English Words: N

24,391 words · Page 33 of 488

nanosoccernoun

A game resembling soccer played by nanobots.

nanosolidnoun

A solid that has a specified nanoscale structure

nanosomenoun

A nanoscale liposome.

nanosomicadj

Relating to nanosomes.

nanosourcenoun

A source of nanoparticles

nanospacenoun

The geometric space occupied by a nanocage

nanospacecraftnoun

A very small spacecraft or satellite

nanosparknoun

A nanoscale spark

nanospecificadj

specific to a particular nanoparticle or nanotoxin etc.

nanospectrophotometernoun

A spectrophotometer that uses nanoscale samples

nanospectrophotometrynoun

spectrophotometry of nanoscale samples

nanospherenoun

A nanoscale sphere

nanosphericaladj

Having the form of a nanosphere

nanospheroidnoun

A nanoscale spheroid

nanospherulenoun

A nanoscale spherule

nanospikenoun

A nanoscale spike.

nanospinodaladj

spinodal at a nanoscale

nanospintronicsnoun

The application of spintronics using nanoscale devices

nanospongenoun

A sponge that has nanosize holes, especially one used for biomimetic detoxification

nanospraynoun

A nanoscale spray, especially one used to generate ions for mass spectrometry.

nanosprayedadj

sprayed as, or with, a nanospray

nanosprayernoun

A device that produces a nanospray

nanospringnoun

A nanoscale spring

nanospringsnoun

plural of nanospring

nanoSQUIDnoun

A nanoscale superconducting quantum interference device

nanostandardnoun

A nanotechnology standard

nanostarnoun

A star-shaped (concave polygonal) nanoparticle

nanostencilnoun

A nanoscale stencil

nanostimulationnoun

The stimulation of a nanostructure, typically a single neuron.

nanostringnoun

A nanoscale string

nanostripnoun

A nanosized strip of material.

nanostripenoun

A nanoscale stripe

nanostructuraladj

Of or pertaining to nanostructures

nanostructurallyadv

In a nanostructural manner

nanostructurenoun

Any manufactured or natural structure having a scale between molecular and microscopic.

nanostructuredadj

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

nanostructuringnoun

The design and manufacture of nanostructures.

nanosubstancenoun

Any nanoengineered substance, or any substance in the form of nanoparticles

nanosubstratenoun

A nanoscale substrate (or one composed of nanoparticles)

nanosurfacenoun

A surface that has been modified using nanotechnology

nanosurgeonnoun

A robot that performs nanosurgery.

nanosurgerynoun

Nanoscale surgery, especially by the use of nanorobots.

nanosurgicaladj

Relating to nanosurgery.

nanosuspensionnoun

A suspension of nanoparticles

nanosuspensionsnoun

plural of nanosuspension

nanoswarmnoun

A swarm of nanobots.

nanoswimmernoun

A nanodevice that moves with a swimming action

nanoswitchnoun

A nanoscale switch

nanosyntacticadj

Relating to nanosyntax.

nanosyntaxnoun

An approach to syntax in which the terminal nodes of syntactic parse trees may be reduced to units smaller than a morpheme.

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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 33. 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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