English Words: N

24,391 words · Page 2 of 488

naggingadj

Persistently annoying or painful.

Naglename

A surname.

Nagoyaname

The capital city of Aichi Prefecture, in central Honshu, Japan.

Nagpurname

A large city, the winter capital of Maharashtra, India.

Nagyname

A Hungarian ethnic surname from Hungarian, equivalent to English Grand.

nahintj

No.

Nahaname

The capital city of Okinawa, Japan.

Nahiname

A gewog of Wangdue Phodrang District, Bhutan.

Nahuatlnoun

A member of a group of people indigenous to Central Mexico, spanning multiple tribal groups and including the Aztecs.

Nahumname

A book of the Tanakh / the Old Testament of the Bible.

nainoun

barber.

Naiduname

A surname.

Naijaadj

Of or from Nigeria.

naiknoun

A lord or governor in South Asia.

nailnoun

The thin, horny plate at the ends of fingers and toes on humans and some other animals.

nailedverb

simple past and past participle of nail

nailingnoun

A mechanical fastening by means of nails.

nailsnoun

plural of nail

nainnoun

A grandmother.

Nainaname

A female given name from Sanskrit used in India.

Nairnoun

A member of a group of Indian Hindu castes originating from Kerala.

nairanoun

The official currency of Nigeria. Equal to 100 kobo. (The naira replaced the pound in 1973.)

Nairobiname

The capital city of Kenya.

Naismithname

A surname originating as an occupation.

Naitoname

A surname from Japanese.

naiveadj

Lacking worldly experience, wisdom, or judgement; unsophisticated.

naivelyadv

In a naive manner.

naivetynoun

naïveté

Najafname

A city in south-central Iraq.

Najibname

A male given name from Arabic.

nakanoun

A place where workers assemble to seek employment.

Nakagawaname

A surname from Japanese.

Nakajimaname

A surname from Japanese.

Nakamotoname

A surname from Japanese.

Nakamuraname

A surname from Japanese.

Nakanoname

A surname from Japanese.

Nakashimaname

A surname from Japanese.

Nakataname

A surname from Japanese.

Nakayamaname

A surname.

nakbanoun

In Arab contexts: a catastrophe; a grave setback.

nakedadj

Bare, not covered by clothing.

nakedlyadv

In a naked manner; without concealing anything; blatantly or openly.

nakednessnoun

The state or condition of being naked; nudity; bareness; defenselessness; undisguisedness.

Nalaname

A character in Hindu mythology: the king of Nishada Kingdom, son of Veerasena.

naloxonenoun

An opioid inverse agonist used to counter the effects of an overdose on opioids (such as heroin or morphine).

naltrexonenoun

A synthetic drug, similar to morphine, which blocks opiate receptors in the nervous system and is used chiefly in the treatment of heroin addiction.

Namanname

A male given name from Sanskrit used in India.

namasteintj

A greeting in contexts relating to Indian culture or the New Age movement.

namenoun

Any nounal word or phrase which indicates a particular person, place, class, or thing.

namedadj

Having a name.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

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 2. 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.

On this page 50 of 50 entries carry a part-of-speech tag and 50 carry at least one stored definition. Coverage varies across letters because Wiktionary volunteers build entries at different speeds for different parts of the alphabet, letters with common starting sounds (S, C, T, P) usually have the densest coverage, while less frequent starters (X, Q, Z) tend to have shorter but more specialised lists. PlainSpell surfaces whatever data is present and links back to the source when a definition is not yet recorded.

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