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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; 101–200 on this page.

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- [needeth](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/needeth/) — «needeth» means «needs», a form of «need»: To need something is to have to have it, because you cannot do well without it.
- [needful](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/needful/) — Needed or necessary. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [needle](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/needle/) — A needle is a very thin, sharp piece of metal with a hole (an eye) at one end for thread, used for sewing.
- [needless](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/needless/) — Not necessary, and often causing harm or waste that could have been avoided: «needless suffering».
- [needlework](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/needlework/) — Needlework is sewing, embroidery or other work done with a needle and thread.
- [needst](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/needst/) — «needst» means «you need», a form of «need»: To need something is to have to have it, because you cannot do well without it.
- [needy](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/needy/) — Needy people are poor and do not have enough money, food or things they need. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [negate](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/negate/) — To negate something is to cancel it out or make it have no effect.
- [negation](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/negation/) — Saying «no» or «not»; making a sentence mean the opposite by adding a word like not, never or no.
- [negative](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/negative/) — A negative number is less than zero, like -3, written with a minus sign. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [neglect](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/neglect/) — To not give enough care or attention to someone or something you should look after.
- [neglected](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/neglected/) — Neglected means not looked after or cared for: a neglected garden, a neglected dog.
- [negligence](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/negligence/) — Not taking proper care, so that something bad may happen.
- [negligent](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/negligent/) — Careless, failing to do one's duty with proper care. — Jewish tradition
- [negligible](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/negligible/) — So small or unimportant that it is not worth thinking about: a negligible amount.
- [negotiate](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/negotiate/) — To talk with others to reach an agreement, often each side giving a little: negotiate a deal. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [negotiation](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/negotiation/) — Negotiation is talking with others to reach an agreement when you want different things, like deciding bedtime with your parents.
- [negro](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/negro/) — «Negro» was a word once used in English for a Black person, especially a person of African descent; today it is considered offensive and…
- [neigh](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/neigh/) — verb: When a horse neighs, it makes its long, high, loud call. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [neighbor](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/neighbor/) — A neighbor is a person who lives next to you or near you.
- [neighbour](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/neighbour/) — A neighbour is a person who lives next to you or near you. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [neighbourhood](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/neighbourhood/) — A neighbourhood is the area around where you live, with its streets, homes and people.
- [neighbourly](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/neighbourly/) — Friendly and helpful in the way a good neighbour is.
- [neither](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/neither/) — Neither means not this one and not that one, of two. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [nelson](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/nelson/) — A nelson is a hold in wrestling where you put your arm under your opponent's arm and push on the back of their neck; a full nelson uses…
- [nemesis](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/nemesis/) — A nemesis is the thing that brings a person's downfall or punishment, something they deserve for bad deeds.
- [nenets](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/nenets/) — The Nenets are a people of the Arctic in northern Russia who traditionally herd reindeer.
- [neo](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/neo/) — A prefix from Greek meaning "new", as in "Neo-Pythagoreans", a later school that revived the ideas of Pythagoras. — Jewish tradition
- [neolithic](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/neolithic/) — Belonging to the New Stone Age, the last part of the Stone Age, when people began farming, keeping animals, making pottery and polished…
- [neon](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/neon/) — A gas found in tiny amounts in the air; it has no colour or smell, but glows bright red-orange when electricity passes through it.
- [neoteny](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/neoteny/) — Keeping young or baby-like features after growing up, in animals or people.
- [nepali](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/nepali/) — The main language of Nepal, a country in the Himalaya mountains between India and China.
- [nephew](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/nephew/) — Your nephew is the son of your brother or sister. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [nerd](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/nerd/) — A person who is very interested and clever in one subject, such as computers, science or maths, and knows a lot about it.
- [nerve](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/nerve/) — One of the long thin fibres in the body that carry messages between the brain and other parts, so we can feel and move.
- [nerves](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/nerves/) — Nerves are thin fibres in your body that carry messages between your brain and other parts of your body, so you can feel and move.
- [nervous](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/nervous/) — Nervous means feeling worried or a little scared about something that is going to happen.
- [nervously](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/nervously/) — In a worried, slightly afraid way.
- [nervousness](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/nervousness/) — Nervousness is the feeling of being worried, uneasy or a bit scared about something that is going to happen.
- [nervy](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/nervy/) — Nervous, jumpy and easily worried or frightened.
- [ness](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/ness/) — As a suffix, «-ness» is added to an adjective to make a noun that names a quality or state: kind → kindness, happy → happiness, dark →… — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [nest](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/nest/) — A nest is a home that birds build to lay their eggs and raise their young. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [nestle](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/nestle/) — A surname. — Jewish tradition
- [nestled](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/nestled/) — To nestle is to settle snugly close to someone or something: the child nestled closer to the old man. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [nestling](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/nestling/) — A baby bird too young to leave the nest.
- [net](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/net/) — A material made of string, thread or wire tied together with holes in between, or a thing made of it, like a fishing net, a butterfly net… — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [netball](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/netball/) — Netball is a team game, popular in the UK, Australia, New Zealand and other Commonwealth countries, in which two teams of seven try to…
- [nether](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/nether/) — Lower or under, as in the bottom part of something. — Jewish tradition
- [nethermost](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/nethermost/) — Lowest, the deepest of all places. — Jewish tradition
- [netted](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/netted/) — Caught with a net.
- [netting](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/netting/) — Netting is material made of string, rope, wire or plastic threads tied or woven into a mesh with holes.
- [nettle](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/nettle/) — A wild plant with jagged leaves covered in tiny hairs that sting and cause an itchy, burning rash when they touch your skin. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [network](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/network/) — A network is a system of lines, roads, wires or paths that cross or connect with each other. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [neuter](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/neuter/) — To neuter a pet animal is to have a vet do an operation so it can't have babies.
- [neutered](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/neutered/) — A neutered animal, like a cat or dog, has had a small operation by a vet so that it cannot have babies.
- [neutral](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/neutral/) — Not taking any side in an argument, game or war.
- [neutralisation](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/neutralisation/) — A chemical reaction in which an acid and an alkali (or base) react and cancel each other out, making a salt and water.
- [neutralise](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/neutralise/) — To make an acid or alkali neutral by mixing them: an antacid neutralises stomach acid.
- [neutralize](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/neutralize/) — To stop something from having an effect, so it no longer does harm.
- [neutralized](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/neutralized/) — Made a substance neither acid nor alkali, by mixing in the opposite kind.
- [neutron](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/neutron/) — A neutron is one of the tiny particles inside the centre (nucleus) of an atom.
- [neve](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/neve/) — Névé: old, grainy snow on a glacier or high mountain that has partly melted and refrozen, on its way to becoming glacier ice.
- [never](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/never/) — Never means not at any time, not even once. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [nevertheless](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/nevertheless/) — In spite of what has just been said; even so: It was raining; nevertheless, we went out. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [new](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/new/) — New means just made, just bought or not used before. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [newbie](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/newbie/) — A newbie is someone who is new to something, like a game, club, job or website, and doesn't know much yet.
- [newborn](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/newborn/) — Just born, only a few hours, days or weeks old: «a newborn baby», «a newborn lamb».
- [newcomer](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/newcomer/) — A person who has just arrived in a place, joined a group, or started something for the first time.
- [newfoundland](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/newfoundland/) — Newfoundland is a large island off the east coast of Canada; with Labrador it forms the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador.
- [newly](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/newly/) — Recently; not long ago: «a newly built school». — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [newness](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/newness/) — The state of being new or fresh.
- [news](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/news/) — New information about something that has just happened. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [newsagent](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/newsagent/) — A small shop selling newspapers, magazines, sweets, drinks and often stamps.
- [newsletter](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/newsletter/) — A short printed sheet or email sent regularly to a group of people, with news about a school, club, company or place.
- [newspaper](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/newspaper/) — Large folded sheets of printed paper with news, stories, pictures and adverts, published every day or week.
- [newsreader](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/newsreader/) — A newsreader is a person who reads the news on television or radio.
- [newsworthy](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/newsworthy/) — Interesting or important enough to be reported in the news.
- [newt](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/newt/) — A newt is a small amphibian with a long tail, four short legs and damp skin that lives partly in water and partly on land.
- [newton](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/newton/) — In science, a newton is the unit used to measure force; its symbol is N.
- [next](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/next/) — Next means the one that comes right after this one. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [ng](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/ng/) — The letter pair «ng» that makes one sound, as at the end of sing, ring and long.
- [ni](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/ni/) — NI is short for Northern Ireland, part of the United Kingdom. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [nibble](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/nibble/) — To eat something by taking very small bites.
- [nicaea](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/nicaea/) — Nicaea was an ancient city in what is now Turkey (today the town of İznik).
- [nice](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/nice/) — Nice means pleasant, enjoyable or good: «a nice day». — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [nicely](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/nicely/) — In a pleasant, kind or polite way: «ask nicely».
- [nicene](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/nicene/) — Nicene describes something connected with Nicaea, an ancient city in what is now Turkey, where Christian leaders met in a great council.
- [niche](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/niche/) — A niche is a small hollow or alcove built into a wall, often to hold a statue or ornament.
- [nick](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/nick/) — A nick is a small cut or notch on a surface or the skin.
- [nickel](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/nickel/) — A nickel is a US (and Canadian) coin worth 5 cents.
- [nickname](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/nickname/) — A short or friendly name used instead of someone's real name, such as "Liz" for Elizabeth.
- [nicotine](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/nicotine/) — A chemical drug found in tobacco plants, cigarettes and vapes; it is poisonous and makes people addicted, so they find it very hard to stop.
- [niece](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/niece/) — A daughter of your brother or sister (or of your husband's or wife's brother or sister).
- [nigerian](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/nigerian/) — Nigerian means from or connected with Nigeria, a large country in West Africa.
- [nigerien](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/nigerien/) — From or to do with Niger, a country in West Africa.
- [nigh](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/nigh/) — Nigh means near, either in place or in time: «The end is nigh». — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [night](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/night/) — The dark time between evening and morning when the sun cannot be seen. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [nightcap](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/nightcap/) — A soft cloth cap people used to wear in bed to keep their heads warm.
- [nightfall](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/nightfall/) — The time in the evening when it becomes dark; dusk.
- [nightie](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/nightie/) — A nightdress: a loose dress worn in bed, mostly by girls and women.