English Words: N

24,391 words · Page 188 of 488

nizzlenoun

Nigga, nigger.

Niçoisadj

Of, from or relating to the city of Nice, the prefecture of the Alpes-Maritimes department, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France.

Niçoise olivenoun

A dark olive of a cultivar grown primarily in the Alpes-Maritimes region near Nice and the Riviera di Ponente, Italy.

Niño Jesúsname

A neighbourhood (barrio) in Retiro district, Madrid, Spain.

NJname

Initialism of New Jersey: a state of the United States.

njahinoun

A type of black bean grown in Kenya, hyacinth bean or lablab (Lablab purpureus).

njavenoun

The tropical African tree Mimusops njave.

NJDname

Initialism of New Jersey Devils.

Njokuname

A surname from Igbo.

Njolstad syndromenoun

A cutaneous condition that combines lymphedema of the limbs and face with congenital pulmonary lymphangiectasias.

Njorogename

A surname from Kikuyu.

Njugunaname

A surname from Kikuyu.

Nkandlagatename

A South African political scandal of 2009 regarding the state-funded private home of President Jacob Zuma.

NKAUname

Abbreviation of National Space Agency of Ukraine.

nkhokwenoun

A cylindrical thatched granary used in Malawi.

nkisinoun

A spirit, or an object inhabited by a spirit, in Bantu religious beliefs.

NKJVname

Initialism of New King James Version (a modern English Bible translation).

Nkrumaismnoun

A Pan-African socialist political ideology based on the thinking and writing of Kwame Nkrumah, former president of Ghana.

Nkrumaistnoun

A follower or proponent of Nkrumaism.

NKVDname

The People’s Commissariat for Internal Affairs — the Soviet interior ministry known for its secret police, forerunner of the KGB

nkwobinoun

A spicy Nigerian dish made from cow foot.

NLnoun

Initialism of no liability.

Nlaka'pamuctsinname

Synonym of Thompson (language).

Nlaka'pamuxnoun

Alternative form of Nłeʔkepmx (people)

NLDname

Initialism of Nagaland.

NLEnoun

Initialism of Newfoundland and Labrador English.

NLEAnoun

Acronym of National Law Enforcement Agency, a fictional law enforcement agency (replacing the Philippine National Police since the 2020 season of FPJ's Ang Probinsyano) that is commonly featured in soap operas on the Philippine television channel ABS-CBN.

NLEADname

Initialism of National Law Enforcement Accountability Database.

NLEBnoun

Initialism of northern long-eared bat.

NLEXname

Acronym of North Luzon Expressway.

NLOGnoun

Synonym of pick-me girl.

NLRBname

Initialism of National Labor Relations Board.

NLUphrase

Initialism of not like us.

nmintj

Initialism of never mind.

NMDAnoun

Abbreviation of N-Methyl-D-aspartic acid, an amino acid derivative.

NMEname

Initialism of New Musical Express.

NMNnoun

Initialism of no middle name.

NMNHname

Abbreviation of National Museum of Natural History.

nmolesnoun

plural of nmole

nMOSFETnoun

A type of metal–oxide–semiconductor field-effect transistor (MOSFET) that utilizes an n-type channel, conducting when a voltage voltage exceeding a threshold is applied to the gate relative to the source. It is commonly used in complementary metal–oxide–semiconductor (CMOS) technology alongside pMOSFETs.

NMPnoun

Initialism of nonmedical prescriber (“a healthcare professional other than a physician who is authorized to prescribe medications”).

NMSnoun

Initialism of neuroleptic malignant syndrome.

NMSLname

Initialism of national maximum speed limit (or speed law), a U.S. law in effect 1974-1995.

NMTnoun

Initialism of neural machine translation.

nmuphrase

Initialism of not (or nothing) much, you?.

NNnoun

net neutrality, network neutrality

Nnamaniname

A surname from Igbo.

NNBSPnoun

Initialism of narrow non-breaking space.

NNSEnoun

Initialism of non-native speaker of English.

NNTRphrase

Initialism of no need to reply.

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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 188. 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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