Words that start with N

Nine naughty newts gnaw on Nellie's necklace in New York.

Animals starting with N

Animals

Food starting with N

Food

Plants that start with N

Plants

Adjectives that start with N

Adjectives

Countries that start with N

Countries

Cities that start with N

Cities

Jobs that start with N

Jobs

Photo of a nose.

Body parts

Food starting with N

Fruit

Generated image of a woman wearing a nightgown
Photographic Dictionary / Generated illustration

Nis forNightgown

A nightgown, nightdress or nightie, is something you wear to sleep in. Only girls and women wear nighties.
Clothing, Sleep
Photo of a nightmare scene
mark sebastian / CC BY-SA

Nis forNightmare

A nightmare is a bad dream. Nightmares can be extremely frightening, and make you wake up scared. You might also use nightmare to describe a particularly bad event, for example "we had a nightmare vacation".
Sleep, Of the mind
Photo of the Nike swoosh
Michael Coghlan / CC BY-SA

Nis forNike

Nike is a company that makes sporting wear such as shoes.
Photo of nine sunglasses.
Rennett Stowe / CC BY-SA

Nis forNine

There are nine sunglasses in the picture. The number before nine is eight. The number that comes after nine is ten.
Numbers
Photo of someone dressed as a ninja
Ángelo González / CC BY-SA

Nis forNinja

A ninja is a member of a Japanese society. Ninjas are highly trained in stealth and martial arts, and were typically hired for covert operations and assassinations.
Jobs
Photo of a sign that says ninth
No Lands Too Foreign / CC BY-SA

Nis forNinth

Something is ninth if it is the number nine item in a list. Ninth comes after eighth and before tenth.
Ordinal numbers
Photo of a dog nipping
goodfriendo / CC BY-SA

Nis forNip

A nip is a short, sharp bite or pinch. Working dogs often nip at the legs of animals that they are herding. The dog in the picture is nipping at the man's legs.
Verbs
Photo of a dog nipping
goodfriendo / CC BY-SA

Nis forNipped

Nipped is the past tense of nip, for example "her behaviour was nipped in the bud".
Past tense
Photo of a Nissan badge
San Sharma / CC BY-SA

Nis forNissan

Nissan Motor Company Ltd is a car maker headquartered in Japan.
Car manufacturers
Photo of nits
Gilles San Martin / CC BY-SA

Nis forNit

Nits is the common name given to the eggs of human head lice. The lice lay their eggs attached to the hair, which you can see in the picture. Nits aren't much thicker than your hair, and can me mistaken for dandruff.
Insects