English Words Starting With N

• neckwear

  nounLow
  /ˈnek.weər/Garments or accessories worn around the neck, most commonly referring to ties, scarves, cravats, and similar items.
• necrobacillosis

  nounC2/Extremely Rare
  /ˌnɛkrəʊˌbæsɪˈləʊsɪs/A bacterial infection causing tissue death, typically involving the bacterium Fusobacterium necrophorum.
• necrobiosis

  nounLow/Very Rare
  /ˌnekrə(ʊ)baɪˈəʊsɪs/The physiological, progressive death of cells within a living organism, often as part of normal turnover or degeneration.
• necrolatry

  nounRare (C2+ vocabulary)
  /nɛˈkrɒlətri/The worship of or excessive reverence for the dead.
• necrology

  nounC2
  /nɛˈkrɒlədʒi/A list or register of people who have died, especially recently; an obituary.
• necromance

  verb-intransitiveverb-transitiveVery Low
  /ˈnɛkrə(ʊ)ˌmæns/To perform necromancy; to practice magic involving communication with or raising of the dead.
• necromancer

  nounC1/C2
  /ˈnek.rəʊˌmæn.sər/A person who practises necromancy, the magical art of communicating with the dead to predict the future or manipulate events.
• necromancing

  adjectivenounLow (Literary/Rare/Specialist)
  /ˈnɛk.rəʊˌmæn.sɪŋ/The practice of communicating with or conjuring the dead, often for divination or magical purposes.
• necromancy

  nounC2
  /ˈnɛkrə(ʊ)ˌmansi/The practice of communicating with the dead, especially in order to predict the future.
• necromania

  nounExtremely rare
  /ˌnekrəʊˈmeɪniə/An obsessive fascination with death or dead bodies.
• necromimesis

  nounVery low
  /ˌnekrəʊmɪˈmiːsɪs/The act of imitating death or a death-like state, often as a psychological or physiological condition.
• necrophilia

  nounC2
  /ˌnɛkrə(ʊ)ˈfɪlɪə/A paraphilia in which a person is sexually attracted to or has sexual fantasies involving corpses.
• necrophiliac

  adjectivenounLow
  /ˌnɛkrəˈfɪlɪæk/A person who is sexually attracted to corpses or dead bodies.
• necrophilism

  nounVery Low (technical/forensic term)
  /nɛˈkrɒfɪlɪz(ə)m/A psychological or sexual attraction to corpses.
• necrophobia

  nounC2
  /ˌnek.rəˈfəʊ.bi.ə/A persistent, abnormal, and unwarranted fear of death or dead things.
• necropolis

  nounC1-C2 / Very Low Frequency
  /nɛˈkrɒp.ə.lɪs/A large, ancient cemetery or burial ground, especially one associated with a major historic city.
• necropsy

  nounverb-transitiveC2
  /ˈnɛkrɒpsi/A post-mortem examination of a dead body, especially an animal, to determine the cause of death.
• necroscopy

  nounVery Low
  /nɛˈkrɒskəpi/The act or process of performing an autopsy; a post-mortem examination to determine cause of death.
• necrose

  verbverb-ambitransitiveC2
  /nɛˈkrəʊz/to undergo necrosis; to become dead or decay in living tissue.
• necrosis

  nounC2
  /nəˈkrəʊsɪs/The death of most or all of the cells in an organ or tissue due to disease, injury, or failure of the blood supply.

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