nyala | (noun) spiral-horned South African antelope with a fringe of white hairs along back and neck | Synonyms: Tragelaphus angasi |
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nybble | (noun) a small byte | Synonyms: nibble |
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nyctalopia | (noun) inability to see clearly in dim light; due to a deficiency of vitamin A or to a retinal disorder | Synonyms: moon blindness, night blindness |
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nyctophobia | (noun) a morbid fear of night or darkness | - |
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nycturia | (noun) excessive urination at night; especially common in older men | Synonyms: nocturia |
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nylghai | (noun) large Indian antelope; male is blue-grey with white markings; female is brownish with no horns | Synonyms: blue bull, Boselaphus tragocamelus, nilgai, nylghau |
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nylghau | (noun) large Indian antelope; male is blue-grey with white markings; female is brownish with no horns | Synonyms: blue bull, Boselaphus tragocamelus, nilgai, nylghai |
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nylon | (noun) a group of synthetic fabrics, known generically as aliphatic polyamides | - |
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(noun) a thermoplastic polyamide; a family of strong resilient synthetic fibers | - |
nylons | (noun) women's stockings made from a sheer material (nylon or rayon or silk) | Synonyms: nylon stocking, rayon stocking, rayons, silk stocking |
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nymph | (noun) a larva of an insect with incomplete metamorphosis (as the dragonfly or mayfly) | - |
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(noun) (classical mythology) a minor nature goddess usually depicted as a beautiful maiden | - |
(noun) a voluptuously beautiful young woman | Synonyms: houri |
nymphalid | (noun) medium to large butterflies found worldwide typically having brightly colored wings and much-reduced nonfunctional forelegs carried folded on the breast | Synonyms: brush-footed butterfly, four-footed butterfly, nymphalid butterfly |
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nymphet | (noun) a sexually attractive young woman | - |
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nympho | (noun) a woman with abnormal sexual desires | Synonyms: nymphomaniac |
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nympholepsy | (noun) a frenzy of emotion; as for something unattainable | - |
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nympholept | (noun) a person seized by nympholepsy | - |
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nymphomania | (noun) abnormally intense sexual desire in women | - |
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nymphomaniac | (noun) a woman with abnormal sexual desires | Synonyms: nympho |
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nystagmus | (noun) involuntary movements of the eyeballs; its presence or absence is used to diagnose a variety of neurological and visual disorders | - |
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nystatin | (noun) an antifungal and antibiotic (trade names Mycostatin and Nystan) discovered in New York State; derived from soil fungi actinomycetes | Synonyms: Mycostatin, Nystan |
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