English Words: N
24,391 words · Page 56 of 488
The way things are, the totality of all things in the physical universe and their order, especially the physical world in contrast to spiritual realms and flora and fauna as distinct from human conventions, art, and technology.
Generating and maintaining a near-vacuum is challenging (requiring technical rigor) because ambient pressure tends to push matter forcefully into the evacuated chamber; and generating a true vacuum (devoid of any matter at all) is extremely challenging.
A nature writer who misrepresents animals as having thoughts and feelings similar to those of humans.
An area of land managed to conserve wildlife or plant habitat or other natural features.
An area of grass beside a roadway, possibly with a few trees or shrubs, lying between the roadway proper and the footpath, if there is one; a tree lawn.
Comparing how a person's characteristics are formed, either by innate biological factors such as genetics (nature), or by upbringing and life experience (nurture).
A disputed class of behavioural problems in modern children, ascribed to the fact that they spend little time outdoors.
A global goal to halt and reverse nature loss by 2030, and achieve full nature recovery by 2050.
Nature and culture, understood as inseparable elements of a single system rather than as dichotomous.
One who studies nature; one who ascribes natural rather than supernatural or divine explanations to phenomena.
The belief in or practice of going nude in social settings, often in mixed-gender groups, specifically either in cultures where this is not the norm or for health reasons.
One who follows a philosophical belief in a naked, natural life and prefers to live without clothes, often for reasons of ecology, health, religious belief, and/or ethical concerns.
Having a natural cause; used especially of global warming as an antonym to anthropogenic.
A system of therapy that avoids synthetic drugs and surgery, while emphasizing the use of natural remedies (plants and the elements) and physical means (massage, acupuncture) to treat illness.
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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 56. 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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