English words: N

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

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• na adverb (Scottish and Northern English: na); short form in…everyday · Jewish tradition
  «Na» means «no» or «not»: «I'm na going».
• naan noun (a naan, naans; also nan, naan bread)
  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 verb (nag, nags, nagged, nagging); noun (a nag, nags)
  To keep asking or telling someone to do something in an annoying way.
• nagging adjective (nagging); noun (nagging, uncountable); verb form…
  Nagging is telling someone again and again to do something, in an annoying way.
• nahuatl noun (Nahuatl); adjective (Nahuatl)
  Nahuatl is the language of the Aztecs, still spoken today by over a million people in Mexico.
• nail noun (nail, nails); verb (nail, nails, nailed, nailing)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A nail is a thin, pointed piece of metal you hit with a hammer to join pieces of wood.
• naira noun (a naira, naira or nairas)
  The money of Nigeria; one naira is divided into 100 kobo.
• naked adjectiveeveryday · Jewish tradition
  Without any clothes on.
• nakedness nounJewish tradition
  The state of being without clothes; in the Torah, a word for private parts and for forbidden closeness.
• name noun (name, names); verb (name, names, named, naming)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A name is the word we call a person, pet, place or thing.
• nameless adjective
  Nameless means having no name or whose name is not known.
• namely adverb (namely)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Namely is used to say exactly who or what you mean, often to give a list or a name.
• namesake noun (a namesake, namesakes)
  A person or thing that has the same name as another.
• nan noun (a nan, nans); also nana, nanna; abbreviation NaN…
  Grandmother; a child's name for their grandma.
• nanna noun (a nanna, nannas; Nanna as a name)
  Grandmother; a child's name for their gran.
• nanny noun (a nanny, nannies); adjective use…
  A nanny is a person whose job is to look after a family's children in the family's home.
• nanometre noun (a nanometre, nanometres)
  A unit of length: one billionth of a metre (0.000000001 m).
• nap noun (nap, naps); verb (nap, naps, napped, napping)
  A nap is a short sleep in the day.
• napkin noun (napkin, napkins)
  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 noun…
  Napoleon Bonaparte was a French general who made himself Emperor of France and conquered much of Europe before he was defeated at the…
• napping verb form (nap, naps, napped, napping); noun (a nap)
  Napping means sleeping for a short time, especially during the day.
• nappy noun (a nappy, nappies; US diaper)
  A thick soft pad of cloth or paper worn by babies around their bottom to catch their wee and poo.
• nara noun, proper name (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 noun (a narc, narcs); verb (narc, narcs, narced, narcing)…
  A police officer who works to stop illegal drugs.
• narcissus noun (narcissi, narcissuses)
  A narcissus is a spring flower with a trumpet-shaped middle, such as the daffodil.
• narrate verb (narrate, narrates, narrated, narrating)
  To tell a story, describing what happens in order.
• narration noun (narration, uncountable; a narration)
  The telling of a story, especially by a narrator.
• narrative noun (a narrative, narratives); adjective (narrative)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A story, or a description of events in order.
• narrator noun (a narrator, narrators)
  The person or voice who tells the story in a book, poem, film or play.
• narrow adjective (narrower, narrowest); verb…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Narrow means not wide; with only a small distance from one side to the other.
• narrowboat noun (a narrowboat, narrowboats)
  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 adverbeveryday · Jewish tradition
  Narrowly means only just, by a small margin: he narrowly missed the bus.
• narrowness noun (narrowness — uncountable)
  Being narrow; having little width from side to side.
• narwhal noun (a narwhal, narwhals)
  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 nounJewish tradition
  A broken-off piece of a longer word, such as "Libyan" or "-nary", left over from the scanned book.
• nasa proper noun (NASA)
  NASA: the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the space agency of the United States, which sends astronauts, rockets and probes…
• nasal adjective (nasal)
  Nasal means to do with the nose.
• nasalise verb (nasalise, nasalises, nasalised, nasalising)
  To make a speech sound through the nose, letting air come out of the nose as well as the mouth.
• nastiness noun (nastiness — uncountable; a nastiness — rare)
  Unkind, mean or spiteful behaviour.
• nasty adjective (nasty, nastier, nastiest)
  Very unpleasant to see, smell, taste or feel: «a nasty smell».
• natal adjective; Natal (a name of a place)
  To do with being born or with the time of birth: «natal day», «natal home».
• natation noun (natation — uncountable; formal or French)
  Natation is the act or art of swimming.
• nation noun (a nation, nations)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A country, with its people, land and government.
• national adjective; noun (a national, nationals — a citizen)everyday · Jewish tradition
  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…
• nationalist noun (a nationalist, nationalists); adjective (nationalist)
  noun: A person who strongly believes their nation should rule itself, or who thinks their own country is more important than others.
• nationality noun (a nationality, nationalities)
  The legal right of belonging to a particular country; being a citizen: her nationality is Irish.
• nationwide adjective (nationwide); adverb (nationwide)
  Nationwide means happening or existing in every part of a country.
• native adjective (native); noun (a native, natives)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Belonging to a place since long ago, naturally — not brought in from somewhere else (native plants, native animals).
• nativity noun (the Nativity; a nativity, nativities)everyday · Jewish tradition
  The Nativity is the birth of Jesus in Bethlehem, as told in the Gospels; Christians celebrate it at Christmas.
• nato noun, a name (NATO, written in capitals; UK also Nato)
  NATO stands for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, an alliance of countries in North America and Europe, including the USA, Canada…
• natterjack noun (a natterjack, natterjacks; natterjack toad)
  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 adjective (natural, more natural, most natural); noun…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Natural means made by nature, not by people or machines, like natural rock or natural light.
• naturalist noun (naturalist, naturalists)
  A naturalist is a person who studies plants, animals and nature, often by watching them carefully in the wild.
• naturally adverb (naturally)
  In a natural way, without people making or changing it: «naturally sweet».
• nature noun (nature; a person's nature, natures)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Nature is everything in the world not made by people: plants, animals, rocks, rivers, the sky and the weather.
• naught noun (naught — uncountable); pronoun (old-fashioned)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Nothing.
• naughtiness noun (naughtiness, uncountable)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Naughtiness is bad behaviour, especially by children, such as not doing what you are told or being cheeky.
• naughty adjective (naughty, naughtier, naughtiest)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Naughty describes a child or pet that behaves badly or does not obey.
• nausea noun (nausea — uncountable)
  The feeling that you are going to be sick (vomit).
• nauseating adjective (nauseating; more nauseating); verb form…
  Making you feel sick, as if you might vomit.
• nautical adjective
  To do with ships, sailing or sailors.
• nautilus noun (a nautilus, nautiluses or nautili)
  A sea animal related to the octopus and squid, which lives inside a coiled, striped shell divided into chambers.
• navajo noun (Navajo, the Navajo, Navajos); adjective (Navajo)
  A Native American people of the south-western USA (Arizona, New Mexico, Utah), who call themselves the Diné.
• naval adjective (naval)
  Naval means to do with a navy, warships or sailors in the armed forces: a naval officer, a naval battle.
• nave nounJewish tradition
  The middle part of a wheel, into which the spokes are fixed.
• navel noun (a navel, navels)everyday · Jewish tradition
  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.
• navigate verb (navigate, navigates, navigated, navigating)
  To find the way to a place, using a map, compass, stars or GPS.
• navigation noun (navigation — uncountable)
  The skill or process of finding your way or planning a route, especially at sea or in the air.
• navigator noun (a navigator, navigators)
  A person who works out the route of a ship, plane or car and tells the driver or pilot where to go.
• navy noun (a navy, navies; the Navy); adjective (navy, navy blue)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A navy is the part of a country's armed forces that fights at sea, with ships, sailors and submarines.
• nay adverb and interjection (nay — old or formal); noun…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Nay means «no».
• nazi noun (a Nazi, Nazis); adjective (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 abbreviationJewish tradition
  The letters "nb" are a fragment of damaged scanned text, and the passage around them is Hebrew letters read wrongly.
• nd abbreviation / fragment (-nd, as in 2nd; also ND, n.d.)everyday · Jewish tradition
  -nd: the letters written after a number that ends in 2 (except 12) to make an ordinal number: 2nd = second, 22nd = twenty-second, 102nd.
• ne adverb (French «ne», part of «ne … pas» = not)…everyday · Jewish tradition
  «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…
• neanderthal noun (a Neanderthal, Neanderthals); adjective (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 noun (a neap, neaps; neap tide); adjective (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 preposition (near); adjective (near, nearer, nearest)…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Near means close, not far away.
• nearby adjective (nearby); adverb (nearby)
  Nearby means not far away, close to here or close to a place.
• nearly adverbeveryday · Jewish tradition
  Nearly means almost, but not completely.
• nearness noun (nearness — uncountable)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Being close in distance.
• neat adjective (neat, neater, neatest)
  Tidy and in good order: «a neat bedroom».
• neatly adverb (neatly, more neatly)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Neatly means in a tidy, careful way, with everything in order.
• neatness noun (neatness)
  Neatness is being tidy, clean and well arranged.
• nebuchadnezzar nounJewish tradition
  The name of the powerful king of Babylon who destroyed Jerusalem and its Temple in 586 BCE.
• nebula noun (a nebula, nebulae or nebulas)
  A nebula is a huge cloud of gas and dust in space.
• nec fragmentJewish tradition
  The first part of "necessity", broken off at the end of a printed line.
• necessarily adverb (necessarily)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Used mostly in «not necessarily»: not always, not in every case.
• necessary adjective (necessary; more necessary, most necessary)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Needed; something you must have or must do.
• necessitate verb…
  To necessitate something is to make it necessary or needed.
• necessity noun (a necessity, necessities)
  Something that you need and cannot do without: water is a necessity.
• neck noun (a neck, necks)everyday · Jewish tradition
  The neck is the part of the body that joins the head to the shoulders.
• neckerchief noun (neckerchiefs)
  A neckerchief is a square of cloth worn knotted round the neck, like a small scarf.
• necklace noun (necklace, necklaces)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A necklace is a piece of jewellery you wear around your neck, often a chain or a string of beads.
• necktie noun (a necktie, neckties)
  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 nounJewish tradition
  A person who tries to speak with the dead to learn secrets or the future.
• nectar noun (nectar — uncountable)
  The sweet liquid inside flowers that bees, butterflies, moths and some birds drink.
• nee adjective / preposition-like word…
  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 verb (need, needs, needed, needing); modal…everyday · Jewish tradition
  To need something is to have to have it, because you cannot do well without it.
• needest verb, past tense of need, used with thou…
  Have to; must do or have something.

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