nematode
1: unsegmented worms with elongated rounded body pointed at both ends; mostly free-living but some are parasitic [syn: {nematode worm}, {roundworm}]
nematode worm
1: unsegmented worms with elongated rounded body pointed at both ends; mostly free-living but some are parasitic [syn: {nematode}, {roundworm}]
Nembutal
1: a barbiturate (trade name Nembutal) used as a sedative and hypnotic and anti-spasmodic [syn: {pentobarbital sodium}, {pentobarbital}, {yellow jacket}]
Nemea
1: a valley in southeastern Greece where the Nemean Games were held
Nemean Games
1: the ancient Panhellenic games held biennially at Nemea in the second and fourth years of each Olympiad
Nemean lion
1: (Greek mythology) an enormous lion strangled by Hercules as the first of his 12 labors
Nemertea
1: proboscis worms [syn: {phylum Nemertea}, {Nemertina}, {phylum Nemertina}]
nemertean
1: soft unsegmented marine worms that have a threadlike proboscis and the ability to stretch and contract [syn: {ribbon worm}, {nemertine}, {proboscis worm}]
Nemertina
1: proboscis worms [syn: {Nemertea}, {phylum Nemertea}, {phylum Nemertina}]
nemertine
1: soft unsegmented marine worms that have a threadlike proboscis and the ability to stretch and contract [syn: {ribbon worm}, {nemertean}, {proboscis worm}]
Nemesis
1: (Greek mythology) the goddess of divine retribution and vengeance 2: something causes misery or death; "the bane of my life" [syn: {bane}, {curse}, {scourge}]
nemine contradicente
1: of one mind; without dissent; "the Senate unanimously approved the bill"; "we voted unanimously" [syn: {unanimously}, {nem con}]
nemophila
1: any plant of the genus Nemophila
Nemophila aurita
1: straggling California annual herb with deep purple or violet flowers; sometimes placed in genus Nemophila [syn: {fiesta flower}, {Pholistoma auritum}]
Nemophila maculata
1: California annual having white flowers with a deep purple blotch on each petal [syn: {five-spot}]
Nemophila menziesii
1: delicate California annual having blue flowers marked with dark spots [syn: {baby blue-eyes}]
Nenets
1: a Uralic language spoken by a Samoyed people of northern Siberia [syn: {Nentsi}, {Nentsy}, {Yurak-Samoyed}]
Nentsi
1: a Uralic language spoken by a Samoyed people of northern Siberia [syn: {Nenets}, {Nentsy}, {Yurak-Samoyed}]
Nentsy
1: a Uralic language spoken by a Samoyed people of northern Siberia [syn: {Nenets}, {Nentsi}, {Yurak-Samoyed}]
neo
1: (used as a combining form) recent or new; "`neo' is a combining form in words like `neocolonialism'"
neo jazz
1: any of various styles of jazz that appeared after 1940 [syn: {modern jazz}, {new jazz}]
neo-Darwinian
1: of or relating to Darwin's theories as modified by modern genetic findings; "Neo-Darwinian theories"
Neo-Darwinism
1: a modern Darwinian theory that explains new species in terms of genetic mutations
neo-Lamarckian
1: of or relating to a modern version of Lamarckism; "Neo-Lamarckian theories"
Neo-Lamarckism
1: a modern Lamarckian theory emphasizing the importance of environmental factors in genetic changes and retaining the notion of the inheritance of acquired characters
Neo-Latin
1: Latin since the Renaissance; used for scientific nomenclature [syn: {New Latin}]
Neobiotic
1: an antibiotic obtained from an actinomycete and used (as a sulphate under the trade name Neobiotic) as an intestinal antiseptic in surgery [syn: {neomycin}, {fradicin}]
Neoceratodus
1: extant Australian lungfishes [syn: {genus Neoceratodus}]
Neoceratodus forsteri
1: large edible Australian lungfish having paddle-shaped fins [syn: {barramunda}, {barramundi}]
neoclassic
1: characteristic of a revival of an earlier classical style [syn: {neoclassical}]
neoclassical
1: characteristic of a revival of an earlier classical style [syn: {neoclassic}]
neoclassicism
1: revival of a classical style (in art or literature or architecture or music) but from a new perspective or with a new motivation
neoclassicist
1: relating to or advocating neoclassicism [syn: {neoclassicistic}] n : an advocate of neoclassicism
neoclassicistic
1: relating to or advocating neoclassicism [syn: {neoclassicist}]
neocolonialism
1: control by a powerful country of its former colonies (or other less developed countries) by economic pressures
neocon
1: a conservative who subscribes to neoconservativism [syn: {neoconservative}]
neoconservative
1: a conservative who subscribes to neoconservativism [syn: {neocon}]
neoconservativism
1: an approach to politics or theology that represents a return to a traditional point of view (in contrast to more liberal or radical schools of thought of the 1960s)
neocortex
1: the cortical part of the neencephalon [syn: {neopallium}]
neocortical
1: of or relating to the neocortex of the cerebrum
neodymium
1: a yellow trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; occurs in monazite and bastnasite in association with cerium and lanthanum and praseodymium [syn: {Nd}, {atomic number 60}]
neoencephalon
1: the part of the brain having the most recent phylogenetic origin; the cerebral cortex and related parts [syn: {neencephalon}]
neoexpressionism
1: an art movement based on expressionism; developed in 1980s in Europe and United States; crudely drawn garish paintings
Neofiber
1: round-tailed muskrat [syn: {genus Neofiber}]
Neofiber alleni
1: of Florida wetlands [syn: {round-tailed muskrat}, {Florida water rat}]
Neohygrophorus
1: a genus of fungi belonging to the family Hygrophoraceae [syn: {genus Neohygrophorus}]
Neohygrophorus angelesianus
1: a fungus with a small brown convex cap with a depressed disc; waxy wine-colored gills and a brown stalk; fruits in or near melting snow banks in the western mountains of North America
Neolentinus
1: a genus of fungi belonging to the family Polyporaceae [syn: {genus Neolentinus}]
Neolentinus ponderosus
1: a gilled polypore with a large cap (up to 15 inches in diameter) and a broad stalk; edible when young and tender
neoliberal
1: having or showing belief in the need for economic growth in addition to traditional liberalistic values n : a liberal who subscribes to neoliberalism
neoliberalism
1: a political orientation originating in the 1960s; blends liberal political views with an emphasis on economic growth
neolith
1: a stone tool from the Neolithic Age
neolithic
1: of or relating to the most recent period of the Stone Age (following the mesolithic); "evidence of neolithic settlements" n : latest part of the Stone Age beginning about 10,000 BC in the middle ea...
Neolithic Age
1: latest part of the Stone Age beginning about 10,000 BC in the middle east (but later elsewhere) [syn: {Neolithic}, {New Stone Age}]
neologism
1: a newly invented word or phrase [syn: {neology}, {coinage}] 2: the act of inventing a word or phrase [syn: {neology}, {coinage}]
neologist
1: a lexicographer of new words and expressions
neology
1: a newly invented word or phrase [syn: {neologism}, {coinage}] 2: the act of inventing a word or phrase [syn: {neologism}, {coinage}]
neomycin
1: an antibiotic obtained from an actinomycete and used (as a sulphate under the trade name Neobiotic) as an intestinal antiseptic in surgery [syn: {fradicin}, {Neobiotic}]
Neomys
1: a genus of Soricidae [syn: {genus Neomys}]
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Neomys anomalus
1: a type of water shrew [syn: {Mediterranean water shrew}]
Neomys fodiens
1: widely distributed Old World water shrew [syn: {European water shrew}]
neon
1: a colorless odorless gaseous element that give a red glow in a vacuum tube; one of the six inert gasses; occurs in the air in small amounts [syn: {Ne}, {atomic number 10}]
neon induction lamp
1: a lamp consisting of a small gas-discharge tube containing neon at low pressure; luminescence is produced by the action of currents at high frequencies that are wrapped a few turns around the tube ...
neon lamp
1: a lamp consisting of a small gas-discharge tube containing neon at low pressure; luminescence is produced by the action of currents at high frequencies that are wrapped a few turns around the tube ...
neon tube
1: a lamp consisting of a small gas-discharge tube containing neon at low pressure; luminescence is produced by the action of currents at high frequencies that are wrapped a few turns around the tube ...
neonatal
1: relating to or affecting the infant during the first month after birth; "neonatal care"; "the neonatal period"
neonatal death
1: death of a live-born infant within the first 28 days of life
neonatal hyperbilirubinemia
1: a common disorder that is usually due to immaturity of the liver; usually subsides spontaneously [syn: {hyperbilirubinemia of the newborn}]
neonatal intensive care unit
1: an intensive care unit designed with special equipment to care for premature or low-birth-weight or seriously ill newborn [syn: {NICU}]
neonatal mortality
1: the death rate during the first 28 days of life [syn: {neonatal mortality rate}]
neonate
1: a baby from birth to four weeks [syn: {newborn}, {newborn infant}, {newborn baby}]
neonatology
1: that branch of pediatric medicine concerned with the newborn; the diagnosis and treatment of neonates
neopallium
1: the cortical part of the neencephalon [syn: {neocortex}]
Neophron
1: a genus of Accipitridae [syn: {genus Neophron}]
Neophron percnopterus
1: small mostly white vulture of Africa and southern Eurasia [syn: {Egyptian vulture}, {Pharaoh's chicken}]
neophyte
1: a plant that is found in an area where it had not been recorded previously 2: any new participant in some activity [syn: {newcomer}, {fledgling}, {fledgeling}, {starter}, {freshman}, {newbie}, {ent...
neoplasia
1: the pathological process that results in the formation and growth of a tumor
neoplasm
1: an abnormal new mass of tissue that serves no purpose [syn: {tumor}, {tumour}]
neoplastic
1: of or related to or having the properties of a neoplasm; "neoplastic cells"
Neoplatonism
1: a system of philosophical and religious doctrines composed of elements of Platonism and Aristotelianism and oriental mysticism; its most distinctive doctrine holds that the First Principle and sour...
neoprene
1: a synthetic rubber that is resistant to oils and aging; used in waterproof products
neoromanticism
1: an art movement based on a revival of romanticism in art and literature
Neosho
1: a river that rises in eastern Kansas and flows eastward into Oklahoma to become a tributary of the Arkansas River [syn: {Neosho River}]
Neosho River
1: a river that rises in eastern Kansas and flows eastward into Oklahoma to become a tributary of the Arkansas River [syn: {Neosho}]
Neosporin
1: trade name for a topical drug containing several antibacterials; used as an ointment for skin irritations and in the form of eyedrops for minor eye infections
neostigmine
1: a cholinergic drug (trade name Prostigmin) used to treat some ophthalmic conditions and to treat myasthenia gravis [syn: {Prostigmin}]
neotenic
1: of or relating to or characterized by neoteny; "neotenic development" [syn: {neotenous}]
neotenous
1: of or relating to or characterized by neoteny; "neotenic development" [syn: {neotenic}]
neoteny
1: an evolutionary trend to be born earlier so that development is cut off at an earlier stage and juvenile characteristics are retained in adults of the species
Neotoma
1: packrats [syn: {genus Neotoma}]
Neotoma cinerea
1: any of several bushy-tailed rodents of the genus Neotoma of western North America; hoards food and other objects [syn: {packrat}, {pack rat}, {trade rat}, {bushytail woodrat}]
Neotoma floridana
1: large grayish-brown wood rat of the southeastern United States [syn: {eastern woodrat}]
Neotoma fuscipes
1: host to Lyme disease tick (Ixodes pacificus) in northern California [syn: {dusky-footed woodrat}]
Nepa
1: type genus of the Nepidae: typical elongate-oval water scorpions [syn: {genus Nepa}]
Nepal
1: a small landlocked Asian country high in the Himalayas between India and China [syn: {Kingdom of Nepal}]
Nepal trumpet flower
1: evergreen woody twiner with large glossy leaves and showy corymbs of fragrant white trumpet-shaped flowers [syn: {Easter lily vine}, {Beaumontia grandiflora}]
Nepalese
1: of or pertaining to or characteristic of Nepal or its people or language or culture; "Nepalese troops massed at the border"; "Nepali mountains are among the highest in the world"; "the different Ne...
Nepalese rupee
1: the basic unit of money in Nepal; equal to 100 paisas [syn: {rupee}]
Nepali
1: of or pertaining to or characteristic of Nepal or its people or language or culture; "Nepalese troops massed at the border"; "Nepali mountains are among the highest in the world"; "the different Ne...
Nepenthaceae
1: coextensive with the genus Nepenthes [syn: {family Nepenthaceae}]
Nepenthes
1: pitcher plants [syn: {genus Nepenthes}]
Nepeta
1: catmint [syn: {genus Nepeta}]
Nepeta cataria
1: hairy aromatic perennial herb having whorls of small white purple-spotted flowers in a terminal spike; used in the past as a domestic remedy; strongly attractive to cats [syn: {catmint}, {catnip}]
Nepeta hederaceae
1: trailing European aromatic plant of the mint family having rounded leaves and small purplish flowers often grown in hanging baskets; naturalized in North America; sometimes placed in genus Nepeta [...
nepheline
1: a whitish mineral consisting of sodium aluminum silicate or potassium aluminum silicate in crystalline form; used in the manufacture of ceramics and enamels [syn: {nephelite}]
nephelinite
1: an igneous rock consisting of nepheline and pyroxene
nephelite
1: a whitish mineral consisting of sodium aluminum silicate or potassium aluminum silicate in crystalline form; used in the manufacture of ceramics and enamels [syn: {nepheline}]
Nephelium
1: a genus of dicotyledonous trees of the family Sapindaceae that are native to Asia and Australia [syn: {genus Nephelium}]
Nephelium lappaceum
1: Malayan tree bearing spiny red fruit [syn: {rambutan}, {rambotan}, {rambutan tree}]
Nephelium litchi
1: Chinese tree cultivated especially in Philippines and India for its edible fruit; sometimes placed in genus Nephelium [syn: {litchi}, {lichee}, {litchi tree}, {Litchi chinensis}]
Nephelium longana
1: tree of southeastern Asia to Australia grown primarily for its sweet edible fruit resembling litchi nuts; sometimes placed in genera Euphoria or Nephelium [syn: {longan}, {lungen}, {longanberry}, {...
Nephelium mutabile
1: East Indian fruit tree bearing fruit similar to but sweeter than that of the rambutan [syn: {pulasan}, {pulassan}, {pulasan tree}]
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