Words by starting letters

Words Starting With NEP

There are 112 words that start with NEP, from 4 letters to 15. The highest scoring is NEPHRECTOMIZING at 34 points in Scrabble, and 8 of them carry a J, Q, X or Z.

Words Starting With NEP: What They Mean

The most familiar words on this page and what they mean. Tap any word for its full entry, score and anagrams.

  • NEPHEW noun a son of your brother or sister
  • NEPHEWS noun form of NEPHEW: a son of your brother or sister
  • NEPHRON noun any of the small tubules that are the excretory units of the vertebrate kidney
  • NEPHRITE noun an amphibole mineral consisting of calcium magnesium silicate in monoclinic crystalline form
  • NEPHRONS noun form of NEPHRON: any of the small tubules that are the excretory units of the vertebrate kidney
  • NEPOTISM noun favoritism shown to relatives or close friends by those in power (as by giving them jobs)
  • NEPOTIST noun a powerful person who shows favoritism to relatives or close friends
  • NEPHELINE noun a whitish mineral consisting of sodium aluminum silicate or potassium aluminum silicate in crystalline form
  • NEPHELITE noun a whitish mineral consisting of sodium aluminum silicate or potassium aluminum silicate in crystalline form
  • NEPHOLOGY noun the branch of meteorology that studies clouds and cloud formation

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Nearby Lists

NAB · NAC · NAG · NAI · NAK · NAL · NAM · NAN · NAP · NAR · NAS · NAT · NAV · NAY · NEA · NEB · NEC · NEE · NEG · NEI · NEL · NEO · NER · NES

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