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2,287 words — headwords with part of speech, pronunciation, and a plain-language definition.

N
noun, feminine
abbreviation of nord
N'Djamena
proper noun
N'Djamena (the capital city of Chad)
N. D.
proper noun
initialism of Notre Dame
N. D. L. R.
noun, feminine
alternative spelling of N.D.L.R.
N.-B.
proper noun
Nouveau-Brunswick, a province of Canada
N.-D.
proper noun
initialism of Notre-Dame
N.-É.
proper noun
abbreviation of Nouvelle-Écosse (a province in Canada)
N.B.
interjection
n.b., N.B.
N.D.L.R.
noun, feminine
initialism of note de la rédaction (—Ed., —Editor; editor's note;)
N.d.T.
noun, feminine
initialism of note du traducteur (—Translator; translator's note;)
N/M
noun, masculine
M/S: initialism of navire à moteur (“motor ship”) A ship prefix used for motor vessels.; MV: initialism of navire marchand (“merchant ship”) A ship prefix used for commercial vessels.
NAFC
proper noun
initialism of Navire auxiliaire des Forces canadiennes (Canadian Forces Auxiliary Vessel)
NAS
noun, feminine
acronym of numéro d'assurance sociale (“social insurance number”): SIN
NASA
proper noun
NASA
NASDAQ
proper noun
alternative letter-case form of Nasdaq
NB
proper noun
initialism of Nouveau-Brunswick (= New Brunswick): a province of Canada
NBC
adjective
initialism of nucléaire, bactériologique, chimique: NBC (“nuclear, biological, chemical”)
NC
noun, feminine
initialism of cable ship
NCSM
noun, feminine
HMCS; initialism of Navire Canadien de Sa Majesté; (His/Her Majesty's Canadian Ship). A designation for ships of the Canadian Forces Maritime Command
ND
adjective
N/A (“not available”) abbreviation of non disponible
NDDL
proper noun
initialism of Notre-Dame-des-Landes
NDG
proper noun
NDG (initialism of Notre-Dame-de-Grâce: a district of Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce borough, Montréal, Québec, Canada)
NDLR
noun, feminine
alternative spelling of N.D.L.R., initialism of note de la rédaction
NDT
noun, feminine
TN (“translator's note”); initialism of note du traducteur
NE
noun, feminine
abbreviation of nord-est; NE
NE
proper noun
ISO 3166-2:CH code of Neuchâtel (canton)
NECM
proper noun
initialism of Navire école des cadets de la Marine (Sea Cadet Training Ship)
NEP
proper noun
acronym of nouvelle politique économique (“New Economic Policy”): NEP
NFP
proper noun
initialism of Nouveau Front populaire (“New Popular Front”), a left-wing electoral alliance in France.
NGCC
proper noun
initialism of Navire de Garde côtière canadienne (Canadian Coast Guard Ship)
NIP
noun, masculine
PIN; PIN number
NLP
phrase
initialism of nique la police
NMP
noun, feminine
NMP (“N-methylpyrrolidone”): abbreviation of N-méthylpyrrolidone
NMP
noun, masculine
abbreviation of néoplasme myéloprolifératif
NMP
noun, masculine
abbreviation of néoplasies myéloprolifératives
NMT
noun, masculine
initialism of niveau de maturité technologique
NO
noun, feminine
NW; abbreviation of nord-ouest
NOTAM
noun, masculine
NOTAM: abbreviation of avis aux aviateurs
NOTMAR
noun, masculine
NOTMAR: abbreviation of avis aux navigateurs
NP-complet
adjective
NP-complete
NP-complétude
noun, feminine
NP-completeness
NP-difficile
adjective
NP-hard
NPD
proper noun
NDP; initialism of Nouveau Parti démocratique (“New Democratic Party”)
NRBC
adjective
CBRN (“chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear”) abbreviation of nucléaire, radiologique, biologique, chimique (nuclear, radiological, biological, chemical)
NRF
proper noun
initialism of Nouvelle Revue Française
NS
noun, masculine
name server
NSDAP
proper noun
NSDAP
NTM
phrase
initialism of nique ta mère (“fuck your mother”)
NUPES
proper noun
initialism of Nouvelle Union populaire écologique et sociale (“New Ecologic and Social People's Union, a former left-wing political coalition in France”)
NUTS
noun, feminine
initialism of Nomenclature des unités territoriales statistiques (Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics or Nomenclature of Units for Territorial Statistics).
Nabami
proper noun
a surname
Nabuchodonosor
proper noun
Very large bottle of champagne, containing about 20 ordinary bottles, or 16 liters. (Nebuchadnezzar (Biblical king))
Nadeau
proper noun
a surname from Poitevin-Saintongeais: Nadeau
Nadejda
proper noun
a transliteration of the Russian female given name Наде́жда (Nadéžda, “hope”)
Nadia
proper noun
a female given name from Russian На́дя (Nádja); a female given name from Arabic نَادِيَا (nādiyā)
Nadine
proper noun
a female given name, a diminutive of Nadia
Nadège
proper noun
a female given name
Naert
proper noun
a surname
Nagant
proper noun
a surname
Nagasaki
proper noun
Nagasaki (a port city, the capital and largest city of Nagasaki Prefecture, in southwestern Kyushu, Japan); Nagasaki (a prefecture of Japan)