Words that start with N

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.

Nectar is the sweet, sticky stuff found in the centre of flowers. It is there to attract insects like bees to the flowers so the bees will pollinate the flowers. Bees use the nectar to make honey, most other birds and insects just eat the nectar as they find it.

A needle is a small piece of metal that is sharp at one end and has a hole, or eye, at the other end. You thread the needle using very fine cotton thread, and use the needle to stitch things together. The type of needle that is used for giving injections is called a syringe.

Your neighbors, also spelt neighbour are people who live close to you. People who live in the house next to you are called your next door neighbors. Some people do not like their neighbors, other people find their neighbors make very good friends.

Neptune is the eighth planet from the sun. It was discovered by mathematical predictions, not with a telescope. Neptune has 13 moons; the largest is called Triton. Neptune is 4,498,252,900km from the Sun. Its radius is 24,764km.