English Words: N

24,391 words · Page 395 of 488

Having a surface designed to prevent or reduce skidding; not able to skid or be skidded upon.

That does not skid.

A person who is not a skier.

Not relating to, or not taking part in, the sport of skiing.

Not skilled.

Not relating to skin.

Not skipping.

Not slack.

Not slangy; not including or given to slang.

Alternative form of non-slash (“fan fiction that is not slash fiction”).

One who is not a slave.

nonslaveholdernoun

One who is not a slaveholder.

nonslaveholdingadj

Not slaveholding.

That which is not sleep; the time during which one is awake.

One who does not sleep.

Not sleeping.

Not sleepy.

Not being or relating to a slice knot.

unsliced

Not sliding; that does not slide.

Having a surface designed to prevent or reduce slipping; not able to slip or be slipped upon.

nonslippagenoun

Absence of slippage.

Not slippery.

That does not slip.

Not sloping.

That does not produce sludge.

That does not slump, but consistently holds its shape.

Not slutty.

Not small

Not smart.

That does not smear.

A facial expression that is not a (genuine) smile.

Not smiling.

Not smoked (of meat, cigarettes, etc.).

Not smooth.

Not smoothed.

Not smoothly.

nonsmoothnessnoun

The condition of being nonsmooth, roughness

Not producing smutty marks.

Not of or pertaining to snacks.

One who does not eat snacks.

One who is not a snitch.

Not of or pertaining to snow.

That which is not soap.

Not soapy.

That is not soccer or not related to soccer.

Not sociable.

Not social; unconcerned with society or social matters.

nonsocialistnoun

One who is not a socialist.

nonsocialisticadj

Not socialistic.

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 395. 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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