2011-2012 UIL Spelling Words 801-850
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Naugahyde | A trademark for a brand of simulated leather |
| necessitate | require as useful, just, or proper |
| neofascism | a post-World War II ideology |
| neoimpressionism | A movement in late 19th-century painting led by Georges Seurat that was stricter and more formal in composition and employed pointillism as a technique. |
| networking | A way of making and using contacts to get job information and advice |
| neuralgia | acute spasmodic pain along the course of one or more nerves |
| Nez Perce | a member of a tribe of the Shahaptian people living on the pacific coast |
| Nibelung | (German mythology) any of the race of dwarfs who possessed a treasure hoard that was stolen by Siegfried |
| niblick | an iron with considerable loft |
| Nigerian | ... |
| nigrescence | the process of developing a black identity |
| nip and tuck | plastic surgery to remove wrinkles and other signs of aging from your face |
| noblesse oblige | the obligation of those of high rank to be honorable and generous (often used ironically) |
| nociceptor | pain receptor |
| nomothetic | relating to or involving the search for abstract universal principles |
| non compos mentis | not of sound mind |
| noncustodial | Of or relating to a lack of child custody |
| nondiscrimination | fairness in treating people without prejudice |
| nonexistent | not having existence or being or actuality |
| nonintervention | a foreign policy of staying out of other countries' disputes |
| nonperson | a person regarded as nonexistent and having no rights |
| nontenured | not having tenure |
| Norgay | Sherpa mountaineer who with Sir Edmund Hillary made the first ascent of Mount Everest |
| North Saskatchewan | A river of south-central Canada flowing about 1223 km (760 mi) generally eastward from the Rocky Mountains. |
| Nostradamus | French astrologer who wrote cryptic predictions whose interpretations are still being debated (1503-1566) |
| nouveau riche | newly rich |
| nuclear family | a family consisting of parents and their children and grandparents of a marital partner |
| nuclear-free zone | An area in which nuclear weapons, by choice or the residents, may not be moved or stored. A number of areas (such as New Zealand) have (or have attempted) to declare themselves as such. |
| numinous | evincing the presence of a deity |
| nunciature | The office of a nuncio in the Roman Catholic Church. |
| nuncupative | oral; not written |
| nutation | uncontrolled nodding |
| nyctitropism | the circadian rhythmic nastic movement of higher plants in response to the onset of darkness |
| oarlock | a holder attached to the gunwale of a boat that holds the oar in place and acts as a fulcrum for rowing |
| obliquity | the quality of being deceptive |
| oblivious | failing to keep in mind |
| obnoxiousness | the quality of being hateful |
| obstructionist | a person who deliberately delays or prevents progress |
| oceanarium | a large aquarium for the study and display of marine life |
| octodecimo | A size of book page that results from the folding of each printed sheet into 18 leaves (36 pages). |
| odalisk | a woman who cohabits with an important man |
| odeum | small roofed theatre usually found in the country |
| odiously | in an offensive and hateful manner |
| off-the-record | information provided to a journalist that will not be released to the public |
| ogreish | monster-like |
| Okinawa | the largest island of the central Ryukyu Islands |
| oleaginous | containing an unusual amount of grease or oil |
| oleaster | any of several shrubs of the genus Elaeagnus having silver-white twigs and yellow flowers followed by olivelike fruits |
| Oligocene | from 40 million to 25 million years ago |
| ombudswoman | A woman who investigates complaints and mediates fair especially settlements between aggrieved parties such as consumers or students and an institution or organization. |
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