nadir
         n 1: an extreme state of adversity; the lowest point of anything
               [syn: {nadir}, {low-water mark}]
         2: the point below the observer that is directly opposite the
            zenith on the imaginary sphere against which celestial bodies
            appear to be projected [ant: {zenith}]

English Dictionary: nadir	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
natter v talk socially without exchanging too much information; "the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze" Synonym(s): chew the fat, shoot the breeze, chat, confabulate, confab, chitchat, chit-chat, chatter, chaffer, natter, gossip, jaw, claver, visit
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
nature n the essential qualities or characteristics by which something is recognized; "it is the nature of fire to burn"; "the true nature of jealousy" a causal agent creating and controlling things in the universe; "the laws of nature"; "nature has seen to it that men are stronger than women" the natural physical world including plants and animals and landscapes etc.; "they tried to preserve nature as they found it" the complex of emotional and intellectual attributes that determine a person's characteristic actions and reactions; "it is his nature to help others" a particular type of thing; "problems of this type are very difficult to solve"; "he's interested in trains and things of that nature"; "matters of a personal nature"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
needer n a person who wants or needs something; "an owner of many things and needer of none" Synonym(s): wanter, needer
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
neither adj not either; not one or the other
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
nether adj lower; "gnawed his nether lip" dwelling beneath the surface of the earth; "nether regions" Synonym(s): chthonian, chthonic, nether located below or beneath something else; "nether garments"; "the under parts of a machine" Synonym(s): nether, under
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
neuter adj of grammatical gender; "`it' is the third-person singular neuter pronoun" Antonym(s): feminine, masculine having no or imperfectly developed or nonfunctional sex organs Synonym(s): neuter, sexless n a gender that refers chiefly (but not exclusively) to inanimate objects (neither masculine nor feminine) v remove the ovaries of; "Is your cat spayed?" [syn: alter, neuter, spay, castrate]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
niter n (KNO3) used especially as a fertilizer and explosive [syn: potassium nitrate, saltpeter, saltpetre, niter, nitre]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
nitre n (KNO3) used especially as a fertilizer and explosive [syn: potassium nitrate, saltpeter, saltpetre, niter, nitre]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
no-hitter n a game in which a pitcher allows the opposing team no hits Synonym(s): no-hit game, no-hitter
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Noether n German mathematician (1882-1935) [syn: Noether, {Emmy Noether}]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
notary n someone legally empowered to witness signatures and certify a document's validity and to take depositions Synonym(s): notary, notary public
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
nut tree n tree bearing edible nuts
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
nutria n aquatic South American rodent resembling a small beaver; bred for its fur Synonym(s): coypu, nutria, Myocastor coypus
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
nutter n a person who is regarded as eccentric or mad [syn: nutter, wacko, whacko]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Nadder \Nad"der\, n. [AS. n[91]dre. See {Adder}.]       An adder. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Natter \Nat"ter\, v. i. [Cf. Icel. knetta to grumble.]       To find fault; to be peevish. [Prov. Eng. or Scot.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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]:
Nature \Na"ture\, v. t.       To endow with natural qualities. [Obs.]                   He [God] which natureth every kind.         --Gower.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Neat \Neat\, a. [Compar. {Neater}; superl. {Neatest}.] [OE.       nett, F. nett, fr. L. nitidus, fr. nitere to shine. Cf.       {Nitid}, {Net}, a., {Natty}.]       1. Free from that which soils, defiles, or disorders; clean;             cleanly; tidy.                         If you were to see her, you would wonder what poor                      body it was that was so surprisingly neat and clean.                                                                               --Law.          2. Free from what is unbecoming, inappropriate, or tawdry;             simple and becoming; pleasing with simplicity; tasteful;             chaste; as, a neat style; a neat dress.          3. Free from admixture or adulteration; good of its kind; as,             neat brandy. [bd]Our old wine neat.[b8] --Chapman.          4. Excellent in character, skill, or performance, etc.; nice;             finished; adroit; as, a neat design; a neat thief.          5. With all deductions or allowances made; net.          Note: [In this sense usually written {net}. See {Net}, a.,                3.]          {neat line} (Civil Engin.), a line to which work is to be             built or formed.          {Neat work}, work built or formed to neat lines.          Syn: Nice; pure; cleanly; tidy; trim; spruce.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Nedder \Ned"der\, n. [See {Adder}.] (Zo[94]l.)       An adder. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] --Chaucer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Needer \Need"er\, n.       One who needs anything. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Needy \Need"y\, a. [Compar. {Needer}; superl. {Neediest}.]       1. Distressed by want of the means of living; very por;             indigent; necessitous.                         Thou shalt open thy hand wide unto thy brother, to                      thy poor, and to thy needy in thy land. --Deut. xv.                                                                               11.                         Spare the bluches of needly merit.      --Dr. T.                                                                               Dwight.          2. Necessary; requiste. [Obs.]                         Corn to make your needy bread.            --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Neither \Nei"ther\, conj.       not either; generally used to introduce the first of two or       more co[94]rdinate clauses of which those that follow begin       with nor.                   Fight neither with small nor great, save only with the                king.                                                      --1 Kings                                                                               xxii. 31.                   Hadst thou been firm and fixed in thy dissent, Neither                had I transgressed, nor thou with me.      --Milton.                   When she put it on, she made me vow That I should                neither sell, nor give, nor lose it.      --Shak.          Note: Neither was formerly often used where we now use nor.                [bd]For neither circumcision, neither uncircumcision is                anything at all.[b8] --Tyndale. [bd]Ye shall not eat of                it, neither shall ye touch it.[b8] --Gen. iii. 3.                Neither is sometimes used colloquially at the end of a                clause to enforce a foregoing negative (nor, not, no).                [bd]He is very tall, but not too tall neither.[b8]                --Addison. [b8] [bf]I care not for his thrust' [bf]No,                nor I neither.'[b8] --Shak.          {Not so neither}, by no means. [Obs.] --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Neither \Nei"ther\ (? [or] ?; 277), a. [OE. neiter, nother,       nouther, AS. n[be]w[?]er, n[be]hw[91][?]er; n[be] never, not       + hw[91][?]er whether. The word has followed the form of       either. See {No}, and {Whether}, and cf. {Neuter}, {Nor}.]       Not either; not the one or the other.                   Which of them shall I take? Both? one? or neither?                Neither can be enjoyed, If both remain alive. --Shak.                   He neither loves, Nor either cares for him. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Nether \Neth"er\, a. [OE. nethere, neithere, AS. ni[?]era, fr.       the adv. ni[?]er downward; akin to neo[?]an below, beneath,       D. neder down, G. nieder, Sw. nedre below, nether, a. & adv.,       and also to Skr. ni down. [root]201. Cf. {Beneath}.]       Situated down or below; lying beneath, or in the lower part;       having a lower position; belonging to the region below;       lower; under; -- opposed to {upper}.                   'Twixt upper, nether, and surrounding fires. --Milton.                   This darksome nether world her light Doth dim with                horror and deformity.                              --Spenser.                   All my nether shape thus grew transformed. --Milton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Neuter \Neu"ter\, a. [L., fr. ne not + uter whether; akin to E.       whether. See {No}, and {Whether}, and cf. {Neither}.]       1. Neither the one thing nor the other; on neither side;             impartial; neutral. [Archaic]                         In all our undertakings God will be either our                      friend or our enemy; for Providence never stands                      neuter.                                             --South.          2. (Gram.)             (a) Having a form belonging more especially to words which                   are not appellations of males or females; expressing                   or designating that which is of neither sex; as, a                   neuter noun; a neuter termination; the neuter gender.             (b) Intransitive; as, a neuter verb.          3. (Biol.) Having no generative organs, or imperfectly             developed ones; sexless. See {Neuter}, n., 3.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Neuter \Neu"ter\, n.       1. A person who takes no part in a contest; one who is either             indifferent to a cause or forbears to interfere; a             neutral.                         The world's no neuter; it will wound or save.                                                                               --Young.          2. (Gram.)             (a) A noun of the neuter gender; any one of those words                   which have the terminations usually found in neuter                   words.             (b) An intransitive verb.          3. (Biol.) An organism, either vegetable or animal, which at             its maturity has no generative organs, or but imperfectly             developed ones, as a plant without stamens or pistils, as             the garden Hydrangea; esp., one of the imperfectly             developed females of certain social insects, as of the ant             and the common honeybee, which perform the labors of the             community, and are called workers.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Nidary \Ni"da*ry\, n. [L. nidus a nest.]       A collection of nests. [R.] --velyn.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Nidor \Ni"dor\, n. [L.]       Scent or savor of meat or food, cooked or cooking. [Obs.]       --Jer. Taylor.
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.
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Nitre \Ni"tre\, n. (Chem.)       See {Niter}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Nitro- \Ni"tro-\       1. A combining form or an adjective denoting the presence of             niter.          2. (Chem.) A combining form (used also adjectively)             designating certain compounds of nitrogen or of its acids,             as nitrohydrochloric, nitrocalcite; also, designating the             group or radical {NO2}, or its compounds, as nitrobenzene.          {Nitro group}, the radical {NO2}; -- called also {nitroxyl}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Nitry \Ni"try\, a. (Chem.)       Nitrous. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Nitter \Nit"ter\, n. [From {Nit}.] (Zo[94]l.)       The horselouse; an insect that deposits nits on horses.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Whither \Whith"er\, adv. [OE. whider. AS. hwider; akin to E.       where, who; cf. Goth. hvadr[c7] whither. See {Who}, and cf.       {Hither}, {Thither}.]       1. To what place; -- used interrogatively; as, whither goest             thou? [bd]Whider may I flee?[b8] --Chaucer.                         Sir Valentine, whither away so fast?   --Shak.          2. To what or which place; -- used relatively.                         That no man should know . . . whither that he went.                                                                               --Chaucer.                         We came unto the land whither thou sentest us.                                                                               --Num. xiii.                                                                               27.          3. To what point, degree, end, conclusion, or design;             whereunto; whereto; -- used in a sense not physical.                         Nor have I . . . whither to appeal.   --Milton.          {Any whither}, to any place; anywhere. [Obs.] [bd]Any             whither, in hope of life eternal.[b8] --Jer. Taylor.          {No whither}, to no place; nowhere. [Obs.] --2 Kings v. 25.          Syn: Where.          Usage: {Whither}, {Where}. Whither properly implies motion to                   place, and where rest in a place. Whither is now,                   however, to a great extent, obsolete, except in                   poetry, or in compositions of a grave and serious                   character and in language where precision is required.                   Where has taken its place, as in the question,                   [bd]Where are you going?[b8]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Nodder \Nod"der\, n.       One who nods; a drowsy person.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Noter \Not"er\, n.       1. One who takes notice.          2. An annotator. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Nother \Noth"er\, conj.       Neither; nor. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Nowhither \No"whith`er\, adv. [No + whither.]       Not anywhither; in no direction; nowhere. [Archaic] [bd]Thy       servant went nowhither.[b8] --2 Kings v. 25.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
{Nut pine}. (Bot.) See under {Pine}.          {Nut rush} (Bot.), a genus of cyperaceous plants ({Scleria})             having a hard bony achene. Several species are found in             the United States and many more in tropical regions.          {Nut tree}, a tree that bears nuts.          {Nut weevil} (Zo[94]l.), any species of weevils of the genus             {Balaninus} and other allied genera, which in the larval             state live in nuts.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Nutria \Nu"tri*a\, n. [Sp. nutria an otter, fr. L. lutra,       lytra.]       The fur of the coypu. See {Coypu}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Nutter \Nut"ter\, n.       A gatherer of nuts.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Nedrow, NY       Zip code(s): 13120
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
New Derry, PA       Zip code(s): 15671
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Nitro, WV (city, FIPS 59068)       Location: 38.41763 N, 81.83111 W       Population (1990): 6851 (3065 housing units)       Area: 8.9 sq km (land), 0.9 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 25143
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
nature n.   See {has the X nature}.
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
netter n.   1. Loosely, anyone with a {network address}.   2.    More specifically, a {Usenet} regular.   Most often found in the    plural.   "If you post _that_ in a technical group, you're going to    be flamed by angry netters for the rest of time!"
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
nature          {has the X nature}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
netter          1. Loosely, anyone with a {network address}.          2. More specifically, a {Usenet} regular.   Most often found in       the plural.   "If you post *that* in a technical group, you're       going to be flamed by angry netters for the rest of time!"          [{Jargon File}]
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
NetWare          {Novell NetWare}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Nother          A parallel {symbolic mathematics} system.          E-mail: .
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
n-tier          {three-tier}
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Nitre       (Prov. 25:20; R.V. marg., "soda"), properly "natron," a       substance so called because, rising from the bottom of the Lake       Natron in Egypt, it becomes dry and hard in the sun, and is the       soda which effervesces when vinegar is poured on it. It is a       carbonate of soda, not saltpetre, which the word generally       denotes (Jer. 2:22; R.V. "lye").