2-Letter Words Ending in N

EXPLAIN to make clear and understandable

""The depositing of eggs, esp. by insects.""

Rapid irregular heartbeat

Irregular heartbeat

Fluttering.

Birth

PASSIVATE PASSIVE a verb form

The state of being pectinated; that which is pectinated.

""The act or process of penetrating, piercing, or entering; also, the act of mentally penetrating into, or comprehending, anything difficult.""

Five-sided solid figure

Solid figure with five plane faces

Five-faced solid figure - near the pond (anagram)

Gradual filtration

PERENNATE

Ace in the hole (wordplay)

It's useful to those in a tearing hurry

Holes picked in closing remarks about French leader

Possible ordering (of a number of items)

From importunate version of variation

Change of order

Oppression involves putting tube into each part

Ill-treatment on for example religious grounds

Act of mimicry

One versed in phonetics; a phonetist.

A blue phycobilin occurring especially in the cells of cyanobacteria.

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) Botany any of a group of substances produced by plants that inhibit the growth of pathogenic fungi that infect them [from phyto- + Greek alexein to ward off]

Candid in flyer (wordplay)

Easy to understand

Blunt and candid

PLASMIN an {enzyme=n}

See stonefly .

A brown bitter gum extracted from the rootstalk of the May apple (Podophyllum peltatum). It is a complex mixture of several substances. Podophyllum peltatum). It is a complex mixture of several substances.

She's got the beat

Member of the force

Officer with scattered money from a shark (wordplay)

We compile no rubbish for coppers

They patrol with uneven paces

Country where flowers are fertilized (wordplay)

Flower fertilisation

What bees help to accomplish by flying from flower to flower

Noun (-sion)

""The act of postulating, or that which is postulated; assumption; solicitation; suit; cause.""

Grammatical construction that could make editor panic

ELECTION the act of {electing=v}

FRESHMAN a first-year student

Word with prefix pre-

Ignition in an internal-combustion engine while the inlet valve is open or before compression is completed.

INVASION the act of {invading=v}

""A. tasting beforehand, or by anticipation; a foretaste; as, a prelibation of heavenly bliss. as, a prelibation of heavenly bliss.""

LUNCHEON a midday meal

Feeling something is about to happen

Sandra Bullock film

Presentiment, forewarning

The act of fortifying or guarding against objections.

Iron parapet (anagram)

Specially made up medicine

Preliminary measure

Word like after or for (grammar)

'Before' or 'after', say

One could be across or down

SHRUNKEN shrink

Possibly uppermost in arrogance

Strong probability.

Supposition - impertinence

In favour of the medical provision of abortion

Masterwork (wordplay)

Enforcing conformity to a standard

(adj.) having a predilection for French bread

Enforcing conformity regardless of individuality; scent uproar (anagram)

The act of procuring; procurement.

'Bum', 'fart', 'poo' in an act of irreverence

Steroid hormone used in oral contraceptives

Forward motion seeing prisoners go free

Advance of prisoners go amok

Poser so moved with Ring Cycle

Ban (eg on alcohol)

Anti-Saloon League goal

The 18th Amendment, briefly

Ordinary worker (Marxism)

Relating to the workers

Frisky pair, later on common

Spread of ideas, for example

Spread of ideas, e.g

Breeding; transmission

Golfer's lie (wordplay)

Solicit a plan

Professional job in theory

The act of counting in duration; prolongation.

Legal proceedings against a person

Accusation of guilt in court

Action in open court is disturbed

""The act of prostrating, throwing down, or laying fiat; as, the prostration of the body. as, the prostration of the body.""

A plasma protein that is converted into thrombin during blood clotting.

PROTONATE PROTON a subatomic particle

Favouring attempt to cut short hostilities going on and on

Cause of expert calling

Apt title for this puzzle

Spin doctor calling for incitement

""The act of publishing or making known; notification to the people at large, either by words, writing, or printing; proclamation; divulgation; promulgation; as, the publication of the law at Mount Sinai; the publication of the gospel; the publication of statutes or edicts. as, the publication of the law at Mount Sinai; the publication of the gospel; the publication of statutes or edicts.""

""A germinating, or budding.""

English class topic

Marks in writing

One concern of a proofreader

The act of producing pustules; the state of being pustulated.

Rascal or rogue

Plain carols (anagram) - rogue

A disgrace to criticise onion

Harvest part to divide again

""OPERATION The act or process of operating; agency; the exertion of power, physical, mechanical, or moral.""

""PARTITION The act of parting or dividing; the state of being parted; separation; division; distribution; as, the partition of a kingdom. as, the partition of a kingdom.""

Copying CIA, Interpol will go wrong

Copy; repetition

The act of reprobating; the state of being reprobated; strong disapproval or censure.

""PROVISION The act of providing, or making previous preparation.""

Refusal of approval

Breathing

One helping with wild salon sprees

Small drinks for each young man's agent

Staff member

The north or northern regions.

One of Hulme's conjectures (wordplay)

Wall Street motivation

Son's embezzlement's a matter of conjecture

""SPICULATE Covered with, or having, spicules.""

A woman who speaks on behalf of another or others. See Usage Note at man .

A man who speaks on behalf of another or others. See Usage Note at man .

Female athlete or player

Female athlete

A woman who is active in sports.

""The act or process of forming spores; spore formation. See Illust. of Bacillus, b. Illust. of Bacillus, b.""

Condition of an agreement

Condition to an agreement

Condition attached to an agreement

""The act of subsuming, or of including under another.""

English word

English word

English word

""SUPERNATE SUPER to reinforce with a thin cotton mesh, as a book""

English word

Kent's gift or management (wordplay)

Man of Steel ability (wordplay)

Guardian's job

English word

Place to get drink? That's an idea!

Dining room chair (wordplay)

It's taken for granted

Clampdown upon press is absurd

Clampdown is upon press freedom

The act or process of suppurating.

Sigh

Musical rhythm accentuating a weak beat

Playing notes off the beat

Displacement of beats in music

""A disease of the hock (sometimes of the knee) of a horse, caused by inflammation of the synovial membrane and a consequent excessive secretion of the synovial fluid; probably so called because there is usually an oval swelling on each side of the leg, appearing somewhat as if a pin had been thrust through.""

""A hormone secreted by the anterior lobe of the pituitary gland that stimulates and regulates the activity of the thyroid gland. Also called thyroid-stimulating hormone , thyrotropic hormone .""

A rock-boring tool used in mining for sinking shafts.

Fear about something that may happen

Feeling of alarm or dread

Feeling of fear or agitation

Any of a group of muscle proteins that bind to molecules of actin and troponin to regulate the interaction of actin and myosin.

""The antecedent of trypsin, a substance which is contained in the cells of the pancreas and gives rise to the trypsin.""

TYPEWRITE To write with a typewriter.

""A hormone secreted by the posterior lobe of the pituitary gland that constricts blood vessels, raises blood pressure, and reduces excretion of urine. Also called antidiuretic hormone .""

Floating and drifting animal life

Jellyfish and krill

Animal life that is floating and drifting

""An anchorman or anchorwoman.. The anchorperson usually begins the broadcast, discusses certain topics, and introduces new topics, which may be discussed by other reprorters, especially when the report is recorded or broadcast from a location other than the main broadcast studio.anchorman or anchorwoman.. The anchorperson usually begins the broadcast, discusses certain topics, and introduces new topics, which may be discussed by other reprorters, especially when the report is recorded or broadcast from a location other than the main broadcast studio.""

Carly Simon tune

Foretaste - expectancy

Expectation, prediction

""The mind's perception of itself as the subject or actor in its own states; perception that reflects upon itself; sometimes, intensified or energetic perception.""

Going up in one's estimation (wordplay)

Gratitude; increase in value

Acknowledgment of rise in value

Fear taking (wordplay)

Fear, perhaps, in one that's disturbed

Taking fright (wordplay)

Suffocation

Film set worker

CAPACITATE To render capable; to enable; to qualify.

Natural environment

Surrender

""An oily colorless liquid, CCl 3 NO 2 , that causes skin, lung, and mucous membrane irritation and is used in tear gas and in dyestuffs, disinfectants, insecticides, and soil fumigants. Also called nitrochloroform .""

A pancreatic digestive enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of certain proteins in the small intestine into polypeptides and amino acids.

Mutual adaption.

Style of address or salutation; an appellation.

Award for, eg, injury

Redress main cost with open payout

Minnesota cop rigged damages

A. Consisting of interconnected or interwoven parts; composite.

Difficulty produced by aggravation of illness

Difficulty

""The act or practice of justifying or confirming a man's veracity by the oath of others; called also wager of law. See Purgation; also Wager of law, under Wager. wager of law. See Purgation; also Wager of law, under Wager.""

He's impressed by this (wordplay)

Compulsory enlistment

Service requirement to study text no one recalled

Agreement or concurrence for some end or purpose; conspiracy.

Difficulty going on after Ascot tip in racing

It's treated by gastroenterologists, strangely, not opticians

Coproduct

Familiar with many cultures

Liberal and worldly, or a cocktail

Citizen of the world

A craftsman or a craftswoman.

Strange patina to iced topping

An action that leaves the head isolated

Fate of Anne Boleyn

Reduction in inhabitants

Loss of inhabitants

It never goes up in financial crash

Gradual loss of value

Loss in value

""DEPUTIZE to act as a deputy, also DEPUTISE""

Derepress

A stripping or plundering; spoliation.

It makes a fool disappear

Sweet to make love with one from the canteen

It's sweet to make love together, lying perhaps on the table

The interbrain or thalamencephalon; sometimes abbreviated to dien. See Thalamencephalon. dien. See Thalamencephalon.

In expansion getting badly paid leads to ruin

Exemption (from a rule)

Exemption (from the usual requirements)

Exemption (from usual requirement)

A skilled worker who draws plans of buildings or machines.

Freedom from parents (wordplay)

Lincoln's concern

Abe's decree

His work is seldom read (and never scanned)

Spenserian song adapted by Gustafson in wartime

Intense irritation

Open-air sex at assembly causes annoyance

Disgruntlement

In atonement, treacherous rat gets exile

( ks pl nt ) Explanted tissue.

Unfair use

Taking advantage - optional exit (anagram)

Any of a group of enzymes containing flavin bound to protein and acting as dehydrogenation catalysts in biological reactions.

A person of good breeding; a lady or a gentleman.

Any of a group of conjugated proteins having a carbohydrate as the nonprotein component.

""A hormone secreted by the pituitary gland and placenta, which stimulates the gonads and controls reproductive activity.""

One of the Hymenoptera.

Same as hymenopteran.hymenopteran.

High blood pressure

Increased pressure to overstate numbers in crime genre comeback

Tense, working to seal one fault

Fault, flaw

With Nick, I'm as sound as a bell and all charged up!

The act or process of implantating.

The act of impregnating or the state of being impregnated; fecundation.

""The condition or quality of being incorrupt or incorruptible; absence of, or exemption from, corruption.""

""The act or the process of inspissating, or thickening a fluid substance, as by evaporation; also, the state of being so thickened.""

""The act of intercepting; as, interception of a letter; interception of the enemy. as, interception of a letter; interception of the enemy.""

Break in continuity

Butting in is no way to carry on

Break point with return I fancy

Sort of insect to upset people, darn it!

Butterfly, for example

Butterfly or moth

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Biochemistry) other names for prolactin

Osteopath's method

Osteopath's technique

Osteopathic technique

Primatial line (wordplay)

Relating to a city

'50s U.K.-built Nash & Hudson model

Rag organiser (wordplay)

Hack report and document for worker

Member of syndicate prepares the leader

We pen and pen with arms outstretched

""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.""

""Any of numerous velvety-skinned wormlike carnivorous animals common in tropical forests having characteristics of both arthropods and annelid worms; a member of the Onychophora, also called Malacopoda. See Malacopoda.Onychophora, also called Malacopoda. See Malacopoda.""

""OPTIMISE to make as effective as possible, also OPTIMIZE""

""OPTIMIZE to make as effective as possible, also OPTIMISE""

""The act or process of pacifying, or of making peace between parties at variance; reconciliation.""

See cholecystokinin .

British warehouse or van

Removal van

Furniture van

""The act or process of paralyzing, or the state of being paralyzed.""

""Any of a group of nervous disorders similar to Parkinson's disease, marked by muscular rigidity, tremor, and impaired motor control and often having a specific cause, such as the use of certain drugs or frequent exposure to toxic chemicals. Also called Parkinson's syndrome .""

A physician who specializes in pediatrics.

The act of punishing.

Commission for distribution of dog food

Perhaps how vets are paid out in a settlement shows endurance

Exotic Persia trip? No sweat

Broken tip? Repair's no sweat

Exercise and sport in air, running around causing this (wordplay)

Disquiet

""The process of petrifying, or changing into stone; conversion of any organic matter (animal or vegetable) into stone, or a substance of stony hardness.""

Your florist (wordplay)

Popular houseplant

London pride variety including first house plant

Mate pointing out blemish (wordplay)

Natural colouring

Sow farmers get on at it in end for colour tissue

""The mode of formation of the placenta in different animals; as, the placentation of mammals. as, the placentation of mammals.""

English word

""Any of various wormlike marine invertebrates of the phylum Pogonophora that grow in upright chitin tubes, usually at depths greater than 100 meters (330 feet), have tentacles attached to the head region, and lack a digestive system.""

""The act of polarizing; the state of being polarized, or of having polarity.""

""A figure by which the conjunction is often repeated, as in the sentence, "We have ships and men and money and stores." Opposed to asyndeton. asyndeton.""

""A purple pigment similar to rhodopsin, found in the rods of the retinas of freshwater fishes and certain frogs.""

Noun (-tion)

One who lived after the flood.

""(Government, Politics & Diplomacy) happening or existing after an election""

Washington newspaper editor (wordplay)

Career at a Washington newspaper (wordplay)

Physiological effect in nerve impulses; in-patient, too (anagram)

""Lit., previous admission;""

Relative of ESP

Foreknowledge

Requirement

Prerequisite

Digestion too soon performed; hasty digestion.

Preference (for something)

Special liking or preference

Penchant of the French in anticipation

An old theory of the pre\'89xistence of germs. Cf. Embo&icir;tement. Embo&icir;tement.

HISTORIAN A writer of history; a chronicler; an annalist.

INDUCTION The act or process of inducting or bringing in; introduction; entrance; beginning; commencement.