7 Letter Words Starting With N
There are 517 7-letter words starting with N, sorted alphabetically with Scrabble scores (best 26 pts). Every word is valid in the NWL (NASPA Word List).
- nabbers11
- nabbing12
nacelle9
a streamlined enclosure for an aircraft engine
- nadiral8
naevoid11
Resembling a nævus or nævi; as, nævoid elephantiasis.
- naffest13
- naffing14
- naganas8
- naggers9
- naggier9
nagging10
continually complaining or faultfinding
- nagware11
- naiades8
- nailers7
- nailing8
- nailset7
naively13
in a naive manner
- naivest10
naivete10
lack of sophistication or worldliness
naivety13
lack of sophistication or worldliness
- nakeder12
nakedly15
in an exposed manner; without protection or defense
namable11
Capable of being named.
- namaste9
- nametag10
- nandina8
- nandins8
- nanisms9
nankeen11
a durable fabric formerly loomed by hand in China from natural cotton having a yellowish color
- nankins11
- nannied8
- nannies7
- nanobot9
- napalms11
naphtha15
any of various volatile flammable liquid hydrocarbon mixtures; used chiefly as solvents
- naphtol12
- napkins13
napless9
Without nap; threadbare.
- nappers11
- nappier11
- nappies11
napping12
not prepared or vigilant
- narcein9
narcism11
an exceptional interest in and admiration for yourself
narcist9
someone in love with themselves
- narcoma11
- narcose9
nardine8
Of or pertaining to nard; having the qualities of nard.
- nardoos8
nargile8
An apparatus for smoking tobacco. It has a long flexible tube, and the smoke is drawn through water.
- narkier11
- narking12
narrate7
narrate or give a detailed account of
- narrows10
narthex17
a vestibule leading to the nave of a church
- narwals10
narwhal13
small Arctic whale the male having a long spiral ivory tusk
nasally10
in a nasal manner
nascent9
being born or beginning
- nasions7
- nastier7
- nasties7
nastily10
in a nasty ill-tempered manner
- nations7
- natives10
natrium9
The technical name for sodium.
- natrons7
- natters7
- nattier7
nattily10
in a natty manner; with smartness
natural7
(craps) a first roll of 7 or 11 that immediately wins the stake
natured8
Having (such) a nature, temper, or disposition; disposed; -- used in composition; as, good-natured, ill-natured, etc.
- natures7
- naughts11
naughty14
badly behaved
- nauplii9
- nauseas7
- nautili7
- navaids11
- navally13
- navarin10
- navette10
- navvies13
- naysaid11
- naysays13
nearest7
(superlative of `near' or `close') within the shortest distance
- nearing8
- nearish10
- neatens7
- neatest7
- neatnik11
nebbish14
(Yiddish) a timid unfortunate simpleton
- nebulae9
nebular9
of or relating to or resembling a nebula
- nebulas9
- neckers13
necking14
affectionate play (or foreplay without contact with the genital organs)
necklet13
decoration worn about the neck (fur piece or tight necklace) as an ornament
necktie13
neckwear consisting of a long narrow piece of material worn (mostly by men) under a collar and tied in knot at the front
necrose9
undergo necrosis
- nectars9
nectary12
a gland (often a protuberance or depression) that secretes nectar
- neddies9
- needers8
needful11
necessary for relief or supply
- needier8
needily11
In a needy condition or manner; necessarily.
- needing9
needled9
of trees whose leaves are acerate
needler8
One who makes or uses needles; also, a dealer in needles. Piers Plowman.
- needles8
- negated9
- negater8
- negates8
- negaton8
- negator8
neglect10
failure to act with the prudence that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances
neglige9
a loose dressing gown for women
- negroni8
- neguses8
- neighed12
neither10
not either; not one or the other
- nektons11
- nellies7
- nelsons7
nelumbo11
sometimes placed in the family Nymphaeaceae: lotuses
- nematic11
- nemeses9
- nemesia9
nemesis9
(Greek mythology) the goddess of divine retribution and vengeance
- neocons9
- neogene8
neolith10
a stone tool from the Neolithic Age
neology11
a newly invented word or phrase
neonate7
a baby from birth to four weeks
- neonics9
neoteny10
an evolutionary trend to be born earlier so that development is cut off at an earlier stage and juvenile characteristics are retained in adults of the species
- neotype12
- nepetas9
- nephews15
- nephric14
nephron12
any of the small tubules that are the excretory units of the vertebrate kidney
nepotic11
Of or pertaining to npotism. The nepotic ambition of the ruling pontiff.
- nerdier8
- nerdish11
- nereids8
neritic9
of or relating to the region of the sea over the continental shelf which is less than 200 meters deep
- nerolis7
nervate10
Nerved.
- nervier10
nervily13
in a brash cheeky manner
nervine10
Having the quality of acting upon or affecting the nerves; quieting nervous excitement. -- n. A nervine agent.
- nerving11
nervous10
causing or fraught with or showing anxiety
- nervule10
nervure10
any of the vascular bundles or ribs that form the branching framework of conducting and supporting tissues in a leaf or other plant organ
- nesters7
nestful10
As much or many as will fill a nest.
- nesting8
nestled8
drawn or pressed close to someone or something for or as if for affection or protection
- nestler7
- nestles7
- nestors7
netball9
a team game that resembles basketball; a soccer ball is to be thrown so that it passes through a ring on the top of a post
- netbook13
- netfuls10
- netizen16
- netless7
netlike11
having open interstices or resembling a web
netsuke11
In Japanese costume and decorative art, a small object carved in wood, ivory, bone, or horn, or wrought in metal, and pierced with holes for cords by which it is connected, for convenience, with the…
- netsurf10
- netters7
- nettier7
netting8
a net of transparent fabric with a loose open weave
nettled8
aroused to impatience or anger
nettler7
One who nettles.
nettles7
(a) The halves of yarns in the unlaid end of a rope twisted for pointing or grafting. (b) Small lines used to sling hammocks under the deck beams. (c) Reef points.
network14
(broadcasting) a communication system consisting of a group of broadcasting stations that all transmit the same programs
neurine7
A poisonous organic base (a ptomaine) formed in the decomposition of protagon with boiling baryta water, and in the putrefraction of proteid matter. It was for a long time considered identical with…
- neuroid8
neuroma9
any tumor derived from cells of the nervous system
- neurone7
- neurons7
neurula7
An embryo or certain invertebrates in the stage when the primitive band is first developed.
- neustic9
- neuston7
- neuters7
neutral7
one who does not side with any party in a war or dispute
neutron7
an elementary particle with 0 charge and mass about equal to a proton; enters into the structure of the atomic nucleus
- newbies12
newborn12
a baby from birth to four weeks
- newmown15
newness10
the quality of being new; the opposite of oldness
newsboy15
a boy who delivers newspapers
- newsier10
- newsies10
newsman12
a person who investigates and reports or edits news stories
- newsmen12
- newtons10
- nexuses14
- niacins9
niagara8
a river flowing from Lake Erie into Lake Ontario; forms boundary between Ontario and New York
- nibbing12
- nibbled12
nibbler11
a biter who takes dainty repeated bites
- nibbles11
- niblets9
niblick15
an iron with considerable loft
- niblike13
- niching13
- nickels13
- nickers13
nicking14
(a) The cutting made by the hewer at the side of the face. (b) pl. Small coal produced in making the nicking.
- nickled14
- nickles13
- nicoise9
- nicotin9
nictate9
briefly shut the eyes
- nidated9
- nidates8
- nidgets9
- niduses8
- niellos7
- niffers13
- niffier13
- niffing14
- niftier10
- nifties10
- niftily13
nigella8
any plant of the genus Nigella
niggard10
a selfish person who is unwilling to give or spend
- niggled10
niggler9
someone who constantly criticizes in a petty way
- niggles9
nighest11
(superlative of `near' or `close') within the shortest distance
- nighing12
nightie11
lingerie consisting of a loose dress designed to be worn in bed by women
nightly14
happening every night
nigrify14
make or become black
- nilgais8
- nilgaus8
- nilghai11
- nilghau11
- nilling8
- nimbler11
nimiety12
a quantity much larger than is needed
nimious9
Excessive; extravagant; inordinate.
- nimming12
- nimrods10
ninepin9
a bowling pin of the type used in playing ninepins or (in England) skittles
- ninnies7
ninthly13
In the ninth place.
niobate9
Same as Columbate.
niobite9
a black mineral that is an ore of niobium and tantalum
niobium11
a soft grey ductile metallic element used in alloys; occurs in niobite; formerly called columbium
- niobous9
nippers11
Small pinchers for holding, breaking, or cutting.
- nippier11
- nippily14
nipping12
capable of wounding
- nippled12
- nipples11
- niqaabs18
nirvana10
(Hinduism and Buddhism) the beatitude that transcends the cycle of reincarnation; characterized by the extinction of desire and suffering and individual consciousness
- niterie7
- nitinol7
nitpick15
be overly critical; criticize minor details
nitrate7
any compound containing the nitrate group (such as a salt or ester of nitric acid)
nitride8
a compound containing nitrogen and a more electropositive element (such as phosphorus or a metal)
- nitrids8
nitrify13
convert into nitric acid, nitrous acid, or nitrate, especially with the action of nitrobacteria
nitrile7
any of a class of organic compounds containing the cyano radical -CN
- nitrils7
nitrite7
the radical -NO2 or any compound containing it (such as a salt or ester of nitrous acid)
- nitroso7
nitrous7
of or containing nitrogen
- nittier7
- nitwits10
niveous10
Snowy; resembling snow; partaking of the qualities of snow. Sir T.
- nobbier11
nobbily14
In a nobby manner.
- nobbled12
nobbler11
A dram of spirits.
- nobbles11
- noblest9
- nocebos11
- nocking14
noctuid10
usually dull-colored medium-sized nocturnal moth; the usually smooth-bodied larvae are destructive agricultural pests
noctule9
A large European bat (Vespertilio, or Noctulina, altivolans).
nocturn9
An office of devotion, or act of religious service, by night.
nocuous9
Hurtful; noxious. -- Noc"u*ous*ly, adv.
- nodally11
- nodders9
- noddies9
nodding10
having branches or flower heads that bend downward
- noddled10
- noddles9
nodical10
Of or pertaining to the nodes; from a node to the same node again; as, the nodical revolutions of the moon. Nodical month. See Lunar month, under Month.
nodular8
having nodules or occurring in the form of nodules
- nodules8
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