English words starting with N

n-th

1. adjective: last or greatest in an indefinitely large series; "to the nth degree"

n-type semiconductor

1. noun: a semiconductor in which electrical conduction is due chiefly to the movement of electrons

n'djamena

1. noun: the capital and largest city of Chad; located in the southwestern on the Shari river

na

1. noun: a silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group; occurs abundantly in natural compounds (especially in salt water); burns with a yellow flame and reacts violently in water; occurs in sea water and in the mineral halite (rock salt)

na-dene

1. noun: a family of North American Indian languages

naan

1. noun: leavened bread baked in a clay oven in India; usually shaped like a teardrop

naans

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nab

1. verb: tag the base runner to get him out
2. verb: take into custody; "the police nabbed the suspected criminals"

nabalus

1. noun: genus of North American and east Asian perennial herbs; sometimes included in genus Prenanthes

nabalus alba

1. noun: herb of northeastern North America having drooping clusters of yellowish-white flowers; sometimes placed in genus Prenanthes

nabalus serpentarius

1. noun: common perennial herb widely distributed in the southern and eastern United States having drooping clusters of pinkish flowers and thick basal leaves suggesting a lion's foot in shape; sometimes placed in genus Prenanthes

nabbed

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nablus

1. noun: an ancient city in the West Bank to the north of Jerusalem; the home of Jacob in biblical times

nabob

1. noun: a governor in India during the Mogul empire
2. noun: a wealthy man (especially one who made his fortune in the Orient)

nabobs

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nabokov

1. noun: United States writer (born in Russia) (1899-1977)

naboom

1. noun: small tree of dry open parts of southern Africa having erect angled branches suggesting candelabra

nabothian cyst

1. noun: a cyst that forms in the nabothian glands of the uterine cervix

nabothian follicle

1. noun: a cyst that forms in the nabothian glands of the uterine cervix

nabothian gland

1. noun: one of many small glands of the uterine cervix that secrete mucus

nabs

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nabu

1. noun: Babylonian god of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools

nabumetone

1. noun: a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Relafen)

nac

1. noun: a council consisting of permanent representatives of all the member countries of NATO; has political authority and powers of decision

nacelle

1. noun: a streamlined enclosure for an aircraft engine

nacelles

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nacho

1. noun: a tortilla chip topped with cheese and chili-pepper and broiled

nachos

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nacimiento

1. noun: a mountain peak in the Andes in Argentina (21,302 feet high)

nacre

1. noun: the iridescent internal layer of a mollusk shell

nacreous

1. adjective: consisting of or resembling mother-of-pearl
2. adjective: having a play of lustrous rainbow colors; "an iridescent oil slick"; "nacreous (or pearlescent) clouds looking like mother-of-pearl"; "a milky opalescent (or opaline) luster"

nacreous cloud

1. noun: a luminous iridescent cloud at a high altitude that may be seen when the sun is a few degrees below the horizon

nad

1. noun: a coenzyme present in most living cells and derived from the B vitamin nicotinic acid; serves as a reductant in various metabolic processes

nada

1. noun: a quantity of no importance; "it looked like nothing I had ever seen before"; "reduced to nil all the work we had done"; "we racked up a pathetic goose egg"; "it was all for naught"; "I didn't hear zilch about it"

nada daiquiri

1. noun: a daiquiri made without alcohol

nadine gordimer

1. noun: South African novelist and short-story writer whose work describes the effects of apartheid (born in 1923)

nadir

1. noun: an extreme state of adversity; the lowest point of anything
2. noun: the point below the observer that is directly opposite the zenith on the imaginary sphere against which celestial bodies appear to be projected

nadirs

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nadolol

1. noun: a beta-adrenergic blocking agent (trade name Corgard) that is used to treat hypertension and angina

nadp

1. noun: a coenzyme similar to NAD and present in most living cells but serves as a reductant in different metabolic processes

nae

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naegele's rule

1. noun: rule for calculating an expected delivery date; subtract three months from the first day of the last menstrual period and add seven days to that date

naemorhedus

1. noun: gorals

naemorhedus goral

1. noun: small goat antelope with small conical horns; of southern Asian mountains

nafcil

1. noun: a penicillinase-resistant form of penicillin (trade name Nafcil) used (usually in the form of its sodium salt) to treat infections caused by penicillin-resistant strains of staphylococci

nafcillin

1. noun: a penicillinase-resistant form of penicillin (trade name Nafcil) used (usually in the form of its sodium salt) to treat infections caused by penicillin-resistant strains of staphylococci

naff

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naffer

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naffest

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nafta

1. noun: an agreement for free trade between the United States and Canada and Mexico; became effective in 1994 for ten years

nafud

1. noun: a desert in northern Saudi Arabia that is noted for its red sand and violent winds

nag

1. noun: someone (especially a woman) who annoys people by constantly finding fault
2. noun: an old or over-worked horse

nag hammadi

1. noun: a town in Upper Egypt
2. noun: a collection of 13 ancient papyrus codices translated from Greek into Coptic that were discovered by farmers near the town of Nag Hammadi in 1945; the codices contain 45 distinct works including the chief sources of firsthand knowledge of Gnosticism

nag hammadi library

1. noun: a collection of 13 ancient papyrus codices translated from Greek into Coptic that were discovered by farmers near the town of Nag Hammadi in 1945; the codices contain 45 distinct works including the chief sources of firsthand knowledge of Gnosticism

naga

1. noun: Kamarupan languages spoken in northeastern India and western Burma

nagami

1. noun: shrub bearing oval-fruited kumquats

nagami kumquat

1. noun: shrub bearing oval-fruited kumquats

nagano

1. noun: a city in central Honshu to the northwest of Tokyo; site of a Buddhist shrine

nagari

1. noun: a syllabic script used in writing Sanskrit and Hindi

nagari script

1. noun: a syllabic script used in writing Sanskrit and Hindi

nagasaki

1. noun: a city in southern Japan on Kyushu; a leading port and shipbuilding center; on August 9, 1945 Nagasaki became the second populated area to receive an atomic bomb

nageia

1. noun: small genus of Asian evergreen trees having columnar crowns and distinguished by leaves lacking a midrib; eastern Asia including India and Philippines and New Guinea

nageia nagi

1. noun: medium-sized tree having glossy lanceolate leaves; southern China to Taiwan and southern Japan

nagged

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nagger

1. noun: someone (especially a woman) who annoys people by constantly finding fault

naggers

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nagging

1. adjective: continually complaining or faultfinding; "a shrewish wife"; "nagging parents"

nagi

1. noun: medium-sized tree having glossy lanceolate leaves; southern China to Taiwan and southern Japan

nagoya

1. noun: an industrial city in southern Honshu

nags

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nagware

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nah

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naha city

1. noun: the chief city in the Ryukyu Islands

nahuatl

1. noun: a member of any of various Indian peoples of central Mexico
2. noun: the Uto-Aztecan language spoken by the Nahuatl

nahum

1. noun: a Hebrew minor prophet of the 7th century BC
2. noun: an Old Testament book telling Nahum's prophecy of the fall of Nineveh

naiad

1. noun: submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers; of fresh or brackish water
2. noun: (Greek mythology) a nymph of lakes and springs and rivers and fountains

naiad family

1. noun: monotypic family of aquatic plants having narrow leaves and small flowers

naiadaceae

1. noun: monotypic family of aquatic plants having narrow leaves and small flowers

naiadales

1. noun: an order of aquatic monocotyledonous herbaceous plants

naiads

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naiant

1. adjective: applied to a fish depicted horizontally

naias

1. noun: sole genus of the family Naiadaceae

naif

1. noun: a naive or inexperienced person
2. adjective: marked by or showing unaffected simplicity and lack of guile or worldly experience; "a teenager's naive ignorance of life"; "the naive assumption that things can only get better"; "this naive simple creature with wide friendly eyes so eager to believe appearances"

naifs

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naiki

1. noun: a Dravidian language spoken in south central India

nail

1. noun: horny plate covering and protecting part of the dorsal surface of the digits
2. noun: a thin pointed piece of metal that is hammered into materials as a fastener

nail down

1. verb: succeed in obtaining a position; "He nailed down a spot at Harvard"
2. verb: define clearly; "I cannot narrow down the rules for this game"

nail enamel

1. noun: a cosmetic lacquer that dries quickly and that is applied to the nails to color them or make them shiny

nail hole

1. noun: a hole left after a nail is removed

nail polish

1. noun: a cosmetic lacquer that dries quickly and that is applied to the nails to color them or make them shiny

nail pulling

1. noun: a form of torture in which the fingernails or toenails are removed

nail removal

1. noun: a form of torture in which the fingernails or toenails are removed

nail varnish

1. noun: a cosmetic lacquer that dries quickly and that is applied to the nails to color them or make them shiny

nail-biting

1. adjective: (of a situation) characterized by or causing suspense

nail-tailed kangaroo

1. noun: small wallabies with a horny nail on the tip of the tail

nail-tailed wallaby

1. noun: small wallabies with a horny nail on the tip of the tail

nailbrush

1. noun: a brush used to clean a person's fingernails

nailbrushes

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nailed

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nailer

1. noun: a worker who attaches something by nailing it

nailfile

1. noun: a small flat file for shaping the nails

nailhead

1. noun: something resembling the head of a nail that is used as an ornamental device
2. noun: flattened boss on the end of nail opposite to the point

nailing

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nailrod

1. noun: tall marsh plant with cylindrical seed heads that explode when mature shedding large quantities of down; its long flat leaves are used for making mats and chair seats; of North America, Europe, Asia and North Africa

nails

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nainsook

1. noun: a soft lightweight muslin used especially for babies

naira

1. noun: the basic unit of money in Nigeria

nairobi

1. noun: the capital and largest city of Kenya; a center for tourist safaris

naismith

1. noun: United States educator (born in Canada) who invented the game of basketball (1861-1939)

naive

1. adjective: marked by or showing unaffected simplicity and lack of guile or worldly experience; "a teenager's naive ignorance of life"; "the naive assumption that things can only get better"; "this naive simple creature with wide friendly eyes so eager to believe appearances"
2. adjective: of or created by one without formal training; simple or naive in style; "primitive art such as that by Grandma Moses is often colorful and striking"

naive art

1. noun: a genre of art and outdoor constructions made by untrained artists who do not recognize themselves as artists

naive realism

1. noun: (philosophy) the philosophical doctrine that physical objects continue to exist when not perceived

naively

1. adverb: in a naive manner; "he believed, naively, that she would leave him her money"

naiveness

1. noun: lack of sophistication or worldliness

naiver

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naivest

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naivete

1. noun: lack of sophistication or worldliness

naivety

1. noun: lack of sophistication or worldliness

naja

1. noun: cobras