n | (noun) the 14th letter of the Roman alphabet | Synonyms: N |
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naan | (noun) leavened bread baked in a clay oven in India; usually shaped like a teardrop | Synonyms: nan |
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nabob | (noun) a governor in India during the Mogul empire | Synonyms: nawab |
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(noun) a wealthy man (especially one who made his fortune in the Orient) | - |
naboom | (noun) small tree of dry open parts of southern Africa having erect angled branches suggesting candelabra | Synonyms: Euphorbia ingens, cactus euphorbia |
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nabumetone | (noun) a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Relafen) | Synonyms: Relafen |
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nacelle | (noun) a streamlined enclosure for an aircraft engine | - |
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nacho | (noun) a tortilla chip topped with cheese and chili-pepper and broiled | - |
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nacre | (noun) the iridescent internal layer of a mollusk shell | Synonyms: mother-of-pearl |
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nada | (noun) a quantity of no importance; thing (object:), singular, negative pronoun; pronoun, thing, singular; quantifier: negative existential | Synonyms: naught, zero, zip, cipher, cypher, zilch, zippo, nil, nix, nothing, null, goose egg, aught |
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nadir | (noun) an extreme state of adversity; the lowest point of anything | Synonyms: low-water mark |
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(noun) the point below the observer that is directly opposite the zenith on the imaginary sphere against which celestial bodies appear to be projected | - |
nadolol | (noun) a beta-adrenergic blocking agent (trade name Corgard) that is used to treat hypertension and angina | Synonyms: Corgard |
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nafcillin | (noun) a penicillinase-resistant form of penicillin (trade name Nafcil) used (usually in the form of its sodium salt) to treat infections caused by penicillin-resistant strains of staphylococci | Synonyms: Nafcil |
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nag | (noun) someone (especially a woman) who annoys people by constantly finding fault | Synonyms: nagger, scold, scolder, common scold |
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(noun) an old or over-worked horse | Synonyms: jade, hack, plug |
nagami | (noun) shrub bearing oval-fruited kumquats | Synonyms: nagami kumquat, oval kumquat, Fortunella margarita |
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nagger | (noun) someone (especially a woman) who annoys people by constantly finding fault | Synonyms: nag, scold, scolder, common scold |
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nagi | (noun) medium-sized tree having glossy lanceolate leaves; southern China to Taiwan and southern Japan | Synonyms: Nageia nagi |
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naiad | (noun) submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers; of fresh or brackish water | Synonyms: water nymph |
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(noun) (Greek mythology) a nymph of lakes and springs and rivers and fountains | - |
naif | (noun) a naive or inexperienced person | - |
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nail | (noun) horny plate covering and protecting part of the dorsal surface of the digits | - |
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(noun) a thin pointed piece of metal that is hammered into materials as a fastener | - |
(noun) a former unit of length for cloth equal to 1/16 of a yard | - |
nailbrush | (noun) a brush used to clean a person's fingernails | - |
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nailer | (noun) a worker who attaches something by nailing it | - |
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nailfile | (noun) a small flat file for shaping the nails | - |
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nailhead | (noun) something resembling the head of a nail that is used as an ornamental device | - |
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(noun) flattened boss on the end of nail opposite to the point | - |
nailrod | (noun) tall marsh plant with cylindrical seed heads that explode when mature shedding large quantities of down; its long flat leaves are used for making mats and chair seats; of North America, Europe, Asia and North Africa | Synonyms: reed mace, reedmace, cat's-tail, bullrush, bulrush, Typha latifolia |
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nainsook | (noun) a soft lightweight muslin used especially for babies | - |
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naira | (noun) the basic unit of money in Nigeria | - |
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naiveness | (noun) lack of sophistication or worldliness | Synonyms: naivete, naivety |
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naivete | (noun) lack of sophistication or worldliness | Synonyms: naiveness, naivety |
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naivety | (noun) lack of sophistication or worldliness | Synonyms: naiveness, naivete |
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nakedness | (noun) the state of being without clothing or covering of any kind | Synonyms: nudeness, nudity |
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(noun) a bleak and desolate atmosphere | Synonyms: desolation, bareness, bleakness |
(noun) characterized by an attitude of ready accessibility (especially about one's actions or purposes); without concealment; not secretive | Synonyms: openness |
nakedwood | (noun) any of several small to medium-sized trees of Florida and West Indies with thin scaly bark and heavy dark heartwood | - |
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(noun) tree of extreme southern Florida and West Indies having thin scaly bark and aromatic fruits and seeds and yielding hard heavy close-grained zebrawood | Synonyms: Eugenia dicrana |
nalorphine | (noun) a narcotic antagonist (trade name Nalline) that counteracts the effects of narcotics (especially the effects of poisoning by morphine) | Synonyms: Nalline |
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naloxone | (noun) a potent narcotic antagonist (trade name Narcan) especially effective with morphine | Synonyms: Narcan |
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naltrexone | (noun) an oral antagonist against the action of opiates | - |
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name | (noun) a language unit by which a person or thing is known | - |
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(noun) a person's reputation | - |
(noun) family based on male descent | Synonyms: gens |
(noun) a well-known or notable person | Synonyms: figure, public figure |
(noun) by the sanction or authority of | - |
(noun) a defamatory or abusive word or phrase | Synonyms: epithet |
nameko | (noun) one of the most important fungi cultivated in Japan | Synonyms: Pholiota nameko, viscid mushroom |
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namelessness | (noun) the state of being anonymous | Synonyms: anonymity |
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nameplate | (noun) a plate bearing a name | - |
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namer | (noun) a person who gives a name or names | - |
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names | (noun) verbal abuse; a crude substitute for argument | Synonyms: name calling |
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namesake | (noun) a person with the same name as another | - |
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naming | (noun) the verbal act of naming | - |
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(noun) the act of putting a person into a non-elective position | Synonyms: designation, appointment, assignment |
nammad | (noun) an embroidered rug made from a coarse Indian felt | Synonyms: numdah, numdah rug |
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nan | (noun) your grandmother | - |
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(noun) the mother of your father or mother | Synonyms: granny, nanna, gran, grandma, grandmother, grannie |
(noun) leavened bread baked in a clay oven in India; usually shaped like a teardrop | Synonyms: naan |
nance | (noun) offensive term for a homosexual man | Synonyms: pouf, queen, fag, faggot, fagot, pansy, poof, poove, queer, fairy |
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nandrolone | (noun) an androgen (trade names Durabolin or Kabolin) that is used to treat testosterone deficiency or breast cancer or osteoporosis | Synonyms: Durabolin, Kabolin |
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nandu | (noun) smaller of two tall fast-running flightless birds similar to ostriches but three-toed; found from Peru to Strait of Magellan | Synonyms: rhea, Pterocnemia pennata |
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nanism | (noun) a genetic abnormality resulting in short stature | Synonyms: dwarfism |
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nankeen | (noun) a durable fabric formerly loomed by hand in China from natural cotton having a yellowish color | - |
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nanna | (noun) the mother of your father or mother | Synonyms: granny, nan, gran, grandma, grandmother, grannie |
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nanny | (noun) a woman who is the custodian of children | Synonyms: nurse, nursemaid |
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(noun) female goat | Synonyms: nanny-goat, she-goat |
nanocephaly | (noun) an abnormally small head and underdeveloped brain | Synonyms: microcephalus, microcephaly |
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nanogram | (noun) one billionth (1/1,000,000,000) gram | Synonyms: ng |
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nanomachine | (noun) a machine of the size of close to one nanometre | - |
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nanometer | (noun) a metric unit of length equal to one billionth of a meter | Synonyms: nanometre, nm, micromillimeter, micromillimetre, millimicron |
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nanometre | (noun) a metric unit of length equal to one billionth of a meter | Synonyms: nanometer, nm, micromillimeter, micromillimetre, millimicron |
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nanomia | (noun) small creatures resembling pieces of fuzzy rope; each with a cluster of swimming bells serving as the head and long elastic tentacles for drawing in prey | - |
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nanophthalmos | (noun) condition in which both eyes are abnormally small but otherwise normal | - |
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nanoplankton | (noun) microscopic organisms found in plankton | - |
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nanosecond | (noun) one billionth (10^-9) of a second; one thousandth of a microsecond | - |
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nanotechnology | (noun) the branch of engineering that deals with things smaller than 100 nanometers (especially with the manipulation of individual molecules) | - |
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nanotube | (noun) a fullerene molecule having a cylindrical or toroidal shape | Synonyms: carbon nanotube |
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nanovolt | (noun) a unit of potential equal to one billionth of a volt | - |
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nanus | (noun) a person who is markedly small | Synonyms: midget, dwarf |
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nap | (noun) a period of time spent sleeping | Synonyms: sleep |
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(noun) a soft or fuzzy surface texture | - |
(noun) the yarn (as in a rug or velvet or corduroy) that stands up from the weave | Synonyms: pile |
(noun) sleeping for a short period of time (usually not in bed) | Synonyms: short sleep, snooze, catnap, forty winks, light sleep |
(noun) a card game similar to whist; usually played for stakes | Synonyms: Napoleon |
napa | (noun) plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery; used as a vegetable in east Asia | Synonyms: Chinese cabbage, celery cabbage, pe-tsai, Brassica rapa pekinensis |
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napalm | (noun) gasoline jelled with aluminum soaps; highly incendiary liquid used in fire bombs and flamethrowers | - |
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nape | (noun) the back side of the neck | Synonyms: nucha, scruff |
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napery | (noun) linens for the dining table | Synonyms: table linen |
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naphazoline | (noun) vasoconstrictor (trade names Privine and Sudafed) used in nasal sprays to treat symptoms of nasal congestion and in eyedrops to treat eye irritation | Synonyms: Privine, Sudafed |
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naphtha | (noun) any of various volatile flammable liquid hydrocarbon mixtures; used chiefly as solvents | - |
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naphthalene | (noun) a white crystalline strong-smelling hydrocarbon made from coal tar or petroleum and used in organic synthesis and as a fumigant in mothballs | - |
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naphthol | (noun) either of two phenols derived from naphthalene | - |
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naphthoquinone | (noun) a fat-soluble vitamin that helps in the clotting of blood | Synonyms: vitamin K, antihemorrhagic factor |
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napkin | (noun) a small piece of table linen that is used to wipe the mouth and to cover the lap in order to protect clothing | Synonyms: serviette, table napkin |
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(noun) garment consisting of a folded cloth drawn up between the legs and fastened at the waist; worn by infants to catch excrement | Synonyms: nappy, diaper |
napoleon | (noun) a rectangular piece of pastry with thin flaky layers and filled with custard cream | - |
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napoleoniana | (noun) items related to the life of Napoleon (engravings, paintings, books, etc.). | - |
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nappy | (noun) garment consisting of a folded cloth drawn up between the legs and fastened at the waist; worn by infants to catch excrement | Synonyms: napkin, diaper |
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naprapath | (noun) a therapist who practices naprapathy | - |
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naprapathy | (noun) a drugless method of treatment based on the belief that disease symptoms arise from problems with ligaments and connective tissues | - |
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naproxen | (noun) a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Naprosyn) used in the treatment of arthritis and musculoskeletal inflammation and moderate pain | Synonyms: Naprosyn |
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napu | (noun) chevrotain somewhat larger than the kanchil; found in India and Malaya | Synonyms: Tragulus Javanicus |
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naranjilla | (noun) small perennial shrub cultivated in uplands of South America for its edible bright orange fruits resembling tomatoes or oranges | Synonyms: Solanum quitoense |
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narc | (noun) a lawman concerned with narcotics violations | Synonyms: narcotics agent, nark |
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narcism | (noun) an exceptional interest in and admiration for yourself | Synonyms: narcissism, self-love |
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narcissism | (noun) an exceptional interest in and admiration for yourself | Synonyms: narcism, self-love |
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narcissist | (noun) someone in love with themselves | Synonyms: narcist |
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narcissus | (noun) bulbous plant having erect linear leaves and showy yellow or white flowers either solitary or in clusters | - |
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narcist | (noun) someone in love with themselves | Synonyms: narcissist |
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narcodollar | (noun) money (especially in the form of US dollars) obtained from narcotrafficking. | Synonyms: narco-dollar |
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narcolepsy | (noun) a sleep disorder characterized by sudden and uncontrollable episodes of deep sleep | - |
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narcoleptic | (noun) a person who has narcolepsy | - |
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(noun) a soporific drug that produces an uncontrollable desire to sleep | - |
narcosis | (noun) unconsciousness induced by narcotics or anesthesia | - |
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narcoterrorism | (noun) the financing of terrorist activities by participation in the drug trade | - |
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narcotic | (noun) a drug that produces numbness or stupor; often taken for pleasure or to reduce pain; extensive use can lead to addiction | - |
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narcotraffic | (noun) traffic in illegal drugs | Synonyms: drug traffic, drug trafficking |
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nard | (noun) an aromatic ointment used in antiquity | Synonyms: spikenard |
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nardo | (noun) Australian clover fern | Synonyms: nardoo, Marsilea drummondii, common nardoo |
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nardoo | (noun) Australian clover fern | Synonyms: nardo, Marsilea drummondii, common nardoo |
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narghile | (noun) an oriental tobacco pipe with a long flexible tube connected to a container where the smoke is cooled by passing through water | Synonyms: nargileh, hookah, hubble-bubble, hubbly-bubbly, kalian, water pipe, sheesha, shisha, calean, chicha |
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