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   natal day
         n 1: the date on which a person was born [syn: {birthday},
               {natal day}]

English Dictionary: needle-wood by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Natalie Wood
n
  1. United States film actress (1938-1981) [syn: Wood, Natalie Wood]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
natality
n
  1. the ratio of live births in an area to the population of that area; expressed per 1000 population per year
    Synonym(s): birthrate, birth rate, fertility, fertility rate, natality
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Nautilidae
n
  1. spiral-shelled cephalopods [syn: Nautilidae, {family Nautilidae}]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
needle wood
n
  1. large bushy shrub with pungent pointed leaves and creamy white flowers; central and eastern Australia
    Synonym(s): needlewood, needle-wood, needle wood, Hakea leucoptera
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
needle-wood
n
  1. large bushy shrub with pungent pointed leaves and creamy white flowers; central and eastern Australia
    Synonym(s): needlewood, needle-wood, needle wood, Hakea leucoptera
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
needled
adj
  1. of trees whose leaves are acerate
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
needlewood
n
  1. large bushy shrub with pungent pointed leaves and creamy white flowers; central and eastern Australia
    Synonym(s): needlewood, needle-wood, needle wood, Hakea leucoptera
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
nettle tree
n
  1. any of various trees of the genus Celtis having inconspicuous flowers and small berrylike fruits
    Synonym(s): hackberry, nettle tree
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
nettled
adj
  1. aroused to impatience or anger; "made an irritated gesture"; "feeling nettled from the constant teasing"; "peeved about being left out"; "felt really pissed at her snootiness"; "riled no end by his lies"; "roiled by the delay"
    Synonym(s): annoyed, irritated, miffed, nettled, peeved, pissed, pissed off, riled, roiled, steamed, stung
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
nodulated
adj
  1. having nodules or occurring in the form of nodules; "nodular ores"
    Synonym(s): nodular, nodulated, noduled
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
noduled
adj
  1. having nodules or occurring in the form of nodules; "nodular ores"
    Synonym(s): nodular, nodulated, noduled
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
nutlet
n
  1. a small nut
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Natalitial \Na`ta*li"tial\, Natalitious \Na`ta*li"tious\, a. [L.
      natalitius, from natalis. See {Natal}.]
      Of or pertaining to one's birth or birthday, or one's
      nativity. [Obs.] [bd]Natalitial poplar.[b8] --Evelyn.
      [bd]Natalitious fire.[b8] --W. Cartwright.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Natalitial \Na`ta*li"tial\, Natalitious \Na`ta*li"tious\, a. [L.
      natalitius, from natalis. See {Natal}.]
      Of or pertaining to one's birth or birthday, or one's
      nativity. [Obs.] [bd]Natalitial poplar.[b8] --Evelyn.
      [bd]Natalitious fire.[b8] --W. Cartwright.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Nautilite \Nau"ti*lite\, n. (paleon.)
      A fossil nautilus.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Nautiloid \Nau"ti*loid\, a. [Nautilus + -oid: cf. F.
      nautilo[8b]de.] (Zo[94]l.)
      Like or pertaining to the nautilus; shaped like a nautilus
      shell. -- n. A mollusk, or shell, of the genus Nautilus or
      family {Nautilid[91]}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Needle \Nee"dle\, n. [OE. nedle, AS. n[?]dl; akin to D. neald,
      OS. n[be]dla, G. nadel, OHG. n[be]dal, n[be]dala, Icel.
      n[be]l, Sw. n[86]l, Dan. naal, and also to G. n[84]hen to
      sew, OHG. n[be]jan, L. nere to spin, Gr. [?], and perh. to E.
      snare: cf. Gael. & Ir. snathad needle, Gael. snath thread, G.
      schnur string, cord.]
      1. A small instrument of steel, sharply pointed at one end,
            with an eye to receive a thread, -- used in sewing.
            --Chaucer.
  
      Note: In some needles(as for sewing machines) the eye is at
               the pointed end, but in ordinary needles it is at the
               blunt end.
  
      2. See {Magnetic needle}, under {Magnetic}.
  
      3. A slender rod or wire used in knitting; a knitting needle;
            also, a hooked instrument which carries the thread or
            twine, and by means of which knots or loops are formed in
            the process of netting, knitting, or crocheting.
  
      4. (Bot.) One of the needle-shaped secondary leaves of pine
            trees. See {Pinus}.
  
      5. Any slender, pointed object, like a needle, as a pointed
            crystal, a sharp pinnacle of rock, an obelisk, etc.
  
      {Dipping needle}. See under {Dipping}.
  
      {Needle bar}, the reciprocating bar to which the needle of a
            sewing machine is attached.
  
      {Needle beam} (Arch.), to shoring, the horizontal cross
            timber which goes through the wall or a pier, and upon
            which the weight of the wall rests, when a building is
            shored up to allow of alterations in the lower part.
  
      {Needle furze} (Bot.), a prickly leguminous plant of Western
            Europe; the petty whin ({Genista Anglica}).
  
      {Needle gun}, a firearm loaded at the breech with a cartridge
            carrying its own fulminate, which is exploded by driving a
            slender needle, or pin, into it.
  
      {Needle loom} (Weaving), a loom in which the weft thread is
            carried through the shed by a long eye-pointed needle
            instead of by a shuttle.
  
      {Needle ore} (Min.), acicular bismuth; a sulphide of bismuth,
            lead, and copper occuring in acicular crystals; -- called
            also {aikinite}.
  
      {Needle shell} (Zo[94]l.), a sea urchin.
  
      {Needle spar} (Min.), aragonite.
  
      {Needle telegraph}, a telegraph in which the signals are
            given by the deflections of a magnetic needle to the right
            or to the left of a certain position.
  
      {Sea needle} (Zo[94]l.), the garfish.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Lote \Lote\, n. [L. lotus, Gr. [?]. Cf. {Lotus}.] (Bot.)
      A large tree ({Celtis australis}), found in the south of
      Europe. It has a hard wood, and bears a cherrylike fruit.
      Called also {nettle tree}. --Eng. Cyc.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Nettle \Net"tle\, n. [AS. netele; akin to D. netel, G. nessel,
      OHG. nezz[8b]la, nazza, Dan. nelde, n[84]lde, Sw. n[84]ssla;
      cf, Lith. notere.] (Bot.)
      A plant of the genus {Urtica}, covered with minute sharp
      hairs containing a poison that produces a stinging sensation.
      {Urtica gracitis} is common in the Northern, and {U.
      cham[91]dryoides} in the Southern, United States. the common
      European species, {U. urens} and {U. dioica}, are also found
      in the Eastern united States. {U. pilulifera} is the Roman
      nettle of England.
  
      Note: The term nettle has been given to many plants related
               to, or to some way resembling, the true nettle; as:
  
      {Australian nettle}, a stinging tree or shrub of the genus
            {Laportea} (as {L. gigas} and {L. moroides}); -- also
            called {nettle tree}.
  
      {Bee nettle}, {Hemp nettle}, a species of {Galeopsis}. See
            under {Hemp}.
  
      {Blind nettle}, {Dead nettle}, a harmless species of
            {Lamium}.
  
      {False nettle} ({B[91]hmeria cylindrica}), a plant common in
            the United States, and related to the true nettles.
  
      {Hedge nettle}, a species of {Stachys}. See under {Hedge}.
  
      {Horse nettle} ({Solanum Carolinense}). See under {Horse}.
  
      {nettle tree}.
      (a) Same as {Hackberry}.
      (b) See {Australian nettle} (above).
  
      {Spurge nettle}, a stinging American herb of the Spurge
            family ({Jatropha urens}).
  
      {Wood nettle}, a plant ({Laportea Canadensis}) which stings
            severely, and is related to the true nettles.
  
      {Nettle cloth}, a kind of thick cotton stuff, japanned, and
            used as a substitute for leather for various purposes.
  
      {Nettle rash} (Med.), an eruptive disease resembling the
            effects of whipping with nettles.
  
      {Sea nettle} (Zo[94]l.), a medusa.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Nettle \Net"tle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Nettled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Nettling}.]
      To fret or sting; to irritate or vex; to cause to experience
      sensations of displeasure or uneasiness not amounting to
      violent anger.
  
               The princes were so nettled at the scandal of this
               affront, that every man took it to himself.
                                                                              --L'Estrange.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Nidulate \Nid"u*late\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Nidulated}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Nidulating}.] [L. nidulari, fr. nidulus, dim. of
      nidus a nest.]
      To make a nest, as a bird. [R.] --Cockeram.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Nidulate \Nid"u*late\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Nidulated}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Nidulating}.] [L. nidulari, fr. nidulus, dim. of
      nidus a nest.]
      To make a nest, as a bird. [R.] --Cockeram.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Nidulate \Nid"u*late\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Nidulated}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Nidulating}.] [L. nidulari, fr. nidulus, dim. of
      nidus a nest.]
      To make a nest, as a bird. [R.] --Cockeram.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Nidulation \Nid`u*la"tion\, n.
      The time of remaining in the nest. [R.] --Sir T. Browne.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Nidulite \Nid"u*lite\, n. [L. nidulus a little nest.] (Paleon.)
      A Silurian fossil, formerly supposed to consist of eggs.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Noduled \Nod"uled\, a.
      Having little knots or lumps.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Notelet \Note"let\, n.
      A little or short note; a billet.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Nutlet \Nut"let\, n. (Bot.)
      A small nut; also, the stone of a drupe.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Nettleton, MS (town, FIPS 50880)
      Location: 34.09128 N, 88.61654 W
      Population (1990): 2462 (980 housing units)
      Area: 17.0 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 38858

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   netload
  
      A program to down-load {Excelan} {TCP/IP} software.   The
      host's {Ethernet} address can be specified as
  
      netload -e aabbccddeeff
  
      where aabbccddeeff is a 12 {hexadecimal} digit number.
  
      (1994-12-14)
  
  
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