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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Nadir \Na"dir\, n. [F., Sp., & It. nadir; all fr. Ar. nas[c6]ru's samt nadir, prop., the point opposite the zenith (as samt), in which nas[c6]r means alike, corresponding to. Cf. {Azimuth}, {Zenith}.] 1. That point of the heavens, or lower hemisphere, directly opposite the zenith; the inferior pole of the horizon; the point of the celestial sphere directly under the place where we stand. 2. The lowest point; the time of greatest depression. The seventh century is the nadir of the human mind in Europe. --Hallam. {Nadir of the sun} (Astron.), the axis of the conical shadow projected by the earth. --Crabb. | |
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d8Cobra de capello \[d8]Co"bra de ca*pel"lo\ [Pg., serpent of the hood.] (Zo[94]l.) The hooded snake ({Naia tripudians}), a highly venomous serpent inhabiting India. | |
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Nature \Na"ture\ (?; 135), n. [F., fr. L. natura, fr. natus born, produced, p. p. of nasci to be born. See {Nation}.] 1. The existing system of things; the world of matter, or of matter and mind; the creation; the universe. But looks through nature up to nature's God. --Pope. Nature has caprices which art can not imitate. --Macaulay. 2. The personified sum and order of causes and effects; the powers which produce existing phenomena, whether in the total or in detail; the agencies which carry on the processes of creation or of being; -- often conceived of as a single and separate entity, embodying the total of all finite agencies and forces as disconnected from a creating or ordering intelligence. I oft admire How Nature, wise and frugal, could commit Such disproportions. --Milton. 3. The established or regular course of things; usual order of events; connection of cause and effect. 4. Conformity to that which is natural, as distinguished from that which is artifical, or forced, or remote from actual experience. One touch of nature makes the whole world kin. --Shak. 5. The sum of qualities and attributes which make a person or thing what it is, as distinct from others; native character; inherent or essential qualities or attributes; peculiar constitution or quality of being. Thou, therefore, whom thou only canst redeem, Their nature also to thy nature join, And be thyself man among men on earth. --Milton. 6. Hence: Kind, sort; character; quality. A dispute of this nature caused mischief. --Dryden. 7. Physical constitution or existence; the vital powers; the natural life. [bd]My days of nature.[b8] --Shak. Oppressed nature sleeps. --Shak. 8. Natural affection or reverence. Have we not seen The murdering son ascend his parent's bed, Through violated nature foce his way? --Pope. 9. Constitution or quality of mind or character. A born devil, on whose nature Nurture can never stick. --Shak. That reverence which is due to a superior nature. --Addison. {Good nature}, {Ill nature}. see under {Good} and {Ill}. {In a state of nature}. (a) Naked as when born; nude. (b) In a condition of sin; unregenerate. (c) Untamed; uncvilized. {Nature printng}, a process of printing from metallic or other plates which have received an impression, as by heavy pressure, of an object such as a leaf, lace, or the like. {Nature worship}, the worship of the personified powers of nature. {To pay the debt of nature}, to die. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Fish \Fish\, n.; pl. {Fishes}, or collectively, {Fish}. [OE. fisch, fisc, fis, AS. fisc; akin to D. visch, OS. & OHG. fisk, G. fisch, Icel. fiskr, Sw. & Dan. fisk, Goth. fisks, L. piscis, Ir. iasg. Cf. {Piscatorial}. In some cases, such as fish joint, fish plate, this word has prob. been confused with fish, fr. F. fichea peg.] 1. A name loosely applied in popular usage to many animals of diverse characteristics, living in the water. 2. (Zo[94]l.) An oviparous, vertebrate animal usually having fins and a covering scales or plates. It breathes by means of gills, and lives almost entirely in the water. See {Pisces}. Note: The true fishes include the Teleostei (bony fishes), Ganoidei, Dipnoi, and Elasmobranchii or Selachians (sharks and skates). Formerly the leptocardia and Marsipobranciata were also included, but these are now generally regarded as two distinct classes, below the fishes. 3. pl. The twelfth sign of the zodiac; Pisces. 4. The flesh of fish, used as food. 5. (Naut.) (a) A purchase used to fish the anchor. (b) A piece of timber, somewhat in the form of a fish, used to strengthen a mast or yard. Note: Fish is used adjectively or as part of a compound word; as, fish line, fish pole, fish spear, fish-bellied. {Age of Fishes}. See under {Age}, n., 8. {Fish ball}, fish (usually salted codfish) shared fine, mixed with mashed potato, and made into the form of a small, round cake. [U.S.] {Fish bar}. Same as {Fish plate} (below). {Fish beam} (Mech.), a beam one of whose sides (commonly the under one) swells out like the belly of a fish. --Francis. {Fish crow} (Zo[94]l.), a species of crow ({Corvus ossifragus}), found on the Atlantic coast of the United States. It feeds largely on fish. {Fish culture}, the artifical breeding and rearing of fish; pisciculture. {Fish davit}. See {Davit}. {Fish day}, a day on which fish is eaten; a fast day. {Fish duck} (Zo[94]l.), any species of merganser. {Fish fall}, the tackle depending from the fish davit, used in hauling up the anchor to the gunwale of a ship. {Fish garth}, a dam or weir in a river for keeping fish or taking them easily. {Fish glue}. See {Isinglass}. {Fish joint}, a joint formed by a plate or pair of plates fastened upon two meeting beams, plates, etc., at their junction; -- used largely in connecting the rails of railroads. {Fish kettle}, a long kettle for boiling fish whole. {Fish ladder}, a dam with a series of steps which fish can leap in order to ascend falls in a river. {Fish line}, [or] {Fishing line}, a line made of twisted hair, silk, etc., used in angling. {Fish louse} (Zo[94]l.), any crustacean parasitic on fishes, esp. the parasitic Copepoda, belonging to {Caligus}, {Argulus}, and other related genera. See {Branchiura}. {Fish maw} (Zo[94]l.), the stomach of a fish; also, the air bladder, or sound. {Fish meal}, fish desiccated and ground fine, for use in soups, etc. {Fish oil}, oil obtained from the bodies of fish and marine animals, as whales, seals, sharks, from cods' livers, etc. {Fish owl} (Zo[94]l.), a fish-eating owl of the Old World genera {Scotopelia} and {Ketupa}, esp. a large East Indian species ({K. Ceylonensis}). {Fish plate}, one of the plates of a fish joint. {Fish pot}, a wicker basket, sunk, with a float attached, for catching crabs, lobsters, etc. {Fish pound}, a net attached to stakes, for entrapping and catching fish; a weir. [Local, U.S.] --Bartlett. {Fish slice}, a broad knife for dividing fish at table; a fish trowel. {Fish slide}, an inclined box set in a stream at a small fall, or ripple, to catch fish descending the current. --Knight. {Fish sound}, the air bladder of certain fishes, esp. those that are dried and used as food, or in the arts, as for the preparation of isinglass. {Fish story}, a story which taxes credulity; an extravagant or incredible narration. [Colloq. U.S.] --Bartlett. {Fish strainer}. (a) A metal colander, with handles, for taking fish from a boiler. (b) A perforated earthenware slab at the bottom of a dish, to drain the water from a boiled fish. {Fish trowel}, a fish slice. {Fish} {weir [or] wear}, a weir set in a stream, for catching fish. {Neither fish nor flesh} (Fig.), neither one thing nor the other. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Neotropical \Ne`o*trop"ic*al\, a. [Neo- + tropical.] (Geog. & Zo[94]l.) Belonging to, or designating, a region of the earth's surface which comprises most of South America, the Antilles, and tropical North America. | |
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Verb \Verb\, n. [F. verbe, L. verbum a word, verb. See {Word}.] 1. A word; a vocable. [Obs.] --South. 2. (Gram.) A word which affirms or predicates something of some person or thing; a part of speech expressing being, action, or the suffering of action. Note: A verb is a word whereby the chief action of the mind [the assertion or the denial of a proposition] finds expression. --Earle. {Active verb}, {Auxiliary verb}, {Neuter verb}, etc. See {Active}, {Auxiliary}, {Neuter}, etc. | |
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Neutrophile \Neu"tro*phile\, Neutrophil \Neu"tro*phil\, n. [L. neuter + Gr. [?] loving.] (Physiol.) One of a group of leucocytes whose granules stain only with neutral dyes. -- {Neu"tro*phil"ic}, a., {Neu*troph"i*lous}, a. | |
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Neutrophile \Neu"tro*phile\, Neutrophil \Neu"tro*phil\, n. [L. neuter + Gr. [?] loving.] (Physiol.) One of a group of leucocytes whose granules stain only with neutral dyes. -- {Neu"tro*phil"ic}, a., {Neu*troph"i*lous}, a. | |
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Neutrophile \Neu"tro*phile\, Neutrophil \Neu"tro*phil\, n. [L. neuter + Gr. [?] loving.] (Physiol.) One of a group of leucocytes whose granules stain only with neutral dyes. -- {Neu"tro*phil"ic}, a., {Neu*troph"i*lous}, a. | |
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Neutrophile \Neu"tro*phile\, Neutrophil \Neu"tro*phil\, n. [L. neuter + Gr. [?] loving.] (Physiol.) One of a group of leucocytes whose granules stain only with neutral dyes. -- {Neu"tro*phil"ic}, a., {Neu*troph"i*lous}, a. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Niter \Ni"ter\, Nitre \Ni"tre\, n. [F. nitre, L. nitrum native soda, natron, Gr. [?]; cf. Ar. nit[?]n, natr[?]n natron. Cf. {Natron}.] 1. (Chem.) A white crystalline semitransparent salt; potassium nitrate; saltpeter. See {Saltpeter}. 2. (Chem.) Native sodium carbonate; natron. [Obs.] For though thou wash thee with niter, and take thee much soap, yet thine iniquity is marked before me. --Jer. ii. 22. {Cubic niter}, a deliquescent salt, sodium nitrate, found as a native incrustation, like niter, in Peru and Chili, whence it is known also as {Chili saltpeter}. {Niter bush} (Bot.), a genus ({Nitraria}) of thorny shrubs bearing edible berries, and growing in the saline plains of Asia and Northern Africa. | |
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Nitriferous \Ni*trif"er*ous\, a. [Niter + -ferous.] Bearing niter; yielding, or containing, niter. | |
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Nitrification \Ni`tri*fi*ca"tion\, n. [Cf. F. nitrification. see {Nitrify}.] 1. (Chem.) (a) The act, process, or result of combining with nitrogen or some of its compounds. (b) The act or process of oxidizing nitrogen or its compounds so as to form nitrous or nitric acid. 2. A process of oxidation, in which nitrogenous vegetable and animal matter in the presence of air, moisture, and some basic substances, as lime or alkali carbonate, is converted into nitrates. Note: The process is going on at all times in porous soils and in water contaminated with nitrogenous matter, and is supposed to be due to the presence of an organized ferment or ferments, called nitrification ferments. In former times the process was extensively made use of in the production of saltpeter. | |
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Nitrify \Ni"tri*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Nitrified}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Nitrifying}.] [Niter + -fy: cf. F. nitrifer. See {Niter}.] (Chem.) To combine or impregnate with nitrogen; to convert, by oxidation, into nitrous or nitric acid; to subject to, or produce by, nitrification. | |
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Nitrifier \Ni"tri*fi`er\, n. (Chem.) An agent employed in nitrification. | |
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Nitrify \Ni"tri*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Nitrified}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Nitrifying}.] [Niter + -fy: cf. F. nitrifer. See {Niter}.] (Chem.) To combine or impregnate with nitrogen; to convert, by oxidation, into nitrous or nitric acid; to subject to, or produce by, nitrification. | |
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Nitrify \Ni"tri*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Nitrified}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Nitrifying}.] [Niter + -fy: cf. F. nitrifer. See {Niter}.] (Chem.) To combine or impregnate with nitrogen; to convert, by oxidation, into nitrous or nitric acid; to subject to, or produce by, nitrification. | |
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Nitrobenzene \Ni`tro*ben"zene\ (? [or] ?), n. [Nitro- + benzene.] (Chem.) A yellow aromatic liquid ({C6H5.NO2}), produced by the action of nitric acid on benzene, and called from its odor {imitation oil of bitter almonds}, or {essence of mirbane}. It is used in perfumery, and is manufactured in large quantities in the preparation of aniline. Fornerly called also {nitrobenzol}. | |
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Nitrobenzene \Ni`tro*ben"zene\ (? [or] ?), n. [Nitro- + benzene.] (Chem.) A yellow aromatic liquid ({C6H5.NO2}), produced by the action of nitric acid on benzene, and called from its odor {imitation oil of bitter almonds}, or {essence of mirbane}. It is used in perfumery, and is manufactured in large quantities in the preparation of aniline. Fornerly called also {nitrobenzol}. | |
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Nitrobenzol \Ni`tro*ben"zol\, Nitrobenzole \Ni`tro*ben"zole\, ([?] [or] [?]), n. See {Nitrobenzene}. | |
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Nitrobenzene \Ni`tro*ben"zene\ (? [or] ?), n. [Nitro- + benzene.] (Chem.) A yellow aromatic liquid ({C6H5.NO2}), produced by the action of nitric acid on benzene, and called from its odor {imitation oil of bitter almonds}, or {essence of mirbane}. It is used in perfumery, and is manufactured in large quantities in the preparation of aniline. Fornerly called also {nitrobenzol}. | |
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Nitrobenzol \Ni`tro*ben"zol\, Nitrobenzole \Ni`tro*ben"zole\, ([?] [or] [?]), n. See {Nitrobenzene}. | |
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Nitrobenzol \Ni`tro*ben"zol\, Nitrobenzole \Ni`tro*ben"zole\, ([?] [or] [?]), n. See {Nitrobenzene}. | |
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Nitroform \Ni"tro*form\, n. [Nitro- + formyl.] (Chem.) A nitro derivative of methane, analogous to chloroform, obtained as a colorless oily or crystalline substance, {CH.(NO2)3}, quite explosive, and having well-defined acid properties. | |
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Nitrophnol \Ni`tro*ph"nol\, n. [Nitro- + phenol.] (Chem.) Any one of a series of nitro derivatives of phenol. They are yellow oily or crystalline substances and have well-defined acid properties, as picric acid. | |
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Nitroprussic \Ni`tro*prus"sic\ (? [or] [?]), a. [Nitro- + prussic.] (Chem.) Pertaining to, derived from, or designating, a complex acid called nitroprussic acid, obtained indirectly by the action of nitric acid on potassium ferrocyanide (yellow prussiate), as a red crystalline unstable substance. It forms salts called nitroprussides, which give a rich purple color with alkaline subphides. | |
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Nitroprusside \Ni`tro*prus"side\, n. See {Nitroprussic}. | |
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Notary \No"ta*ry\, n.; pl. {Notaries}. [F. notaire, L. notarius notary (in sense 1), fr. nota mark. See 5th {Note}.] 1. One who records in shorthand what is said or done; as, the notary of an ecclesiastical body. 2. (Eng. & Am. Law) A public officer who attests or certifies deeds and other writings, or copies of them, usually under his official seal, to make them authentic, especially in foreign countries. His duties chiefly relate to instruments used in commercial transactions, such as protests of negotiable paper, ship's papers in cases of loss, damage, etc. He is generally called a {notary public}. | |
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Redfin \Red"fin`\ (-f?n`), n. (Zo[94]l.) A small North American dace ({Minnilus cornutus}, or {Notropis megalops}). The male, in the breeding season, has bright red fins. Called also {red dace}, and {shiner}. Applied also to {Notropis ardens}, of the Mississippi valley. | |
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Spawn \Spawn\, n. [[root]170. See {Spawn}, v. t.] 1. The ova, or eggs, of fishes, oysters, and other aquatic animals. 2. Any product or offspring; -- used contemptuously. 3. (Hort.) The buds or branches produced from underground stems. 4. (Bot.) The white fibrous matter forming the matrix from which fungi. {Spawn eater} (Zo[94]l.), a small American cyprinoid fish ({Notropis Hudsonius}) allied to the dace. | |
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(c) (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of small freshwater American cyprinoid fishes, belonging to {Notropis}, or {Minnilus}, and allied genera; as the redfin ({Notropis megalops}), and the golden shiner ({Notemigonus chrysoleucus}) of the Eastern United States; also loosely applied to various other silvery fishes, as the dollar fish, or horsefish, menhaden, moonfish, sailor's choice, and the sparada. (d) (Zo[94]l.) The common Lepisma, or furniture bug. {Blunt-nosed shiner} (Zo[94]l.), the silver moonfish. | |
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Redfin \Red"fin`\ (-f?n`), n. (Zo[94]l.) A small North American dace ({Minnilus cornutus}, or {Notropis megalops}). The male, in the breeding season, has bright red fins. Called also {red dace}, and {shiner}. Applied also to {Notropis ardens}, of the Mississippi valley. | |
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Silverfin \Sil"ver*fin`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A small North American fresh-water cyprinoid fish ({Notropis Whipplei}). | |
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Nathrop, CO Zip code(s): 81236 | |
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Nether Providence Township, PA (CDP, FIPS 53112) Location: 39.89793 N, 75.36818 W Population (1990): 13229 (5045 housing units) Area: 12.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
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New Tripoli, PA Zip code(s): 18066 | |
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New Waterford, OH (village, FIPS 55790) Location: 40.84849 N, 80.62037 W Population (1990): 1278 (510 housing units) Area: 2.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 44445 | |
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Nutter Fort, WV (town, FIPS 59836) Location: 39.25954 N, 80.32461 W Population (1990): 1819 (868 housing units) Area: 2.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
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Nutter Fort Ston, WV Zip code(s): 26301 |