English words starting with nerv

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…

Meanings of Nerve-racking:

adjective

Difficult to do and causing a lot of worry or anxiety

Usage examples:

I had to go out and find a new job, which is always a nerve-racking experience.

Meanings of Nerved:

verb

Brace oneself mentally to face a demanding situation.

Usage examples:

She nerved herself to enter the room

Meanings of Nerveless:

adjective

Lacking vigour or feeling.

Usage examples:

The knife dropped from grant's nerveless fingers

Meanings of Nervelessly:

adverb

In a way that shows that you are calm and confident about something difficult that you are doing

Usage examples:

The young man bounced in nervelessly., she played nervelessly and produced her second win of the se…

Meanings of Nervelet:

noun

A small or fine nerve. chiefly in extended use.

Meanings of Nerves:

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 Nervier:

adjective

Easily agitated or alarmed; nervous.

Usage examples:

He was nervy and on edge

Meanings of Nerviest:

adjective

Easily agitated or alarmed; nervous.

Usage examples:

He was nervy and on edge

Meanings of Nervii:

noun

A celto-germanic tribe inhabiting an area between the rivers rhine and schelde in northern gaul (now hainault, belgium); the members of this tribe.

Meanings of Nervine:

adjective

(of a medicine) used to calm the nerves.

Usage examples:

One particular ingredient in the living multi vegetable blend, oat grass, is a potent nervine tonic.

noun

A nervine medicine.

Usage examples:

How are these different from the pharmaceutical classification of substances as diaphoretics, laxat…

Meanings of Nervines:

noun

A nervine medicine.

Usage examples:

How are these different from the pharmaceutical classification of substances as diaphoretics, laxat…

adjective

(of a medicine) used to calm the nerves.

Usage examples:

One particular ingredient in the living multi vegetable blend, oat grass, is a potent nervine tonic.

Meanings of Nerving:

verb

Brace oneself mentally to face a demanding situation.

Usage examples:

She nerved herself to enter the room

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

Meanings of Nervish:

adjective

Nervous, anxious, agitated.

Meanings of Nervism:

noun

A theory (advocated mainly by i. p. pavlov and his followers) ascribing the control of most normal and abnormal physiological processes to the central nervous system.

Meanings of Nervosa:

noun

An illness often resulting in dangerous weight loss, in which a person, usually a girl or woman, refuses to eat enough over a long period of time

Usage examples:

A recovering anorexic teenager

Meanings of Nervose:

adjective

Of a leaf or other plant part: having veins or nerves; specifically having parallel venation.

Meanings of Nervosities:

noun

The state or condition of being nervous or of experiencing disordered or heightened sensitivity; nervousness.

Meanings of Nervosity:

noun

The state or condition of being nervous or of experiencing disordered or heightened sensitivity; nervousness.

Meanings of Nervous:

adjective

Easily agitated or alarmed.

Usage examples:

A sensitive, nervous person