| mythomania |
in psychiatry, an abnormal compulsion to exaggerate or lie. |
| mythos |
the complex of beliefs and attitudes, or patterns of meaning, that are characteristic of a given group, society, or culture. |
| N1 |
symbol of the chemical element nitrogen. |
| N2 |
abbreviation of "north." |
| n |
the fourteenth letter of the English alphabet. |
| n. |
abbreviation of "noun," in grammar, a word that names a person, place, thing, condition, or quality, that usu. has plural and possessive forms, and that functions as the subject of a sentence or as the object of a verb or preposition. [2 definitions] |
| Na |
symbol of the chemical element sodium. |
| NAACP |
abbreviation of "National Association for the Advancement of Colored People." |
| nab |
(informal) to catch or seize; arrest. [2 definitions] |
| nabob |
a provincial governor in the Indian Mogul empire. [2 definitions] |
| nacelle |
an enclosure on an aircraft for housing the engine, the cargo, or the crew and passengers. [2 definitions] |
| nacho |
a small tortilla chip spread with cheese and sometimes other spicy food and then broiled. |
| nacre |
a hard, iridescent material lining certain seashells, such as that of the pearl oyster; mother-of-pearl. |
| nacreous |
of, pertaining to, or characteristic of nacre. [2 definitions] |
| nadir |
the lowest or most depressing point or stage. [2 definitions] |
| nag1 |
to bother with constant complaints, demands, or instructions; pester. [6 definitions] |
| nag2 |
a horse that has little value or has outlived its usefulness. |
| nagana |
a disease of livestock transmitted by the bite of infected tsetse flies. |
| Nahuatl |
a member of a group of Indian peoples of Mexico and Central America that includes the Aztecs. [2 definitions] |
| Nahum |
according to the Old Testament, a minor prophet of Israel of the seventh century B.C. [2 definitions] |
| naiad |
(sometimes cap.) a water nymph of Greek mythology, presiding over rivers, springs, and fountains. [2 definitions] |