| 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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| nab
|
(verb) tag the base runner to get him out |
- |
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| (verb) take into custody |
Synonyms:
pick up,
apprehend,
arrest,
nail,
cop,
collar |
| (verb) seize suddenly |
- |
| 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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| nacreous
|
(adjective) having a play of lustrous rainbow colors |
Synonyms:
iridescent,
pearlescent,
opalescent,
opaline |
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| (adjective) consisting of or resembling mother-of-pearl |
- |
| 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
|
(verb) bother persistently with trivial complaints |
Synonyms:
peck,
hen-peck |
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| (verb) worry persistently |
- |
| (verb) remind or urge constantly |
- |
| (noun) someone (especially a woman) who annoys people by constantly finding fault |
Synonyms:
nagger,
scold,
scolder,
common scold |
| (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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| nagging
|
(adjective) continually complaining or faultfinding |
Synonyms:
shrewish |
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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 |
- |
| naiant
|
(adjective) applied to a fish depicted horizontally |
Synonyms:
swimming |
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| naif
|
(adjective) marked by or showing unaffected simplicity and lack of guile or worldly experience |
Synonyms:
naive |
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| (noun) a naive or inexperienced person |
- |
| nail
|
(verb) attach something somewhere by means of nails |
- |
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| (verb) take into custody |
Synonyms:
pick up,
apprehend,
arrest,
cop,
nab,
collar |
| (verb) hit with great force |
Synonyms:
smash,
blast,
boom |
| (verb) succeed in obtaining a position |
Synonyms:
nail down,
peg |
| (verb) succeed at easily |
Synonyms:
ace,
pass with flying colors,
sail through,
sweep through,
breeze through |
| (verb) locate exactly |
Synonyms:
pinpoint |
| (verb) complete a pass |
Synonyms:
complete |
| (noun) horny plate covering and protecting part of the dorsal surface of the digits |
- |
| (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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| naive
|
(adjective) marked by or showing unaffected simplicity and lack of guile or worldly experience |
Synonyms:
naif |
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| (adjective) of or created by one without formal training; simple or naive in style |
Synonyms:
primitive |
| (adjective) inexperienced |
- |
| (adjective) lacking information or instruction |
Synonyms:
unenlightened,
uninstructed |
| (adjective) not initiated; deficient in relevant experience |
Synonyms:
uninitiate,
uninitiated |
| naively
|
(adverb) in a naive manner |
- |
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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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| naked
|
(adjective) having no clothes on the body |
Synonyms:
nude,
au naturel,
bare |
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| (adjective) having no protecting or concealing cover |
Synonyms:
defenseless |
| (adjective) (of the eye or ear e.g.) without the aid of an optical or acoustical device or instrument |
- |
| (adjective) devoid of elaboration or diminution or concealment; bare and pure |
Synonyms:
raw |
| (adjective) lacking any cover |
- |
| nakedly
|
(adverb) in an exposed manner; without protection or defense |
- |
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| (adverb) without clothing |
- |
| 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
|
(verb) assign a specified (usually proper) name to |
Synonyms:
know as,
call,
be known as |
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| (verb) give the name or identifying characteristics of; refer to by name or some other identifying characteristic property |
Synonyms:
identify |
| (verb) charge with a function; charge to be |
Synonyms:
make,
nominate |
| (verb) create and charge with a task or function |
Synonyms:
appoint,
nominate,
constitute |
| (verb) mention and identify by name |
- |
| (verb) make reference to |
Synonyms:
refer,
bring up,
mention,
cite,
advert |
| (verb) identify as in botany or biology, for example |
Synonyms:
identify,
describe,
discover,
distinguish,
key,
key out |
| (verb) give or make a list of; name individually; give the names of |
Synonyms:
list |
| (verb) determine or distinguish the nature of a problem or an illness through a diagnostic analysis |
Synonyms:
diagnose |
| (noun) a language unit by which a person or thing is known |
- |
| (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 |
| namedrop
|
(verb) refer to people that one assumes one's interlocutors admire in order to try to impress them |
- |
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| nameko
|
(noun) one of the most important fungi cultivated in Japan |
Synonyms:
Pholiota nameko,
viscid mushroom |
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| nameless
|
(adjective) being or having an unknown or unnamed source |
Synonyms:
unidentified,
unknown,
unnamed |
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| namelessness
|
(noun) the state of being anonymous |
Synonyms:
anonymity |
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| namely
|
(adverb) as follows |
Synonyms:
videlicet,
viz.,
that is to say,
to wit |
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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 |
| (adjective) inclined to or serving for the giving of names |
Synonyms:
appellative |
| 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 |
| nanocephalic
|
(adjective) having an abnormally small head and underdeveloped brain |
Synonyms:
microcephalic,
microcephalous |
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| 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 |
- |
|---|
| nanosecond
|
(noun) one billionth (10^-9) of a second; one thousandth of a microsecond |
- |
|---|
| nanotechnology
|
(noun) the branch of engineering that deals with things smaller than 100 nanometers (especially with the manipulation of individual molecules) |
- |
|---|
| 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 |
- |
|---|
| 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 |
| (verb) take a siesta |
Synonyms:
catch a wink,
catnap |
| 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 |
- |
|---|
| 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 |
- |
|---|
| 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 |
- |
|---|
| napoleoniana
|
(noun) items related to the life of Napoleon (engravings, paintings, books, etc.). |
- |
|---|
| napped
|
(adjective) (of fabrics) having soft nap produced by brushing |
Synonyms:
brushed,
fleecy |
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| napping
|
(adjective) not prepared or vigilant |
Synonyms:
off guard,
off her guard,
off his guard,
off one's guard,
off your guard,
off-guard |
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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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| (adjective) (of hair) in small tight curls |
Synonyms:
kinky,
crisp,
frizzly,
frizzy |
| naprapath
|
(noun) a therapist who practices naprapathy |
- |
|---|
| naprapathy
|
(noun) a drugless method of treatment based on the belief that disease symptoms arise from problems with ligaments and connective tissues |
- |
|---|
| 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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