English Words: N

24,391 words · Page 83 of 488

Neiswendername

A surname from German.

Neithname

The primeval goddess of war and creator deity.

neitherdet

Not one of two; not either; not one or the other.

neither a borrower nor a lender beproverb

It is not good to borrow money from anybody, lest you will lose their trust and friendship.

neither fish nor fowladj

Not easily categorized; not rightly belonging or fitting well in a given group or situation; also, not having the advantages of the various options.

neither fish, flesh, nor fowladj

Alternative form of neither fish, flesh, nor good red herring (synonym of neither fish nor fowl).

neither fish, flesh, nor good red herringadj

Synonym of neither fish nor fowl (“not easily categorized; not rightly belonging or fitting well in a given group or situation; also, not having the advantages of the various options”).

neither here nor thereadj

Having no influence or significance on the issue at hand.

neither … norconj

used for showing that something is not true of two or more people, things, actions, qualities, or ideas (This entry is a translation hub.)

Neitzname

A surname from German.

Neixiangname

A county of Nanyang, Henan, China.

Nejapaname

A town in San Salvador department, El Salvador.

nejayotenoun

Left over water after nixtamalization.

neknoun

A col (a dip on a mountain ridge between two peaks).

nekkidadj

Pronunciation spelling of naked, representing Southern US English.

neknominationnoun

An online drinking game, typically involving a person uploading a video of themselves drinking a pint of an alcoholic beverage (most commonly beer) in one gulp, then nominating two or more others to do the same.

nekonoun

A catgirl or catboy.

nekodamashinoun

The act of clapping the hands in order to distract one's opponent.

nekoitenoun

A triclinic-pedial pearl white mineral containing calcium, hydrogen, oxygen, and silicon.

nekomiminoun

Cat ears.

nekrasovitenoun

An isometric-hextetrahedral reddish brown mineral containing antimony, arsenic, copper, iron, sulfur, tin, vanadium, and zinc.

nekropoleisnoun

plural of nekropolis

nekropolisnoun

Alternative spelling of necropolis.

nekropolisesnoun

plural of nekropolis

nektobenthicadj

Of organisms: swimming near the bottom of a sea or lake.

nektonnoun

All organisms in the ocean that are capable of swimming independently of currents.

nektonicadj

Swimming independently of currents.

nektoplanktonnoun

nektonic plankton

nektoplanktonicadj

Relating to nektoplankton

nelarabinenoun

A particular drug used in chemotherapy.

neleidnoun

Any member of the Neleidae, the descendants of Neleus.

nelenitenoun

A trigonal-hexagonal scalenohedral brown mineral containing arsenic, hydrogen, iron, magnesium, manganese, oxygen, silicon, and zinc.

nelfienoun

An image, especially a selfie, of a nude or nearly nude person posted to social media.

nelfinavirnoun

An antiretroviral drug (trademark Viracept) of the protease inhibitor class that is used in the form of its mesilate C₃₂H₄₅N₃O₄S·CH₄O₃S to treat HIV infected patients.

Nelkenname

A surname.

Nellname

A diminutive of the female given names Eleanor, Ellen, or Helen

Nellename

A female given name.

Nelliename

A diminutive of the female given names Eleanor, Ellen, Helen, or Chanel; popular as a formal given name at the turn of the 20th century.

Nelliganname

A surname from Irish.

Nellorename

A city and district of Andhra Pradesh, India.

nellynoun

A person's life.

nelsonnoun

A score of 111, sometimes considered to be unlucky.

Nelson Islandname

An island of Trinidad and Tobago.

Nelson's bloodnoun

rum (the drink)

Nelson's sparrownoun

Ammospiza nelsoni, a small American sparrow.

Nelson's syndromenoun

The rapid enlargement of a pituitary adenoma that occurs after the removal of both adrenal glands.

Nelsonesqueadj

Reminiscent of the British naval officer Horatio Nelson.

Nelsonianadj

Of or relating to Horatio Nelson.

Nelsonian knowledgenoun

Knowledge which is attributed to a person who has engaged in willful ignorance of that knowledge and ought to have known it.

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 83. 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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