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   natriuresis
         n 1: the presence of abnormally large amounts of sodium in the
               urine

English Dictionary: netherworld by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
natriuretic
adj
  1. of or relating to natriuresis
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
nature worship
n
  1. a system of religion that deifies and worships natural forces and phenomena
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
netherworld
n
  1. (religion) the world of the dead; "No one goes to Hades with all his immense wealth"-Theognis
    Synonym(s): Hell, Hades, infernal region, netherworld, Scheol, underworld
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]:
   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]:
   Nitriary \Ni"tri*a*ry\, n. [See {Niter}.]
      An artificial bed of animal matter for the manufacture of
      niter by nitrification. See {Nitrification}, 2.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   New Trier, MN (city, FIPS 46024)
      Location: 44.60391 N, 92.93317 W
      Population (1990): 96 (30 housing units)
      Area: 0.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
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