5 Letter Words That Start With NI

night

Noun : (countable) The time when the Sun is below the horizon when the sky is dark.

Noun : (astronomy, countable) The period of darkness beginning at the end of evening astronomical twilight when the sun is 18 degrees below the horizon, and ending at the beginning of morning astronomical twilight.

Noun : (law, countable) A period of time often defined in the legal system as beginning 30 minutes after sunset, and ending 30 minutes before sunrise.

niche

Noun : (architecture) A cavity, hollow, or recess, generally within the thickness of a wall, for a statue, bust, or other erect ornament.

Noun : Any similar position, literal or figurative.

Noun : Specifically, a cremation niche; a columbarium.

nitty

Adjective : (archaic, also figuratively) Full of nits.

Adjective : (chiefly Britain, slang) Foolish, inane.

Noun : (African-American Vernacular, MLE, slang) A dope fiend, a druggie.

niece

Noun : A daughter of one’s sibling, brother-in-law, or sister-in-law; either the daughter of one's brother ("fraternal niece"), or of one's sister ("sororal niece").

Noun : A daughter of one’s cousin or cousin-in-law

Noun : A surname.

nifty

Adjective : (colloquial, somewhat dated) Good, smart; useful or beneficial.

Adjective : (colloquial, somewhat dated) Stylish.

Noun : (colloquial, dated) A possibly risqué comic story or anecdote.

niger

Noun : A country in West Africa, situated to the north of Nigeria. Official name: Republic of the Niger.

Noun : A major river in West Africa that flows into the Gulf of Guinea in Nigeria.

Noun : A state of Nigeria in the North Central geopolitical zone. Capital and largest city: Minna.

ninja

Noun : (martial arts) A person trained in ninjutsu, especially (historical) one used for espionage, assassination, and other tasks requiring stealth during Japan's shogunate period.

Noun : (figurative) A person considered similarly skillful to the historical ninja, especially in covert or stealthy operation.

Noun : (figurative) A person considered to look like the historical ninja in some way, including (historical slang) an amateur private miner in Mongolia.

nieve

Noun : the fist or han

nidus

Noun : An aggregate of neurons.

Noun : A nest for insects or small animals.

Noun : A place of infection in an organism.

ninny

Noun : (informal) A silly or foolish person.

ninon

Noun : A sheer fabric of silk, rayon, or nylon made in a variety of tight smooth weaves or open lacy patterns.

nivea

Noun : Nivea B. Hamilton (also known as Nivea H. Nash) (born March 24, 1982), better known by her mononym Nivea, is an American R&B singer whose recordings reached the Billboard charts during the early 2000s.

Noun : (stylized as NIVEA) a German personal care brand that specializes in skin and body-care.

Noun : the debut studio album by American R&B singer Nivea.

ninth

Adjective : The ordinal form of the number nine.

Noun : The person or thing in the ninth position.

Noun : One of nine equal parts of a whole.

nitre

Noun : Britain standard spelling of niter.

nimbi

Noun : A circle of light; a halo.

Noun : A gray rain cloud.

nitro

Noun : (uncountable, chemistry) the univalent NO₂ functional group.

Noun : (uncountable, informal) nitroglycerin, especially as medication.

Noun : (countable, informal) A beer that is nitrogenated to give it a more creamy head.

nigra

Noun : (offensive, ethnic slur) A black person.

Noun : (Southern US) Alternative form of Negro

nigga

Noun : (vulgar, slang, often offensive, but also often used affectionately in African-American Vernacular) A close and loyal friend.

Noun : (vulgar, slang, often offensive, but tolerated in African-American Vernacular) A black person (usually a male friend), especially an African American.

Noun : (vulgar, slang, often offensive, chiefly African-American Vernacular) Any person, though chiefly male.

nival

Adjective : Abounding with snow; snowy; snow-covered (now especially in reference to plant habitats).

Adjective : (botany) Found or thriving in snowy conditions.

niobe

Noun : (Greek mythology) A daughter of Tantalus, said to have turned into stone while weeping for her children.

Noun : (astronomy) 71 Niobe, a main belt asteroid.

Noun : A female given name

nisan

Noun : (Judaism) The seventh month of the civil year and the first month of the ecclesiastical year in the Jewish calendar, after Adar and before Iyar.

nippy

Adjective : (UK, informal) Fast; speedy.

Adjective : (informal) Of the weather, rather cold.

Adjective : Inclined to nip; bitey.

niter

Noun : (obsolete) Native sodium carbonate; natron.

Noun : (US, inorganic chemistry) A mineral form of potassium nitrate (saltpetre) used in making gunpowder.

nisei

Noun : a person born outside of Japan of parents who were born in Japan

Noun : One whose parents were Japanese immigrants, especially to North or South America.

niese

Noun : A surname.

niner

Noun : (informal) Something nine inches long.

Noun : (in the singular) The digit 9 in the NATO phonetic alphabet.

nines

Noun : (poker slang) A pair of nines.

nixon

Noun : An English surname transferred from the given name.

Noun : Richard Nixon, 37th President of the United States of America

Noun : A township in DeWitt County, Illinois, United States, named after early settlers George, William and Morris Nixon.

nizam

Noun : (historical) The hereditary sovereign of Hyderabad, a former state of India.

Noun : (obsolete) The Turkish regular army; a soldier in the Turkish army.

niqab

Noun : A veil which covers the face, worn by some Muslim women as a part of sartorial hijab.

nihil

Noun : (countable, law) A nihil dicit.

Noun : (uncountable, chiefly philosophy) nothingness, nonbeing

nilly

nixie

Noun : A female nix, a water-spirit.

Noun : A piece of mail returned as undeliverable.

nixed

nimby

Noun : (usually derogatory) Someone who objects to the building of an undesirable structure in their neighborhood, especially in public policy debate.

Adjective : Not wanting to have to deal with unpleasant or distasteful things near them.

Noun : (uncountable) Opposition to something deemed harmful or unpleasant being located in one's own neighborhood.

nitie

nisus

Noun : A mental or physical effort to attain a specific goal; a striving.

Noun : The periodic procreative desire manifested in the spring by birds, etc.

Noun : The contraction of the diaphragm and abdominal muscles to evacuate faeces or urine.

nicad

Noun : (electronics) rechargeable nickel-cadmium battery

Noun : Alternative letter-case form of nicad [(electronics) rechargeable nickel-cadmium battery]

nitid

Adjective : Bright; lustrous; shining.

Adjective : (obsolete, of a person) Festively or smartly dressed; spruce; fine.

nigel

Noun : A male given name from Latin, of mostly British usage.

Noun : (Australia, derogatory, youth slang) Synonym of dweeb (“boring or socially inept person”)

Noun : (slang, derogatory) An Englishman.

nimmo

Noun : A surname.

nikon

Noun : , also known just as Nikon, is a Japanese multinational corporation headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, specializing in optics and imaging products.

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nicer

Noun : Initialism of Neutron Star Interior Composition Explorer, a future NASA Explorers program Mission of Opportunity.

niton

Noun : (obsolete) Former name of radon.

Noun : A village in Niton and Whitwell parish, southern Isle of Wight, England, United Kingdom (OS grid ref SZ5076).

Noun : A locality in Yellowhead County, Alberta, Canada

nidor

Noun : The smell of burning animals, especially of burning animal fat.

Noun : (nonstandard) Any smell.

niaid

Noun : (government, US) Initialism of National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.

nihon

Noun : (rare) Japan.

nicks

Noun : A surname originating as a patronymic.

niven

Noun : A surname from Scottish Gaelic.

niall

Noun : A male given name from Irish or Scottish Gaelic used in Ireland and Scotland since the Middle Ages.

nicht

nitto

Noun : A surname from Italian.

nimic

niste

niamh

Noun : Niamh or Niam is the lover or spouse of Oisín, son of Fionn mac Cumhail, in the Fianna Cycle of Irish mythology.

Noun : (from Old Irish ) an Irish feminine given name (meaning "bright" or "radiant"),Niamh in Ó Dónaill, Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, accessed 8 August 2020 anglicised as Neve, Nieve, Neave, Neavh or Neeve.

nigro

Noun : Obsolete spelling of negro. [(dated, now offensive) A person of Black African ancestry.]

nikki

Noun : A diminutive of the female given name Nicole, variant of Nicky

nivel

nimbo

Noun : (archaic) The neem tree.

nicol

Noun : A surname originating as a patronymic.

Noun : Short for Nicol prism. [(optics) An optical device used to generate polarized light.]

nifle

Noun : (obsolete) A trifle; something small and insignificant. [:Template:SAFESUBST:–Template:SAFESUBST: c.]

nitti

Noun : A surname from Italian.

Noun : Synonym of Nitto

niget

nides

Noun : a Polynesian language spoken in Vanuatu.

Noun : (archaic) A nest of pheasants.

nishi

Noun : (sumo) the left-hand (less prestigious) side of the banzuke (番付, “ranking list”)

Noun : (sumo) a rikishi (力士, “sumo wrestler”) listed on the left side of the banzuke

Noun : (sumo) the western side of the ring

nizza

niffy

Adjective : (UK, colloquial) Having a bad smell.

nikko

Noun : (Australia, usually Queensland, informal) A felt-tip pen, of the Nikko brand or of any other brand, or the marks left by such a pen.

Noun : Alternative letter-case form of Nikko. [(Australia, usually Queensland, informal) A felt-tip pen, of the Nikko brand or of any other brand, or the marks left by such a pen.]

nimes

Verb : (obsolete, transitive) To take or seize.

Verb : (archaic, slang, transitive) To filch, steal, pilfer.

Verb : (intransitive, UK dialectal) To walk with short, quick strides; trip along.

nidge

Verb : (transitive) To dress the face of (a stone) with a sharp-pointed hammer.

niper

niles

Noun : A surname.

Noun : A number of places in the United States:

Noun : A neighbourhood of Fremont, Alameda County, California.

ninos

ninch

nidre

nimba

nidal

Adjective : (rare) Of or pertaining to nests.

Adjective : (rare, physiology) Of the uterus, exhibiting thickening before implantation of an ovum.

Adjective : Of or pertaining to a nidus.

nitra

Noun : (also known by other alternative names) a city in western Slovakia, situated at the foot of Zobor Mountain in the valley of the river Nitra.

Noun : The (Slovak: Nitra, , ) a river in western Slovakia.

Noun : a city in western Slovakia.

nicky

Noun : A diminutive of the female given names Nicola, Nichola, or Nicole.

Noun : A diminutive of the male given name Nicholas.

niver

Noun : A surname.

Verb : Pronunciation spelling of never. [At no time; on no occasion; in no circumstance.]

nixes

Noun : nothing

nisse

Noun : A town in Borsele, Netherlands.

nicam

Noun : Initialism of Near Instantaneous Companded Audio Multiplex, an early form of lossy compression for digital audio

niddm

Noun : Initialism of non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus.

niere

ninus

Noun : the eponymous founder of the Babylonian city Nineveh

Noun : (mythology) a centaur

nihau

Noun : the most northwestern hawaiian island (beyond kauai

ninty

Noun : (video games, slang) The video game company Nintendo.

nikos

Noun : A transliteration of the Greek male given name Νίκος (Níkos) used in Greece. It is the most common form of the name Nikolaos, the Greek cognate of Nicholas.

nixer

Noun : (Ireland, slang) A job or income which is taken in addition to one's normal employment, generally at evenings or weekends. Originally implied that payment was not declared for taxation, but now refers to any work that is not part of one's regular job.

ninib

Noun : a solar deity; first-born of bel and consort was gula; god of war and the chase and agriculture; sometimes identified with biblical nimro

ninut

niels

Noun : a male given name, equivalent to Nicholas, which is common in Denmark, Belgium, Norway (formerly) and the Netherlands.

Noun : a masculine given name.

nicap

nieto

Noun : A surname from Spanish.

nisin

Noun : (biochemistry) A polycyclic peptide produced by fermentation with the bacterium Lactococcus lactis; used as a preservative in processed cheese etc.

niace

nicho

nigms

Noun : (US) Initialism of National Institute of General Medical Sciences.

niosh

Noun : (US) Initialism of National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.

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