Nouns in english starting with N

• Nepenthaceae — Noun – English ～ coextensive with the genus Nepenthes
• nepenthes — Noun – English ～ pitcher plants
• Nepeta hederaceae — Noun – English ～ trailing European aromatic plant of the mint family having rounded leaves and small purplish flowers often grown in hanging baskets; naturalized in North America; sometimes placed in genus Nepeta
• Nepeta cataria — Noun – English ～ hairy aromatic perennial herb having whorls of small white purple-spotted flowers in a terminal spike; used in the past as a domestic remedy; strongly attractive to cats
• Nepeta — Noun – English ～ catmint
• nepheline — Noun – English ～ a whitish mineral consisting of sodium aluminum silicate or potassium aluminum silicate in crystalline form; used in the manufacture of ceramics and enamels
• nephelinite — Noun – English ～ an igneous rock consisting of nepheline and pyroxene
• nephelite — Noun – English ～ a whitish mineral consisting of sodium aluminum silicate or potassium aluminum silicate in crystalline form; used in the manufacture of ceramics and enamels
• Nephelium longana — Noun – English ～ tree of southeastern Asia to Australia grown primarily for its sweet edible fruit resembling litchi nuts; sometimes placed in genera Euphorbia or Nephelium
• Nephelium mutabile — Noun – English ～ East Indian fruit tree bearing fruit similar to but sweeter than that of the rambutan
• Nephelium lappaceum — Noun – English ～ Malayan tree bearing spiny red fruit
• Nephelium — Noun – English ～ a genus of dicotyledonous trees of the family Sapindaceae that are native to Asia and Australia
• Nephelium litchi — Noun – English ～ Chinese tree cultivated especially in Philippines and India for its edible fruit; sometimes placed in genus Nephelium
• nephew — Noun – English ～ a son of your brother or sister
• nephology — Noun – English ～ the branch of meteorology that studies clouds and cloud formation
• nephoscope — Noun – English ～ a measuring instrument that uses a grid for measuring the altitude, direction, and velocity of movement of clouds
• nephralgia — Noun – English ～ pain in the kidney (usually felt in the loins)
• nephrectomy — Noun – English ～ surgical removal of a kidney
• nephrite — Noun – English ～ an amphibole mineral consisting of calcium magnesium silicate in monoclinic crystalline form; a source of jade that is less valuable than from jadeite; once believed to cure kidney disorders
• nephritis — Noun – English ～ an inflammation of the kidney

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