| 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." |
| NC |
abbreviation of "North Carolina," a southeastern U.S. state on the Atlantic coast between Virginia and South Carolina. |
| NC17 |
abbreviation of "no children under seventeen," persons under seventeen not admitted (used as a film rating). |
| NCO |
abbreviation of "noncommissioned officer," an enlisted member of the armed forces with an officer's rank below commissioned or warrant officers, such as a sergeant or corporal in the U.S. Army. |
| ND |
abbreviation of "North Dakota," a north central U.S. state on the Canadian border between Minnesota and Montana. |
| Nd |
symbol of the chemical element neodymium. |
| N'Djamena |
the capital of Chad. |