10-Letter Words Starting with N

Cycle length for a gigahertz processor

Old relative returning next fast time

A very short interval of time

NAPHTHENE A peculiar hydrocarbon occuring as an ingredient of Caucasian petroleum.

Such vanity, writing about lying under daffodils!

Man's crisis misrepresented as problem with ego

Man's crisis could come from such self-interest

Egomaniac insists car is restyled

Someone in love with themselves

Ego-tripper

Reason for going out a lot (wordplay)

Tendency to deep sleep

Hypersomnia, a sleep disorder

Under the influence of narcotics.

Narcotize

Nascency

Relating to nativism.

""Pl -chiae [-kɪˌiː] -chias , -chies (in ancient Rome) 1. (Historical Terms) a mock sea fight performed as an entertainment""

Naumachia

Naumachy

In a nautical manner; with reference to nautical affais.

Navicular

Black magic may concern criminal

Magic may concern transformations

Occult art

Plural or third person singular

Ron polices ruined burial site

Wanting relic, snoop round cemetery

Ripon Close (anagram) - cemetery

Necropsy

Necropsy

Fruit coming in NINE CRATES

Smooth-skinned peaches

Their hearts are the pits

Neglecter

Giving insufficient care

Habitually omitting to do things

Not taking proper care

Neglect

Disregard northern cold in nightie

Laxity of knight caught wearing flimsy garb

Delinquency

A substance or preparation used to kill nematodes.

""A substance that kills nematodes, especially one used in medicine or to kill plant pathogens.""

""A lasso cell, or thread cell. See Lasso cell, under Lasso. Lasso cell, under Lasso.""

Revivalist (art)

Recreating ancient motifs

In a style revived from the past

English word

""Of or pertaining to neoplasty, or neoplasia.""

Neotropic

NEPHELINE

An instrument for observing the clouds and their velocity.

Nephrotic

NEPOTIST one who practices {nepotism=n}

Nescience

Caused by the nervous system

The medical science that deals with the nervous system and disorders affecting it.

A toxin that damages or destroys nerve tissue.

Anchor, for one

Reporter of a special report.

Type of TV personality.

Niccolite

Niceness

Silvery coating variable

Nicknamer

Nickname

Nicotiana

Briefly closed one's eyes

Winked.

Gives the glad eye

Winks

Remaining in the nest after hatching until grown or nearly grown. Used of a bird.

After-hours trump suit (wordplay)

Dark suit for entertainers (wordplay)

Hot spots for the hip

English word

Policeman's weapon

Billy club

Police club jouster's mannerism discussed

*Believing in nothing

Believing in nothing

Rejecting all values

The other fellow's candidate

Silly goose

Not so smart with a free center (wordplay)

Basketball contest selectors (wordplay)

Those who groom pedants

Bug people who choose to be critics

Nitpicky

Fool, leading gathering, splitting hairs

Hairsplitter's activity

Fault-finding fool making a selection

Nomarchy

NOMOTHETE A lawgiver.

ACCRUAL an accumulation

Nonaction

Nonaddict

ALLELIC pertaining to {allele=n}

AQUATIC an organism living in or near water

ASCETIC one who practices self-denial for religious reasons

CABINET a piece of furniture with shelves and drawers

CALORIC heat

CAPITAL the upper part of a column

CARDIAC a person with a heart disorder

CARRIER one that {carries=v}

CENTRAL a telephone exchange

Careless (wordplay)

Casually calm and relaxed

Cool and indifferent

CITIZEN a resident of a city

Nonclass

COLLEGE a school of higher learning

COLORED a colored person

COMPLEX to make complicated

CONCERN to be of interest to

Nonconcur

CONFORM to {comply=v}

CONTACT to communicate with

COUNTRY the territory of a nation

Not current or belonging to the present time. Opposite of current.current.

Nondancer

Nondoctor

Twine, as opposed to rubber bands

ELECTED elect

ENZYMIC pertaining to an {enzyme=n}

Class acts get ecstasy of that kind in regular services

Hardly aboveboard

They don't come into play

""FACTUAL actual, real""

FACULTY an inherent power or ability

No fancy work (wordplay)

As a writer, you couldn't make it up!

Best seller category

""FLUENCY the quality of being fluent, also FLUENCE""

GENETIC pertaining to {genetics=n}

Noninsect

""Not lexical; as, nonlexical morphemes.as, nonlexical morphemes.""

LOGICAL pertaining to {logic=n}

MEDICAL a physical examination

MIMETIC resembling {mimesis=n}

Tone-deaf, say

NUCLEAR pertaining to a {nucleus=n}

OBSCENE {indecent=adj}

ORGANIC a substance of animal or vegetable origin

PLASTIC a synthetic mouldable substance

REACTOR one who {reacts=v}

RECEIPT to mark as having been paid

SCIENCE knowledge obtained by observation and experiment

American, to a British monarch

SUCCESS the attainment of something desired or intended

TOBACCO an annual herb cultivated for its leaves

Hardly representative.

Nonvector

VISCOUS having relatively high resistance to flow

Normalcy

Parts of eyeglasses

""Of or pertaining to a hospital; as, nosocomial atmosphere. as, nosocomial atmosphere.""

Nostalgic

Notchback

Plain precious stone in striking clasp

Can't be frozen. That's obvious

Plain diamond in striking clasp

In a noticeable manner.

Notochord

Rock used for whetstones.

NOVELIST one who writes novels

""An antibiotic, C 31 H 36 N 2 O 11 , produced by the actinomycete Streptomyces nivens and used to treat infections by gram-positive bacteria.""

Novocaine

Nucleate

NUCLEATE to form into a nucleus

Nucleator

Zodiacal atomic study (wordplay)

Field of atomic science

""A type of molecule found in all living organisms, present mostly in chemically combined form as a component of nucleic acids, and also in smaller amounts in free form, consisting of a pentose sugar bound to a purine or pyrimidine base; two types of nucleoside, ribonucleoside and deoxyribonucleoside, are present. The most common bases present in nucleosides are adenine, cytosine, uracil, guanine, and thymine, and to a lesser extent hypoxanthine and other bases are found. The most commmon ribonucleosides composed from these bases are called adenosine, cytidine, uridine, and guanosine. The forms esterified with orthophosphoric at the 5-position of the pentose are called nucleotides. The nucleotides form the monomer units which are combined into DNA and RNA, which carry the genetic information required for reproduction in all known organisms.ribonucleoside and deoxyribonucleoside, are present. The most common bases present in nucleosides are adenine, cytosine, uracil, guanine, and thymine, and to a lesser extent hypoxanthine and other bases are found. The most commmon ribonucleosides composed from these bases are called adenosine, cytidine, uridine, and guanosine. The forms esterified with orthophosphoric at the 5-position of the pentose are called nucleotides. The nucleotides form the monomer units which are combined into DNA and RNA, which carry the genetic information required for reproduction in all known organisms.""

""Any of the repeating subunits of chromatin, consisting of a DNA chain coiled around a core of histones.""

DNA building block

Genetic building block

Phosphate and sugar linked in this compound; once dilute (anagram)

Back horse with one limb, 'Sea Slug'

A sea slug

Sea slug with one brown back limb

Numeracy

Pertaining to collectors' items.

Relating to coins or currency

Of coins

The office of a nuncio.

The providing of loving care and attention.

Ball-breaker sounding sweet (wordplay)

Tchaikovsky's cocktail (wordplay)

High flier's suite (wordplay)

Small birds.

Birds known for their cracking ability (see letters 3-8)

Birds.

""A disease of the eye, in consequence of which the patient can see well in a faint light or at twilight, but is unable to see during the day or in a strong light; day blindness.""