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# English words: N

[A](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/a/) · [B](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/b/) · [C](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/c/) · [D](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/d/) · [E](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/e/) · [F](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/f/) · [G](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/g/) · [H](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/h/) · [I](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/i/) · [J](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/j/) · [K](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/k/) · [L](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/l/) · [M](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/m/) · **N** · [O](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/o/) · [P](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/p/) · [Q](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/q/) · [R](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/r/) · [S](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/s/) · [T](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/t/) · [U](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/u/) · [V](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/v/) · [W](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/w/) · [X](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/x/) · [Y](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/y/) · [Z](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/z/)

369 words under N; 1–100 on this page.

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- [na](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/na/) — «Na» means «no» or «not»: «I'm na going». — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [naan](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/naan/) — Naan is a soft, flat bread, often shaped like a teardrop, baked in a hot oven, eaten with curry in Indian, Pakistani and other South Asian…
- [nag](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/nag/) — To keep asking or telling someone to do something in an annoying way.
- [nagging](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/nagging/) — Nagging is telling someone again and again to do something, in an annoying way.
- [nahuatl](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/nahuatl/) — Nahuatl is the language of the Aztecs, still spoken today by over a million people in Mexico.
- [nail](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/nail/) — A nail is a thin, pointed piece of metal you hit with a hammer to join pieces of wood. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [naira](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/naira/) — The money of Nigeria; one naira is divided into 100 kobo.
- [naked](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/naked/) — Without any clothes on. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [nakedness](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/nakedness/) — The state of being without clothes; in the Torah, a word for private parts and for forbidden closeness. — Jewish tradition
- [name](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/name/) — A name is the word we call a person, pet, place or thing. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [nameless](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/nameless/) — Nameless means having no name or whose name is not known.
- [namely](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/namely/) — Namely is used to say exactly who or what you mean, often to give a list or a name. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [namesake](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/namesake/) — A person or thing that has the same name as another.
- [nan](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/nan/) — Grandmother; a child's name for their grandma.
- [nanna](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/nanna/) — Grandmother; a child's name for their gran.
- [nanny](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/nanny/) — A nanny is a person whose job is to look after a family's children in the family's home.
- [nanometre](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/nanometre/) — A unit of length: one billionth of a metre (0.000000001 m).
- [nap](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/nap/) — A nap is a short sleep in the day.
- [napkin](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/napkin/) — A napkin is a square piece of cloth or paper used at meals to wipe your mouth and fingers and keep your clothes clean.
- [napoleon](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/napoleon/) — Napoleon Bonaparte was a French general who made himself Emperor of France and conquered much of Europe before he was defeated at the…
- [napping](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/napping/) — Napping means sleeping for a short time, especially during the day.
- [nappy](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/nappy/) — A thick soft pad of cloth or paper worn by babies around their bottom to catch their wee and poo.
- [nara](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/nara/) — Nara is a city in Japan that was once the capital; it is famous for its old temples and the tame deer that walk freely in Nara Park and…
- [narc](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/narc/) — A police officer who works to stop illegal drugs.
- [narcissus](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/narcissus/) — A narcissus is a spring flower with a trumpet-shaped middle, such as the daffodil.
- [narrate](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/narrate/) — To tell a story, describing what happens in order.
- [narration](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/narration/) — The telling of a story, especially by a narrator.
- [narrative](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/narrative/) — A story, or a description of events in order. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [narrator](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/narrator/) — The person or voice who tells the story in a book, poem, film or play.
- [narrow](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/narrow/) — Narrow means not wide; with only a small distance from one side to the other. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [narrowboat](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/narrowboat/) — A long, thin boat made to travel on the narrow canals of Britain, usually about 2 metres wide and up to 22 metres long.
- [narrowly](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/narrowly/) — Narrowly means only just, by a small margin: he narrowly missed the bus. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [narrowness](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/narrowness/) — Being narrow; having little width from side to side.
- [narwhal](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/narwhal/) — A narwhal is a whale of the Arctic Ocean; the male usually has one very long straight spiral tusk growing from his upper lip, which is…
- [nary](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/nary/) — A broken-off piece of a longer word, such as "Libyan" or "-nary", left over from the scanned book. — Jewish tradition
- [nasa](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/nasa/) — NASA: the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the space agency of the United States, which sends astronauts, rockets and probes…
- [nasal](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/nasal/) — Nasal means to do with the nose.
- [nasalise](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/nasalise/) — To make a speech sound through the nose, letting air come out of the nose as well as the mouth.
- [nastiness](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/nastiness/) — Unkind, mean or spiteful behaviour.
- [nasty](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/nasty/) — Very unpleasant to see, smell, taste or feel: «a nasty smell».
- [natal](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/natal/) — To do with being born or with the time of birth: «natal day», «natal home».
- [natation](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/natation/) — Natation is the act or art of swimming.
- [nation](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/nation/) — A country, with its people, land and government. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [national](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/national/) — Belonging to, about, or shared by a whole nation or country, not just one part of it: a national holiday, the national anthem, a national… — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [nationalist](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/nationalist/) — noun: A person who strongly believes their nation should rule itself, or who thinks their own country is more important than others.
- [nationality](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/nationality/) — The legal right of belonging to a particular country; being a citizen: her nationality is Irish.
- [nationwide](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/nationwide/) — Nationwide means happening or existing in every part of a country.
- [native](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/native/) — Belonging to a place since long ago, naturally — not brought in from somewhere else (native plants, native animals). — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [nativity](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/nativity/) — The Nativity is the birth of Jesus in Bethlehem, as told in the Gospels; Christians celebrate it at Christmas. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [nato](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/nato/) — NATO stands for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, an alliance of countries in North America and Europe, including the USA, Canada…
- [natterjack](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/natterjack/) — A small toad of Europe, including Britain and Ireland, with a yellow stripe down its back, that runs rather than hops and has a very loud…
- [natural](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/natural/) — Natural means made by nature, not by people or machines, like natural rock or natural light. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [naturalist](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/naturalist/) — A naturalist is a person who studies plants, animals and nature, often by watching them carefully in the wild.
- [naturally](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/naturally/) — In a natural way, without people making or changing it: «naturally sweet».
- [nature](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/nature/) — Nature is everything in the world not made by people: plants, animals, rocks, rivers, the sky and the weather. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [naught](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/naught/) — Nothing. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [naughtiness](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/naughtiness/) — Naughtiness is bad behaviour, especially by children, such as not doing what you are told or being cheeky. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [naughty](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/naughty/) — Naughty describes a child or pet that behaves badly or does not obey. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [nausea](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/nausea/) — The feeling that you are going to be sick (vomit).
- [nauseating](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/nauseating/) — Making you feel sick, as if you might vomit.
- [nautical](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/nautical/) — To do with ships, sailing or sailors.
- [nautilus](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/nautilus/) — A sea animal related to the octopus and squid, which lives inside a coiled, striped shell divided into chambers.
- [navajo](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/navajo/) — A Native American people of the south-western USA (Arizona, New Mexico, Utah), who call themselves the Diné.
- [naval](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/naval/) — Naval means to do with a navy, warships or sailors in the armed forces: a naval officer, a naval battle.
- [nave](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/nave/) — The middle part of a wheel, into which the spokes are fixed. — Jewish tradition
- [navel](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/navel/) — The small hollow or bump in the middle of your tummy, left where the umbilical cord was joined before you were born; your belly button. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [navigate](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/navigate/) — To find the way to a place, using a map, compass, stars or GPS.
- [navigation](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/navigation/) — The skill or process of finding your way or planning a route, especially at sea or in the air.
- [navigator](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/navigator/) — A person who works out the route of a ship, plane or car and tells the driver or pilot where to go.
- [navy](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/navy/) — A navy is the part of a country's armed forces that fights at sea, with ships, sailors and submarines. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [nay](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/nay/) — Nay means «no». — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [nazi](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/nazi/) — A member of the political party led by Adolf Hitler that ruled Germany before and during World War Two; it believed some people were…
- [nb](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/nb/) — The letters "nb" are a fragment of damaged scanned text, and the passage around them is Hebrew letters read wrongly. — Jewish tradition
- [nd](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/nd/) — -nd: the letters written after a number that ends in 2 (except 12) to make an ordinal number: 2nd = second, 22nd = twenty-second, 102nd. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [ne](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/ne/) — «Ne» is the first half of the French way to say «not»: «je ne sais pas» is «I don't know»; the word goes before the verb and «pas» goes… — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [neanderthal](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/neanderthal/) — A Neanderthal was a kind of early human who lived in Europe and western Asia from about 400,000 to about 40,000 years ago and then died out.
- [neap](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/neap/) — A neap tide is a tide with the smallest difference between high and low water, which happens twice a month when the Sun and Moon pull at…
- [near](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/near/) — Near means close, not far away. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [nearby](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/nearby/) — Nearby means not far away, close to here or close to a place.
- [nearly](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/nearly/) — Nearly means almost, but not completely. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [nearness](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/nearness/) — Being close in distance. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [neat](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/neat/) — Tidy and in good order: «a neat bedroom».
- [neatly](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/neatly/) — Neatly means in a tidy, careful way, with everything in order. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [neatness](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/neatness/) — Neatness is being tidy, clean and well arranged.
- [nebuchadnezzar](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/nebuchadnezzar/) — The name of the powerful king of Babylon who destroyed Jerusalem and its Temple in 586 BCE. — Jewish tradition
- [nebula](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/nebula/) — A nebula is a huge cloud of gas and dust in space.
- [nec](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/nec/) — The first part of "necessity", broken off at the end of a printed line. — Jewish tradition
- [necessarily](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/necessarily/) — Used mostly in «not necessarily»: not always, not in every case. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [necessary](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/necessary/) — Needed; something you must have or must do. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [necessitate](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/necessitate/) — To necessitate something is to make it necessary or needed.
- [necessity](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/necessity/) — Something that you need and cannot do without: water is a necessity.
- [neck](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/neck/) — The neck is the part of the body that joins the head to the shoulders. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [neckerchief](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/neckerchief/) — A neckerchief is a square of cloth worn knotted round the neck, like a small scarf.
- [necklace](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/necklace/) — A necklace is a piece of jewellery you wear around your neck, often a chain or a string of beads. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [necktie](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/necktie/) — A long narrow piece of cloth worn around the neck under a shirt collar and tied in a knot at the front; a tie.
- [necromancer](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/necromancer/) — A person who tries to speak with the dead to learn secrets or the future. — Jewish tradition
- [nectar](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/nectar/) — The sweet liquid inside flowers that bees, butterflies, moths and some birds drink.
- [nee](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/nee/) — Née (often written nee) is used before a woman's family name from birth, to show what her surname was before she married: «Mrs Jane Smith…
- [need](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/need/) — To need something is to have to have it, because you cannot do well without it. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [needest](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/needest/) — Have to; must do or have something.