English Dictionary: Neanderthalian |
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name dropper
n 1: someone who pretends that famous people are his/her friends
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- name-dropping
- n
- the practice of casually mentioning important people in
order to impress your listener; "the hard thing about name- dropping is to avoid being too obvious about it"
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- namedrop
- v
- refer to people that one assumes one's interlocutors admire
in order to try to impress them
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- Namtar
- n
- a demon personifying death; messenger of the underworld
goddess Ereshkigal bringing death to mankind
Synonym(s): Namtar, Namtaru
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- Namtaru
- n
- a demon personifying death; messenger of the underworld
goddess Ereshkigal bringing death to mankind
Synonym(s): Namtar, Namtaru
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- nandrolone
- n
- an androgen (trade names Durabolin or Kabolin) that is used
to treat testosterone deficiency or breast cancer or osteoporosis
Synonym(s): nandrolone, Durabolin, Kabolin
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- Neandertal
- adj
- relating to or belonging to or resembling Neanderthal
man; "Neanderthal skull"
Synonym(s): Neanderthal, Neanderthalian, Neandertal
- ill-mannered and coarse and contemptible in behavior or appearance; "was boorish and insensitive"; "the loutish manners of a bully"; "her stupid oafish husband"; "aristocratic contempt for the swinish multitude"
Synonym(s): boorish, loutish, neanderthal, neandertal, oafish, swinish
- n
- extinct robust human of Middle Paleolithic in Europe and
western Asia
Synonym(s): Neandertal man, Neanderthal man, Neandertal, Neanderthal, Homo sapiens neanderthalensis
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- Neandertal man
- n
- extinct robust human of Middle Paleolithic in Europe and
western Asia
Synonym(s): Neandertal man, Neanderthal man, Neandertal, Neanderthal, Homo sapiens neanderthalensis
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- neanderthal
- adj
- ill-mannered and coarse and contemptible in behavior or
appearance; "was boorish and insensitive"; "the loutish manners of a bully"; "her stupid oafish husband"; "aristocratic contempt for the swinish multitude"
Synonym(s): boorish, loutish, neanderthal, neandertal, oafish, swinish
- relating to or belonging to or resembling Neanderthal man; "Neanderthal skull"
Synonym(s): Neanderthal, Neanderthalian, Neandertal
- n
- extinct robust human of Middle Paleolithic in Europe and
western Asia
Synonym(s): Neandertal man, Neanderthal man, Neandertal, Neanderthal, Homo sapiens neanderthalensis
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- Neanderthal man
- n
- extinct robust human of Middle Paleolithic in Europe and
western Asia
Synonym(s): Neandertal man, Neanderthal man, Neandertal, Neanderthal, Homo sapiens neanderthalensis
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- Neanderthalian
- adj
- relating to or belonging to or resembling Neanderthal
man; "Neanderthal skull"
Synonym(s): Neanderthal, Neanderthalian, Neandertal
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- neem tree
- n
- large semi-evergreen tree of the East Indies; trunk exudes
a tenacious gum; bitter bark used as a tonic; seeds yield an aromatic oil; sometimes placed in genus Melia
Synonym(s): neem, neem tree, nim tree, margosa, arishth, Azadirachta indica, Melia Azadirachta
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- New Netherland
- n
- a Dutch colony in North America along the Hudson and lower
Delaware rivers although the colony centered in New Amsterdam; annexed by the English in 1664
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- nim tree
- n
- large semi-evergreen tree of the East Indies; trunk exudes
a tenacious gum; bitter bark used as a tonic; seeds yield an aromatic oil; sometimes placed in genus Melia
Synonym(s): neem, neem tree, nim tree, margosa, arishth, Azadirachta indica, Melia Azadirachta
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- no matter
- adv
- in spite of everything; without regard to drawbacks; "he
carried on regardless of the difficulties"
Synonym(s): regardless, irrespective, disregardless, no matter, disregarding
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- no matter what happens
- adv
- in spite of all obstacles; "we'll go to Tibet come hell
or high water"
Synonym(s): come hell or high water, no matter what happens, whatever may come
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- non-metric
- adj
- not based on the meter as a standard of measurement
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- non-water-soluble
- adj
- not soluble in water [syn: water-insoluble, {non-water-
soluble}]
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- nondirectional antenna
- n
- an antenna that sends or receives signals equally in all
directions
Synonym(s): omnidirectional antenna, nondirectional antenna
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- nondrinker
- n
- a person who refrains from drinking intoxicating beverages
Synonym(s): abstainer, abstinent, nondrinker Antonym(s): drinker, imbiber, juicer, toper
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- nondriver
- n
- a person who is not a driver
Antonym(s): driver
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- nonmaterial
- adj
- not consisting of matter; "immaterial apparitions";
"ghosts and other immaterial entities"
Synonym(s): immaterial, nonmaterial Antonym(s): material
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- nonmodern
- adj
- not modern; of or characteristic of an earlier time [ant:
modern]
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- nonnatural
- adj
- existing outside of or not in accordance with nature;
"find transcendental motives for sublunary action"-Aldous Huxley
Synonym(s): nonnatural, otherworldly, preternatural, transcendental
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- nonterritorial
- adj
- not displaying territoriality; "a nonterritorial species"
Antonym(s): territorial
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- nonthermal
- adj
- not involving heat; "nonthermal luminescence" [ant:
caloric, thermal, thermic]
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- nonthrombocytopenic purpura
- n
- purpura resulting from a defect in the capillaries caused
by bacteria or drugs
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- nontraditional
- adj
- not conforming to or in accord with tradition;
"nontraditional designs"; "nontraditional practices"
Synonym(s): nontraditional, untraditional Antonym(s): traditional
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- nontransferable
- adj
- incapable of being transferred [syn: nontransferable,
unassignable, untransferable]
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- nontranslational
- adj
- of or relating to movement that is not uniform or not
without rotation
Antonym(s): translational
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- nontransmissible
- adj
- not acquirable by inheritance [syn: nonhereditary,
nontransmissible]
- (of disease) not capable of being passed on
Synonym(s): noncommunicable, noncontagious, nontransmissible
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- nontricyclic
- n
- a class of antidepressant drugs that are not tricyclic
drugs and do not act by inhibiting MAO
Synonym(s): nontricyclic, nontricyclic drug, nontricyclic antidepressant, nontricyclic antidepressant drug
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- nontricyclic antidepressant
- n
- a class of antidepressant drugs that are not tricyclic
drugs and do not act by inhibiting MAO
Synonym(s): nontricyclic, nontricyclic drug, nontricyclic antidepressant, nontricyclic antidepressant drug
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- nontricyclic antidepressant drug
- n
- a class of antidepressant drugs that are not tricyclic
drugs and do not act by inhibiting MAO
Synonym(s): nontricyclic, nontricyclic drug, nontricyclic antidepressant, nontricyclic antidepressant drug
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- nontricyclic drug
- n
- a class of antidepressant drugs that are not tricyclic
drugs and do not act by inhibiting MAO
Synonym(s): nontricyclic, nontricyclic drug, nontricyclic antidepressant, nontricyclic antidepressant drug
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- nonturbulent
- adj
- (of a liquid) not turbulent; "nonturbulent flow"
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- numdah rug
- n
- an embroidered rug made from a coarse Indian felt [syn:
numdah, numdah rug, nammad]
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: |
Klipspringer \Klip"spring`er\, n. [D., lit., cliff springer.]
(Zo[94]l.)
A small, graceful South African antelope ({Nanotragus
oreotragus}), which, like the chamois, springs from one crag
to another with great agility; -- called also {kainsi}.
[Written also {klippspringer}.]
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: |
Steinbock \Stein"bock`\, n. [G. stein stone + bock buck, D. bok.
Cf. {Steenbok}.] (Zo[94]l.)
(a) The European ibex.
(b) A small South African antelope ({Nanotragus tragulus})
which frequents dry, rocky districts; -- called also
{steenbok}. [Written also {steinboc}, and steinbok; also
called {stonebock}, and {stonebuck}.]
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: |
Nauheim treatment \Nau"heim treat`ment\ (Med.)
Orig., a method of therapeutic treatment administered, esp.
for chronic diseases of the curculatory system, at Bad
Nauheim, Germany, by G. Schott, consisting in baths in the
natural mineral waters of that place, which are charged with
carbonic acid, and the use of a graduated course of rest,
physical exercises, massage, etc.; hence, any similar
treatment using waters artificially charged with the
essential ingredients of the natural mineral waters of Bad
Nauheim. Hence,
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: |
Neanderthal \Ne*an"der*thal`\, a. (Anthropol.)
Of, pertaining to, or named from, the Neanderthal, a valley
in the Rhine Province, in which were found parts of a
skeleton of an early type of man. The skull is characterized
by extreme dolichocephaly, flat, retreating forehead, with
closed frontal sutures, and enormous superciliary ridges. The
cranial capacity is estimated at about 1,220 cubic
centimeters, being about midway between that of the
{Pithecanthropus} and modern man. Hence, designating the
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: |
Neanderthal race or man \Neanderthal race, [or] man\, a species
supposed to have been widespread in paleolithic Europe.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: |
Neanderthaloid \Ne*an`der*thal"oid\, a. [Neanderthal + -oid.]
(Anthropol.)
Like, or pertaining to, the Neanderthal skull, or the type of
man it represents.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: |
Neem tree \Neem" tree`\ [Hind. n[c6]m.] (Bot.)
An Asiatic name for {Melia Azadirachta}, and {M. Azedarach}.
See {Margosa}.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: |
Nonnatural \Non*nat"u*ral\, a.
Not natural; unnatural.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: |
Nonnitrognous \Non`ni*trog"nous\, a.
Devoid of nitrogen; as, a nonnitrogenous principle; a
nonnitrogenous food. See the Note under {Food}, n., 1.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: |
Nonterm \Non"term`\, n. (Law)
A vacation between two terms of a court.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: |
Nontronite \Non"tro*nite\, n. [So called because found in the
arrondissement of Notron, France.] (Min.)
A greenish yellow or green mineral, consisting chiefly of the
hydrous silicate of iron.
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Location: 36.58928 N, 89.54862 W
Population (1990): 3350 (1325 housing units)
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Location: 36.59473 N, 89.65553 W
Population (1990): 20928 (8557 housing units)
Area: 1756.2 sq km (land), 51.8 sq km (water)
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Location: 44.09386 N, 102.83361 W
Population (1990): 553 (232 housing units)
Area: 1.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 57761
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From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: |
nontrivial adj. Requiring real thought or significant
computing power. Often used as an understated way of saying that a
problem is quite difficult or impractical, or even entirely
unsolvable ("Proving P=NP is nontrivial"). The preferred emphatic
form is `decidedly nontrivial'. See {trivial}, {uninteresting},
{interesting}.
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From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: |
nontrivial
Requiring real thought or significant computing power. Often
used as an understated way of saying that a problem is quite
difficult or impractical, or even entirely unsolvable
("Proving P=NP is nontrivial"). The preferred emphatic form
is "decidedly nontrivial".
See {uninteresting}, {interesting}.
[{Jargon File}]
(1995-02-21)
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