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   Nazification
         n 1: social process of adopting (or being forced to adopt)
               Nazism; "as the process of Nazification spread they paid
               less attention to public opinion"

English Dictionary: nosepiece by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
neckpiece
n
  1. an article of apparel worn about the neck
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
newspeak
n
  1. deliberately ambiguous and contradictory language use to mislead and manipulate the public; "the welfare state brought its own newspeak"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
nosebag
n
  1. a canvas bag that is used to feed an animal (such as a horse); covers the muzzle and fastens at the top of the head
    Synonym(s): nosebag, feedbag
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
nosepiece
n
  1. armor plate that protects the nose
  2. a strap that is the part of a bridle that goes over the animal's nose
    Synonym(s): noseband, nosepiece
  3. the link between two lenses; rests on the nose
    Synonym(s): bridge, nosepiece
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Nelumbo \[d8]Ne*lum"bo\, n. [Ceylonese word.] (Bot.)
      A genus of great water lilies. The North American species is
      {Nelumbo lutea}, the Asiatic is the sacred lotus, {N.
      speciosa}. [Written also {Nelumbium}.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Nasobuccal \Na"so*buc"cal\, a. [Naso + buccal.] (Anat.)
      Connected with both the nose and the mouth; as, the
      nasobuccal groove in the skate.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Neck \Neck\, n. [OE. necke, AS. hnecca; akin to D. nek the nape
      of the neck, G. nacken, OHG. nacch, hnacch, Icel. hnakki, Sw.
      nacke, Dan. nakke.]
      1. The part of an animal which connects the head and the
            trunk, and which, in man and many other animals, is more
            slender than the trunk.
  
      2. Any part of an inanimate object corresponding to or
            resembling the neck of an animal; as:
            (a) The long slender part of a vessel, as a retort, or of
                  a fruit, as a gourd.
            (b) A long narrow tract of land projecting from the main
                  body, or a narrow tract connecting two larger tracts.
            (c) (Mus.) That part of a violin, guitar, or similar
                  instrument, which extends from the head to the body,
                  and on which is the finger board or fret board.
  
      3. (Mech.) A reduction in size near the end of an object,
            formed by a groove around it; as, a neck forming the
            journal of a shaft.
  
      4. (Bot.) the point where the base of the stem of a plant
            arises from the root.
  
      {Neck and crop}, completely; wholly; altogether; roughly and
            at once. [Colloq.]
  
      {Neck and neck} (Racing), so nearly equal that one cannot be
            said to be before the other; very close; even; side by
            side.
  
      {Neck of a capital}. (Arch.) See {Gorgerin}.
  
      {Neck of a cascabel} (Gun.), the part joining the knob to the
            base of the breech.
  
      {Neck of a gun}, the small part of the piece between the
            chase and the swell of the muzzle.
  
      {Neck of a tooth} (Anat.), the constriction between the root
            and the crown.
  
      {Neck or nothing} (Fig.), at all risks.
  
      {Neck verse}.
            (a) The verse formerly read to entitle a party to the
                  benefit of clergy, said to be the first verse of the
                  fifty-first Psalm, [bd]Miserere mei,[b8] etc. --Sir W.
                  Scott.
            (b) Hence, a verse or saying, the utterance of which
                  decides one's fate; a shibboleth.
  
                           These words, [bd]bread and cheese,[b8] were
                           their neck verse or shibboleth to distinguish
                           them; all pronouncing [bd]broad and cause,[b8]
                           being presently put to death.      --Fuller.
  
      {Neck yoke}.
            (a) A bar by which the end of the tongue of a wagon or
                  carriage is suspended from the collars of the
                  harnesses.
            (b) A device with projecting arms for carrying things (as
                  buckets of water or sap) suspended from one's
                  shoulders.
  
      {On the neck of}, immediately after; following closely.
            [bd]Commiting one sin on the neck of another.[b8] --W.
            Perkins.
  
      {Stiff neck}, obstinacy in evil or wrong; inflexible
            obstinacy; contumacy. [bd]I know thy rebellion, and thy
            stiff neck.[b8] --Deut. xxxi. 27.
  
      {To break the neck of}, to destroy the main force of.
            [bd]What they presume to borrow from her sage and virtuous
            rules . . . breaks the neck of their own cause.[b8]
            --Milton.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Neck \Neck\, n. [OE. necke, AS. hnecca; akin to D. nek the nape
      of the neck, G. nacken, OHG. nacch, hnacch, Icel. hnakki, Sw.
      nacke, Dan. nakke.]
      1. The part of an animal which connects the head and the
            trunk, and which, in man and many other animals, is more
            slender than the trunk.
  
      2. Any part of an inanimate object corresponding to or
            resembling the neck of an animal; as:
            (a) The long slender part of a vessel, as a retort, or of
                  a fruit, as a gourd.
            (b) A long narrow tract of land projecting from the main
                  body, or a narrow tract connecting two larger tracts.
            (c) (Mus.) That part of a violin, guitar, or similar
                  instrument, which extends from the head to the body,
                  and on which is the finger board or fret board.
  
      3. (Mech.) A reduction in size near the end of an object,
            formed by a groove around it; as, a neck forming the
            journal of a shaft.
  
      4. (Bot.) the point where the base of the stem of a plant
            arises from the root.
  
      {Neck and crop}, completely; wholly; altogether; roughly and
            at once. [Colloq.]
  
      {Neck and neck} (Racing), so nearly equal that one cannot be
            said to be before the other; very close; even; side by
            side.
  
      {Neck of a capital}. (Arch.) See {Gorgerin}.
  
      {Neck of a cascabel} (Gun.), the part joining the knob to the
            base of the breech.
  
      {Neck of a gun}, the small part of the piece between the
            chase and the swell of the muzzle.
  
      {Neck of a tooth} (Anat.), the constriction between the root
            and the crown.
  
      {Neck or nothing} (Fig.), at all risks.
  
      {Neck verse}.
            (a) The verse formerly read to entitle a party to the
                  benefit of clergy, said to be the first verse of the
                  fifty-first Psalm, [bd]Miserere mei,[b8] etc. --Sir W.
                  Scott.
            (b) Hence, a verse or saying, the utterance of which
                  decides one's fate; a shibboleth.
  
                           These words, [bd]bread and cheese,[b8] were
                           their neck verse or shibboleth to distinguish
                           them; all pronouncing [bd]broad and cause,[b8]
                           being presently put to death.      --Fuller.
  
      {Neck yoke}.
            (a) A bar by which the end of the tongue of a wagon or
                  carriage is suspended from the collars of the
                  harnesses.
            (b) A device with projecting arms for carrying things (as
                  buckets of water or sap) suspended from one's
                  shoulders.
  
      {On the neck of}, immediately after; following closely.
            [bd]Commiting one sin on the neck of another.[b8] --W.
            Perkins.
  
      {Stiff neck}, obstinacy in evil or wrong; inflexible
            obstinacy; contumacy. [bd]I know thy rebellion, and thy
            stiff neck.[b8] --Deut. xxxi. 27.
  
      {To break the neck of}, to destroy the main force of.
            [bd]What they presume to borrow from her sage and virtuous
            rules . . . breaks the neck of their own cause.[b8]
            --Milton.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Neck \Neck\, n. [OE. necke, AS. hnecca; akin to D. nek the nape
      of the neck, G. nacken, OHG. nacch, hnacch, Icel. hnakki, Sw.
      nacke, Dan. nakke.]
      1. The part of an animal which connects the head and the
            trunk, and which, in man and many other animals, is more
            slender than the trunk.
  
      2. Any part of an inanimate object corresponding to or
            resembling the neck of an animal; as:
            (a) The long slender part of a vessel, as a retort, or of
                  a fruit, as a gourd.
            (b) A long narrow tract of land projecting from the main
                  body, or a narrow tract connecting two larger tracts.
            (c) (Mus.) That part of a violin, guitar, or similar
                  instrument, which extends from the head to the body,
                  and on which is the finger board or fret board.
  
      3. (Mech.) A reduction in size near the end of an object,
            formed by a groove around it; as, a neck forming the
            journal of a shaft.
  
      4. (Bot.) the point where the base of the stem of a plant
            arises from the root.
  
      {Neck and crop}, completely; wholly; altogether; roughly and
            at once. [Colloq.]
  
      {Neck and neck} (Racing), so nearly equal that one cannot be
            said to be before the other; very close; even; side by
            side.
  
      {Neck of a capital}. (Arch.) See {Gorgerin}.
  
      {Neck of a cascabel} (Gun.), the part joining the knob to the
            base of the breech.
  
      {Neck of a gun}, the small part of the piece between the
            chase and the swell of the muzzle.
  
      {Neck of a tooth} (Anat.), the constriction between the root
            and the crown.
  
      {Neck or nothing} (Fig.), at all risks.
  
      {Neck verse}.
            (a) The verse formerly read to entitle a party to the
                  benefit of clergy, said to be the first verse of the
                  fifty-first Psalm, [bd]Miserere mei,[b8] etc. --Sir W.
                  Scott.
            (b) Hence, a verse or saying, the utterance of which
                  decides one's fate; a shibboleth.
  
                           These words, [bd]bread and cheese,[b8] were
                           their neck verse or shibboleth to distinguish
                           them; all pronouncing [bd]broad and cause,[b8]
                           being presently put to death.      --Fuller.
  
      {Neck yoke}.
            (a) A bar by which the end of the tongue of a wagon or
                  carriage is suspended from the collars of the
                  harnesses.
            (b) A device with projecting arms for carrying things (as
                  buckets of water or sap) suspended from one's
                  shoulders.
  
      {On the neck of}, immediately after; following closely.
            [bd]Commiting one sin on the neck of another.[b8] --W.
            Perkins.
  
      {Stiff neck}, obstinacy in evil or wrong; inflexible
            obstinacy; contumacy. [bd]I know thy rebellion, and thy
            stiff neck.[b8] --Deut. xxxi. 27.
  
      {To break the neck of}, to destroy the main force of.
            [bd]What they presume to borrow from her sage and virtuous
            rules . . . breaks the neck of their own cause.[b8]
            --Milton.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   News-book \News"-book`\, n.
      A newspaper. [Obs.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Nose \Nose\, n. [AS. nosu; akin to D. neus, G. nase, OHG. nasa,
      Icel. n[94]s, Sw. n[84]sa, Dan. n[84]se, Lith. nosis, Russ.
      nos', L. nasus, nares, Skr. n[be]s[be], n[be]s. [?] Cf.
      {Nasal}, {Nasturtium}, {Naze}, {Nostril}, {Nozzle}.]
      1. (Anat.) The prominent part of the face or anterior
            extremity of the head containing the nostrils and
            olfactory cavities; the olfactory organ. See {Nostril},
            and {Olfactory organ} under {Olfactory}.
  
      2. The power of smelling; hence, scent.
  
                     We are not offended with a dog for a better nose
                     than his master.                                 --Collier.
  
      3. A projecting end or beak at the front of an object; a
            snout; a nozzle; a spout; as, the nose of a bellows; the
            nose of a teakettle.
  
      {Nose bit} (Carp.), a bit similar to a gouge bit, but having
            a cutting edge on one side of its boring end.
  
      {Nose hammer} (Mach.), a frontal hammer.
  
      {Nose hole} (Glass Making), a small opening in a furnace,
            before which a globe of crown glass is held and kept soft
            at the beginning of the flattening process.
  
      {Nose key} (Carp.), a fox wedge.
  
      {Nose leaf} (Zo[94]l.), a thin, broad, membranous fold of
            skin on the nose of many species of bats. It varies
            greatly in size and form.
  
      {Nose of wax}, fig., a person who is pliant and easily
            influenced. [bd]A nose of wax to be turned every way.[b8]
            --Massinger
  
      {Nose piece}, the nozzle of a pipe, hose, bellows, etc.; the
            end piece of a microscope body, to which an objective is
            attached.
  
      {To hold}, {put}, [or] {bring one's nose to the grindstone}.
            See under {Grindstone}.
  
      {To lead by the nose}, to lead at pleasure, or to cause to
            follow submissively; to lead blindly, as a person leads a
            beast. --Shak.
  
      {To put one's nose out of joint}, to humiliate one's pride,
            esp. by supplanting one in the affections of another.
            [Slang]
  
      {To thrust one's nose into}, to meddle officiously in.
  
      {To wipe one's nose of}, to deprive of; to rob. [Slang]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Nose \Nose\, n. [AS. nosu; akin to D. neus, G. nase, OHG. nasa,
      Icel. n[94]s, Sw. n[84]sa, Dan. n[84]se, Lith. nosis, Russ.
      nos', L. nasus, nares, Skr. n[be]s[be], n[be]s. [?] Cf.
      {Nasal}, {Nasturtium}, {Naze}, {Nostril}, {Nozzle}.]
      1. (Anat.) The prominent part of the face or anterior
            extremity of the head containing the nostrils and
            olfactory cavities; the olfactory organ. See {Nostril},
            and {Olfactory organ} under {Olfactory}.
  
      2. The power of smelling; hence, scent.
  
                     We are not offended with a dog for a better nose
                     than his master.                                 --Collier.
  
      3. A projecting end or beak at the front of an object; a
            snout; a nozzle; a spout; as, the nose of a bellows; the
            nose of a teakettle.
  
      {Nose bit} (Carp.), a bit similar to a gouge bit, but having
            a cutting edge on one side of its boring end.
  
      {Nose hammer} (Mach.), a frontal hammer.
  
      {Nose hole} (Glass Making), a small opening in a furnace,
            before which a globe of crown glass is held and kept soft
            at the beginning of the flattening process.
  
      {Nose key} (Carp.), a fox wedge.
  
      {Nose leaf} (Zo[94]l.), a thin, broad, membranous fold of
            skin on the nose of many species of bats. It varies
            greatly in size and form.
  
      {Nose of wax}, fig., a person who is pliant and easily
            influenced. [bd]A nose of wax to be turned every way.[b8]
            --Massinger
  
      {Nose piece}, the nozzle of a pipe, hose, bellows, etc.; the
            end piece of a microscope body, to which an objective is
            attached.
  
      {To hold}, {put}, [or] {bring one's nose to the grindstone}.
            See under {Grindstone}.
  
      {To lead by the nose}, to lead at pleasure, or to cause to
            follow submissively; to lead blindly, as a person leads a
            beast. --Shak.
  
      {To put one's nose out of joint}, to humiliate one's pride,
            esp. by supplanting one in the affections of another.
            [Slang]
  
      {To thrust one's nose into}, to meddle officiously in.
  
      {To wipe one's nose of}, to deprive of; to rob. [Slang]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Nosebag \Nose"bag`\, n.
      A bag in which feed for a horse, ox, or the like, may be
      fastened under the nose by a string passing over the head.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Naguabo zona, PR (urbana, FIPS 55828)
      Location: 18.21351 N, 65.73761 W
      Population (1990): 4855 (1713 housing units)
      Area: 1.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Nescopeck, PA (borough, FIPS 52984)
      Location: 41.05270 N, 76.21254 W
      Population (1990): 1651 (735 housing units)
      Area: 2.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 18635

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Neshoba County, MS (county, FIPS 99)
      Location: 32.75241 N, 89.11935 W
      Population (1990): 24800 (9770 housing units)
      Area: 1476.4 sq km (land), 4.3 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Noxubee County, MS (county, FIPS 103)
      Location: 33.11093 N, 88.57018 W
      Population (1990): 12604 (4645 housing units)
      Area: 1799.7 sq km (land), 13.5 sq km (water)

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   Newspeak
  
      A language inspired by {Scratchpad}.
  
      [J.K. Foderaro.   "The Design of a Language for Algebraic
      Computation", Ph.D. Thesis, UC Berkeley, 1983].
  
  
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