English Words: N

24,391 words · Page 3 of 488

namelessadj

Not having a name.

namelyadv

Specifically; that is to say.

nameplatenoun

A plate or plaque inscribed with a name.

namesnoun

plural of name

namesakenoun

An entity that lends its name to another entity.

namespacenoun

A conceptual space that groups classes, identifiers, etc. in order to avoid conflicts with items in unrelated code that carry the same names.

nametagnoun

A tag with one's name inscribed on it.

NAMIname

Initialism of National Alliance on Mental Illness.

Namibname

A desert on the far southwestern coast of Africa, predominantly in Namibia.

Namibianame

A country in Southern Africa. Official name: Republic of Namibia. Capital: Windhoek.

Namibianadj

Of, from, or pertaining to Namibia, the Namibian people or the Namibian language.

namingnoun

The process of giving names to things.

Nampaname

The largest city in Canyon County, Idaho.

namunoun

A sandfly of the genus Austrosimulium.

Namurname

The capital city of Wallonia, Belgium.

nannoun

Synonym of maid: a servant girl.

nananoun

A banana.

Nanaimoname

A city on the east coast of Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada.

nancenoun

Alternative form of nancy (“an effeminate male homosexual”).

Nanchangname

A prefecture-level city, the provincial capital of Jiangxi, China.

nancynoun

An effeminate man, especially a homosexual.

NANDnoun

A binary operator composite of NOT AND; negation of AND function.

Nandaname

A surname.

Nandinoun

A bull used as a mount by the god Shiva, or a representation of this bull.

Nandininame

A female given name from Hindi

Nando'sname

An international chain of South African fast-casual restaurants that specialises in Portuguese-style chicken.

nandunoun

rhea (large, flightless birds)

Nanettename

A female given name.

nangnoun

A metal bulb filled with nitrous oxide gas, inhaled for its disassociative effects, normally intended as a propellant for whipped cream.

nanganoun

A simple wooden harp or zither used in central and eastern Africa.

Nangarharname

A province of Afghanistan.

naniintj

what

nanitenoun

Synonym of nanorobot.

Nanjingname

A major subprovincial city, the provincial capital of Jiangsu, China, on the lower Yangtze; a former capital of China.

Nankingname

Alternative form of Nanjing.

nannanoun

grandmother

nannienoun

Alternative form of nanny (female goat)

nannynoun

A child's nurse.

nanometernoun

US spelling of nanometre.

nanoparticlenoun

Any microscopic particle less than about 100 nanometers (nm) in diameter.

Nanosname

A surname from Greek.

nanoscaleadj

On a scale measured in nanometers.

nanosciencenoun

The underlying science of nanotechnology.

nanosecondnoun

An SI unit of time equal to 10⁻⁹ seconds. Symbol: ns

nanostructuredadj

Having a nanostructure; a structure designed on the nano scale.

nanotechnoun

Abbreviation of nanotechnology.

nanotechnologynoun

The science and technology of creating nanoparticles and of manufacturing machines which have sizes within the range of nanometres (1–100 nm).

nanotubenoun

Shortening of carbon nanotube; A carbon molecule, in the shape of a tube, having a fullerene structure and a diameter of about 1 or 2 nanometers.

nanowirenoun

A wire whose width is of the order of nanometers.

Nantesname

The prefecture of the department of Loire-Atlantique, France; the capital city of the region of Pays de la Loire, in historical Brittany.

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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 3. 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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