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10 Language-to-English DictionariesNursemaid
A female servant employed to care for young children in a household.
Nursing
The profession or occupation of a nurse devoted to the care of the sick and injured.
Nursing home
A private residential facility that provides medical, nursing, and rehabilitative care for elderly or chronically ill persons who can no longer care for themselves at home.
Nutate
To nod, sway, or oscillate, especially in a periodic or circular motion, as a growing plant shoot or a planet's axis.
Nutrition
The process of providing or obtaining the food necessary for health and growth.
Nuzzle
To press or rub affectionately against someone or something with the nose or face.
nanotechnology
The branch of technology that deals with dimensions and tolerances of less than 100 nanometers, especially the manipulation of individual atoms and molecules.
narrator
A person who narrates something, especially a character who recounts the events of a novel or narrative poem.
nationalism
Identification with and devotion to the interests of one's nation, often involving the belief that one's nation is superior to all others.
navigator
A person who steers, directs, or plots the course of a ship, aircraft, or vehicle.
ne'er-do-well
A lazy, irresponsible person who achieves nothing worthwhile.
nebula
A cloud of gas and dust in outer space, visible in the night sky either as an indistinct bright patch or as a dark silhouette.