English Words: N
24,391 words · Page 148 of 488
One of 5 counties in Rhode Island, United States, with Newport as its largest city.
A town and civil parish with a town council, on the north coast of Cornwall, south west England (OS grid ref SW8161).
A person who worked on railroads selling newspapers, candy and cigars to the passengers.
The reporting of a particular media story, or news in general, from the first instance (breaking news) to the last, often including reporting on public and other reactions to the earlier reports, now especially via social media; (originally) the reporting for a particular schedule or deadline in broadcast or print, as in a daily paper.
The 24/7 publishing of often unscheduled news reports, replacing the traditional news cycle.
The amount of space in a newspaper or broadcast news show that remains for journalism after advertising has been placed; the amount of content a news provider needs to create in every publishing cycle.
A device, used primarily in the 20th century, which printed out incoming news stories on paper tape.
A horizontal or vertical strip on a screen that displays scrolling or static text, typically used to present news headlines, alerts, or other real-time information.
Any of various pieces of software designed to harvest articles from newsgroups, or from news websites.
A round hat, similar in style to a flat cap, usually made from eight pieces of cloth and paneled with a button on top.
A broadcast of the news; a news report that is transmitted over the air for television, radio, etc.
The department of a newspaper or broadcasting organization responsible for the collecting of news from journalists and others, and for distributing it to editors.
The production of press releases together with the set of news stories generated by them
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 148. 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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