English Words: N
24,391 words · Page 100 of 488
Tropical America: the tropical areas of North, Central and South America; the tropics of the New World.
A new specimen of a previously described species which, in order to maintain nomenclatural stability or solve doubtful or confusing identities, is designated to serve as the type specimen, possibly replacing a previous holotype or neotype
A surgically crafted vagina, as of a trans woman who has undergone sex reassignment surgery, or any woman who lacked a vagina due to a congenital defect, illness, or injury.
A comet in Solar System. Visible to the naked eye in 2020. The first comet easily visible to the naked eye in the Northern Hemisphere in a quarter century.
A major xanthophyll found in green leafy vegetables. It is an intermediate in the biosynthesis of the plant hormone abscisic acid.
The branch of zoology that deals with animals that still exist in modern times, as opposed to paleozoology.
A country in South Asia, located between China and India. Official name: Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal. Capital and largest city: Kathmandu.
The condition of being a nepantla, a Chicano or Latino person who experiences a sense of being in between cultures.
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 100. 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.
On this page 50 of 50 entries carry a part-of-speech tag and 50 carry at least one stored definition. Coverage varies across letters because Wiktionary volunteers build entries at different speeds for different parts of the alphabet, letters with common starting sounds (S, C, T, P) usually have the densest coverage, while less frequent starters (X, Q, Z) tend to have shorter but more specialised lists. PlainSpell surfaces whatever data is present and links back to the source when a definition is not yet recorded.
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