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nationality |
A connection with a particular nation. |
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naturally |
According to the usual order of things. |
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nausea |
An affection of the stomach producing dizziness and usually an impulse to vomit |
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nauseate |
To cause to loathe. |
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nauseous |
Loathsome. |
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nautical |
Pertaining to ships, seamen, or navigation. |
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naval |
Pertaining to ships. |
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navel |
The depression on the abdomen where the umbilical cord of the fetus was attached. |
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navigable |
Capable of commercial navigation. |
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navigate |
To traverse by ship. |
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nebula |
A gaseous body of unorganized stellar substance. |
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necessary |
Indispensably requisite or absolutely needed to accomplish a desired result. |
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necessitate |
To render indispensable. |
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necessity |
That which is indispensably requisite to an end desired. |
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necrology |
A list of persons who have died in a certain place or time. |
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necromancer |
One who practices the art of foretelling the future by means of communication with the dead. |
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necropolis |
A city of the dead. |
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necrosis |
the death of part of the body. |
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nectar |
Any especially sweet and delicious drink. |
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nectarine |
A variety of the peach. |
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needlework |
Embroidery. |
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needy |
Being in need, want, or poverty. |
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nefarious |
Wicked in the extreme. |
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negate |
To deny. |
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negation |
The act of denying or of asserting the falsity of a proposition. |
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neglectful |
Exhibiting or indicating omission. |
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negligee |
A loose gown worn by women. |
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negligence |
Omission of that which ought to be done. |
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negligent |
Apt to omit what ought to be done. |
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negligible |
Transferable by assignment, endorsement, or delivery. |
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negotiable |
To bargain with others for an agreement, as for a treaty or transfer of property. |
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Nemesis |
A goddess; divinity of chastisement and vengeance. |
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neocracy |
Government administered by new or untried persons. |
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neo-Darwinsim |
Darwinism as modified and extended by more recent students. |
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neo-Latin |
Modernized Latin. |
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neopaganism |
A new or revived paganism. |
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Neolithic |
Pertaining to the later stone age. |
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neology |
The coining or using of new words or new meanings of words. |
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neophyte |
Having the character of a beginner. |
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nestle |
To adjust cozily in snug quarters. |
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nestling |
Recently hatched. |
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nettle |
To excite sensations of uneasiness or displeasure in. |
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network |
Anything that presents a system of cross- lines. |
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neural |
Pertaining to the nerves or nervous system. |
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neurology |
The science of the nervous system. |
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neuter |
Neither masculine nor feminine. |
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neutral |
Belonging to or under control of neither of two contestants. |
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nevertheless conj |
Notwithstanding. |
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Newtonian |
Of or pertaining to Sir Isaac Newton, the English philosopher. |
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niggardly |
Stingy. (no longer acceptable to use) |
