English Words: N

24,391 words · Page 447 of 488

Obsolete spelling of nuzzle.

The elaborate structure of skin surrounding the nostrils of many species of bat.

Lacking a nose.

Without a nose.

noselessnessnoun

The state or quality of lacking a nose; being noseless.

A rhinoplasty operation.

Resembling or characteristic of a nose.

A rare fluorescent isometric feldspathoid mineral.

Of, relating to, or characteristic of the nose or noses, nasal; nosey.

Nosema disease:

Nosema-diseasenoun

Alternative form of nosema disease (“infectious disease of some insects caused by some microsporidian parasites”).

nosema disease (“infectious disease of some insects caused by some microsporidian parasites”)

The distinctive quality of a nose.

Alternative form of nose-picker.

Anything (originally a piece of armour) that protects the nose.

Any of various decorative ornaments that are worn at the end of the nose.

A plug placed in the nose, usually to prevent accidental inhalation of water when swimming

An imprint of a nose (usually an animal's nose).

A nosy person.

To manoeuvre a surfboard from the front end.

The act of standing on the front end of a surfboard while riding a wave.

Alternative form of nose ring.

Alternative form of nose-ringed.

A range of smell, a distance in which something is detectable by smell.

A boardslide performed on the nose.

Watercress.

Something that smells foul to the nose.

A nostril.

Toward the nose.

Towards the nose.

The vertical downward force that a trailer or caravan exerts on the tow vehicle's towball.

The wheel of an aircraft's nose gear.

The arch of cartilage on either side of the nose.

By means of the nose.

nosewitnessnoun

A witness who gives evidence of what they have smelled.

Worthy to be smelled.

Alternative spelling of nosy.

nosey parkernoun

An overly inquisitive or prying person.

A vampire.

Nosferatu spidernoun

Zoropsis spinimana, a relatively large hunting spider originally from southern Europe.

noshnoun

Food.

Someone who noshes; an eater.

A restaurant.

A form of ceremonial origami, consisting of white paper folded with a strip of dried abalone or meat, and expressing good wishes or good fortune.

Not on the shore (such as drilling for oil in the ocean).

The use of noshore solutions; specifically the business practice of combining elements of offshore and nearshore outsourcing solutions with local resources. For example, software developers may be in Mexico, whereas project managers will be based in the United States in San Diego.

A nose.

nosiheptidenoun

A particular macrocyclic thiopeptide antibiotic.

in a nosy manner.

The property of being nosy.

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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 447. 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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