nacelle
The compartment that holds passengers on a dirigible, hot-air balloon, or other aerostat; a gondola.
A separate streamlined enclosure mounted on an aircraft to house, originally, an engine, and now also cargo or crew.
The cockpit of an aircraft.
A hollow boat-shaped structure.
An enclosure housing machinery or a motor.
The part between the rotor and tower of a wind turbine.
The submersed providers of buoyancy of a SWATH-hulled boat.
A streamlined enclosure on the body or dashboard of a motor vehicle.

nacelles
plural of nacelle

nacodah
The captain of a boat or other vessel.

nacodahs
plural of nacodah

nailcare
The care and maintenance of the fingernails and toenails.

namghar
A prayer hall in Assam for communal worship.

namghars
plural of namghar

nanmu
wood of the tree Phoebe nanmu (or several other similar) that was once used for boat building, architectural woodworking and wood art in China

nanobeams
plural of nanobeam

nanoblinker
A nanoscale blinker (optical oscillator)

nanoblinkers
plural of nanoblinker

nanobreak
A very brief vacation; a momentary respite from the cares of everyday life.

nanobreaks
plural of nanobreak

nanocable
A nanoscale cable (typically constructed from a carbon nanotube coated with titanium dioxide)

nanocables
plural of nanocable

nanocarbon
A carbon-based material whose constituents are of nanoscale dimensions, or which is produced by nanotechnology.

nanocarbons
plural of nanocarbon

nanocarpet
A carpet of carbon nanotubes used to enhance the flow of heat at a critical point where computer chips connect to heat sinks.

nanocarpets
plural of nanocarpet

nanocraft
An ultralight spacecraft.

nanocrafts
plural of nanocraft

nanodumbbell
Any object that has the form of a nanoscale dumbbell

nanodumbbells
plural of nanodumbbell

nanohybrid
A nanoscale hybrid

nanohybrids
plural of nanohybrid

nanoionics
The study and application of ion transport in nanoscale solid-state devices

nanopillar
A nanosized pillar, especially one that is a constituent of a metamaterial.

nanorosette
A nanoscale rosette

nanorosettes
plural of nanorosette

nanospacecraft
A very small spacecraft or satellite

nanotransport
nanoscale transport (movement)

nanotransporter
A nanoscale biochemical transporter

nanotransporters
plural of nanotransporter

nanovehicle
A nanoscale vehicle (for drug delivery)

nanovehicles
plural of nanovehicle

naphthalenone
A derivative of naphthalene in which a -CH= group has been replaced by a carbonyl group (and the neighbouring =CH- has been converted to -CH₂-)

naphthalenones
plural of naphthalenone

narcodictatorship
A dictatorship involved in drug trafficking.

narcodictatorships
plural of narcodictatorship

narcosub
A semi-submersible or submarine purpose-built to smuggle narcotics.

narcosubmarine
Synonym of narcosub.

narcosubmarines
plural of narcosubmarine

narcosubmersible
Synonym of narcosub.

narcosubmersibles
plural of narcosubmersible

narcosubs
plural of narcosub

narcotorpedo
A streamlined submersible or submergeable cargo container used to carry illicit drugs; that may be attached to a larger ship below the waterline, or towed behind the ship.
An uncrewed remotely controlled drone narcosub.

narcotorpedoes
plural of narcotorpedo

narcotorpedos
plural of narcotorpedo

narrowboaters
plural of narrowboater

narrowboating
The recreational activity of piloting a narrowboat.

narrowboats
plural of narrowboat

narrowbody
An airliner capable of seating, at most, six or fewer passengers in a single row of economy seating, with one aisle.

nash
Alternative spelling of nesh.

nashes
third-person singular simple present indicative of nash

nattie
Alternative form of natty.

natties
plural of natty
plural of nattie

natty
Smart and fashionable.

nau
Synonym of carrack.

naufrage
shipwreck
ruin

nav
Navigation. Often used attributively, as in nav beacon.

navee
Alternative or pronunciation spelling of navy.

navel
The indentation or bump remaining in the abdomen of placental mammals where the umbilical cord was attached before birth.
The central part or point of anything; the middle.
A navel orange.
An eye on the underside of a carronade for securing it to a carriage.

navels
plural of navel

naveta
A kind of megalithic chamber tomb, unique to the Balearic island of Minorca, with two vertical and two corbelled walls giving it the form of an upturned boat.

navetas
plural of naveta

navicert
A form of passport permitting a neutral ship to traverse a blockade in wartime.

navicerts
plural of navicert

navie
Obsolete spelling of navy.

navies
plural of navy

navy
A country's entire maritime military force, including ships and personnel.
A governmental department in charge of a country's maritime military force.
Any fleet of maritime vessels, and especially the entire fleet of any particular nationality, including vessels that are commercial, military, or both.
A dark blue colour, usually called navy blue.

nawabships
plural of nawabship

nawaubship
Alternative form of nawabship.

ne
Not.

neam
Alternative form of eam (“uncle”).

neams
plural of neam

nears
third-person singular simple present indicative of near

nearshore
The region extending seaward from the shoreline.

nearside
The side of a road vehicle nearest to the kerb: the left side if one drives on the left of the road.
The face of the Moon nearest the Earth.
A streetcar designed to discharge passengers on the near side of an intersection, rather than the far side.

nearsides
plural of nearside

nebenion
Any ion near another one that is involved in transport through a membrane, and that is influencing its transport properties (especially one that assists, rather than counters, the transport of another ion)

nebenions
plural of nebenion

neckyoke
A yoke which touches or surrounds the carrier's neck, rather than just resting on the shoulders.

neckyokes
plural of neckyoke

necropolitics
The relationship between sovereignty and power over life and death.

nefs
plural of nef

negatrip
A car trip not taken.

negatrips
plural of negatrip

negrette
A black female.

negrettes
plural of negrette

neighborred
Vicinity; neighbourhood.
Neighbourship.

neighborships
plural of neighborship

neighbourships
plural of neighbourship

neoterms
plural of neoterm

neotonality
The replacement of the tonality of the common-practice period (i.e. functional harmony and tonic-dominant relationships) by one or more non-traditional tonal conceptions, such as tonal assertion or contrapuntal motion around a central chord.

netback
Revenues received from the sale of oil or gas on spot market minus the costs of extraction, processing and transportation.

netbacks
plural of netback

netcasters
plural of netcaster

netlayer
Alternative form of net layer.

netlayers
plural of netlayer

neurocarcinogenesis
The carcinogenesis of neurocarcinogens

neuroevolution
The class of methods for training artificial neural networks with genetic algorithms.

neurohormesis
stimulation by the use of a low concentration of a neurotoxin

neurohospitalists
plural of neurohospitalist

neuromessenger
Any substance (such as nitric oxide) that transports neural signals

neuromessengers
plural of neuromessenger

neurophysin
Any of a group of carrier proteins that transport the hormones oxytocin and vasopressin to the posterior pituitary from the paraventricular and supraoptic nucleus of the hypothalamus

neurophysins
plural of neurophysin

neurosoftware
Computer software designed to assist people in training their mental faculties.

neurosporaxanthin
A carotenoid present in fungi of the genus Neurospora.

neurosporaxanthine
Alternative form of neurosporaxanthin.

neurosporene
A carotenoid pigment that is an intermediate in the biosynthesis of lycopene and a variety of bacterial carotenoids.

neurotransporter
A neurotransmitter that transports proteins across the membranes of neurons

neurotransporters
plural of neurotransporter

neurovariant
A strain of a virus that affects neural tissue.