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beginning with letter N
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Nanny
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proper noun
  1. A diminutive of Ann or Anne
napkin
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noun
  1. A serviette; a (usually rectangular) piece of cloth or paper used at the table for wipe, wiping the mouth and hands for cleanliness while eat, eating.
  2. (context, UK) A diaper.
  3. A small scarf worn on the head by Christian woman when entering a Roman Catholic church, as a token of modesty.
  4. A sanitary napkin.
nark
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noun
  1. (context, UK, slang) A police spy or informer.
    • 1912, w:George_Bernard_Shaw, George Bernard Shaw, Pygmalion, Act I,
    • : It's a"well, it's a copper's , as you might say. What else would you call it? A sort of informer.
verb
  1. (context, transitive, slang) To annoy or irritate.
It really narks me when people smoke in restaurants.
  1. (context, transitive, slang, often imperative) To stop.
Nark it! I hear someone coming!
  1. (context, intransitive, slang) To serve or behave as a spy or informer.
  2. (context, intransitive, slang) To complain.
He narks in my ear all day, moaning about his problems.
neddy
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noun (neddies)
  1. A donkey or ass.
  2. (Australia, slang) A horse, especially a racehorse.
  3. An idiot; a stupid or contemptible person.
Nelly
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proper noun (infl, en, proper noun)
  1. (given name, female), a diminutive of Eleanor or Helen.
  2. One of the Frazier Islands where nellys breed.
newsagent
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noun
  1. A retail business selling newspapers, magazines, and stationery; a stationer.
  2. The proprietor of such a business.
NHS
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initialism
  1. National Health Service
  2. National Historic Site
  3. National Highway System
nicker
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noun (plural )
  1. (British slang) Pound sterling.
    This coat cost me 50 nicker.
  2. A soft neighing sound characteristic of a horse.
verb to nicker
  1. To make a soft neighing sound characteristic of a horse.
Nob
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proper noun
  1. (Old Testament) a place, north of Jerusalem, whose inhabitants were massacred by w:Saul, Saul
nobble
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verb
  1. (slang) injure or obstruct intently, batter
nobility
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noun (nobilities)
  1. A noble or privileged social class, historically accompanied by a hereditary title; aristocracy.
noble
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noun
  1. An aristocrat; one of aristocratic blood
adjective
  1. Having honorable qualities; having moral eminence and freedom from anything petty, mean or dubious in conduct and character
He made a effort.
non-U
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adjective
  1. (context, mostly, UK) not U; not characteristic of the upper classes, particularly regarding language.
notify
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verb (notif, i, ed)
  1. (transitive) To give (someone) notice of (something).
notoriety
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noun
  1. The condition of being infamous or notorious
  • "He who pourtrays examples of disinterestedness and intrepidity, confers on virtue the notoriety and homage that are due to it, and rouses in the spectators, the spirit of salutary emulation." — w:Arthur Mervyn, Arthur Mervyn by w:Charles Brockden Brown, Charles Brockden Brown
nowt
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noun
  1. (Northern England) naught, nothing.
= adverb
  1. (Northern England) naught, nothing.
pronoun
  1. (Northern England) naught, nothing.
Nutter
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proper noun
  1. A family name.
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