2-Letter Words Starting with N

Inflected form of RESPONDER Inflected form of RESPOND to {answer=v}

Nonresponse

""Inflected form of SPHERICAL Inflected form of SPHERIC having the form of a sphere, also SPHERAL""

Word with prefix non-

""The basic structure of a virus, consisting of a core of nucleic acid enclosed in a protein coat.""

Nucleophile

NUCLEOPHILE

Nucleoplasm

Nuptiality

Under the influence of nympholepsy; ecstatic; frenzied.

Many champion dissolute sex addict

Nymphomania

""Plankton of minute size, especially plankton composed of organisms measuring from 2 to 20 micrometers.""

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

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.

Nasopharynx

Naturopathy

Necrophiliac

Necrophilism

""NEOPLASTIC of or pertaining to neoplasty, or neoplasia.""

""NEOPLASTIC of or pertaining to neoplasty, or neoplasia.""

Nephelometer

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

Nephrectomy

NEPHRECTOMIZE

Nephrologist

Nephropathy

Neuropeptide

NINCOMPOOP A fool; a silly or stupid person.

""Any of a group of organic compounds formed by replacing one or more of the hydrogen atoms of a paraffin hydrocarbon with the univalent group, NO 2 , as in nitromethane, CH 3 NO 2 .""

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

Dismissal of cop - canteen can go wild

Terrible canteen cop can boycott (wordplay)

Inflected form of ALPHABETIC Inflected form of ALPHABET a system of letters

Failure to be present

A no-show

""CAPITALIST One who has capital; one who has money for investment, or money invested; esp. a person of large property, which is employed in business.""

COMPARABLE Capable of being compared; worthy of comparison.

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

""COMPETITOR One who seeks what another seeks, or claims what another claims; one who competes; a rival.""

The breaking of rules

Refusal to conform

Plural of gerund noun

CONCEPTUAL Pertaining to conception.

COOPERATOR

Nondependent

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

A failure to deposit or throw down.

DIAPAUSING diapause

""DIPLOMATIC A minister, official agent, or envoy to a foreign court; a diplomatist.""

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.""

""EMPLOYMENT The act of employing or using; also, the state of being employed.""

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

EXPLOITIVE tending to exploit or make use of.

Plural or third person singular

Nonhappening

State of not being a member.

PARAMETRIC

""PATHOGENIC Of or pertaining to pathogeny; producting disease; as, a pathogenic organism; a pathogenic bacterium. as, a pathogenic organism; a pathogenic bacterium.""

Nonperformer

PERFORMING perform

""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.

PERSISTENT Inclined to persist; having staying qualities; tenacious of position or purpose.

Word with prefix non-

Plural or third person singular

Nonphysician

POLITICIAN One versed or experienced in the science of government; one devoted to politics; a statesman.

""POSSESSION The act or state of possessing, or holding as one's own.""

PRACTICING practice

Not giving results

Sterile

""Inflected form of PROGRAMMER Inflected form of PROGRAMME That which is written or printed as a public notice or advertisement; a scheme; a prospectus; especially, a brief outline or explanation of the order to be pursued, or the subjects embraced, in any public exercise, performance, or entertainment; a preliminary sketch.""

RECIPROCAL Recurring in vicissitude; alternate.

RESPONDENT Disposed or expected to respond; answering; according; corresponding.

Nonresponder

RESPONSIVE That responds; ready or inclined to respond.

Generalist

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

Nucleocapsid

Of or pertaining to nucleoplasm; esp. applied to a body formed in the developing ovum from the plasma of the nucleus of the germinal vesicle.

""Any of a group of complexes composed of protein and nucleic acid and found in the nuclei and cytoplasm of all living cells, as in chromatin and ribosomes, and in viruses.""

Nympholepsy

Nymphomaniac

Nannoplankton

Naphthylamine

""Of or pertaining to both throat and nose; as, a nasopharyngeal polypus. as, a nasopharyngeal polypus.""

Neoplasticism

Neoplasticist

Nephelometry

NEPHRECTOMIZE

Nephrectomize

NEPHROTOXIC

""Medical Specialties the pathology of the nervous system. ; neuropathologist, ; neuropathologic, neuropathological,""

A woman who owns or publishes a newspaper.

A man who owns or publishes a newspaper.

Nitroparaffin

Nonacceptance

Nonappearance

Noncapitalist

""COMPETITION The act of seeking, or endevearing to gain, what another is endeavoring to gain at the same time; common strife for the same objects; strife for superiority; emulous contest; rivalry, as for approbation, for a prize, or as where two or more persons are engaged in the same business and each seeking patronage; followed by for before the object sought, and with before the person or thing competed with. for before the object sought, and with before the person or thing competed with.""

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

Noncompetitor

Noncompliance

Inflected form of COMPLICATED Inflected form of COMPLICATE Composed of two or more parts united; complex; complicated; involved.

""CONSUMPTION The act or process of consuming by use, waste, etc.; decay; destruction.""

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

COOPERATION

COOPERATIVE

Noncooperator

Nondeposition

Nondescript

Failure or lack of development.

Nonemployment

EXPLANATORY Serving to explain; containing explanation; as explanatory notes. explanatory notes.

HANDICAPPED handicap

""HYGROSCOPIC Of or pertaining to, or indicated by, the hygroscope; not readily manifest to the senses, but capable of detection by the hygroscope; as, glass is often covered with a film of hygroscopic moisture. as, glass is often covered with a film of hygroscopic moisture.""

""IMPLICATION The act of implicating, or the state of being implicated.""

Want or failure of importation; a not importing of commodities.

Nonmembership

Not working or in use

OVERLAPPING overlap

PARTICIPANT Sharing; participating; having a share of part.

Neglect or failure to perform.

Nonperishable

""PHILOSOPHER One who philosophizes; one versed in, or devoted to, philosophy.""

POLARIZABLE Susceptible of polarization.

Nonpolitical

Nonpolitician

Nonpossession

Nonprogrammer

""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.""

""PROPRIETARY A proprietor or owner; one who has exclusive title to a thing; one who possesses, or holds the title to, a thing in his own right.""

PSYCHIATRIC Of or pertaining to psychiatria.

Word with prefix non-

Nonrespondent

Nonspecialist

SPECTACULAR Of or pertaining to a shows; of the nature of a show.

SPECULATIVE Given to speculation; contemplative.

""SUPERVISORY Of or pertaining to supervision; as, supervisory powers. as, supervisory powers.""

THERAPEUTIC One of the Therapeut\'91.

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

Nortriptyline

Nucleoprotein

NYMPHOMANIAC A woman afflicted with nymphomania.

NEPHRECTOMIZE

""Pl. neurohypophyses (-s z ) The posterior portion of the pituitary gland, having a rich supply of nerve fibers and releasing oxytocin and vasopressin.""

""Pl. neurohypophyses (-s z ) The posterior portion of the pituitary gland, having a rich supply of nerve fibers and releasing oxytocin and vasopressin.""

Neuropathical

""Medical Specialties the pathology of the nervous system. ; neuropathologist, ; neuropathologic, neuropathological,""

The branch of physiology that deals with the functions of the nervous system.

Nerves

Study of the link between behaviour and brain function

Nincompoopery

BIOGRAPHICAL Of or pertaining to biography; containing biography.

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

""COMPUTERIZED stored, processed, or analyzed by computer.""

Nonconsumption

""CONTEMPORARY Living, occuring, or existing, at the same time; done in, or belonging to, the same times; contemporaneous.""

Noncooperation

DEPARTMENTAL Pertaining to a department or division.

Nondevelopment

Inflected form of ENCAPSULATED Inflected form of ENCAPSULATE

""EXPERIMENTAL Pertaining to experiment; founded on, or derived from, experiment or trial; as, experimental science; given to, or skilled in, experiment; as, an experimental philosopher. as, experimental science; given to, or skilled in, experiment; as, an experimental philosopher.""

EXPLOITATION The act of exploiting or utilizing.

EXPLOITATIVE

""Inflected form of HOSPITALIZED Inflected form of HOSPITALIZE To render (a building) unfit for habitation, by long continued use as a hospital.""

Nonimplication

Nonimportation

""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.""

""METAPHORICAL Of or pertaining to metaphor; comprising a metaphor; not literal; figurative; tropical; as, a metaphorical expression; a metaphorical sense.as, a metaphorical expression; a metaphorical sense.""

""METROPOLITAN Of or pertaining to the capital or principal city of a country; as, metropolitan luxury. as, metropolitan luxury.""

""OCCUPATIONAL Of or pertaining to an occupation{3} or occupations{3}; caused by or incidental to an occupation{3}; as, occupational hazard; occupational illness.as, occupational hazard; occupational illness.""

Plural of gerund noun

Bystanders

It avoids both sides on the Atlantic (wordplay)

Nonperformance

Nonphilosopher

Inflected form of PHOTOGRAPHIC Inflected form of PHOTOGRAPH A picture or likeness obtained by photography.

Like Advil vis-a-vis Vicodin

Lay out loan for pensions

Amateur

""PROFESSORIAL Of or pertaining to a professor; as, the professional chair; professional interest. as, the professional chair; professional interest.""

Plural or third person singular

PSYCHIATRIST

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

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

SPECIFICALLY In a specific manner.

Norepinephrine

NUCLEOPHILIC

Expert in diseases of the nervous system