2-Letter Words Starting with N

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

Neuropteran

Neuropteral.

Medical knowhow cures niece? No, sadly!

Pavlov and Alzheimer's thing, generally

Of or relating to the sensory activity or functions of the nervous system: neurosensory cells.

Medical specialist ungenerous or nasty

One operating on brain, spinal cord, etc

O.R. specialist

Delicate operation hiding moola from France

NEUROTIC one affected with a neurosis

Neuroticism

Neurulation

NEUTRALISE

NEUTRALIST A neutral; one who professes or practices neutrality.

Neutrality

Neutralizer

NEUTRALIZE To render neutral; to reduce to a state of neutrality.

""NEUTRINO a subatomic particle, also NEUTRON""

""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.""

""NIGHTCLUB An establishment providing entertainment (as singers, dancers, or comedy acts), usually open late into the night or early morning, typically serving alcoholic beverages and food.""

Hot spot regular

Cloud that's bust in a storm, violently

Useful or valuable thing

System of naming

Neater column (anagram) - terminology

Strange manner to clue terminology

""AMBIGUOUS Doubtful or uncertain, particularly in respect to signification; capable of being understood in either of two or more possible senses; equivocal; as, an ambiguous course; an ambiguous expression. as, an ambiguous course; an ambiguous expression.""

Nonargument

AUTOMATED automate

Same as hand-operated.hand-operated.

Plural of gerund noun

""CANCEROUS Like a cancer; having the qualities or virulence of a cancer; affected with cancer; as, a cancerous growth.as, a cancerous growth.""

COMMUNIST An advocate for the theory or practice of communism.

""COMMUNITY Common possession or enjoyment; participation; as, a community of goods. as, a community of goods.""

Word with prefix non-

CONCURRED concur

Material such as glass or porcelain

CONGRUENT Possessing congruity; suitable; agreeing; corresponding.

CONSCIOUS Possessing the faculty of knowing one's own thoughts or mental operations.

Nonconsumer

CONSUMING consume

Plural or third person singular

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

CUSTODIAL Relating to custody or guardianship.

Noncustomer

DEDUCTIVE Of or pertaining to deduction; capable of being deduced from premises; deducible.

""EDUCATION The act or process of educating; the result of educating, as determined by the knowledge skill, or discipline of character, acquired; also, the act or process of training by a prescribed or customary course of study or discipline; as, an education for the bar or the pulpit; he has finished his education. as, an education for the bar or the pulpit; he has finished his education.""

""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.""

(Of directors) only advisory

Nonfluency

""FRIVOLOUS Of little weight or importance; not worth notice; slight; as, a frivolous argument. as, a frivolous argument.""

""Inflected form of GLAMOROUS Inflected form of GLAMOR to bewitch, also GLAMOUR""

Nongraduate

HAZARDOUS Exposed to hazard; dangerous; risky.

""INCLUSION The act of including, or the state of being included; limitation; restriction; as, the lines of inclusion of his policy. as, the lines of inclusion of his policy.""

INCUMBENT Lying; resting; reclining; recumbent; superimposed; superincumbent.

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

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.""

Nonlanguage

""MERCURIAL Having the qualities fabled to belong to the god Mercury; swift; active; sprightly; fickle; volatile; changeable; as, a mercurial youth; a mercurial temperament. as, a mercurial youth; a mercurial temperament.""

""MOLECULAR Pertaining to, connected with, produced by, or consisting of, molecules; as, molecular forces; molecular groups of atoms, etc. as, molecular forces; molecular groups of atoms, etc.""

""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.""

Nonmusician

Without a nucleus.

Inflected form of NUMERICAL Inflected form of NUMERIC a {numeral=n}

""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.""

""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.""

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

POLLUTING pollute

PRODUCING produce

PURPOSIVE Having or indicating purpose or design.

Not recurring.

Nonrecurrent.

""REDUNDANT Exceeding what is natural or necessary; superabundant; exuberant; as, a redundant quantity of bile or food. as, a redundant quantity of bile or food.""

REGULATED regulate

""RELIGIOUS Of or pertaining to religion; concerned with religion; teaching, or setting forth, religion; set apart to religion; as, a religious society; a religious sect; a religious place; religious subjects, books, teachers, houses, wars. as, a religious society; a religious sect; a religious place; religious subjects, books, teachers, houses, wars.""

Plural or third person singular

Nonruminant

Not on the roster of events

Nonsolution

Nonsuccess

""TURBULENT Disturbed; agitated; tumultuous; roused to violent commotion; as, the turbulent ocean. as, the turbulent ocean.""

""UNANIMOUS Being of one mind; agreeing in opinion, design, or determination; consentient; not discordant or dissentient; harmonious; as, the assembly was unanimous; the members of the council were unanimous. as, the assembly was unanimous; the members of the council were unanimous.""

UNIONIZED unionize

""UNIVERSAL Of or pertaining to the universe; extending to, including, or affecting, the whole number, quantity, or space; unlimited; general; allreaching; allpervading; as, universal ruin; universal good; universal benevolence or benefice. as, universal ruin; universal good; universal benevolence or benefice.""

Nonutility

VOLUNTARY Proceeding from the will; produced in or by an act of choice.

Nourishment

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

Nucleophile

NUCLEOPHILE

Nucleoplasm

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

Numerology

Believer in occult significance of numbers

NUMEROUS {many=adj}

NUMINOUS a {divinity=n}

Coin collectors

Nuptiality

Food value expert

One studying the value of food and its ingestion

Nutritious

Naturalness

Naturopathy

Naughtiness

Nebulization

Necessitous

Needfulness

Nervousness

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

Neurasthenia

Neurasthenic

Adjective (-ic)

""Pl. neuroblastomas or neuroblastomata (-m -t ) A malignant tumor composed of neuroblasts, originating in the autonomic nervous system or the adrenal medulla and occurring chiefly in infants and young children.""

The study of the chemical composition and processes of the nervous system and the effects of chemicals on it.

Neurochemist

Neurofibroma

NEUROHORMONE

Neurohormone

Nervomuscular.

Neuropeptide

Neuroscience

Doctors will want no rogue nurses around

Pl. neurosurgeries Surgery on any part of the nervous system.

NEUROTOXIC

Neutralness

""Containing nickel; as, nickelferous iron. as, nickelferous iron.""

Nightclubber

Time to retire from team can be great for those who like hoofing it

Noctambulist

Pertaining or according to a nomenclature.

Nomenclature

AUTOMOTIVE of or pertaining to the automobile.

AUTONOMOUS Independent in government; having the right or power of selfgovernment.

""Inflected form of CELLULOSIC Inflected form of CELLULOSE Consisting of, or containing, cells.""

CHAUVINIST

CHURCHGOER One who attends church.

Noncommunist

CONCEPTUAL Pertaining to conception.

CONCLUSION The last part of anything; close; termination; end.

CONCURRENT Acting in conjunction; agreeing in the same act or opinion; contibuting to the same event of effect; co\'94perating.

CONCURRING concur

Insulating

The quality of not being able to conduct or transmit; failure to conduct.

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

Nonconductor

""CONJUGATED formed by the union of two compounds; as, a conjugated protein.as, a conjugated protein.""

""CONSENSUAL Existing, or made, by the mutual consent of two or more parties.""

Not contagious; not catching; not communicable by contact.

""CONTIGUOUS In actual contact; touching; also, adjacent; near; neighboring; adjoining.""

""CONTINUOUS Without break, cessation, or interruption; without intervening space or time; uninterrupted; unbroken; continual; unceasing; constant; continued; protracted; extended; as, a continuous line of railroad; a continuous current of electricity. as, a continuous line of railroad; a continuous current of electricity.""

""CULTIVATED marked by refinement in taste and manners; as, cultivated tastes in art.as, cultivated tastes in art.""

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.""

DELINQUENT Failing in duty; offending by neglect of duty.

DIAPAUSING diapause

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.

""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.""

Plural noun (-tions)

EQUILIBRIA

""Not equal or interchangeable in value, quantity, or significance.""

EVALUATIVE exercising or involving careful analytical evaluations.

Nonexecutive

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

""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.""

Useless oaf Clinton cavorting with nun

Not growing or living in groups or colonies; -- of plants and animals.

""HOMOLOGOUS Having the same relative position, proportion, value, or structure""

Inflected form of HOMOSEXUAL Inflected form of HOMOSEX homosexuality

Noninclusion

Nonincumbent

""INDIGENOUS Native; produced, growing, or living, naturally in a country or climate; not exotic; not imported.""

""INDIVIDUAL Not divided, or not to be divided; existing as one entity, or distinct being or object; single; one; as, an individual man, animal, or city. as, an individual man, animal, or city.""

Not industrial; -- used of societies. Opposite of industrial and industrialized.industrial and industrialized.

Not infectious; --of diseases. Opposite of infectious.infectious.

Noninfluence

Plural or third person singular

Avoiding moral verdicts

Avoiding expression of moral opinions

Not criticising on moral grounds

LEGUMINOUS Pertaining to pulse; consisting of pulse.

Inflected form of LINGUISTIC Inflected form of LINGUIST a person skilled in several languages

""MEANINGFUL Having a meaning or purpose; having significance; as, a meaningful explanation; a meaningful discussion; a meaningful pause; to live a meaningful life. Opposite of meaningless.as, a meaningful explanation; a meaningful discussion; a meaningful pause; to live a meaningful life. Opposite of meaningless.""

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

""MONOGAMOUS Upholding, or practicing, monogamy.""

Word with prefix non-

""NUTRITIOUS Nourishing; promoting growth, or preventing decay; alimental.""

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

Word with prefix non-

Not giving results

Sterile

REFUNDABLE

""REGULATION The act of regulating, or the state of being regulated.""

Like a bottle on which no deposit has been paid

SEQUENTIAL Succeeding or following in order.

""STRUCTURAL Of or pertaining to structure; affecting structure; as, a structural error. as, a structural error.""

STRUCTURED Having a definite organic structure; showing differentiation of parts.

Nonsubject

""Inflected form of SUBSIDIZED Inflected form of SUBSIDIZE To furnish with a subsidy; to purchase the assistance of by the payment of a subsidy; to aid or promote, as a private enterprise, with public money; as, to subsidize a steamship line. as, to subsidize a steamship line.""

""UNIFORMITY The quality or state of being uniform; freedom from variation or difference; resemblance to itself at all times; sameness of action, effect, etc., under like conditions; even tenor; as, the uniformity of design in a poem; the uniformity of nature. as, the uniformity of design in a poem; the uniformity of nature.""

Nonunique

Word with prefix non-

UNIVERSITY The universe; the whole.