English Words: N

24,391 words · Page 77 of 488

Nefertitiname

A queen of Ancient Egypt, the chief consort of the pharaoh Akhenaten.

Nefertitianadj

Of or relating to Nefertiti (ca. 1370 – ca. 1330 BC), Egyptian queen and chief consort of the pharaoh Akhenaten.

nefeshnoun

One of the cabalistic aspects of the soul, related to natural instinct.

Neffname

A surname.

nefiracetamnoun

A nootropic racetam drug with cytoprotective effects.

nefnessnoun

The quality of being nef.

nefopamnoun

A centrally-acting but non-opioid analgesic drug of the benzoxazocine class, developed in the early 1970s, used for pain relief.

nefrotoxicitynoun

Misspelling of nephrotoxicity.

Nefynname

A small coastal town and community with a town council on the Lleyn Peninsula, Gwynedd, Wales (OS grid ref SH3040).

negnoun

Clipping of negative.

neg diffverb

To win a fight against another with negative difficulty (extremely little difficulty; less difficulty than no diff)

neg-raisingnoun

The phenomenon by which certain negated predicates (e.g. think, believe, expect) can give rise to a reading where the negation seems to take scope from an embedded clause.

nega-prefix

antithesis; polar opposite.

negabentadj

negatively bent

negabicomplexadj

Related to a bicomplex value by a power of -1.

negabinarynoun

The base of negative 2.

negacyclicadj

constacyclic where the constant λ is -1

negadecimalnoun

The base of negative 10.

negafibonacciadj

Of or pertaining to the Fibonacci sequence extended to negative indices.

negaholicnoun

A person who has a persistently negative or pessimistic outlook.

negamilenoun

A proposed unit of saved travel, equivalent to one mile not travelled.

negandnoun

The proposition that is to be negated.

negaquaternarynoun

The base of negative 4.

Negarname

A transliteration of the Persian female given name نگار (negâr).

negaranoun

A constituent state of Indonesia when it was under Dutch control.

Negara Brunei Darussalamname

The full name of the nation of Brunei.

negarchicaladj

Of or relating to negarchy.

negarchynoun

A form of status quo maintained by the interrelations of power structure and authority.

Negashname

A surname from Amharic.

negaspherenoun

A spherical antimatter weapon.

negatabilitynoun

The quality of being negatable.

negatableadj

Capable of being negated.

negatativeadj

Misspelling of negative.

negateverb

To deny the existence, evidence, or truth of; to contradict.

negatedverb

simple past and past participle of negate

negatednessnoun

The quality of being negated.

negaternoun

Alternative form of negator.

negaternarynoun

The base of negative 3.

negationnoun

The act of negating something.

negationaladj

Of, pertaining to or involving negation; negatory, negative

negationismnoun

The revision of history in order to omit something that actually happened.

negationistnoun

One who revises history in order to omit something that actually happened.

negatismnoun

negativism

negativaladj

Of or relating to a negative, especially to a word that indicates negation

negativateverb

negate

negativeadj

Not positive or neutral; bad; undesirable; unfavourable.

negative capabilitynoun

The capacity of artists to pursue ideals of beauty, perfection and sublimity even when it leads them into intellectual confusion and uncertainty, as opposed to a preference for philosophical certainty over artistic beauty.

negative costnoun

The net expense to produce and shoot a film, excluding such expenditures as distribution and promotion.

negative harmonynoun

undertone/subharmonic series?

negative lookaheadnoun

The analysis of the subsequent characters absence before the regular expression is matched (symbol: ?!).

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