English words starting with necr

Meanings of Necro:

Relating to a corpse or death.

Usage examples:

Necromancy

Meanings of Necrobacillosis:

noun

Disease caused by the gram-negative anaerobic bacterium fusobacterium necrophorum, affecting domestic and wild animals and (less commonly) humans; an instance or form of this.

Meanings of Necrobiosis:

noun

Gradual degeneration and death of cells in the body tissues.

Usage examples:

Diabetic necrobiosis typically causes discrete pretibial plaques, not the confluent skin changes se…

Meanings of Necrogenic:

adjective

Produced by contact with dead bodies; arising from dead bodies; (medicine) designating a wart-like form of tuberculosis of the skin acquired by contact with infected human or bovine tissue, seen especially in pathologists, abattoir workers, and butchers (now historical).

Meanings of Necrogenous:

adjective

Designating a reaction to a plant pathogen in which there is necrosis of the cells surrounding the site of infection, isolating the pathogen and preventing its further spread.

Meanings of Necrolatry:

noun

Worship of or excessive reverence for the dead.

Usage examples:

There is a strain of elvis worship that veers close to necrolatry

Meanings of Necrologic:

adjective

Of the nature of, relating to, or characterized by necrology; = "necrological".

Meanings of Necrologically:

adverb

With reference to necrology (or, more generally, death or dying); by means of a necrology or obituary.

Meanings of Necrologies:

noun

An obituary notice.

Usage examples:

In the second necrology, possibly written slightly later and at san isidoro about 1150, fernando's …

Meanings of Necrologist:

noun

The author of an obituary notice.

Usage examples:

But for the moment, i am pleased to have been given this chance to contrive my own fable and plead …

Meanings of Necrologue:

noun

An obituary notice or article.

Meanings of Necrology:

noun

An obituary notice.

Usage examples:

In the second necrology, possibly written slightly later and at san isidoro about 1150, fernando's …

Meanings of Necromancer:

noun

A person who practises necromancy; a wizard or magician.

Usage examples:

Dr faustus, a necromancer of the 16th century

Meanings of Necromancers:

noun

A person who practises necromancy; a wizard or magician.

Usage examples:

Dr faustus, a necromancer of the 16th century

Meanings of Necromancing:

noun

The art or practice of necromancy.

adjective

Engaging in or characterized by necromancy; necromantic.

Meanings of Necromancy:

noun

The supposed practice of communicating with the dead, especially in order to predict the future.

Usage examples:

Alchemy, necromancy, and other magic practices

Meanings of Necromantic:

adjective

Relating to witchcraft or black magic, especially the supposed practice of communicating with the dead.

Usage examples:

Necromantic spells

Meanings of Necromantically:

adverb

In a necromantic manner; by, or as if by, necromancy; with regard to necromancy.

Meanings of Necronite:

noun

A feldspar having an unpleasant odour, said to be a variety of orthoclase.

Meanings of Necrophagous:

adjective

That feeds on dead bodies or decaying animal tissue; characterized by such behaviour.

Meanings of Necrophagy:

noun

The condition of being necrophagous; the eating of dead bodies or decaying animal tissue.

Meanings of Necrophile:

noun

A person who is sexually attracted to corpses.

Usage examples:

A necrophile who works in a morgue

Meanings of Necrophilia:

noun

Sexual intercourse with or attraction towards corpses.

Meanings of Necrophiliac:

noun

A person who is sexually attracted to or has sex with dead bodies

Meanings of Necrophilous:

adjective

Feeding or growing on dead animal tissue; necrophagous.