nesiritideThe recombinant form of the 32-amino acid human B-type natriuretic peptide, used to facilitate cardiovascular fluid homeostasis through counterregulation of the renin–angiotensin–aldosterone system.
NeskiThe cursive hand generally used in writing Arabic.
NeslandsvatnA village in Drangedal municipality, Telemark county, Norway.
NesogaeanRelating to Nesogaea—Polynesia or Oceania, New Zealand excepted, with regard to the distribution of its animals.
NESOIAcronym for Not Elsewhere Specified Or Included or Not Elsewhere Specified Or Indicated, used to refer to items exported between countries, usually requiring an export license
nesslerizeTo treat or test (a liquid) with a solution of mercuric iodide in potassium iodide and potassium hydroxide (Nessler's reagent) in order to detect the presence of ammonia.
nestmateOne with which a nest is shared, such as a baby bird and its siblings or figuratively a child with children it is raised with.
nestohedronFor a building set B, the Minkowski sum of the simplices Δ_S as S ranges over B. (Here Δ_S is the standard simplex of S, i.e., the convex hull of the (nonzero endpoints of the) standard unit vectors eᵢ for i in S.) Every nestohedron is a generalized permutahedron.
NestonA town and civil parish with a town council in Cheshire West and Chester borough, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ2977).
nestorA wise old man, especially one who serves as a counselor or adviser.
NestorianRelating to teachings or to the followers of Nestorius.
NestorianismThe Christological doctrine ascribed to Nestorius, condemned as heretical by the Council of Ephesus but later also ascribed to the Church of the East, holding that within Christ there are two distinct hypostases, divine and human.
NestryhaA river island in the Dnieper Delta, beginning at the bifurcation of the Rvach from the Dnieper and ending at the confluence of their respective distributaries, the Vilkhova and the Domakha.
neststrawAny of the plants in the genus Stylocline.
NesttunAn urban settlement in Fana borough, Bergen, Vestland, Norway.
netbackRevenues received from the sale of oil or gas on spot market minus the costs of extraction, processing and transportation.
netbagA traditional bag of net-like material used in parts of Oceania; it is also a symbol of womanhood.
netballA (usually women's) team sport derived from basketball, with seven players on each side who attempt to score goals by passing a ball and throwing it into the opponent's goal, which is a raised hoop with a net at one end of the playing area. Unlike basketball, a player in possession of the ball cannot move until the ball is passed to another player.