English Words: N
24,391 words · Page 24 of 488
Nanoscale dust, especially such atmospheric dust that may be a health hazard, or a source of metals.
Economics at a lower level than microeconomics, sometimes dealing with individual transactions.
electroablation of a very small area (especially to destroy cancerous tissue)
Describing any electromechanical device or system whose dimensions are of the order of a nanometer
An electromechanical system with nanometre-sized components verging down to molecular- and atomic- sized in a submicron-sized system, smaller than MEMS units.
The use of nanotechnology to create electronic components; the study and use of nanoscale electronic components
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 24. 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.
For readers using this index as a spelling reference, the guarantee is that every form you see on the list is a documented English headword, not a guess, not a derived inflection lacking a lemma row. If a word you expected to find is absent from the "N" list, it usually means the form exists only as an inflection of another lemma (e.g. a past participle stored under the infinitive) or the entry has not yet been imported from Wiktionary. Use the search bar or the misspelling lookup to resolve these cases.