English Words: N

24,391 words · Page 1 of 488

ncharacter

The fourteenth letter of the English alphabet, called en and written in the Latin script.

N1noun

The rotational speed of the low-pressure spool of a multiple-spool gas turbine engine, expressed as a percentage of a certain reference rotational speed.

N2noun

The rotational speed of the high-pressure spool of a two-spool gas turbine engine or the intermediate-pressure spool of a three-spool gas turbine engine, expressed as a percentage of a certain reference rotational speed.

naadv

Not.

NAAname

Initialism of National Archives of Australia.

NAACPname

Initialism of National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.

naamnoun

The taking of property for the purpose of compensation.

naannoun

A type of round, flat bread baked in a tandoor popular in South and Central Asian cuisine.

Naasname

A town in County Kildare, in eastern Ireland.

nabverb

To seize, arrest or take into custody (a criminal or fugitive).

nabinoun

A prophet of Islam.

Nabilname

A male given name from Arabic.

Nabisconame

An American manufacturer of cookies and snacks.

Nablusname

A city, the capital of Nablus governorate, West Bank, Palestine.

nabsnoun

A single-serving package of snack crackers, usually filled with peanut butter.

NACAname

Initialism of National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics.

nacellenoun

The compartment that holds passengers on a dirigible, hot-air balloon, or other aerostat; a gondola.

Nachmanname

A surname.

nachonoun

A single tortilla chip from a dish of nachos.

nachosnoun

A Mexican dish of tortilla chips, covered in melted cheese and sometimes other ingredients.

nackverb

To acknowledge negatively; to send a NAK signal to.

NaClnoun

Sodium chloride; table salt.

Nacogdochesname

A city, the county seat of Nacogdoches County, Texas, United States.

nadnoun

singular of nads

nadapron

Nothing.

Nadalname

A surname from the Romance languages.

nadenoun

A grenade.

Nadeauname

A surname from French.

Nadeemname

A surname from Arabic.

Nadelname

A surname from German.

Nadellaname

A surname from the South Asian languages

Nadezhdaname

A transliteration of the Bulgarian or Russian female given name Наде́жда (Nadéžda).

Nadiname

A tourist city Fiji.

Nadianame

A female given name from Russian used since the twentieth century.

Nadinename

A female given name from French, a French diminutive form of Nadia.

nadirnoun

The point of the celestial sphere, directly opposite the zenith; inferior pole of the horizon; point of the celestial sphere directly under the place of observation.

Nadiyaname

A transliteration of the Ukrainian female given name Наді́я (Nadíja).

Nadlername

A surname.

nadsnoun

The testicles.

nafnoun

Alternative spelling of naff.

naffadj

Bad; tasteless, poorly thought out, not workable.

NAFTAname

Acronym of North American Free Trade Agreement

nagnoun

A small horse; a pony.

naganoun

A loincloth.

Nagalandname

A state in northeastern India. Capital: Kohima.

Naganoname

The capital city of Nagano Prefecture, Japan.

Nagarname

A surname of Indian usage.

Nagarjunaname

A male given name from Sanskrit.

Nagasakiname

A port city, the capital and largest city of Nagasaki Prefecture, in southwestern Kyushu, Japan, famous as the country's early modern entrepot and for its nuclear bombing on 9 August 1945 at the end of World War II.

Nagataname

A surname from Japanese.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The English alphabetical index for the letter N contains 24,391 headwords drawn from our Wiktionary-derived dictionary table. At 50 entries per page the browse splits into 488 pages, and you are currently viewing page 1. Every row above is a dictionary-backed entry with a canonical slug, and each links through to a full definition page with pronunciation, senses, etymology, and related-word data where available.

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