English Words: N
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A list of bureaucratic posts in government and industry in the former Soviet Union and other communist countries, filled by those appointed by the Party.
A game, intended to model certain aspects of legal systems, in which players take turns by modifying the game's rules.
A norepinephrine and dopamine reuptake inhibitor once investigated as an antidepressant.
A doctrine that universals do not have an existence except as names for classes of concrete objects.
A noun derived from an adjective, verb, etc., often (in English) by adding a suffix such as -ity, -tion or -ism.
Anything, usually an affixed morpheme or a particle, that changes another part of speech into a noun.
To name someone as a candidate for a particular role or position, including that of an office.
A grammatically independent element of a sentence conveying additional circumstances; present:
A supposed tendency for people to become active in subjects that relate or correspond to their names.
A noun phrase, introduced as if the subject of a sentence, that is not actually used as such.
A person named, or designated, by another, to any office, duty, or position; one nominated, or proposed, by others for office or for election to office.
A form of political nepotism in which a political party rewards its supporters with jobs after successful election.
Of or pertaining to both the nominative and accusative cases at once, capable of conveying either the subject or direct object of the verb.
Of a subspecies: nominate, having a name which repeats the species name, designating that it represents the originally described population.
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 203. 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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