English Words: N
24,391 words · Page 101 of 488
Alternative form of nepenthes (“a drug that relieves one of emotional pain, grief or sorrow”).
Any animal that lives in, and is dependent on, the pitcher of a Nepenthes pitcher plant.
A drug mentioned in Homer's Odyssey (c. 8th century B.C.E.) as bringing relief from anxiety or grief; hence, any drug or substance seen as bringing welcome forgetfulness or relief.
A non-SI unit of the attenuation (or sometimes gain) of field and power quantities such as electronic signals; the natural logarithm of a ratio, with 1 Np (a ratio of 2.718:1) being equivalent to 8.686 dB.
A feldspathoid mineral of silica-poor igneous, plutonic and volcanic rocks. Chemically, nepheline is a plagioclase feldspar with insufficient silica to satisfy the chemical bonds. Because of the unfilled bonds, nepheline weathers rapidly and can only be seen as inclusions in freshly broken rock.
A darkish, finely crystalline rock of volcanic origin, being a mixture of nepheline and pyroxene
An instrument for measuring various aspects of the suspended particles in a fluid; especially in a colloid.
The measurement of the concentration of a solution, suspension or dispersion based upon its light-scattering properties.
The tangible aspects of life, as possessed by human beings and the higher animals; sometimes translated as soul.
A son of one's sibling, brother-in-law, or sister-in-law; either a son of one's brother (fraternal nephew) or a son of one's sister (sororal nephew).
A prophet in the Book of Mormon, the son of Lehi and the author of 1 Nephi and parts of 2 Nephi.
A member of the group of descendants of Lehi's son Nephi who supposedly lived in the Americas from around 600 BC until 385 AD when the Lamanites wiped them out.
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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 101. 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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