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- NEBULOSITYThe characteristic of being nebulous; cloudiness (measured in octas).
- NECESSITYThe quality or state of being necessary, unavoidable, or absolutely requisite.
- NECROPOLISA cemetery; especially a large one in or near a city.
- NEEPThe swede (rutabaga); turnip.
- NEFASTwicked (Can we add an example for this sense?)
- NEGATETo deny the existence, evidence, or truth of; to contradict.
- NEGATIVENot positive or neutral; bad; undesirable; unfavourable.
- NEGATOROne who, or that which, negates. A word (or other structural element) which causes negation.
- NEGATORYNegative; negating.
- NEGLECTTo fail to care for or attend to something.
- NEIFA woman born in the state of serfdom; a female serf.
- NEMORALPertaining to groves or woodland.
- NEMOROUSForested; full of trees, dark with shady groves.
- NEPERA non-SI unit of the attenuation (or sometimes gain) of field and power quantities such as electronic signals; the natural logarithm of a ratio, with 1 Np (a ratio of 2.718:1) bein
- NEPHRITICOf, relating to, or affected with nephritis or nephritic syndrome.
- NEPOTISMThe favoring of relatives or also personal friends because of their relationship rather than because of their abilities.
- NERVEA bundle of neurons with their connective tissue sheaths, blood vessels and lymphatics.
- NERVOSITYThe state of being nervous; nervousness.
- NEUROLOGYThe branch of medicine that deals with the disorders of nervous system including the brain and spinal cord of the central nervous system and the nerves, muscles, and neuromuscular
- NEUTERNeutral; on neither side; neither one thing nor another.
- NEUTRALNot taking sides in a conflict such as war; nonaligned.
- NEUTRALITYThe state or quality of being neutral; the condition of being unengaged in contests between others; state of taking no part on either side.
- NEVUSAny of a number of different, usually benign, pigmented, raised or otherwise abnormal lesions of the skin.
- NEWELEither of two kinds of supporting post in a staircase.
- NEXUSA form or state of connection.
- NICEPleasant, satisfactory, complimentary.
- NICHEA cavity, hollow, or recess, generally within the thickness of a wall, for a statue, bust, or other erect ornament.
- NICTATETo wink or blink; (of certain animals) to close the nictating membrane.
- NIDALOf or pertaining to nests.
- NIDAMENTUMegg case
- NIDICOLOUSTending to stay at the nest or birthplace for a long time after birth, due to dependence on the parents for feeding and protection.
- NIDIFUGOUSThat leaves the nest shortly after hatching.
- NIDIFYTo make a nest.
- NIDORThe smell of burning animals, especially of burning animal fat.
- NIDOROUSEmitting a strong, unpleasant odor, especially one like that of cooking fat or similar greasy substances.
- NIDUSAn aggregate of neurons.
- NIEFA serf or bondsman born into servitude.
- NIELLOAny of various black metal alloys, made of sulphur with copper, silver or lead, used to create decorative designs on other metals.
- NIGELLAAny plant of the genus Nigella of about twelve species of annual flowering plants, the blooms of which are generally blue in colour but also found in shades of pink, white and pale
- NIGERAn Ethiopian herb (Guizotia abyssinica), grown for its seed and edible oil.
- NIGERSAn Ethiopian herb (Guizotia abyssinica), grown for its seed and edible oil.
- NIHILA nihil dicit.
- NIHILISTA person who accepts or champions nihilism.
- NIMBA nimbus or halo.
- NIMBUSA circle of light; a halo.
- NIMIETYState of being in excess, more than is needed.
- NIMIOUSExcessive; extravagant; inordinate; vexatious.
- NITIDBright; lustrous; shining.
- NITROSOThe univalent radical and functional group -N=O
- NITROUSPertaining to or composed of nitre; having the properties of nitre, bitter.
- NIVALAbounding with snow; snowy; snow-covered .
- NIVEOUSSnowy; resembling snow.
- NOBILITYA noble or privileged social class, historically accompanied by a hereditary title; aristocracy.
- NOCTILUCOUSShining in the night or darkness; luminescent.
- NOCTIVAGOUSWandering or active at night
- NOCTUARYA record of what passes in the night; a nightly journal.
- NOCTUOIDAny moth of the superfamily Noctuoidea
- NOCUOUSLikely to cause harm or damage.
- NODEA knot, knob, protuberance or swelling.
- NODOSEKnot-like; swollen
- NODOSITYA knotty swelling.
- NODULEA small lump, often roughly hemispherical in shape; a small node.
- NODUSA difficulty.
- NOELA kind of hymn, or canticle, of mediaeval origin, sung in honor of the birth of Christ; a Christmas carol.
- NOILA short fibre left over from combing wool or spinning silk during the preparation of textile yarns.
- NOISEVarious sounds, usually unwanted or unpleasant.
- NOISOMEMorally hurtful or noxious.
- NOONThe time of day when the Sun seems to reach its highest point in the sky; solar noon.
- NORMThat which is normal or typical.
- NORMALAccording to norms or rules or to a regular pattern.
- NORMATIVEOf or pertaining to a norm or standard.
- NOSTRUMA medicine or remedy in conventional use which has not been proven to have any desirable medical effects.
- NOTABILIAThings or people worthy of notice.
- NOTAPHILICRelating to notaphily.
- NOTAPHILIESThe study or collecting of paper money or banknotes
- NOTAPHILYThe study or collecting of paper money or banknotes
- NOTARYA lawyer of noncontentious private civil law who drafts, takes, and records legal instruments for private parties, and provides legal advice, but does not appear in court on his or
- NOTATETo mark with spots or lines, which are often colored.
- NOTATIONThe act, process, method, or an instance of representing by a system or set of marks, signs, figures, or characters.
- NOTEA symbol or annotation. A mark or token by which a thing may be known; a visible sign; a character; a distinctive mark or feature; a characteristic quality. A mark, or sign, made t
- NOTICEThe act of observing; perception.
- NOTIONMental apprehension of whatever may be known, thought, or imagined; idea, concept.
- NOTORIETYAn infamous or notorious condition or reputation.
- NOUGATA mixture consisting of egg white and a sweetener, variously mixed with almonds or hazelnuts or used without nuts as a filler in candy bars.
- NOUNA word that functions as the name of a specific object or set of objects, such as person, animal, place, word, thing, phenomenon, substance, quality, or idea: one of the basic part
- NOURISHA nurse.
- NOVAAny sudden brightening of a previously inconspicuous star.
- NOVACULITEA variety of chert, very rich in quartz, that has been used to make whetstones.
- NOVATETo replace something with something new
- NOVATIONReplacement of a contract with one or more new contracts, in particular in financial markets the replacement of a contract between a particular buyer and seller with contracts betw
- NOVELNewly made, formed or evolved; having no precedent; of recent origin; new.
- NOVELTYThe state of being new or novel; newness.
- NOVERCALOf or pertaining to a stepmother.
- NOVICEA beginner; one who is not very familiar or experienced in a particular subject.
- NOVITIATEA novice.
- NOVODAMUSIn Scottish feudal land law, a fresh grant of lands to the grantee, usually to make some change in the incidents of tenure of land already granted, or to resolve doubts about the g
- NOVUMA new feature, a novelty.
- NOWEDKnotted; tied in a knot.
- NOXIOUSHarmful; injurious.
- NOYAUA French liqueur made at Poissy in north central France from brandy and flavoured with almonds and the pits of apricots.