English Words: N

24,391 words · Page 476 of 488

numericizeverb

To represent using numbers; to digitize.

numericlaturaladj

Relating to numericlature.

numericsnoun

The field of numerically-controlled engineering.

numeristnoun

Someone who deals in, or is skilled with, numbers.

numerlognoun

The name of a numeric amount.

numeronoun

The sign ⟨ № ⟩.

numero unonoun

The most important of a group.

numerolatrynoun

worship of numbers

numerolinguisticadj

Of or pertaining to numbers and language.

numerologicaladj

Of, pertaining to, or based on numerology.

numerologicallyadv

By means of, or in relation to, numerology

numerologistnoun

A practitioner of numerology

numerologynoun

The study of the purported mystical relationship between numbers (or the letters of words, represented by numbers) and the character or action of physical objects and living beings.

numeromancynoun

Divination using numbers; numerology.

numeromanticadj

Of or pertaining to numeromancy.

numeronnoun

A hypothetical nonverbal cognitive representation of a numeric amount.

numeronymnoun

A number-based word.

numerophilenoun

Someone who loves numbers.

numerophilianoun

The love of numbers.

numerophilicadj

Affected by numerophilia; having a love for numbers.

numerophobenoun

Someone who hates or is afraid of numbers.

numerophobianoun

The hatred or fear of numbers.

numerophobicadj

Affected by numerophobia; having a hatred or fear or numbers.

numeroseadj

Obsolete form of numerous.

numerositynoun

The condition of being numerous.

numerousdet

An indefinite large number of.

numerouslyadv

In a numerous manner; in great numbers.

numerousnessnoun

The state or quality of being numerous.

Numicadj

Of or relating to a branch of the Uto-Aztecan language family, including seven languages spoken by Native Americans traditionally living in the Great Basin, Colorado River basin, and southern Great Plains.

Numidianame

A historical region and ancient Berber kingdom located in North Africa, initially situated in modern Algeria but later expanding into Tunisia and Libya.

Numidianadj

Of or pertaining to Numidia or its inhabitants.

numinanoun

plural of numen

numinaladj

Divine.

numinismnoun

The belief that physical objects contain a divine presence.

numinositynoun

Quality of being numinous.

numinousadj

Of or relating to a numen (divinity); indicating the presence of a divinity.

numinouslyadv

In a numinous manner.

numinousnessnoun

The state or quality of being numinous.

numismaticadj

Of or pertaining to currency, especially to coins.

numismaticallyadv

In terms of coins or currency.

numismaticiannoun

One who studies and/or collects coins and/or currencies.

numismaticsnoun

The study of coins, tokens, medals and paper money.

numismatistnoun

One who studies and/or collects coins and/or currencies.

numismatologistnoun

One versed in numismatics.

Numkenaname

A surname from Hopi.

nummaryadj

Of or pertaining to coins or money.

nummularadj

Of or relating to coins or money.

nummulationnoun

The arrangement of the red blood corpuscles in rouleaux, like piles of coins, as when a drop of human blood is examined under the microscope.

nummulitenoun

A protozoan from the Tertiary period, known only as fossils.

nummuliticadj

Pertaining to or consisting of nummulites, especially as designating a type of Eocene limestone formation.

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