English words starting with ner

Meanings of Neral:

noun

A colourless oily aldehyde, c₁₀ h₁₆ o, which is the cis isomer of citral and gives nerol on reduction.

Meanings of Nerd:

noun

A person who is extremely enthusiastic and knowledgeable about a particular subject, especially one of specialist or niche interest.

Usage examples:

The executive is an unabashed film nerd

verb

A foolish or contemptible person who lacks social skills or is boringly studious.

Usage examples:

I was a serious nerd until i discovered girls and cars

Meanings of Nerds:

noun

A person who is extremely enthusiastic and knowledgeable about a particular subject, especially one of specialist or niche interest.

Usage examples:

The executive is an unabashed film nerd

verb

A foolish or contemptible person who lacks social skills or is boringly studious.

Usage examples:

I was a serious nerd until i discovered girls and cars

Meanings of Nereid:

noun

A bristle worm of the ragworm family ( nereidae ).

proper noun

Any of the sea nymphs, daughters of nereus. they include thetis, mother of achilles.

Meanings of Nereids:

noun

A bristle worm of the ragworm family ( nereidae ).

proper noun

Any of the sea nymphs, daughters of nereus. they include thetis, mother of achilles.

Meanings of Nereis:

noun

A genus of marine annelids (the type genus of the family nereidae or nereididae, the ragworms); (also nereis) a worm of (or formerly assigned to) this genus.

Meanings of Nerine:

noun

A bulbous south african plant with narrow strap-shaped petals that are typically crimped and twisted and appear when there are no leaves.

Usage examples:

There is always plenty in bloom, especially march lilies, agapanthus, nerines and blood lilies at t…

Meanings of Nerita:

noun

Originally: any of various, probably chiefly aquatic, gastropod molluscs. later: specifically any mollusc of the genus nerita, comprising tropical marine prosobranch gastropods with a thick shell, a short or flattened spire, and a semicircular aperture.

Meanings of Nerite:

noun

A chiefly tropical mollusc with a somewhat globe-shaped and brightly marked shell, typically found in water.

Usage examples:

As with the checkered nerite, some members of a population spend more time in the water than others.

Meanings of Neritic:

adjective

Relating to or denoting the shallow part of the sea near a coast and overlying the continental shelf.

Usage examples:

It is on the continental shelves where shelf, epeiric, neritic, or epicontinental sediments are dep…

Meanings of Nerium:

noun

Any of two or three evergreen shrubs constituting the genus nerium (family apocynaceae), especially the oleander, n. oleander; (in form nerium) the genus itself.

Meanings of Nerka:

noun

The sockeye salmon, oncorhynchus nerka.

Meanings of Nerol:

noun

An oily unsaturated primary alcohol, c₁₀ h₁₈ o, which is present in neroli and some other essential oils and has a fragrance of roses resembling but regarded as superior to that of geraniol (its stereoisomer).

Meanings of Neroli:

noun

An essential oil distilled from the flowers of the seville orange, used in perfumery.

Usage examples:

For a more exotic perfume, try the essential oil ylang-ylang and neroli.

Meanings of Nerols:

noun

An oily unsaturated primary alcohol, c₁₀ h₁₈ o, which is present in neroli and some other essential oils and has a fragrance of roses resembling but regarded as superior to that of geraniol (its stereoisomer).

Meanings of Neronian:

adjective

Relating to or characteristic of the roman emperor nero, especially in being cruel, tyrannical, or licentious.

Usage examples:

Neronian persecution

Meanings of Neronic:

adjective

Neronian.

Meanings of Nerts:

adjective

Nuts’, crazy. now somewhat rare.

exclamation

Expressing annoyance, exasperation, incredulity, etc.

Meanings of Nertz:

adjective

Nuts’, crazy. now somewhat rare.

exclamation

Expressing annoyance, exasperation, incredulity, etc.

Meanings of Nerval:

adjective

Of, relating to, or affecting the nerves.

Meanings of Nervate:

adjective

Having a number of veins.

Meanings of Nervation:

noun

The arrangement of nerves in a leaf.

Meanings of Nerve:

noun

A whitish fibre or bundle of fibres in the body that transmits impulses of sensation to the brain or spinal cord, and impulses from these to the muscles and organs.

Usage examples:

The optic nerve

verb

Brace oneself mentally to face a demanding situation.

Usage examples:

She nerved herself to enter the room

Meanings of Nerve-centre:

noun

A place from which an organization or activity is controlled or managed

Usage examples:

The pentagon is the nerve centre of the us armed forces.

Meanings of Nerve-oneself:

noun

A group of long, thin fibers in the body, esp. in the brain, which send and receive messages that control how the body reacts to signals it receives, such as to changes in temperature or pressure against the skin

Usage examples:

It takes a lot of nerve to get up in front of a class when you’re not used to it., she has some ner…