an area within a city or town that has some distinctive features (especially one forming a community)
neighborhood
Noun
the approximate amount of something (usually used prepositionally as in `in the region of')
neighbourhood
Noun
people living near one another
neighbourhood
Noun
a surrounding or nearby region
nursing school
Noun
a school for training nurses
nonsingular matrix
Noun
a square matrix whose determinant is not zero
naval academy
Noun
an academy for training naval officers
nonalignment
Noun
people or nations who are not aligned with others in a pact or treaty
nonalinement
Noun
people (or countries) who are not aligned with other people (or countries) in a pact or treaty
news agency
Noun
an agency to collects news reports for newspapers and distributes it electronically
news organization
Noun
an agency to collects news reports for newspapers and distributes it electronically
news organisation
Noun
an agency to collects news reports for newspapers and distributes it electronically
night court
Noun
a criminal court (in large cities) that sits at night
noblesse
Noun
members of the nobility (especially of the French nobility)
noblesse
Noun
the state of being of noble birth
ninja
Noun
any person who is highly skilled in a particular field
ninja
Noun
a class of 14th century Japanese who were trained in martial arts and were hired for espionage and assassinations
ninja
Noun
a member of the ninja who were trained in martial arts and hired for espionage or sabotage or assassinations
non-market economy
Noun
an economy that is not a market economy
national socialism
Noun
a form of socialism featuring racism and expansionism and obedience to a strong leader
night school
Noun
a school that holds classes in the evenings for students who cannot attend during the day
nursery school
Noun
a small preschool for small children
normal school
Noun
a two-year school for training elementary teachers
nexus
Noun
a connected series or group
nexus
Noun
the means of connection between things linked in series
national bank
Noun
a commercial bank chartered by the federal government
nonlinear system
Noun
a system whose performance cannot be described by equations of the first degree
nondepository financial institution
Noun
a financial institution that funds their investment activities from the sale of securities or insurance
new wave
Noun
any creative group active in the innovation and application of new concepts and techniques in a given field (especially in the arts)
neoexpressionism
Noun
an art movement based on expressionism
neoromanticism
Noun
an art movement based on a revival of Romanticism in art and literature
navel point
Noun
the center point or middle of something
native land
Noun
the country where you were born
necropolis
Noun
a tract of land used for burials
narco-state
Noun
an area that has been taken over and is controlled and corrupted by drug cartels and where law enforcement is effectively nonexistent
nirvana
Noun
any place of complete bliss and delight and peace
nirvana
Noun
(Hinduism and Buddhism) the beatitude that transcends the cycle of reincarnation
northland
Noun
any region lying in or toward the north
northeastern United States
Noun
the northeastern region of the United States
northwestern United States
Noun
the northwestern region of the United States
new town
Noun
a planned urban community created in a rural or undeveloped area and designed to be self-sufficient with its own housing and education and commerce and recreation
nesting place
Noun
a place suitable for nesting
no-go area
Noun
an area that is dangerous or impossible to enter or to which entry is forbidden
nombril
Noun
the center point on a shield
no-parking zone
Noun
a space where automobiles are not allowed to park
north celestial pole
Noun
the celestial pole above the northern hemisphere
northern hemisphere
Noun
the hemisphere that is to the north of the equator
neck of the woods
Noun
a surrounding or nearby region
nadir
Noun
the point below the observer that is directly opposite the zenith on the imaginary sphere against which celestial bodies appear to be projected