English Words: N
24,391 words · Page 460 of 488
A theory developed by Terence McKenna that aims to describe "novelty" in the universe based on a combination of numerology and mathematics, and supposed fractal patterns in the I Ching.
The series of changes in particle physics triggered by the discovery of the charm quark in November 1974.
A group of nine people, especially (politics) a council of nine men who share office or rule.
A recitation of prayers and devotions for nine consecutive days, especially one to a saint to ask for their intercession.
The nine ruling councillors comprising the government of Siena during the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries.
A monoclinic-prismatic colorless mineral containing calcium, carbon, chlorine, hydrogen, and oxygen.
An international auxiliary language, or interlanguage, published by the Danish linguist Otto Jespersen in 1928.
Any of a group of deadly organophosphate nerve agents developed by the Soviet Union in the 1970s and 1980s to evade restrictions on chemical weapons.
A person who has never had COVID-19, or believes so because they were asymptomatic when infected.
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 460. 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.
For readers using this index as a spelling reference, the guarantee is that every form you see on the list is a documented English headword, not a guess, not a derived inflection lacking a lemma row. If a word you expected to find is absent from the "N" list, it usually means the form exists only as an inflection of another lemma (e.g. a past participle stored under the infinitive) or the entry has not yet been imported from Wiktionary. Use the search bar or the misspelling lookup to resolve these cases.