12-Letter Words Starting with N

Narcolepsy

Narcoleptic

NARCOTIC a drug that dulls the senses

Narrowness

""The act of nasalizing, or the state of being nasalized.""

NATIONALISE

Nationalise

Nationalism

Nationalist

""NATIONALIZE To make national; to make a nation of; to endow with the character and habits of a nation, or the peculiar sentiments and attachment of citizens of a nation.""

""NATIONALIZE To make national; to make a nation of; to endow with the character and habits of a nation, or the peculiar sentiments and attachment of citizens of a nation.""

Nationalize

NATUROPATH

NAUSEOUS affected with nausea

Concerned with routing ships

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

The act or process of nebulizing; atomization.

Nebulosity

NEBULOUS {unclear=adj}

""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.""

Needlepoint

One doing embroidery

Seamstress

Discussions (aimed at reaching agreement)

Negrophobia

Local place

Locality

Community

Adjacent, nearby

Adjoining

Nematology

The branch of zoology that deals with nematodes.

20th century music style

In a revived style from the past

Type of art, perhaps one form to one state

""ORTHODOXY Soundness of faith; a belief in the doctrines taught in the Scriptures, or in some established standard of faith; opposed to heterodoxy or to heresy. heterodoxy or to heresy.""

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

Neostigmine

An instrument for measuring or registering the amount of cloudiness.

An apparatus used to measure the size and concentration of particles in a liquid by analysis of light scattered by the liquid.

Nephrology

Kidney doctor

English port with nothing doing for renal expert

Pl. nephropathies A disease or abnormality of the kidney.

Nephrostome

Netherworld

Nerves

Science of the physiology of the nervous system

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

Neurofibril

Pl. neurofibromas or neurofibromata (-m -t ) A usually benign tumor originating in peripheral nerve fibers and composed chiefly of neurilemma cells.

A hormone secreted by or acting on a part of the nervous system.

NEUROHUMOR

Neuroleptic

Of or pertaining to neurolgy.

Neurologist

Neuropathy

""Any of various short-chain peptides found in brain tissue, such as endorphins.""

Neuropteran

Neuropteral.

Medical knowhow cures niece? No, sadly!

Pavlov and Alzheimer's thing, generally

Of or relating to the sensory activity or functions of the nervous system: neurosensory cells.

Medical specialist ungenerous or nasty

One operating on brain, spinal cord, etc

O.R. specialist

Delicate operation hiding moola from France

NEUROTIC one affected with a neurosis

Neuroticism

Neurulation

""NEUTRINO a subatomic particle, also NEUTRON""

""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.""

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

Cloud that's bust in a storm, violently

""A yellow aromatic liquid (C6H5.NO2), produced by the action of nitric acid on benzene, and called from its odor imitation oil of bitter almonds, or essence of mirbane. It is used in perfumery, and is manufactured in large quantities in the preparation of aniline. Fornerly called also nitrobenzol. C6H5.NO2), produced by the action of nitric acid on benzene, and called from its odor imitation oil of bitter almonds, or essence of mirbane. It is used in perfumery, and is manufactured in large quantities in the preparation of aniline. Fornerly called also nitrobenzol.""

Nitrogenase

A nitro derivative of methane obtained as a mobile liquid; called also nitrocarbol. nitrocarbol.

Nitrosamine

Useful or valuable thing

Noisemaking

Nomenclator

System of naming

Neater column (anagram) - terminology

Strange manner to clue terminology

Of or pertaining to the Nominalists.

Nomography

ABSORBENT Absorbing; swallowing; absorptive.

Nonacademic

ACTIVATED activate

Nonaddict

ADIABATIC Not giving out or receiving heat.

Failure to be admitted.

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

Person between ages of 90 and 99

Ninety year old

One coming up to 100

Soft (drink)

Virgin, to a bartender

Unlike most things sold in bars, like chocolate

Policy of neutrality

""AMBIGUOUS Doubtful or uncertain, particularly in respect to signification; capable of being understood in either of two or more possible senses; equivocal; as, an ambiguous course; an ambiguous expression. as, an ambiguous course; an ambiguous expression.""

ANTIGENIC

""ARBITRARY Depending on will or discretion; not governed by any fixed rules; as, an arbitrary decision; an arbitrary punishment. as, an arbitrary decision; an arbitrary punishment.""

""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.""

Nonargument

ASSERTIVE Positive; affirming confidently; affirmative; peremptory.

Nonattender

AUTOMATED automate

Same as hand-operated.hand-operated.

BACTERIAL Of or pertaining to bacteria.

Nonbeliever

BIOLOGIST A student of biology; one versed in the science of biology.

Nonbotanist

BREAKABLE Capable of being broken.

BREATHING breathe

Plural of gerund noun

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

Plural of gerund noun

""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.

DEFORMING deform

Nondelegate

Nondemand

""DEPENDENT Hanging down; as, a dependent bough or leaf. as, a dependent bough or leaf.""

DEPLETING deplete

DEPRESSED depress

Nondescript

Nondiabetic

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

Word with prefix non-

Word with prefix non-

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.""

""EDITORIAL Of or pertaining to an editor; written or sanctioned by an editor; as, editorial labors; editorial remarks. as, editorial labors; editorial remarks.""

""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.

""EMOTIONAL Pertaining to, or characterized by, emotion; excitable; easily moved; sensational; as, an emotional nature. as, an emotional nature.""

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

Nonemployee

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

Suspect online assent is unimportant

Not totally necessary

Not absolutely necessary

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.

Not explosive.

Lite

Nonfeasance

FEDERATED federate

Nonfeminist

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

FINANCIAL Pertaining to finance.

""Not easily ignited, and burning only slowly if ignited.""

FLOWERING flower

Nonfluency