ND - nod
NE: nontransferable
NF - Nerf
NG - neighboring
NH - neigh
NI = nuclei
NJ: Natraj (also as nataraja; “Lord of the Dance”, depiction of the Hindu god Shiva as the cosmic ecstatic dancer, going back at least 1500 years)
NK = nighthawk
NL- nocturnal
NM - Nim (game)
NN: neutron (or Necronomicon)
NO - neutrino
NP: nincompoop (from Latin non compos mentis (“not of sound mind”)*; in usage since at least 1680)
- EDIT: disputed etymology
NQ = non-q
as in “non-q wave myocardial infarction”
(also Nasdaq Stock Market, albeit of acronym origin)
NR - northerner
NS = nutritious
NT - nitwit
NU - nouveau
NV - Nadav (Hebrew male name, means “giver”)