2-Letter Words Starting with N

Having the property of killing nematodes; lethal to nematodes.

Nematocide

COLONIAL a citizen of a colony

Of or pertaining to the neocortex.

CORTICES cortex

Neoliberal

LOGISTIC a symbolic logic

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.

NEPHRITE a mineral

Adjective (-ic)

Nerviness

Nervosity

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.""

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.""

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

Neutrophil

Newsiness

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

NICTITATE To wink; to nictate.

Nifedipine

The Lady with the Lamp, d. 1910

Small thrush with a melodious song

Keats's immortal Bird

Like a bad dream

Very frightening

Very scary

Nightscope

Bittersweet plants

Glasses for really sensitive eyes (wordplay)

Belladonnas

Bedtime garments

Parts of bedroom sets

Bedside tables near the most original of teddy bears

Cops' props

Billy clubs

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

Clouds in Britain most unusual

Fools or simpletons

Knuckleheads

Fools new in company, politician has surprised expression

Nineteenth

A simpleton; a silly person.

Nippiness

Nitpicky

Nitrofuran

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.""

Causing pain. Used of a stimulus.

Nodulation

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

Nominalism

Nominalist

Results of primaries

Results from political conventions

Convention activities

Nominative

NOMOGRAPH

NOMOLOGIC

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

Nonadmirer

ALLERGIC a person with an allergy

""ALUMINUM a metallic element, also ALUMIUM""

ANALYTIC a scheme of analytical logic

ANATOMIC pertaining to {anatomy=n}

AROMATIC a fragrant substance

ARTISTIC pertaining to {art=n}

Word with prefix non-

Word with prefix non-

ATHLETIC relating to vigorous physical exercise

""AUDITORY a group of listeners, also AUDITIVE""

BELIEVER one who {believes=v}

BOTANIST one skilled in botany

BREEDING upbringing

BUILDING the process of erecting houses

""BUSINESS an occupation, profession or trade""

Word with prefix non-

Word with prefix non-

Noncarrier

CHEMICAL a substance obtained by chemistry

CIRCULAR a leaflet

Aliens

""CLERICAL a member of the clergy, also CLERIC""

CLINICAL pertaining to a {clinic=n}

CLOGGING clog

COERCIVE serving to coerce

CREATIVE having the ability to create

CRIMINAL one who has committed a crime

CRITICAL {crucial=adj}

CULINARY pertaining to {cooking=n}

CYCLICAL stock whose earnings fluctuate with the economy

DECISION to win a boxing decision

A neglect or failure of delivery; omission of delivery.

Featureless - tinned crops (anagram)

Princes don't turn out undistinguished

With no interesting characteristics

Word with prefix non-

DIABETIC one who has diabetes

DIDACTIC instructive

DIRECTED direct

DISABLED disable

DISCOUNT to reduce the price of

DIVIDING separation

DOGMATIC overbearing

DOMESTIC a household servant

DOMINANT a controlling genetic character

DRAMATIC pertaining to {drama=n}

Nondrinker

DRINKING the act of drinking

Plural of gerund noun

ECONOMIC relating to finance

Failure of election.

Like English, usually

""A substance that is not an electric; that which transmits electricity, as a metal.""

EMPHATIC stressed forcibly

People of little account.

EVIDENCE to make apparent or visible

Like the white-breasted pygmy kangaroo

Unreal

FAMILIAL pertaining to a {family=n}

Nonfamily

FEMINIST a supporter of feminism

Nonfiction

Like temperatures just above 0

HARMONIC an {overtone=n}

HOSPITAL a medical institution

Plural of gerund noun

IDENTITY the essential character of a person or thing

INDUSTRY a group of productive enterprises

INFECTED infect

INFESTED infest

INITIATE to begin or start

INTEGRAL a total unit

INTEREST to engage the attention of

(Of medical procedure) not involving entering the body

(Of operations) not requiring instruments within the body

INVOLVED involve

IONIZING ionize

IRRITANT something that irritates

Nonjoinder

JUDICIAL pertaining to courts of law

Characteristic of or appropriate to everyday language.

Like a culture without writing

LUMINOUS giving off light

""MAGNETIC a metal that attracts iron, also MAGNET""

""MATERIAL a substance that can be used for making anything, also MATERIEL""

Nonmeeting

Like many elements are

METRICAL pertaining to measurement

Word with prefix non-

MILITANT a person who takes active part in a struggle

MILITARY armed forces

MINORITY the fact of being little or less

""MOTILITY the ability to move, also MOTIVITY""

MUSICIAN one who performs or composes music

MYSTICAL spiritually significant

NATIONAL a citizen of a nation

NEGATIVE to {veto=v}

OFFICIAL one who holds a position of authority

OPERATIC the technique of staging operas

ORGASMIC pertaining to orgasm

Not in the party (wordplay)

Free from party affiliation

No French adherent is impartial

PHONEMIC pertaining to {phoneme=n}

PHONETIC pertaining to speech sounds

PHYSICAL a medical examination of the body

Nonplastic

Nonplus

Nonpros

PUNITIVE inflicting punishment

Nonracial

RAILROAD to transport by locomotive

RATIONAL a number that can be expressed as a quotient of integers

REACTIVE tending to react

Nonreceipt

REDUCING reduce

RELATIVE one who is connected with another by blood or marriage

Daytime visitor to hotel

ROTATING rotate

Plural or third person singular

""Not ruminating; as, a nonruminant animal. as, a nonruminant animal.""

Nonscience

Like Edward Lear's humor.

Too bizarre to understand

Having no meaning

SINKABLE able to be sunk

Failure of solution or explanation.

SPEAKING a speech or discourse