| ninja |
a specially trained feudal Japanese warrior used as a spy, assassin, or saboteur. |
| ninny |
a silly or foolish person. |
| Nintendo |
a multinational, consumer electronics and video games company headquartered in Kyoto, Japan. |
| ninth |
indicating rank or position between eighth and tenth. [4 definitions] |
| niobium |
a chemical element that has forty-one protons in each nucleus and that occurs in pure form as a dense, soft, shiny bluish white solid metal, used esp. in alloys of steel to add strength; columbium. (symbol: Nb) |
| nip1 |
to press sharply between two points or surfaces, as by biting or pinching. [8 definitions] |
| nip2 |
a small sip or drink of liquor. [2 definitions] |
| nip and tuck |
very close; almost even, as in a race. |
| nip in the bud |
to prevent (something) from developing, growing, or being realized. |
| nipper |
something or someone that nips. [2 definitions] |
| nipple |
the projection at the center of a mammal's breast that, in the female, contains the outlets from the milk glands; teat. [3 definitions] |
| Nippon |
see "Japan." |
| nippy |
sharply cold; frosty. [2 definitions] |
| nirvana |
(often cap.) in Buddhism or Hinduism, a state of blissful peace and harmony beyond the sufferings and passions of individual existence; state of oneness with eternal spirit. [2 definitions] |
| Nisan |
the seventh month of the Jewish lunisolar calendar, occurring from late March through early April in the Gregorian calendar. |
| Nisei |
(sometimes l.c.) an offspring of Japanese immigrant parents who is raised and educated in the United States or Canada. (See Issei, Kibei, Sansei.) |
| nit |
the egg or young of a louse or other parasitic insect. |
| niter |
a whitish salt, potassium nitrate or sodium nitrate, used in gunpowder or fertilizer; saltpeter. |
| nitpick |
to be excessively concerned with or critical of small details or faults. |
| nitrate |
a salt or ester containing nitric acid. [3 definitions] |
| nitre |
(chiefly British) variant of niter. |