nail
         n 1: horny plate covering and protecting part of the dorsal
               surface of the digits
         2: a thin pointed piece of metal that is hammered into materials
            as a fastener
         3: a former unit of length for cloth equal to 1/16 of a yard
         v 1: attach something somewhere by means of nails; "nail the
               board onto the wall"
         2: take into custody; "the police nabbed the suspected
            criminals" [syn: {collar}, {nail}, {apprehend}, {arrest},
            {pick up}, {nab}, {cop}]
         3: hit hard; "He smashed a 3-run homer" [syn: {smash}, {nail},
            {boom}, {blast}]
         4: succeed in obtaining a position; "He nailed down a spot at
            Harvard" [syn: {nail down}, {nail}, {peg}]
         5: succeed at easily; "She sailed through her exams"; "You will
            pass with flying colors"; "She nailed her astrophysics
            course" [syn: {breeze through}, {ace}, {pass with flying
            colors}, {sweep through}, {sail through}, {nail}]
         6: locate exactly; "can you pinpoint the position of the
            enemy?"; "The chemists could not nail the identity of the
            chromosome" [syn: {pinpoint}, {nail}]
         7: complete a pass [syn: {complete}, {nail}]

English Dictionary: nail	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Neel n French physicist noted for research on magnetism (born in 1904) Synonym(s): Neel, Louis Eugene Felix Neel
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
newel n the post at the top or bottom of a flight of stairs; it supports the handrail Synonym(s): newel post, newel the central pillar of a circular staircase
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
newly adv very recently; "they are newly married"; "newly raised objections"; "a newly arranged hairdo"; "grass new washed by the rain"; "a freshly cleaned floor"; "we are fresh out of tomatoes" Synonym(s): newly, freshly, fresh, new
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
nihil n (Latin) nil; nothing (as used by a sheriff after an unsuccessful effort to serve a writ); "nihil habet"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
nil n a quantity of no importance; "it looked like nothing I had ever seen before"; "reduced to nil all the work we had done"; "we racked up a pathetic goose egg"; "it was all for naught"; "I didn't hear zilch about it" Synonym(s): nothing, nil, nix, nada, null, aught, cipher, cypher, goose egg, naught, zero, zilch, zip, zippo
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Nile n the world's longest river (4150 miles); flows northward through eastern Africa into the Mediterranean; the Nile River valley in Egypt was the site of the world's first great civilization Synonym(s): Nile, Nile River
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Noel n period extending from Dec. 24 to Jan. 6 [syn: Christmas, Christmastide, Christmastime, Yule, Yuletide, Noel]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
null adj lacking any legal or binding force; "null and void" [syn: null, void] n a quantity of no importance; "it looked like nothing I had ever seen before"; "reduced to nil all the work we had done"; "we racked up a pathetic goose egg"; "it was all for naught"; "I didn't hear zilch about it" Synonym(s): nothing, nil, nix, nada, null, aught, cipher, cypher, goose egg, naught, zero, zilch, zip, zippo
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
nullah n a ravine or gully in southern Asia
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Nyala n city in Sudan spiral-horned South African antelope with a fringe of white hairs along back and neck Synonym(s): nyala, Tragelaphus angasi
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Nail \Nail\, n. [AS. n[91]gel, akin to D. nagel, OS [?] OHG.       nagal, G. nagel, Icel. nagl, nail (in sense 1), nagli nail       (in sense 3), Sw. nagel nail (in senses 1 and 3), Dan. nagle,       Goth. ganagljan to nail, Lith. nagas nail (in sense 1), Russ.       nogote, L. unguis, Gr. [?], Skr. nakha. [?]]       1. (Anat.) the horny scale of plate of epidermis at the end             of the fingers and toes of man and many apes.                         His nayles like a briddes claws were. --Chaucer.          Note: The nails are strictly homologous with hoofs and claws.                When compressed, curved, and pointed, they are called                talons or claws, and the animal bearing them is said to                be unguiculate; when they incase the extremities of the                digits they are called hoofs, and the animal is                ungulate.          2. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) The basal thickened portion of the anterior wings of                   certain hemiptera.             (b) The terminal horny plate on the beak of ducks, and                   other allied birds.          3. A slender, pointed piece of metal, usually with a head,             used for fastening pieces of wood or other material             together, by being driven into or through them.          Note: The different sorts of nails are named either from the                use to which they are applied, from their shape, from                their size, or from some other characteristic, as                shingle, floor, ship-carpenters', and horseshoe nails,                roseheads, diamonds, fourpenny, tenpenny (see {Penny},                a.), chiselpointed, cut, wrought, or wire nails, etc.
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]:
Nale \Nale\, n. [A corrupt form arising from the older [bd]at       [thorn]en ale[b8] at the nale.]       Ale; also, an alehouse. [Obs.]                   Great feasts at the nale.                        --Chaucer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Nall \Nall\, n. [Either fr. Icel. n[be]l (see {Needle}); or fr.       awl, like newt fr. ewt.]       An awl. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] --Tusser.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Nawl \Nawl\, n. [See {Nall}.]       An awl. [Obs.] --usser.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Neal \Neal\, v. t.       To anneal. [R.] --Chaucer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Neal \Neal\, v. i.       To be tempered by heat. [R.] --Bacon.
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]:
Sooty \Soot"y\, a. [Compar {Sootier}; superl. {Sootiest}.] [AS.       s[?]tig. See {Soot}.]       1. Of or pertaining to soot; producing soot; soiled by soot.             [bd]Fire of sooty coal.[b8] --Milton.          2. Having a dark brown or black color like soot; fuliginous;             dusky; dark. [bd]The grisly legions that troop under the             sooty flag of Acheron.[b8] --Milton.          {Sooty albatross} (Zo[94]l.), an albatross ({Ph[d2]betria             fuliginosa}) found chiefly in the Pacific Ocean; -- called             also {nellie}.          {Sooty tern} (Zo[94]l.), a tern ({Sterna fuliginosa}) found             chiefly in tropical seas.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Newel \New"el\, n. [From {New}. Cf. {Novel}.]       A novelty; a new thing. [Obs.] --Spenser.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Newel \New"el\, n. [OF. nual, F. noyau sone, of fruit, noyau       d'escaler newel, fr. L. nucalis like a nut, fr. nux, nucis,       nut. Cf {Nowel} the inner wall of a mold, {Nucleus}..]       (Arch.)       The upright post about which the steps of a circular       staircase wind; hence, in stairs having straight flights, the       principal post at the foot of a staircase, or the secondary       ones at the landings. See {Hollow newel}, under {Hollow}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Newly \New"ly\, adv.       1. Lately; recently.                         He rubbed it o'er with newly gathered mint.                                                                               --Dryden.          2. Anew; afresh; freshly.                         And the refined mind doth newly fashion Into a                      fairer form.                                       --Spenser.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Niello \Ni*el"lo\, n. [It. niello, LL. nigellum a black of       blackish enamel, fr. L. nigellus, dim. of niger black. See       {Negro}, and cf. {Anneal}.]       1. A metallic alloy of a deep black color.          2. The art, process, or method of decorating metal with             incised designs filled with the black alloy.          3. A piece of metal, or any other object, so decorated.          4. An impression on paper taken from an ancient incised             decoration or metal plate.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Niello \Ni*el"lo\, n.       An impression on paper taken from the engraved or incised       surface before the niello alloy has been inlaid.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Nil \Nil\ [See {Nill}, v. t.]       Will not. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Nil \Nil\, n. & a. [L., a contr. of nihil.]       Nothing; of no account; worthless; -- a term often used for       canceling, in accounts or bookkeeping. --A. J. Ellis.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Nile \Nile\, n. [L. Nilus, gr. [?].]       The great river of Egypt.          {Nile bird}. (Zo[94]l.)       (a) The wryneck. [Prov. Eng.]       (b) The crocodile bird.          {Nile goose} (Zo[94]l.), the Egyptian goose. See Note under             {Goose}, 2.
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]:
Nill \Nill\, v. i.       To be unwilling; to refuse to act.                   The actions of the will are [bd]velle[b8] and                [bd]nolle,[b8] to will and nill.            --Burton.          {Will he, nill he}, whether he wills it or not.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Nill \Nill\, n. [Cf. Ir. & Gael. neul star, light. Cf.       {Nebula}.]       1. Shining sparks thrown off from melted brass.          2. Scales of hot iron from the forge. --Knight.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Nowel \Now"el\, n. [See {Noel}.] [Written also {no[89]l}.]       1. Christmas; also, a shout of joy at Christmas for the birth             of the Savior. [Obs.]          2. (Mus.) A kind of hymn, or canticle, of medi[91]val origin,             sung in honor of the Nativity of our Lord; a Christmas             carol. --Grove.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Noel \No"el\, n. [F. no[89]l, L. natalis birthday, fr. natalis       natal. See {Natal}.]       Same as {Nowel}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Noil \Noil\, n. [Prob. fr. Prov. E. oil, ile, ail, a beard of       grain (OE. eil, AS. egl) combined with the indef. article, an       oil becoming a noil.]       A short or waste piece or knot of wool separated from the       longer staple by combing; also, a similar piece or shred of       waste silk.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Nole \Nole\, n. [See {Noll}.]       The head. [Obs.] --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Noll \Noll\, n. [OE. nol, AS. hnoll top; akin to OHG. hnol top,       head.]       The head; the noddle. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Noule \Noule\, n. [See {Noll}.]       The top of the head; the head or noll. [Obs.] --Spenser.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Nowel \Now"el\, n. [See {Noel}.] [Written also {no[89]l}.]       1. Christmas; also, a shout of joy at Christmas for the birth             of the Savior. [Obs.]          2. (Mus.) A kind of hymn, or canticle, of medi[91]val origin,             sung in honor of the Nativity of our Lord; a Christmas             carol. --Grove.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Nowel \Now"el\, n. [F. noyau, prop., a kernel. See {Noyau},       {Newel} a post.] (Founding)             (a) The core, or the inner part, of a mold for casting a                   large hollow object.             (b) The bottom part of a mold or of a flask, in                   distinction from the cope; the drag.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Nul \Nul\, a. [F. See {Null}, a.] (Law)       No; not any; as, nul disseizin; nul tort.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Null \Null\, a. [L. nullus not any, none; ne not + ullus any, a       dim. of unus one; cf. F. nul. See {No}, and {One}, and cf.       {None}.]       Of no legal or binding force or validity; of no efficacy;       invalid; void; nugatory; useless.                   Faultily faultless, icily regular, splendidly null,                Dead perfection; no more.                        --Tennyson.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Null \Null\, n.       1. Something that has no force or meaning.          2. That which has no value; a cipher; zero. --Bacon.          {Null method} (Physics.), a zero method. See under {Zero}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Null \Null\, v. t. [From null, a., or perh. abbrev. from annul.]       To annul. [Obs.] --Milton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Null \Null\, n. [Etymol. uncertain.]       One of the beads in nulled work.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Nyula \Ny*u"la\, n. (Zo[94]l.)       A species of ichneumon ({Herpestes nyula}). Its fur is       beautifully variegated by closely set zigzag markings.
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Naalehu, HI (CDP, FIPS 53600)       Location: 19.07718 N, 155.57528 W       Population (1990): 1027 (316 housing units)       Area: 5.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 96772
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Neely, MS       Zip code(s): 39461
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Nellie, OH (village, FIPS 53816)       Location: 40.33830 N, 82.06843 W       Population (1990): 130 (86 housing units)       Area: 1.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
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Neola, IA (city, FIPS 55560)       Location: 41.45095 N, 95.61725 W       Population (1990): 894 (340 housing units)       Area: 1.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 51559    Neola, UT (CDP, FIPS 54110)       Location: 40.44026 N, 110.03667 W       Population (1990): 511 (201 housing units)       Area: 18.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 84053    Neola, WV       Zip code(s): 24986
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New Alluwe, OK (town, FIPS 51050)       Location: 36.60942 N, 95.48895 W       Population (1990): 83 (41 housing units)       Area: 0.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
New Hill, NC       Zip code(s): 27562
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Newell, AL       Zip code(s): 36270    Newell, IA (city, FIPS 55965)       Location: 42.61062 N, 95.00380 W       Population (1990): 1089 (398 housing units)       Area: 3.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 50568    Newell, PA (borough, FIPS 53504)       Location: 40.07354 N, 79.88862 W       Population (1990): 518 (217 housing units)       Area: 1.6 sq km (land), 0.4 sq km (water)    Newell, SD (city, FIPS 44860)       Location: 44.71527 N, 103.41775 W       Population (1990): 675 (335 housing units)       Area: 2.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 57760    Newell, WV (CDP, FIPS 58420)       Location: 40.61748 N, 80.60106 W       Population (1990): 1724 (774 housing units)       Area: 1.9 sq km (land), 0.5 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 26050
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Newhall, CA       Zip code(s): 91321, 91381    Newhall, IA (city, FIPS 56055)       Location: 41.99302 N, 91.96671 W       Population (1990): 854 (341 housing units)       Area: 0.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 52315
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Noel, MO (city, FIPS 52742)       Location: 36.54503 N, 94.48718 W       Population (1990): 1169 (571 housing units)       Area: 5.2 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 64854
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Nu'uuli, AS (village, FIPS 57700)       Location: 14.33426 S, 170.70111 W       Population (1990): 3893 (551 housing units)       Area: 7.9 sq km (land), 19.7 sq km (water)
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
NIL /nil/   No.   Used in reply to a question, particularly one    asked using the `-P' convention.   Most hackers assume this derives    simply from LISP terminology for `false' (see also {T}), but NIL as    a negative reply was well-established among radio hams decades    before the advent of LISP.   The historical connection between early    hackerdom and the ham radio world was strong enough that this may    have been an influence.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
NIAL          Nested Interactive Array Language.          A high-level {array}-oriented language from {Queen's       University}, Canada, based on {Array Theory} as developed by       Trenchard More Jr.          {Q'NIAL} is an implementation in {C}.          ["Programming Styles in NIAL", M.A.   Jenkins et al, IEEE       Software 3(1):46-55 (Jan 1986)].          (1995-01-25)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
NIL          /nil/ 1. New Implementation of Lisp.   A language intended to       be the successor of {MacLisp}.   A large {Lisp}, implemented       mostly in {VAX} {assembly language}.   A forerunner of {Common       LISP}.          ["NIL: A Perspective", Jon L. White, MACSYMA Users' Conf Proc,       1979].          2. Network Implementation Language.   Strom & Yemini, TJWRC,       IBM.   Implementation of complex networking protocols in a       modular fashion.          ["NIL: An Integrated Language and System for Distributed       Programming", R. Strom et al, SIGPLAN Notices 18(6):73-82       (June 1983)].          3. Empty list or False.   In {Lisp}, the empty list (or "nil       list") is used to represent the {Boolean} value False.   This       is possible because {Lisp} is not typed.   True is represented       by the special {atom} "t".          4. Spoken in reply to a question, particularly one asked using       the "-P" convention it means "No".   Most hackers assume this       derives simply from LISP, but NIL meaning "no" was       well-established among radio hams decades before LISP existed.       The historical connection between early hackerdom and the ham       radio world was strong enough that this may have been an       influence.          [{Jargon File}]
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
nl          The {country code} for the Netherlands (Holland).          (1999-01-27)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
nML          A specification language for {instruction set}s,       based on {attribute grammar}s, for {back-end generator}s.          ["The nML Machine Description Formalism", M. Freericks       TR TU Berlin, FB20, Bericht 1991/15].          (1995-11-28)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
NOL          {Never Offline}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
null          A special value used in several languages to       represent the thing referred to by an uninitialised pointer.          A special value that may be stored in some database       columns to represent an unknown, missing, not applicable, or       undefined value.   Nulls are treated completely differently       from ordinary values when evaluating SQL expressions and there       are several SQL constructs for dealing with nulls.          (2003-06-17)
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Nail       for fastening. (1.) Hebrew yathed, "piercing," a peg or nail of       any material (Ezek. 15:3), more especially a tent-peg (Ex.       27:19; 35:18; 38:20), with one of which Jael (q.v.) pierced the       temples of Sisera (Judg. 4:21, 22). This word is also used       metaphorically (Zech. 10:4) for a prince or counsellor, just as       "the battle-bow" represents a warrior.                (2.) Masmer, a "point," the usual word for a nail. The words       of the wise are compared to "nails fastened by the masters of       assemblies" (Eccl. 12:11, A.V.). The Revised Version reads, "as       nails well fastened are the words of the masters," etc. Others       (as Plumptre) read, "as nails fastened are the masters of       assemblies" (comp. Isa. 22:23; Ezra 9:8). David prepared nails       for the temple (1 Chr. 22:3; 2 Chr. 3:9). The nails by which our       Lord was fixed to the cross are mentioned (John 20:25; Col.       2:14).                Nail of the finger (Heb. tsipporen, "scraping"). To "pare the       nails" is in Deut. 21:12 (marg., "make," or "dress," or "suffer       to grow") one of the signs of purification, separation from       former heathenism (comp. Lev. 14:8; Num. 8:7). In Jer. 17:1 this       word is rendered "point."
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Neiel       dwelling-place of God, a town in the territory of Asher, near       its southern border (Josh. 19:27). It has been identified with       the ruin Y'anin, near the outlet of the Wady esh Sha-ghur, less       than 2 miles north of Kabul, and 16 miles east of Caesarea.
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Nile       dark; blue, not found in Scripture, but frequently referred to       in the Old Testament under the name of Sihor, i.e., "the black       stream" (Isa. 23:3; Jer. 2:18) or simply "the river" (Gen. 41:1;       Ex. 1:22, etc.) and the "flood of Egypt" (Amos 8:8). It consists       of two rivers, the White Nile, which takes its rise in the       Victoria Nyanza, and the Blue Nile, which rises in the       Abyssinian Mountains. These unite at the town of Khartoum,       whence it pursues its course for 1,800 miles, and falls into the       Mediterranean through its two branches, into which it is divided       a few miles north of Cairo, the Rosetta and the Damietta branch.       (See {EGYPT}.)
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Neiel, commotion, or moving, of God