English Words: N
24,391 words · Page 445 of 488
A pupil or alumnus of Norwich School (formally King Edward VI Grammar School), a selective English independent day school in Norwich, England.
Designating a calicivirus affecting humans, characterized by severe vomiting and diarrhea.
Any of several virus strains in genus Norovirus that cause acute gastrointestinal infection.
Pinus resinosa, the state tree of Minnesota, native to North America from Minnesota, Wisconsin and western Ontario east.
A proposal for a post-Brexit settlement that would have consisted of membership of the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) and the European Economic Area as an EFTA member state, combined with a separate customs union with the European Union.
The language of Norway, which has two official forms (written standards): Bokmål and Nynorsk.
A breed of dog of the spitz type, used as an all-purpose farm and herding dog, as well as a watchdog and a nanny dog.
A manually operated coupling at each end of some narrow-gauge railway rolling stock, consisting of a central buffer incorporating a hook that drops into a slot in the opposing central buffer.
The former Norwegian government policy of assimilating the Sami and Kven peoples into an ethnically and culturally uniform Norwegian population.
A city and local government district with borough status in and county town of Norfolk, England.
A court order granted against a third party which has been innocently mixed up in wrongdoing, forcing the disclosure of documents or information.
A suburban area of Southall, borough of Ealing, Greater London (OS grid ref TQ1378).
A benzylisoquinoline alkaloid obtained from plants of the Papaveraceae family, primarily used for its antitussive effects.
A canon of construction under which the questionable meaning of a doubtful word can be derived from its association with other words.
The condition of being noseblind (unable to detect particular odours and smells, due to familiarity with or prolonged exposure).
A style of eyeglasses without earpieces, often attached to a cord or ribbon allowing them to be hung around the neck.
A plastic surgical procedure to alter the appearance of the nose, especially for cosmetic reasons; the resulting physical appearance of the nose.
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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 445. 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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