| nave1 |
the long center of a church, extending from the entry area to the altar, usu. with aisles on either side. |
| nave2 |
the center of a wheel; hub. |
| navel |
the place on the abdomen of a mammal where the umbilical cord of the fetus was attached; umbilicus. [2 definitions] |
| navel orange |
a sweet seedless orange having a navel-like depression that contains a secondary underdeveloped fruit. |
| navigable |
wide or deep enough to be traversed by ships. [2 definitions] |
| navigate |
to plan, manage, or control the course of (a ship, aircraft, or the like). [7 definitions] |
| navigation |
the act or practice of setting a course for or finding one's way to a destination, esp. by ship, aircraft, or other vehicle; the act or practice of navigating. [4 definitions] |
| navigator |
a person who practices the art of navigation. [2 definitions] |
| navy |
(often cap.) the part of a nation's military organization that is concerned with warfare on or over the sea. [3 definitions] |
| navy bean |
a small, nutritious, white kidney bean, usu. dried for long-term storage. |
| navy yard |
a government dockyard for the construction and repair of naval ships and the storage of naval supplies. |
| nawab |
a governor or viceroy in India under the Mogul empire; nabob. |
| nay |
no (used to express disagreement, denial, or rejection, as in a vote). [2 definitions] |
| Naypyidaw |
the capital city of Myanmar since 2006. |
| naysayer |
a person who refuses, denies, or opposes, esp. because of cynicism or pessimism. |
| Nazarite |
among the ancient Hebrews, a person who took strict vows to abstain from wine, leave the hair long, and avoid touching corpses. |
| Nazi |
a member of the National Socialist German Workers' Party which controlled Germany under Hitler from 1933 to 1945. [3 definitions] |
| Nb |
symbol of the chemical element niobium. |
| n.b. |
abbreviation of "nota bene" (Latin); mark well; take notice. |
| NBA |
abbreviation of "National Basketball Association," a major U.S. sports league that organizes and regulates the highest level of men's professional basketball competition. |
| NBC |
abbreviation of "National Broadcasting Company." |