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2,287 words — headwords with part of speech, pronunciation, and a plain-language definition.

nacré: pearly
nacré: fritillary (butterfly)
nadir: nadir
nadsat: Nadsat
nage: swimming
nage libre: freestyle
nage papillon: butterfly stroke
nageant: swimming
nageoire: fin (of fish); flipper (of dolphin, seal, walrus etc.)
nageoire adipeuse: adipose fin
nageoire anale: anal fin
nageoire caudale: caudal fin
nageoire dorsale: dorsal fin
nageoire pectorale: pectoral fin
nageoire pelvienne: pelvic fin
nager: to swim
nager comme un fer à repasser: to be a very poor swimmer
nager entre deux eaux: to have a foot in both camps, to run with the hare and hunt with the hounds, to be sitting on the fence
nageur: swimmer (one who swims)
naguère: recently, not long ago; long ago, formerly
naguères: alternative spelling of naguère
nahuatl: Nahuatl
nahuatl: Nahuatl (language)
nain: dwarf
nain: dwarf (short human, small thing, mythological or fictional creature); gnome (decorative, in a garden)
nain de jardin: garden gnome (small statue of a gnome used as a garden ornament); dwarf, midget (very small person)
naine: female equivalent of nain; dwarf star
naine blanche: white dwarf (“white dwarf star”)
naine brune: brown dwarf (sub-stellar object)
naine noire: black dwarf (hypothesized white dwarf that has cooled down and no longer emits visible light)
naine rouge: red dwarf (small, relatively cool star of the main sequence)
naissain: spat (of shellfish)
naissance: birth; birth, invention, creation
naissant: nascent, incipient; budding, dawning, awakening
naitre: post-1990 spelling of naître
naja: cobra (venomous snake)
nakba: catastrophe
nakba: Nakba
namasté: namaste (a greeting)
namibien: Namibian
namurois: of Namur, Belgium
nana: chick, bird (especially when attractive)
nanan: sweetie (candy)
nanane: alternative spelling of nanan
nanar: A "so bad it's good" movie, both bad and unintentionally funny.
nanard: crappy film
nancéen: (the city of) Nancy
nancéien: of, from or relating to the city of Nancy, the prefecture of the Meurthe-et-Moselle department, Grand Est, France
nandinâgarî: Nandinagari
nandou: rhea
nandrolone: nandrolone
nanisme: dwarfism
nanite: synonym of nanorobot
nankin: nankeen
nanoaimant: nanomagnet
nanoargent: nanosilver
nanobel: nanobel
nanobiotechnologie: nanobiotechnology
nanobiotechnologique: nanobiotechnological
nanocanal: nanocanal