English Words: N

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Any of a large group of compounds related to nicotine

The radical derived from nicotinic acid

A surname from Italian.

rotenone

To wink or blink; (of certain animals) to close the nictating membrane.

An act or instance of winking or blinking; a wink, a blink.

Varying regularly with a day/night cycle; diurnal; circadian.

Synonym of nictitating.

to wink or blink

winking, blinking

nictitating membranenoun

A transparent protective fold of skin acting as an inner eyelid in birds, reptiles and some mammals.

nictitationnoun

Winking, blinking

NICUnoun

Initialism of neonatal intensive care unit.

A surname from Romanian.

Alternative spelling of nicey-nicey.

nidnoun

Alternative form of nide (“nest of pheasants”).

Of or pertaining to nests.

The idea that microscale disease foci are determined by the entire ecosystem.

Used to describe an internal organ, in some elasmobranchs and molluscs, that secretes egg cases or the gelatinous covering of eggmass.

egg case

To become implanted in, especially, a uterus.

The implantation of the early embryo in the uterus.

the realm of the dwarves, one of the nine realms

Niddname

A river in North Yorkshire, England, which joins the (Yorkshire) Ouse.

Someone whom Halacha considers menstruant.

To keep down or under.

The upper valley of the River Nidd in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Harrogate district.

Synonym of nithing (“a coward, a dastard; a wretch”).

Someone who is weak and cowardly.

The nape of the neck.

A foolish person.

A suburb in eastern Edinburgh, Scotland (OS grid ref NT3071).

Brief excommunication, lasting either seven or thirty days.

niddy-noddynoun

A tool used to make skeins from yarn, consisting of a central bar with crossbars at each end, offset from each other by 90°.

nidenoun

A nest of pheasants.

Alternative form of niddering (synonym of nithing).

Alternative form of nidderling.

To dress the face of (a stone) with a sharp-pointed hammer.

A fool or idiot.

fund, reserve of money

a dragon who lives in Niflheim (world of ice and the dead), feeding upon the roots of Yggdrasil and bodies of the damned.

Tending to stay at the nest or birthplace for a long time after birth, due to dependence on the parents for feeding and protection.

A surname from German.

To make or build a nest.

nidificationnoun

The building of a nest.

nidificationaladj

Relating to the building of a nest.

Shaped like a nest.

That leaves the nest shortly after hatching.

To make a nest.

Alternative form of nithing.

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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 160. 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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