English Words: N
24,391 words · Page 157 of 488
A predominantly African-American community in Greenville, South Carolina, United States.
a kimarite in which the attacker places a leg in front of his opponent's leg, at the knee, then sweeps back with his leg and pulls the opponent forward over the leg.
An isometric-hexoctahedral black mineral containing aluminum, chromium, cobalt, iron, nickel, and oxygen.
A glass with a long stem and a high-sided bowl with a narrow mouth and a moderate capacity (being taller than a coupe but smaller than a flute), used to serve cocktails.
Engaging in homosexual relationships only while in prison and segregated from the opposite sex.
Any enzyme that causes nicks (breaks in one strand) of nucleic acid, allowing it to unwind
Small time; operating on a small scale; involving small amounts of money; petty or cheap.
A monoclinic-sphenoidal sky blue mineral containing aluminum, copper, hydrogen, nickel, nitrogen, oxygen, and sulfur.
Any of several anions containing a central nickel atom bonded to oxygen or oxygen-containing groups; any salt containing these anions.
An orthorhombic-disphenoidal mineral containing arsenic, calcium, hydrogen, nickel, oxygen, and zinc.
A fifth defensive back (in addition to two cornerbacks and two safeties) who is deployed for additional pass coverage.
A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing chlorine, hydrogen, nickel, and oxygen.
A monoclinic-prismatic bluish green mineral containing hydrogen, iron, magnesium, nickel, oxygen, and sulfur.
A mineral, a form of nickel arsenide, NiAs, having a metallic lustre and copper-red colour, that is a minor ore of nickel.
A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing arsenic, bismuth, calcium, cobalt, hydrogen, iron, nickel, and oxygen.
A small, rudimentary movie theater that charged five cents for admission, popular in North America from about 1905 to 1915.
A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing arsenic, bismuth, calcium, cobalt, hydrogen, iron, nickel, and oxygen.
A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing aluminum, arsenic, calcium, copper, iron, magnesium, oxygen, and sodium.
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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 157. 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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