12-Letter Words Starting with N

Egotistical

Narcolepsy

Narcoleptic

NARCOTIC a drug that dulls the senses

Natriuretic

Based on real life

Imitating real life

True-to-life representation of acts in ritual

NATUROPATH

""Of, relating to, controlled by, or typical of the National Socialist German Workers' Party.""

Called for

Renders obligatory one's entry in state midst disorderly scenes

Neckerchief

""Of or pertaining to necrology; of the nature of necrology; relating to, or giving, an account of the dead, or of deaths.""

Necrologist

Magicians making centre-half back? Liars!

Necromancy

Of or pertaining to the Necrophaga; eating carrion. See Necrophagan. Necrophaga; eating carrion. See Necrophagan.

Sexual pervert in police car, terribly hard to keep in

Necrophilia

NECROPHILE

""NECROPOLIS A city of the dead; a name given by the ancients to their cemeteries, and sometimes applied to modern burial places; a graveyard.""

NEGATIVIST

Neglectful

20th century music style

In a revived style from the past

Type of art, perhaps one form to one state

REALISTIC Of or pertaining to the realists; in the manner of the realists; characterized by realism rather than by imagination.

NEPHELINITE

Pl. nephropathies A disease or abnormality of the kidney.

""A psychological disorder characterized by chronic fatigue and weakness, loss of memory, and generalized aches and pains, formerly thought to result from exhaustion of the nervous system. No longer in scientific use.""

The study of the chemical composition and processes of the nervous system and the effects of chemicals on it.

Neuroleptic

Of or pertaining to neurolgy.

Medical knowhow cures niece? No, sadly!

Pavlov and Alzheimer's thing, generally

NEUROTIC one affected with a neurosis

Neuroticism

NEUTRALIST A neutral; one who professes or practices neutrality.

""NEUTROPHILE One of a group of leukocytes whose granules stain only with neutral dyes; it is the chief phagocytic leukocyte in the circulating blood, comprising from 54% to 65% of the total number of leukocytes.""

Niacinamide

Jukeboxes of old.

Jukeboxes of old

Jukeboxes

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Biochemistry) the amide of nicotinic acid: a component of the vitamin B complex and essential in the diet for the prevention of pellagra. Formula: C 6 H 6 ON 2 NOCIRECEPTOR (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Physiology) Physiol a receptor sensitive to pain

The act or process of building a nest.

PJ's employed to cover up those retiring

Items worn in bed

Bedtime attire

""NIGHTCLUB An establishment providing entertainment (as singers, dancers, or comedy acts), usually open late into the night or early morning, typically serving alcoholic beverages and food.""

Hot spot regular

Useful or valuable thing

Nomenclator

System of naming

Neater column (anagram) - terminology

Strange manner to clue terminology

Of or pertaining to the Nominalists.

Nonacademic

ACTIVATED activate

Nonaddict

ADIABATIC Not giving out or receiving heat.

Inflected form of AESTHETIC Inflected form of AESTHETE a person who affects an extravagant love of art

Soft (drink)

Virgin, to a bartender

Unlike most things sold in bars, like chocolate

ANTIGENIC

""ARCHITECT A person skilled in the art of building; one who understands architecture, or makes it his occupation to form plans and designs of buildings, and to superintend the artificers employed.""

Same as hand-operated.hand-operated.

BACTERIAL Of or pertaining to bacteria.

""BROADCAST A casting or throwing seed in all directions, as from the hand in sowing.""

""CANCEROUS Like a cancer; having the qualities or virulence of a cancer; affected with cancer; as, a cancerous growth.as, a cancerous growth.""

CANDIDACY The position of a candidate; state of being a candidate; candidateship.

""CANDIDATE One who offers himself, or is put forward by others, as a suitable person or an aspirant or contestant for an office, privilege, or honor; as, a candidate for the office of governor; a candidate for holy orders; a candidate for scholastic honors. as, a candidate for the office of governor; a candidate for holy orders; a candidate for scholastic honors.""

CELEBRITY Celebration; solemnization.

CERTIFIED certify

Nonchalance

In a calm and relaxed manner

In insouciant fashion

With composure

""CHARACTER A distinctive mark; a letter, figure, or symbol.""

Nonchemical

""CLASSICAL Of or relating to the first class or rank, especially in literature or art.""

CLASSROOM

Word with prefix non-

""COGNITIVE Knowing, or apprehending by the understanding; as, cognitive power. as, cognitive power.""

""COLLECTOR One who collects things which are separate; esp., one who makes a business or practice of collecting works of art, objects in natural history, etc.; as, a collector of coins. as, a collector of coins.""

COLLINEAR

COLORFAST

One not fighting in war

Person not fighting in war

Noncombat

Guarded in speech

Guarded, but without being locked up (wordplay)

On the fence, not a prison sentence (wordplay)

COMMITTED commit

COMMUNIST An advocate for the theory or practice of communism.

""COMMUNITY Common possession or enjoyment; participation; as, a community of goods. as, a community of goods.""

Neglecting or refusing to comply.

Noncomposer

Word with prefix non-

CONCURRED concur

Material such as glass or porcelain

Nonconform

Nonconform

CONGRUENT Possessing congruity; suitable; agreeing; corresponding.

CONSCIOUS Possessing the faculty of knowing one's own thoughts or mental operations.

Word with prefix non-

Nonconsumer

CONSUMING consume

""CORPORATE Formed into a body by legal enactment; united in an association, and endowed by law with the rights and liabilities of an individual; incorporated; as, a corporate town. as, a corporate town.""

CORRODING corrode

""CORROSIVE Eating away; having the power of gradually wearing, changing, or destroying the texture or substance of a body; as, the corrosive action of an acid. "Corrosive liquors." Grew. "Corrosive famine."Thomson. as, the corrosive action of an acid. "Corrosive liquors." Grew. "Corrosive famine."Thomson.""

Plural or third person singular

Noncoverage

Noncriminal

CROSSOVER the interchange of sections between pairing homologous chromosomes during the prophase of meiosis.

Inflected form of CRUSHABLE Inflected form of CRUSH to press out of shape

CUSTODIAL Relating to custody or guardianship.

Noncustomer

""DECEPTIVE Tending to deceive; having power to mislead, or impress with false opinions; as, a deceptive countenance or appearance. as, a deceptive countenance or appearance.""

Nondecision

DEDUCTIVE Of or pertaining to deduction; capable of being deduced from premises; deducible.

Nondescript

Nondiabetic

""DIRECTIVE Having power to direct; tending to direct, guide, or govern; showing the way.""

Word with prefix non-

""ECONOMIST One who economizes, or manages domestic or other concerns with frugality; one who expends money, time, or labor, judiciously, and without waste.""

""EDUCATION The act or process of educating; the result of educating, as determined by the knowledge skill, or discipline of character, acquired; also, the act or process of training by a prescribed or customary course of study or discipline; as, an education for the bar or the pulpit; he has finished his education. as, an education for the bar or the pulpit; he has finished his education.""

Not effective

Nonelection

Plural or third person singular

Word with prefix non-

EMERGENCY Sudden or unexpected appearance; an unforeseen occurrence; a sudden occasion.

""EMPIRICAL Pertaining to, or founded upon, experiment or experience; depending upon the observation of phenomena; versed in experiments.""

""Inflected form of ENZYMATIC Inflected form of ENZYME a complex protein, also ENZYM""

Nonevidence

""EXCLUSIVE Having the power of preventing entrance; debarring from participation or enjoyment; possessed and enjoyed to the exclusion of others; as, exclusive bars; exclusive privilege; exclusive circles of society. as, exclusive bars; exclusive privilege; exclusive circles of society.""

(Of directors) only advisory

Absence of existence; the negation of being; nonentity.

Nonfeasance

""FICTIONAL Pertaining to, or characterized by, fiction; fictitious; romantic.""

FINANCIAL Pertaining to finance.

Nonfluency

HEMOLYTIC of or pertaining to hemolysis; causing hemolysis.

""IDENTICAL The same; the selfsame; the very same; not different; as, the identical person or thing. as, the identical person or thing.""

""INCLUSION The act of including, or the state of being included; limitation; restriction; as, the lines of inclusion of his policy. as, the lines of inclusion of his policy.""

INCUMBENT Lying; resting; reclining; recumbent; superimposed; superincumbent.

INDUCTIVE Leading or drawing; persuasive; tempting; usually followed by to. to.

INFECTIVE Infectious.

INFLUENCE A flowing in or upon; influx.

""INSURANCE The act of insuring, or assuring, against loss or damage by a contingent event; a contract whereby, for a stipulated consideration, called premium, one party undertakes to indemnify or guarantee another against loss by certain specified risks. Cf. Assurance, n., 6. premium, one party undertakes to indemnify or guarantee another against loss by certain specified risks. Cf. Assurance, n., 6.""

""MERCURIAL Having the qualities fabled to belong to the god Mercury; swift; active; sprightly; fickle; volatile; changeable; as, a mercurial youth; a mercurial temperament. as, a mercurial youth; a mercurial temperament.""

""METAMERIC Having the same elements united in the same proportion by weight, and with the same molecular weight, but possessing a different structure and different properties; as, methyl ether and ethyl alcohol are metameric compounds. See Isomeric. as, methyl ether and ethyl alcohol are metameric compounds. See Isomeric.""

Inflected form of MICROBIAL Inflected form of MICROBE a microscopic organism

""MOLECULAR Pertaining to, connected with, produced by, or consisting of, molecules; as, molecular forces; molecular groups of atoms, etc. as, molecular forces; molecular groups of atoms, etc.""

""MUNICIPAL Of or pertaining to a city or a corporation having the right of administering local government; as, municipal rights; municipal officers. as, municipal rights; municipal officers.""

Nonmusician

Absence of necessity; the quality or state of being unnecessary.

Without a nucleus.

Inflected form of NUMERICAL Inflected form of NUMERIC a {numeral=n}

OBJECTIVE Of or pertaining to an object.

Not parasitic.

""PHYSICIAN A person skilled in physic, or the art of healing; one duty authorized to prescribe remedies for, and treat, diseases; a doctor of medicine.""

Not political. Opposite of political.political.

PRACTICAL Of or pertaining to practice or action.

PRODUCING produce

Inflected form of PSYCHOTIC Inflected form of PSYCHO a mentally unstable person

REALISTIC Of or pertaining to the realists; in the manner of the realists; characterized by realism rather than by imagination.

Not recurring.

Nonrecurrent.

""The state or condition of being nonresident,""

RESIDENCY Residence.

Not on the roster of events

SCIENTIST One learned in science; a scientific investigator; one devoted to scientific study; a savant.

Nonsecretor

""SECRETORY Secreting; performing, or connected with, the office secretion; secernent; as, secretory vessels, nerves. as, secretory vessels, nerves.""

Integrated new functioning car seat in buggy

SELECTIVE Selecting; tending to select.

Nonsentence

SOCIALIST One who advocates or practices the doctrines of socialism.

""Inflected form of SPHERICAL Inflected form of SPHERIC having the form of a sphere, also SPHERAL""

Without any long-term focus

Nonsuccess

SYMMETRIC Symmetrical.

""Not characteristic of or skilled in applied arts and sciences; as, nontechnical aspects of the job; nontechnical training. Opposite of technical.as, nontechnical aspects of the job; nontechnical training. Opposite of technical.""

Nonviolence

A condition of normal body temperature.

Act of making known

Warning? Not if I can hold it back with love!

Announcement

""The basic structure of a virus, consisting of a core of nucleic acid enclosed in a protein coat.""

Nucleophile

NUCLEOPHILE

Nucleoplasm

An enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of a nucleotide to a nucleoside and phosphoric acid.

Under the influence of nympholepsy; ecstatic; frenzied.

Many champion dissolute sex addict