English Words: N
24,391 words · Page 74 of 488
Of a project or an idea, to be insufficiently polished or thought out; requiring more time to attain acceptable quality.
That requires the admitting institution to not consider an applicant's financial situation when deciding admission.
A small village and civil parish in South Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TM2281).
Part of the reproductive tract of cephalopods in which spermatophores are stored, opening into the left side of the mantle cavity.
Either of two key transport protocols for use over insecure networks, one based on symmetric encryption (and forming the basis of Kerberos) and the other on public-key cryptography.
Of or relating to Joseph Needham (1900–1995), British scientist, historian and sinologist.
A long, thin, sharp implement usually for piercing as in sewing, embroidery, acupuncture, tattooing, body piercing, medical injections, sutures, etc; or a blunt but otherwise similar implement used for forming loops or knots in crafts such as darning, knitting, tatting, etc.
A type of roller bearing in which the load-bearing elements are longish, thin, cylindrical pins.
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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 74. 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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