1: (of a solution) concentration expressed in gram equivalents of solute per liter [syn: {normality}] 2: a common nonmetallic element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless inert diatomic gas...

1: the capital and largest city of Chad; located in the southwestern on the Shari river [syn: {Ndjamena}, {Fort-Lamy}, {capital of Chad}]

1: a semiconductor in which electrical conduction is due chiefly to the movement of electrons

1: n is between 2 and infinity; "They split the loot four ways" [syn: {ways}]

1: a stock exchange in New York [syn: {New York Stock Exchange}, {NYSE}, {big board}]

1: a Latin phrase (or its abbreviation) used to indicate that special attention should be paid to something; "the margins of his book were generously supplied with pencilled NBs" [syn: {nota bene}, {N...

1: a silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group; occurs abundantly in natural compounds (especially in salt water); burns with a yellow flame and reacts violently in water; occurs in...

1: a family of North American Indian languages

1: tag the base runner to get him out 2: take into custody; "the police nabbed the suspected criminals" [syn: {collar}, {nail}, {apprehend}, {arrest}, {pick up}, {cop}] 3: seize suddenly [also: {nabbi...

1: genus of North American and east Asian perennial herbs; sometimes included in genus Prenanthes [syn: {genus Nabalus}]

1: herb of northeastern North America having drooping clusters of yellowish-white flowers; sometimes placed in genus Prenanthes [syn: {white lettuce}, {cankerweed}, {Prenanthes alba}]

1: common perennial herb widely distributed in the southern and eastern United States having drooping clusters of pinkish flowers and thick basal leaves suggesting a lion's foot in shape; sometimes pl...

{nab}

{nab}

1: a governor in India during the Mogual empire [syn: {nawab}] 2: a wealthy man (especially one who made his fortune in the Orient)

1: United States writer (born in Russia) (1899-1977) [syn: {Vladimir Nabokov}, {Vladimir vladimirovich Nabokov}]

1: small tree of dry open parts of southern Africa having erect angled branches suggesting candelabra [syn: {cactus euphorbia}, {Euphorbia ingens}]

1: a cyst that forms in the nabothian glands of the uterine cervix [syn: {nabothian follicle}]

1: a cyst that forms in the nabothian glands of the uterine cervix [syn: {nabothian cyst}]

1: one of many small glands of the uterine cervix that secrete mucus

1: Babylonian god of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools [syn: {Nebo}]

1: a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Relafen) [syn: {Relafen}]

1: a council consisting of permanent representatives of all the member countries of NATO; has political authority and powers of decision [syn: {North Atlantic Council}]

1: a streamlined enclosure for an aircraft engine

1: a tortilla chip topped with cheese and chili-pepper and broiled

1: a mountain peak in the Andes in Argentina (21,302 feet high)

1: the iridescent internal layer of a mollusk shell [syn: {mother-of-pearl}]

1: consisting of or resembling mother-of-pearl 2: having a play of lustrous rainbow-like colors; "an iridescent oil slick"; "nacreous (or pearlescent) clouds looking like mother-of-pearl"; "a milky op...

1: a luminous iridescent cloud at a high altitude that may be seen when the sun is a few degrees below the horizon [syn: {mother-of-pearl cloud}]

1: a coenzyme present in most living cells and derived from the B vitamin nicotinic acid; serves as a reductant in various metabolic processes [syn: {nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide}]

1: a quantity of no importance; "it looked like nothing I had ever seen before"; "reduced to nil all the work we had done"; "we racked up a pathetic goose egg"; "it was all for naught"; "I didn't hear...

1: a daiquiri made without alcohol

1: South African novelist and short-story writer whose work describes the effects of apartheid (born in 1923) [syn: {Gordimer}]

1: an extreme state of adversity; the lowest point of anything [syn: {low-water mark}] 2: the point below the observer that is directly opposite the zenith on the imaginary sphere against which celest...

1: a beta-adrenergic blocking agent (trade name Corgard) that is used to treat hypertension and angina [syn: {Corgard}]

1: a coenzyme similar to NAD and present in most living cells but serves as a reductant in different metabolic processes [syn: {nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate}]

1: rule for calculating an expected delivery date; subtract three months from the first day of the last menstrual period and add seven days to that date

1: gorals [syn: {genus Naemorhedus}]

1: small goat antelope with small conical horns; of southern Asian mountains [syn: {goral}]

{naevus}

1: 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 [syn: {naf...

1: 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 [syn: {Naf...

1: someone (especially a woman) who annoys people by constantly finding fault [syn: {scold}, {scolder}, {nagger}, {common scold}] 2: an old or over-worked horse [syn: {hack}, {jade}, {plug}] v 1: both...

1: a town in Upper Egypt 2: a collection of 13 ancient papyrus codices translated from Greek into Coptic that were discovered by farmers near the town of Nag Hammadi in 1945; the codices contain 45 di...

1: a collection of 13 ancient papyrus codices translated from Greek into Coptic that were discovered by farmers near the town of Nag Hammadi in 1945; the codices contain 45 distinct works including th...

1: Kamarupan languages spoken in northeastern India and western Burma

1: shrub bearing oval-fruited kumquats [syn: {nagami kumquat}, {oval kumquat}, {Fortunella margarita}]

1: shrub bearing oval-fruited kumquats [syn: {nagami}, {oval kumquat}, {Fortunella margarita}]

1: a city in central Honshu northwest of Tokyo; site of a Buddhist shrine

1: a syllabic script used in writing Sanskrit and Hindi [syn: {Devanagari}, {Devanagari script}, {Nagari script}]

1: a syllabic script used in writing Sanskrit and Hindi [syn: {Devanagari}, {Devanagari script}, {Nagari}]

1: a city in southern Japan on Kyushu; a leading port and shipbuilding center; on August 9, 1945 Nagasaki became the second populated area to receive an atomic bomb

1: small genus of Asian evergreen trees having columnar crowns and distinguished by leaves lacking a midrib; eastern Asia including India and Philippines and New Guinea [syn: {genus Nageia}]

1: medium-sized tree having glossy lanceolate leaves; southern China to Taiwan and southern Japan [syn: {nagi}]

{nag}

1: someone (especially a woman) who annoys people by constantly finding fault [syn: {scold}, {scolder}, {nag}, {common scold}]

{nag}

1: medium-sized tree having glossy lanceolate leaves; southern China to Taiwan and southern Japan [syn: {Nageia nagi}]

1: an industrial city in southern Honshu

1: the chief city in the Ryukyu Islands

1: a member of any of various Indian peoples of central Mexico 2: the Uto-Aztecan language spoken by the Nahuatl people

1: a Hebrew minor prophet of the 7th century BC 2: an Old Testament book telling Nahum's prophecy of the fall of Nineveh [syn: {Book of Nahum}]

1: submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers; of fresh or brackish water [syn: {water nymph}] 2: (Greek mythology) a nymph of lakes and springs and rivers and fountains [also: {na...

1: monotypic family of aquatic plants having narrow leaves and small flowers [syn: {Naiadaceae}, {family Naiadaceae}, {Najadaceae}, {family Najadaceae}]

1: monotypic family of aquatic plants having narrow leaves and small flowers [syn: {family Naiadaceae}, {Najadaceae}, {family Najadaceae}, {naiad family}]

1: an order of aquatic monocotyledonous herbaceous plants [syn: {order Naiadales}, {Alismales}, {order Alismales}]

{naiad}

1: applied to a fish depicted horizontally [syn: {swimming}]

1: sole genus of the family Naiadaceae [syn: {genus Naias}, {Najas}, {genus Najas}]

1: marked by or showing unaffected simplicity and lack of guile or worldly experience; "a teenager's naive ignorance of life"; "the naive assumption that things can only get better"; "this naive simpl...

1: a Dravidian language spoken in south central India

1: horny plate covering and protecting part of the dorsal surface of the digits 2: a thin pointed piece of metal that is hammered into materials as a fastener 3: a former unit of length for cloth equa...

1: succeed in obtaining a position; "He nailed down a spot at Harvard" [syn: {nail}, {peg}] 2: define clearly; "I cannot narrow down the rules for this game" [syn: {pin down}, {peg down}, {narrow down...

1: a cosmetic lacquer that dries quickly and that is applied to the nails to color them or make them shiny [syn: {nail polish}, {nail varnish}]

1: a hole left after a nail is removed

1: a cosmetic lacquer that dries quickly and that is applied to the nails to color them or make them shiny [syn: {nail enamel}, {nail varnish}]

1: a cosmetic lacquer that dries quickly and that is applied to the nails to color them or make them shiny [syn: {nail polish}, {nail enamel}]

1: (of a situation) characterized by or causing suspense [syn: {cliff-hanging}, {suspenseful}, {suspensive}]

1: small wallabies with a horny nail on the tip of the tail [syn: {nail-tailed wallaby}]

1: small wallabies with a horny nail on the tip of the tail [syn: {nail-tailed kangaroo}]

1: a brush used to clean a person's fingernails

1: a worker who attaches something by nailing it

1: a small flat file for shaping the nails

1: something resembling the head of a nail that is used as an ornamental device 2: flattened boss on the end of nail opposite to the point

1: 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, Asi...

1: a soft lightweight muslin used especially for babies

1: the basic unit of money in Nigeria

1: the capital and largest city of Kenya; a center for tourist safaris [syn: {capital of Kenya}]

1: United States educator (born in Canada) who invented the game of basketball (1861-1939) [syn: {James Naismith}]

1: marked by or showing unaffected simplicity and lack of guile or worldly experience; "a teenager's naive ignorance of life"; "the naive assumption that things can only get better"; "this naive simpl...

1: a genre of art and outdoor constructions made by untrained artists who do not recognize themselves as artists [syn: {outsider art}, {self-taught art}, {vernacular art}, {primitive art}]

1: (philosophy) the philosophical doctrine that physical object continue to exist when not perceived [syn: {realism}]

1: in a naive manner; "he believed, naively, that she would leave him her money"

1: lack of sophistication or worldliness [syn: {naivete}, {naivety}] [ant: {sophistication}]

1: lack of sophistication or worldliness [syn: {naivety}, {naiveness}] [ant: {sophistication}]

1: lack of sophistication or worldliness [syn: {naivete}, {naiveness}] [ant: {sophistication}]

1: cobras [syn: {genus Naja}]

1: cobra used by the Pharaohs as a symbol of their power over life and death [syn: {asp}, {Egyptian cobra}]

1: large cobra of southeastern Asia and the East Indies; the largest venomous snake; sometimes placed in genus Naja [syn: {hamadryad}, {king cobra}, {Ophiophagus hannan}]

1: of tropical Africa and Asia [syn: {Indian cobra}]

1: aggressive cobra widely distributed in Africa; rarely bites but spits venom that may cause blindness [syn: {black-necked cobra}, {spitting cobra}]

1: monotypic family of aquatic plants having narrow leaves and small flowers [syn: {Naiadaceae}, {family Naiadaceae}, {family Najadaceae}, {naiad family}]

1: sole genus of the family Naiadaceae [syn: {Naias}, {genus Naias}, {genus Najas}]

1: a central plateau region of the Arabian Peninsula; formely an independent sultanate until 1932 when it united with Hejaz to form the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia [syn: {Nejd}]

1: completely unclothed; "bare bodies"; "naked from the waist up"; "a nude model" [syn: {bare}, {au naturel(p)}, {nude}] 2: having no protecting or concealing cover; "naked to mine enemies"- Shakespea...

1: (used informally) completely unclothed [syn: {bare-assed}, {bare-ass}, {in the altogether}, {in the buff}, {in the raw}, {raw}, {peeled}, {stark naked}]

1: as naked as at birth [syn: {mother-naked}, {naked as the day you were born}, {in one's birthday suit}, {in your birthday suit}]

1: as naked as at birth [syn: {mother-naked}, {naked as the day one was born}, {in one's birthday suit}, {in your birthday suit}]

1: the eye unaided by any optical instrument that alters the power of vision or alters the apparent size or distance of objects; "it is not safe to look directly at the sun with the naked eye"

1: bulbous autumn-flowering herb with white, purple or lavender-and-white flowers; native to western and central Europe [syn: {autumn crocus}, {meadow saffron}, {Colchicum autumnale}] 2: amaryllis of ...

1: fetal-looking colonial rodent of east Africa; neither mole nor rat; they feed on tubers and have a social structure similar to that of honeybees and termites

1: a put or call option for which the seller or buyer has no underlying security position

1: in an exposed manner; without protection or defense; "they were attacked as they huddled nakedly on the bare hill" 2: without clothing; "Henriette saw the weaving figure of an Apache warrior reel n...

1: the state of being without clothing or covering of any kind [syn: {nudity}, {nudeness}]

1: any of several small to medium-sized trees of Florida and West Indies with thin scaly bark and heavy dark heartwood 2: tree of extreme southern Florida and West Indies having thin scaly bark and ar...

1: a city in western Kenya; commercial center of an agricultural region

1: a city in southwestern Russia in a valley of the Caucasus Mountains; an industrial center and health resort

1: a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Nalfon) used in the treatment of arthritis and other painful inflammatory disorders [syn: {fenoprofen}, {fenoprofen calcium}]

1: antibacterial agent used especially to treat genitourinary infections [syn: {NegGram}]

1: a narcotic antagonist (trade name Nalline) that counteracts the effects of narcotics (especially the effects of poisoning by morphine) [syn: {nalorphine}]