English Words: N

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Novovolodymyrivkaname

A village in Sakhnovshchyna settlement hromada, Berestyn Raion, Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine, founded as a khutir in 1870.

Novovolynskname

A city in Volodymyr Raion, Volyn Oblast, Ukraine.

Novoyavorivskname

A city in Lviv Oblast, Ukraine.

novumnoun

A new feature, a novelty.

novus actus interveniensnoun

A doctrine of law that, in certain circumstances, an intervening event can break the chain of causation between a person's action and its result, potentially depriving that person of legal liability for the result; such an intervening event.

Novus Ordoname

The version of the Roman Rite of the Mass established in 1969, the Mass of Paul VI, usually celebrated in a vernacular language.

novussnoun

a game closely related to carom, and pocket billiards.

Novynoun

A person from Nova Scotia.

Novyi Buhname

A city in Mykolaiv Oblast, Ukraine.

Novyi Kalynivname

A city in Lviv Oblast, in western Ukraine.

Novyi Rozdilname

A city in Lviv Oblast, in western Ukraine.

Novyi Vytkivname

A village in Radekhiv urban hromada, Sheptytskyi Raion, Lviv Oblast, Ukraine, first mentioned in 1469.

nowadj

Present; current.

now and againadv

Synonym of occasionally, sometimes, intermittently.

now and thenadv

Synonym of occasionally, sometimes, intermittently.

now forphrase

Used to introduce something that is to occur or be presented next.

now or neveradv

At this sole opportunity or time, or not at all.

now thatconj

As a consequence of the fact that; since.

now thenintj

Used to move or return to another subject of discussion.

now whatphrase

A request, usually rhetorical, to know what, in a series of negative events, is the next negative event occurring.

now you mention itadv

Used to precede another comment about something just mentioned.

now you're cookingphrase

Used to praise someone for adopting a more effective or suitable method or approach, or to signal that progress is being made.

now you're talkingphrase

A phrase indicating agreement with a previously stated suggestion to change a course of action.

now, nowintj

A gentle reproach or admonition.

now-a-daysadj

Of the present day, contemporary.

now-nowismnoun

Excessive focus on the present, or on immediate gratification.

Nowa Sarzynaname

A town in Subcarpathian Voivodeship, south-east Poland.

Nowa Sólname

A town in Lubusz Voivodeship, Poland.

Nowackiname

A surname from Polish.

nowackiitenoun

A trigonal-pyramidal mineral containing arsenic, copper, sulfur, and zinc.

Nowaczykname

A surname from Polish.

nowadayadj

Existing nowadays; current, present; contemporary.

nowadaysadv

At the present time; in the current era.

Nowakname

A surname from Polish.

Nowakowskiname

A surname from Polish.

Nowataname

A city, the county seat of Nowata County, Oklahoma, United States.

Nowata Countyname

One of 77 counties in Oklahoma, United States. County seat: Nowata.

nowayadv

In no manner or degree; not at all; nowise; no way.

nowaysadv

Alternative form of noway.

nowcastverb

To predict the weather for a very short upcoming period (usually a few hours).

nowcastingnoun

The use or production of nowcasts.

nowdnoun

A grey gurnard (Trigla gurnardus, now Eutrigla gurnadus), a fish of European waters.

nowdaysadv

Pronunciation spelling of nowadays.

nowdocnoun

In the PHP programming language, a kind of here document that does not interpolate variables.

Nowe Brusnoname

A village in Gmina Horyniec-Zdrój, Lubaczów County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, Poland.

nowedadj

Knotted; tied in a knot.

Nowellname

A surname.

nowhatadv

Not at all; in no respect.

nowhennoun

A point from which one has an unrestricted perspective in time.

nowhen elseadv

At no other time.

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 462. 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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