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   Navy Department
         n 1: a former executive department of the United States
               government; created in 1798 and combined with the War
               Department in 1947

English Dictionary: nifedipine by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
nifedipine
n
  1. calcium blocker (trade name Procardia); appears to increase the risk of recurrent heart attacks
    Synonym(s): nifedipine, Procardia
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Naphtha \Naph"tha\, n. [L. naphtha, Gr. [?][?][?][?][?], fr.Ar.
      nafth, nifth.]
      1. (Chem.) The complex mixture of volatile, liquid,
            inflammable hydrocarbons, occurring naturally, and usually
            called crude petroleum, mineral oil, or rock oil.
            Specifically: That portion of the distillate obtained in
            the refinement of petroleum which is intermediate between
            the lighter gasoline and the heavier benzine, and has a
            specific gravity of about 0.7, -- used as a solvent for
            varnishes, as a carburetant, illuminant, etc.
  
      2. (Chem.) One of several volatile inflammable liquids
            obtained by the distillation of certain carbonaceous
            materials and resembling the naphtha from petroleum; as,
            Boghead naphtha, from Boghead coal (obtained at Boghead,
            Scotland); crude naphtha, or light oil, from coal tar;
            wood naphtha, from wood, etc.
  
      Note: This term was applied by the earlier chemical writers
               to a number of volatile, strong smelling, inflammable
               liquids, chiefly belonging to the ethers, as the
               sulphate, nitrate, or acetate of ethyl. --Watts.
  
      {Naphtha vitrioli} [NL., naphtha of vitriol] (Old Chem.),
            common ethyl ether; -- formerly called {sulphuric ether}.
            See {Ether}.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   New Bedford, IL (village, FIPS 52155)
      Location: 41.51168 N, 89.71730 W
      Population (1990): 65 (26 housing units)
      Area: 0.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 61346
   New Bedford, MA (city, FIPS 45000)
      Location: 41.66130 N, 70.93812 W
      Population (1990): 99922 (41760 housing units)
      Area: 52.2 sq km (land), 10.1 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 02740, 02744, 02745, 02746
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