English Words: N
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The part of the cerebellum that receives input from afferent nerves originating in the cerebral cortex; cerebrocerebellum.
A natural polyphenolic compound, an isomer of chlorogenic acid, found in certain dried fruits and a variety of other plant sources.
A chromosome that does not occur normally in nature; especially one associated with a cancer
Of pertaining to a style of architecture based on classical models, especially such a style of the 18th century.
A word formed from combining forms originating from classical languages (Ancient Greek or classical Latin), such as biology.
A subgenre of darkwave that emerged in mid-1980s, characterized by a dark and melancholic atmosphere combined with elements of Western classical music.
Capitalist ideology which stresses the importance of deregulation and private ownership over the means of production.
Any of several movements in the arts, architecture, literature and music that revived forms from earlier centuries, especially those of the ancient Greeks and ancient Romans.
A kind of datacentre provider of maximum performance on scarcest space, in particular for artificial intelligence and supercomputers, where hyperscalers are not cost-effective.
The control or domination by a powerful country over weaker ones (especially former colonies) by the use of economic pressure, political suppression and cultural dominance.
Exacting control or domination through economic pressure, political suppression and cultural dominance, especially by a developed and powerful country against a developing former colony.
A school of art of the 1980s and 1990s, characterised by appropriation and the rejection of traditional artistic methods and values, that derives from the conceptual art of the 1960s and 1970s.
Of or relating to a Brazilian art movement of 1959–61 which rejected the pure rationalist approach of concretism and embraced a more phenomenological and less scientific art.
A right-wing political movement that supports free markets, supply-side economics and an interventionist foreign policy.
Synonym of corporatism (“capitalist system in which corporations influence the government”).
The top layer of the cerebral hemispheres in the brain of mammals; part of the cerebral cortex.
Of or relating to the universe in its present state; specifically, relating to the races of human beings known to history.
A philosophy that rejects the noumena of Kant, restricting knowledge to phenomena as constituted by a priori categories
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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 90. 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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