2-Letter Words Starting with N

An instrument for observing the clouds and their velocity.

Of or pertaining to a nephridium.

A segmental tubule; one of the tubules of the primitive urinogenital organs; a segmental organ. See Illust. under Loeven's larva. Illust. under Loeven's larva.

""A treatise on, or the science which treats of, the kidneys, and their structure and functions.""

Nephrotic

NEPOTIST one who practices {nepotism=n}

Neptunium

An affection of the nervous system or of a nerve.

English word

Work occupies troublesome Luther in cell

Recycling bin stack

Items sold at stands

They'll provide you with the latest rags

English word

Anchor, for example

One apt to give you a story

Newsprint

""(Medicine / Pharmacology) Med a calcium-channel blocker used in the treatment of hypertension, angina pectoris, and heart failure""

English word

Late joints; stop things (anagram)

Almost on time, views venues for entertainment

Large sum of money found in empty seats after dark in clubs

The other fellow's candidate

Silly goose

Not so smart with a free center (wordplay)

Basketball contest selectors (wordplay)

Those who groom pedants

Bug people who choose to be critics

Nitpicky

Fool, leading gathering, splitting hairs

Hairsplitter's activity

Fault-finding fool making a selection

Nomograph

A treatise on laws; an exposition of the form proper for laws.

ASPIRIN a pain relieving drug

CAPITAL the upper part of a column

COMPLEX to make complicated

Nonexpert

EXPOSED expose

OPTIMAL most desirable

Incomparable ones

Unique things.

PASSIVE a verb form

Fail to settle in New York over broadcast by secretary to workers with trade

Default.

Nonperson

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}

* It doesn't mean "subtracted"

Surprised and confused

Perplexed - and apparently not put on

Bewilders

Baffles.

Confounds

PROBLEM a difficult question or situation

Nonprofit

PROGRAM to arrange in a plan of proceedings

Nonpros

Nonpros

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

RECEIPT to mark as having been paid

SEPTATE having a septum

""SPATIAL pertaining to space, also SPACIAL""

SPEAKER one who {speaks=v}

Lack of help from the second half

Hardly representative.

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

Noosphere

Parts of eyeglasses

Writing materials

Memo sheets.

NUPTIAL a {wedding=n}

""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

Nymphette

One who is in a state of nympholepsy.

Nalorphine

Chemical smelling of mothballs

Composition of 18 regularly dropping off

Likely to drop off at any moment

Of a sleep disorder

Pl. nasopharynges (-f -r n j z) or nasopharynxes The part of the pharynx above the soft palate that is continuous with the nasal passages.

Naturopath

Up to beat United, Rovers' man crosses road for alternative medicine

""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

For acupuncturists (wordplay)

Embroidery - I needn't lope (anagram)

Tennis embroidery (wordplay)

Negrophobe

Fear of or contempt for Black people and their culture.

Neophiliac

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)

See antipsychotic drug .

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

A neuropter.

Neurospora

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

Neutrophil

Newspaper

Newsperson

Nifedipine

Nightscope

Fools or simpletons

Knuckleheads

Fools new in company, politician has surprised expression

Nippiness

Nitpicky

Causing pain. Used of a stimulus.

NOMOGRAPH

ADAPTIVE able to be adapted

Word with prefix non-

Word with prefix non-

COMPOSER one who writes music

COMPOUND to add to

COMPUTER a machine that computes automatically

COPLANAR on the same plane

Featureless - tinned crops (anagram)

Princes don't turn out undistinguished

With no interesting characteristics

EMPHATIC stressed forcibly

EMPLOYEE a person who is employed

HOSPITAL a medical institution

OPERATIC the technique of staging operas

Not parallel; -- of lines or linear objects. Opposite of parallel.parallel.

Not in the party (wordplay)

Free from party affiliation

No French adherent is impartial

Nonpayment

""PERSONAL a brief, private notice in a newspaper""

PHONEMIC pertaining to {phoneme=n}

PHONETIC pertaining to speech sounds

PHYSICAL a medical examination of the body

Nonplastic

Nonplus

""Not pregnant; as, a drug approved only for use in nonpregnant females. Opposite of pregnant.as, a drug approved only for use in nonpregnant females. Opposite of pregnant.""

Nonproblem

Word with prefix non-

Nonpros

PUNITIVE inflicting punishment

Nonreceipt

RESPONSE a reply or reaction

Nonspeaker

SPEAKING a speech or discourse

Not assignable to a particular cause (med.)

Fellow found among unusually nice cops in general

SPORTING sport

Nonsupport

TEMPORAL a bone of the skull

TROPICAL pertaining to the tropics

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

Living material within a cell

Part of cell released by sumac pollen

Never having given birth

Oral, as a will

Nyctalopia

A species of demoniac enthusiasm or possession coming upon one who had accidentally looked upon a nymph; ecstasy.

Nympholept

Uncontrollable sexual desire

Naphthalene

Naprapathy

Narcolepsy

Narcoleptic

NATUROPATH

Of or pertaining to the Necrophaga; eating carrion. See Necrophagan. Necrophaga; eating carrion. See Necrophagan.

Sexual pervert in police car, terribly hard to keep in

Necrophilia

NECROPHILE

""NECROPOLIS A city of the dead; a name given by the ancients to their cemeteries, and sometimes applied to modern burial places; a graveyard.""

Needlepoint

Negrophobia

Nephelinite

NEPHELINITE

An instrument for measuring or registering the amount of cloudiness.

An apparatus used to measure the size and concentration of particles in a liquid by analysis of light scattered by the liquid.

Nephrology

Kidney doctor

English port with nothing doing for renal expert

Pl. nephropathies A disease or abnormality of the kidney.

Nephrostome

Neuroleptic

Neuropathy

""Any of various short-chain peptides found in brain tissue, such as endorphins.""

Neuropteran

Neuropteral.

""NEUTROPHILE One of a group of leukocytes whose granules stain only with neutral dyes; it is the chief phagocytic leukocyte in the circulating blood, comprising from 54% to 65% of the total number of leukocytes.""

Newspaper

Rag organiser (wordplay)

Hack report and document for worker

Member of syndicate prepares the leader

We pen and pen with arms outstretched

Nomography

Neglecting or refusing to comply.

Noncomposer

Word with prefix non-

""CORPORATE Formed into a body by legal enactment; united in an association, and endowed by law with the rights and liabilities of an individual; incorporated; as, a corporate town. as, a corporate town.""

""DECEPTIVE Tending to deceive; having power to mislead, or impress with false opinions; as, a deceptive countenance or appearance. as, a deceptive countenance or appearance.""

""DEPENDENT Hanging down; as, a dependent bough or leaf. as, a dependent bough or leaf.""

DEPLETING deplete

DEPRESSED depress

Nondescript

""EMPIRICAL Pertaining to, or founded upon, experiment or experience; depending upon the observation of phenomena; versed in experiments.""

Nonemployee

Not explosive.

HAPPENING happen

Word with prefix non-

""MUNICIPAL Of or pertaining to a city or a corporation having the right of administering local government; as, municipal rights; municipal officers. as, municipal rights; municipal officers.""

OPERATING operate

Broken

Word with prefix non-

Not parasitic.

PASSERINE Of or pertaining to the Passeres.

""PERFORMER One who performs, accomplishes, or fulfills; as, a good promiser, but a bad performer; especially, one who shows skill and training in any art; as, a performer of the drama; a performer on the harp. as, a good promiser, but a bad performer; especially, one who shows skill and training in any art; as, a performer of the drama; a performer on the harp.""

""PETROLEUM Rock oil, mineral oil, or natural oil, a dark brown or greenish inflammable liquid, which, at certain points, exists in the upper strata of the earth, from whence it is pumped, or forced by pressure of the gas attending it. It consists of a complex mixture of various hydrocarbons, largely of the methane series, but may vary much in appearance, composition, and properties. It is refined by distillation, and the products include kerosene, benzine, gasoline, paraffin, etc.""

PHOSPHATE A salt of phosphoric acid.

""PHYSICIAN A person skilled in physic, or the art of healing; one duty authorized to prescribe remedies for, and treat, diseases; a doctor of medicine.""

POISONOUS Having the qualities or effects of poison; venomous; baneful; corrupting; noxious.

Not political. Opposite of political.political.

POLLUTING pollute

PRACTICAL Of or pertaining to practice or action.

PRODUCING produce

Inflected form of PSYCHOTIC Inflected form of PSYCHO a mentally unstable person

PURPOSIVE Having or indicating purpose or design.

""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.""