | - |
| noncontracts | 16 | - | - |
| noncorporate | 16 | - | - |
| noncorroding | 16 | - | - |
| noncorrosive | 17 | - | - |
| noncountries | 14 | - | - |
| noncoverages | 18 | - | - |
| noncriminals | 16 | - | - |
| noncrossover | 17 | - | - |
| noncrushable | 19 | - | - |
| noncustodial | 15 | - | - |
| noncustomers | 16 | - | - |
| nondeceptive | 20 | - | - |
| nondecisions | 15 | - | - |
| nondeductive | 19 | - | - |
| nondeforming | 19 | - | - |
| nondelegates | 14 | - | - |
| nondemanding | 17 | - | - |
| nondependent | 16 | - | - |
| nondepleting | 16 | - | - |
| nondepressed | 16 | - | - |
| nondescripts | 17 | - | - |
| nondiabetics | 17 | - | - |
| nondirective | 18 | - | - |
| nondisableds | 16 | - | - |
| nondiscounts | 15 | - | - |
| nondivergent | 17 | - | - |
| nondomestics | 17 | - | - |
| nondomiciled | 18 | - | - |
| nondominants | 15 | - | - |
| noneconomist | 16 | - | - |
| noneditorial | 13 | - | - |
| noneducation | 15 | - | - |
| noneffective | 23 | - | - |
| nonelections | 14 | - | - |
| nonelectives | 17 | - | - |
| nonelectrics | 16 | - | - |
| nonemergency | 20 | - | - |
| nonemotional | 14 | - | - |
| nonempirical | 18 | - | - |
| nonemployees | 19 | - | - |
| nonenzymatic | 28 | not relating to or produced by enzymes | nonenzymatic systems |
| nonevidences | 18 | - | - |
| nonexclusive | 24 | - | - |
| nonexecutive | 24 | - | - |
| nonexistents | 19 | - | - |
| nonexplosive | 24 | not explosive | nonexplosive gases |
| nonfaculties | 17 | - | - |
| nonfattening | 16 | - | - |
| nonfeasances | 17 | - | - |
| nonfederated | 17 | - | - |
| nonfeminists | 17 | - | - |
| nonfictional | 17 | not fictional | - |
| nonfinancial | 17 | not involving financial matters | - |
| nonflammable | 21 | impossible to ignite | - |
| nonflowering | 19 | without flower or bloom and not producing seeds | - |
| nonfluencies | 17 | - | - |
| nonfrivolous | 18 | - | - |
| nongenitally | 16 | - | - |
| nongeometric | 17 | - | - |
| nonglamorous | 15 | - | - |
| nongraduates | 14 | - | - |
| nonhappening | 20 | - | - |
| nonhazardous | 25 | - | - |
| nonhemolytic | 22 | - | - |
| nonhospitals | 17 | - | - |
| nonidentical | 15 | - | - |
| nonillionths | 15 | - | - |
| nonimitative | 17 | not marked by or given to imitation | - |
| nonimmigrant | 17 | - | - |
| nonimmunized | 26 | - | - |
| noninclusion | 14 | - | - |
| nonincumbent | 18 | - | - |
| noninductive | 18 | - | - |
| noninfective | 20 | - | - |
| noninfluence | 17 | - | - |
| noninitiates | 12 | - | - |
| noninsurance | 14 | - | - |
| nonintegrals | 13 | - | - |
| noninterests | 12 | - | - |
| nonintrusive | 15 | - | - |
| nonintuitive | 15 | - | - |
| nonirrigated | 14 | - | - |
| nonirritants | 12 | - | - |
| nonladdering | 15 | - | - |
| nonlandowner | 16 | - | - |
| nonlanguages | 14 | - | - |
| nonlibrarian | 14 | - | - |
| nonlibraries | 14 | - | - |
| nonlinearity | 15 | - | - |
| nonliterates | 12 | - | - |
| nonlogically | 18 | - | - |
| nonmalicious | 16 | - | - |
| nonmalignant | 15 | - | - |
| nonmalleable | 16 | - | - |
| nonmammalian | 18 | - | - |
| nonmandatory | 18 | not required by rule or law | - |
| nonmaterials | 14 | - | - |
| nonmercurial | 16 | - | - |
| nonmetameric | 18 | - | - |
| nonmicrobial | 18 | - | - |
| nonmigratory | 18 | used of animals that do not migrate | - |
| nonmilitants | 14 | - | - |
| nonmolecular | 16 | - | - |
| nonmotorised | 15 | - | - |
| nonmotorized | 24 | - | - |
| nonmunicipal | 18 | - | - |
| nonmusicians | 16 | - | - |
| nonnarrative | 15 | - | - |
| nonnationals | 12 | - | - |
| nonnecessity | 17 | - | - |
| nonnegligent | 14 | - | - |
| nonnormative | 17 | not based on a norm | - |
| nonnucleated | 15 | - | - |
| nonnumerical | 16 | - | - |
| nonnutritive | 15 | - | - |
| nonobjective | 26 | not representing or imitating external reality or the objects of nature | - |
| nonobservant | 17 | failing or refusing to observe religious customs | - |
| nonobviouses | 17 | - | - |
| nonofficials | 20 | - | - |
| nonoperating | 15 | - | - |
| nonoperative | 17 | - | - |
| nonoxidising | 21 | - | - |
| nonoxidizing | 30 | - | - |
| nonparallels | 14 | - | - |
| nonparasitic | 16 | not parasitic on another organism | - |
| nonpartisans | 14 | - | - |
| nonpasserine | 14 | relating to or characteristic of birds that are not perching birds | - |
| nonpecuniary | 19 | - | - |
| nonperformer | 19 | - | - |
| nonpermanent | 16 | - | - |
| nonpetroleum | 16 | - | - |
| nonphosphate | 22 | - | - |
| nonphysicals | 22 | - | - |
| nonphysician | 22 | - | - |
| nonpigmented | 18 | - | - |
| nonpoisonous | 14 | safe to eat | - |
| nonpolitical | 16 | not political | - |
| nonpolluting | 15 | - | - |
| nonpractical | 18 | - | - |
| nonproducing | 18 | - | - |
| nonpsychotic | 24 | - | - |
| nonpurposive | 19 | - | - |
| nonrailroads | 13 | - | - |
| nonrealistic | 14 | - | - |
| nonrecurrent | 14 | - | - |
| nonrecurring | 15 | - | - |
| nonredundant | 14 | - | - |
| nonreflexive | 25 | - | - |
| nonregulated | 14 | - | - |
| nonrelatives | 15 | - | - |
| nonreligious | 13 | - | - |
| nonrenewable | 17 | that can not be renewed | gas and oil are nonrenewable resources |
| nonrepayable | 19 | - | - |
| nonresidence | 15 | - | - |
| nonresidency | 18 | - | - |
| nonresidents | 13 | - | - |
| nonresistant | 12 | (often followed by `to') likely to be affected with | - |
| nonresonants | 12 | - | - |
