2-Letter Words Starting with N

Not marked by or given to imitation. Opposite of imitative.imitative.

INDUCTIVE Leading or drawing; persuasive; tempting; usually followed by to. to.

INFECTIVE Infectious.

INFLUENCE A flowing in or upon; influx.

""INSURANCE The act of insuring, or assuring, against loss or damage by a contingent event; a contract whereby, for a stipulated consideration, called premium, one party undertakes to indemnify or guarantee another against loss by certain specified risks. Cf. Assurance, n., 6. premium, one party undertakes to indemnify or guarantee another against loss by certain specified risks. Cf. Assurance, n., 6.""

INTRUSIVE Apt to intrude; characterized by intrusion; entering without right or welcome.

""INTUITIVE Seeing clearly; as, an intuitive view; intuitive vision. as, an intuitive view; intuitive vision.""

NARRATIVE Of or pertaining to narration; relating to the particulars of an event or transaction.

""NORMATIVE relating to or dealing with norms; as, normative discipline; normative samples.as, normative discipline; normative samples.""

""NUTRITIVE Of or pertaining to nutrition; as, the nutritive functions; having the quality of nourishing; nutritious; nutrimental; alimental; as, nutritive food or berries. as, the nutritive functions; having the quality of nourishing; nutritious; nutrimental; alimental; as, nutritive food or berries.""

OBJECTIVE Of or pertaining to an object.

Broken

PASSERINE Of or pertaining to the Passeres.

PURPOSIVE Having or indicating purpose or design.

""The state or condition of being nonresident,""

SELECTIVE Selecting; tending to select.

Not sensitive; wanting sense or perception; not easily affected.

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

Pertaining to or having normal blood pressure.

An enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of a nucleotide to a nucleoside and phosphoric acid.

""One of two basic amido derivatives of naphthalene, C10H7.NH2, forming crystalline solids. C10H7.NH2, forming crystalline solids.""

NEPHRECTOMIZE

A hydrolytic enzyme that removes sialic acid from mucoproteins and is found chiefly in microorganisms of the respiratory and intestinal tracts.

""ABSORPTIVE Having power, capacity, or tendency to absorb or imbibe.""

""AGGRESSIVE Tending or disposed to aggress; having or showing determination and energetic pursuit of one's own ends at the expense of others or mindless of others' needs or desires; characterized by aggression; making assaults; unjustly attacking; as, an aggressive policy, war, person, nation; an aggressive businessman; an aggressive basketball player; he was aggressive and imperious in his convictions; aggressive drivers. Opposite of unaggressive.as, an aggressive policy, war, person, nation; an aggressive businessman; an aggressive basketball player; he was aggressive and imperious in his convictions; aggressive drivers. Opposite of unaggressive.""

AUTOMOTIVE of or pertaining to the automobile.

Not in a college

COMPATIBLE Capable of existing in harmony; congruous; suitable; not repugnant; usually followed by with. with.

The breaking of rules

Refusal to conform

""CONDUCTIVE Having the quality or power of conducting; as, the conductive tissue of a pistil. as, the conductive tissue of a pistil.""

""CONFIDENCE The act of confiding, trusting, or putting faith in; trust; reliance; belief; formerly followed by of, now commonly by in. of, now commonly by in.""

CORRODIBLE Capable of being corroded; corrosible.

CUMULATIVE Composed of parts in a heap; forming a mass; agregated.

""Not allowable as a tax deduction; as, political contributions are nondeductible. Opposite of deductible.as, political contributions are nondeductible. Opposite of deductible.""

""DELIBERATE Weighing facts and arguments with a view a choice or decision; carefully considering the probable consequences of a step; circumspect; slow in determining; applied to persons; as, a deliberate judge or counselor. as, a deliberate judge or counselor.""

""DERIVATIVE Obtained by derivation; derived; not radical, original, or fundamental; originating, deduced, or formed from something else; secondary; as, a derivative conveyance; a derivative word. as, a derivative conveyance; a derivative word.""

""Inflected form of DIALYZABLE Inflected form of DIALYZE to use a kidney machine, also DIALYSE""

DIFFUSIBLE Capable of flowing or spreading in all directions; that may be diffused.

""DISCLOSURE The act of disclosing, uncovering, or revealing; bringing to light; exposure.""

DISCURSIVE Passing from one thing to another; ranging over a wide field; roving; digressive; desultory.

DISPERSIVE Tending to disperse.

""DISRUPTIVE Causing, or tending to cause, disruption; caused by disruption; breaking through; bursting; as, the disruptive discharge of an electrical battery. as, the disruptive discharge of an electrical battery.""

EVALUATIVE exercising or involving careful analytical evaluations.

EXPLOITIVE tending to exploit or make use of.

""FIGURATIVE Representing by a figure, or by resemblance; typical; representative.""

Inflected form of FILTERABLE Inflected form of FILTER to purify a fluid of solid matter

""FORFEITURE The act of forfeiting; the loss of some right, privilege, estate, honor, office, or effects, by an offense, crime, breach of condition, or other act.""

Not open to discussion or modification

Not open to discussion

Enabling one to put differently what's not open to change

""PERISHABLE Liable to perish; subject to decay, destruction, or death; as, perishable goods; our perishable bodies. as, perishable goods; our perishable bodies.""

PERMISSIVE Permitting; granting leave or liberty.

Not giving results

Sterile

REFILLABLE

Policy of not fighting against authority

Passive submission 3,10

RESPONSIVE That responds; ready or inclined to respond.

""RETRACTILE CApable of retraction; capable of being drawn back or up; as, the claws of a cat are retractile. as, the claws of a cat are retractile.""

Not reversible or capable of having either side out; -- used mostly of clothing. Opposite of reversible.reversible.

Inflected form of SHRINKABLE Inflected form of SHRINK to contract or draw back

Nonsubject

Blood pressure drug

""A progestational hormone, C 20 H 26 O 2 , similar in effect to progesterone, used especially in oral contraceptives.""

""A tricyclic antidepressant drug, C 19 H 21""

""Of, relating to, or involving the interaction between the nervous system and the hormones of the endocrine glands: the neuroendocrine apparatus in birds.""

""See Gun cotton, under Gun. Gun cotton, under Gun.""

Explosive

ACQUISITIVE Acquired.

BARBITURATE

""CLANDESTINE Conducted with secrecy; withdrawn from public notice, usually for an evil purpose; kept secret; hidden; private; underhand; as, a clandestine marriage. as, a clandestine marriage.""

Lack of coincidence.

""Not combustible; not able to burn; as, drapery should be made of noncombustible materials. Opposite of combustible.as, drapery should be made of noncombustible materials. Opposite of combustible.""

COMMUTATIVE Relative to exchange; interchangeable; reciprocal.

""COMPETITIVE Of or pertaining to competition; producing competition; competitory; as, a competitive examination. as, a competitive examination.""

""CONSECUTIVE Following in a train; suceeding one another in a regular order; successive; uninterrupted in course or succession; with no interval or break; as, fifty consecutive years. as, fifty consecutive years.""

""CONSUMPTIVE Of or pertaining to consumption; having the quality of consuming, or dissipating; destructive; wasting.""

CONVERTIBLE Capable of being converted; susceptible of change; transmutable; transformable.

COOPERATIVE

""CRYSTALLINE Consisting, or made, of crystal.""

Nondescript

""DESTRUCTIVE Causing destruction; tending to bring about ruin, death, or devastation; ruinous; fatal; productive of serious evil; mischievous; pernicious; often with of or to; as, intemperance is destructive of health; evil examples are destructive to the morals of youth. of or to; as, intemperance is destructive of health; evil examples are destructive to the morals of youth.""

DISTINCTIVE Marking or expressing distinction or difference; distinguishing; characteristic; peculiar.

""DOCTRINAIRE One who would apply to political or other practical concerns the abstract doctrines or the theories of his own philosophical system; a propounder of a new set of opinions; a dogmatic theorist. Used also adjectively; as, doctrinaire notions. as, doctrinaire notions.""

""EQUIVALENCE The condition of being equivalent or equal; equality of worth, value, signification, or force; as, an equivalence of definitions. as, an equivalence of definitions.""

Not capable of undergoing fission{4}; -- of atoms or chemical elements. Opposite of fissionable.fissionable.

FORFEITABLE Liable to be forfeited; subject to forfeiture.

""INFLAMMABLE Capable of being easily set fire; easily enkindled; combustible; as, inflammable oils or spirits. as, inflammable oils or spirits.""

INTERACTIVE

""INTERCOURSE A <?/<?/mmingling; intimate connection or dealings between persons or nations, as in common affairs and civilities, in correspondence or trade; communication; commerce; especially, interchange of thought and feeling; association; communion.""

JUSTICIABLE Proper to be examined in a court of justice.

POLARIZABLE Susceptible of polarization.

""PROGRESSIVE Moving forward; proceeding onward; advancing; evincing progress; increasing; as, progressive motion or course; opposed to retrograde. as, progressive motion or course; opposed to retrograde.""

""RADIOACTIVE Capable of luminescence under the action of cathode rays, X rays, or any of the allied forms of radiation.""

""RESTRICTIVE Serving or tending to restrict; limiting; as, a restrictive particle; restrictive laws of trade. as, a restrictive particle; restrictive laws of trade.""

RETROACTIVE Fitted or designed to retroact; operating by returned action; affecting what is past; retrospective.

SPECULATIVE Given to speculation; contemplative.

Real spelling of a real hormone (but didn't she direct Sleepless in Seattle?)

Cover insane vote cast with Bush's persuasion (wordplay)

""ARCHITECTURE The art or science of building; especially, the art of building houses, churches, bridges, and other structures, for the purposes of civil life; often called civil architecture. civil architecture.""

""COMPRESSIBLE Capable of being pressed together or forced into a narrower compass, as an elastic or spongy substance.""

""CONSERVATIVE Having power to preserve in a safe of entire state, or from loss, waste, or injury; preservative.""

""CONSTRUCTIVE Having ability to construct or form; employed in construction; as, to exhibit constructive power. as, to exhibit constructive power.""

EXPLOITATIVE

""INDEPENDENCE The state or quality of being independent; freedom from dependence; exemption from reliance on, or control by, others; selfsubsistence or maintenance; direction of one's own affairs without interference.""

Laissez-faire.

QUANTIFIABLE

QUANTITATIVE Relating to quantity.

""REPRODUCTIVE Tending, or pertaining, to reproduction; employed in reproduction.""

""SAPONIFIABLE Capable of conversion into soap; as, a saponifiable substance. as, a saponifiable substance.""

Inflected form of SEDIMENTABLE Inflected form of SEDIMENT to settle in the bottom of a liquid

Like Parkinson's disease

Atypical