2-Letter Words Starting with N

ALLELIC pertaining to {allele=n}

Nonanswer

AQUATIC an organism living in or near water

AQUEOUS pertaining to water

Nonartist

ASCETIC one who practices self-denial for religious reasons

ASPIRIN a pain relieving drug

""ATHLETE a competitor in contests of strength and speed, also ATHLETA""

Nonauthor

BANKING the business of a bank

""Supporting no vertical weight other than its own; -- of a structural member; as, a non-bearing wall.as, a non-bearing wall.""

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

Nonclass

CONTACT to communicate with

Nondancer

DEVIANT one who deviates from the norm

DORMANT a joist

DURABLE {hardy=adj}

EARNING a preparation of calf's stomach

Twine, as opposed to rubber bands

Hardly aboveboard

They don't come into play

""FACTUAL actual, real""

FACULTY an inherent power or ability

Nonfarmer

FEDERAL a supporter of federation

Substantive, like a solid or liquid

GENITAL pertaining to reproduction

INITIAL to mark with the first letters of one's name

Nonlawyer

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

LIBRARY a room containing books for reading or reference

Figurative

LOGICAL pertaining to {logic=n}

MARITAL pertaining to {marriage=n}

MEDICAL a physical examination

""MIGRANT one who migrates, also MIGRATOR""

Tone-deaf, say

Nonmutant

Nonnative

Forced on regular after noon

Artificial

NUCLEAR pertaining to a {nucleus=n}

OPTIMAL most desirable

ORGANIC a substance of animal or vegetable origin

Incomparable ones

Unique things.

PASSIVE a verb form

Fail to settle in New York over broadcast by secretary to workers with trade

Default.

PLASTIC a synthetic mouldable substance

Hen as commonly reported on page producing eggs out of team captain (wordplay)

Banker in Monopoly might be failing to come up with cash, having lost

PROGRAM to arrange in a plan of proceedings

REACTOR one who {reacts=v}

Bibliophobes

READING material that is read

Bad news for magazine publishers

SALABLE able to be sold

SEPTATE having a septum

Nonskater

""SPATIAL pertaining to space, also SPACIAL""

SPEAKER one who {speaks=v}

Scratched one (wordplay)

No chance of dessert (wordplay)

N, evidently, for no-hoper (wordplay)

Scot-free (wordplay)

Order ban on latex to be unlevied

THERMAL a rising mass of warm air

TOBACCO an annual herb cultivated for its leaves

TRIVIAL insignificant

Hardly representative.

""UTOPIAN one who believes in the perfectibility of human society, also UTOPIST""

VETERAN a former member of the armed forces

""VINTAGE to strip of grapes, also VINT""

Normalcy

Made regular deals with minor criminal

Only white wine available around 11 is made as standard

Makes usual sounds maintaining right to strike back

""NORMALIZE To make normal; as, to normalize relations with China.as, to normalize relations with China.""

""NORMALIZE To make normal; as, to normalize relations with China.as, to normalize relations with China.""

Stops fluctuations, as in prices

Northeast

Northland

Northward

Sentries in front of the airplane (wordplay)

Defensive linemen

They face centers on the line of scrimmage

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

Nostalgia

Nostalgic

Old lover

Fame from something other than talent

It's not what you know it's if you're well-known

Fame

In a notarial manner.

Notarize

Into atonal composition, like the very process of writing music

Notchback

Writing materials

Memo sheets.

Plain precious stone in striking clasp

Can't be frozen. That's obvious

Plain diamond in striking clasp

In a noticeable manner.

""1. (Medicine) denoting certain infectious diseases of humans, such as smallpox and tuberculosis, outbreaks of which must be reported to the public health authorities""

Desire to join forces, in theory

In a speculative manner

Rock used for whetstones.

Fall newcomers (wordplay)

Novocaine

Nucleate

NUCLEATE to form into a nucleus

Nucleator

Back horse with one limb, 'Sea Slug'

A sea slug

Sea slug with one brown back limb

NUMBER to {count=v}

Numeracy

Numerate

The act or art of numbering.

They're the tops for calculating people!

Parts of fractions

Top figures

Pertaining to collectors' items.

Relating to coins or currency

Of coins

The office of a nuncio.

NUPTIAL a {wedding=n}

Hyde Park V.I.P.'s

Predecessors of the baby sitter.

Household caretakers

One who sells plants

Pediatrician (wordplay)

One who grows plants

The providing of loving care and attention.

NUTATION a {nodding=n}

Ball-breaker sounding sweet (wordplay)

Tchaikovsky's cocktail (wordplay)

High flier's suite (wordplay)

Nutgrass

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.""

Nymphalid

Nailbrush

Naiveness

Nakedness

Nalorphine

Naltrexone

*Almost no time at all

Tiny slices of time

Billions pass in a light-meter

Chemical smelling of mothballs

Narcissism

Narcissist

Narcissus

Composition of 18 regularly dropping off

Likely to drop off at any moment

Of a sleep disorder

Inducing stupor or narcosis.

NARRATION The act of telling or relating the particulars of an event; rehearsal; recital.

In the style of narration.

NARRATE to tell a story

(Medicine) Anatomy of or relating to the nose and stomach a nasogastric tube

Pl. nasopharynges (-f -r n j z) or nasopharynxes The part of the pharynx above the soft palate that is continuous with the nasal passages.

Nastiness

Bright pungent flowers.

Plants possibly turn as one in rising filth

Nervous naturist's covering bottom, heading off in bloomers

Natatorium

Convert from private to government ownership

Extreme patriotic feeling

State support, nominal as it might be

Madly into animals, hence partiality for the country

Extreme patriot

Revolutionary ain't registered as patriot

Patriot presenting people with a catalogue

American, for one

Such as 'British' or 'French'

Tony Italian? Could be English

""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.""

Nationhood

Plural or third person singular

Excretion of excessive amounts of sodium in the urine.

Excretion of excessive amounts of sodium in the urine.

Nattiness

Adopted as citizen - adapted to new situation

Naturalise

Naturalism

Darwin, Audubon, etc.

Experts in the living world

Acclimated to a new environment; introduced from another region and persisting without cultivation; -- of plants or animals not native to a location.

Habituates

The state or quality of being natural; conformity to nature.

Naturopath

Up to beat United, Rovers' man crosses road for alternative medicine

Bad behaviour (of a child)

Unruly quality

Mischief as eight nuns may go off the rails

Navigation

Like Mr. Magoo

No good at taking the long view (wordplay)

Showing lack of vision enraged this revolutionary

Essentials

Reclines say, after change of course

More of quip

Call for scene-shifting? It's tea break!

Compel break-up of nice estates

Call for one in condition after dodgy scene

Cagliostro, for one.

Ruth, the sorceress (wordplay)

Sauron, with an affair at the heart (wordplay)

Practising magic

""Sex an abnormal attraction, especially erotic, to corpses. ; necrophile, necrophiliac , n . Corpses an abnormal attraction, especially erotic, to corpses. ; necrophile, , adj. ; necrophiliac, , adj. -Phile, -Philia, -Phily an abnormal, often sexual attraction toward the dead or a dead body. ; necrophile , Death""

Cleopatra - or Susie (wordplay)

Seamstress

Nefarious

Negativism

Negativist

Parleying

Talks about one's job, perhaps

Discussion aimed at compromise

Process of reaching agreement

Negotiator

Of or pertaining to negotiation.

Fear of or contempt for Black people and their culture.

NEMATICIDE

Nematicide

Having the property of killing nematodes; lethal to nematodes.

Nematocide

Nematocyst

COLONIAL a citizen of a colony

Of or pertaining to the neocortex.

Neoliberal

NEONATE a newborn child

Neophiliac

Neorealism

Neorealist

Pl. nephropathies A disease or abnormality of the kidney.

NEURILEMMA The delicate outer sheath of a nerve fiber; the primitive sheath.

Neurilemma

Like a certain class of steroids that can alter brain function

""Of or pertaining to neuropathy; of the nature of, or suffering from, nervous disease.""

A neuropter.

Neurospora

NEURULAE neurula

Crazy leader is nut to be made ineffective

Rudest alien removed and made ineffective