English Words: N
24,391 words · Page 91 of 488
The creation of new cultural phenomena as a result of the intermingling of separate cultures.
A chemical element (symbol Nd) with an atomic number of 60: a hard, slightly malleable silvery rare earth metal that quickly tarnishes in air and moisture.
Any of a class of naturally-occurring opioid peptides derived from the proteolytic cleavage of prodynorphin.
A model of cultural evolution associated with Leslie White and Julian Steward that seeks to define the forces that cause cultures to change.
A school of anthropology, developed in the mid-20th century, concerned with long-term, evolutionary social change and with the regular patterns of development that may be seen in unrelated, widely separated cultures.
A newcomer to science fiction; a fan who is extremely new and inexperienced with the genre; a beginner.
A right-wing political movement inspired by fascism, especially by that of fascist Italy.
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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 91. 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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