English Words: N

24,391 words · Page 171 of 488

nihilisticallyadv

In a nihilistic manner.

nihilitynoun

The state or fact of being nothing; nothingness, nullity; nonexistence.

Nihoaname

The tallest of ten islands and atolls in the uninhabited Northwestern Hawaiian Islands.

Nihonname

Japan.

Nihonbashiname

A business district of Chūō, Tokyo prefecture, Japan, surrounding a famous bridge of the same name

nihonganoun

paintings made in a traditional Japanese style, typically executed with brushes on washi paper or silk

Nihonglishname

Synonym of Engrish.

Nihongonoun

Synonym of Japanese: the Japanese language.

nihoniumnoun

The synthetic transactinide chemical element with atomic number 113.

Nihonjinronnoun

A genre of texts that focus on issues of Japanese national and cultural identity and how Japan and the Japanese should be understood.

NIInoun

A Soviet scientific research institute.

Niigakiname

A surname from Japanese.

Niigataname

A prefecture of Japan.

niigataitenoun

A particular epidote mineral.

Niihauname

The westernmost and smallest of the inhabited islands of Hawaii.

Niijimaname

A surname from Japanese.

Niikawa-Kuroki syndromenoun

Synonym of kabuki syndrome.

niikonoun

A folk dance from southern Somalia similar to twerking, generally performed by women.

Niitsítapinoun

Synonym of Blackfoot (people).

Niiyamaname

A surname from Japanese.

Nijinskianadj

Of or pertaining to Vaslav Nijinsky (1890–1950), Russian ballet dancer and choreographer.

Nijjarname

A surname from Punjabi.

Nijmegenname

A city in Gelderland, Netherlands.

Nijmegen breakage syndromenoun

A rare congenital disorder causing chromosomal instability.

Nijubashiname

The iron bridge to the Kokyo.

nikahnoun

The Islamic marriage ceremony

nikaunoun

A New Zealand palm, Rhopalostylis sapida, with edible pith and leaves used for building and thatching.

Nikałajovaname

A village in Mazałava sielsaviet, Viciebsk Raion, Viciebsk Oblast, Belarus.

Nikename

The goddess of victory and triumph; Athena's companion.

Nikesnoun

Sports shoes of the brand Nike.

nikethamidenoun

A stimulant which mainly affects the respiratory cycle.

Nikhilname

A male given name from Sanskrit used in India.

Niki Laudanoun

Cocaine.

niki-nikinoun

Chewing tobacco.

nikischeritenoun

A trigonal-rhombohedral green mineral containing aluminum, hydrogen, iron, oxygen, sodium, and sulfur.

Nikitaname

A female given name from Ancient Greek.

nikkanoun

A bowdlerization of nigga used as a reclaimed sense of nigger.

Nikkeinoun

overseas ethnic Japanese person (usually has no Japanese citizenship living as citizens of other countries as immigrants or descendants of Japanese immigrants)

Nikkei indexnoun

A Japanese stock market index; normally refers to the Nikkei 225, which is calculated by aggregating the share prices of 225 large Japanese companies quoted on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, and thus reflects the performance of major Japanese businesses.

nikkeijinnoun

A nikkei; a Japanese immigrant or descendant not resident in Japan.

nikkernoun

Alternative form of nicker (“A sea devil.”).

Nikkiname

A diminutive of the female given name Nicole, variant of Nicky.

Nikkonoun

A felt-tip pen, of the Nikko brand or of any other brand, or the marks left by such a pen.

Nikoname

A diminutive of the male given names Nikola, Nikolas, or Nikolaos, from Greek.

Nikoghosyanname

A surname from Armenian, equivalent to English Nicholson.

Nikolaisname

A surname.

Nikolaosname

A transliteration of the Greek male given name Νικόλαος (Nikólaos) used in Greece. The equivalent female name is Nikoleta.

Nikolasname

A transliteration of the Greek male given name Νικόλας (Nikólas), used in Greece.

Nikolayevname

A transliteration of the Russian surname Никола́ев (Nikolájev)

Nikolayevkaname

Very many settlements in Russia, including

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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 171. 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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