Terms from Mortgage to Nonlinear Physics
- Mortgage
- Mortimer J(erome) Adler Biography (1902–2001)
- Morton (Livingston) Schamberg Biography (1881–1918)
- Morton Coutts Biography (1904–2004)
- Morton Gould Biography (1913–96)
- Mosaic
- Mosasaurus
- Moschatel
- Moscow (Russ Moskva)
- Moscow Art Theatre
- Moselle, River (Ger Moselancient Mosella)
- Mosen Jacinto Verdaguer Biography (1845–1902)
- Moses Biography (c.13th-c BC)
- Moses (Eugene) Malone Biography (1954– )
- Moses (Gerrish) Farmer Biography (1820–93)
- Moses (Newell) Combs Biography (1753–1834)
- Moses Asch Biography (1905–86) (known as Moe)
- Moses Austin Biography (1761–1821)
- Moses Ben Jacob Ben Ezra Biography (c.1055–c.1138)
- Moses Ben Nachman Biography (1194–c.1270) (also known as Nachmanides)
- Moses Brown Biography (1738–1836)
- Moses Embree Milner Biography (1829–76) (known as California Joe)
- Moses Fleetwood Walker Biography (1856–1924)
- Moses Gomberg Biography (1866–1947)
- Moses H(erman) Cone Biography (1857–1908)
- Moses Hadas Biography (1890–1966)
- Moses Koenigsberg Biography (1878–1945)
- Moses Kotane Biography (1905–78)
- Moses Maimonides Biography (1135/8–1204) (originally Moses ben Maimon)
- Moses Mendelssohn Biography (1729–86)
- Moses Mielziner Biography (1828–1903)
- Moses Soyer Biography (1899–1974)
- Moses Stuart Biography (1780–1852)
- Moses Taylor Biography (1806–82)
- Moses Yale Beach Biography (1800–68)
- Moshe Dayan Biography (1915–81)
- Moshe Feinstein Biography (1895–1986)
- Moshoeshoe Biography (c.1796–1870) (also spelled Mshweshwe)
- Moshoeshoe II Biography (1938–96) (originally Constantine Bereng Seeiso)
- Moskauer Vertrag (also known as Deutsch-Sowjetischer Vertrag)
- Mosquito (also known as gnat)
- Mosquito Coast
- Moss
- Moss Hart Biography (1904–61)
- Mossi
- Mostaganem
- Mosul
- Motet
- Moth
- Mother Bailey Biography (1758–1851) (popular name of Anna Baileynée Warner)
- Mother Clare Joseph Dickenson Biography (1755–1830)
- Mother Joseph Biography (1823–1902) (originally Esther Pariseau)
- Mother Katharine Mary Drexel Biography (1858–1955)
- Mother Lode
- Mother Mary Baptist Russell Biography (1829–98) (originally Katherine Russell)
- Mother Mary Francis Xavier Warde Biography (1810–84) (originally Frances Teresa Warde)
- Mother Shipton Biography (1488–c.1560) (popular name of Ursula Southiel)
- Mother Teresa (of Calcutta) Biography (1910–97) (originally Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu)
- Mother's Day
- Mother-in-law's-tongue
- Motherese
- Motherwell
- Motilal Nehru Biography (1861–1931)
- Motmot
- Moto-cross
- Motonobu Kano Biography (1476–1559)
- Motor Insurance
- Motor Neurone Disease
- Motor Racing
- Motorcycle
- Motorcycle Racing
- Motorcycle Trials
- Motown
- Motte And Bailey
- Mouflon
- Mould
- Moulins
- Moulting
- Mount Athos (Gr Ayíon Oros)
- Mount Graham International Observatory
- Mount Li
- Mount Vernon
- Mount Wilson Observatory
- Mountain
- Mountain Avens
- Mountain Beaver
- Mountain Laurel
- Mountain, The
- Mountaineering
- Mounties
- Mourne Mountains
- Mourning Dove Biography (1888–1936) (originally Humishima or Christine Quintasket)
- Mourning Dove
- Mouse (computing)
- Mouse (zoology)
- Mousterian
- Mouth
- Mouthbrooder
- Movement
- Movietone
- Movimento Sociale Italiano (MSI) (Eng Italian Social Movement)
- Moxibustion
- Mozambique
- Mozárabes (Arabic must'arab (‘one who has become Arabicized’))
- Moïse Valentin Biography (1591–1632) (also known as Valentin de Boulogne)
- Mpumalanga ((Swati ‘land of the rising sun’))
- Mrs A(braham) H(olmes) Hoge Biography (1811–90) (née Jane Currie Blaikie)
- Mrs Cibber Biography (1714–66) (née Susannah Maria Arne)
- Mrs Maria Anne Fitzherbert Biography (1756–1837) (née Smythe)
- Mrs Patrick Campbell Biography (1865–1940) (née Beatrice Stella Tanner)
- Mrs Russell Sage Biography (1828–1918) (née Margaret Olivia Slocum)
- MS Access
- MS Excel
- MS Word
- MS-DOS
- Mstislav (Vsevoldvich) Keldysh Biography (1911–78)
- Mstislav Leopoldovich Rostropovich Biography (1927– )
- Muawiyah I Biography (c.602–680)
- Mucous Membrane
- Muddy Waters Biography (1915–83) (originally McKinley Morganfield)
- Mudhopper
- Mudlark
- Mudpuppy
- Mudéjares (Arabic mudajjan)
- Muesli
- Muezzin
- Mufti
- Mufulira
- Mugger
- Mughal Or Mogul Empire
- Mugwort
- Mugwump ((Algonkin Indian ‘great chief’))
- Muhammad Ali Biography (1942– ) (originally Cassius (Marcellus) ClayJr)
- Muhammad Ali Jinnah Biography (1876–1948)
- Muhammad Yunus Biography (1940– )
- Muhammad Zia Ul-Haq Biography (1924–88)
- Muharram
- Muiderkring (Eng Circle of Muiden)
- Mujahideen ((‘holy warriors’))
- Mujtahid
- Muladí (Arabic muwalladi (‘mixed Arab and foreign’))
- Mulberry
- Mule (textiles)
- Mule (zoology)
- Mulhacén
- Mulhouse
- Mulk Raj Anand Biography (1905–2004)
- Mullah ((Arabic‘master’))
- Mullein
- Mullingar (Ir Muileann Cearr)
- Multan
- Multatuli Biography (1820–87) (pseudonym of Eduard Douwes Dekker)
- Multicultural Education
- Multilateralism
- Multimedia (computing)
- Multimedia (projection)
- Multiple Sclerosis
- Multiple Star
- Multiplexer
- Multipolarity
- Mumbai (official name (1995) of Bombay)
- Mummers
- Mumps
- Muncie
- Munda
- Mundare
- Mung Bean
- Mungo Park Biography (1771–1806)
- Munich (Ger München)
- Munich Agreement
- Munich Putsch
- Munsell Color System
- Munster
- Muntjac Or Muntjak
- Muon
- Murad, Ferid Biography (1936– )
- Mural
- Murcia
- Murcia (region)
- Murder
- Muret
- Murex
- Muriel Rukeyser Biography (1913–80)
- Muriel Siebert Biography (?1930– )
- Murmansk (formerly Romanov-na-Murmane (to 1917))
- Murray Cod
- Murray Gell-Mann Biography (1929– )
- Murray Hone Ball Biography (1939– )
- Murray Perahia Biography (1947– )
- Murray River
- Murree
- Murrumbidgee River
- Mururoa
- Musaceae
- Musaeus Grammaticus Biography (5th–6th-c)
- Musca ((Lat ‘fly’))
- Muscarine
- Muscat (Arabic Masqat)
- Muscle
- Muscovy Duck
- Muscular Dystrophy
- Muses
- Musette
- Museum Of Modern Art (New York City)
- Musgrave Ranges
- Mushroom
- Music
- Music Hall
- Music Theatre
- Musical
- Musical Comedy
- Musical Glasses
- Musical Instruments
- Musical Notation
- Musicology
- Musique Concrète
- Musk
- Musk Deer
- Musk Ox
- Muskeg
- Muskellunge
- Musket
- Muskogee
- Muskrat
- Muslim Brotherhood
- Mussel
- Mustang
- Mustard
- Mustard Gas
- Mustelidae
- Musée D'Orsay
- Mutation
- Mute Swan
- Mutsuhito Biography (1852–1912) (Meiji Tenno)
- Muttonbird
- Mutualism
- Muzio Clementi Biography (1752–1832)
- MX Missile
- My Lai Incident
- Myall Creek Massacre
- Myanmar (formerly (to 1989) Burma)
- Myasthenia Gravis
- Mycenae
- Mycenaean / Mycenean Art
- Mycenaean / Mycenean Civilization
- Mycetoma
- Mycology
- Mycorrhiza
- Myelin
- Myeloma
- Myles Standish Biography (c.1584–1656)
- Mynah / Myna
- Myocardial Infarction
- Myra Bradwell Biography (1831–94) (née Colby)
- Myriapoda
- Myrmidons
- Myrna Loy Biography (1905–93) (originally Myrna Williams)
- Myron Biography (fl.c.480–440 BC)
- Myron S Scholes Biography (1941– )
- Myrrh (shrub)
- Myrtle
- Mysore
- Mystery Play
- Mystery Religions
- Mysticism
- Mythology
- Myxoedema / Myxedema
- Myxomatosis
- Máirtín O Cadhain Biography (1906–70) (Eng Martin Kane)
- Málaga
- Mátyás Seiber Biography (1905–60)
- Mâcon
- Mälar, Lake (Swed Mälaren)
- Médecins Sans Frontières ((‘Doctors Without Borders’))
- Médoc
- Mélusine Or Mélisande
- Ménière's Disease
- Mérida
- Métis
- Mílos Jakes Biography (1922– )
- Möbius Strip
- Mössbauer Effect
- Münchener Räterepublik
- Münchhausen's Syndrome
- Münster
- Münster, Treaty Of (Dutch MünsterVrede van)
- Müritz, Lake (Ger Müritz-See)
- N David Mermin Biography (1935– )
- N'djamena (formerly Fort Lamy)
- N(avarre) Scott Momaday Biography (1934– )
- N(ewell) C(onvers) Wyeth Biography (1883–1945)
- N(ikolai) F(rederik) S(everin) Grundtvig Biography (1783–1872)
- N(orman) F(rederick) Simpson Biography (1919– )
- Naas (Ir Nás na Riogh)
- Nabih Berri Biography (1938– )
- Nablus
- Nacho Duato Biography (1957– )
- Nadar Biography (1820–1910) (pseudonym of Gaspard Félix Tournachon)
- Nadia Boulanger Biography (1887–1979)
- Nadia Comaneci Biography (1961– )
- Nadine Gordimer Biography (1923– )
- Nadine Trintignant Biography (1934– )
- Nadir
- Nafud
- Nag Hammadi Texts
- Nagaland
- Nagarjuna Biography (c.150–c.250)
- Nagasaki
- Nagorno-Karabakh (Russ Nagorno-Karabakhskaya)
- Nagoya
- Nagpur
- Naguib Mahfouz Biography (1911–2006)
- Nahanni
- Nahum Biography (7th-c BC)
- Nahum Goldmann Biography (1895–1982)
- Nahum Tate Biography (1652–1715)
- Nahum, Book Of
- Naiad
- Nails
- Nairobi
- Nalón, River
- Namaqualand
- Namib Desert
- Namibe (formerly Moçâmedes (until 1982))
- Namibia (formerly Southwest Africa (to 1968)earlier German South-West Africa)
- Namur (Flemish Namen)
- Nana Mouskouri Biography (1934– )
- Nana Sahib Biography (c.1820–c.1859) (originally Brahmin Dundhu Panth)
- Nanak Biography (1469–1539) (known as Guru Nanak)
- NANC
- Nanchang Or Nan-ch'ang
- Nancy
- Nancy (Freeman) Mitford Biography (1904–73)
- Nancy (Stevenson) Graves Biography (1940–95)
- Nancy Bayley Biography (1899–1994)
- Nancy Friday Biography (1937– )
- Nancy Hale Biography (1908–88)
- Nancy Lopez Biography (1957– )
- Nancy Newhall Biography (1908–74) (née Parker)
- Nancy Reagan Biography (1923– ) (née Davis)
- Nancy Spero Biography (1926– )
- Nancy Willard Biography (1936– )
- Nanette Newman Biography (1934– )
- Nanjing
- Nanni Balestrini Biography (1935– )
- Nanning Or Nan-ning
- Nanotechnology
- Nantes (Breton Naonedancient Condivincumlater Namnetes)
- Nantes, Edict Of
- Nantucket ((Algonquian ‘narrow-tidal-river-at’))
- Nantwich
- Nanzi-verhalen (Eng Nanzi stories)
- Naomi ((Heb ‘my delight’))
- Naomi (Mary Margaret) Mitchison Biography (1897–1999) (née Haldane)
- Naomi Uemura Biography (1942–84)
- Nap Rucker Biography (1884–1970) (popular name of George Napoleon Rucker)
- Nap(oleon) Lajoie Biography (1874–1959)
- Napalm
- Napata
- Naphtali, Tribe Of
- Naphtha
- Naphthalene
- Naphthol
- Napier
- Naples (Ital NapoliLat Neapolis)
- Napoleon I Biography (1769–1821) (Fr Napoléon BonaparteItal Napoleone Buonaparte)
- Napoleon II Biography (1811–32) (in full François Charles Joseph Bonaparte)
- Napoleon III Biography (1808–73) (until 1852 Louis Napoleonoriginally Charles Louis Napoleon Bonaparte)
- Napoleon Joseph Charles Paul Bonaparte Biography (1822–91)
- Napoleone Colajanni Biography (1847–1921)
- Napoleonic Wars
- Nappe
- Nara
- Nara Period
- Narayanganj
- Narbonne
- Narciso Del Campillo Biography (1835–1900)
- Narciso Sáenz Díaz Serra Biography (1830–77)
- Narciso Yepes Biography (1927–97)
- Narcissism
- Narcissus
- Narcissus
- Narcolepsy
- Narcotics
- Narcís Oller Biography (1845–1930)
- Narmada (or NarbadaRiver)
- Narnia
- Narses Biography (c.478–573)
- Narthex
- Narvik
- Narwhal
- NASA (National Aeronautics And Space Administration)
- Naseby, Battle Of
- Nashville–Davidson (commonly Nashvillenickname Music CityUSA)
- Nasik
- Nassau (Bahamas)
- Nassau (European History)
- Nasser Hussain Biography (1968– )
- Nasser, Lake (Arabic Buheiret en-Naser)
- Nastic Movement
- Nasturtium
- Nasîb Arîda Biography (1887–1946)
- Nat Gould Biography (1857–1919) (popular name of Nathaniel Gould)
- Nat King Cole Biography (1919–65) (originally Nathaniel Adams Colefamily name formerly Coles)
- Nat Turner Biography (1800–31)
- Nat(han) Holman Biography (1896–1995)
- Natal (Brazil)
- Natalia (Romanovna) Makarova Biography (1940– )
- Natalia Bessmertnova Biography (1941– )
- Natalia Ginzburg Biography (1916–91) (née Levi)
- Natalia Sergeyevna Goncharova Biography (1881–1962)
- Natalie (Ann) Zemon Davis Biography (1928– )
- Natalie Clifford Barney Biography (1876–1972)
- Natalie Curtis Biography (1875–1921)
- Natalie De Blois Biography (1921– )
- Natalie Wood Biography (1938–81) (originally Natasha Nikolaevna Zacharenko-Gurdin)
- Natalino Sapegno Biography (1901–90)
- Natan Shcharansky Biography (1948– ) (originally Anatoly Borisovich Shcharansky)
- Nataraja
- Natassja Kinski Biography (1960– )
- Natchez Trace
- Nathalie Baye Biography (1948– )
- Nathalie Sarraute Biography (1902–99) (née Nathalie Ilyanova Tcherniak)
- Nathan (Mironovich) Milstein Biography (1904–92)
- Nathan Appleton Biography (1779–1861)
- Nathan Bedford Forrest Biography (1821–77)
- Nathan Clifford Biography (1803–81)
- Nathan Cook Meeker Biography (1817–79)
- Nathan Dane Biography (1752–1835)
- Nathan F(arragut) Twining Biography (1897–1982)
- Nathan Field Biography (1587–?1619)
- Nathan Glazer Biography (1923– )
- Nathan Hale Biography (1755–76)
- Nathan Handwerker Biography (1891–1974)
- Nathan Or Nathaniel Bailey Biography (?–1742)
- Nathan Read Biography (1750–1849)
- Nathan Smith Biography (1762–1829)
- Nathan Smith Davis Biography (1817–1904)
- Nathan Straus Biography (1848–1931)
- Nathan Söderblom Biography (1866–1931) (in full Lars Olof Jonathan Söderblom)
- Nathan W(ard) Ackerman Biography (1909–71)
- Nathanael Biography (fl.1st-c) ((Heb ‘God has given’))
- Nathanael Greene Biography (1742–86)
- Nathanael West Biography (1903–40) (pseudonym of Nathan Wallenstein Weinstein)
- Nathaniel (Jarvis) Wyeth Biography (1802–56)
- Nathaniel (Southgate) Shaler Biography (1841–1906)
- Nathaniel Bacon Biography (1647–76)
- Nathaniel Benchley Biography (1915–81)
- Nathaniel Bowditch Biography (1773–1838)
- Nathaniel Brown Palmer Biography (1799–1877) (popularly known as Captain Nat)
- Nathaniel Chipman Biography (1752–1843)
- Nathaniel Currier Biography (1813–88)
- Nathaniel Hawthorne Biography (1804–64)
- Nathaniel Hurd Biography (1729/30–77)
- Nathaniel L(ord) Britton Biography (1859–1934)
- Nathaniel Lee Biography (c.1649–92)
- Nathaniel Lyon Biography (1818–61)
- Nathaniel Macon Biography (1757–1837)
- Nathaniel Morton Biography (1613–85)
- Nathaniel Parker Willis Biography (1806–67) (pseudonyms RoyCassiusPhilip Slingsby)
- Nathaniel Pitt Langford Biography (1832–1911)
- Nathaniel Prentiss Banks Biography (1816–94)
- Nathaniel Thayer Biography (1808–83)
- Nathaniel Ward Biography (?1578–1652)
- Nathaniel William Taylor Biography (1786–1858)
- Nationaal-Socialistische Beweging (NSB)
- National Academy Of Design
- National Accounts
- National Anthem
- National Association For The Advancement Of Colored People (NAACP)
- National Audubon Society
- National Basketball Association (NBA)
- National Council Of The Churches Of Christ In The USA
- National Curriculum
- National Debt
- National Economic Development Council (NEDC) (nickname Neddy)
- National Front (NF)
- National Gallery
- National Gallery Of Art
- National Gallery Of Australia
- National Geographic Society
- National Grid Reference System
- National Guard
- National Health Service (NHS)
- National Heritage Memorial Fund
- National Hockey League
- National Income
- National Institute Of Standards And Technology (NIST)
- National Insurance
- National League
- National Library Of Australia
- National Library Of Wales
- National Museum Of Photography, Film, And Television
- National Park
- National Party (Australia)
- National Physical Laboratory (NPL)
- National Portrait Gallery
- National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO)
- National Road
- National Savings
- National Security Adviser
- National Security Council
- National Society For The Prevention Of Cruelty To Children (NSPCC)
- National Theatre
- National Trust
- National Youth Ballet
- National-Demokratische Partei Deutschlands (NDPD)
- Nationaldemokratische Partei Deutschlands (NPD)
- Nationale Front Der DDR
- Nationale Volksarmee (NVA)
- Nationalism
- Nationalization
- Nationalliberale Partei
- Nationalsozialer Verein
- Native American Church
- Nativity, The
- NATO
- Natterjack
- Natufian
- Natural Childbirth
- Natural Gas
- Natural History Museum
- Natural Justice
- Natural Law (philosophy)
- Natural Law (science)
- Natural Selection
- Natural Units
- Naturalism
- Naturalistic Fallacy
- Nature Reserve
- Naturopathy
- Natyashastra
- Naugatuck
- Naukratis
- Naum Gabo Biography (1890–1977) (originally Naum Neemia Pevsner)
- Nauru
- Nausicaa
- Nautilus
- Navajo Or Navaho
- Navan (Gaelic An Uaimh)
- Navaratri
- Navarre (Span Navarra)
- Nave
- Navier–Stokes Equation
- Navigation
- Navigation Acts
- Navigation Satellite
- Navy
- Nawab Of Pataudi, Iftikhar Ali Biography (1910–52)
- Nawab Of Pataudi, Mansur Ali Biography (1941– )
- Naxos
- Nazarene, Church Of The
- Nazarenes (art)
- Nazarenes (religion)
- Nazareth (Hebrew Nazerat)
- Nazario Sauro Biography (1880–1916)
- Nazca
- Naze, The (Norwegian Lindesnes)
- Nazi Party
- Ndebele (or Matabele)
- Ndola
- Neagh, Lough
- Neal Dow Biography (1804–97)
- Neanderthal Man
- Neap Tide
- Near Earth Object (NEO)
- Near-death Experience (NDE)
- Nearchus Biography (4th-c BC)
- Neath And Port Talbot (Welsh Castell-Nedd a Phort Talbot)
- Neblina, Pico Da
- Nebraska
- Nebuchadnezzar II Biography (c.630–562 BC) (also spelled Nebuchadrezzar)
- Nebula
- Neck
- Nectar
- Nectarine
- Ned Kelly Biography (1855–80) (popular name of Edward Kelly)
- Ned Ludd Biography (fl.1779)
- Ned Rorem Biography (1923– )
- Ned Sherrin Biography (1931– ) (popular name of Edward George Sherrin)
- Nederduytsche Academie (Eng ‘Low German Academy’)
- Nederlandse Handel-Maatschappij (NHM)
- Nederlandse Unie
- Nederlandse Volksbeweging
- Nedersticht
- Needlefish
- Nefertiti Biography (14th-c BC)
- Negative
- Negative Income Tax
- Negeri Sembilan
- Negev
- Negligence
- Negoiul, Mount
- Negro, River (Argentina) ((Span Río))
- Negro, River (Brazil) ((Port Rio))
- Nehemiah Biography (5th-c BC)
- Nehemiah Grew Biography (1641–1712)
- Nehemiah, Book Of
- Neidhart Biography (c.1180–c.1240) (known as N von Reuenthal)
- Neil (Alden) Armstrong Biography (1930– )
- Neil (Hosler) McElroy Biography (1904–72)
- Neil (Miller) Gunn Biography (1891–1973)
- Neil (Percival) Young Biography (1945– )
- Neil Bissoondath Biography (1955– )
- Neil J(oseph) Smelser Biography (1930– )
- Neil Jordan Biography (1950– )
- Nekton
- Nel Benschop Biography (1918– )
- Nell Gwyn Or Gwynne Biography (c.1650–87) (popular name of Eleanor Gwyn)
- Nelleke Noordervliet Biography (1945– )
- Nellie (Letitia) McClung Biography (1873–1951) (née Mooney)
- Nellie Bly Biography (c.1865–1922) (pseudonym of Elizabeth Seamannée Cochrane)
- Nellie Ross Biography (?1876–1977) (née Tayloe)
- Nelly (Leonie) Sachs Biography (1891–1970)
- Nels Christian Nelson Biography (1875–1964)
- Nelson (Appleton) Miles Biography (1839–1925)
- Nelson (Rolihlahla) Mandela Biography (1918– )
- Nelson A(ldrich) Rockefeller Biography (1908–79)
- Nelson Algren Biography (1909–81) (originally Nelson Ahlgren Abraham)
- Nelson Dingley Biography (1832–99)
- Nelson Eddy Biography (1901–67)
- Nelson Glueck Biography (1900–71)
- Nelson Goodman Biography (1906–98)
- Nelson Lakes
- Nelson Morris Biography (1838–1907)
- Nelson Piquet Biography (1952– ) (originally Nelson Souto Maior)
- Nelson Riddle Biography (1921–87)
- Nelson Trusler Johnson Biography (1887–1954)
- Nelson W(ilmarth) Aldrich Biography (1841–1915)
- Neltje De Graff Doubleday Biography (1865–1918)
- Nematode
- Nemesia
- Nemesis
- Nemrut Dag
- Nenagh
- Nenets
- Nennius Biography (fl.796)
- Neo-Freudian
- Neo-ghibellinism
- Neo-guelphism
- Neo-Kantianism
- Neo-Keynesianism Or New Keynesianism
- Neo-Malthusianism
- Neo-Marxism
- Neo-Thomism
- Neoclasicismo (literature) ((Eng ‘neoclassicism’))
- Neoclassicism (art And Architecture)
- Neoclassicism (literature)
- Neoclassicism (music)
- Neoexpressionism
- Neofascism
- Neolithic
- Neologism
- Neon
- Neoplasticism
- Neoplatonism
- Neoptolemus
- Neorealism
- Neorealisme
- Neosho
- Neoteny
- Nepal
- Nephanalysis ((Gr nephos ‘cloud’))
- Nephrotic Syndrome
- Neptune (astronomy)
- Neptune (mythology)
- Nereid
- Nereid
- Nereus
- Nergal
- Neri Corsini Biography (1771–1845)
- Neritic Zone
- Nero Biography (37–68) (in full Nero Claudius Caesaroriginally Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus)
- Nero Claudius Drusus Germanicus Biography (39–9 BC) (also known as Drusus the Elder)
- Nerve Gas
- Nerve Growth Factor (NGF)
- Nervous System
- Nescio Biography (1882–1961) (pseudonym of J H F Grönloh)
- Nesebar
- Ness, Loch
- Nest
- Nestor
- Nestorians
- Nestorius Biography (?–c.451)
- Netball
- Netherlands Antilles
- Netherlands East Indies
- Netherlands Guyana (Dutch Nederlands Guyana)
- Netherlands West Indies (Dutch Nederlands West-Indië)
- Netherlands, Austrian And Spanish
- Netherlands, The
- Nettie Palmer Biography (1885–1964) (popular name of Janet Gertrude Palmer Higgins)
- Network Topology
- Neuchâtel (Ger Neuenburg)
- Neuchâtel, Lake ((Fr Lac de))
- Neue Heimat-Gruppe
- Neues Forum
- Neuilly-sur-Seine
- Neunkirchen
- Neural Network
- Neuralgia
- Neurasthenia
- Neurohormone
- Neurolinguistic Programming (NLP)
- Neurolinguistics
- Neurology
- Neuromantik (also called (in Germany) Symbolismus)
- Neurone / Neuron
- Neuropathology
- Neuropathy
- Neurophysiology
- Neuropsychology
- Neuroptera
- Neurosis
- Neurotoxins
- Neurotransmitter
- Neustrien
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- Nicias Biography (?–413 BC)
- Nick Faldo Biography (1957– ) (popular name of Nicholas Alexander Faldo)
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- Nick Park Biography (1958– ) (popular name of Nicholas Wulstan Park)
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- Nickel
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- Nicola Fabrizi Biography (1804–85)
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- Nicolae Ceauşescu Biography (1918–89)
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- Nicolas Boileau(-Despréaux) Biography (1636–1711)
- Nicolas Cage Biography (1964– ) (originally Nicholas Coppola)
- Nicolas Copernicus Biography (1473–1543) (Polish Mikolaj Kopernik)
- Nicolas De Largillière Biography (1656–1746)
- Nicolas De Staël Biography (1914–55)
- Nicolas Edme Restif Biography (1734–1806) (known as Restif de la Bretonne)
- Nicolas François Appert Biography (1752–1841)
- Nicolas Froment Biography (fl.1450–90)
- Nicolas Jean De Dieu Soult Biography (1769–1851)
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- Nicolas Lancret Biography (1690–1743)
- Nicolas Leblanc Biography (1742–1806)
- Nicolas Louis De Lacaille Biography (1713–62)
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- Nicolas Malebranche Biography (1638–1715)
- Nicolas Poussin Biography (1594–1665)
- Nicolas Slonimsky Biography (1894–1995)
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- Nicolas-François Blondel Biography (1618–86)
- Nicolas’ ‘Bourbaki Biography (20th-c)
- Nicolaus Steno Biography (1638–86) (Latin name of Niels Steensen)
- Nicolay Legat Biography (1869–1937)
- Nicole (Mary) Kidman Biography (1967– )
- Nicolás Antonio Biography (1617–84)
- Nicolás De Ormaechea Biography (1888–1961) (pseudonym Orixe)
- Nicolás Forteza Biography (1918– )
- Nicomedia
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- Nicotine
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- Niel Gow Biography (1727–1807)
- Niels (Henrik David) Bohr Biography (1885–1962)
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- Niels Henrik Abel Biography (1802–29)
- Niels K(ai) Jerne Biography (1911–94)
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- Niels Viggo Bentzon Biography (1919–2000)
- Niels-Henning Ørsted Biography (1946– )
- Nienke Van Hichtum Biography (1860–1939) (pseudonym of Sjoukje Maria Diederika Troelstra-Bokma de Boer)
- Nietos Del 1898 (Eng ‘grandsons of 1898’)
- Nieuw Links (Dutch ‘New Left’)
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- Nieves De Hoyos Sancho Biography (1908– )
- Nigel (Marlin) Balchin Biography (1908–70)
- Nigel (Paul) Kennedy Biography (1956– ) (professional name (from 1997) Kennedy)
- Nigel Henry Butterley Biography (1935– )
- Nigel Mansell Biography (1953– )
- Nigel Short Biography (1965– )
- Nigella Lawson Biography (1960– )
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- Nihilism ((Latliterally ‘nothing-ism’))
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- Nijo-jo Castle
- Nike
- Niki Lauda Biography (1949– ) (popular name of Nikolas Andreas Lauda)
- Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev Biography (1894–1971)
- Nikki Giovanni Biography (1943– ) (popular name of Yolande Cornelia GiovanniJr)
- Nikkyo Niwano Biography (1906–99)
- Nikola Paić Biography (c.1846–1926)
- Nikola Tesla Biography (1856–1943)
- Nikolaas Tinbergen Biography (1907–88)
- Nikolai (Andreyevich) Rimsky-Korsakov Biography (1844–1908)
- Nikolai (Vasilievich) Gogol Biography (1809–52)
- Nikolai Alexandrovich Berdyayev Biography (1874–1948)
- Nikolai Gennadiyevich Basov Biography (1922–2001)
- Nikolai Yezhov Biography (1895–?1939)
- Nikolaus (August) Otto Biography (1832–91)
- Nikolaus Lenau Biography (1802–50) (pseudonym of Nikolaus Franz NiembschEdler (Lord) von Strehlenau)
- Nikolaus Manuel Biography (1484–1530)
- Nikolay (Nikolayevich) Tcherepnin Biography (1873–1945)
- Nikolay Alexandrovich Bulganin Biography (1895–1975)
- Nikolay Alexandrovich Tikhonov Biography (1905–97)
- Nikolay Andrianov Biography (1952– )
- Nikolay Ivanovich Bukharin Biography (1888–1938)
- Nikolay Ivanovich Lobachevsky Biography (1792–1856)
- Nikolay Ivanovich Ryzhkov Biography (1929– )
- Nikolay Ivanovich Vavilov Biography (1887–1943)
- Nikolay Mikhailovich Przhevalski Biography (1839–88)
- Nikolay Nikolayevich Semenov Biography (1896–1986)
- Nikolay Sergeyevich Trubetzkoy Biography (1890–1938)
- Nikolay Stepanovich Gumilev Biography (1886–1921)
- Nikolay Victorovich Podgorniy Biography (1903–83)
- Nikolay Yakovlevich Miaskovsky Biography (1881–1950)
- Nikolay Zabolotsky Biography (1903–58)
- Nikon Biography (1605–81) (originally Nikita Minin)
- Nikos Kazantzakis Biography (1883–1957)
- Nikos Or Nikolaus Skalkottas Biography (1904–49)
- Nil Volentibus Arduum (Lat ‘Nothing is insurmountable for those who want’)
- Nilde Iotti Biography (1920–99) (popular name of Leonilde Iotti)
- Nile, River (Arabic Nahr en-Nil)
- Niles Spencer Biography (1893–1952)
- Nilgai
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- Nils Christofer Dunér Biography (1839–1914)
- Nils Nilsson Skum Biography (1872–1951)
- Nimbostratus Clouds
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- Nina (Mary) Bawden Biography (1925– )
- Nina Ricci Biography (1883–1970) (originally Maria Nielli)
- Nina Simone Biography (1933–2003) (originally Eunice Kathleen Waymon)
- Nineteen Counties
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- Ningbo Or Ning-po
- Ninjutsu
- Ninon De Lenclos Biography (1620–