| nether | (adjective) lower | - |
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| (adjective) dwelling beneath the surface of the earth | Synonyms: chthonian, chthonic |
| (adjective) located below or beneath something else | Synonyms: under |
| nethermost | (adjective) farthest down | Synonyms: bottommost, lowermost |
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| netherworld | (noun) (religion) the world of the dead | Synonyms: Hades, Hell, infernal region, Scheol, underworld |
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| netiquette | (noun) Etiquette practiced or advocated in electronic communication over a computer network. | - |
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| netkeeper | (noun) the defensive position on an ice hockey or soccer or lacrosse team who stands in front of the goal and tries to prevent opposing players from scoring | Synonyms: goalie, goalkeeper, goaltender |
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| (noun) the soccer or hockey player assigned to protect the goal | Synonyms: goalie, goalkeeper, goaltender, netminder |
| netlike | (adjective) having open interstices or resembling a web | Synonyms: lacy, netted, webbed, webby, weblike |
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| netmail | (verb) communicate electronically on the computer | Synonyms: e-mail, email |
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| netminder | (noun) the soccer or hockey player assigned to protect the goal | Synonyms: goalie, goalkeeper, goaltender, netkeeper |
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| nett | (adjective) remaining after all deductions | Synonyms: net |
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| (verb) catch with a net | Synonyms: net |
| netted | (adjective) having open interstices or resembling a web | Synonyms: lacy, netlike, webbed, webby, weblike |
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| netting | (noun) creating nets | - |
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| (noun) a net of transparent fabric with a loose open weave | Synonyms: gauze, veiling |
| nettle | (noun) any of numerous plants having stinging hairs that cause skin irritation on contact (especially of the genus Urtica or family Urticaceae) | - |
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| (verb) cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations | Synonyms: annoy, bother, chafe, devil, get at, get to, gravel, irritate, nark, rag, rile, vex |
| (verb) sting with or as with nettles and cause a stinging pain or sensation | Synonyms: urticate |
| nettled | (adjective) aroused to impatience or anger | Synonyms: annoyed, irritated, miffed, peeved, pissed, pissed off, riled, roiled, steamed, stung |
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| nettlesome | (adjective) causing irritation or annoyance | Synonyms: annoying, bothersome, galling, irritating, pesky, pestering, pestiferous, plaguey, plaguy, teasing, vexatious, vexing |
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| (adjective) easily irritated or annoyed | Synonyms: cranky, fractious, irritable, peckish, peevish, pettish, petulant, scratchy, techy, testy, tetchy |
| network | (noun) an open fabric of string or rope or wire woven together at regular intervals | Synonyms: mesh, meshing, meshwork, net |
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| (noun) (broadcasting) a communication system consisting of a group of broadcasting stations that all transmit the same programs | - |
| (noun) (electronics) a system of interconnected electronic components or circuits | Synonyms: electronic network |
| (noun) a system of intersecting lines or channels | - |
| (noun) an interconnected system of things or people | Synonyms: web |
| (verb) communicate with and within a group | - |
| networklike | (adjective) having a network of veins or ribs | - |
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| neural | (adjective) of or relating to neurons | Synonyms: neuronal, neuronic |
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| (adjective) of or relating to the nervous system | Synonyms: nervous |
| neuralgia | (noun) acute spasmodic pain along the course of one or more nerves | Synonyms: neuralgy |
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| neuralgic | (adjective) of or relating to or suffering from neuralgia | - |
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| neuralgy | (noun) acute spasmodic pain along the course of one or more nerves | Synonyms: neuralgia |
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| neurasthenia | (noun) nervous breakdown (not in technical use) | - |
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| neurasthenic | (adjective) of or relating to or suffering from neurasthenia | - |
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| (noun) a person suffering a nervous breakdown | - |
| neurectomy | (noun) surgical removal of all or part of a nerve | - |
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| neurilemma | (noun) thin membranous sheath around a nerve fiber | Synonyms: neurolemma |
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| neurilemoma | (noun) tumor of the fibrous covering of a peripheral nerve | Synonyms: neurofibroma |
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| neurinoma | (noun) tumor (usually benign) of the sheath surrounding a nerve | - |
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| neuritis | (noun) inflammation of a nerve accompanied by pain and sometimes loss of function | - |
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| neuroanatomic | (adjective) of or relating to neural tissue or the nervous system | Synonyms: neuroanatomical |
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| neuroanatomical | (adjective) of or relating to neural tissue or the nervous system | Synonyms: neuroanatomic |
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| neuroanatomy | (noun) the anatomy of the nervous system | - |
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| neurobiological | (adjective) of or relating to the biological study of the nervous system | - |
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| (adverb) with respect to neurobiology | - |
| neurobiologist | (noun) a specialist in neurobiology | - |
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| neurobiology | (noun) the branch of biology that deals with the anatomy and physiology and pathology of the nervous system | - |
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| neuroblast | (noun) a cell from which a nerve cell develops | - |
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| neuroblastoma | (noun) malignant tumor containing embryonic nerve cells; usually metastasizes quickly | - |
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| neurochemical | (noun) any organic substance that occurs in neural activity | - |
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| neurodermatitis | (noun) dermatitis in which localized areas (especially the forearms or back of the neck or outer part of the ankle) itch persistently; cause is unknown | - |
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| neuroendocrine | (adjective) of or relating to the nervous and endocrine systems (especially as they function together) | - |
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| neuroepithelioma | (noun) malignant tumor of the neuroepithelium | - |
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| neuroepithelium | (noun) epithelium associated with special sense organs and containing sensory nerve endings | - |
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| neuroethics | (noun) the study of ethical implications of treatments for neurological diseases | - |
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| neurofibril | (noun) Any of the long, thin, microscopic fibrils that run through the body of a neuron and extend into the axon and dendrites, giving the neuron support and shape. | - |
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| neurofibroma | (noun) tumor of the fibrous covering of a peripheral nerve | Synonyms: neurilemoma |
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| neurofibromatosis | (noun) autosomal dominant disease characterized by numerous neurofibromas and by spots on the skin and often by developmental abnormalities | Synonyms: von Recklinghausen's disease |
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| neurogenesis | (noun) the development of nerve tissues | - |
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| neurogenic | (adjective) arising in or stimulated by nerve tissues | - |
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| neuroglia | (noun) sustentacular tissue that surrounds and supports neurons in the central nervous system; glial and neural cells together compose the tissue of the central nervous system | Synonyms: glia |
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| neurogliacyte | (noun) a cell of the neuroglia | Synonyms: glial cell, neuroglial cell |
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| neuroglial | (adjective) relating to or consisting of neuroglia | - |
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| neurohormone | (noun) a hormone that is released by nerve impulses (e.g., norepinephrine or vasopressin) | - |
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| neurohypophysis | (noun) the posterior lobe of the pituitary body; primarily glandular in nature | Synonyms: pars nervosa, posterior pituitary, posterior pituitary gland |
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| neurolemma | (noun) thin membranous sheath around a nerve fiber | Synonyms: neurilemma |
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| neuroleptic | (noun) tranquilizer used to treat psychotic conditions when a calming effect is desired | Synonyms: antipsychotic, antipsychotic agent, antipsychotic drug, major tranquilizer, major tranquilliser, major tranquillizer, neuroleptic agent, neuroleptic drug |
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| neurolinguist | (noun) someone trained in neuroscience and linguistics who studies brain processes during language production and reception | - |
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| neurolinguistics | (noun) the branch of linguistics that studies the relation between language and the structure and function of the nervous system | - |
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| neurologic | (adjective) of or relating to or used in or practicing neurology | Synonyms: neurological |
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| neurological | (adjective) of or relating to or used in or practicing neurology | Synonyms: neurologic |
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| neurologist | (noun) a medical specialist in the nervous system and the disorders affecting it | Synonyms: brain doctor |
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| neurology | (noun) the branch of medical science that deals with the nervous system | - |
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| (noun) (neurology) the branch of medicine that deals with the nervous system and its disorders | Synonyms: clinical neurology |
| neurolysin | (noun) any toxin that affects neural tissues | Synonyms: neurotoxin |
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| neuroma | (noun) any tumor derived from cells of the nervous system | - |
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| neuromarketing | (noun) marketing based on studies of consumers' sensorimotor, cognitive, and affective responses | Synonyms: neuro-marketing |
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| neuromatous | (adjective) of or relating to or caused by neuromas | - |
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| neuromotor | (adjective) relating to a nerve fiber or impulse passing toward motor effectors | - |
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| neuromuscular | (adjective) affecting or characteristic of both neural and muscular tissue | - |
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| neuron | (noun) a cell that is specialized to conduct nerve impulses | Synonyms: nerve cell |
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| neuronal | (adjective) of or relating to neurons | Synonyms: neural, neuronic |
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| neuronic | (adjective) of or relating to neurons | Synonyms: neural, neuronal |
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| neuropathy | (noun) any pathology of the peripheral nerves | - |
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| neurophysiological | (adjective) of or concerned with neurophysiology | - |
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| neurophysiology | (noun) the branch of neuroscience that studies the physiology of the nervous system | - |
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| neuropil | (noun) the complex network of unmyelinated axones, dendrites, and glial branches that form the bulk of the central nervous system's grey matter and in which nerve cell bodies are embedded | Synonyms: neuropile |
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| neuropile | (noun) the complex network of unmyelinated axones, dendrites, and glial branches that form the bulk of the central nervous system's grey matter and in which nerve cell bodies are embedded | Synonyms: neuropil |
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| neuroplasty | (noun) plastic surgery of the nerves | - |
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| neuropsychiatric | (adjective) of or relating to neuropsychiatry | - |
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| neuropsychiatry | (noun) the branch of medicine dealing with mental disorders attributable to diseases of the nervous system | - |
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| neuropsychological | (adjective) of or concerned with neuropsychology | - |
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| neuropsychology | (noun) the branch of psychology that is concerned with the physiological bases of psychological processes | Synonyms: physiological psychology, psychophysiology |
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| neuropteran | (noun) insect having biting mouthparts and four large membranous wings with netlike veins | Synonyms: neuropteron, neuropterous insect |
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| neuropteron | (noun) insect having biting mouthparts and four large membranous wings with netlike veins | Synonyms: neuropteran, neuropterous insect |
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| neurosarcoma | (noun) a malignant neoplasm of nerve tissue and fibrous tissue and connective tissue | Synonyms: malignant neuroma |
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| neuroscience | (noun) the scientific study of the nervous system | - |
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| neuroscientist | (noun) a neurobiologist who specializes in the study of the brain | - |
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| neurosis | (noun) a mental or personality disturbance not attributable to any known neurological or organic dysfunction | Synonyms: neuroticism, psychoneurosis |
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| neurosurgeon | (noun) someone who does surgery on the nervous system (especially the brain) | Synonyms: brain surgeon |
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| neurosurgery | (noun) any surgery that involves the nervous system (brain or spinal cord or peripheral nerves) | - |
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| neurosyphilis | (noun) syphilis of the central nervous system | - |
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| neurotic | (adjective) affected with emotional disorder | Synonyms: psychoneurotic |
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| (adjective) characteristic of or affected by neurosis | - |
| (noun) a person suffering from neurosis | Synonyms: mental case, psychoneurotic |
| neurotically | (adverb) in a neurotic manner | - |
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| neuroticism | (noun) a mental or personality disturbance not attributable to any known neurological or organic dysfunction | Synonyms: neurosis, psychoneurosis |
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| neurotoxic | (adjective) poisonous to nerves or nerve cells | - |
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| neurotoxin | (noun) any toxin that affects neural tissues | Synonyms: neurolysin |
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| neurotransmitter | (noun) a neurochemical that transmits nerve impulses across a synapse | - |
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| neurotropic | (adjective) (of a virus, toxin, or chemical) tending to attack or affect the nervous system preferentially | - |
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| neurotropism | (noun) an affinity for neural tissues | - |
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| neuter | (adjective) neither male nor female (of grammatical gender) | - |
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| (adjective) having no or imperfectly developed or nonfunctional sex organs | Synonyms: sexless |
| (noun) a gender that refers chiefly (but not exclusively) to inanimate objects (neither masculine nor feminine) | - |
| (verb) remove the ovaries of | Synonyms: alter, castrate, spay |
| neutered | (adjective) having testicles or ovaries removed | Synonyms: altered |
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| neutering | (noun) the sterilization of an animal | Synonyms: altering, fixing |
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| neutral | (adjective) having no hue | Synonyms: achromatic |
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| (adjective) possessing no distinctive quality or characteristics | - |
| (adjective) lacking distinguishing quality or characteristics | - |
| (adjective) not supporting or favoring either side in a war, dispute, or contest | - |
| (adjective) having no personal preference | Synonyms: impersonal |
| (adjective) having no net electric charge | Synonyms: electroneutral |
| (adjective) having only a limited ability to react chemically; chemically inactive | Synonyms: indifferent, inert |
| (noun) one who does not side with any party in a war or dispute | - |
| neutralisation | (noun) action intended to nullify the effects of some previous action | Synonyms: counteraction, neutralization |
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| (noun) action intended to keep a country politically neutral or exclude it from a possible war | Synonyms: neutralization |
| (noun) (euphemism) the removal of a threat by killing or destroying it (especially in a covert operation or military operation) | Synonyms: neutralization |
| (noun) a chemical reaction in which an acid and a base interact with the formation of a salt; with strong acids and bases the essential reaction is the combination of hydrogen ions with hydroxyl ions to form water | Synonyms: neutralisation reaction, neutralization, neutralization reaction |