English Words: N

24,391 words · Page 175 of 488

nine days' wondernoun

Alternative form of nine day wonder.

nine figuresnoun

An unspecified amount of money ranging from 100,000,000 to 999,999,999 dollars or other unit of currency.

nine hundrednum

The cardinal number occurring after eight hundred ninety-nine and before nine hundred one, represented in Arabic numerals as 900. Ordinal: nine-hundredth.

nine livesnoun

Durability; near immunity to damage; remarkable ability to survive.

nine men's morrisnoun

An ancient strategic board game for two players, each having nine pieces, and in which forming a row of three of one's own pieces earns the removal of one of the other player's pieces.

nine o'clocknoun

The start of the tenth hour of the day; 9:00 a.m. (09:00).

nine points circlenoun

Alternative spelling of nine-point circle.

nine to fiveadv

From 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

nine while fiveadv

Nine to five.

nine-ballnoun

A form of pool in which players must hit with the cue ball the object ball with the lowest numerical value, but may legally pot any ball apart from the white; whichever player pots the nine ball wins the game.

nine-dash linename

A set of line segments on various maps that have accompanied the claims of the People's Republic of China and the Republic of China to various contested areas in the South China Sea.

nine-day wondernoun

Something that generates interest for a limited time and is then abandoned.

nine-killernoun

The northern shrike (Lanius borealis).

nine-nine-sixnoun

Alternative form of 9-9-6 (“9am-to-9pm workday and six-day workweek”).

nine-point circlenoun

That circle which passes through the feet of the altitudes of a given triangle.

nine-tenthsnoun

Nine parts out of ten; 90%; 9/10.

nine-thousandernoun

Any mountain that extends more than 9,000 metres (29,528 ft) from the surface.

nine-to-fivernoun

Someone who works a nine-to-five job.

ninebarknoun

Any flowering plant of the genus Physocarpus.

ninefoldadj

Having nine times as much or as many.

ninefoldnessnoun

The property of being ninefold.

nineholesnoun

A game in which each player bowls a ball towards nine holes in a board or the ground, scoring points according to which hole the ball enters.

nineishnoun

Any time close to nine o'clock.

ninelingnoun

A twin crystal formed from nine individuals.

ninenessnoun

The property of being nine in number.

ninepencenoun

A former British silver coin, worth nine old pennies.

ninepennyadj

Having a value or cost of ninepence.

ninepinnoun

The wooden pin used in the game of ninepins; a skittle.

ninepinsnoun

The game of skittles.

nineplexnoun

A building divided into nine separate residences or commercial premises.

ninernoun

Something nine inches long, or holding nine gallons, etc.

ninesnoun

A pair of nines.

ninescorenum

One hundred and eighty.

ninesiesnoun

A call in any children's game, such as jacks, where nine actions must be performed.

ninesomenoun

A group of nine persons or things.

nineteennum

The cardinal number occurring after eighteen and before twenty, represented in Roman numerals as XIX and in Arabic numerals as 19. It is the last/largest of the "teens".

Nineteen Eighty-Fournoun

A society characterized by rigid government control enforced through propaganda and intensive surveillance.

nineteen handnoun

A hand of cards that scores no points.

nineteen to the dozenadv

very quickly; rapidly

nineteen-fiftiesnoun

Alternative form of 1950s.

nineteenfoldadj

nineteen times as many

nineteenishadj

Of about nineteen years of age.

nineteennessnoun

The property of being nineteen in age or number.

nineteenpencenoun

The monetary amount of nineteen pence.

nineteenthadj

The ordinal form of the number nineteen.

nineteenth holenoun

A pub/bar where golfers go for drinks after a game of golf, usually in the clubhouse at the course.

nineteenthlyadv

In nineteenth place; nineteenth in a row.

ninetiesnoun

plural of ninety

ninetiethadj

The ordinal form of the number ninety.

ninetiethlyadv

In the ninetieth place; ninetieth in a row.

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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 175. 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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