2-Letter Words Starting with N

Nourisher

Rock used for whetstones.

Long short stories

Brief romances, for example

Inserted, in a way

Novelise

NOVELIST one who writes novels

Novelize

Fall newcomers (wordplay)

Novocaine

Nubility

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)

Nudeness

Nullifier

NUMBER to {count=v}

Too many to count

Very many like identification using letters only (wordplay)

Uncountable

Numbfish

Numbness

Numeracy

Numerate

The act or art of numbering.

They're the tops for calculating people!

Parts of fractions

Top figures

Quantitative "science" (wordplay)

Occult interpretation of numbers

NUMEROUS {many=adj}

Numinous

The office of a nuncio.

Hyde Park V.I.P.'s

Predecessors of the baby sitter.

Household caretakers

One who sells plants

Pediatrician (wordplay)

One who grows plants

Runny meres (anagram)

Growers and sellers of plants

Hothouse workers

The providing of loving care and attention.

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.

Foods unhappy men trust in

Foods.

Food

Nymphette

One who is in a state of nympholepsy.

Nailbrush

Naiveness

Nakedness

Nalorphine

Naltrexone

*Almost no time at all

Tiny slices of time

Billions pass in a light-meter

Chemical smelling of mothballs

Narcissus

Composition of 18 regularly dropping off

Likely to drop off at any moment

Of a sleep disorder

In the style of narration.

Nastiness

Convert from private to government ownership

""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.""

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

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.

Bad behaviour (of a child)

Unruly quality

Mischief as eight nuns may go off the rails

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

Somehow sense cities' requirements

Things one must have

Pressing requirements

Very needy or indigent; pressed with poverty.

Relative of a fichu.

Part of a Boy Scout's uniform

Piece of ornamental cloth

Necrology

One who gives an account of deaths.

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""

NECROPHILE

""Pl. necropolises or necropoleis (-l s ) A cemetery, especially a large and elaborate one belonging to an ancient city.""

Necropsy

NECROTIZE

NEEDFUL something that is needed

Neediness

For acupuncturists (wordplay)

Embroidery - I needn't lope (anagram)

Tennis embroidery (wordplay)

Cleopatra - or Susie (wordplay)

Seamstress

""A woman who does needlework, especially a seamstress.""

Needlework

Nefarious

Negativism

Negativist

Negligence

In a negligent manner.

Parleying

Talks about one's job, perhaps

Discussion aimed at compromise

Process of reaching agreement

Negotiator

Of or pertaining to negotiation.

Negrophobe

Fear of or contempt for Black people and their culture.

Very close

Neighbour

NEMATICIDE

Nematicide

Having the property of killing nematodes; lethal to nematodes.

Nematocide

Nematocyst

COLONIAL a citizen of a colony

Neocortex

Of or pertaining to the neocortex.

CORTICES cortex

Neoliberal

LOGISTIC a symbolic logic

NEONATE a newborn child

ORTHODOX one who holds traditional beliefs

Neophiliac

Neorealism

Neorealist

""Either of two related white crystalline compounds, C 12 H 19 BrN 2 O 2 or C 13 H 22 N 2 O 6 S, that opposes the action of acetylcholinesterase and is used in the treatment of glaucoma, myasthenia gravis, and various postoperative conditions.""

An igneous rock consisting chiefly of pyroxene and nepheline.

Nephoscope

Pl. nephrectomies Surgical removal of a kidney.

NEPHRITE a mineral

Pl. nephropathies A disease or abnormality of the kidney.

The funnelshaped opening of a nephridium into the body cavity.

Adjective (-ic)

In a confident manner

Nerviness

Nervosity

Anxiety, apprehension

Disquiet

Hades

Hell

Networking

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

Neurilemma

Like a certain class of steroids that can alter brain function

""Any of the long, thin, microscopic fibrils that run through the body of a neuron and extend into the axon and dendrites.""

Neurohumor

See antipsychotic drug .

Neurology

Spinal cord specialist

Medical specialist in the nervous system

Expert on the nervous system

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

A neuropter.

Neurospora

Personality disorder raging in Tom Cruise

Neurotoxin

Tending to affect or attack nervous tissue: a neurotropic venom.

NEURULAE neurula

Crazy leader is nut to be made ineffective

Rudest alien removed and made ineffective

Neutralise

Neutralism

Neutralist

Made ineffective

Negated

""One who, or that which, neutralizes; that which destroys, disguises, or renders inert the peculiar properties of a body.""

Neutralize

NEUTRAL one that is impartial

Neutrophil

Newscaster

Newsdealer

Newsiness

Publications from special groups

Four directions given by landlords in information sheets

Newsmonger

Newspaper

Newsperson

Warren seeds (anagram) - broadcasters

Present participle or gerund

""The amide of niacin (nicotinic acid), called also nicotinamide. It was at one time called vitamin B3, and can function to relieve nicotinic acid deficiency. Chemical formula C6H6N2O, chemically it is 3-pyridinecarboxamide.nicotinamide. It was at one time called vitamin B3, and can function to relieve nicotinic acid deficiency. Chemical formula C6H6N2O, chemically it is 3-pyridinecarboxamide.""

Jefferson's favorite channel (wordplay)

Jukebox (US colloq.)

Popular cable channel

Nifedipine

The Lady with the Lamp, d. 1910

Small thrush with a melodious song

Keats's immortal Bird

Nightscope

Bittersweet plants

Glasses for really sensitive eyes (wordplay)

Belladonnas

""One, especially a robber or prostitute, who walks the streets at night.""

Nineteenth

A simpleton; a silly person.

Nippiness

Nitpicky

An enzyme of nitrogen-fixing bacteria that catalyzes the conversion of nitrogen to ammonia.

Containing element N

""Any of a class of organic compounds with the general formula R 2 NNO or RNHNO, present in various foods and other products and found to be carcinogenic in laboratory animals.""

Nobleness

Causing pain. Used of a stimulus.

In a silent manner

Without any sound

Silently

Annual party favors

New Year's Eve handouts

Detritus on New Year's morning

""One that makes noise, especially a device such as a horn or rattle used to make noise at a party.""

Noisiness

NOISOME harmful to health

One who calls persons or things by their names.

Nominative

ABRASIVE an abrading substance

ACADEMIC a college student or teacher

ADAPTIVE able to be adapted

ADDITIVE a substance added to foodstuffs

ADHESIVE a glue like substance

Not next to

Nonadmirer

AFFLUENT a stream that flows into another

ALLERGIC a person with an allergy

ARGUMENT an exchange of differing reasons

Word with prefix non-

Nonathlete

ATHLETIC relating to vigorous physical exercise

ATTACHED attach

ATTENDER one who is attentive

BELIEVER one who {believes=v}