2-Letter Words Starting with N

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

Nonbelief

BETTING the act of placing a bet

BINDING the cover and fastenings of a book

BONDING the act of bonding

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}

CITIZEN a resident of a city

DEVIANT one who deviates from the norm

One avoiding spirits

Dry sort of northern 1 Euros note across the sea

Stays away from the locals as has no interest in 14 down

Nondriver

EARNING a preparation of calf's stomach

Twine, as opposed to rubber bands

Nonentry

ENZYMIC pertaining to an {enzyme=n}

Hardly aboveboard

No fancy work (wordplay)

As a writer, you couldn't make it up!

Best seller category

GENETIC pertaining to {genetics=n}

GENITAL pertaining to reproduction

GROWING cultivation

HISTONE a simple protein

HOSTILE an unfriendly person

HOUSING any dwelling house

HUNTING an instance of searching

Nonillion

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

Noninsect

INSURED one who is insured

""The omission of some person who ought to have been made a plaintiff or defendant in a suit, or of some cause of action which ought to be joined.""

Nonjoiner

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

LIBRARY a room containing books for reading or reference

Nonliquid

Figurative

LOGICAL pertaining to {logic=n}

MARITAL pertaining to {marriage=n}

MEDICAL a physical examination

MEETING an assembly for a common purpose

""MIGRANT one who migrates, also MIGRATOR""

MIMETIC resembling {mimesis=n}

Tone-deaf, say

Nonnative

OBVIOUS easily understood

OPTIMAL most desirable

ORGANIC a substance of animal or vegetable origin

Incomparable ones

Unique things.

PASSIVE a verb form

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

Inflected form of PLUSING Inflected form of PLUS to {increase=v}

Nonprofit

""PROTEIN a nitrogenous organic compound, also PROTEID, PROTEIDE""

READING material that is read

RECEIPT to mark as having been paid

Nonrioter

RIOTING the act of rioting

ROUTINE a regular course of procedure

SCIENCE knowledge obtained by observation and experiment

SERIOUS thoughtful or subdued in appearance

Nonsigner

Restaurant section, perhaps

Restaurant section

""SPATIAL pertaining to space, also SPACIAL""

Like hormones synthesized from amino acids

Nonstory

Nonsuit

One likely to drown in water

Nontheist

TRIVIAL insignificant

Hardly representative.

Heterogeneous

Irregular

UTILITY the quality of being useful

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

Nonviewer

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

Like Gandhi's resistance

Like some protests

Friends are like this in novel, not otherwise

Nonvirgin

VISCOUS having relatively high resistance to flow

WINNING money won in a game or bet

WORKING a mining excavation

Nonwriter

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

Parts of eyeglasses

Nosiness

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

Nosology

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

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

Nourisher

Rhino using ground for feeding

Strengthening

Nutritious

Rock used for whetstones.

Novelise

NOVELIST one who writes novels

Novelize

Fall newcomers (wordplay)

""An antibiotic, C 31 H 36 N 2 O 11 , produced by the actinomycete Streptomyces nivens and used to treat infections by gram-positive bacteria.""

Novocaine

Nubility

Nucleate

NUCLEATE to form into a nucleus

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.""

DNA building block

Genetic building block

Phosphate and sugar linked in this compound; once dilute (anagram)

Back horse with one limb, 'Sea Slug'

A sea slug

Sea slug with one brown back limb

Nullifier

Rendering void

Cancelling out

Numbfish

Numeracy

Numerate

The act or art of numbering.

Numinous

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

NUTATION a {nodding=n}

Foods unhappy men trust in

Foods.

Food

Nutrition

Teachers' recipe? It promises to be wholesome!

Suitor with unit adapted to be good for him

Nourishing

""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

Nalorphine

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

Neediness

For acupuncturists (wordplay)

Embroidery - I needn't lope (anagram)

Tennis embroidery (wordplay)

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.

Fear of or contempt for Black people and their culture.

Very close

Neighbour

NEMATICIDE

Nematicide