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neon
(countable) A form or sample of the element.
Nepal
A country in South Asia, located between China and India. Official name: Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal. Capital and largest city: Kathmandu.
nepotisme
The favoring of relatives (most strictly) or also personal friends (more broadly) because of their relationship rather than because of their abilities.
neraka
Hell; the bottomless pit; primeval chaos; a confined subterranean ocean. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]
ners
A person involved in providing direct care for the sick:
Nestorianisme
(Christianity) The Christological doctrine ascribed to Nestorius, condemned as heretical by the Council of Ephesus but later also ascribed to the Church of the East, holding that within Christ there are two distinct hypostases, divine and human.
netral
(politics) Not taking sides in a conflict such as war; nonaligned.
netralitas
The state or quality of being neutral; the condition of being unengaged in contests between others; state of taking no part on either side.
neuron
(cytology) A cell of the nervous system, which conducts nerve impulses; consisting of an axon and several dendrites. Neurons are connected by synapses.
neutrino
An elementary particle that is classified as a lepton, and has an extremely small but nonzero mass and no electric charge. It interacts with the surroundings only via the weak force or gravitation, making it very difficult to detect.
newton
In the International System of Units, the derived unit of force; the force required to accelerate a mass of one kilogram by one metre per second per second.
ngaceng
(coarse, slang) An erect penis. [from mid-20th c.]
ngarai
A valley, especially a long, narrow, steep valley, cut in rock by a river.
ngengat
Any flying insect of the order Lepidoptera not in the superfamily Papilionoidea, most species of which are nocturnal and can be distinguished from butterflies by feather-like antennae.
ngentot
(slang, ambitransitive, vulgar) To engage in sexual intercourse.
ngok
Representing the grunting sound made by a pig.
ngok ngok
Representing the grunting sound made by a pig.
ngomong
(intransitive) To communicate, usually by means of speech.
ngomong ngomong
(conjunctive, idiomatic) Incidentally; used in referencing a parenthetical statement not timely, central, or crucial to the topic at hand; foregone, passed by, something that has already happened.
ngotot
Unwilling to yield or give up; dogged.
ngung
A humming noise from something moving very fast.
nian
To a great extent or degree.
niat
(archaic) To attack; to make an effort or attack upon; to try to take by force.
Nice
A coastal city, the capital of Alpes-Maritimes department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeast France.
Nigeria
A country in West Africa, south of the country of Niger. Official name: Federal Republic of Nigeria. Capital: Abuja. Largest city: Lagos. Currency: naira (₦).
nihilisme
(countable, uncountable, philosophy) A doctrine grounded on the negation of one or more meaningful aspects of life; in particular, the view that nothing in the world actually exists.
nikah
The state of being married. [from 14th c.]
Nikaragua
A country in Central America. Official name: Republic of Nicaragua. Capitalː Managua.
nikel
(uncountable) A silvery elemental metal with an atomic number of 28 and symbol Ni.
nikmat
(obsolete) Having or showing good taste; tasteful.
Nil
A large river in Africa flowing through Khartoum and Cairo into the Mediterranean Sea, usually considered to be the longest river in the world.
nila
A purplish-blue color.
nilai
(countable, uncountable) Value.
nilai rerata
(statistics) Any measure of central tendency, especially any mean, the median, or the mode. [from c. 1735]
nilangsuka
An additive secondary colour midway between green and blue, evoked by wavelengths between ~490 and ~520 nm.
nimbus
(religion) nimbus, a luminous disc, often of gold, around or over the heads of saints, etc., in religious paintings.
nina-bobok
A cradlesong, a soothing song to calm children or lull them to sleep.
ninja
(martial arts) A person trained in ninjutsu, especially (historical) one used for espionage, assassination, and other tasks requiring stealth during Japan's shogunate period.
nipis
Any of several green citrus fruit, somewhat smaller and sharper-tasting than a lemon.
nirakhlak
Breaching principles of natural law, rectitude, or justice, and so inconsistent with the demands of virtue, purity, or "good morals"; not right, not moral. (Compare unethical, illegal.)
niraksara
Unable to read and write.
nirawak
Not operated by a person or a crew.
nirbatas
Boundless, endless, without end or limits; innumerable. [from 15th c.]
nirkabel
Not having any wires.
nirlaba
Not seeking to produce a profit (a financial gain).
nirlanjar
(mathematics, of a function) Having a product of independent variables, or a variable with an exponent not equal to one.
nirmoral
(of acts) Done without consideration for morality or immorality.
nisbah
A number representing a comparison between two named things.
nisbi
Connected to or depending on something else; comparative.
nitrogen
(uncountable) The chemical element (symbol N) with an atomic number of 7 and atomic weight of 14.0067. It is a colorless and odorless gas.
nobar
The showing of a film, typically by projecting it on a screen.
nocebo
(pharmacology, also, _, attributive) A substance which a patient experiences as harmful due to a previous negative perception, but which is in fact pharmacologically (medicinally) inactive. [from 1961]
nodus
(graph theory) A vertex or a leaf in a graph of a network, or other element in a data structure.
nokdiak
Any of the species of small spined monotremes in the family Tachyglossidae, the four extant species of which are found in Australia and southern New Guinea.
nol
Not any thing; no thing.
nomer
(linguistics) A number word, a simple or compound word for a number often having particular grammatical attributes depending on the language.
nomina
(grammar, narrowly) A word that functions as the name of a specific object or set of objects, such as person, animal, place, word, thing, phenomenon, substance, quality, or idea: one of the basic parts of speech in many languages, including English.
nomor
(countable, mathematics) An element of one of several sets: natural numbers, integers, rational numbers, real numbers, complex numbers, and sometimes extensions such as hypercomplex numbers, etc.
nomor atom
(physics, chemistry) The number of protons in an atom. Symbol: Z
nona
(often disparaging or sarcastic) Used in a mock title to point out some quality, or alleged quality, of a girl or woman.
nonbaku
(linguistics) Not conforming to the standard variety, or to the language as used by the majority of its speakers.
nonsens
Letters or words, in writing or speech, that have no meaning or pattern or seem to have no meaning.
nonstandar
(archaic) Accustomed; usual.
nori
The seaweed, chopped and formed into sheets, used in the preparation of sushi.
Norma
(constellation) An inconspicuous constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble a carpenter's square. It lies south of the constellations Scorpius and Centaurus.
normal
(set theory, of a function from the ordinals to the ordinals) Which is strictly monotonically increasing and continuous with respect to the order topology.
Norwegia
A country in Scandinavia in Northern Europe. Official name: Kingdom of Norway.
nostalgia
(transferred sense) A bittersweet yearning for the things of the past. [from 20th c.]
not
Forms nouns meaning voyager or traveller
notaris
(legal, Canada, US) A notary public, a public officer who serves as an impartial witness to the signing of important documents, but who is not authorised to practise law.
notenbalk
(music) The set of five horizontal and parallel lines on and between which musical notes are written or pointed; the staff.
notes
(computing, sometimes, attributive) A kind of user interface in literate programming, allowing calculations to be interspersed with human-readable comments, diagrams, etc.
notula
The official notes kept during a meeting.
notulen
The official notes kept during a meeting.
notulensi
The official notes kept during a meeting.
novel
A work of prose fiction, longer than a novella. [from 17th c.]
novelis
An author of novels.
November
The eleventh month of the Gregorian calendar, following October and preceding December.
Nubia
(by extension) The former polity ruling that region.
nubuat
A prediction, especially one made by a prophet or under divine inspiration.
nujuman
A prediction, especially one made by a prophet or under divine inspiration.
nukil
(transitive) To prepare a summary of work to be done and set a price; to estimate.
nukilan
A statement attributed to a person; a quotation.
nukleus
(physics) A nucleus of an atom; consisting of protons and neutrons, surrounded by an electron cloud.
nuklir
Involving energy released by nuclear reactions (fission, fusion, radioactive decay). [from 20th c.]
nuri
A kind of bird, many species of which are colorful and able to mimic human speech, of the order Psittaciformes or (narrowly) of the family Psittacidae.
nusa
(by extension, in place names) A contiguous area of land, smaller than a continent, partially surrounded by water; a peninsula; a half-island.
Nutella
A sweet spread made from hazelnuts, sugar, vegetable oils, cocoa solids and skimmed milk, generically called chocolate spread.
nutrien
A source of nourishment, such as food, that can be metabolized by an organism to give energy and build tissue.
nutrisi
That which nourishes; nutriment.
nyala
The visible part of fire; a stream of burning vapour or gas, emitting light and heat.
nyamuk
A small flying insect of the family Culicidae, the females of which bite humans and animals and suck blood, leaving an itching bump on the skin, and sometimes carrying diseases like malaria, dengue and yellow fever.
nyaris
Very close to, but not quite.
nyata
Worthy of note; significant.
nyawa
(video games) One of the player's chances to play, lost when the player's character dies or when certain mistakes are made.
nyenyak
(of sleep) Quiet and deep.
nyeri
Continued dull pain, as distinguished from sudden twinges, or spasmodic pain.
nyeri punggung
(uncountable) Backache of the lumbar region or lower back, which can be caused by muscle strain or a slipped disc.
nyiur
A fruit of the coconut palm (not a true nut), Cocos nucifera, having a fibrous husk surrounding a large seed.
Nyonya
Abbreviation of Missus or Mistress; used before an adult woman's name or surname, used for any high-status woman without regard to marital status until the 1800s, after which it began to be reserved for married, divorced and widowed women and used with their married surnames.
oase
A spring of fresh water, surrounded by a fertile region of vegetation, in a desert.
oasis
A spring of fresh water, surrounded by a fertile region of vegetation, in a desert.
obat
(uncountable, countable) A substance which specifically promotes healing when ingested or consumed in some way; a pharmaceutical drug.
obat penenang
(pharmaceutical drug) An agent or drug that sedates, having a calming or soothing effect, or inducing sleep.
obeng
A hand tool or power tool which engages with the head of a screw and allows torque to be applied to turn the screw, thus driving it in or loosening it.
obesitas
(pathology) The state of being obese.
obi
A sash worn with a kimono.
objek
A distinct physical object.
objektif
The lens or lenses of a camera, microscope, or other optical device closest to the object being examined.
oblast
A region or province in Slavic or Slavic-influenced countries.
obligasi
(finance) A documentary obligation to pay a sum or to perform a contract; a debenture.
obo
(woodwind instrument) A soprano and melody wind instrument in the modern orchestra and wind ensemble. It is a smaller instrument and generally made of grenadilla wood. It is a member of the double reed family.
obrol
To be engaged in informal conversation.
observatorium
A place where stars, planets and other celestial bodies are observed, usually through a telescope; also place for observing meteorological or other natural phenomena.
obsidian
(mineral) A type of naturally occurring black glass produced by volcanoes.
obstetri
(medicine) The care of women during and after pregnancy.
obstruksi
The condition of having the natural powers obstructed in their usual course; the arrest of the vital functions; death.
ocehan
(uncountable) Empty or silly idle talk or writing; nonsense, rubbish. [from 1782.]
Octavia
A en given name, in quiet use since the Middle Ages.
oditur
A prosecuting attorney.
odoh
Displeasing to the eye; aesthetically unpleasing.
odol
A paste, normally used with a toothbrush, for cleaning the teeth.
oferte
(countable) A price that has been quoted for buying or selling.
offside
(sports) An offside play.
ofisi
(religion) A ceremonial duty or service, particularly:
ohm
In the International System of Units, the derived unit of electrical resistance; the electrical resistance of a device across which a potential difference of one volt causes a current of one ampere.
oi
(slang) A greeting similar to hi.
Oidipus
(Greek mythology) A son of Laius and Jocasta, who unwittingly killed his father and married his mother.
oke
Endorsement; approval; acceptance; acquiescence.
oker
A somewhat dark yellowish orange colour.
oksida
(chemistry) A binary chemical compound of oxygen with another chemical element.
oksidasi
The combination of a substance with oxygen.
oksigen
The chemical element (symbol O) with an atomic number of 8 and relative atomic mass of 15.9994. It is a colorless and odorless gas.
oktagon
(geometry, also, attributively) A polygon with eight sides and eight angles.
oktober
The tenth month of the Gregorian calendar, following September and preceding November.
oktroi
A declaration issued by a government agency that the inventor of a new invention has the sole privilege of making, selling, or using the claimed invention for a specified period.
okultisme
(usually, _, with "the") Supernatural affairs.
okupansi
The act of occupying, the state of being occupied or the state of being an occupant or tenant.
olah raga
(countable, uncountable) Any activity that uses physical exertion or skills competitively under a set of rules that is not based on aesthetics.
olahan gula
A food item prepared very sweet, frequently decorated in fine detail, and often preserved with sugar, such as a candy, sweetmeat, fruit preserve, pastry, or cake.
olahraga
(countable, uncountable) Activity intended to improve physical, or sometimes mental, strength and fitness.
olahragawan
(UK) A man who engages in sports; an athlete.
olfaktori
(relational) Concerning the sense of smell.
olfaktoris
(relational) Concerning the sense of smell.
oligark
A member of an oligarchy; someone who is part of a small group that runs a country.
Olimpiade
(by, _, extension, usually, _, preceded, _) A competition aspiring to the importance of the Olympic Games or considered similar to them, especially one occurring at 4-year intervals, representing a national or international range of amateur student rather than professional adult competition, and/or requiring the highest level of ability in the field for success.
Oliver
A en given name.
om
The brother or brother-in-law of one’s parent.
Oman
A country in West Asia in the Middle East. Official name: Sultanate of Oman. Capital: Muscat.
ombak
A moving disturbance in the level of a body of liquid; an undulation.

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