English Words Starting With N

• nugae

  plural-nounVery Rare / Archaic
  /ˈnjuːdʒiː/Trivial, inconsequential things or ideas; trifles, nonsense.
• nuggar

  nounVery Low
  /ˈnʌɡə/A type of large, flat-bottomed boat or barge traditionally used on the Nile River in Sudan and Egypt.
• nugget

  nounverbB2
  /ˈnʌɡɪt/A small, solid lump or chunk, especially of a precious metal like gold.
• nuisance

  nounB1
  /ˈnjuːs(ə)ns/A person, thing, or situation causing annoyance, inconvenience, or trouble.
• nuisance ground

  nounVery low
  /ˈnjuːs(ə)ns ɡraʊnd/A designated plot of land, often on the outskirts of a town or city, used for the disposal of refuse and unwanted household items.
• nuisance tax

  nounLow
  /ˈnjuːs(ə)ns tæks/A small, often indirect tax, perceived as inconvenient or annoying rather than financially burdensome.
• nuits-saint-georges

  nounLow-frequency (Specialized/Domain-specific)
  /ˌnwiː sæ̃ ˈʒɔːʒ/A town in the Burgundy region of France, famous for its prestigious red wine produced from Pinot Noir grapes.
• nuke

  adjectivenounverbverb-transitiveC1
  /njuːk/A nuclear weapon or nuclear-powered device.
• nukespeak

  nounLow
  /ˈnjuːkspiːk/A specialized, often euphemistic or obfuscating language used to discuss nuclear weapons and nuclear war.
• nuku'alofa

  nounVery low
  /ˌnuː.ku.əˈləʊ.fə/The capital city of Tonga.
• nukus

  nounVery Low
  /ˈnuːkʊs/The proper name for the capital city of the autonomous Republic of Karakalpakstan, within Uzbekistan.
• null

  adjectivenounverb-transitiveC1
  /nʌl/Having no legal or binding force; invalid; amounting to nothing; zero.
• null character

  nounC2
  /ˌnʌl ˈkær.ək.tər/A control character in character encoding that represents nothing, having the value zero; used to mark the end of a string in C-style programming languages.
• null hypothesis

  nounC1-C2 / Low-frequency technical term
  /ˌnʌl haɪˈpɒθəsɪs/In statistics, the default hypothesis that there is no significant effect or relationship between variables, which is tested against an alternative hypothesis.
• null method

  nounC2
  /nʌl ˈmɛθəd/A measurement technique where an unknown quantity is balanced against a known one until a zero or null reading is achieved, indicating equality.
• null sequence

  nounC1/C2 (Advanced)
  /ˈnʌl ˈsiːkwəns/A sequence (especially in mathematics) whose terms approach zero as the sequence progresses.
• null-space

  nounLow
  /ˈnʌl ˌspeɪs/A set of all vectors that, when multiplied by a given matrix, result in the zero vector.
• nulla-nulla

  nounVery Low (C2)
  /ˈnʌlə ˈnʌlə/An Aboriginal Australian club or heavy wooden throwing stick, used historically as a weapon and hunting tool.
• nullah

  nounRare/Technical
  /ˈnʌlə/A steep-sided gully or channel, often dry except during the rainy season.
• nullarbor plain

  nounRare
  /ˈnʌləbɔː pleɪn/A vast, extremely flat, arid limestone plain in southern Australia, notable for its lack of trees.

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