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<A NAME="nowy">
<B>nowy, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Heraldry.) <DD><B> 1. </B>having a small semicircular projection at or near the middle, as a line or fess. <DD><B> 2. </B>(of a cross) having a projection in each angle between the arms. </DL>
<A NAME="nox">
<B>Nox, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the ancient Roman goddess of night, identified with the Greek Nyx. </DL>
<A NAME="noxious">
<B>noxious, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>very harmful; poisonous; pernicious. <BR> <I>Ex. Fumes from the exhaust of an automobile are noxious. Poison ivy is a noxious plant; avoid touching its leaves.</I> (SYN) unhealthful, deadly, unwholesome. <DD><B> 2. </B>morally hurtful; corrupting. <BR> <I>Ex. an unjust and noxious tyranny (Macaulay).</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>(Obsolete.) criminal. adv. <B>noxiously.</B> noun <B>noxiousness.</B> </DL>
<B>noyau, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a cordial or liqueur flavored with the kernels of peaches, cherries, or other fruit, or with some substitute. </DL>
<A NAME="nozzle">
<B>nozzle, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a tip put on a hose or pipe, forming an outlet. <BR> <I>Ex. He adjusted the nozzle so that the water came out in a fine spray.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>any duct through which a fluid is released in a stream. <BR> <I>Ex. the nozzle of a gas turbine, the nozzle of a rocket engine.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>a socket on a candlestick or sconce. <DD><B> 4. </B>(Slang.) the nose. <BR> <I>Ex. His whole face was overshadowed by this tremendous nozzle (Tobias Smollett).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="np">
<B>np</B> (no periods),<DL COMPACT><DD> new pence. </DL>
<A NAME="np">
<B>Np</B> (no period),<DL COMPACT><DD> neptunium (chemical element). </DL>
<A NAME="np">
<B>NP</B> (no periods),<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>neuropsychiatric. <DD><B> 2. </B>neuropsychiatrist. <DD><B> 3. </B>neuropsychiatry. <DD><B> 4. </B>proper name (Latin, <I>nomen proprium</I>) (used in prescriptions). </DL>
<B>NPC</B> (no periods),<DL COMPACT><DD> National Petroleum Council. </DL>
<A NAME="npd">
<B>N.P.D.,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>National Democratic Party (of Germany). <BR> <I>Ex. Undoubtedly some members of the neo-Nazi ... N.P.D. are genuine conservative nationalists (New York Times).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>North Polar Distance. </DL>
<A NAME="nr">
<B>nr.,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> near. </DL>
<A NAME="nra">
<B>NRA</B> (no periods) or <B>N.R.A.,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>National Recovery Administration (a United States government agency from 1933 to 1936, established to administer codes of fair competition for industry). <DD><B> 2. </B>National Rifle Association. </DL>
<A NAME="nrc">
<B>NRC</B> (no periods),<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>National Research Council. <DD><B> 2. </B>Nuclear Regulatory Commission. </DL>
<A NAME="nrma">
<B>NRMA</B> (no periods),<DL COMPACT><DD> National Roads and Motorists Association (of New South Wales). </DL>
<A NAME="nrotc">
<B>NROTC</B> (no periods) or <B>N.R.O.T.C.,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps. </DL>
<A NAME="nrr">
<B>NRR</B> (no periods),<DL COMPACT><DD> net reproductive rate. <BR> <I>Ex. This situation, defined by demographers as NRR = 1.0, would not lead to zero population growth (ZPG) at once. (Paul R. Ehrlich, J. P. Holdren).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="ns">
<B>N/S</B> or <B>n/s</B> (no periods),<DL COMPACT><DD> (Banking.) not sufficient (funds). </DL>
<A NAME="ns">
<B>n.s.,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> not specified. </DL>
<A NAME="ns">
<B>Ns</B> (no period),<DL COMPACT><DD> nimbostratus. </DL>
<A NAME="ns">
<B>NS</B> (no periods),<DL COMPACT><DD> nuclear ship. </DL>
<B>N.S.A.,</B> or <B>NSA</B> (no periods),<DL COMPACT><DD> National Security Agency (the cryptologic organization of the United States government). </DL>
<A NAME="nsc">
<B>NSC</B> (no periods),<DL COMPACT><DD> National Security Council (a board of advisers to the President of the United States on military, economic, and diplomatic affairs relating to the national security). </DL>
<A NAME="nsec">
<B>nsec</B> (no period),<DL COMPACT><DD> nanosecond. </DL>
<A NAME="nsf">
<B>NSF</B> (no periods),<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>Also, <B>N.S.F.</B> National Science Foundation. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Banking.) not sufficient funds. </DL>
<A NAME="nsm">
<B>NSM</B> (no periods),<DL COMPACT><DD> New Smoking Material (a tobacco substitute containing a cellulose base, added to cigarettes to reduce tar and nicotine content). </DL>
<A NAME="nspca">
<B>N.S.P.C.A.,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. </DL>
<A NAME="nspcc">
<B>N.S.P.C.C.,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children. </DL>
<A NAME="nsw">
<B>N.S.W.,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> New South Wales. </DL>
<A NAME="nt">
<B>Nt</B> (no period),<DL COMPACT><DD> niton (the former name of radon, now replaced by the symbol Rn). </DL>
<B>NTA</B> (no periods),<DL COMPACT><DD> nitrilotriacetic acid. </DL>
<A NAME="nta">
<B>N.T.A.,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> National Tuberculosis Association. </DL>
<A NAME="nth">
<B>nth, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>last in the series 1,2,3,4, ... n; being of the indefinitely large or small amount denoted by <I>n:</I> <BR> <I>Ex. the nth term in a series, the nth power of a number.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>(Informal, Figurative.) umpteenth. <BR> <I>Ex. I was reading Goldsworthy Lowes Dickinson's "A Modern Symposium" for the nth time the other day (London Times).</I> <BR><I>expr. <B>to the nth degree,</B> </I>to the utmost. <BR> <I>Ex. He was dressed to the nth degree for the occasion.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="ntp">
<B>N.T.P.,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> normal temperature and pressure; standard temperature and pressure. </DL>
<A NAME="ntwt">
<B>nt. wt.,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> net weight. </DL>
<A NAME="ntype">
<B>n-type, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with semiconductor materials such as germanium and silicon, with electrical conducting properties that depend upon the presence of impurities such as phosphorus, antimony, and arsenic. The impurities have a density of free electrons greater than the density of holes (vacant spots not occupied by electrons). </DL>
<A NAME="nu">
<B>nu, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet. </DL>
<A NAME="nuance">
<B>nuance, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a shade of expression, meaning, feeling, or the like. <BR> <I>Ex. I heard the Brahms Sonata in E Minor, which he interpreted with a subtle feeling for nuance (New Yorker).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>a slight difference in the shade of a color or tone. <BR> <I>Ex. A single primary colour alone may have a surprisingly large number of nuances (London Times).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="nuanced">
<B>nuanced, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> marked by or exhibiting nuances. </DL>
<A NAME="nub">
<B>nub, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a knob or knotlike lump; protuberance. <DD><B> 2. </B>a lump or small piece; nubbin. <DD><B> 3. </B>(Informal.) the point or gist of anything. <BR> <I>Ex. The nub of this matter is that we must not fall into the egregious sin of lack of faith in ... our youth (Eugene Youngert).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="nubbin">
<B>nubbin, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a small or imperfect ear of corn. <DD><B> 2. </B>an undeveloped fruit. <DD><B> 3. </B>a small lump or piece. <BR> <I>Ex. a nubbin of wool on a sweater.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="nubble">
<B>nubble, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a nub or nubbin. <BR> <I>Ex. He was lying on a piece of dingy ticking full of lumps and nubbles (Rudyard Kipling).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="nubbly">
<B>nubbly, </B>adjective, <B>-blier,</B> <B>-bliest.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> knobby or lumpy. <BR> <I>Ex. ... nubbly daytime tweeds (New Yorker).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="nubby">
<B>nubby, </B>adjective, <B>-bier,</B> <B>-biest.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> knobby or lumpy; nubbly. </DL>
<A NAME="nubia">
<B>nubia, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a soft wrap for the head and neck worn by women. </DL>
<A NAME="nubian">
<B>Nubian, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> of or having to do with Nubia, a region in northeastern Africa south of Egypt and bordering on the Red Sea, its inhabitants, or their language. <DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a member of the Negroid people inhabiting Nubia. <DD><B> 2. </B>the language spoken by this people. </DL>
<A NAME="nubiangoat">
<B>Nubian goat,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> any large, long-eared goat of a breed of northern Africa that gives rich milk. </DL>
<A NAME="nubile">
<B>nubile, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (of a girl) old enough to be married; marriageable. <BR> <I>Ex. The moon's three phases of new, full, and old recalled the matriarch's three phases of maiden, nymph (nubile woman) and crone (Robert Graves).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="nubility">
<B>nubility, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the condition of being old enough to marry. </DL>
<B>nucellar, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>of or having to do with a nucellus. <DD><B> 2. </B>like a nucellus. </DL>
<A NAME="nucellus">
<B>nucellus, </B>noun, pl. <B>-celli.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Botany.) the central mass of cells within the integument of the ovule containing the embryo sac; megasporangium. </DL>
<A NAME="nuchal">
<B>nuchal, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>of or having to do with the nape of the neck. <BR> <I>Ex. the nuchal muscles.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>(Entomology.) situated on the thorax just behind the head, as certain markings on an insect larva. </DL>
