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English words: nimwit to nipplewort

300 English words, part 38 of 99 of the words starting with N, A to Z. 21 have a page of their own.

English words nimwit to nipplewort

  1. nimwit noun: A dimwit.
  2. nimwitted adjective /nɪmwɪtəd/: Nitwitted; dim-witted.
  3. Nimzowitsch Defence noun: A chess opening characterized by the moves 1.e4 Nc6, in which the white king's pawn advances two squares and the black queen's knight advances to the bishop...
  4. Nimzowitschian adjective: Of or relating to Aron Nimzowitsch (1886–1935), Russian-born Danish chess master and chess writer.
  5. nin noun /nɪn/: Affectionate name for a grandmother.
  6. nina noun, phrase /ˈniːnə/: Alternative letter-case form of nina (“a hidden message revealed in the completed grid of a crossword”).
  7. NINA loan noun: A mortgage loan to a borrower with no verified or stated income or assets.
  8. Nina Ross noun: A playing card with the rank of nine
  9. Ninan proper noun: A surname from Malayalam.
  10. ninang noun: A godmother.
  11. nincom noun: A fool; a nincompoop.
  12. nincompoopery noun: The beliefs and behaviours of a nincompoop; folly; idiocy.
  13. nincompoopish adjective: Like a nincompoop; foolish; silly.
  14. nincompoopism noun: The beliefs and behaviours of a nincompoop; folly; idiocy.
  15. nincum noun: Alternative form of nincom.
  16. Nind proper noun: A surname.
  17. nindan noun: An ancient Babylonian unit of measure equal to 12 cubits, approximately six metres.
  18. nine noun, number /naɪn/: A numerical value equal to 9; the number following eight and preceding ten.
  19. nine ball noun: Alternative spelling of nine-ball.
  20. nine-banded armadillo noun: A species of armadillo, Dasypus novemcinctus, ranging from much of the southern US to warmer South America.
  21. nine-darter noun: The scoring of 501 points with only nine darts, regarded as a perfect game.
  22. nine day wonder noun /ˌnaɪn‿deɪ ˈwʌndə/: Something that generates interest for a limited time and is then abandoned.
  23. nine days wonder noun: Alternative form of nine day wonder.
  24. nine-eyes noun: The lamprey.
  25. nine figures noun: An unspecified amount of money ranging from 100,000,000 to 999,999,999 dollars or other unit of currency.
  26. nine hundred number /ˈnaɪn ˈhʌn.dɹəd/: The cardinal number occurring after eight hundred ninety-nine and before nine hundred one, represented in Arabic numerals as 900. Ordinal: nine-hundredth.
  27. nine-hundredth adjective: The ordinal form of the number nine hundred.
  28. nine-killer noun: The northern shrike (Lanius borealis).
  29. nine lives noun: Durability; near immunity to damage; remarkable ability to survive.
  30. nine men's morris noun: An ancient strategic board game for two players, each having nine pieces, and in which forming a row of three of one's own pieces earns the removal of one...
  31. nine night noun: Synonym of dead yard (“Caribbean funerary tradition”).
  32. nine-nine-six noun: Alternative form of 9-9-6 (“9am-to-9pm workday and six-day workweek”).
  33. nine o'clock noun: The start of the tenth hour of the day; 9:00 a.m. (09:00).
  34. nine one one noun: Alternative spelling of 9-1-1.
  35. nine-pins noun: Alternative form of ninepins.
  36. nine-point circle noun: That circle which passes through the feet of the altitudes of a given triangle.
  37. nine points circle noun: Alternative spelling of nine-point circle.
  38. nine-pounder noun: A cannon of a certain bore size (caliber) that was named for an iron cannonball that weighed nine pounds in a certain outdated system of weights and measures.
  39. nine-primaried oscine noun: Any of various birds of the suborder Passeri of the Passeriformes. The composition of the group has changed since the term was introduced but is now...
  40. nine-tenths noun /ˌnʌɪnˈtɛnθs/: Nine parts out of ten; 90%; 9/10.
  41. nine thousand number: cardinal number between eight thousand nine hundred ninety nine and nine thousand and one
  42. nine-thousander noun: Any mountain that extends more than 9,000 metres (29,528 ft) from the surface.
  43. nine-thousandth adjective: The ordinal form of the number nine thousand.
  44. nine-timer noun: A word that covers two triple-word squares, so that the overall value of the letters is multiplied by nine.
  45. nine times out of ten adverb: Very often, mostly, most of the time.
  46. nine to five adjective, adverb, noun, verb: From 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
  47. nine-to-fiver noun: Someone who works a nine-to-five job.
  48. nine ways to Sunday adverb: Synonym of six ways to Sunday.
  49. nine while five adverb: Nine to five.
  50. nine you're fine, ten you're mine proverb: A police officer is likely to pull over a motorist who exceeds the speed limit by 10 or more miles per hour, but may overlook lesser amounts.
  51. ninebark noun: Any flowering plant of the genus Physocarpus.
  52. ninefold adjective, adverb: Having nine times as much or as many.
  53. ninefoldness noun: The property of being ninefold.
  54. nineholes noun: A game in which each player bowls a ball towards nine holes in a board or the ground, scoring points according to which hole the ball enters.
  55. ninein noun: A protein that has a centrosomal function
  56. nineish adjective, noun /ˈnaɪnɪʃ/: Any time close to nine o'clock.
  57. ninek noun /naɪnːk/: A nine-pronged fork.
  58. nineling noun: A twin crystal formed from nine individuals.
  59. nineman noun: Alternative form of 9-man.
  60. nineness noun: The property of being nine in number.
  61. ninepence noun: A former British silver coin, worth nine old pennies.
  62. ninepenny adjective, noun: Having a value or cost of ninepence.
  63. ninepin noun: The wooden pin used in the game of ninepins; a skittle.
  64. ninepin bowl noun: A bowling ball used in the game ninepins or skittles.
  65. ninepins noun: The game of skittles.
  66. nineplex noun: A building divided into nine separate residences or commercial premises.
  67. niner noun /ˈnaɪnə(ɹ)/: Something nine inches long, or holding nine gallons, etc.
  68. nines noun: A pair of nines.
  69. ninescore number: One hundred and eighty.
  70. ninesies noun: A call in any children's game, such as jacks, where nine actions must be performed.
  71. ninesome noun /ˈnaɪnsəm/: A group of nine persons or things.
  72. nineteen number /ˈnaɪntiːn/: The cardinal number occurring after eighteen and before twenty, represented in Roman numerals as XIX and in Arabic numerals as 19. It is the last/largest of...
  73. Nineteen Eighty-Four noun: A society characterized by rigid government control enforced through propaganda and intensive surveillance.
  74. nineteen-fifties noun: Alternative form of 1950s.
  75. nineteen hand noun: A hand of cards that scores no points.
  76. nineteen hundred noun: The start of the twentieth hour of the day on the 24-hour clock i.e. 19:00.
  77. nineteen hundreds noun: The decade consisting of the years 1900 through 1909.
  78. nineteen to the dozen adverb: very quickly; rapidly
  79. nineteenfold adjective, adverb: nineteen times as many
  80. nineteenish adjective: Of about nineteen years of age.
  81. nineteenness noun: The property of being nineteen in age or number.
  82. nineteenpence noun: The monetary amount of nineteen pence.
  83. nineteenth adjective, noun /ˌnaɪnˈtiːnθ/: The ordinal form of the number nineteen.
  84. nineteenth hole noun: A pub/bar where golfers go for drinks after a game of golf, usually in the clubhouse at the course.
  85. nineteenthly adverb, noun: In nineteenth place; nineteenth in a row.
  86. nineties adjective, noun: plural of ninety
  87. ninetieth adjective, noun /ˈnaɪn.ti.əθ/: The ordinal form of the number ninety.
  88. ninetiethly adverb: In the ninetieth place; ninetieth in a row.
  89. Ninette proper noun: A female given name.
  90. ninety number /ˈnaɪn.ti/: The cardinal number occurring after eighty-nine and before ninety-one, represented in Roman numerals as XC and in Arabic numerals as 90.
  91. ninety days noun: Nine, in the game of craps.
  92. ninety eight number /ˈnaɪnti eɪt/: The cardinal number immediately following ninety-seven – ninety plus eight – and preceding ninety-nine.
  93. ninety-eighth adjective, noun /ˌnaɪnti ˈeɪ(t)θ/: The ordinal form of the number ninety-eight, describing a person or thing in position number 98 of a sequence.
  94. ninety-eleven adjective: Very many; too many to count; quite a lot.
  95. ninety-fifth adjective, noun /ˌnaɪnti ˈfɪ(f)θ/: The ordinal form of the number ninety-five, describing a person or thing in position number 95 of a sequence.
  96. ninety-first adjective, noun: The ordinal form of the number ninety-one, describing a person or thing in position number 91 of a sequence.
  97. ninety five number /ˈnaɪnti faɪv/: The cardinal number immediately following ninety-four and preceding ninety-six.
  98. ninety four number /ˈnaɪnti fɔːɹ/: The cardinal number immediately following ninety-three and preceding ninety-five.
  99. ninety-fourth adjective, noun /ˌnaɪnti ˈfɔːθ/: The ordinal form of the number ninety-four, describing a person or thing in position number 94 of a sequence.
  100. ninety-leben adjective: Pronunciation spelling of ninety-eleven.
  101. ninety-leven adjective: Pronunciation spelling of ninety-eleven, quite a lot.
  102. ninety nine noun, number: The cardinal number immediately following ninety-eight and preceding one hundred.
  103. ninety-nine problems noun: Alternative form of 99 problems.
  104. ninety-ninety rule noun: A humorous aphorism stating that the first 90% of the code accounts for the first 90% of the development time, and the remaining 10% of the code accounts...
  105. ninety-ninth adjective, noun /ˌnaɪnti ˈnaɪnθ/: The ordinal form of the number ninety-nine, describing a person or thing in position number 99 of a sequence.
  106. ninety one number /ˈnaɪnti wʌn/: The cardinal number immediately following ninety and preceding ninety-two.
  107. ninety-oneth adjective: ninety-first
  108. ninety-second adjective, noun /ˌnaɪnti ˈsɛkənd/: The ordinal form of the number ninety-two, describing a person or thing in position number 92 of a sequence.
  109. ninety seven number /ˈnaɪnti ˈsɛvən/: The cardinal number immediately following ninety-six and preceding ninety-eight.
  110. ninety-seventh adjective, noun /ˌnaɪnti ˈsɛvənθ/: The ordinal form of the number ninety-seven, describing a person or thing in position number 97 of a sequence.
  111. ninety six number /ˈnaɪnti sɪks/: The cardinal number immediately following ninety-five and preceding ninety-seven.
  112. ninety-sixth adjective, noun /ˌnaɪnti ˈsɪk(s)θ/: The ordinal form of the number ninety-six, describing a person or thing in position number 96 of a sequence.
  113. ninety-something noun, number: Alternative form of ninetysomething.
  114. ninety-third adjective, noun: The ordinal form of the number ninety-three, describing a person or thing in position number 93 of a sequence.
  115. ninety three number /ˈnaɪnti θɹiː/: The cardinal number immediately following ninety-two and preceding ninety-four.
  116. ninety two number /ˈnaɪnti tuː/: The cardinal number immediately following ninety-one and preceding ninety-three.
  117. ninetyeight number: Alternative form of ninety-eight.
  118. ninetyfive number: Alternative form of ninety-five.
  119. ninetyfold adjective, adverb: By a factor of ninety.
  120. ninetyfour number: Alternative form of ninety-four.
  121. ninetyish adjective: Approximately ninety
  122. ninetynine number: Alternative form of ninety-nine.
  123. ninetyodd number: Slightly more than ninety.
  124. ninetyone number: Alternative form of ninety-one.
  125. ninetyseven number: Alternative form of ninety-seven.
  126. ninetysix number: Alternative form of ninety-six.
  127. ninetysomething noun, number: An indeterminate value between 90 (inclusive) and 100 (exclusive).
  128. ninetythree number: Alternative form of ninety-three.
  129. ninetytwo number: Alternative form of ninety-two.
  130. Nineveh proper noun /ˈnɪnɪvə/: The capital of ancient Assyria, now Mosul, Iraq.
  131. Ninevite adjective, noun /ˈnɪnəvaɪt/: A native or inhabitant of Nineveh.
  132. Ninevitic adjective: Of or relating to the Ninevites.
  133. Ninevitical adjective: Of or relating to the Ninevites.
  134. Ninevitish adjective: Of or relating to the Ninevites.
  135. Ninewells proper noun: A western suburb of Dundee, City of Dundee council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO3630).
  136. Ning proper noun: A surname.
  137. ning nong noun /ˈnɪŋˌnɔŋ/: A stupid person; an idiot.
  138. ningaui noun: Any of various endemic Australian dasyurid marsupials of the genus Ningaui.
  139. Ningbo proper noun /nɪŋˈbəʊ/: A port city, prefecture-level city, and subprovincial city in eastern Zhejiang, China.
  140. Ningbonese adjective, noun: Of, from, or pertaining to Ningbo.
  141. ningnanmycin noun: The antimicrobial and antiviral pesticide...
  142. Ningthou noun: A Meitei ruler
  143. Ningxia proper noun /nɪŋˈʃjɑː/: A Hui autonomous region of China. Official name: Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. Capital: Yinchuan.
  144. ningyoite noun: An orthorhombic-disphenoidal mineral containing calcium, cerium, hydrogen, oxygen, phosphorus, and uranium.
  145. Ninh proper noun: A surname from Vietnamese.
  146. ninhydrin noun: The aromatic compound 2,2-dihydroxyindane-1,3-dione which is used as a reagent to detect amines
  147. nini interjection /naɪˈnaɪ/: Alternative form of night night.
  148. Ninian proper noun /ˈnɪnjən/: A male given name
  149. Ninilchik proper noun /nɪˈnɪl.t͡ʃɪk/: A town in Alaska, United States.
  150. niningerite noun: A magnesium-iron-manganese sulfide mineral.
  151. ninja adjective, noun, verb /ˈnɪnd͡ʒə/: One trained in ninjutsu, especially one used for espionage, assassination, and other tasks requiring stealth during Japan's shogunate period.
  152. ninja cop noun: A police officer involved in the illicit resale of confiscated illegal drugs.
  153. ninja foot noun: Synonym of cameltoe.
  154. ninja gym noun: A gym for obstacle course racing training, filled with NinjaWarrior/Sasuke-style obstacles as its exercise equipment.
  155. ninja loan noun: A subprime loan issued to borrowers with no job, income, or assets.
  156. ninja loot verb: To unfairly loot the corpse of a fallen enemy before other members of the party can divvy the spoils.
  157. ninja looter noun: One who ninja loots.
  158. ninja miner noun: A person who unofficially digs or pans for gold in Mongolia.
  159. ninja rock noun: A broken shard of ceramic spark plug, used by criminals to silently fracture the glass windows of vehicles.
  160. ninja star noun: A shuriken.
  161. ninja sword noun: Synonym of ninjato.
  162. ninja van noun /ˈnɪn.dʒə væn/: A pop-up food van that appears during field training to sell food and drinks to soldiers.
  163. ninjaflex noun: A thermoplastic polyurethane filament used in 3D printing.
  164. ninjalike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a ninja.
  165. ninjas cutting onions phrase: A lighthearted excuse for why one is crying.
  166. ninjato noun: A straight-bladed short sword, commonly appearing in works of fiction as a weapon of the shinobi in feudal Japan.
  167. ninjette noun /nɪnˈd͡ʒɛt/: A female ninja-like warrior or martial artist; a kunoichi.
  168. ninjutsu noun /nɪnd͡ʒɪtsu/: A Japanese martial art that is a collection of techniques originally practiced for Japanese espionage purposes, and includes methods of gathering...
  169. ninnery noun /ˈnɪnəɹi/: Ninnyish behavior; foolery; foolishness.
  170. ninny noun /ˈnɪni/: A silly or foolish person.
  171. ninny-pinny adjective: Silly, ridiculous, ninnyish.
  172. ninnyhammer noun: A foolish person; a simpleton.
  173. ninnyish adjective: silly; foolish
  174. ninnyism noun: predisposition to act like a ninny
  175. Ninomiya proper noun: A town in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.
  176. ninon noun: A sheer fabric of silk, rayon, or nylon made in a variety of tight smooth weaves or open lacy patterns.
  177. ninong noun: A godfather.
  178. Ninotchka proper noun: A female given name from Russian.
  179. ninpo noun: ninjutsu
  180. nintas noun: ehrlichiosis
  181. nintedanib noun: A particular drug used as part of the treatment regimen for some types of non-small-cell lung cancer and for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.
  182. Nintendinitis noun /nɪnˌtɛn.dɪnˈaɪ.tɪs/: A form of repetitive strain injury affecting frequent video gamers, often from the excessive use of the d-pad on a game controller.
  183. Nintendium noun: A fictional material credited for the durability of several Nintendo products.
  184. Nintendo noun /nɪnˈtɛndəʊ/: A Nintendo Entertainment System, or other video game system made by Nintendo.
  185. Nintendo generation noun: The generation that came of age playing Nintendo video games in the late 20th and early 21st centuries.
  186. Nintendo hard adjective: Having an extremely high level of difficulty, even at easier difficulties.
  187. Nintendo thumb noun: Synonym of Nintendinitis.
  188. Nintendocore noun /nɪnˈtɛndəʊˌkɔː(ɹ)/: An aggressive genre of modern rock music influenced by chiptunes (“music that samples or emulates the audio capabilities of older sound chips”) and video...
  189. Nintendonitis noun: Alternative form of Nintendinitis.
  190. ninth adjective, noun, verb /naɪnθ/: The ordinal form of the number nine.
  191. ninth chord noun: A chord with five notes that are thirds apart.
  192. ninth cranial nerve noun: Synonym of glossopharyngeal nerve.
  193. ninth grade noun: The period in school that comes after eighth grade and before tenth grade.
  194. ninth grader noun: A pupil who is in ninth grade.
  195. ninth-inning adjective: Happening in the ninth inning of a baseball game.
  196. ninthly adverb: In the ninth place; ninth in a row.
  197. Ninurta proper noun: A Mesopotamian god associated with farming, healing, hunting, law, scribes, and war
  198. Ninus proper noun: the eponymous founder of the Babylonian city Nineveh
  199. nio noun: Alternative letter-case form of Nio.
  200. niobate noun: Any salt, XNbO₃, of the weak niobic acid.
  201. niobatian adjective: Containing niobate anions.
  202. Niobe noun /ˈnʌɪ.ə.bi/: A crying woman; a woman who is bereaved or inconsolable.
  203. Niobean adjective: Of or relating to the mythical Niobe.
  204. niobian adjective: Containing niobium
  205. niobic adjective: Relating to niobium.
  206. niobic acid noun: the hypothetical acid HNbO₃ derived from niobic oxide Nb₂O₅, only known as its salts, the niobates
  207. Niobid noun: Any of the children of Amphion of Thebes and Niobe, slain by Apollo and Artemis because Niobe, born of the royal house of Phrygia, had boastfully compared...
  208. niobiferous adjective: Containing or producing niobium.
  209. niobite noun: The mineral columbite.
  210. niobium noun /naɪˈoʊbiəm/: A chemical element (symbol Nb) with an atomic number of 41: a light grey, crystalline, ductile transition metal used in superconducting materials.
  211. niobium pentachloride noun: A chloride of niobium with the chemical formula NbCl₅.
  212. niobocarbide noun: An isometric-hexoctahedral mineral containing carbon, niobium, and tantalum.
  213. niobocene noun: A metallocene containing a niobium atom.
  214. niobokupletskite noun: A triclinic-pinacoidal mineral containing fluorine, hydrogen, iron, manganese, niobium, oxygen, potassium, silicon, sodium, titanium, zinc, and zirconium.
  215. niobophyllite noun: A triclinic brown mineral containing fluorine, hydrogen, iron, manganese, niobium, oxygen, potassium, silicon, sodium, and titanium.
  216. niobous adjective: Of or pertaining to niobium.
  217. Niobrara proper noun: The Niobrara River in Wyoming and Nebraska, United States, which is a tributary of the Missouri River.
  218. niocalite noun: A monoclinic-domatic light yellow mineral containing calcium, fluorine, niobium, oxygen, and silicon.
  219. niometacin noun: A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug.
  220. niopo noun: A kind of snuff prepared by some indigenous peoples of Venezuela and Colombia, from the roasted seeds of a leguminous tree, Anadenanthera peregrina.
  221. Niort proper noun /niˈɔː(ɹ)/: A commune, the capital of Deux-Sèvres department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, in western France.
  222. niosomal adjective: Relating to niosomes
  223. niosome noun: A vesicle composed of a nonionic surfactant and cholesterol
  224. nip adjective, noun, verb /nɪp/: To catch and enclose or compress tightly between two surfaces, or points which are brought together or closed; to pinch; to close in upon.
  225. nip and tuck adjective, adverb, noun: So evenly matched that the advantage shifts from one to the other, and the outcome is uncertain.
  226. nip at verb: To bite or pinch with small actions.
  227. nip-backer noun: Alternative form of nipbacker.
  228. nip-cheese noun: Alternative form of nipcheese
  229. nip in the bud verb /ˈnɪp.ɪn.ðəˈbʌd/: To remove a bud (from a plant) to prevent flower and fruit from forming.
  230. nip in the butt verb: Eggcorn of nip in the bud.
  231. nip nop noun: Nipple (projection of a mammary gland).
  232. nip-out noun: The situation where the roof and thill approach each other, diminishing the usual thickness of the coal seam or extinguishing it completely.
  233. nip point noun: A point of convergence between two rolling parts, or a rolling part and a stationary part, where all or part of the human body could become trapped and injured.
  234. nip slip noun: The brief accidental exposure of a woman's breast, usually partially and on the side.
  235. nip-up noun: an acrobatic spring from a supine position to a standing position.
  236. nipa noun /ˈniːpə/: Initialism of National Income and Product Accounts.
  237. nipa grass noun: Distichlis palmeri, a saltgrass native to the Sonoran Desert of Mexico and the United States, also known as Palmer's grass.
  238. nipa hut noun: A kind of stilt house indigenous to the cultures of the Philippines.
  239. nipa palm noun: A nipa, mangrove palm (Nypa fruticans), native from eastern India to the Philippines, Queensland, and western Pacific islands.
  240. nipagin noun: Synonym of methylparaben.
  241. nipah noun: Alternative spelling of nipa.
  242. Nipah virus noun: Nipah henipavirus, a bat-borne virus that can infect humans and other animals.
  243. nipasol noun: The antifungal agent propyl hydroxybenzoate
  244. Nipawin proper noun /ˈnɪp.ə.wɪn/: A town in Saskatchewan, Canada.
  245. nipbacker noun: A delivery that pitches outside the line of off stump then deviates off the seam, moving towards the batter.
  246. nipcheese adjective, noun: Synonym of miser.
  247. nipecotic adjective: Of or pertaining to nipecotic acid or its derivatives
  248. nipecotic acid noun: The agent 3-piperidinecarboxylic acid that acts upon GABA transporters
  249. niperotidine noun: A histamine antagonist, proposed as a treatment for excessive gastric acidity but withdrawn after human trials showed liver damage.
  250. nipfarthing noun: A miser.
  251. niphablepsia noun: photokeratitis
  252. niphargid noun: Any amphipod in the family Niphargidae.
  253. niphatenone noun: Any of a group of glycerol ethers present in the sponge Niphates digitalis
  254. niphotyphlosis noun: snow blindness
  255. Nipissing noun: A member of the Nipissing First Nation, a people of Ojibwa and Algonquin descent whose ancestors lived in the area of Lake Nipissing in Ontario, Canada.
  256. Nipkov disc noun: Alternative form of Nipkow disk.
  257. Nipkov disk noun: Alternative form of Nipkow disk.
  258. Nipkow disc noun: Alternative form of Nipkow disk.
  259. Nipkow disk noun: A mechanical, geometrically-operating image scanning device, a fundamental component of early mechanical television.
  260. nipless adjective: With a nip or nips (in various senses).
  261. Nipmuc noun: Any of a people descended from the indigenous Algonquian peoples of Nippenet, corresponding to central Massachusetts and immediately adjacent portions of...
  262. Nipmuck noun: Alternative form of Nipmuc.
  263. nipocalimab noun: A monoclonal antibody used to treat generalized myasthenia gravis.
  264. nipoglycoside noun: A particular steroid glycoside.
  265. Nipomo proper noun: A census-designated place in San Luis Obispo County, California, United States.
  266. Nipp proper noun: A surname.
  267. nippage noun: An exposed nipple or nipples.
  268. nipper noun, verb /ˈnɪpə(ɹ)/: One who, or that which, nips.
  269. nipperkin noun: A small cup or other vessel, of perhaps 1/8 pint in volume.
  270. nippily adverb /ˈnɪpəli/: In a nippy way; quickly.
  271. nippiness noun: The condition of being nippy.
  272. nipping noun, verb: The act or sensation of giving a nip.
  273. nippingly adverb: In a nipping manner.
  274. nippit adjective: tight-fitting
  275. nippitate adjective /ˈnɪpɪtət/: Peculiarly strong and pleasant
  276. nippitato noun: Strong liquor or ale.
  277. nippitatum noun /nɪpɪˈtɑːtəm/: Strong beer or ale (or occasionally some other alcoholic drink).
  278. nippitaty noun: Peculiarly strong and pleasant alcoholic drink.
  279. nipple noun, verb /ˈnɪp.əl/: The projection of a mammary gland from which, on female therian mammals, milk is secreted.
  280. nipple cactus noun: Any of a number of mammiform cacti of the genus Mammillaria.
  281. nipple clamp noun: Either of a pair of metal clamps, usually joined by a chain, meant to be worn on the nipples to cause pain.
  282. nipple clip noun: nipple clamp
  283. nipple-confused adjective: Affected by nipple confusion; having difficulty in switching between feeding on maternal nipples and artificial nipples.
  284. nipple confusion noun: The situation in which an infant has difficulty in switching between feeding on maternal nipples and artificial nipples (such as feeding bottles or...
  285. nipple cripple noun: A school prank, the act of taking a person's nipple between the thumb and forefinger and then twisting it around roughly.
  286. nipple-dilated adjective /ˈnɪ.p(ə)l.daɪˈleɪ.tɪd/: Having undergone nipple-dilation.
  287. nipple-dilation noun /ˈnɪ.p(ə)l.daɪˈleɪ.ʃən/: Surgical operation to make the nipples larger and more prominent.
  288. nipple gong noun: A gong with a central raised boss or nipple, often made of a different metal to the rest of the gong.
  289. nipple guard noun: A protective covering for the nipple that can be used when breastfeeding with mastitis, etc.
  290. nipple of Venus noun: A chestnut truffle dipped in chocolate to produce a breastlike shape.
  291. nipple pastie noun: Synonym of pasty (“item of clothing that conceals the nipple of a woman's breast”).
  292. nipple pasty noun: Synonym of pasty (“item of clothing that conceals the nipple of a woman's breast”).
  293. nipple shield noun: A defence for the nipple worn by a breastfeeding woman.
  294. nipple wrench noun: Synonym of spoke wrench.
  295. nippled adjective: Having (a specific type or number of) nipples.
  296. nipplefruit noun: Solanum mammosum, an inedible tropical fruit native to South America.
  297. nipplegasm noun: An orgasm or orgasmic-like sensation derived from the stimulation of the nipples.
  298. nippleless adjective /ˈnɪp.əl.(l)əs/: Without nipples.
  299. nipplelike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a nipple.
  300. nipplewort noun: A flowering plant, Lapsana communis, that yields a milky juice.

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Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0): each word's first meaning. A word with a page of its own links to it; for the rest, this line is PlainSpell's entry. Total under N: 29,582 words, in 99 parts.