English Words: N
24,391 words · Page 485 of 488
A southern African antelope, Tragelaphus angasii (syn. Nyala angasii), with thin white stripes in the grey or brown coat, a ridge of tufted hair running all along the spine, and long horns with a spiral twist.
A tribe of Nilotic pastoralists in southwestern Ethiopia or the language spoken by them.
A Pama-Nyungan Australian Aboriginal language spoken in and around La Grange and Port Hedland in the Pilbara region of Western Australia.
One of the six orthodox or astika schools of Hindu philosophy — specifically the school of logic.
Alternative spelling of nibble (“unit of memory equal to half a byte, or chiefly four bits”).
Acronym of New York City Housing Authority, a corporation which provides public housing in New York City.
A period of one day and one night, a date: in the West, a period of 24 consecutive hours.
A string instrument (chordophone) with a long body and a boat-shaped soundbox, with keys attached to tangents that act like frets when the keys are depressed, and most commonly featuring chromatic and sympathetic strings in modern instruments, originating in the traditional music of Sweden.
pain that occurs only at night, especially pain associated with the bones due to syphilis
The movement of leaves or petals in response to darkness; the closing of a flower at night.
A device that allows a person to write in a form of shorthand (nyctography) in the dark.
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 485. 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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