Words Starting With NI
Here's the list of all the 717 Words Starting With NI in the English Language.
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| night | 1. the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside 2. a period of ignorance or backwardness or gloom More Definitions → |
| nice | 1. pleasant or pleasing or agreeable in nature or appearance 2. socially or conventionally correct; refined or virtuous More Definitions → |
| nine | 1. the cardinal number that is the sum of eight and one 2. a team of professional baseball players who play and travel together More Definitions → |
| nick | 1. an impression in a surface (as made by a blow) 2. (British slang) a prison More Definitions → |
| nickname | 1. a familiar name for a person (often a shortened version of a person's given name) 2. a descriptive name for a place or thing More Definitions → |
| nightlife | 1. the entertainment available to people seeking nighttime diversion 2. the activity of people seeking nighttime diversion (as at the theater, a nightclub, etc.) More Definitions → |
| nickel | 1. plate with nickel 2. a hard malleable ductile silvery metallic element that is resistant to corrosion; used in alloys; occurs in pentlandite and smaltite and garnierite and millerite More Definitions → |
| nitrogen | 1. a common nonmetallic element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless inert diatomic gas; constitutes 78 percent of the atmosphere by volume; a constituent of all living tissues More Definitions → |
| nirvana | 1. (Hinduism and Buddhism) the beatitude that transcends the cycle of reincarnation; characterized by the extinction of desire and suffering and individual consciousness 2. any place of complete bliss and delight and peace More Definitions → |
| nil | 1. a quantity of no importance; thing (object:), singular, negative pronoun; pronoun, thing, singular; quantifier: negative existential More Definitions → |
| nightmare | 1. a situation resembling a terrifying dream 2. a terrifying or deeply upsetting dream More Definitions → |
| ninja | 1. a member of the ninja who were trained in martial arts and hired for espionage or sabotage or assassinations; a person skilled in ninjutsu 2. a class of 14th century Japanese who were trained in martial arts and were hired for espionage and assassinations More Definitions → |
| ninth | 1. position nine in a countable series of things 2. one part in nine equal parts More Definitions → |
| nicely | 1. in a nice way More Definitions → |
| nightly | 1. happening every night 2. at the end of each day More Definitions → |
| niche | 1. a position particularly well suited to the person who or organization which occupies it 2. a small concavity More Definitions → |
| nip | 1. a small drink of liquor 2. the taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth More Definitions → |
| nineteenth | 1. position 19 in a countable series of things 2. coming next after the eighteenth in position More Definitions → |
| nib | 1. the writing point of a pen 2. horny projecting mouth of a bird More Definitions → |
| ninety | 1. the cardinal number that is the product of ten and nine 2. being ten more than eighty More Definitions → |
| nitrate | 1. any compound containing the nitrate group (such as a salt or ester of nitric acid) 2. treat with nitric acid, so as to change an organic compound into a nitrate More Definitions → |
| nifty | 1. excellent More Definitions → |
| nightclub | 1. a spot that is open late at night and that provides entertainment (as singers or dancers) as well as dancing and food and drink More Definitions → |
| nicotine | 1. an alkaloid poison that occurs in tobacco; used in medicine and as an insecticide More Definitions → |
| nitric | 1. of or containing nitrogen More Definitions → |
| nineteen | 1. the cardinal number that is the sum of eighteen and one 2. being one more than eighteen More Definitions → |
| nix | 1. a quantity of no importance; thing (object:), singular, negative pronoun; pronoun, thing, singular; quantifier: negative existential 2. command against More Definitions → |
| niece | 1. a daughter of your brother or sister More Definitions → |
| nighttime | 1. the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside More Definitions → |
| nitrous | 1. of or containing nitrogen More Definitions → |
| nightingale | 1. European songbird noted for its melodious nocturnal song More Definitions → |
| nickelodeon | 1. a cabinet containing an automatic record player; records are played by inserting a coin More Definitions → |
| nit | 1. a luminance unit equal to 1 candle per square meter measured perpendicular to the rays from the source 2. egg or young of an insect parasitic on mammals especially a sucking louse; often attached to a hair or item of clothing More Definitions → |
| nineties | 1. the decade from 1890 to 1899 2. the decade from 1990 to 1999 More Definitions → |
| nimbus | 1. a dark grey cloud bearing rain 2. an indication of radiant light drawn around the head of a saint More Definitions → |
| nigh | 1. not far distant in time or space or degree or circumstances 2. being on the left side More Definitions → |
| niacin | 1. a B vitamin essential for the normal function of the nervous system and the gastrointestinal tract More Definitions → |
| nightwear | 1. garments designed to be worn in bed More Definitions → |
| nitrite | 1. the radical -NO2 or any compound containing it (such as a salt or ester of nitrous acid) More Definitions → |
| nitride | 1. a compound containing nitrogen and a more electropositive element (such as phosphorus or a metal) More Definitions → |
| nimble | 1. moving quickly and lightly 2. mentally quick More Definitions → |
| nim | 1. game in which matchsticks are arranged in rows and players alternately remove one or more of them; in some versions the object is to take the last remaining matchstick on the table and in other versions the object is to avoid taking the last remaining matchstick on the table More Definitions → |
| nightfall | 1. the time of day immediately following sunset More Definitions → |
| nighthawk | 1. a person who likes to be active late at night 2. mainly nocturnal North American goatsucker More Definitions → |
| nightshade | 1. any of numerous shrubs or herbs or vines of the genus Solanum; most are poisonous though many bear edible fruit More Definitions → |
| nitrile | 1. any of a class of organic compounds containing the cyano radical -CN More Definitions → |
| nibble | 1. bite off very small pieces 2. bite gently More Definitions → |
| nicad | 1. a rechargeable battery with a nickel cathode and a cadmium anode; often used in emergency systems because of its low discharge rate when not in use More Definitions → |
| nitroglycerin | 1. a heavy yellow poisonous oily explosive liquid obtained by nitrating glycerol; used in making explosives and medically as a vasodilator (trade names Nitrospan and Nitrostat) More Definitions → |
| nihilism | 1. a revolutionary doctrine that advocates destruction of the social system for its own sake 2. the delusion that things (or everything, including the self) do not exist; a sense that everything is unreal More Definitions → |
| nifedipine | 1. calcium blocker (trade name Procardia); appears to increase the risk of recurrent heart attacks More Definitions → |
| nightgown | 1. lingerie consisting of a loose dress designed to be worn in bed by women More Definitions → |
| nipper | 1. a young person of either sex 2. a grasping structure on the limb of a crustacean or other arthropods More Definitions → |
| niobium | 1. a soft grey ductile metallic element used in alloys; occurs in niobite; formerly called columbium More Definitions → |
| nigella | 1. any plant of the genus Nigella More Definitions → |
| nightmarish | 1. extremely alarming More Definitions → |
| nitrocellulose | 1. a nitric acid ester; used in lacquers and explosives More Definitions → |
| nightie | 1. lingerie consisting of a loose dress designed to be worn in bed by women More Definitions → |
| nihil | 1. (Latin) nil; nothing (as used by a sheriff after an unsuccessful effort to serve a writ) More Definitions → |
| nisi | 1. not final or absolute More Definitions → |
| nipped | 1. squeeze tightly between the fingers 2. give a small sharp bite to More Definitions → |
| nihilistic | 1. of or relating to nihilism More Definitions → |
| nipping | 1. squeeze tightly between the fingers 2. give a small sharp bite to More Definitions → |
| nisus | 1. an effortful attempt to attain a goal More Definitions → |
| nightcap | 1. an alcoholic drink taken at bedtime; often alcoholic 2. a cloth cap worn in bed More Definitions → |
| nitrification | 1. the chemical process in which a nitro group is added to an organic compound (or substituted for another group in an organic compound) 2. the oxidation of ammonium compounds in dead organic material into nitrates and nitrites by soil bacteria (making nitrogen available to plants) More Definitions → |
| nilpotent | 1. equal to zero when raised to a certain power More Definitions → |
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