English Words: N
24,391 words · Page 154 of 488
Acronym of no human involved (“describing a crime committed against a person deemed societally undesirable”).
Citizen of Vanuatu, regardless of specific ethnic group (but usually referring to native Melanesians)
Only, merely, that's all; used at the end of a sentence to emphasize that something is trivial, small or undemanding.
A water-soluble vitamin, a component of vitamin B complex, found in meat, yeast, and dairy products; it is essential to metabolism.
Any salt or ester of niacin (nicotinic acid), especially inositol niacinate which is sometimes prescribed instead of niacin.
A river (the Niagara River) which flows from Lake Erie, over Niagara Falls into Lake Ontario; the geographical region of the United States and Canada in proximity to this river.
A waterfall in Niagara river, Niagara region, on the international border between Canada and United States, in both Ontario and New York state; Massive waterfalls located on the Niagara River.
A large, juicy, sweet-smelling, green North American grape which has a pleasant, foxy flavour; a variety of Vitis labrusca which is eaten and used in the production of wines, jams, and white grape juice, but which is a poor shipping grape.
An orthorhombic-pyramidal mineral containing calcium, hydrogen, magnesium, manganese, nitrogen, oxygen, and phosphorus.
A male given name from Irish or Scottish Gaelic used in Ireland and Scotland since the Middle Ages.
A member of a tribe of New England Native Americans who lived in Connecticut and Rhode Island during the early colonial period.
Small forms of finger food or snacks such as nuts or potato chips (crisps), often eaten as an accompaniment to drinks.
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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 154. 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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