5 Letter Words That Start With NI

nitid

Adjective : Bright; lustrous; shining.

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

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.

nidus

Noun : An aggregate of neurons.

Noun : A nest for insects or small animals.

Noun : A place of infection in an organism.

nihil

Noun : (countable, law) A nihil dicit.

Noun : (uncountable, chiefly philosophy) nothingness, nonbeing

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.

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.

nippy

Adjective : (UK, informal) Fast; speedy.

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

Adjective : Inclined to nip; bitey.

nitty

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

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

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

nibba

Noun : (slang, euphemistic) Nigger or nigga.

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.

ninny

Noun : (informal) A silly or foolish person.

nixie

Noun : A female nix, a water-spirit.

Noun : A piece of mail returned as undeliverable.

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 : (video games, fandom slang, in the plural) A notional draconian arm of a corporation (originally Nintendo), tasked with dealing with individuals that infringe on its rights or do not comply with its regulations.

nigra

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

Noun : (Southern US) Alternative form of Negro

ninon

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

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.

nigro

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

nip at

Verb : To bite or pinch with small actions.

Verb : (of poor weather) To be cold; to be bitingly cold.

Verb : (idiomatic) To sip a drink (usually alcoholic) in small amounts.

niggy

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

nival

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

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

nicer

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

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.

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.

nicad

Noun : (electronics) rechargeable nickel-cadmium battery

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

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.

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.

nieve

Noun : the fist or han

nilla

Noun : (derogatory, ethnic slur) A white person.

Noun : (informal) Clipping of vanilla. [(countable) Any tropical climbing orchid of the genus Vanilla (especially Vanilla planifolia), bearing podlike fruit yielding an extract used in flavoring food or in perfumes.]

niney

nixed

nixes

Noun : nothing

nicht

nicca

Noun : Alternative spelling of nikka [(slang) A bowdlerization of nigga used as a reclaimed sense of nigger.]

nilas

Noun : (glaciology) Newly frozen sea ice in the form of a smooth sheet less than ten centimeters (four inches) thick.

nicey

Noun : A female given name, diminutive of Eunice.

niwot

Noun : A census-designated place in Colorado, United States.

nicee

nixey

nimzo

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.

niter

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

Noun : (obsolete) Native sodium carbonate; natron.

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.

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.

niton

Noun : (obsolete) Former name of radon.

Noun : A village in Niton and Whitwell parish, southern Isle of Wight, England (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.

ninus

Noun : the eponymous founder of the Babylonian city Nineveh

Noun : (mythology) a centaur

nicky

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

Noun : A diminutive of the male given name Nicholas.

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.

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.

niver

Noun : A surname.

Verb : (Mid-Ulster) Alternative form of never [At no time; on no occasion; in no circumstance.]

nikki

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

ninos

Noun : Juan Francisco Martínez Modesto (born 10 June 1980), known as Nino, is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a striker, currently assistant manager of Elche CF Ilicitano.

Noun : Stefanos Xypolitas, known professionally as Nino, is a Greek singer.

Noun : a children's novel written and illustrated by Valenti Angelo.

nidge

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

niser

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

niamh

Noun : (also known as Niamh Cinn-Óir ("Golden-headed Niamh" or "Golden-haired Niamh")) 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.

nighs

Adjective : (archaic, poetic) Near, close by, almost, all but.

Adjective : Not remote in degree, kindred, circumstances, etc.; closely allied; intimate.

Verb : (ambitransitive) to draw nigh (to); to approach; to come near

nikau

Noun : (New Zealand) A New Zealand palm, Rhopalostylis sapida, with edible pith and leaves used for building and thatching.

nimps

Adjective : (Northern England) Easy.

niesr

Noun : (UK) Initialism of National Institute of Economic and Social Research.

nitch

Noun : (dialectal) A notch or small incision.

Noun : Alternative form of knitch (“a small bundle”) [(archaic, dialectal) A small bundle.]

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

nigre

Noun : In soapmaking, the lower layer of liquid produced by pitching, which contains most of the impurities.

nicem

nicie

nidra

nifer

nimey

nitie

nicos

Noun : A transliteration of a male given name (Νίκος) used in Greece.

niers

niecy

Noun : an album by American singer Deniece Williams which was released in 1982 on ARC/Columbia Records.

nigas

nijat

nimhe

nippe

nicæa

Noun : Obsolete spelling of Nicaea. [(historical) Former name of Iznik, a city in Turkey famed for the AD 325 church council that composed the Nicene Creed.]

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.

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 : British standard spelling of niter.

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.

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.

niddm

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

nicks

Noun : A surname originating as a patronymic.

niqab

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

nihon

Noun : (rare) Japan.

niles

Noun : A surname.

Noun : A number of places in the United States:

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

niffy

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

nines

Noun : (poker slang) A pair of nines.

niosh

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

niner

Noun : (informal) Something nine inches long, or holding nine gallons, etc.

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

niaid

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

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.]

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

nikon

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nigua

Noun : A tropical flea, the chigoe.

nimbi

Noun : A circle of light; a halo.

Noun : A gray rain cloud.

nitry

Adjective : (chemistry, obsolete) nitrous

nicam

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

nicol

Noun : A surname originating as a patronymic.

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

niort

Noun : A commune, the capital of Deux-Sèvres department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, in western France.

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