English Words: N
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A section of the mesoderm formerly believed to give rise to the pronephros and eventually to the rest of the kidney.
Of or pertaining to both nephrology and urology, combining the skills of both of those medical specialties, as for example in developmental anomalies ranging from the kidneys through other regions of the genitourinary tract.
An ancient Egyptian goddess, the wife of Set and sister of Isis, Osiris, and Set, worshiped as a protective goddess and nurse of the pharaoh and associated with funerary rites and the transition from life to death.
Someone engaged in private enterprise under Lenin's New Economic Policy in the Soviet Union.
The favoring of relatives (most strictly) or also personal friends (more broadly) because of their relationship rather than because of their abilities.
A person, especially a celebrity, whose success in an occupation or field is perceived as attributable at least partly to their parent's influence or support (as a necessary input albeit not the sole one).
Of or pertaining to nepotism; favoring relatives because of their relationship rather than their abilities.
Any of the genus Nepovirus of plant viruses of the family Secoviridae, transmitted by nematodes.
An orthorhombic yellowish white mineral containing chlorine, hydrogen, magnesium, and oxygen.
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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 104. 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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