English dictionary: words starting with n - page 171

Meanings of Nuttiest:

adjective

Tasting like nuts.

Usage examples:

Wild rice has a very nutty flavour

Meanings of Nuttiness:

noun

The quality of containing, tasting of, or being similar to nuts

Usage examples:

The apricot pie has a hint of nuttiness., the sweet, earthy nuttiness of early-crop potatoes, nothi…

Meanings of Nutting:

verb

Butt (someone) with one's head.

Usage examples:

I thought he was going to nut me in the face

noun

A fruit consisting of a hard or tough shell around an edible kernel.

Usage examples:

He was cracking nuts with his teeth

proper noun

The sky goddess, thought to swallow the sun at night and give birth to it in the morning.

abbreviation

(in the uk) national union of teachers.

Meanings of Nuttish:

adjective

Resembling or reminiscent of a nut in appearance, etc.

Meanings of Nutty:

adjective

Tasting like nuts.

Usage examples:

Wild rice has a very nutty flavour

Meanings of Nutty-as-a-fruitcake:

phrase

Completely insane.

Usage examples:

Debbie, the youngest daughter of drunkard frank smith, is as nutty as a fruitcake and totally unpre…

idiom

To be a very strange or crazy person

Meanings of Nuzzle:

verb

Rub or push against gently with the nose and mouth.

Usage examples:

He nuzzled her hair

Meanings of Nuzzled:

verb

Rub or push against gently with the nose and mouth.

Usage examples:

He nuzzled her hair

Meanings of Nuzzles:

verb

Rub or push against gently with the nose and mouth.

Usage examples:

He nuzzled her hair

Meanings of Nuzzling:

verb

Rub or push against gently with the nose and mouth.

Usage examples:

He nuzzled her hair

Meanings of Nv:

abbreviation

Nevada (in official postal use).

Meanings of Ny:

abbreviation

New york (in official postal use).

Meanings of Nyala:

noun

A southern african antelope, which has a conspicuous crest on the neck and back and lyre-shaped horns.

Usage examples:

Other animal species to look out for include impala, blue wildebeest, waterbuck, zebra, nyala, kudu…

Meanings of Nyamwezi:

noun

A member of a people inhabiting western tanzania.

Usage examples:

At the same time, formal education equips the nyamwezi with basic skills for life in modern tanzani…

adjective

Relating to the nyamwezi or their language.

Usage examples:

Relations with the ancestors and respect for nyamwezi traditions are maintained through ritual acti…

Meanings of Nyanja:

noun

A member of a people of malawi and eastern and central zambia.

Usage examples:

For example, a bemba may throw verbal abuses to a nyanja, but this is done in jest for the most part.

adjective

Relating to the nyanja or their language.

Usage examples:

Kabwe said the comedy, which runs for 75 minutes, also features other famous zambian comedians incl…

Meanings of Nyas:

noun

Eyas.

Meanings of Nyaya:

noun

One of the six systems of orthodox hindu philosophy, ascribed to gautama and based on logic and the analysis of the nature of knowledge.

Meanings of Nychthemeral:

adjective

Designating or characterized by a variation that occurs in a period of twenty-four hours, especially corresponding to the contrast between day and night.

Meanings of Nychthemeron:

noun

A period of twenty-four hours, consisting of a day and a night.

Meanings of Nyctalopia:

noun

A condition characterized by an abnormal inability to see in dim light or at night, typically caused by vitamin a deficiency.

Usage examples:

Fundus examination is usually normal, distinguishing it from the progressive conditions causing nyc…

Meanings of Nyctalopic:

adjective

Of, relating to, or affected with nyctalopia.

Meanings of Nycteribiid:

adjective

Of, relating to, or designating the family nycteribiidae of wingless dipteran flies which are parasites of bats and bear live young.

noun

A fly of the family nycteribiidae; a bat fly.

Meanings of Nycteribiidae:

adjective

Of, relating to, or designating the family nycteribiidae of wingless dipteran flies which are parasites of bats and bear live young.

noun

A fly of the family nycteribiidae; a bat fly.

Meanings of Nycticorax:

noun

A genus comprising the typical night herons. also formerly (in form nycticorax): a bird of this genus.

Meanings of Nyctinastic:

adjective

(of the periodic movement of flowers or leaves) caused by nightly changes in light intensity or temperature.

Usage examples:

Leaflets of nyctinastic plants assume a vertical (i.e. closed) position in darkness and revert to h…