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   nailhead
         n 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

English Dictionary: nihility by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
neolith
n
  1. a stone tool from the Neolithic Age
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
newlywed
n
  1. someone recently married
    Synonym(s): newlywed, honeymooner
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
nihility
n
  1. the state of nonexistence [syn: nothingness, void, nullity, nihility]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
nullity
n
  1. the state of nonexistence [syn: nothingness, void, nullity, nihility]
  2. something that is null (especially an enactment that has no legal validity)
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Nail \Nail\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Nailed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Nailing}.] [AS. n[91]glian. See {Nail}, n.]
      1. To fasten with a nail or nails; to close up or secure by
            means of nails; as, to nail boards to the beams.
  
                     He is now dead, and nailed in his chest. --Chaucer.
  
      2. To stud or boss with nails, or as with nails.
  
                     The rivets of your arms were nailed with gold.
                                                                              --Dryden.
  
      3. To fasten, as with a nail; to bind or hold, as to a
            bargain or to acquiescence in an argument or assertion;
            hence, to catch; to trap.
  
                     When they came to talk of places in town, you saw at
                     once how I nailed them.                     --Goldsmith.
  
      4. To spike, as a cannon. [Obs.] --Crabb.
  
      {To nail} {a lie [or] an assertion}, etc., to detect and
            expose it, so as to put a stop to its currency; -- an
            expression probably derived from the former practice of
            shopkeepers, who were accustomed to nail bad or
            counterfeit pieces of money to the counter.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Nail-headed \Nail"-head`ed\, a.
      Having a head like that of a nail; formed so as to resemble
      the head of a nail.
  
      {Nail-headed characters}, arrowheaded or cuneiform
            characters. See under {Arrowheaded}.
  
      {Nail-headed molding} (Arch.), an ornament consisting of a
            series of low four-sided pyramids resembling the heads of
            large nails; -- called also {nail-head molding}, or
            {nail-head}. It is the same as the simplest form of
            dogtooth. See {Dogtooth}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Neeld \Neeld\, Neele \Neele\, n. [See {Needle}.]
      A needle. [Obs.] --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Koodoo \Koo"doo\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
      A large South African antelope ({Strepsiceros kudu}). The
      males have graceful spiral horns, sometimes four feet long.
      The general color is reddish or grayish brown, with eight or
      nine white bands on each side, and a pale dorsal stripe. The
      old males become dark bluish gray, due to the skin showing
      through the hair. The females are hornless. Called also
      {nellut}. [Written also {kudu}.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Nihility \Ni*hil"i*ty\, n. [Cf. F. nihilit[82]. See {Nihilism}.]
      Nothingness; a state of being nothing.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Nill \Nill\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Nilled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Nilling}.] [AS. nilan, nyllan; ne not + willan to will. See
      {No}, and {Will}.]
      Not to will; to refuse; to reject. [Obs.]
  
               Certes, said he, I nill thine offered grace. --Spenser.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Nilt \Nilt\ [Contr. fr. ne wilt.]
      Wilt not. [Obs.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Nolde \Nol"de\ [Contr. fr. ne wolde.]
      Would not. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Nolleity \Nol*le"i*ty\, n. [L. nolle to be unwilling.]
      The state of being unwilling; nolition. [R.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Nolt \Nolt\, n. sing. & pl.
      Neat cattle. [Prov. Eng.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Nould \Nould\ [Contr. fr. ne would.]
      Would not. [Obs.] [bd]By those who nould repent.[b8]
      --Fairfax.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Nulled \Nulled\, a.
      Turned so as to resemble nulls.
  
      {Nulled work} (Cabinetwork), ornamental turned work
            resembling nulls or beads strung on a rod.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Nullity \Nul"li*ty\, n.; pl. {Nullities}. [LL. nullitias, fr. L.
      nullus none: cf. F. nullit[82] . See {Null}.]
      1. The quality or state of being null; nothingness; want of
            efficacy or force.
  
      2. (Law) Nonexistence; as, a decree of nullity of marriage is
            a decree that no legal marriage exists.
  
      3. That which is null.
  
                     Was it not absurd to say that the convention was
                     supreme in the state, and yet a nullity ?
                                                                              --Macaulay.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Nilwood, IL (town, FIPS 53039)
      Location: 39.39954 N, 89.80732 W
      Population (1990): 238 (95 housing units)
      Area: 1.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 62672

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Nulato, AK (city, FIPS 56350)
      Location: 64.70762 N, 158.22361 W
      Population (1990): 359 (117 housing units)
      Area: 120.4 sq km (land), 16.9 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 99765

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   Nehiloth
      only in the title of Ps. 5. It is probably derived from a root
      meaning "to bore," "perforate," and hence denotes perforated
      wind instruments of all kinds. The psalm may be thus regarded as
      addressed to the conductor of the temple choir which played on
      flutes and such-like instruments.
     
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