2-Letter Words Starting with N

P. Bailey's mom (wordplay)

P. Bailey's mom?

Pearl's mother (wordplay)

Sciatic, for one

Messenger from brain to cheek (wordplay)

Chicken's lack (wordplay)

The inert part of gunpowder (wordplay)

Gunpowder Plot element (wordplay)

KNO3, in Britain

Cavell for one

Margaret Houlihan for one

Practical worker (wordplay)

Pertaining to nostrils

Pertaining to the nostrils

Of the nostrils

How kind one is!

Motherly type (wordplay)

Kind mother (wordplay)

Rock named for a Scandinavian country

Rock common in South AfricA

Igneous rock

In a stupor.

Describing the result of a shot in the arm

Stuporous

Of an ointment.

Relating to aromatic plant used by ancients

Ornamental Turkish water pipe.

Water pipe smoked in the East.

Oriental pipe

Provide a voice-over, say

Talk through the whole movie, say

Do a voice-over, perhaps

Destroy plant tissue.

Part of body almost swelled getting gangrene

Affect with death to part of the living body

Veined, to a botanist

Drug for soothing nervous excitement

A soothing tonic

Tonic for the jumpy.

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

A vein in a leaf, or in an insect's wing

Leaf ridge

Vein.

Poisonous ptomaine

It's a bit of a nerve!

A cell with an axon and dendrites

Cell that conducts nerve impulses

Quibbles per quarter, perhaps (wordplay)

What a lousy little speed for salt!

What a lousy, salty sort of a spped!

Announced trip in the dark compound

Ammonia or fertilizer

Element Number 7 compound

Chemical in egg leading to anger

Latex-like glove material

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

Bad bacon bit (wordplay)

Salt of nitrous acid.

Food preservative compound

Two presents in place? Not at all!

Won Back Present (unplaced)

News from - (William Morris)

School run - true/false (wordplay)

Cherish (a hope)

Encourage development of (a child)

""A narcotic component of opium, also NARCEEN, NARCEIN""

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."

Synthetic polymer; none peer (anagram)

Synthetic rubber - ne'er open (anagram)

Oil and heat-resistant synthetic rubber

Variety of jade

Jade and tire, hen party's starting to get drunk

A variety of jade, an old charm against kidney disease

Neurula

Piece of music for the night (wordplay)

The night air (wordplay)

Any of 13 piano pieces by Faure

Something that is not a crime

Like framer's glass

Type of glass

Stamp and sign, perhaps

Authenticate, in a way

Certify with a seal

Able to figure out menu - and the price!

Tear menu (anagram)

Proficient in arithmetic, say

Induce stupor

Frank eats r-rodent in story

Right artist in indigenous story

River rodent in simple story

""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.""

Littoral

Fruit - aren't nice (anagram)

Peach of a fruit (wordplay)

Depilated peach (wordplay)

""An aesthetic and ideological concept affirming the independent nature, quality, and validity of Black culture.""

Any of an order (Nemertina) of soft unsegmented marine worms having an eversible threadlike proboscis and the ability to stretch and contract.Nemertina) of soft unsegmented marine worms having an eversible threadlike proboscis and the ability to stretch and contract.

Not a gain (wordplay)

Famous bird's saying

Ravenous declaration (wordplay)

Paul Revere's horse, maybe

Forgetting to wear clothes to work, say

Dream of Black Bess (wordplay)

ARABLE land suitable for cultivation

DEGREE a graduation on a scale

Like some online forms

Like some items in downloads

English word

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.""

Relating to a standard

Derived from a standard

Capable of being counted

Capable of being counted

Having value as food

Good for you

Providing nourishment

""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.

Fear of or contempt for Black people and their culture.

Make ineffective through impartial viewers being heard

Make ineffective.

Counteract

Offset

DURABLE {hardy=adj}

ROUTINE a regular course of procedure

NUMBER to {count=v}

The office of a nuncio.

The providing of loving care and attention.

The funnelshaped opening of a nephridium into the body cavity.

Like a certain class of steroids that can alter brain function

An enzyme of nitrogen-fixing bacteria that catalyzes the conversion of nitrogen to ammonia.

""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.""

ABRASIVE an abrading substance

BURNABLE something that can be burnt

COERCIVE serving to coerce

COVERAGE the extent to which something is covered

CREATIVE having the ability to create

GRADUATE to receive an academic degree or diploma

Like a culture without writing

REACTIVE tending to react

RECOURSE to turn to someone for aid

RELATIVE one who is connected with another by blood or marriage

RESPONSE a reply or reaction

REUSABLE capable of being used again

A hormone secreted by or acting on a part of the nervous system.

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

Medical knowhow cures niece? No, sadly!

Pavlov and Alzheimer's thing, generally

""A yellow aromatic liquid (C6H5.NO2), produced by the action of nitric acid on benzene, and called from its odor imitation oil of bitter almonds, or essence of mirbane. It is used in perfumery, and is manufactured in large quantities in the preparation of aniline. Fornerly called also nitrobenzol. C6H5.NO2), produced by the action of nitric acid on benzene, and called from its odor imitation oil of bitter almonds, or essence of mirbane. It is used in perfumery, and is manufactured in large quantities in the preparation of aniline. Fornerly called also nitrobenzol.""

A nitro derivative of methane obtained as a mobile liquid; called also nitrocarbol. nitrocarbol.

System of naming

Neater column (anagram) - terminology

Strange manner to clue terminology

ASSERTIVE Positive; affirming confidently; affirmative; peremptory.

BREAKABLE Capable of being broken.

""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.""

""CORROSIVE Eating away; having the power of gradually wearing, changing, or destroying the texture or substance of a body; as, the corrosive action of an acid. "Corrosive liquors." Grew. "Corrosive famine."Thomson. as, the corrosive action of an acid. "Corrosive liquors." Grew. "Corrosive famine."Thomson.""

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

""DIRECTIVE Having power to direct; tending to direct, guide, or govern; showing the way.""

""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.

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.""

Broken

PASSERINE Of or pertaining to the Passeres.

PURPOSIVE Having or indicating purpose or design.

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.""

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

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

Pertaining to or having normal blood pressure.

NEPHRECTOMIZE

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

ABSORBABLE Capable of being absorbed or swallowed up.

""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.""

Failure to be present

A no-show

COMPARABLE Capable of being compared; worthy of comparison.

CONFERENCE The act of comparing two or more things together; comparison.

CORRODIBLE Capable of being corroded; corrosible.

DEFERRABLE

""DEGENERATE Having become worse than one's kind, or one's former state; having declined in worth; having lost in goodness; deteriorated; degraded; unworthy; base; low.""

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.""

""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.""

""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.""

""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.""

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

Neglect or failure to observe or fulfill.

""OCCURRENCE A coming or happening; as, the occurence of a railway collision. as, the occurence of a railway collision.""

""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

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

REFILLABLE

REFUNDABLE

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.""

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 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

BARBITURATE

Disagreement

CONFORMANCE Conformity.

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.""

""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.""

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

FORFEITABLE Liable to be forfeited; subject to forfeiture.

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.""

Neglect or failure to perform.

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.

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.""

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

Laissez-faire.

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

Yours and yours only

Like Parkinson's disease

Atypical