| natural | (adjective) (of a parent or child) related by blood; genetically related | Synonyms: biological |
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| (adjective) in accordance with nature; relating to or concerning nature | - |
| (adjective) existing in or produced by nature; not artificial or imitation | - |
| (adjective) existing in or in conformity with nature or the observable world; neither supernatural nor magical | - |
| (adjective) (of a musical note) being neither raised nor lowered by one chromatic semitone | - |
| (adjective) being talented through inherited qualities | Synonyms: born, innate |
| (adjective) functioning or occurring in a normal way; lacking abnormalities or deficiencies | - |
| (adjective) unthinking; prompted by (or as if by) instinct | Synonyms: instinctive |
| (adjective) free from artificiality | Synonyms: lifelike |
| (adjective) (used especially of commodities) being unprocessed or manufactured using only simple or minimal processes | Synonyms: raw, rude |
| (noun) (craps) a first roll of 7 or 11 that immediately wins the stake | - |
| (noun) a notation cancelling a previous sharp or flat | Synonyms: cancel |
| (noun) someone regarded as certain to succeed | - |
| naturalisation | (noun) the proceeding whereby a foreigner is granted citizenship | Synonyms: naturalization |
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| (noun) changing the pronunciation of a borrowed word to agree with the borrowers' phonology | Synonyms: naturalization |
| (noun) the introduction of animals or plants to places where they flourish but are not indigenous | Synonyms: naturalization |
| (noun) the quality of being brought into conformity with nature | Synonyms: naturalization |
| naturalise | (verb) make into a citizen | Synonyms: naturalize |
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| (verb) make more natural or lifelike | Synonyms: naturalize |
| (verb) adopt to another place | Synonyms: naturalize |
| (verb) adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment | Synonyms: cultivate, domesticate, naturalize, tame |
| naturalised | (adjective) planted so as to give an effect of wild growth | Synonyms: naturalized |
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| naturalism | (noun) (philosophy) the doctrine that the world can be understood in scientific terms without recourse to spiritual or supernatural explanations | - |
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| (noun) an artistic movement in 19th century France; artists and writers strove for detailed realistic and factual description | Synonyms: realism |
| naturalist | (noun) a biologist knowledgeable about natural history (especially botany and zoology) | Synonyms: natural scientist |
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| (noun) an advocate of the doctrine that the world can be understood in scientific terms | - |
| naturalistic | (adjective) representing what is real; not abstract or ideal | Synonyms: realistic |
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| naturalization | (noun) the proceeding whereby a foreigner is granted citizenship | Synonyms: naturalisation |
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| (noun) changing the pronunciation of a borrowed word to agree with the borrowers' phonology | Synonyms: naturalisation |
| (noun) the introduction of animals or plants to places where they flourish but are not indigenous | Synonyms: naturalisation |
| (noun) the quality of being brought into conformity with nature | Synonyms: naturalisation |
| naturalize | (verb) make into a citizen | Synonyms: naturalise |
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| (verb) make more natural or lifelike | Synonyms: naturalise |
| (verb) adopt to another place | Synonyms: naturalise |
| (verb) adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment | Synonyms: cultivate, domesticate, naturalise, tame |
| (verb) explain with reference to nature | - |
| naturalized | (adjective) planted so as to give an effect of wild growth | Synonyms: naturalised |
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| (adjective) introduced from another region and persisting without cultivation | Synonyms: established |
| naturally | (adverb) as might be expected | Synonyms: course, of course |
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| (adverb) according to nature; by natural means; without artificial help | - |
| (adverb) in a natural or normal manner | - |
| (adverb) through inherent nature | Synonyms: by nature |
| naturalness | (noun) the quality of being natural or based on natural principles | - |
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| (noun) the likeness of a representation to the thing represented | - |
| (noun) the quality of innocent naivete | Synonyms: artlessness, ingenuousness, innocence |
| nature | (noun) the complex of emotional and intellectual attributes that determine a person's characteristic actions and reactions | - |
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| (noun) the essential qualities or characteristics by which something is recognized | - |
| (noun) a particular type of thing | - |
| (noun) the natural physical world including plants and animals and landscapes etc. | - |
| (noun) a causal agent creating and controlling things in the universe | - |
| naturism | (noun) going without clothes as a social practice | Synonyms: nudism |
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| naturist | (noun) a person who practices nudity for reasons of health or religion | Synonyms: nudist |
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| naturistic | (adjective) in accord with naturism | - |
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| naturopath | (noun) a therapist who practices naturopathy | - |
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| naturopathy | (noun) a method of treating disease using food and exercise and heat to assist the natural healing process | - |
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