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   naiveness
         n 1: lack of sophistication or worldliness [syn: {naivete},
               {naivety}, {naiveness}] [ant: {mundaneness}, {mundanity},
               {sophistication}, {worldliness}]

English Dictionary: nebenschauplatz by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
napping
adj
  1. not prepared or vigilant; "the blow caught him napping"; "caught in an off-guard moment"; "found him off his guard"
    Synonym(s): napping, off-guard(a), off guard(p), off one's guard(p), off his guard, off her guard, off your guard
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
newfangled
adj
  1. (of a new kind or fashion) gratuitously new; "newfangled ideas"; "she buys all these new-fangled machines and never uses them"
    Synonym(s): newfangled, new
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
nipping
adj
  1. capable of wounding; "a barbed compliment"; "a biting aphorism"; "pungent satire"
    Synonym(s): barbed, biting, nipping, pungent, mordacious
  2. pleasantly cold and invigorating; "crisp clear nights and frosty mornings"; "a nipping wind"; "a nippy fall day"; "snappy weather"
    Synonym(s): crisp, frosty, nipping, nippy, snappy
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Nipponese
adj
  1. of or relating to or characteristic of Japan or its people or their culture or language; "the Japanese Emperor"; "Japanese cars"
    Synonym(s): Japanese, Nipponese
n
  1. a native or inhabitant of Japan [syn: Japanese, Nipponese]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
nubbiness
n
  1. looseness or roughness in texture (as of cloth) [syn: coarseness, nubbiness, tweediness]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Nab \Nab\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Nabbed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Nabbing}.] [Dan nappe, or Sw. nappa.]
      To catch or seize suddenly or unexpectedly. [Colloq.]
      --Smollett.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Nappiness \Nap"pi*ness\, n. [From 2d {Nappy}.]
      The quality of having a nap; abundance of nap, as on cloth.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Nap \Nap\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Napped}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Napping}.] [OE. nappen, AS. hn[ae]ppian to take a nap, to
      slumber; cf. AS. hnipian to bend one's self, Icel. hnipna,
      hn[c6]pa, to droop.]
      1. To have a short sleep; to be drowsy; to doze. --Chaucer.
  
      2. To be in a careless, secure state. --Wyclif.
  
                     I took thee napping, unprepared.         --Hudibras.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Napping \Nap"ping\, n.
      1. The act or process of raising a nap, as on cloth.
  
      2. (Hat Making) A sheet of partially felted fur before it is
            united to the hat body. --Knight.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gig \Gig\, n. [Cf. Icel. g[imac]gja fiddle, MHG. g[imac]ge, G.
      geige, Icel. geiga to take a wrong direction, rove at random,
      and E. jig.]
      1. A top or whirligig; any little thing that is whirled round
            in play.
  
                     Thou disputest like an infant; go, whip thy gig.
                                                                              --Shak.
  
      2. A light carriage, with one pair of wheels, drawn by one
            horse; a kind of chaise.
  
      3. (Naut.) A long, light rowboat, generally clinkerbuilt, and
            designed to be fast; a boat appropriated to the use of the
            commanding officer; as, the captain's gig.
  
      4. (Mach.) A rotatory cylinder, covered with wire teeth or
            teasels, for teaseling woolen cloth.
  
      {Gig machine}, {Gigging machine}, {Gig mill}, [or] {Napping
      machine}. See {Gig}, 4.
  
      {Gig saw}. See {Jig saw}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Newfangle \New"fan`gle\, a. [New + fangle.]
      Eager for novelties; desirous of changing. [Obs.]
  
               So newfangel be they of their meat.         --Chaucer.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Newfangle \New"fan`gle\, v. t.
      To change by introducing novelties. [Obs.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Newfangled \New"fan`gled\, a.
      1. Newmade; formed with the affectation of novelty. [bd]A
            newfangled nomenclature.[b8] --Sir W. Hamilton.
  
      2. Disposed to change; inclined to novelties; given to new
            theories or fashions. [bd]Newfangled teachers.[b8] --1
            Tim. vi. (heading). [bd]Newfangled men.[b8] --Latimer.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Newfangledness \New"fan`gled*ness\, n.
      Affectation of, or fondness for, novelty; vain or affected
      fashion or form.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Newfangleness \New"fan`gle*ness\, n. [OE. newefanglenes. See
      {Fangle}.]
      Newfangledness. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
  
               Proud newfangleness in their apparel.      --Robynson
                                                                              (More's
                                                                              Utopia).

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Newfanglist \New"fan`glist\, n.
      One who is eager for novelties or desirous of change. [Obs.]
      --Tooker.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Newfangly \New"fan`gly\, adv.
      In a newfangled manner; with eagerness for novelty. [Obs.]
      --Sir T. More.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Nib \Nib\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Nebbed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Nibbing}.]
      To furnish with a nib; to point; to mend the point of; as, to
      nib a pen.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Nip \Nip\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Nipped}, less properly {Nipt};
      p. pr. & vb. n. {Nipping}.] [OE. nipen; cf. D. niipen to
      pinch, also knippen to nip, clip, pinch, snap, knijpen to
      pinch, LG. knipen, G. kneipen, kneifen, to pinch, cut off,
      nip, Lith. knebti.]
      1. To catch and inclose or compress tightly between two
            surfaces, or points which are brought together or closed;
            to pinch; to close in upon.
  
                     May this hard earth cleave to the Nadir hell, Down,
                     down, and close again, and nip me flat, If I be such
                     a traitress.                                       --Tennyson.
  
      2. To remove by pinching, biting, or cutting with two meeting
            edges of anything; to clip.
  
                     The small shoots . . . must be nipped off.
                                                                              --Mortimer.
  
      3. Hence: To blast, as by frost; to check the growth or vigor
            of; to destroy.
  
      4. To vex or pain, as by nipping; hence, to taunt.
  
                     And sharp remorse his heart did prick and nip.
                                                                              --Spenser.
  
      {To nip in the bud}, to cut off at the verycommencement of
            growth; to kill in the incipient stage.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Nipping \Nip"ping\, a.
      Biting; pinching; painful; destructive; as, a nipping frost;
      a nipping wind.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Nippingly \Nip"ping*ly\, adv.
      In a nipping manner.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Novum \No"vum\, n.
      A game at dice, properly called {novem quinque} (L., nine
      five), the two principal throws being nine and five. [Obs.]
      --Shak.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Napanoch, NY (CDP, FIPS 49418)
      Location: 41.75085 N, 74.37447 W
      Population (1990): 1068 (457 housing units)
      Area: 3.1 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 12458

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Neponset, IL (village, FIPS 51999)
      Location: 41.29707 N, 89.79015 W
      Population (1990): 529 (207 housing units)
      Area: 2.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 61345

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   New Effington, SD (town, FIPS 44820)
      Location: 45.85521 N, 96.91805 W
      Population (1990): 219 (120 housing units)
      Area: 0.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 57255

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   New Haven County, CT (county, FIPS 9)
      Location: 41.34897 N, 72.90035 W
      Population (1990): 804219 (327079 housing units)
      Area: 1569.0 sq km (land), 663.7 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   New Pine Creek, OR
      Zip code(s): 97635

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Novinger, MO (city, FIPS 53534)
      Location: 40.23410 N, 92.70589 W
      Population (1990): 542 (264 housing units)
      Area: 2.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 63559
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