English Words: N

24,391 words · Page 190 of 488

No Gun Riname

A village in Hwanggan, Yeongdong, North Chungcheong Province, South Korea.

no guts, no gloryproverb

Success will not be achieved without courage, hard work, and struggle.

no hard feelingsphrase

(I, etc.) hold no lingering anger or resentment toward (you, etc.); there's no bad blood between (us, etc.).

no harm donephrase

Used to express that someone's action had no serious adverse consequences.

no harm, no foulphrase

Although technically a breach of some code or law may have occurred, there was no actual damage meriting punishment, apology or retribution.

no hat, no playphrase

A school policy requiring students to wear a hat in order to be outdoors during recess and lunchtime.

no holds barredadj

Without restrictions on holds or what opponents may do.

no holes barredprep_phrase

Eggcorn of no holds barred.

no homoadv

Used immediately before or after a statement to indicate that there was no homosexual meaning intended, especially when such a meaning is a reasonable interpretation.

no horse in this racenoun

No vested interest in the outcome of a contest or debate.

no horse runadj

Exceptionally good

no human involvedphrase

Describing crimes committed against people deemed undesirable or subhuman, e.g., those with criminal records, sex workers, drug addicts, transients, or people of color.

no hymen, no diamondproverb

A man should only marry a woman who is a virgin.

no jab, no playphrase

The government policy of permitting or requiring childcare centres or schools to exclude unvaccinated children.

no johnsphrase

No excuses (after losing a game).

no jokephrase

Emphasizing the seriousness or truthfulness of a statement.

no joynoun

Unable to establish visual or radio contact with a target aircraft.

no kiddingintj

An exclamation of amazement.

no kizzyintj

Emphasizing that one is telling the truth.

no later thanprep

Before.

no lessadv

Even, furthermore, not to mention.

no liabilitynoun

A form of limited liability that may be used by mining companies, under which the shareholders may pay a company debt by surrendering shares in lieu of money.

no longeradv

Not anymore; no more.

no love lostnoun

Mutual dislike or animosity.

no man is an islandproverb

All people are connected to and dependent on other people.

no man's landnoun

The ground between trenches where a soldier from either side would be easily targeted.

no matterintj

It doesn't matter, it's unimportant, it doesn't make any difference.

no matter how much milk you put in coffee, it's still coffeeproverb

One's blood quantum (percentage of person's ancestors who are full-blooded indigenous people) does not negate indigenous identity.

no matter how much milk you put in tea, it's still teaproverb

Synonym of no matter how much milk you put in coffee, it's still coffee.

no matter how thin you slice it, it's still baloneyproverb

Regardless of how many clever points or fine distinctions one makes, what one is saying is still false or is still nonsense.

no matter thatconj

It is unimportant that; it doesn't (didn't) matter that.

no matter whatphrase

Regardless of, in spite of, whatever.

no me gustaphrase

I do not like (this).

no mean featnoun

A laudable triumph of great difficulty

no moreadj

Not any more; no further.

no more Mr. Nice Guyphrase

expressing that an implied individual has ceased being pleasant, and will now resort to unpleasant means to attain their objectives.

no more no lessadv

exactly; precisely

no names, no pack drillphrase

Not mentioning the names of miscreants to prevent them from getting into trouble.

no needphrase

It is not necessary.

no notesphrase

Used to express praise or satisfaction.

no nothingpron

Absolutely nothing (especially used following other phrases beginning with "no").

No Nut Novembername

An Internet challenge in which participants abstain from all forms of intentional nutting (ejaculation) for the whole month of November.

no offencephrase

Alternative spelling of no offense.

no offensephrase

I intend no offense by these remarks.

no onepron

Used in contrast to anyone, someone or everyone: not one person; nobody.

no one should be judge in his own causeproverb

One ought not be permitted to decide a case in which one has an interest.

no pain, no gainproverb

One must be willing to endure some inconvenience or discomfort (e.g., hard work, risk, or both) in order to achieve worthwhile goals.

no parking whitebeamnoun

Karpatiosorbus admonitor, a species of whitebeam tree.

no picnicphrase

Something difficult or unpleasant.

no placenoun

indicates that a document has no place of publication shown on the document and that none has been inferred from other evidence

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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 190. 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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