English Words: N

24,391 words · Page 71 of 488

necrologicallyadv

In terms of necrology.

necrologistnoun

A person who compiles a necrology.

necrologynoun

A church register containing the names of those connected with the church who have died.

necrolysisnoun

The disintegration and exfoliation of necrotic tissue.

necromanceverb

To practice necromancy.

necromancernoun

A person who practices or performs necromancy.

necromanceressnoun

A female necromancer.

necromancessnoun

A female necromancer.

necromancynoun

Divination involving the dead or death.

necromanianoun

obsession with death

necromantnoun

Synonym of necromancer.

necromanticadj

Of or relating to necromancy: the resurrection of or communication with the dead, especially through the use of black magic.

necromanticallyadv

By means of necromancy.

necromantistnoun

Synonym of necromancer.

necromassnoun

The mass of dead timber in a forest, dead bacteria etc.

necromyophylousadj

Associated with flies and with dead tissue

necronitenoun

A kind of foul-smelling feldspar.

Necronomiconname

A fictional grimoire of arcane and forbidden knowledge whose contents can drive a person mad.

necronymnoun

The name of a person who has died.

necropanspermianoun

A variation of the panspermia hypothesis that posits that life on Earth derived from degraded genetic material that originated from other planets.

necropantsnoun

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.

necrophagannoun

Any of the former tribe Necrophaga of beetles that feed on carrion.

necrophagenoun

An animal that eats dead and decaying flesh.

necrophagianoun

The consumption of dead flesh or carrion.

necrophagicadj

Eating dead bodies.

necrophagousadj

That eats dead or decaying animal flesh.

necrophagynoun

The eating of dead or decaying animal flesh

necrophilenoun

One who is subject to necrophilia.

necrophilianoun

A pathological attraction to dead bodies.

necrophiliacnoun

A person who engages in necrophilia.

necrophilicadj

Of or relating to necrophilia.

necrophilismnoun

Necrophilia.

necrophilistnoun

A necrophile.

necrophilousadj

Thriving on death or on dead things.

necrophilynoun

Necrophilia.

necrophobenoun

A person who has a morbid fear of death

necrophobianoun

An abnormal fear of death or corpses.

necrophobicadj

Relating to necrophobia

necrophorenoun

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 their larvae.

necrophoresisnoun

The practice, of some ants, of removing dead bodies from the colony

necrophoreticadj

Relating to necrophoresis

necrophorousadj

Carrying away and burying dead bodies, like the beetles of the genus Necrophorus.

necrophylacticadj

That protects against death

necrophytenoun

Any plant or fungus that grows on dead plant material

necrophyticadj

Relating to necrophytes

necroplasmnoun

The equivalent of protoplasm in a dead seed.

necropoleisnoun

plural of necropolis

necropolinoun

plural of necropolis

necropolisnoun

A cemetery; especially a large one in or near a city.

necropolisesnoun

plural of necropolis

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