Words starting with N — 423 entries

The 423 dictionary words that begin with the letter N, in alphabetical order, each with its first definition. Accents do not affect filing: an accented initial is shelved under its base letter.

• numb8 sensesPhysically unable to feel, not having the power of sensation.
• number26 sensesQuantity of countable things.
• numbered2 sensesContaining numbers.
• numbers1 senseMany individuals as a group.
• Numbers1 senseThe Book of Numbers, the fourth of the Books of Moses in the Old Testament of the Bible, the fourth book in the Torah.
• numerous4 sensesAn indefinite large number of.
• nun5 sensesA member of a Christian religious community of women who live by certain vows and usually wear a habit, (Roman Catholicism, specifically) those…
• Nun2 sensesThe languages of the Bamun people of western Cameroon.
• nurse19 sensesA person involved in providing direct care for the sick: Anyone performing this role, regardless of training or profession.
• Nurse1 senseA surname.
• nursery10 sensesA place where nursing (“breastfeeding”) or the raising of children is carried on. Especially in European countries: a room or area in a household set…
• nursing4 sensesIn the state of suckling young, lactating.
• nurture6 sensesThe act of nourishing or nursing; tender care
• nut27 sensesAny of various hard-shelled seeds or hard, dry fruits from various families of plants.
• Nut1 senseThe goddess who serves as the personification of the sky.
• nutcase2 sensesAn eccentric or odd person.
• nutrition3 sensesThe organic process by which an organism assimilates food and uses it for growth and maintenance.
• nuts7 sensesThe testicles.
• nutter3 sensesA person who gathers nuts.
• Nutter1 senseA surname originating as an occupation.
• nutty4 sensesContaining nuts.
• nylon3 sensesOriginally, the DuPont company trade name for polyamide, a copolymer whose molecules consist of alternating diamine and dicarboxylic acid monomers…
• NYLON1 senseNew York-London, a reference to transatlantic life, people who spend time in both cities, or a transatlantic culture featuring both cities.