2-Letter Words Starting with N

Why A is not able (wordplay)

Posh bloke? The French count, perhaps

Earl-y (wordplay)

Molding with undulating lower edge

Small cloud

Little cloud

Implement to annoy (wordplay)

Dislike injection (wordplay)

One getting into the groove (wordplay)

Not on your - - !

Nervous girl (wordplay)

Nervous one (wordplay)

Snuggle like spoons, say

Get cosy with a food provider (wordplay)

Settle comfortably (against something)

Is this perhaps stings (wordplay)

Plant bug (wordplay)

Rash Hotspur's danger (wordplay)

Have the munchies (wordplay)

A little bit E (wordplay)

Take small bites from

Five-cent piece in the US

A slight bother

Argue over trivial things

Worry, seeing gee-gee entering river

Quick - doctor seen in river!

Quick! The doctor's in the river!

Quick, the doctor's in the river!

To provide with a nipple

Suborn (people) - tamper with (horses)

Sabotage (racehorse, greyhound etc)

Disable by drugging, a horse say

No theologian, the French head!

Head or brain (slang)

Head (sl.)

Tumorous growth sometimes

Somehow undo the French knot

Small lump or swelling

Simple person - in the soup (wordplay)

Such a fool to be in the soup!

Thick pasta (wordplay)

Business end of gas pump

Spout at end of tube

Water-fountain part

Small lump.

Small lump

Of marriageable age (wordplay)

Old enough to marry

Ready for it? Tangled Up in Blue

As Fool called Lear

Old relative - sister? Not quite clear

Show affection, in a way

Loving motion

Snout caress

Enclosed part of a blimp

The car of a balloon

Engine housing, as on the Enterprise

Identifiable (Var.)

Worthy to be mentioned

Worthy to be given a title

Ornamental Turkish water pipe.

Water pipe smoked in the East.

Oriental pipe

Clouds in the cosmos

Interstellar dust clouds

Interstellar space clouds

Casual attire (from Fr.)

Loose gown cut short? Careless!

Robe de chambre.

""A vascular ridge on a leaf, also NERVURE""

Meshed up (wordplay)

Threaded across and down

Resembling a mesh

Like a nib

Chemical in egg leading to anger

Latex-like glove material

'Birthday' or 'mother's maiden name,' e.g

Clue not used by aviator (wordplay)

Clue not suited to bat

Old World bat.

Like gasses, but not grasses

Lack of existence

Insurance category for cars, boats, fire damage, etc.

Ninefold; lone pun (anagram)

Word hitting two Triple Word Scores in Scrabble

Standing joke among lone characters in baseball team, say (wordplay)

Star lacking power (wordplay)

Celebrity at a loss (wordplay)

VIP without skills (wordplay)

Short read (var.)

Short stories, like Boccaccio's.

Short tales, as the "Decameron."

""A species of atom, also NUCLEIDE""

Like a nun

Hard and crunchy, maybe

Like the flavor of amontillado

Resembling a litchi

A chemical compound

That can be identified

Worthy of a title

Memorable Var.

Oriental water pipe for smoking.

Oriental smoking pipe.

Last of shag filling inhaler adapted as smoking pipe

Arctic marine mammal (Var.)

Mammal mentioned in "Moby Dick."

Prepared sea-snail, to render not just in the mouth

Talk in a certain way.

Talk in a certain way

""To reduce to a fine spray, also NEBULIZE""

Convert to a fine spray

Cloudy Var.

Cloudy variable

Cloudlike

Something that may be charmed (wordplay)

String of beads, perhaps

Piece of jewellery

Resembling a neck

Turtle, polo or sweetheart, say

From which the head emerges in a dress

It may have a V shape

Not formal address (wordplay)

A woman can see through this!

Woman's flimsy nightgown

Space-saving, in a way

Like a nest

Able to be netted

Neurula

Persons of high birth

Comtes, comtesses, etc.

Word before oblige

What's knotty could be unloosed

Lumpy hooter's terribly loud inside

What's no use, old, terribly lumpy

Not belonging to an elite group

Like framer's glass

Type of glass

Like a contest with nothing at stake

Not for the championship

Like a bout on an undercard

Like a nook

Like a nose

Like a nova

""To put into the form of a novel, also NOVELIZE""

""To put into the form of a novel, also NOVELISE""

{cloudy=adj}

Any of important enzymes in plants and animals

Form into a central mass

Form around a central area

Having a center, as a cell

Student in new kind of surgery reportedly found body essential for growth

A plaque to identify river, perhaps

ID on a door, perhaps

Office door feature

""A zeolite occuring in groups of glassy acicular crystals, and in masses which often have a radiated structure. It is a hydrous silicate of alumina and soda.""

AB leaving (anagram)

Fit for ships

Like major channels

""A mineral of sodium-aluminum or potassium-aluminum silicate, occurring worldwide in igneous rocks and used in the manufacture of ceramics and enamels.""

""A mineral occuring at Vesuvius, in glassy hexagonal crystals; also elsewhere, in grayish or greenish masses having a greasy luster, as the variety el\'91olite. It is a silicate of aluminia, soda, and potash.""

English word

""A mineral of a copperred color and metallic luster; an arsenide of nickel; called also coppernickel, kupfernickel. coppernickel, kupfernickel.""

Bars and clubs, say

Insomniacs' distraction (wordplay)

Balls and bats can be part of it

ARABLE land suitable for cultivation

EDIBLE something fit to be eaten

LEAGUE to come together for a common purpose

LEGUME a type of plant

MOBILE a form of sculpture

Anchored for life, as barnacles

POLICE to make orderly

SALINE a salt solution

Destined to fail

Miss Desmond's stays, we hear, given to regiment (wordplay)

By the sound of this, it's all right, you see, for the two girls

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

Thin book, perhaps

Billy Budd, for one

Irish victory for Shaw

Capable of being counted

Capable of being counted

""A drug, C 19 H 21 NO 3 , derived from morphine, used to treat respiratory depression and other effects of an overdose of narcotics.""

""A drug, C 20 H 23 NO 4 , used as an antagonist to narcotic drugs.""

NATURAL a type of musical note

Make less artificial.

Adjective meaning resembling

Disregard northern cold in nightie

Laxity of knight caught wearing flimsy garb

Delinquency

Insignificant

Paltry

Open to discussion

Subject to compromise

Subject to bargaining

Irritating notelets sent out by this writer

Make ineffective through impartial viewers being heard

Make ineffective.

Counteract

Offset

English word

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

COLLEGE a school of higher learning

DURABLE {hardy=adj}

HOSTILE an unfriendly person

SALABLE able to be sold

Scot-free (wordplay)

Order ban on latex to be unlevied

Plain precious stone in striking clasp

Can't be frozen. That's obvious

Plain diamond in striking clasp

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

Rock used for whetstones.

""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)

NUMBER to {count=v}

Chemical smelling of mothballs

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.""

An igneous rock consisting chiefly of pyroxene and nepheline.

The Lady with the Lamp, d. 1910

Small thrush with a melodious song

Keats's immortal Bird

BURNABLE something that can be burnt

CALLABLE able to be called

Air of jaunty unconcern.

Casually calm manner

Casually calm relaxed attitude

DELEGATE to appoint as one's representative

Like English, usually

EMPLOYEE a person who is employed

LANGUAGE to express in a body of words serving as communication

Like a culture without writing

RELATIVE one who is connected with another by blood or marriage

REUSABLE capable of being used again

SINKABLE able to be sunk

Gandhi's policy

Principle of Martin Luther King Jr.

Martin Luther King Jr. byword

Calm

A chemical compound or group that is attracted to nuclei and tends to donate or share electrons.

System of naming

Neater column (anagram) - terminology

Strange manner to clue terminology

BREAKABLE Capable of being broken.

Inflected form of CRUSHABLE Inflected form of CRUSH to press out of shape

""EXCLUSIVE Having the power of preventing entrance; debarring from participation or enjoyment; possessed and enjoyed to the exclusion of others; as, exclusive bars; exclusive privilege; exclusive circles of society. as, exclusive bars; exclusive privilege; exclusive circles of society.""

Not explosive.

""Not easily ignited, and burning only slowly if ignited.""

INFLUENCE A flowing in or upon; influx.

""MALLEABLE Capable of being extended or shaped by beating with a hammer, or by the pressure of rollers; applied to metals.""

Cannot be replenished

""REPAYABLE Capable of being, or proper to be , repaid; due; as, a loan repayable in ten days; services repayable in kind. as, a loan repayable in ten days; services repayable in kind.""

SELECTIVE Selecting; tending to select.

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

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.""

ABSORBABLE Capable of being absorbed or swallowed up.

Inflected form of CANCELABLE Inflected form of CANCEL to {annul=v}

Not in a college

COMPARABLE Capable of being compared; worthy of comparison.

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

The breaking of rules

Refusal to conform

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.""

DEFERRABLE

DEGRADABLE

""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.""

Inflected form of DEPLETABLE Inflected form of DEPLETE to lessen the supply of

DETACHABLE That can be detached.

""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.""

EVALUATIVE exercising or involving careful analytical evaluations.

Inflected form of EXPENDABLE Inflected form of EXPEND to consume in any way

EXPLOITIVE tending to exploit or make use of.

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

MEASURABLE Capable of being measured; susceptible of mensuration or computation.

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.""

Inflected form of RECYCLABLE Inflected form of RECYCLE to process waste materials

REFILLABLE

REFUNDABLE

""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.""

Like a bottle on which no deposit has been paid

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

Blood pressure drug

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

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

Explosive

""ACCOUNTABLE Liable to be called on to render an account; answerable; as, every man is accountable to God for his conduct. as, every man is accountable to God for his conduct.""

""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.""

""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.""

""CONDENSABLE Capable of being condensed; as, vapor is condensable. as, vapor is condensable.""

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

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

""ELECTROLYTE A compound decomposable, or subjected to decomposition, by an electric current.""

""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.""

JUSTICIABLE Proper to be examined in a court of justice.

POLARIZABLE Susceptible of polarization.

SPECULATIVE Given to speculation; contemplative.

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

""CONTROLLABLE Capable of being controlled, checked, or restrained; amenable to command.""

EXPLOITATIVE

QUANTIFIABLE