English Words: N
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Alternative form of Anishinaabemowin: The macrolanguage spoken by the Neshnabé (Ojibwe, Nipissing, Algonquins, Odawa, and Potawatomi).
The recombinant form of the 32-amino acid human B-type natriuretic peptide, used to facilitate cardiovascular fluid homeostasis through counterregulation of the renin–angiotensin–aldosterone system.
Relating to Nesogaea—Polynesia or Oceania, New Zealand excepted, with regard to the distribution of its animals.
Any of a family of proteins, found in the outer membrane of cell nuclei, that bind to actin or plectin filaments
Designating a type of cream, pie, or pudding, constituting an iced dessert made of chestnuts and cream, and typically flavoured with rum.
A chestnut-based frozen dessert, generally agreed to contain pureed chestnuts, mixed with cream or egg custard, flavoured with dried fruit, including currants, raisins and dried cherries, candied peel and brandy or other spirits.
To treat or test (a liquid) with a solution of mercuric iodide in potassium iodide and potassium hydroxide (Nessler's reagent) in order to detect the presence of ammonia.
A natural or artificial egg placed in a bird's nest, to encourage the bird to lay its own eggs there.
A hole, either naturally occurring or excavated, in a tree, rockface, termite mound, etc., which is used as a nest.
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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 109. 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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