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beginning with letter N
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NA
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initialism
  1. Narcotics Anonymous
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.
nappy
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noun (nappies)
  1. (context, UK, AU) An absorbent garment worn by a baby who does not yet have voluntary control of its bladder and bowels or by someone who is incontinent.
adjective (nappier, nappiest)
  1. Having a nap (of cloth etc.).
  2. (context, US, slang) Of hair: tightly curled or twisted; frizzy (occasionally specifically in reference to black, Blacks' textured hair).
neb
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noun
  1. (context, now dialectal) A bird's beak or bill.
  2. (obsolete) A person's mouth.
  3. (context, now dialectal) A person's nose.
  4. (context, now dialectal) The nose or snout of an animal, now especially of a fish.
  5. (context, now dialectal) A projecting extremity; a point or sharp projection.
    • 1658: In Acorns the nebb dilating splitteth the two sides, which sometimes lye whole, when the Oak is sproated two handfuls. " Sir Thomas Browne, The Garden of Cyrus (Folio Society 2007, p. 183)
      1. (context, now dialectal) A nib, as of a pen.
neep
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noun
  1. (context, mostly, Scottish English) the swede (rutabaga), confusingly also called turnip in Scotland
neuk
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noun
  1. (context, Scottish English, pejorative) a corner
nowt
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noun
  1. (Northern England) naught, nothing.
= adverb
  1. (Northern England) naught, nothing.
pronoun
  1. (Northern England) naught, nothing.
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