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nefes vermek
(intransitive) To expel air from the lungs through the nose or mouth by action of the diaphragm, to breathe out.
nefis
(colloquial, lighthearted, often, childish) Delicious.
nefret
A strong aversion; an intense dislike.
nefret dolu
Full of hatred.
nefret edilen
Disliked; odious; reviled.
nefret etmek
(transitive) To regard (someone or something) as horrifying or detestable; to feel great repugnance toward. [First attested from around (1350 to 1470).]
nefret uyandıran
Evoking a feeling of hatred.
negatif
Not positive or neutral; bad; undesirable; unfavourable.
negatiflik
(physics) The characteristic of having a negative charge.
nekahet
recovering one's health and strength after a period of illness
nekromansi
Loosely, any sorcery or witchcraft, especially involving death or the dead, particularly sorcery involving raising or reanimating the dead.
nekropol
(chiefly, historical, also, figuratively) A cemetery; especially a large one in or near a city.
nekroz
(pathology) The localized death of cells or tissues through injury, disease, or the interruption of blood supply.
nektar
(chiefly, _, mythology) The drink of the gods. [from 16th c.]
nem
Dampness, especially that of the air.
nem, rutubet
Moisture; humidity; dampness.
Nemesis
(Greek god) The goddess of divine retribution.
nemfoman
A woman with an excessive libido.
nemfomani
Excess of sexual behaviour or desire in women.
nemfomanyak
(of a woman) Having an excessive libido.
nemli
In a state between dry and wet; moderately wet; moist.
nemlilik
The condition of being wet.
neolitik
Of or relating to the New Stone Age.
Neolitik Çağ
The period of prehistory from circa 8500 to 4500 BCE.
neon
(countable) A form or sample of the element.
neoplazma
(pathology, oncology) An abnormal new growth of disorganized tissue in animals or plants.
Nepal
A country in South Asia, located between China and India. Official name: Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal. Capital and largest city: Kathmandu.
nepotizm
The favoring of relatives (most strictly) or also personal friends (more broadly) because of their relationship rather than because of their abilities.
nerd
(slang, sometimes, _, derogatory) A person who is intellectual but generally introverted.
nerede
In, at or to the place (that) or a place (that).
nereden
(archaic, formal, or, literary) From where; from which place or source.
neredeyse
Very close to, but not quite.
nereye
In, at or to the place (that) or a place (that).
nerflemek
(transitive, slang) To arbitrarily limit or reduce the capability of.
nergis
(countable) A bulbous plant of the genus Narcissus, with yellow flowers and a trumpet shaped corona, especially Narcissus pseudonarcissus, the national flower of Wales.
Neron
Roman Emperor from 54 to 68, and the last Emperor of the Julio-Claudian dynasty.
nert
A board game for two players in which each has 15 stones which move between 24 triangular points according to the roll of a pair of dice; the object is to move all of one's pieces around, and bear them off the board.
neşe
Joy; pleasure.
neşelendirmek
(transitive, idiomatic) To make someone happier or less downcast.
neşeli
Enjoyable or amusing.
neşesiz
Without joy; unhappy, sad.
neşide
The words to a song (or other vocal music).
nesil
(countable, uncommon, possibly, dated) A generation.
nesir
Language, particularly written language, not intended as poetry.
nesli tehlikede
in danger, at risk, said of something where there is a strong possibility something bad will happen to it (for example, a species in danger of going extinct)
nesne
(object-oriented programming) An instantiation of a class or structure.
nesnel
Of or relating to a material object, actual existence or reality.
nesnellik
The state of being objective, just, unbiased, and not influenced by irrational emotions or personal prejudices.
neşretmek
(intransitive) To spread out light rays in all directions.
neşter
A sharp, pointed, two-edged surgical instrument used in venesection and for opening abscesses etc.
net
Stated with conviction.
netice
An effect; something that follows a cause as a result.
netlik
The property of being lucid; lucidness.
Neva
A river in Russia, on which the Saint Petersburg city is placed.
Neva Nehri
A river in Russia, on which the Saint Petersburg city is placed.
Nevada
A state in the western United States. Capital: Carson City. Largest city: Las Vegas.
nevale
(slang) Food, especially convenience snack foods.
nevazil
(countable, pathology) A common, usually harmless, usually viral illness, usually with congestion of the nasal passages and sometimes fever.
nevmit
Giving no ground of hope; promising nothing desirable; desperate.
nevralji
(pathology, neurology) An acute, severe, intermittent pain that radiates along a nerve.
nevroz
(dated, pathology, ;, current in, _, psychology, and) A mental disorder, less severe than psychosis, marked by anxiety or fear which differ from normal measures by their intensity, which disorder results from a failure to compromise or properly adjust during the developmental stages of life, between normal human instinctual impulses and the demands of human society. [from the 1700s]
ney
(music) A type of endblown flute.
neyse
(obsolete) In any way. [16th–19th c.]
neyse ki
It is (or was, etc) fortunate that.
nezaket
Speech or behaviour that is fit for civil interactions; politeness, courtesy. [from 16th c.]
nezaret
Close observation of an individual or group; person or persons under suspicion.
nezle
(countable, pathology) A common, usually harmless, usually viral illness, usually with congestion of the nasal passages and sometimes fever.
Nice
A coastal city, the capital of Alpes-Maritimes department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeast France.
nicel
Of a measurements and data types: based on some quantity or number rather than on some quality.
niceleme
(logic) An operator, such as the universal quantifier (written as ∀) or the existential quantifier (∃), used in predicate calculus to indicate the degree that predicate is true for a specified set.
nicem
(physics) The smallest possible, and therefore indivisible, unit of a given quantity or quantifiable phenomenon. [from 20th c.]
niçin
(archaic) Because of which.
nida
(grammar) An exclamation or filled pause; a word or phrase with no particular grammatical relation to a sentence, often an expression of emotion.
nifak
(uncountable) Strife; discord.
nihale
A stand, sometimes with short, stumpy feet, or a mat used to support hot dishes and protect a table; a coaster.
nihayet
(idiomatic) In the end; finally; ultimately.
nihilizm
(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.
Nijerli
A person from Niger or of Nigerien descent.
Nijerya
A country in West Africa, south of the country of Niger. Official name: Federal Republic of Nigeria. Capital: Abuja. Largest city: Lagos. Currency: naira (₦).
Nijeryalı
A person from Nigeria or of Nigerian descent.
nikâh
The state of being married. [from 14th c.]
nikahlanmak
(transitive) To unite in wedlock or matrimony; to perform the ceremony of joining spouses; to bring about a marital union according to the laws or customs of a place. [from 16th c.]
Nikaragua
A country in Central America. Official name: Republic of Nicaragua. Capitalː Managua.
nikbin
A person who expects a favourable outcome.
Nike
(Greek god) The goddess of victory and triumph; Athena's companion.
nikel
(uncountable) A silvery elemental metal with an atomic number of 28 and symbol Ni.
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.
nilüfer
A kind of aquatic plant, genus Nelumbo in the family Nelumbonaceae.
nimfomanyak
A woman with an excessive libido.
nimonik
Something (especially a series of ideas, letters, words, etc.) used to help in remembering a thing; a memory aid.
nine
A mother of someone's parent.
ninik
A small figure resembling a human being that is used as a toy.
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.
ninni
A cradlesong, a soothing song to calm children or lull them to sleep.
Nintendo
(video games) A Nintendo Entertainment System, or other video game system made by Nintendo.
nirengi
(uncountable, surveying) A technique in which distances and directions are estimated from an accurately measured baseline and the principles of trigonometry; (countable) an instance of the use of this technique.
Niş
A city, the administrative centre of Nišava district, southern Serbia.
nisan
The fourth month of the Gregorian calendar, following March and preceding May.
nişancı
A man or person skilled at hitting targets, as with a firearm, bow, or thrown object.
nişanlı
A man who is engaged to be married; the man to whom one is engaged; an intended.
nisap
The minimum number of members required for a group to officially conduct business and to cast votes, often but not necessarily a majority or supermajority.
nişasta
(countable) Any of various starch-like substances used as a laundry stiffener.
nisyan
The state of being completely forgotten, of being reduced to a state of non-existence, extinction, or nothingness, including through war and destruction. (Figuratively) for an area like hell, a wasteland.
nitel
Of descriptions or distinctions based on some quality rather than on some quantity.
niteleyen
(grammar, of a clause, not comparable) dependent on and either modifying or complementing the main clause
nitelik
An attribute or abstract quality associated with an individual, object or concept.
nitrat
(chemistry) Any salt or ester of nitric acid.
nitrojen
(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.
niye
(interrogative) For what cause, reason, or purpose.
niyet
Intention or plot.
niyet etmek
(ambitransitive, usually followed by particle "to" + verb, or "on"/"upon" + noun) To fix the mind upon (something, or something to be accomplished); be intent upon
niyetlenmek
To intend. [(usually) with to (+ infinitive)]
niyetli
Intent; focused; showing a lot of concentration.
nizamî
Regularly; at the proper time.
nöbet
(medicine) A sudden change in the course of a disease, usually at which point the patient is expected to either recover or die.
nöbetçi
A sentry, watch, or guard.
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]
Noel
(originally, Christianity) A festival or holiday commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ and incorporating various Christian, pre-Christian, pagan, and secular customs, which in Western Christianity is celebrated on December 25 (Christmas Day) in most places.
nohut
A seed of this plant, often used as a food.
noksan
Not perfect,
nokta
Anything small and like a speck comparatively; a small portion or specimen.
noktalama
A set of symbols and marks which are used to clarify meaning in text by separating strings of words into clauses, phrases and sentences; examples include commas, hyphens, and stops (periods).
noktalamak
(transitive) To add punctuation to.
noktürnal
(of a person, creature, group, or species) Primarily active during the night.
noosfer
The sphere of human reason, thought, and consciousness, seen as a theoretical evolutionary stage.
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.
normal bir şekilde
In the expected or customary manner.
normalde
Under normal conditions or circumstances; usually; most of the time
normallik
(US) The state of being normal; the fact of being normal; normality.
Norman
A member of the mixed Scandinavian and Frankish peoples who, in the 11th century, were a major military power in Western Europe and who conquered the English in 1066.
nörolog
A doctor or scientist who practices or specializes in neurology.
nöroloji
The branch of medicine that deals with the disorders of nervous system including the brain and spinal cord of the central nervous system and the nerves, muscles, and neuromuscular junction of the peripheral nervous system.
nöron
(cytology) A cell of the nervous system which conducts nerve impulses; a neuron.
nöropsikoloji
A branch of neurology and of clinical psychology that investigates the physiological basis of psychological processes.
Nors
Of or relating to the people, language and culture of Scandinavia.
Norsça
Of or relating to the North Germanic group of languages.
Norveç
A country in Scandinavia in Northern Europe. Official name: Kingdom of Norway.
Norveççe
(uncountable) The language of Norway, which has two official forms (written standards): Bokmål and Nynorsk.
Norveçli
A native of Norway.
nostalji
(transferred sense) A bittersweet yearning for the things of the past. [from 20th c.]
nostaljik
Of, having, or relating to nostalgia.
nosyon
Mental apprehension of whatever may be known, thought, or imagined; idea, concept.
not
Forms nouns meaning voyager or traveller
not almak
(transitive) To record in writing; to make a memorandum of.
not defteri
(computing, sometimes, attributive) A kind of user interface in literate programming, allowing calculations to be interspersed with human-readable comments, diagrams, etc.
not etmek
(transitive) To record in writing; to make a memorandum of.
nota
A brief remark; a marginal comment or explanation; hence, an annotation on a text or author; a comment; a critical, explanatory, or illustrative observation.
nota değeri
(music) The relative duration of a musical note.
notebook
(computing) Ellipsis of notebook computer (“laptop computer”).
noter
(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.

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