3-letter words starting with n
- nsg — nonstatutory guidelines: practical nonmandatory advice and information on the implementation of the National Curriculum
- nsi — Network Solutions, Inc.
- nss — 1. (networking) Nodal Switching System. 2. (operating system) New Storage System.
- nsu — nonspecific urethritis
- nsw — New South Wales
- nt1 — Network Termination
- nt5 — Windows 2000
- nta — a white crystalline powder, N(CH2COOH)3, formerly used in detergents for its biodegradable qualities, but now considered a possible health hazard
- nth — being the last in a series of infinitely decreasing or increasing values, amounts, etc.
- nto — National Training Organization
- ntp — Network Time Protocol
- nts — National Trust for Scotland
- nu- — indicating an updated or modern version of something
- nub — the point, gist, or heart of something.
- nuc — (beekeeping) A nucleus colony; a small bee colony created from a larger colony.
- nug — (slang) A piece of marijuana.
- nuh — Alternative spelling of nah.
- nuj — National Union of Journalists
- num — Abbreviation of number.
- nun — the 25th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- nur — A hard knot in wood; a knur or knurl.
- nus — oldest of the ancient Egyptian gods, personifying the primordial ocean from which the world was formed; father of Ra, the sun god.
- nut — the goddess of the sky, sometimes shown as a cow bearing Ra on her back and the stars on her underside.
- nvh — NVH is the study of the noise and vibration levels of a vehicle.
- nvl — (database) A function in Oracle SQL called like NVL(X, Y) that returns X unless it is null, in which case it returns Y. This function is useful for supplying a default value where an expression might be null.
- nvm — (Internet slang) Never mind.
- nvq — National Vocational Qualification: a qualification that rewards competence in a specified type of employment
- nvs — non-volatile storage
- nwt — Northwest Territories (of Canada)
- nwu — National Writers Union
- nxt — (Internet slang, text messaging) next.
- nyc — (nonstandard) nice.
- nye — Edgar Wilson ("Bill Nye") 1850–96, U.S. humorist.
- nym — (Internet) A pseudonym used when posting messages.
- nyx — an ancient Greek goddess personifying night.
- nzc — New Zealand Cricket
- nze — New Zealand English
- nzr — (the former) New Zealand Railways