Words that start with N

There are nine sunglasses in the picture. The number before nine is eight. The number that comes after nine is ten.

Nails are small pieces of metal with one sharp end and one end that is flat. You use nails to stick things to other things, like nailing a piece of wood to another piece of wood. You use a hammer to hit the flat end of the nails with to push them through something.

Nail varnish, sometimes called nail polish, is a kind of special paint that you put on your fingernails or toenails to make them look pretty.

A nap, sometimes called a kip, snooze or siesta, is a short sleep, usually in the middle of the day after lunch.

A gap between two things is narrow if the two things are quite close together and there is not a lot of room between them. The street in the picture is very narrow. The opposite of narrow is wide.

Nasturtiums are a common plant grown for their pretty flowers. Nasturtium's leaves and flowers are edible and can be used in salads. Nasturtiums attract good insects to the garden and repel bad ones like some caterpillars and are often grown as companion plants around a vegetable garden.

Some people call a kind of watercress a nasturtium.

Nausea is a very bad sick feeling in your stomach, like you want to vomit.

People generally get nausea when they are pregnant, have food poisoning or other poisoning or when they are sick.

Something is neat if it is clean, ordered, and nice to look at.

The opposite of neat is messy.

The woman in the picture has very neat hair.

Your neck is between your head and your body. Your neck is sometimes called your throat. It has several bones in it, and can turn in a variety of directions. People like to wear jewellery around their necks.

A necklace is a pretty piece of jewellery that is worn around the neck. Necklaces are usually made of chain, or a string threaded with beads. Sometimes a pretty pendant is hung from the necklace.