English words: N

369 words under N; 101–200 on this page.

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• needeth verb, old form of «needs» (he, she, it)
  «needeth» means «needs», a form of «need»: To need something is to have to have it, because you cannot do well without it.
• needful adjective (needful — old-fashioned); noun…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Needed or necessary.
• needle noun (a needle, needles)
  A needle is a very thin, sharp piece of metal with a hole (an eye) at one end for thread, used for sewing.
• needless adjective (needless); adverb needlessly
  Not necessary, and often causing harm or waste that could have been avoided: «needless suffering».
• needlework noun (no plural)
  Needlework is sewing, embroidery or other work done with a needle and thread.
• needst verb, old form used with thou
  «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 adjective (needy, needier, neediest); noun (the needy)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Needy people are poor and do not have enough money, food or things they need.
• negate verb (negate, negates, negated, negating)
  To negate something is to cancel it out or make it have no effect.
• negation noun (negation, uncountable; a negation, negations)
  Saying «no» or «not»; making a sentence mean the opposite by adding a word like not, never or no.
• negative adjective (negative, more negative); noun…everyday · Jewish tradition
  A negative number is less than zero, like -3, written with a minus sign.
• neglect verb (neglect, neglects, neglected, neglecting); noun…
  To not give enough care or attention to someone or something you should look after.
• neglected adjective (neglected); verb form…
  Neglected means not looked after or cared for: a neglected garden, a neglected dog.
• negligence noun (negligence, uncountable)
  Not taking proper care, so that something bad may happen.
• negligent nounJewish tradition
  Careless, failing to do one's duty with proper care.
• negligible adjective
  So small or unimportant that it is not worth thinking about: a negligible amount.
• negotiate verb (negotiate, negotiates, negotiated, negotiating)everyday · Jewish tradition
  To talk with others to reach an agreement, often each side giving a little: negotiate a deal.
• negotiation noun…
  Negotiation is talking with others to reach an agreement when you want different things, like deciding bedtime with your parents.
• negro noun (Negro, Negroes — outdated and now offensive)…
  «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 verb (neigh, neighs, neighed, neighing); noun…everyday · Jewish tradition
  verb: When a horse neighs, it makes its long, high, loud call.
• neighbor noun (neighbor, neighbors); verb…
  A neighbor is a person who lives next to you or near you.
• neighbour noun (neighbour, neighbours); verb…everyday · Jewish tradition
  A neighbour is a person who lives next to you or near you.
• neighbourhood noun…
  A neighbourhood is the area around where you live, with its streets, homes and people.
• neighbourly adjective (US spelling neighborly)
  Friendly and helpful in the way a good neighbour is.
• neither determiner, pronoun (neither); conjunction…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Neither means not this one and not that one, of two.
• nelson noun (a nelson, nelsons); proper name (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 noun (nemeses)
  A nemesis is the thing that brings a person's downfall or punishment, something they deserve for bad deeds.
• nenets noun (the Nenets, a Nenets); adjective (Nenets)
  The Nenets are a people of the Arctic in northern Russia who traditionally herd reindeer.
• neo prefixJewish tradition
  A prefix from Greek meaning "new", as in "Neo-Pythagoreans", a later school that revived the ideas of Pythagoras.
• neolithic adjective (Neolithic); noun (the 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 noun (neon, uncountable); adjective…
  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 noun (neoteny — uncountable)
  Keeping young or baby-like features after growing up, in animals or people.
• nepali noun (Nepali, Nepalis); adjective (Nepali)
  The main language of Nepal, a country in the Himalaya mountains between India and China.
• nephew noun (a nephew, nephews)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Your nephew is the son of your brother or sister.
• nerd noun (a nerd, nerds); adjective (nerdy, nerdier, nerdiest)
  A person who is very interested and clever in one subject, such as computers, science or maths, and knows a lot about it.
• nerve noun (a nerve, nerves)
  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 noun (nerves — plural of nerve)
  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 adjective (more nervous, most nervous)
  Nervous means feeling worried or a little scared about something that is going to happen.
• nervously adverb (nervously)
  In a worried, slightly afraid way.
• nervousness noun (nervousness — uncountable)
  Nervousness is the feeling of being worried, uneasy or a bit scared about something that is going to happen.
• nervy adjective (nervy, nervier, nerviest)
  Nervous, jumpy and easily worried or frightened.
• ness noun (a ness, nesses — rare); suffix (-ness)everyday · Jewish tradition
  As a suffix, «-ness» is added to an adjective to make a noun that names a quality or state: kind → kindness, happy → happiness, dark →…
• nest noun (a nest, nests); verb (nest, nests, nested, nesting)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A nest is a home that birds build to lay their eggs and raise their young.
• nestle nounJewish tradition
  A surname.
• nestled verb (nestle, nestles, nestled, nestling)everyday · Jewish tradition
  To nestle is to settle snugly close to someone or something: the child nestled closer to the old man.
• nestling noun (a nestling, nestlings); verb form…
  A baby bird too young to leave the nest.
• net noun (a net, nets; "the Net" — the internet); verb…everyday · Jewish tradition
  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…
• netball noun (netball — uncountable; a netball — the ball)
  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 adjectiveJewish tradition
  Lower or under, as in the bottom part of something.
• nethermost adjectiveJewish tradition
  Lowest, the deepest of all places.
• netted verb form…
  Caught with a net.
• netting noun (netting, uncountable); verb form of net…
  Netting is material made of string, rope, wire or plastic threads tied or woven into a mesh with holes.
• nettle noun (a nettle, nettles; stinging nettle); verb…everyday · Jewish tradition
  A wild plant with jagged leaves covered in tiny hairs that sting and cause an itchy, burning rash when they touch your skin.
• network noun (a network, networks); verb…everyday · Jewish tradition
  A network is a system of lines, roads, wires or paths that cross or connect with each other.
• neuter adjective (neuter); verb…
  To neuter a pet animal is to have a vet do an operation so it can't have babies.
• neutered adjective (neutered); verb, past form of "neuter"…
  A neutered animal, like a cat or dog, has had a small operation by a vet so that it cannot have babies.
• neutral adjective (neutral); noun (neutral)
  Not taking any side in an argument, game or war.
• neutralisation noun…
  A chemical reaction in which an acid and an alkali (or base) react and cancel each other out, making a salt and water.
• neutralise verb…
  To make an acid or alkali neutral by mixing them: an antacid neutralises stomach acid.
• neutralize verb (neutralize, neutralizes, neutralized, neutralizing)…
  To stop something from having an effect, so it no longer does harm.
• neutralized verb…
  Made a substance neither acid nor alkali, by mixing in the opposite kind.
• neutron noun (a neutron, neutrons)
  A neutron is one of the tiny particles inside the centre (nucleus) of an atom.
• neve noun (névé, névés — usually uncountable); fragment
  Névé: old, grainy snow on a glacier or high mountain that has partly melted and refrozen, on its way to becoming glacier ice.
• never adverb (never)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Never means not at any time, not even once.
• nevertheless adverb (formal)everyday · Jewish tradition
  In spite of what has just been said; even so: It was raining; nevertheless, we went out.
• new adjective (new, newer, newest); adverb…everyday · Jewish tradition
  New means just made, just bought or not used before.
• newbie noun (a newbie, newbies)
  A newbie is someone who is new to something, like a game, club, job or website, and doesn't know much yet.
• newborn adjective (newborn); noun (a newborn, newborns)
  Just born, only a few hours, days or weeks old: «a newborn baby», «a newborn lamb».
• newcomer noun (a newcomer, newcomers)
  A person who has just arrived in a place, joined a group, or started something for the first time.
• newfoundland noun…
  Newfoundland is a large island off the east coast of Canada; with Labrador it forms the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador.
• newly adverb (newly)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Recently; not long ago: «a newly built school».
• newness noun (newness, uncountable)
  The state of being new or fresh.
• news noun (news — uncountable)everyday · Jewish tradition
  New information about something that has just happened.
• newsagent noun (a newsagent, newsagents; the newsagent's)
  A small shop selling newspapers, magazines, sweets, drinks and often stamps.
• newsletter noun (a newsletter, newsletters)
  A short printed sheet or email sent regularly to a group of people, with news about a school, club, company or place.
• newspaper noun…
  Large folded sheets of printed paper with news, stories, pictures and adverts, published every day or week.
• newsreader noun (a newsreader, newsreaders)
  A newsreader is a person who reads the news on television or radio.
• newsworthy adjective (more newsworthy, most newsworthy)
  Interesting or important enough to be reported in the news.
• newt noun (a newt, newts)
  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 noun (a newton, newtons; symbol N); proper noun…
  In science, a newton is the unit used to measure force; its symbol is N.
• next adjective (next); adverb (next); preposition in «next to»everyday · Jewish tradition
  Next means the one that comes right after this one.
• ng fragment (letters, abbreviation)
  The letter pair «ng» that makes one sound, as at the end of sing, ring and long.
• ni fragment or abbreviation (NI, Ni, ni)everyday · Jewish tradition
  NI is short for Northern Ireland, part of the United Kingdom.
• nibble verb (nibble, nibbles, nibbled, nibbling); noun…
  To eat something by taking very small bites.
• nicaea proper noun (Nicaea)
  Nicaea was an ancient city in what is now Turkey (today the town of İznik).
• nice adjective (nice, nicer, nicest)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Nice means pleasant, enjoyable or good: «a nice day».
• nicely adverb (nicely, more nicely)
  In a pleasant, kind or polite way: «ask nicely».
• nicene adjective (Nicene — a name)
  Nicene describes something connected with Nicaea, an ancient city in what is now Turkey, where Christian leaders met in a great council.
• niche noun (a niche, niches); adjective (niche — informal)
  A niche is a small hollow or alcove built into a wall, often to hold a statue or ornament.
• nick verb (nick, nicks, nicked, nicking); noun (a nick, nicks)
  A nick is a small cut or notch on a surface or the skin.
• nickel noun (nickel, nickels)
  A nickel is a US (and Canadian) coin worth 5 cents.
• nickname noun (a nickname, nicknames); verb…
  A short or friendly name used instead of someone's real name, such as "Liz" for Elizabeth.
• nicotine noun (nicotine; uncountable)
  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 noun (niece, nieces)
  A daughter of your brother or sister (or of your husband's or wife's brother or sister).
• nigerian adjective (Nigerian); noun (a Nigerian, Nigerians)
  Nigerian means from or connected with Nigeria, a large country in West Africa.
• nigerien adjective (Nigerien); noun (a Nigerien, Nigeriens)
  From or to do with Niger, a country in West Africa.
• nigh adverb (nigh); adjective (nigh, old: nigher, nighest)…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Nigh means near, either in place or in time: «The end is nigh».
• night noun (night, nights)everyday · Jewish tradition
  The dark time between evening and morning when the sun cannot be seen.
• nightcap noun (a nightcap, nightcaps)
  A soft cloth cap people used to wear in bed to keep their heads warm.
• nightfall noun (nightfall — uncountable)
  The time in the evening when it becomes dark; dusk.
• nightie noun (a nightie, nighties)
  A nightdress: a loose dress worn in bed, mostly by girls and women.

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