English words: novella to NSFL

300 English words, part 93 of 99 of the words starting with N, A to Z. 25 have a page of their own.

English words novella to NSFL

novella noun /nəˈvɛlə/: A short novel or long short story.
novellae noun: Novel thoughts or interpretations, usually associated with Jewish commentaries (see Chiddush); any novel interpretation of a venerated text.
novellalike adjective: Resembling a novella.
Novelli proper noun: A surname.
novellike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a novel (prose work).
novellistic adjective: Alternative form of novelistic.
Novello proper noun: A surname.
novelly adverb: In a novel manner.
novelness noun: Quality of being novel; novelty.
novelry noun: Novelty; new things.
novelty adjective, noun /ˈnɑvəlti/: The state of being new or novel; newness.
novelty act noun: A stage performance designed to be strange or unusual.
novelty item noun: A unique, humorous, or unconventional object designed primarily for amusement, aesthetic appeal, or as a gag gift rather than for practical utility.
novelty song noun: A comical and often nonsensical song.
novelty theory noun: A theory developed by Terence McKenna that aims to describe "novelty" in the universe based on a combination of numerology and mathematics, and supposed...
novelwright noun: A writer of novels.
november proper noun, noun /nəʊˈvɛmbə/: The eleventh month of the Gregorian calendar, following October and preceding December.
November criminal noun: A member or leader of the German government who signed the Armistice of 11 November 1918.
November moth noun: A moth, Epirrita dilutata, found throughout Europe and the Middle East.
Novemberish adjective: Resembling or characteristic of the month of November.
Novemberly adjective: Characteristic of the month of November.
Novembery adjective: Characteristic of the month of November.
Novembral adjective: Characteristic of November
Novembrish adjective: Characteristic of November
Novembry adjective: Alternative form of Novembery.
novemdecillion number /ˌnoʊvəmdəˈsɪl.i.ən/: 10⁶⁰.
novemfid adjective: Cleft into nine
novemquinquagintillion number: 10¹⁸⁰.
novemtrigintillion number: 10¹²⁰.
novemvigintillion number: 10⁹⁰.
novemvir noun: Any member of a group of nine officials.
novemvirate noun: A group of nine people, especially (politics) a council of nine men who share office or rule.
novena noun: A recitation of prayers and devotions for nine consecutive days, especially one to a saint to ask for their intercession.
novenary adjective, noun: A group of nine.
novendecillion number: Alternative form of novemdecillion.
novendial adjective, noun: Lasting nine days, especially in relation to the period of mourning for a Pope.
novene adjective, noun: Relating to, or dependent on, the number nine; novenary.
novennial adjective: Of or relating to a 9-year period.
novennium noun: A nine-year period.
novercal adjective /nəʊˈvɜː(ɹ)kəl/: Of or pertaining to a stepmother.
novercaphobia noun: Fear or dislike of one's stepmother.
noverint noun: A lawyer's clerk, or scrivener.
novex noun: novel exon
Novgorod proper noun /ˈnɒv.ɡə.ɹɒd/: An oblast in northwestern Russia.
Novgorodian adjective, noun: Of Novgorod.
novgorodovaite noun: A monoclinic-prismatic colorless mineral containing calcium, carbon, chlorine, hydrogen, and oxygen.
novi noun: A new pupil.
Novi engine noun: An American dual overhead cam supercharged V8 engine used in racing cars in the Indianapolis 500 from 1941 to 1966.
novice adjective, noun /ˈnɒvɪs/: A beginner; one who is not very familiar or experienced in a particular subject.
novicehood noun: The rank or period of being a novice.
novicelike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a novice; new or inexperienced.
noviceness noun: The state or condition of being a novice.
noviceship noun: The state or position of being a novice.
novicey adjective: Characteristic of a novice; inexperienced; amateurish.
novichok noun: Any of a group of deadly organophosphate nerve agents developed by the Soviet Union in the 1970s and 1980s to evade restrictions on chemical weapons.
noviciate noun: Alternative form of novitiate.
novicidin noun: An antimicrobial peptide derived from ovispirin
Novick proper noun: A surname.
novid noun: A person who has never had COVID-19, or believes so because they were asymptomatic when infected.
Novigrad proper noun: A town in Istria.
Novikov proper noun: A surname from Russian.
novillada noun: A bullfight between a novillo and a novillero.
novillero noun: A young trainee bullfighter (who fights against novillos).
novillion number: nonillion
novillo noun: A young bull (fought by a novillero).
novilunar adjective: Of or pertaining to the new moon.
novirhabdovirus noun: Any virus of the genus Novirhabdovirus.
novitial adjective: novice; of or relating to a beginner
novitiate noun /nəˈvɪʃi.ət/: A novice.
novitiateship noun: The role or status of a novitiate.
novitiation noun: A religious ceremony that ordains a person as a novitiate.
novitious adjective /nəʊˈvɪʃəs/: new; recent
Novitsky proper noun: A surname.
novity noun /ˈnɒvɪtɪ/: An innovation; a novelty.
Novo proper noun: A surname.
Novo-Zelanian adjective: Of or relating to New Zealand.
Novoa proper noun: A surname.
Novoazovsk proper noun: A city in eastern Ukraine, in Donetsk oblast.
novobiocin noun: An aminocoumarin antibiotic produced by the actinomycete Streptomyces niveus.
novocain noun: Dated spelling of novocaine.
novocaine noun: Alternative letter-case form of Novocaine.
Novocastrian adjective, noun: Of or relating to Newcastle upon Tyne or Newcastle, New South Wales.
novocentenary adjective, noun: Of or relating to a 900th anniversary
Novocherkassk proper noun: A city in Rostov Oblast, Russia.
novodamus noun: In Scottish feudal land law, a fresh grant of lands to the grantee, usually to make some change in the incidents of tenure of land already granted, or to...
Novohispanic adjective: Of or relating to New Spain.
Novokuznetsk proper noun: A city in Kemerovo Oblast, Russia.
novolac noun: Any of several polymers derived from phenols and formaldehyde with low molecular weight and related to Bakelite but less highly cross-linked.
novolack noun: Alternative form of novolac.
novolak noun: Alternative spelling of novolac
Novorossiya proper noun: An area north of the Black Sea which was conquered by the Russian Empire at the end of the 18th century, located in present-day Ukraine.
Novorossiysk proper noun: A port city in Krasnodar Krai, in southern Russia, the main Russian port on the Black Sea.
Novosel proper noun: A surname.
Novosibirsk proper noun: A city, the administrative center of Novosibirsk Oblast, Russia.
Novotny proper noun: A surname.
novum noun: A new feature, a novelty.
novus actus interveniens noun: A doctrine of law that, in certain circumstances, an intervening event can break the chain of causation between a person's action and its result,...
novuss noun: a game closely related to carom, and pocket billiards.
Novy noun: A person from Nova Scotia.
now adjective, adverb, conjunction, interjection, noun /naʊ/: Present; current.
now a days adjective, adverb: Alternative spelling of nowadays.
now and again adverb: Synonym of occasionally, sometimes, intermittently.
now and then adverb /ˌnaʊ ən(d)ˈðɛn/: Synonym of occasionally, sometimes, intermittently.
now for phrase: Used to introduce something that is to occur or be presented next.
now hear this phrase: An instruction to cease activity and listen to the announcement that will follow.
now I've heard everything phrase: Expressing incredulity on being told something surprising.
now I've seen everything phrase: Expressing incredulity on witnessing something surprising.
now, more than ever phrase: Used to emphasize the increased urgency or importance of something in the present moment compared to any time in the past.
now now adverb, interjection: A gentle reproach or admonition.
now or never adjective, adverb /ˌnaʊ‿ə ˈnɛvə/: At this sole opportunity or time, or not at all.
now that conjunction: As a consequence of the fact that; since.
now that's what I call phrase: Alternative form of that's what I call.
now that you mention it adverb: Alternative form of now you mention it.
now then interjection: Used to move or return to another subject of discussion.
now there's a thought phrase: Alternative form of there's a thought.
now we're talking phrase: Synonym of now you're talking.
now what phrase: A request, usually rhetorical, to know what, in a series of negative events, is the next negative event occurring.
now you mention it adverb: Used to precede another comment about something just mentioned.
now you're cooking phrase: Used to praise someone for adopting a more effective or suitable method or approach, or to signal that progress is being made.
now you're talking phrase: A phrase indicating agreement with a previously stated suggestion to change a course of action.
now you tell me interjection: Used to indicate that the person telling them should have told the speaker earlier, typically with annoyance.
Nowack proper noun: A surname.
Nowacki proper noun: A surname from Polish.
nowackiite noun: A trigonal-pyramidal mineral containing arsenic, copper, sulfur, and zinc.
nowaday adjective, adverb, noun: Existing nowadays; current, present; contemporary.
nowadays adverb /ˈnaʊ.ə.deɪz/: At the present time; in the current era.
Nowak proper noun: A surname from Polish.
nowakiid noun: Any free-living animal of the family †Nowakiidae.
Nowakowski proper noun: A surname from Polish.
nowanights adverb: During the night at the present time; in modern nights.
Nowata proper noun: A city, the county seat of Nowata County, Oklahoma, United States.
noway adverb /ˈnəʊweɪ/: In no manner or degree; not at all; nowise; no way.
noways adverb: Alternative form of noway.
nowcast noun, verb: A weather forecast predicting the weather for a very short upcoming period, usually only a few hours.
nowcasting noun, verb: The use or production of nowcasts.
nowd noun /naʊd/: A grey gurnard (Trigla gurnardus, now Eutrigla gurnadus), a fish of European waters.
nowdays adverb: Pronunciation spelling of nowadays.
nowdoc noun: In the PHP programming language, a kind of here document that does not interpolate variables.
nowed adjective: Knotted; tied in a knot.
nowel noun: Alternative spelling of noel.
Nower proper noun: A surname
nowhat adverb: Not at all; in no respect.
nowhen adverb, noun: A point from which one has an unrestricted perspective in time.
nowhen else adverb: At no other time.
nowhence adverb: From no place; from nowhere.
nowhere adjective, adverb, noun /ˈnoʊ.(h)wɛɹ/: In no place.
nowhere else adverb: In no other place.
nowhere in sight adjective: Alternative form of nowhere to be found.
nowhere income noun: Income that is generated in the United States by a corporation but that is not taxed by the destination US state (the state in which a buyer, for example,...
nowhere near adverb: Not by a large margin, not nearly, not at all.
nowhere to be found adjective: not present; missing or lost.
nowhere to be seen adjective: Alternative form of nowhere to be found.
nowhereness noun: The quality of being nowhere.
nowheres adverb: nowhere
nowheresville noun: A geographical location that is deemed obscure or unimportant.
Nowhereville noun: Alternative form of Nowheresville.
nowhile adverb: no time; not for any length of time
nowhit adverb: Not a whit; not to the slightest degree; in no way.
nowhither adverb: nowhere; to no place.
nowhy adverb: For no reason.
Nowicki proper noun: A surname from Polish.
Nowinski proper noun: A surname from Polish.
nowise adverb /ˈnoʊwaɪz/: (In) no way, (in) no manner; not at all.
nowish adverb /ˈnaʊɪʃ/: About now; almost immediately.
Nowlan proper noun: A surname.
Nowland proper noun: A surname.
Nowlin proper noun: A surname.
nowness noun: The property of happening now, or relating to the present time.
Nowotarski adjective: Pertaining to Nowy Targ
Nowra proper noun: A large town in the Shoalhaven council area, south eastern New South Wales, Australia
Nowruz proper noun /nəʊ̯ˈɹuːz/: The New Year in the Iranian and Zoroastrian calendars, celebrated on the spring equinox.
nowsaday adverb /ˈnaʊzədeɪ/: Synonym of nowadays.
nowstalgia noun: A modern cultural and marketing trend appealing to a longing for past eras (like Y2K or midcentury), often experienced by younger generations who did not...
nowt adverb, noun, pronoun /naʊt/: Naught, nothing.
nowy adjective: Nowed (knotted).
nox noun /ɛn əʊ ˈɛks/: The period of darkness in each twenty-four hours; a night.
noxa noun: Anything that exerts a harmful influence, such as trauma, poison, etc.
noxacusis noun: The painful perception of sounds due to a decreased auditory threshold.
noxal adjective: Relating to wrongful injury.
noxally adverb: In terms of wrongful injury.
noxious adjective /ˈnɒkʃəs/: Harmful; injurious.
noxious stimulus noun: A stimulus strong enough to threaten the body's integrity.
noxious trade noun: Any profession that was disreputable because it caused a great deal of pollution. The archetypal example is the tannery.
noxiously adverb: In a noxious manner.
noxiousness noun: the state of being noxious
noxipitiline noun: A tricyclic antidepressant.
noxiptiline noun: An antidepressant drug.
noxytiolin noun: An antiinfective used for irrigation of the peritoneum.
noy noun, verb /nɔɪ/: To annoy; to harm or injure.
noy-noying adjective, noun: Alternative spelling of noynoying.
noyade noun, verb /nwaˈjaːd/: A murder by drowning, especially one of those carried out during the French Reign of Terror.
noyan noun: a prince in feudal Mongolia
noyance noun /ˈnɔɪəns/: The state of being annoyed; distress, irritation.
noyau noun: A French liqueur made at Poissy in north central France from brandy and flavoured with almonds and the pits of apricots.
NOYB noun: Initialism of none of your business.
Noyce proper noun: A surname originating as a patronymic.
Noyer proper noun: A surname.
Noyes proper noun /ˈnɔɪz/: A surname originating as a patronymic derived from Noah.
noyment noun: Annoyance.
noynoying adjective, noun: The use of lazy poses as a form of protest.
noyon noun: Alternative spelling of noyan.
noyous adjective /ˈnɔɪəs/: Troublesome; harmful, injurious.
Noypi noun: A Filipino; a person who is Filipino in ethnicity.
nozawana noun: A Japanese leaf vegetable, often pickled.
noze noun: Eye dialect spelling of nose.
Nozick proper noun: A surname
Nozickian adjective: Of or relating to Robert Nozick (1938–2002), American political philosopher.
Nozomi proper noun: A female given name from Japanese.
nozzle noun /ˈnɒzəl/: A short tube, usually tapering, forming the vent of a hose or pipe.
nozzled adjective: Fitted with a nozzle.
nozzleless adjective: Without a nozzle.
nozzleman noun: A man responsible for controlling a nozzle, as when spraying concrete or in firefighting.
np noun, phrase: Initialism of no problem.
NP-complete adjective: That is both NP (solvable in polynomial time by a non-deterministic Turing machine) and NP-hard (such that any (other) NP problem can be reduced to it in...
NP-completeness noun: The state or condition of being NP-complete.
NP-easy adjective: Solvable in polynomial time by a deterministic Turing machine with an oracle for some decision problem in NP.
NP-equivalent adjective: Both NP-easy and NP-hard.
NP-hard adjective: A problem H is NP-hard if and only if there is an NP-complete problem L that is polynomial time Turing-reducible to H.
NP time noun: Synonym of nondeterministic polynomial time.
NPA noun: Acronym of nonperforming asset.
NPC noun, verb: Initialism of non-player character.
NPD noun /ɛn piː diː/: Initialism of narcissistic personality disorder.
NPDer noun: Someone with narcissistic personality disorder.
NPE noun: Initialism of null pointer exception.
NPG noun: Initialism of neopentyl glycol.
NPH noun: Initialism of neutral protamine Hagedorn, a type of insulin.
NPI noun: Initialism of negative polarity item.
NPK noun: Nitrogen, Phosphorus, Potassium (or Potash)
NPL noun: Initialism of non-performing loan.
npm noun: Initialism of node package manager.
NPN noun: Ellipsis of NPN transistor.
NPO noun, phrase: "nil per os" (nothing by mouth - nothing may be eaten or drunk).
NPOV noun /ˈɛn.piː.əʊ.viː/: Initialism of neutral point of view, the guideline of all Wikipedia and Wiktionary articles.
NPP noun: Initialism of nuclear power plant.
NPPD noun: Initialism of nitrophenyl pentadienal.
NPPV noun: Initialism of non-invasive positive pressure ventilation.
NPQH noun: Initialism of National Professional Qualification for Headship.
NPR noun: Initialism of natural pressure release.
NPRA noun: Initialism of natriuretic peptide receptor A.
NPS noun, phrase: Initialism of nail-patella syndrome.
NPSC noun: Initialism of Navy Personnel Separation Center.
NPSH noun: Initialism of net positive suction head.
NPT noun: Initialism of national pipe thread.
NPU noun: Initialism of neural processing unit.
NPV noun: Initialism of negative predictive value.
NQ noun: Initialism of newly qualified (a person that is newly qualified in some profession).
NQE noun: Initialism of nuclear quantum effect.
NQR adjective, noun: Abbreviation of not quite right, chiefly used to denote a person, object, etc. that is abnormal in some way.
NQT noun: Initialism of newly qualified teacher.
nr adjective, noun, preposition: Initialism of not rated.
NRA proper noun: Initialism of National Recovery Act.
NRARP noun: Initialism of normal (rate and depth), regular rhythm, audible (breath sounds), rise and fall of chest, and pink skin color: signs of a patient with...
NRB noun: Initialism of nonreturnable bottle.
NRBC noun: Initialism of nucleated red blood cell.
NRC adjective, noun: Initialism of non-rice crop.
nrDNA noun: nuclear ribosomal DNA
NRE noun: Initialism of new relationship energy.
NREM noun /ˈɛnɹɛm/: Non-rapid eye movement, non-REM; designating the stage or stages of sleep when there is no dreaming and brain activity is reduced.
NREMT noun: Initialism of national registry emergency medical technician.
NRFB adjective: Initialism of never removed from box.
nrg noun: Initialism of energy.
NRH noun: Initialism of nodular regenerative hyperplasia.
NRHO noun: Initialism of near-rectilinear halo orbit.
NRI noun: Initialism of non-resident Indian (an Indian citizen who is not treated as a resident by Indian income tax law).
NRIC noun: Initialism of National Registration Identity Card.
nritta noun: The rhythmic element of Indian classical dance.
nritya noun: Alternative form of nritta.
NRL noun: Initialism of naval research lab.
NRM noun: Initialism of new religious movement.
nrml adjective: Abbreviation of normal.
NRMT phrase: Abbreviation of near mint condition.
nrn adverb, phrase: Abbreviation of not right now.
nRNA noun: nuclear RNA (the RNA found within the nucleus of eukaryotic cells)
NRO noun: Initialism of near-rectilinear orbit / near-rectilineal orbit.
nroff verb /ˈɛnɹɒf/: To format (text) using the nroff program, which produces output suitable for simple fixed-width printers and terminal windows.
NROL noun: Initialism of National Reconnaissance Office launch. An NRO spacelaunch for delivering a high security government payload into space.
NRQM noun: Initialism of non-relativistic quantum mechanics.
NRR noun: Initialism of net run rate.
NRS noun: Initialism of naval receiving station.
NRST noun: Abbreviation of national retail sales tax.
NRT noun: Initialism of nicotine replacement therapy.
NRTI noun: Initialism of nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor; as opposed to NtRTIs.
nruling noun /ˈnɹuːlɪŋ/: In some roguelike games, a type of fictional demon composed of many tiny sparks, each wielding a whip of flame.
NRVO noun: Initialism of named return value optimization.
ns adjective, interjection, noun, symbol: Initialism of nervous system.
NSA adjective, adverb, noun /ˈɛn.ɛs.eɪ/: Initialism of no strings attached.
NSAG noun: Initialism of non-state armed group.
NSAID noun /ˈɛnsɛd/: Acronym of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug.
nsala soup noun: A Nigerian soup made with catfish, sliced yam, and utazi leaves.
nsambya noun: The tree Markhamia lutea.
NSAP address noun: An identifying label for network endpoints, used in OSI networking.
NSAPI noun: Initialism of network service access point identifier.
NSBM noun: Initialism of National Socialist black metal.
NSC noun: Initialism of National Senior Certificate.
NSCLC noun: Initialism of non-small-cell lung cancer or non-small-cell lung carcinoma.
NSD noun: Initialism of non-stop decay.
NSDAP proper noun: the National Socialist German Workers' Party.
Nsenga noun: An ethnic tribe of Zambia and Mozambique.
NSF noun: Initialism of nonsufficient funds: the alert generated by a bounced check or an ACH transaction failure due to not enough money being in the account.
NSFL adjective: Initialism of not safe for life; i.e. containing graphic or repugnant content (e.g. gore or lethal violence) that risks psychological trauma to those viewing it

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.