English Words: N

24,391 words · Page 84 of 488

nelsonitenoun

A rock consisting of apatite and ilmenite.

Nelsonvillename

A number of places in the United States:

neltneritenoun

A tetragonal-ditetragonal dipyramidal black mineral containing calcium, manganese, oxygen, and silicon.

nelumbiumnoun

Any member of the former plant genus Nelumbium.

nelumbonoun

Any of the genus Nelumbo of aquatic plants with large, showy flowers resembling water lilies, the lotuses.

nelumbonaceousadj

Of or relating to the Nelumbonaceae.

nem conadv

Abbreviation of nemine contradicente (“with nobody contradicting, without dissent”).

nem dissadv

With nobody dissenting; unanimously.

nemalineadj

Having the form of threads; fibrous.

nemalitenoun

A variety of brucite, occurring in slender fibers which are elastic and easily separated, having a color of white with a shade of yellow and a highly silky luster.

Nemanname

A river in Eastern Europe, flowing through Belarus, Lithuania and Russia to the Baltic Sea.

Nemaskaname

A village in Quebec, Canada.

nemat-prefix

Characteristic of, pertaining to, or possessing a filiform structure.

nematheciumnoun

A kind of fructification on certain red algae, consisting of an external mass of filaments that separate into tetraspores.

nemathelminthnoun

Any nematode worm.

nematicadj

Whose molecules align in loose parallel lines.

nematicallyadv

In a nematic manner

nematicidenoun

Any pesticide designed to kill nematodes (roundworms).

nematicitynoun

The condition of being nematic, or extent to which a material is nematic

nematiconnoun

A spatial optical soliton in a nematic liquid crystal.

nematoblastnoun

A spermatocyte

nematoblasticadj

Relating to a nematoblast.

nematocalyxnoun

A kind of cup or calicle containing nematocysts, found upon hydroids of the family Plumularidae.

nematoceranadj

Of or relating to the Nematocera, a suborder of elongated flies with thin, segmented antennae and mostly aquatic larvae, consisting of the mosquitoes, crane flies, gnats, and midges.

nematocidaladj

Acting as a nematocide; fatal to nematodes.

nematocidenoun

Alternative form of nematicide.

nematocystnoun

A capsule, in certain cnidarians, containing a barbed, threadlike tube that delivers a paralyzing sting

nematocysticadj

Of or pertaining to nematocysts.

nematocytenoun

cnidocyte

nematodenoun

A worm of the large phylum Nematoda, such as a roundworm or threadworm.

nematodelikeadj

Resembling or characteristic of nematodes.

nematodesmatanoun

Bundles of microtubules that support the oral cilia in some protozoa.

nematodiasisnoun

infection with nematodes

nematodontousadj

Formed from bundles of whole, dead cells.

nematodynamicadj

Relating to nematodynamics.

nematodynamicsnoun

The study of the orientation dynamics of nematic (flowless) liquid crystals

nematofaunanoun

The nematodes, or all kinds of nematodes, inhabiting a region.

nematofaunaladj

Relating to nematofauna.

nematogalectinnoun

A galectin present in nematocysts

nematogennoun

One of the dimorphic forms of the species of Dicyema, which produce vermiform embryos; opposed to rhombogen.

nematogenenoun

Alternative spelling of nematogen.

nematogenicadj

Describing a solid that forms a nematic liquid crystal when heated.

nematognathnoun

A catfish; one of the Nematognathi, now called Siluriformes.

nematogonenoun

A thin-walled reproductive cell found in the gemmae of certain mosses.

nematohydrodynamicadj

That moves water by the action of filaments

nematoidadj

Of, relating to, or resembling a nematode.

nematologicaladj

Relating to nematology.

nematologistnoun

One who studies nematology.

nematologynoun

The branch of biology that studies nematode roundworms.

nematomorphnoun

Any of many worms of the phylum Nematomorpha.

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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 84. 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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