English Words: N
24,391 words · Page 449 of 488
Any member of the genus Nostoc of cyanobacteria, found in a variety of environmental niches, that form colonies composed of filaments of moniliform cells in a gelatinous sheath.
A conjectural and not widely accepted grouping of languages including the Indo-European, Uralic, Altaic, Chukchi-Kamchatkan, Eskimo-Aleut, Dravidian, Elamite, Sumerian, Kartvelian, and Afroasiatic languages, and less commonly including the Aegean and Ainu languages as well.
A proponent of the existence of the conjectural Nostratic superfamily, or a linguist who studies it.
Either of the two orifices located on the nose (or on the beak of a bird); used as a passage for air and other gases to travel the nasal passages.
A medicine or remedy in conventional use which has not been proven to have any desirable medical effects.
Any folk medicine, or popular cure that is not tested, especially one not used in medicine.
Not an improvement over something; not nearly as good as something; much worse than.
Something visually unappealing, ranging from mildly unattractive to utterly disgusting in appearance.
Expresses frustration and exasperation at the repeated occurrence of a harmful event, without assigning blame.
Real people are as capable of being heroic as fictional superheroes.
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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 449. 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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