English Words: N

24,391 words · Page 6 of 488

Nafplioname

A large town in Argolis, Peloponnese, Greece.

nafsnoun

The self; the psyche, ego, or soul.

NAFTAname

Acronym of North American Free Trade Agreement

naftifinenoun

An allylamine antifungal drug.

Nafzigername

A surname from German.

nagnoun

A small horse; a pony.

nag champanoun

A sandalwood-heavy perfume oil originating in India, or incense thus perfumed

nag screennoun

A message displayed by a nagware program to encourage the user to purchase the full version.

naganoun

A loincloth.

nagadanoun

Alternative form of naqareh (“type of drum”).

nagaikanoun

A short, thick braided whip with a round cross-section, used by the Cossacks.

nagaimonoun

Dioscorea opposita, a variety of yam.

nagaknoun

A seashell horn used in the music of Korea.

Nagalandname

A state in northeastern India. Capital: Kohima.

Nagalandernoun

A person from Nagaland.

nagamakinoun

A type of Japanese sword; a single-edged curving blade with a handle comparable in length to that of the blade, whose blade is length is usually comparable to other regular Japanese swords, though other longer ones also were made.

Nagaminename

A surname from Japanese.

nagananoun

A disease of vertebrates in southern Africa, characterised by swelling and lethargy and caused by trypanosomes transmitted by tsetse flies.

Naganandininame

Name of a rāga in Carnatic music. It is the 30th melakarta rāga in the 72 melakarta rāga system of Carnatic music.

Naganoname

The capital city of Nagano Prefecture, Japan.

Nagaoname

A surname from Japanese.

Nagaokaname

A city in Niigata Prefecture, Japan.

Nagaonname

A town in Assam, India.

nagapienoun

mohol bushbaby

Nagarname

A surname of Indian usage.

Nagar Haveliname

A tehsil in the district of Dadra and Nagar Haveli, union territory of Daman and Diu and Dadra and Nagar Haveli, India.

nagaranoun

A drum used in folk music in the Caucasus region.

Nagarajanname

A surname from Tamil.

Nagarajuname

A male given name from Sanskrit commonly used in India.

nagarinoun

A traditional administrative unit of the Minangkabau people of West Sumatra, Indonesia, consisting of a cluster of villages.

Nagarjunaname

A male given name from Sanskrit.

Nagasakiname

A port city, the capital and largest city of Nagasaki Prefecture, in southwestern Kyushu, Japan, famous as the country's early modern entrepot and for its nuclear bombing on 9 August 1945 at the end of World War II.

Nagasawaname

A surname from Japanese.

nagashimalitenoun

An orthorhombic-dipyramidal greenish black mineral containing barium, boron, chlorine, hydrogen, oxygen, silicon, titanium, and vanadium.

Nagataname

A surname from Japanese.

nagatelitenoun

A phosphatian allanite mineral.

nagautanoun

A form of traditional Japanese vocal music, often used in kabuki theatre.

nagavatornoun

A person inside a vehicle who gives unwanted directions to the driver.

nage-wazanoun

Any of the 12 throwing techniques.

nageirenoun

A Japanese style of flower arrangement, characterised by informality and spontaneity.

Nagel pointnoun

A triangle center defined as the point of concurrency of all three of the triangle's splitters.

Nagelianadj

Relating to Thomas Nagel (born 1937), American philosopher.

nagelschmidtitenoun

A hexagonal mineral containing calcium, oxygen, phosphorus, and silicon.

Nagengastname

A surname from German.

Nagercoilname

A city in Tamil Nadu, India.

nagewazanoun

throwing technique in judo

naggableadj

susceptible to nagging

naggeenoun

One who is nagged.

naggernoun

One who nags.

naggersnoun

plural of nagger

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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 6. 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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