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   nautical
         adj 1: relating to or involving ships or shipping or navigation
                  or seamen; "nautical charts"; "maritime law"; "marine
                  insurance" [syn: {nautical}, {maritime}, {marine}]

English Dictionary: not guilty by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
nautical chain
n
  1. a nautical unit of length (15 ft)
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
nautical linear unit
n
  1. a linear unit of distance used in navigation
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
nautical mile
n
  1. a former British unit of length equivalent to 6,080 feet (1,853.184 meters); 800 feet longer than a statute mile
    Synonym(s): nautical mile, naut mi, mile, mi, geographical mile, Admiralty mile
  2. a unit of length used in navigation; exactly 1,852 meters; historically based on the distance spanned by one minute of arc in latitude
    Synonym(s): nautical mile, mile, mi, naut mi, knot, international nautical mile, air mile
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
nautical signal flag
n
  1. one of an international code of flag signals used between ships
    Synonym(s): code flag, nautical signal flag
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
net sales
n
  1. gross sales reduced by customer discounts, returns, freight out, and allowances
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
nidicolous
adj
  1. (of birds) remaining in the nest for a time after hatching
    Antonym(s): nidifugous
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
not guilty
adj
  1. declared not guilty of a specific offense or crime; legally blameless; "he stands acquitted on all charges"; "the jury found him not guilty by reason of insanity"
    Synonym(s): acquitted, not guilty
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
nude sculpture
n
  1. a statue of a naked human figure [syn: nude, {nude sculpture}, nude statue]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
nutshell
n
  1. the shell around the kernel of a nut
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Nautical \Nau"tic*al\, a. [L. nauticus, Gr. naytiko`s, fr.
      nay`ths a seaman, sailor, fr. nay^s ship: cf. F. nautique.
      See {Nave} of a church.]
      Of or pertaining to seamen, to the art of navigation, or to
      ships; as, nautical skill.
  
      Syn: Naval; marine; maritime. See {Naval}.
  
      {Nautical almanac}. See under {Almanac}.
  
      {Nautical distance}, the length in nautical miles of the
            rhumb line joining any two places on the earth's surface.
           
  
      {nautical mile}. See under {Mile}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Surveying \Sur*vey"ing\, n.
      That branch of applied mathematics which teaches the art of
      determining the area of any portion of the earth's surface,
      the length and directions of the bounding lines, the contour
      of the surface, etc., with an accurate delineation of the
      whole on paper; the act or occupation of making surveys.
  
      {Geodetic surveying}, geodesy.
  
      {Maritime}, [or] {Nautical}, {surveying}, that branch of
            surveying which determines the forms of coasts and
            harbors, the entrances of rivers, with the position of
            islands, rocks, and shoals, the depth of water, etc.
  
      {Plane surveying}. See under {Plane}, a.
  
      {Topographical surveying}, that branch of surveying which
            involves the process of ascertaining and representing upon
            a plane surface the contour, physical features, etc., of
            any portion of the surface of the earth.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Nautical \Nau"tic*al\, a. [L. nauticus, Gr. naytiko`s, fr.
      nay`ths a seaman, sailor, fr. nay^s ship: cf. F. nautique.
      See {Nave} of a church.]
      Of or pertaining to seamen, to the art of navigation, or to
      ships; as, nautical skill.
  
      Syn: Naval; marine; maritime. See {Naval}.
  
      {Nautical almanac}. See under {Almanac}.
  
      {Nautical distance}, the length in nautical miles of the
            rhumb line joining any two places on the earth's surface.
           
  
      {nautical mile}. See under {Mile}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Almanac \Al"ma*nac\ (?; 277), n. [LL. almanac, almanach: cf. F.
      almanach, Sp. almanaque, It. almanacco, all of uncertain
      origin.]
      A book or table, containing a calendar of days, and months,
      to which astronomical data and various statistics are often
      added, such as the times of the rising and setting of the sun
      and moon, eclipses, hours of full tide, stated festivals of
      churches, terms of courts, etc.
  
      {Nautical almanac}, an almanac, or year book, containing
            astronomical calculations (lunar, stellar, etc.), and
            other information useful to mariners.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Nautical \Nau"tic*al\, a. [L. nauticus, Gr. naytiko`s, fr.
      nay`ths a seaman, sailor, fr. nay^s ship: cf. F. nautique.
      See {Nave} of a church.]
      Of or pertaining to seamen, to the art of navigation, or to
      ships; as, nautical skill.
  
      Syn: Naval; marine; maritime. See {Naval}.
  
      {Nautical almanac}. See under {Almanac}.
  
      {Nautical distance}, the length in nautical miles of the
            rhumb line joining any two places on the earth's surface.
           
  
      {nautical mile}. See under {Mile}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Mile \Mile\, n. [AS. m[c6]l, fr. L. millia, milia; pl. of mille
      a thousand, i. e., milia passuum a thousand paces. Cf. {Mill}
      the tenth of a cent, {Million}.]
      A certain measure of distance, being equivalent in England
      and the United States to 320 poles or rods, or 5,280 feet.
  
      Note: The distance called a mile varies greatly in different
               countries. Its length in yards is, in Norway, 12,182;
               in Brunswick, 11,816; in Sweden, 11,660; in Hungary,
               9,139; in Switzerland, 8,548; in Austria, 8,297; in
               Prussia, 8,238; in Poland, 8,100; in Italy, 2,025; in
               England and the United States, 1,760; in Spain, 1,552;
               in the Netherlands, 1,094.
  
      {Geographical}, [or] {Nautical mile}, one sixtieth of a
            degree of a great circle of the earth, or 6080.27 feet.
  
      {Mile run}. Same as {Train mile}. See under {Train}.
  
      {Roman mile}, a thousand paces, equal to 1,614 yards English
            measure.
  
      {Statute mile}, a mile conforming to statute, that is, in
            England and the United States, a mile of 5,280 feet, as
            distinguished from any other mile.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Nautical \Nau"tic*al\, a. [L. nauticus, Gr. naytiko`s, fr.
      nay`ths a seaman, sailor, fr. nay^s ship: cf. F. nautique.
      See {Nave} of a church.]
      Of or pertaining to seamen, to the art of navigation, or to
      ships; as, nautical skill.
  
      Syn: Naval; marine; maritime. See {Naval}.
  
      {Nautical almanac}. See under {Almanac}.
  
      {Nautical distance}, the length in nautical miles of the
            rhumb line joining any two places on the earth's surface.
           
  
      {nautical mile}. See under {Mile}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Mile \Mile\, n. [AS. m[c6]l, fr. L. millia, milia; pl. of mille
      a thousand, i. e., milia passuum a thousand paces. Cf. {Mill}
      the tenth of a cent, {Million}.]
      A certain measure of distance, being equivalent in England
      and the United States to 320 poles or rods, or 5,280 feet.
  
      Note: The distance called a mile varies greatly in different
               countries. Its length in yards is, in Norway, 12,182;
               in Brunswick, 11,816; in Sweden, 11,660; in Hungary,
               9,139; in Switzerland, 8,548; in Austria, 8,297; in
               Prussia, 8,238; in Poland, 8,100; in Italy, 2,025; in
               England and the United States, 1,760; in Spain, 1,552;
               in the Netherlands, 1,094.
  
      {Geographical}, [or] {Nautical mile}, one sixtieth of a
            degree of a great circle of the earth, or 6080.27 feet.
  
      {Mile run}. Same as {Train mile}. See under {Train}.
  
      {Roman mile}, a thousand paces, equal to 1,614 yards English
            measure.
  
      {Statute mile}, a mile conforming to statute, that is, in
            England and the United States, a mile of 5,280 feet, as
            distinguished from any other mile.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Nautical \Nau"tic*al\, a. [L. nauticus, Gr. naytiko`s, fr.
      nay`ths a seaman, sailor, fr. nay^s ship: cf. F. nautique.
      See {Nave} of a church.]
      Of or pertaining to seamen, to the art of navigation, or to
      ships; as, nautical skill.
  
      Syn: Naval; marine; maritime. See {Naval}.
  
      {Nautical almanac}. See under {Almanac}.
  
      {Nautical distance}, the length in nautical miles of the
            rhumb line joining any two places on the earth's surface.
           
  
      {nautical mile}. See under {Mile}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Nautically \Nau"tic*al*ly\, adv.
      In a nautical manner; with reference to nautical affairs.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Needsly \Needs"ly\, adv.
      Of necessity. [Obs.] --Drayton.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Nodical \Nod"ic*al\, a.
      Of or pertaining to the nodes; from a node to the same node
      again; as, the nodical revolutions of the moon.
  
      {Nodical month}. See {Lunar month}, under {Month}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Month \Month\, n. [OE. month, moneth, AS. m[d3]n[?], m[d3]na[?];
      akin to m[d3]na moon, and to D. maand month, G. monat, OHG.
      m[be]n[d3]d, Icel. m[be]nu[?]r, m[be]na[?]r, Goth.
      m[c7]n[d3][?]s. [fb]272. See {Moon}.]
      One of the twelve portions into which the year is divided;
      the twelfth part of a year, corresponding nearly to the
      length of a synodic revolution of the moon, -- whence the
      name. In popular use, a period of four weeks is often called
      a month.
  
      Note: In the common law, a month is a lunar month, or
               twenty-eight days, unless otherwise expressed.
               --Blackstone. In the United States the rule of the
               common law is generally changed, and a month is
               declared to mean a calendar month. --Cooley's
               Blackstone.
  
      {A month mind}.
      (a) A strong or abnormal desire. [Obs.] --Shak.
      (b) A celebration made in remembrance of a deceased person a
            month after death. --Strype.
  
      {Calendar months}, the months as adjusted in the common or
            Gregorian calendar; April, June, September, and November,
            containing 30 days, and the rest 31, except February,
            which, in common years, has 28, and in leap years 29.
  
      {Lunar month}, the period of one revolution of the moon,
            particularly a synodical revolution; but several kinds are
            distinguished, as the {synodical month}, or period from
            one new moon to the next, in mean length 29 d. 12 h. 44 m.
            2.87 s.; the {nodical month}, or time of revolution from
            one node to the same again, in length 27 d. 5 h. 5 m. 36
            s.; the {sidereal}, or time of revolution from a star to
            the same again, equal to 27 d. 7 h. 43 m. 11.5 s.; the
            {anomalistic}, or time of revolution from perigee to
            perigee again, in length 27 d. 13 h. 18 m. 37.4 s.; and
            the {tropical}, or time of passing from any point of the
            ecliptic to the same again, equal to 27 d. 7 h. 43 m. 4.7
            s.
  
      {Solar month}, the time in which the sun passes through one
            sign of the zodiac, in mean length 30 d. 10 h. 29 m. 4.1
            s.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Nodical \Nod"ic*al\, a.
      Of or pertaining to the nodes; from a node to the same node
      again; as, the nodical revolutions of the moon.
  
      {Nodical month}. See {Lunar month}, under {Month}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Month \Month\, n. [OE. month, moneth, AS. m[d3]n[?], m[d3]na[?];
      akin to m[d3]na moon, and to D. maand month, G. monat, OHG.
      m[be]n[d3]d, Icel. m[be]nu[?]r, m[be]na[?]r, Goth.
      m[c7]n[d3][?]s. [fb]272. See {Moon}.]
      One of the twelve portions into which the year is divided;
      the twelfth part of a year, corresponding nearly to the
      length of a synodic revolution of the moon, -- whence the
      name. In popular use, a period of four weeks is often called
      a month.
  
      Note: In the common law, a month is a lunar month, or
               twenty-eight days, unless otherwise expressed.
               --Blackstone. In the United States the rule of the
               common law is generally changed, and a month is
               declared to mean a calendar month. --Cooley's
               Blackstone.
  
      {A month mind}.
      (a) A strong or abnormal desire. [Obs.] --Shak.
      (b) A celebration made in remembrance of a deceased person a
            month after death. --Strype.
  
      {Calendar months}, the months as adjusted in the common or
            Gregorian calendar; April, June, September, and November,
            containing 30 days, and the rest 31, except February,
            which, in common years, has 28, and in leap years 29.
  
      {Lunar month}, the period of one revolution of the moon,
            particularly a synodical revolution; but several kinds are
            distinguished, as the {synodical month}, or period from
            one new moon to the next, in mean length 29 d. 12 h. 44 m.
            2.87 s.; the {nodical month}, or time of revolution from
            one node to the same again, in length 27 d. 5 h. 5 m. 36
            s.; the {sidereal}, or time of revolution from a star to
            the same again, equal to 27 d. 7 h. 43 m. 11.5 s.; the
            {anomalistic}, or time of revolution from perigee to
            perigee again, in length 27 d. 13 h. 18 m. 37.4 s.; and
            the {tropical}, or time of passing from any point of the
            ecliptic to the same again, equal to 27 d. 7 h. 43 m. 4.7
            s.
  
      {Solar month}, the time in which the sun passes through one
            sign of the zodiac, in mean length 30 d. 10 h. 29 m. 4.1
            s.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Nodical \Nod"ic*al\, a.
      Of or pertaining to the nodes; from a node to the same node
      again; as, the nodical revolutions of the moon.
  
      {Nodical month}. See {Lunar month}, under {Month}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Noetic \No*et"ic\, Noetical \No*et"ic*al\, a. [Gr. [?], fr. [?]
      to perceive, [?] mind, intellect.]
      Of or pertaining to the intellect; intellectual.
  
               I would employ the word noetic to express all those
               cognitions which originate in the mind itself. --Sir W.
                                                                              Hamilton.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Notself \Not"self`\, n. (Metaph.)
      The negative of self. [bd]A cognizance of notself.[b8] --Sir.
      W. Hamilton.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Nudicaul \Nu"di*caul\, a. [L. nudus naked + caulis stem.] (Bot.)
      Having the stems leafless.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Nut \Nut\, n. [OE. nute, note, AS. hnutu; akin to D. noot, G.
      nuss, OHG. nuz, Icel. hnot, Sw. n[94]t, Dan. n[94]d.]
      1. (Bot.) The fruit of certain trees and shrubs (as of the
            almond, walnut, hickory, beech, filbert, etc.), consisting
            of a hard and indehiscent shell inclosing a kernel.
  
      2. A perforated block (usually a small piece of metal),
            provided with an internal or female screw thread, used on
            a bolt, or screw, for tightening or holding something, or
            for transmitting motion. See Illust. of lst {Bolt}.
  
      3. The tumbler of a gunlock. --Knight.
  
      4. (Naut.) A projection on each side of the shank of an
            anchor, to secure the stock in place.
  
      {Check nut}, {Jam nut}, {Lock nut}, a nut which is screwed up
            tightly against another nut on the same bolt or screw, in
            order to prevent accidental unscrewing of the first nut.
           
  
      {Nut buoy}. See under {Buoy}.
  
      {Nut coal}, screened coal of a size smaller than stove coal
            and larger than pea coal; -- called also {chestnut coal}.
           
  
      {Nut crab} (Zo[94]l.), any leucosoid crab of the genus
            {Ebalia} as, {Ebalia tuberosa} of Europe.
  
      {Nut grass} (Bot.), a plant of the Sedge family ({Cyperus
            rotundus}, var. Hydra), which has slender rootstocks
            bearing small, nutlike tubers, by which the plant
            multiplies exceedingly, especially in cotton fields.
  
      {Nut lock}, a device, as a metal plate bent up at the
            corners, to prevent a nut from becoming unscrewed, as by
            jarring.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Nutgall \Nut"gall`\, n.
      A more or less round gall resembling a nut, esp. one of those
      produced on the oak and used in the arts. See {Gall},
      {Gallnut}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Oak \Oak\ ([omac]k), n. [OE. oke, ok, ak, AS. [be]c; akin to D.
      eik, G. eiche, OHG. eih, Icel. eik, Sw. ek, Dan. eeg.]
      1. (Bot.) Any tree or shrub of the genus {Quercus}. The oaks
            have alternate leaves, often variously lobed, and
            staminate flowers in catkins. The fruit is a smooth nut,
            called an {acorn}, which is more or less inclosed in a
            scaly involucre called the cup or cupule. There are now
            recognized about three hundred species, of which nearly
            fifty occur in the United States, the rest in Europe,
            Asia, and the other parts of North America, a very few
            barely reaching the northern parts of South America and
            Africa. Many of the oaks form forest trees of grand
            proportions and live many centuries. The wood is usually
            hard and tough, and provided with conspicuous medullary
            rays, forming the silver grain.
  
      2. The strong wood or timber of the oak.
  
      Note: Among the true oaks in America are:
  
      {Barren oak}, or
  
      {Black-jack}, {Q. nigra}.
  
      {Basket oak}, {Q. Michauxii}.
  
      {Black oak}, {Q. tinctoria}; -- called also {yellow} or
            {quercitron oak}.
  
      {Bur oak} (see under {Bur}.), {Q. macrocarpa}; -- called also
            {over-cup} or {mossy-cup oak}.
  
      {Chestnut oak}, {Q. Prinus} and {Q. densiflora}.
  
      {Chinquapin oak} (see under {Chinquapin}), {Q. prinoides}.
  
      {Coast live oak}, {Q. agrifolia}, of California; -- also
            called {enceno}.
  
      {Live oak} (see under {Live}), {Q. virens}, the best of all
            for shipbuilding; also, {Q. Chrysolepis}, of California.
           
  
      {Pin oak}. Same as {Swamp oak}.
  
      {Post oak}, {Q. obtusifolia}.
  
      {Red oak}, {Q. rubra}.
  
      {Scarlet oak}, {Q. coccinea}.
  
      {Scrub oak}, {Q. ilicifolia}, {Q. undulata}, etc.
  
      {Shingle oak}, {Q. imbricaria}.
  
      {Spanish oak}, {Q. falcata}.
  
      {Swamp Spanish oak}, or
  
      {Pin oak}, {Q. palustris}.
  
      {Swamp white oak}, {Q. bicolor}.
  
      {Water oak}, {Q. aguatica}.
  
      {Water white oak}, {Q. lyrata}.
  
      {Willow oak}, {Q. Phellos}. Among the true oaks in Europe
            are:
  
      {Bitter oak}, [or]
  
      {Turkey oak}, {Q. Cerris} (see {Cerris}).
  
      {Cork oak}, {Q. Suber}.
  
      {English white oak}, {Q. Robur}.
  
      {Evergreen oak},
  
      {Holly oak}, [or]
  
      {Holm oak}, {Q. Ilex}.
  
      {Kermes oak}, {Q. coccifera}.
  
      {Nutgall oak}, {Q. infectoria}.
  
      Note: Among plants called oak, but not of the genus
               {Quercus}, are:
  
      {African oak}, a valuable timber tree ({Oldfieldia
            Africana}).
  
      {Australian, [or] She}, {oak}, any tree of the genus
            {Casuarina} (see {Casuarina}).
  
      {Indian oak}, the teak tree (see {Teak}).
  
      {Jerusalem oak}. See under {Jerusalem}.
  
      {New Zealand oak}, a sapindaceous tree ({Alectryon
            excelsum}).
  
      {Poison oak}, the poison ivy. See under {Poison}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Nutshell \Nut"shell`\, n.
      1. The shell or hard external covering in which the kernel of
            a nut is inclosed.
  
      2. Hence, a thing of little compass, or of little value.
  
      3. (Zo[94]l.) A shell of the genus Nucula.
  
      {To} {be, [or] lie}, {in a nutshell}, to be within a small
            compass; to admit of very brief or simple determination or
            statement. [bd]The remedy lay in a nutshell.[b8]
            --Macaulay.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   New Douglas, IL (village, FIPS 52415)
      Location: 38.97004 N, 89.66586 W
      Population (1990): 387 (153 housing units)
      Area: 2.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 62074

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   New Tazewell, TN (town, FIPS 53140)
      Location: 36.43601 N, 83.60585 W
      Population (1990): 1864 (785 housing units)
      Area: 8.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 37825

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Notasulga, AL (town, FIPS 55440)
      Location: 32.55755 N, 85.67245 W
      Population (1990): 979 (455 housing units)
      Area: 36.0 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 36866
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