Words Starting with Letter 'N'

To catch or grab someone or something very suddenly, like a police officer catching a runaway thief.

A spiny shrub or small tree with edible fruit that grows in dry places like deserts.

A person who has become extremely rich and powerful, often living a very fancy and important lifestyle.

A bright and cheerful orange-red or pale red color often seen on fabrics.

A streamlined shell or housing on an airplane that holds an engine or cargo.

The hard, shiny, pearly inner layer of some seashells that shimmers with rainbow colors.

The very lowest point of anything, like when you feel the most tired and discouraged.

To keep annoying someone by repeatedly telling them to do something, like reminding you to clean your room.

A disease that affects horses, cattle, and other animals, spread by tsetse flies in Africa.

Constantly asking someone to do something in an annoying way.

Always complaining or repeatedly telling people what chores to do over and over in an annoying way.

A type of large, graceful antelope with curved horns that lives in the grasslands of Africa.

In old stories and myths, a naiad is a magical spirit or fairy that takes care of rivers, springs, and lakes.

A tiny worm that lives underwater in freshwater ponds, streams, and lakes.

A person who is innocent, naive, and trusts everyone they meet much too easily.

A corporal or military officer who helps lead soldiers in the Indian army.

A thin, pointed piece of metal with a flat head used with a hammer to join pieces of wood together.

A person or a powerful machine that drives sharp nails into wood for building things.

A workshop or factory building where metal nails are made by smiths or machines.

A tiny, slender freshwater worm that looks and acts somewhat like a tiny earthworm.

Showing a sweet lack of worldly experience or wisdom, often trusting people and believing tricks too easily.

Doing something in a simple and innocent way, without much experience.

A sweet lack of worldly experience or wisdom, often showing simple innocence and trust.

Being innocent, trusting, and lacking worldly experience or knowledge about tricks.

To make something bare or uncovered by taking off its clothes, covering, or outer layer.

An old-fashioned musical instrument that is a small kettle drum played with sticks.

Able to be given a name.

The special word or words that a person, pet, place, or favorite toy is called so you can talk to them.

A word used to point out or name specific people or things you are talking about.

A person who gives official or special titles and names to people, places, or newly discovered things.

An Asian shrub that has pretty white flowers and bright red berries, also known as heavenly bamboo.

A large South American bird with long legs and soft feathers that looks like a smaller cousin of the ostrich.

Medical term for dwarfism, being much smaller than usual for one's species.

A yellowish-brown cotton cloth that was originally made in China.

A person who is hired to help take care of children and play with them right inside their own home.

The main inner room of an ancient Greek or Roman temple where the statue of the god was kept.

A short, cozy sleep during the daytime that helps you feel rested and ready to play again.

The back part of your neck, right below where your hair starts at the base of your head.

Household linen used for dining tables, especially matching tablecloths and napkins.

A liquid made from petroleum that catches fire easily.

A small piece of cloth or paper used at meals to wipe your mouth and fingers after eating messy food like spaghetti.

Having no fuzzy surface left because the fabric has become completely worn out from heavy use.

In geology, a huge sheet of rock that has been pushed a long way over other rocks by earth movements.

Taking a short sleep during the day to rest and get more energy.

A soft absorbent garment worn by a baby who is not yet potty trained, designed to catch waste.

A tiny, mouse-like deer that lives quietly in the warm, leafy forests of Southeast Asia.

A fragrant, sweet-smelling oil from an ancient plant that people used long ago for perfume.

Relating to or made from nard, which is a sweet-smelling, fragrant plant used in perfumes.

An Australian fern whose spores can be ground into flour to make food.

The scientific name for the two nostrils or openings of the nose that you use to breathe and smell.

A long-nosed tropical American mammal with a ringed tail, also commonly known as a coati.

The scientific name for an opening in your nose, which is another word used by doctors for a nostril.

To tell a story out loud or describe what is happening in a book or movie.

Small from one side to the other and not wide, like a tiny footpath through a thick forest.

An entryway or lobby area just inside the main doors of a church.

An arctic whale that has a long, pointed, spiraled tusk coming out of its head.

Having to do with your nose, or the funny sound a voice makes when you have a stuffy cold.

Speaking or sounding as if too much air is coming straight out through your nose.

Just starting to come into existence or beginning to grow.

To bite, grind, or snap your teeth together loudly, usually when you are feeling very angry or upset.