English Words: N

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nettlenoun

Any plant whose foliage is covered with stinging, mildly poisonous hairs, causing an instant rash.

nettle-rashnoun

Itchy, swollen, red areas of the skin which can appear quickly in response to an allergen or due to other conditions.

nettle-rashedadj

Affected by or covered with nettle-rash.

nettle-tapnoun

Certain moths of the family Choreutidae such as Anthophila fabriciana (syn. Simaethis fabriciana), Prochoreutis myllerana (syn. Simaethis myllerana), and Choreutis pariana (syn.Simaethis pariana)

nettlebednoun

An area of land occupied by growing nettles.

nettleclothnoun

A kind of cloth made from nettles.

nettledadj

annoyed; offended

nettlefishnoun

A jellyfish.

nettlelikeadj

Resembling or characteristic of a nettle.

nettlernoun

One who nettles; a vexatious or provoking individual or organization.

Nettleshipname

A surname from Old English.

nettlesomeadj

Causing irritation, annoyance, or discomfort; bothersome, irksome.

nettlespurgenoun

A plant of the genus Jatropha.

Nettletonname

A placename:

nettlewortnoun

Any plant of the nettle family, Urticaceae.

nettlingnoun

A process, resembling splicing, by which two ropes are joined so as to form one rope.

nettlinglyadv

In a way that needles, or causes irritation or annoyance; vexingly.

nettlyadj

Of, resembling, or overgrown with nettles.

nettopnoun

A small, inexpensive, low-power desktop computer.

nettyadj

Neat, well-groomed, natty.

netwarnoun

cyberwar

netwideadj

All across a network or the Internet.

netwiseadv

In the manner or configuration of a net

networknoun

Any interconnected group or system.

network effectnoun

The higher growth rate of businesses with higher market share in those segments of economy in which the value of a product or service depends on the compounding effects of the number of existing users of the product or a service, as is the case with telephone networks.

network neutralitynoun

A principle proposed for user-access networks participating in the Internet that advocates no restrictions by ISPs or government on the content, sites, platforms, equipment, and modes of communication over the network.

network statenoun

A hypothetical community of common interest on the Internet that digitally crowdfunds physical territory around the world, eventually becoming large enough to be legally recognized as a sovereign entity.

network televisionnoun

The distribution of television content through a network of affiliated stations.

networkabilitynoun

The quality of being networkable; suitability for, or capability of, networking.

networkableadj

Suitable for networking.

networkernoun

One who engages in networking.

networkingverb

present participle and gerund of network

networksnoun

plural of network

networkwideadj

throughout a network.

Netzname

A surname from German.

netzinenoun

A zine published on a computer network in electronic form.

neunoun

Abbreviation of neuroglioblastoma cell line.

Neubeckername

A surname from German.

Neubergername

A surname from German.

neubrutalismnoun

A modern Web user interface style inspired by brutalism.

Neuchâtelname

A canton of Switzerland.

Neudorfname

A village in Saskatchewan, Canada.

neudorfitenoun

The mineral walchowite.

Neuendorfname

A surname from German.

Neufchâtelname

A soft, slightly crumbly, mould-ripened cheese made in the French region of Normandy.

Neugentname

A surname.

Neuharthname

A surname from German.

Neuhausname

A surname from German.

Neuhausen am Rheinfallname

A municipality in Schaffhausen canton, northern Switzerland.

Neuhoffnungname

A former colony, the administrative centre of Neuhoffnung volost, Berdiansk povit, Taurida Governorate, the Russian Empire, founded by Evangelical Lutherans from Württemberg in 1822; now the western part of present-day Osypenko.

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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 114. 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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