English words: necrolytic to needlegrass

300 English words, part 16 of 99 of the words starting with N, A to Z. 24 have a page of their own.

English words necrolytic to needlegrass

necrolytic adjective: Relating to necrolysis.
necromance noun, verb: To practice necromancy.
necromancer noun /ˈnɛkɹə(ʊ)ˌmænsə/: A person who practices or performs necromancy.
necromanceress noun: A female necromancer.
necromancess noun: A female necromancer.
necromancy noun /ˈnɛkɹəˌmænsi/: Divination involving the dead or death.
necromania noun: obsession with death
necromant noun: Synonym of necromancer.
necromantic adjective, noun: Of or relating to necromancy: the resurrection of or communication with the dead, especially through the use of black magic.
necromantical adjective: Alternative form of necromantic.
necromantically adverb: By means of necromancy.
necromantist noun: Synonym of necromancer.
necromass noun: The mass of dead timber in a forest, dead bacteria etc.
necromenic adjective: Relating to necromeny
necromeny noun: A form of symbiosis in which one organism (typically a nematode) uses the host both to transport it to new food sources and as a source of food upon its death
necrometer noun: Synonym of thanatometer.
necromone noun: Mix of pheromones (signal molecules) given off by a dead organism
necromorphous adjective: Of a pupa: resembling the imago except for being perfectly quiescent, as if dead.
necromutilomania noun: Necrosadism involving a desire to mutilate corpses.
necromutilomaniac adjective: One of the ten classifications of necrophilia based on the increasing severity of the disorder as defined by the American forensic psychologist Anil...
necromyophylous adjective: Associated with flies and with dead tissue
necronite noun: A kind of foul-smelling feldspar.
Necronomicon proper noun /ˌnɛkɹəˈnɒmɪkən/: A fictional grimoire of arcane and forbidden knowledge whose contents can drive a person mad.
necronym noun: The name of a person who has died.
necropanspermia noun: A variation of the panspermia hypothesis that posits that life on Earth derived from degraded genetic material that originated from other planets.
necropants noun /ˈnɛkɹoʊˌpænts/: A pair of pants made from the skin of the lower half (below the waist) of a dead man, used by medieval Icelandic sorcerers to obtain money.
necrophagan noun: Any of the former tribe Necrophaga of beetles that feed on carrion.
necrophage noun: An animal that eats dead and decaying flesh.
necrophagia noun: The consumption of dead flesh or carrion.
necrophagian adjective: Relating to necrophages
necrophagic adjective: Eating dead bodies.
necrophagous adjective /nɛˈkɹɒf.ə.ɡəs/: That eats dead or decaying animal flesh.
necrophagy noun /nɛˈkɹɒfəd͡ʒi/: The eating of dead or decaying animal flesh
necrophile noun /ˈnɛkɹəʊ̆faɪl/: One who is subject to necrophilia.
necrophilia noun /ˌnɛkɹə(ʊ)ˈfɪlɪə/: A pathological attraction to dead bodies.
necrophiliac noun: A person who engages in necrophilia.
necrophiliac fantasizer adjective: One of the ten classifications of necrophilia based on the increasing severity of the disorder as defined by the American forensic psychologist Anil...
necrophilic adjective /ˌnɛk.ɹəˈfɪl.ɪk/: Of or relating to necrophilia.
necrophilism noun: Necrophilia.
necrophilist noun: A necrophile.
necrophilistic adjective: Necrophilic.
necrophilous adjective: Thriving on death or on dead things.
necrophily noun /nɪˈkɹɒfəli/: Necrophilia.
necrophobe noun: A person who has a morbid fear of death
necrophobia noun: An abnormal fear of death or corpses.
necrophobic adjective: Relating to necrophobia
necrophore noun: Any of various beetles, especially of the genus Nicrophorus, that bury the carcasses of small vertebrates (such as birds and rodents) as a food source for...
necrophoresis noun: The practice, of some ants, of removing dead bodies from the colony
necrophoretic adjective: Relating to necrophoresis
necrophoric adjective: That carries the dead body of its own kind, for disposal or otherwise
necrophorous adjective: Carrying away and burying dead bodies, like the beetles of the genus Necrophorus.
necrophylactic adjective: That protects against death
necrophyte noun: Any plant or fungus that grows on dead plant material
necrophytic adjective: Relating to necrophytes
necroplanetology noun: The scientific study of the destruction of planets.
necroplasm noun: The equivalent of protoplasm in a dead seed.
necropole noun: Synonym of necropolis (“cemetery”).
necropolis noun /nɛˈkɹɒpəlɪs/: A cemetery; especially a large one in or near a city.
necropolitan adjective: Of or pertaining to a large cemetery or necropolis.
necropolitic adjective: Of or pertaining to a necropolis.
necropolitical adjective: Of or relating to necropolitics.
necropolitically adverb: In terms of necropolitics.
necropolitics noun: The relationship between sovereignty and power over life and death.
necropost noun, verb /ˈnɛkɹəʊˌpəʊst/: To post to a long-inactive discussion thread on a forum.
necroposter noun: A person who necroposts.
necropower noun: Power over life and death, or over deadly activities and products such as assassination, weapons, the death penalty, etc.
necroprinting noun: A form of 3D printing that uses the proboscis of a dead mosquito as a nozzle.
necropsy noun, verb /ˈnɛkɹɒpsi/: The pathological examination of a corpse, particularly to determine cause of death.
necroptosis noun: A specific form of programmed cell death resembling necrosis.
necroptosome noun: A supramolecular organelle involved in necroptosis
necroptotic adjective: Relating to, or causing necroptosis
necropurulent adjective: necrotic and purulent
necropyogranuloma noun: necrotic pyogranuloma
necroresistance noun: Suicide as an act of political resistance.
necrosadism noun: Sexual arousal or gratification derived from the mutilation or humiliation of dead bodies; sadism towards the dead.
necrosadist noun: A necrosadistic person.
necrosadistic adjective: Pertaining to, or having tendencies towards, necrosadism.
necrosaur noun: Any lizard of the extinct family Necrosauridae
necrosaurid noun: Any extinct varanoid lizard of the family †Necrosauridae
necroscopic adjective: Relating to a post mortem examination
necroscopical adjective: Alternative form of necroscopic.
necroscopically adverb: In a necroscopic manner
necroscopy noun: A necropsy.
necrose verb: To become necrotic.
necrosectomy noun /nɛkɹoʊˈzɛktəmi/: The removal of necrosed tissue.
necrosecurity noun: Security (social order) obtained via the mass killing or mass death (from the spread of preventable disease, etc) of otherized people, especially people of...
necrosis noun /nəˈkɹəʊ.sɪs/: The localized death of cells or tissues through injury, disease, or the interruption of blood supply.
necrosmia noun: A form of cacosmia in which the odor of death is imagined.
necrosol noun: A type of anthropogenic soil commonly found at burial sites, characterised by the presence of human remains.
necrosome noun: An organelle involved in necrosis and apoptosis
necrospermia noun: A condition where spermatozoa in semen are either immobile or dead.
necrostatin noun: The compound 5-(indol-3-ylmethyl)-3-methyl-2-thio-hydantoin, that inhibits apoptosis.
necrosulfonamide noun: A sulfonamide drug that inhibits necroptosis
necrosuppurative adjective: Causing necrotic suppuration
necrotaulid noun: Any caddisfly of the family Necrotauliidae.
necrotauliid noun: Any insect of the family Necrotauliidae
necrotaxis noun: chemotaxis towards necrotic cells
necrotic adjective /nɛˈkrɒtɪk/: Of or pertaining to necrosis, particularly of tissue.
necrotically adverb: In a necrotic way.
necrotise verb: Alternative spelling of necrotize.
necrotising adjective: Alternative spelling of necrotizing.
necrotization noun: The process, or the result, of necrotizing
necrotize verb /ˈnɛ.kɹəˌtaɪ̯z/: To undergo necrosis; to become necrotic.
necrotizing adjective, verb: Causing necrosis.
necrotizing fasciitis noun: A severe, fast-spreading infection that results in the death of the body's soft tissue.
necrotomic adjective: Relating to necrotomy.
necrotomist noun: One who performs necrotomy.
necrotomy noun: The dissection of a cadaver.
necrotoxic adjective: Relating to a necrotoxin
necrotoxigenic adjective: That produces necrotoxins
necrotoxin noun: Any toxin that causes necrosis.
necrotroph noun: A parasitoid that ultimately kills its host.
necrotrophic adjective: Describing a parasite that kills its host, then feeds on the dead matter.
necrotrophically adverb: In a necrotrophic manner.
necrotrophy noun: The condition of being necrotrophic.
necroulcerative adjective: necrotic and ulcerative
necrovirus noun: Any virus of the genera Alphanecrovirus and Betanecrovirus.
necrozoophilia noun: A paraphilia characterised by sexual attraction toward dead animals.
necrozoospermia noun: Synonym of necrospermia.
nectandrin noun: Any of a small group of lignans present in nutmeg
nectaplum noun: A nectarine-plum hybrid.
nectar noun, verb /ˈnɛk.tə/: The drink of the gods.
nectar scarab noun: Any of various beetles of the genus Phyllotocus.
nectaral adjective: Of or pertaining to nectar.
nectareal adjective /nɛkˈtɛəɹi.əl/: Of or pertaining to nectar; nectareous; sweet.
nectarean adjective /nɛkˈtɛə.ɹi.ən/: Of or pertaining to nectar; nectareous; sweet.
nectared adjective: containing nectar.
nectarell adjective: Of or pertaining to nectar; nectareous; fragrant.
nectareous adjective /nɛkˈtɛəɹi.əs/: Pertaining to nectar; nectarous.
nectareously adverb: In a nectareous manner.
nectarial adjective /nɛkˈtɛəɹi.əl/: Of or pertaining to the nectary of a plant.
nectarian adjective /nɛkˈtɛə.ɹi.ən/: Of or like nectar; wonderfully delicious.
nectaried adjective: Having a nectary.
nectariferous adjective: That yields nectar.
nectariless adjective: Without a nectary.
nectarilyma noun: Any appendages to a nectary, such as the long hairs in Menyanthes.
nectarine adjective, noun /ˈnɛk.tə.ɹiːn/: A cultivar of the peach with smooth rather than fuzzy skin.
nectarinid noun: Alternative form of nectariniid.
nectariniid noun: Any member of the Nectariniidae; a sunbird or spiderhunter.
nectarious adjective /nɛkˈtɛəɹi.əs/: Alternative form of nectarous.
nectarium noun /nɛkˈtɛəɹi.əm/: Synonym of nectary.
nectarivore noun: An animal that principally eats nectar.
nectarivorous adjective: That feeds on nectar.
nectarivory noun: The eating of nectar, especially as a major part of the diet of a particular species of animal.
nectarize verb: To mingle or infuse with nectar; to sweeten.
nectarless adjective: Without nectar.
nectarlessness noun: Absence of nectar.
nectarlike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of nectar.
nectarophagous adjective: That feeds on nectar (of plant flowers)
nectarostigma noun: A mark or depression indicating the presence of a nectariferous gland.
nectarotheca noun: The portion of a flower that immediately surrounds a nectariferous pore.
nectarous adjective: Pertaining to or resembling nectar; sweet.
nectarthode noun: A pore, in the base of a flower, through which nectar is secreted
nectary noun /ˈnɛk.t(ə)ɹi/: A gland that secretes nectar
nectaryless adjective: Alternative form of nectariless (“without a nectary”).
nectiferous adjective: Alternative form of nectariferous.
nectin noun: Any of a family of proteins that have a function in cell-to-cell adhesion
nectiopodan noun: Any crustacean of the order Nectiopoda
nectivore noun: Synonym of nectarivore.
nectivorous adjective: Synonym of nectarivorous.
nectivory noun: Alternative form of nectarivory.
necto- prefix: swimming, nektonic
nectocalycine adjective: Relating to the nectocalyx.
nectocalyx noun: The swimming bell or umbrella of a jellyfish or medusa.
nectochaete noun: The free-swimming larva of a polychaete
nectomonad noun: A free-swimming form of some promastigote flagellates
nectonic adjective: Alternative form of nektonic.
nectophoral adjective: Relating to a nectophore
nectophore noun: The swimming bell of a siphonophore
nectopod noun /ˈnɛk.təˌpɒd/: A limb adapted for swimming in certain molluscs.
nectosac noun: The cavity of a nectocalyx.
nectosomal adjective: Relating to nectosomes
nectosome noun: A structure, in some siphonophores, that hosts nectophores
nectostem noun: That portion of the axis which bears the nectocalyces in siphonophores.
nectriaceous adjective: Of or relating to the Nectriaceae.
nectridean noun: Any extinct amphibian of the order †Nectridea
necyomancy noun: Alternative form of necromancy.
Ned Flanders noun: A nice -- perhaps annoyingly nice -- person, especially a neighbor, who is cheery, naive, conservative in politics and in Christian faith and who may be...
Ned Kelly noun: A figure or person akin to the iconic Australian bushranger Ned Kelly, typically denoting someone with audacious recklessness or morally questionable...
Ned Kelly beard noun: A large, full beard, as worn by the bushranger Ned Kelly (1854-1880).
Neda proper noun: A municipality of A Coruña, Galicia, Spain.
nedaplatin noun: A particular drug used to treat cancer.
Nedd proper noun: A surname.
neddicky noun: A species of passerine bird, Cisticola fulvicapilla, found in central and southern Africa.
neddy noun /ˈnɛdi/: A donkey or ass.
neddylate verb: To cause or to undergo neddylation.
neddylated adjective, verb: Modified by neddylation
neddylation noun: The process by which the protein NEDD8 is conjugated to its target proteins, analogous to ubiquitination
Nederland proper noun /ˈnidɚlənd/: A city in Jefferson County, Texas.
Nederlands proper noun: Dutch (language)
Nederlandse Kooikerhondje noun: A small spaniel-type breed of dog of Dutch ancestry that was originally used as a working dog, particularly in an eendenkooi (duck decoy) to lure ducks.
Nedlands proper noun: A suburb of Perth, in the City of Nedlands and City of Perth, Western Australia.
nedocromil noun: A medication used to prevent wheezing, shortness of breath, and other breathing problems caused by asthma.
nedosiran noun: A medication used to treat primary hyperoxaluria.
Nedra proper noun: A female given name.
Nedut'en noun: Synonym of Babine (people)
Nedved proper noun: A surname from Czech.
nee adjective, interjection /neɪ/: Alternative spelling of née.
nee'n't contraction /niːnt/: Contraction of need + not.
nee-naw interjection: Imitating the two-tone siren on a vehicle used by emergency services.
nee nor interjection: a representation of the sound of a siren
nee way interjection: Absolutely no, no way.
neeb noun: A kind of spirit according to Hmong beliefs.
Neech proper noun: A surname.
neechee noun: Alternative form of nitchie.
neechi noun: Alternative form of nitchie.
neechie noun: Alternative form of nitchie.
need noun, verb /niːd/: A requirement for something; something needed.
need-based adjective: Derived from need rather than earned by merit, regarding financial or other assistance.
need-blind adjective: That requires the admitting institution to not consider an applicant's financial situation when deciding admission.
need-fire noun: A ritual fire created by friction.
need I say more phrase: Used to say that audience can predict the result of something.
need more time in the oven verb: Of a project or an idea, to be insufficiently polished or thought out; requiring more time to attain acceptable quality.
need no introduction verb: To be very well-known; to be familiar to almost everyone.
need not noun, verb: Indicating absence of necessity; needn't, do(es) not have to, do(es) not need to.
need one's bumps feeling verb: Synonym of need one's head examined.
need one's bumps felt verb: Alternative form of need one's bumps feeling.
need one's eyes checked verb: To be seeing things (having visual hallucinations).
need to verb: Synonym of have to (“must”).
need-to-know adjective, noun: (of information) given to another only when necessary.
needa verb /niːdə/: Contraction of need to.
needable adjective: Needful; necessary.
needcessity noun: necessity
needed adjective, verb /ˈniː.dɪd/: Necessary; being required.
neededly adverb: In a needed manner; necessarily.
neededness noun: The state of being needed or necessary.
needer adverb, noun: A person who requires or needs something.
needfire noun: Alternative form of need-fire.
needful adjective, noun /ˈniːdfl̩/: Needed; necessary; mandatory; requisite; indispensable.
needfully adverb: In a needful manner; necessarily.
needfulness noun: The property of being needful or necessary; necessity.
needham noun: A dessert bar made from sugar, chocolate, coconut, and potato, chiefly made and consumed in Maine in the US.
Needham's sac noun: Part of the reproductive tract of cephalopods in which spermatophores are stored, opening into the left side of the mantle cavity.
Needham-Schroeder protocol noun: Either of two key transport protocols for use over insecure networks, one based on symmetric encryption (and forming the basis of Kerberos) and the other on...
Needhamian adjective: Of or relating to Joseph Needham (1900–1995), British scientist, historian and sinologist.
needihood noun: Neediness.
needily adverb: In a needy manner.
needin' verb: Pronunciation spelling of needing.
neediness noun /ˈniː.di.nəs/: The characteristic of being needy.
needing noun, verb: A need.
needle noun, verb /ˈniː.dəl/: A long, thin, sharp implement usually for piercing as in sewing, embroidery, acupuncture, tattooing, body piercing, medical injections, sutures, etc; or a...
needle-and-thread grass noun: Hesperostipa comata, a North American grass.
needle aspiration biopsy noun: fine-needle aspiration
needle bar noun: The reciprocating bar to which the needle of a sewing machine is attached.
needle beam noun: The horizontal cross timber which goes through the wall or a pier, and upon which the weight of the wall rests, when a building is shored up to enable...
needle bearing noun: A type of roller bearing in which the load-bearing elements are longish, thin, cylindrical pins.
needle beer noun: Alcoholic beer made illicitly by adding alcohol to near beer.
needle bush noun: Of species Vachellia farnesiana, sweet acacia, huisache, native to the tropical Americas, now widespread in warm climates on all continents.
needle-clawed bushbaby noun: A primate of one of the two species in the genus Euoticus, which is in the family Galagidae.
needle drop noun: A digital copy of a vinyl record
needle exchange noun: A place or service that allows intravenous drug users to obtain new hypodermic needles at little or no cost, often in exchange for used ones.
needle furze noun: Genista anglica, a shrubby flowering plant of the family Fabaceae.
needle girl noun: Alternative form of needle-girl.
needle grass noun: Alternative form of needlegrass.
needle gun noun: A firearm with a needlelike firing pin.
needle holder noun: A specialized form of forceps, featuring very small jaws and often a locking ratchet mechanism, used to hold the needle of a suture.
needle ice noun: Needle-shaped columns of ice formed from groundwater by capillary action when the soil's surface temperature is above freezing and the air's surface...
needle in a haystack noun: Something that is difficult or impossible to locate.
needle-in-the-eye syndrome noun: Synonym of ophthalmodynia periodica.
needle lace noun: A form of lace made using a needle and thread.
needle-like adjective: Alternative form of needlelike.
needle loom noun: A loom in which the weft thread is carried through the shed by a long eye-pointed needle instead of by a shuttle.
needle match noun: A contest between bitter rivals.
needle mover noun: A factor which noticeably influences a performance.
needle-moving adjective: Making a noticeable difference.
needle-nose gar noun: A longnose gar (Lepisosteus osseus)
needle ore noun: aikinite
needle palm noun: The American palm tree Rhapidophyllum hystrix.
needle park noun: A park where sterilized needles are made available to recreational drug users.
needle phobia noun: Synonym of trypanophobia.
needle scratch noun: Synonym of surface noise.
needle-shaped adjective: shaped like a needle
needle sharer noun: An intravenous drug user who practises needle sharing.
needle sharing noun: The practice among intravenous drug users by which a needle or syringe is shared by multiple individuals to administer intravenous drugs, potentially...
needle-sharp adjective: Very sharp; as sharp as a needle
needle shell noun: A sea urchin.
needle sickness noun: fainting or similar discomfort as a result of acupuncture
needle spar noun: aragonite
needle-tailed swift noun: Synonym of white-throated needletail.
needle talk noun: The faint background sound produced by the vibrations of a turntable's stylus as a record is played.
needle telegraph noun: A telegraph in which the signals are given by the deflections of a magnetic needle to the right or to the left of a certain position.
needle threader noun: A device for pulling a thread through the small eye of a needle.
needle time noun: The limit on the amount of airplay of recorded music in any given 24-hour period.
needle tower noun: A very thin, very tall structure, such as an apartment tower.
needle trade noun: Alternative form of needletrade.
needle valve noun: A type of valve having a small orifice and a needle-like plunger, allowing precise regulation of generally small flow rates.
needle wire noun: A type of high-grade steel wire used to make needles.
needlebar noun: Alternative form of needle bar.
needlebook noun: A book-shaped needlecase, having leaves of cloth into which the needles are stuck.
needlebush noun: The plant Hakea sericea.
needlecase noun: A case in which needles are kept.
needlecord noun: A fine corduroy fabric
needlecraft noun: The art or process of working with a needle esp. in embroidery or needlepoint.
needlecrafter noun: One who creates needlecraft.
needled adjective, verb: Covered or armored with needles.
needledom noun: The world of sewing.
needlefelt noun: A durable kind of carpet, produced by intermingling and felting individual synthetic fibres using barbed and forked needles.
needlefish noun /ˈniː.dəl.fɪʃ/: Any of certain species of slender fish, principally of the family Belonidae, many usually found in shallow marine habitats.
needleful noun: As much thread as is put into a needle at one time.
needlegrass noun: Achnatherum spp.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0): each word's first meaning. A word with a page of its own links to it; for the rest, this line is PlainSpell's entry. Total under N: 29,582 words, in 99 parts.