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 : (by extension) Any position of opportunity for which one is well-suited, such as a particular market in business.

Noun : Any similar position, literal or figurative.

Noun : (ecology) A function within an ecological system to which an organism is especially suited.

nidus

Noun : A place of infection in an organism.

Noun : A nest for insects or small animals.

Noun : An origin (originating point) for a phenomenon.

nihil

Noun : (uncountable, chiefly philosophy) nothingness, nonbeing

Noun : (countable, law) A nihil dicit.

nifty

Adjective : (colloquial, somewhat dated) Good, smart; useful or beneficial, often in an impressively clever way.

Adjective : (colloquial, somewhat dated) Stylish.

Noun : (colloquial, dated) A trick.

night

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

Noun : (uncountable) Nightfall.

Noun : (uncountable) Darkness (due to it being nighttime).

nippy

Adjective : (informal, weather) Rather cold.

Adjective : (UK, informal) Fast; speedy.

Adjective : Inclined to nip; bitey.

nitty

Adjective : (Excessively) detailed or specific; fastidious, fussy, nit-picky.

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

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

ninny

Noun : (informal) A silly or foolish person.

nixie

Noun : A piece of mail returned as undeliverable.

Noun : A female nix, a water-spirit.

ninja

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.

Noun : (euphemistic, African-American Vernacular) Synonym of nigga as a friendly term of address.

nigra

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

Verb : To bite or pinch with small actions.

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

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

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

Noun : (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 crying woman; a woman who is bereaved or inconsolable.

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

Noun : An English surname transferred from the given name.

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 male given name Nicholas.

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

nidal

Adjective : Of or pertaining to a nidus.

Adjective : (rare) Of or pertaining to nests.

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

nimes

Noun : A game in which players take turns removing objects from heaps.

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

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

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

Verb : Almost, nearly.

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

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

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

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

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 town in Bursa Province, Turkey, famed for the 325 CE 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) Nitrous oxide; the system that adds nitrous oxide to a car engine; by extension, a boost mechanic to speed up cars in a video game.

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

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 (except for the eyes), 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 : (in the singular) The digit 9 in the NATO phonetic alphabet.

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

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

Noun : A surname

nigua

Noun : A tropical flea, the chigoe.

nimbi

Noun : A gray rain cloud.

Noun : A circle of light; a halo.

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 : Ellipsis of 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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