| nautical | (adjective) relating to or involving ships or shipping or navigation or seamen | Synonyms: marine, maritime |
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| naval | (adjective) connected with or belonging to or used in a navy | - |
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| navigational | (adjective) of or relating to navigation | - |
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| neandertal | (adjective) ill-mannered and coarse and contemptible in behavior or appearance | Synonyms: boorish, loutish, neanderthal, oafish, swinish |
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| neanderthal | (adjective) ill-mannered and coarse and contemptible in behavior or appearance | Synonyms: boorish, loutish, neandertal, oafish, swinish |
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| necromantical | (adjective) relating to or associated with necromancy | Synonyms: necromantic |
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| neoclassical | (adjective) characteristic of a revival of an earlier classical style | Synonyms: neoclassic |
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| neocortical | (adjective) of or relating to the neocortex of the cerebrum | - |
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| neoliberal | (adjective) having or showing belief in the need for economic growth in addition to traditional liberalistic values | - |
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| neonatal | (adjective) relating to or affecting the infant during the first month after birth | - |
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| neural | (adjective) of or relating to neurons | Synonyms: neuronal, neuronic |
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| (adjective) of or relating to the nervous system | Synonyms: nervous |
| neuroanatomical | (adjective) of or relating to neural tissue or the nervous system | Synonyms: neuroanatomic |
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| neurobiological | (adjective) of or relating to the biological study of the nervous system | - |
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| neuroglial | (adjective) relating to or consisting of neuroglia | - |
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| neurological | (adjective) of or relating to or used in or practicing neurology | Synonyms: neurologic |
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| neuronal | (adjective) of or relating to neurons | Synonyms: neural, neuronic |
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| neurophysiological | (adjective) of or concerned with neurophysiology | - |
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| neuropsychological | (adjective) of or concerned with neuropsychology | - |
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| neutral | (adjective) having no hue | Synonyms: achromatic |
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| (adjective) possessing no distinctive quality or characteristics | - |
| (adjective) lacking distinguishing quality or characteristics | - |
| (adjective) not supporting or favoring either side in a war, dispute, or contest | - |
| (adjective) having no personal preference | Synonyms: impersonal |
| (adjective) having no net electric charge | Synonyms: electroneutral |
| (adjective) having only a limited ability to react chemically; chemically inactive | Synonyms: indifferent, inert |
| nocturnal | (adjective) belonging to or active during the night | - |
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| (adjective) of or relating to or occurring in the night | - |
| nominal | (adjective) of, relating to, or characteristic of an amount that is not adjusted for inflation | - |
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| (adjective) pertaining to a noun or to a word group that functions as a noun | - |
| (adjective) relating to or constituting or bearing or giving a name | - |
| (adjective) existing in name only | Synonyms: titular |
| (adjective) insignificantly small; a matter of form only (`tokenish' is informal) | Synonyms: token, tokenish |
| (adjective) named; bearing the name of a specific person | Synonyms: nominative |
| nonarboreal | (adjective) not inhabiting or frequenting trees | - |
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| noncausal | (adjective) not causative | Synonyms: noncausative |
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| nonclassical | (adjective) not classical | - |
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| noncommercial | (adjective) not connected with or engaged in commercial enterprises | - |
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| noncommittal | (adjective) refusing to bind oneself to a particular course of action or view or the like | - |
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| noncontroversial | (adjective) not likely to arouse controversy | Synonyms: uncontroversial |
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| noncritical | (adjective) not in a state of crisis or emergency | Synonyms: noncrucial |
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| (adjective) not critical; not at a point of abrupt change | - |
| (adjective) marked by disregard for critical standards or procedures | Synonyms: uncritical |
| noncrucial | (adjective) of little importance; not decisive | - |
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| (adjective) not in a state of crisis or emergency | Synonyms: noncritical |
| noncyclical | (adjective) not cyclic | Synonyms: noncyclic |
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| nondenominational | (adjective) not restricted to a particular religious denomination | - |
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| nonessential | (adjective) not of prime or central importance | Synonyms: accidental, incidental |
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| nonfatal | (adjective) not bringing death | - |
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| nonfictional | (adjective) not fictional | - |
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| nonfinancial | (adjective) not involving financial matters | - |
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| nonfunctional | (adjective) not having or performing a function | - |
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| (adjective) not performing or able to perform its regular function | Synonyms: malfunctioning |
| nonhierarchical | (adjective) not classified hierarchically | Synonyms: nonhierarchic |
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| nonindustrial | (adjective) not having highly developed manufacturing enterprises | - |
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| noninstitutional | (adjective) not institutional | - |
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| nonintellectual | (adjective) not intellectual | - |
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| nonjudgmental | (adjective) refraining from making judgments especially ones based on personal opinions or standards | - |
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| nonlegal | (adjective) not regulated or sanctioned by law | Synonyms: extralegal |
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| nonlethal | (adjective) not capable of causing death | - |
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| nonlexical | (adjective) not relating to words | - |
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| nonliteral | (adjective) (used of the meanings of words or text) not literal; using figures of speech | Synonyms: figurative |
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| nonmaterial | (adjective) not consisting of matter | Synonyms: immaterial |
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| nonmechanical | (adjective) not mechanical | - |
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| (adjective) (of a person) lacking mechanical skills | Synonyms: unmechanical |
| nonmedicinal | (adjective) not having a medicinal effect or not medically prescribed | Synonyms: unmedical, unmedicative, unmedicinal |
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| nonmetal | (adjective) not containing or resembling or characteristic of a metal | Synonyms: nonmetallic |
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| nonmusical | (adjective) not musical in nature | Synonyms: unmusical |
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| (adjective) lacking interest in or talent for music | Synonyms: unmusical |
| nonnatural | (adjective) existing outside of or not in accordance with nature | Synonyms: otherworldly, preternatural, transcendental |
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| nonoperational | (adjective) (military) not involved in military operations | Synonyms: inactive |
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| nonpersonal | (adjective) lacking personality | - |
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| nonphysical | (adjective) lacking substance or reality; incapable of being touched or seen | Synonyms: intangible |
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| nonpolitical | (adjective) not political | - |
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| nonprofessional | (adjective) not professional; not engaged in a profession or engaging in as a profession or for gain | - |
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| nonracial | (adjective) not racial; having nothing to do with race or races | - |
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| nonrational | (adjective) obtained through intuition rather than from reasoning or observation | Synonyms: intuitive, visceral |
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| (adjective) not based on reason | - |
| nonreciprocal | (adjective) not reciprocal | - |
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| nonrecreational | (adjective) involving gainful employment in something often done as a hobby | Synonyms: paid |
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| nonrepresentational | (adjective) of or relating to a style of art in which objects do not resemble those known in physical nature | - |
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| nonresidential | (adjective) not residential | - |
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| nonsegmental | (adjective) having a body that is not divided into segments | Synonyms: unsegmented |
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| nonsensical | (adjective) so unreasonable as to invite derision | Synonyms: absurd, cockeyed, derisory, idiotic, laughable, ludicrous, preposterous, ridiculous |
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| (adjective) having no intelligible meaning | Synonyms: nonsense |
| nonsexual | (adjective) not having or involving sex | Synonyms: asexual |
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| nonsocial | (adjective) of plants and animals; not growing or living in groups or colonies | Synonyms: nongregarious, solitary |
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| nonspatial | (adjective) not spatial | - |
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| nonspherical | (adjective) not spherical | - |
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| nonsteroidal | (adjective) not steroidal or not having the effects of steroid hormones | - |
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| nonstructural | (adjective) not structural | - |
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| nonsurgical | (adjective) not surgical | - |
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| nontechnical | (adjective) not characteristic of or skilled in applied arts and sciences | Synonyms: untechnical |
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| nonterritorial | (adjective) not displaying territoriality | - |
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| nonthermal | (adjective) not involving heat | - |
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| nontraditional | (adjective) not conforming to or in accord with tradition | Synonyms: untraditional |
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| nontranslational | (adjective) of or relating to movement that is not uniform or not without rotation | - |
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| nonverbal | (adjective) involving little use of language | - |
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| (adjective) being other than verbal communication | Synonyms: gestural |
| (adjective) lacking verbal skill | - |
| nonvisual | (adjective) not resulting in vision | - |
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| normal | (adjective) conforming with or constituting a norm or standard or level or type or social norm; not abnormal | - |
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| (adjective) in accordance with scientific laws | - |
| (adjective) being approximately average or within certain limits in e.g. intelligence and development | - |
| (adjective) forming a right angle | - |
| nosocomial | (adjective) taking place or originating in a hospital | - |
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| nosohusial | (adjective) taking place related or acquired under home healthcare | - |
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| notional | (adjective) being of the nature of a notion or concept | Synonyms: conceptional, ideational |
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| (adjective) indulging in or influenced by fancy | Synonyms: fanciful |
| (adjective) not based on fact or investigation | Synonyms: speculative |
| (adjective) not based on fact; existing only in the imagination | Synonyms: fanciful, imaginary |
| numeral | (adjective) of or relating to or denoting numbers | Synonyms: numeric, numerical |
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| numerical | (adjective) relating to or having ability to think in or work with numbers | Synonyms: mathematical |
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| (adjective) of or relating to or denoting numbers | Synonyms: numeral, numeric |
| (adjective) measured or expressed in numbers | Synonyms: numeric |
| numerological | (adjective) of or relating to numerology | - |
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| nuptial | (adjective) of or relating to a wedding | Synonyms: bridal, spousal |
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| nurtural | (adjective) resulting from nurture | - |
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| nutritional | (adjective) of or relating to or providing nutrition | Synonyms: nutritionary |
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| nymphomaniacal | (adjective) (used of women) affected with excessive sexual desire | Synonyms: nymphomaniac |
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| obligational | (adjective) relating or constituting or qualified to create a legal or financial obligation | - |
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| observational | (adjective) relying on observation or experiment | Synonyms: data-based, experimental |
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| obsessional | (adjective) characterized by or constituting an obsession | Synonyms: obsessive |
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| obstetrical | (adjective) of or relating to or used in or practicing obstetrics | Synonyms: obstetric |
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| occasional | (adjective) occurring from time to time | - |
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| (adjective) occurring on a temporary or irregular basis | Synonyms: casual |
| (adjective) recurring or reappearing from time to time | Synonyms: periodic |
| (adjective) occurring or appearing at usually irregular intervals | Synonyms: episodic |
| occidental | (adjective) denoting or characteristic of countries of Europe and the western hemisphere | Synonyms: Hesperian |
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| occipital | (adjective) of or relating to the occiput | - |
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| occupational | (adjective) of or relating to the activity or business for which you are trained | - |
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| octagonal | (adjective) of or relating to or shaped like an octagon | Synonyms: octangular |
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| octal | (adjective) of or pertaining to a number system having 8 as its base | - |
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| oecumenical | (adjective) of worldwide scope or applicability | Synonyms: cosmopolitan, ecumenical, general, universal, world-wide, worldwide |
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| (adjective) concerned with promoting unity among churches or religions | Synonyms: ecumenic, ecumenical, oecumenic |