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- nameless
- adj. Having no fame or reputation.
- naphtha
- n. A light, colorless, volatile, inflammable oil used as a solvent, as in manufacture of paints.
- Narcissus
- n. The son of the Athenian river-god Cephisus, fabled to have fallen in love with his reflection.
- narrate
- v. To tell a story.
- narration
- n. The act of recounting the particulars of an event in the order of time or occurrence.
- narrative
- n. An orderly continuous account of the successive particulars of an event.
- narrator
- n. One who narrates anything.
- narrow-minded
- adj. Characterized by illiberal views or sentiments.
- nasal
- adj. Pertaining to the nose.
- natal
- adj. Pertaining to one's birth.
- nationality
- n. A connection with a particular nation.
- naturally
- adv. According to the usual order of things.
- nausea
- n. An affection of the stomach producing dizziness and usually an impulse to vomit
- nauseate
- v. To cause to loathe.
- nauseous
- adj. Loathsome.
- nautical
- adj. Pertaining to ships, seamen, or navigation.
- naval
- adj. Pertaining to ships.
- navel
- n. The depression on the abdomen where the umbilical cord of the fetus was attached.
- navigable
- adj. Capable of commercial navigation.
- navigate
- v. To traverse by ship.
- nebula
- n. A gaseous body of unorganized stellar substance.
- necessary
- adj. Indispensably requisite or absolutely needed to accomplish a desired result.
- necessitate
- v. To render indispensable.
- necessity
- n. That which is indispensably requisite to an end desired.
- necrology
- n. A list of persons who have died in a certain place or time.
- necromancer
- n. One who practices the art of foretelling the future by means of communication with the dead.
- necropolis
- n. A city of the dead.
- necrosis
- n. the death of part of the body.
- nectar
- n. Any especially sweet and delicious drink.
- nectarine
- n. A variety of the peach.
- needlework
- n. Embroidery.
- needy
- adj. Being in need, want, or poverty.
- nefarious
- adj. Wicked in the extreme.
- negate
- v. To deny.
- negation
- n. The act of denying or of asserting the falsity of a proposition.
- neglectful
- adj. Exhibiting or indicating omission.
- negligee
- n. A loose gown worn by women.
- negligence
- n. Omission of that which ought to be done.
- negligent
- adj. Apt to omit what ought to be done.
- negligible
- adj. Transferable by assignment, endorsement, or delivery.
- negotiable
- v. To bargain with others for an agreement, as for a treaty or transfer of property.
- Nemesis
- n. A goddess; divinity of chastisement and vengeance.
- neocracy
- n. Government administered by new or untried persons.
- neo-Darwinsim
- n. Darwinism as modified and extended by more recent students.
- neo-Latin
- n. Modernized Latin.
- neopaganism
- n. A new or revived paganism.
- Neolithic
- adj. Pertaining to the later stone age.
- neology
- n. The coining or using of new words or new meanings of words.
- neophyte
- adj. Having the character of a beginner.
- nestle
- v. To adjust cozily in snug quarters.
- nestling
- adj. Recently hatched.
- nettle
- v. To excite sensations of uneasiness or displeasure in.
- network
- n. Anything that presents a system of cross- lines.
- neural
- adj. Pertaining to the nerves or nervous system.
- neurology
- n. The science of the nervous system.
- neuter
- adj. Neither masculine nor feminine.
- neutral
- adj. Belonging to or under control of neither of two contestants.
- nevertheless
- conj. Notwithstanding.
- Newtonian
- adj. Of or pertaining to Sir Isaac Newton, the English philosopher.
- niggardly
- adj. Stingy. (no longer acceptable to use)
- nihilist
- n. An advocate of the doctrine that nothing either exists or can be known.
- nil
- n. Nothing
- nimble
- adj. Light and quick in motion or action.
- nit
- n. The egg of a louse or some other insect.
- nocturnal
- adj. Of or pertaining to the night.
- noiseless
- adj. Silent.
- noisome
- adj. Very offensive, particularly to the sense of smell.
- noisy
- adj. Clamorous.
- nomad
- adj. Having no fixed abode.
- nomic
- adj. Usual or customary.
- nominal
- adj. Trivial.
- nominate
- v. To designate as a candidate for any office.
- nomination
- n. The act or ceremony of naming a man or woman for office.
- nominee
- n. One who receives a nomination.
- non-existent
- n. That which does not exist.
- non-resident
- adj. Not residing within a given jurisdiction.
- nonchalance
- n. A state of mind indicating lack of interest.
- non-combatant
- n. One attached to the army or navy, but having duties other than that of fighting.
- nondescript
- adj. Indescribable.
- nonentity
- n. A person or thing of little or no account.
- nonpareil
- n. One who or that which is of unequaled excellence.
- norm
- n. A model.
- normalcy
- n. The state of being normal.
- Norman
- adj. Of or peculiar to Normandy, in northern France.
- nostrum
- n. Any scheme or recipe of a charlatan character.
- noticeable
- adj. Perceptible.
- notorious
- adj. Unfavorably known to the general public.
- novellette
- n. A short novel.
- novice
- n. A beginner in any business or occupation.
- nowadays
- adv. In the present time or age.
- nowhere
- adv. In no place or state.
- noxious
- adj. Hurtful.
- nuance
- n. A slight degree of difference in anything perceptible to the sense of the mind.
- nucleus
- n. A central point or part about which matter is aggregated.
- nude
- adj. Naked.
- nugatory
- adj. Having no power or force.
- nuisance
- n. That which annoys, vexes, or irritates.
- numeration
- n. The act or art of reading or naming numbers.
- numerical
- adj. Of or pertaining to number.
- nunnery
- n. A convent for nuns.
- nuptial
- adj. Of or pertaining to marriage, especially to the marriage ceremony.
- nurture
- n. The process of fostering or promoting growth.
- nutriment
- n. That which nourishes.
- nutritive
- adj. Having nutritious properties.