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   nagami kumquat
         n 1: shrub bearing oval-fruited kumquats [syn: {nagami}, {nagami
               kumquat}, {oval kumquat}, {Fortunella margarita}]

English Dictionary: niceness by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Nageia nagi
n
  1. medium-sized tree having glossy lanceolate leaves; southern China to Taiwan and southern Japan
    Synonym(s): nagi, Nageia nagi
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
nagging
adj
  1. continually complaining or faultfinding; "a shrewish wife"; "nagging parents"
    Synonym(s): shrewish, nagging
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Naja naja
n
  1. a cobra of tropical Africa and Asia [syn: Indian cobra, Naja naja]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Naja nigricollis
n
  1. aggressive cobra widely distributed in Africa; rarely bites but spits venom that may cause blindness
    Synonym(s): black- necked cobra, spitting cobra, Naja nigricollis
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
nascence
n
  1. the event of being born; "they celebrated the birth of their first child"
    Synonym(s): birth, nativity, nascency, nascence
    Antonym(s): death, decease, expiry
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
nascency
n
  1. the event of being born; "they celebrated the birth of their first child"
    Synonym(s): birth, nativity, nascency, nascence
    Antonym(s): death, decease, expiry
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
naysaying
n
  1. the act of saying no to a request
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
necking
n
  1. the molding at the top of a column [syn: gorgerin, necking]
  2. affectionate play (or foreplay without contact with the genital organs)
    Synonym(s): caressing, cuddling, fondling, hugging, kissing, necking, petting, smooching, snuggling
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
neoconservatism
n
  1. an approach to politics or theology that represents a return to a traditional point of view (in contrast to more liberal or radical schools of thought of the 1960s)
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
neoconservative
n
  1. a conservative who subscribes to neoconservatism [syn: neoconservative, neocon]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
nescience
n
  1. ignorance (especially of orthodox beliefs) [syn: ignorantness, nescience, unknowing, unknowingness]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
news magazine
n
  1. a magazine devoted to reports of current events; usually published weekly
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Nganasan
n
  1. a member of the Samoyedic people living on the Taimyr Peninsula in Siberia
  2. the Uralic language spoken by the Nganasan
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Nicene Creed
n
  1. (Christianity) a formal creed summarizing Christian beliefs; first adopted in 325 and later expanded
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
niceness
n
  1. a courteous manner that respects accepted social usage
    Synonym(s): politeness, niceness
    Antonym(s): impoliteness
  2. the quality of nice
    Antonym(s): nastiness
  3. the quality of being difficult to detect or analyze; "you had to admire the subtlety of the distinctions he drew"
    Synonym(s): subtlety, niceness
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
nicknack
n
  1. miscellaneous curios [syn: bric-a-brac, knickknack, nicknack, knickknackery, whatnot]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Nijinsky
n
  1. Russian dancer considered by many to be the greatest dancer of the 20th century (1890-1950)
    Synonym(s): Nijinsky, Vaslav Nijinsky, Waslaw Nijinsky
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Nijmegen
n
  1. an industrial city in the eastern Netherlands
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
nogging
n
  1. rough brick masonry used to fill in the gaps in a wooden frame
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
noisemaker
n
  1. a device (such as a clapper or bell or horn) used to make a loud noise at a celebration
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
noisiness
n
  1. the auditory effect characterized by loud and constant noise
    Synonym(s): noisiness, racketiness
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
nosiness
n
  1. offensive inquisitiveness [syn: nosiness, prying, snoopiness]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
nuisance
n
  1. (law) a broad legal concept including anything that disturbs the reasonable use of your property or endangers life and health or is offensive
  2. a bothersome annoying person; "that kid is a terrible pain"
    Synonym(s): pain, pain in the neck, nuisance
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
nuisance abatement
n
  1. (law) the removal or termination or destruction of something that has been found to be a nuisance
    Synonym(s): abatement of a nuisance, nuisance abatement
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
nuisance tax
n
  1. a tax based on the cost of the item purchased and collected directly from the buyer
    Synonym(s): sales tax, nuisance tax
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
nuisance value
n
  1. the quality of an embarrassing situation; "he sensed the awkwardness of his proposal"
    Synonym(s): awkwardness, nuisance value
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Jonquil \Jon"quil\, Jonquille \Jon"quille\, n. [F. jonquille,
      fr. L. juncus a rush, because it has rushlike leaves.] (Bot.)
      A bulbous plant of the genus Narcissus ({N. Jonquilla}),
      allied to the daffodil. It has long, rushlike leaves, and
      yellow or white fragrant flowers. The root has emetic
      properties. It is sometimes called the {rush-leaved
      daffodil}. See Illust. of {Corona}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Trona \Tro"na\, n. [Of Egyptian or North African origin.] (Chem.
      & Min.)
      A native double salt, consisting of a combination of neutral
      and acid sodium carbonate, {Na2CO3.2HNaCO3.2H2O}, occurring
      as a white crystalline fibrous deposit from certain soda
      brine springs and lakes; -- called also {urao}, and by the
      ancients {nitrum}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Nag \Nag\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Nagged}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Nagging}.] [Cf. Sw. nagga to nibble, peck, Dan. nage to
      gnaw, Icel. naga, gnaga, G. nagen, & E. gnaw.]
      To tease in a petty way; to scold habitually; to annoy; to
      fret pertinaciously. [Colloq.] [bd]She never nagged.[b8] --J.
      Ingelow.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Nagging \Nag"ging\, a.
      Fault-finding; teasing; persistently annoying; as, a nagging
      toothache. [Colloq.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Nascency \Nas"cen*cy\, n. [L. nascentia. See {Nascent}.]
      State of being nascent; birth; beginning; origin.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Neck \Neck\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Necked}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Necking}.] (Mech.)
      To reduce the diameter of (an object) near its end, by making
      a groove around it; -- used with down; as, to neck down a
      shaft.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Necking \Neck"ing\, n.
      Same as {Neckmold}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Neese \Neese\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Neesed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Neesing}.] [OE. nesen; akin to D. niezen, G. niesen, Icel.
      hnj[omac]sa.]
      To sneeze. [Obs.] [Written also {neeze}.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Neesing \Nees"ing\, n.
      Sneezing. [Obs.] [bd]By his neesings a light doth shine.[b8]
      --Job xli. 18.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Neigh \Neigh\ (n[amac]), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Neighed}
      (n[amac]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Neighing}.] [OE. neien, AS.
      hn[aemac]gan, prob. of imitative origin; cf. MHG. n[emac]gen,
      Icel. hneggja, gneggja, Sw. gn[84]gga. Cf. {Nag} a horse.]
      1. To utter the cry of the horse; to whinny.
  
      2. To scoff or sneer; to jeer. [Obs.]
  
                     Neighed at his nakedness.                  --Beau. & Fl.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Neogamist \Ne*og"a*mist\, n. [Gr. [?] newly married.]
      A person recently married.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Nescience \Nes"cience\, n. [L. nescientia, fr. nesciens, p. pr.
      of nescire not to know; ne not + scire to know.]
      Want of knowledge; ignorance; agnosticism.
  
               God fetched it about for me, in that absence and
               nescience of mine.                                 --Bp. Hall.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Nicene \Ni"cene\, a. [L. Nicaenus, fr. Nicaea Nice, Gr. [?].]
      Of or pertaining to Nice, a town of Asia Minor, or to the
      ecumenial council held there A. D. 325.
  
      {Nicene Creed}, a summary of Christian faith, composed and
            adopted by the Council of Nice, against Arianism, A. D.
            325, altered and confirmed by the Council of
            Constantinople, A. D. 381, and by subsequent councils.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Creed \Creed\ (kr[emac]d), n. [OE. credo, crede, AS. creda, fr.
      L. credo I believe, at the beginning of the Apostles' creed,
      fr. credere to believe; akin to OIr. cretim I believe, and
      Skr. [cced]raddadh[amac]mi; [cced]rat trust + dh[amac] to
      put. See {Do}, v. t., and cf. {Credo}, {Grant}.]
      1. A definite summary of what is believed; esp., a summary of
            the articles of Christian faith; a confession of faith for
            public use; esp., one which is brief and comprehensive.
  
                     In the Protestant system the creed is not
                     co[94]rdinate with, but always subordinate to, the
                     Bible.                                                --Schaff-Herzog
                                                                              Encyc.
  
      2. Any summary of principles or opinions professed or adhered
            to.
  
                     I love him not, nor fear him; there's my creed.
                                                                              --Shak.
  
      {Apostles' creed}, {Athanasian creed}, {Nicene creed}. See
            under {Apostle}, {Athanasian}, {Nicene}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Nicene \Ni"cene\, a. [L. Nicaenus, fr. Nicaea Nice, Gr. [?].]
      Of or pertaining to Nice, a town of Asia Minor, or to the
      ecumenial council held there A. D. 325.
  
      {Nicene Creed}, a summary of Christian faith, composed and
            adopted by the Council of Nice, against Arianism, A. D.
            325, altered and confirmed by the Council of
            Constantinople, A. D. 381, and by subsequent councils.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Creed \Creed\ (kr[emac]d), n. [OE. credo, crede, AS. creda, fr.
      L. credo I believe, at the beginning of the Apostles' creed,
      fr. credere to believe; akin to OIr. cretim I believe, and
      Skr. [cced]raddadh[amac]mi; [cced]rat trust + dh[amac] to
      put. See {Do}, v. t., and cf. {Credo}, {Grant}.]
      1. A definite summary of what is believed; esp., a summary of
            the articles of Christian faith; a confession of faith for
            public use; esp., one which is brief and comprehensive.
  
                     In the Protestant system the creed is not
                     co[94]rdinate with, but always subordinate to, the
                     Bible.                                                --Schaff-Herzog
                                                                              Encyc.
  
      2. Any summary of principles or opinions professed or adhered
            to.
  
                     I love him not, nor fear him; there's my creed.
                                                                              --Shak.
  
      {Apostles' creed}, {Athanasian creed}, {Nicene creed}. See
            under {Apostle}, {Athanasian}, {Nicene}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Niceness \Nice"ness\, n.
      Quality or state of being nice.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Nick \Nick\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Nicked}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Nicking}.]
      1. To make a nick or nicks in; to notch; to keep count of or
            upon by nicks; as, to nick a stick, tally, etc.
  
      2. To mar; to deface; to make ragged, as by cutting nicks or
            notches in.
  
                     And thence proceed to nicking sashes. --Prior.
  
                     The itch of his affection should not then Have
                     nicked his captainship.                     --Shak.
  
      3. To suit or fit into, as by a correspondence of nicks; to
            tally with.
  
                     Words nicking and resembling one another are
                     applicable to different significations. --Camden.
  
      4. To hit at, or in, the nick; to touch rightly; to strike at
            the precise point or time.
  
                     The just season of doing things must be nicked, and
                     all accidents improved.                     --L'Estrange.
  
      5. To make a cross cut or cuts on the under side of (the tail
            of a horse, in order to make him carry ir higher).

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Nicking \Nick"ing\, n. [From {Nick}, v. t.] (Coal Mining)
      (a) The cutting made by the hewer at the side of the face.
      (b) pl. Small coal produced in making the nicking.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Nicknack \Nick"nack`\, n.
      See {Knickknack}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Nicknackery \Nick"nack`er*y\, n.
      See {Knickknackery}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Nighness \Nigh"ness\, n.
      The quality or state of being nigh. [R.] [bd]Nighness of
      blood.[b8] --Holished.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Isochronize \I*soch"ro*nize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {-nized}; p.
      pr. & vb. n. {-nizing}.] [See {Isochronous}.]
      To make, or tend to make (the motion of a moving body),
      uniform in rate of rotation, or in frequency of vibration.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Syntonize \Syn"to*nize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {-nized}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {-nizing}.] [See {Syntony}.] (Physics)
      To adjust or devise so as to emit or respond to electric
      oscillations of a certain wave length; to tune; specif., to
      put (two or more instruments or systems of wireless
      telegraphy) in syntony with each other. --
      {Syn`to*ni*za"tion}, n.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Nogging \Nog"ging\, n. [From {Nog}, v. t.]
      Rough brick masonry used to fill in the interstices of a
      wooden frame, in building.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Noisiness \Nois"i*ness\, n.
      The state or quality of being noisy.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Noise \Noise\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Noised}; p pr. & vb. n.
      {Noising}.]
      1. To spread by rumor or report.
  
                     All these sayings were noised abroad. --Luke i. 65.
  
      2. To disturb with noise. [Obs.] --Dryden.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Noose \Noose\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Noosed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Noosing}.]
      To tie in a noose; to catch in a noose; to entrap; to
      insnare.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Nose \Nose\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Nosed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Nosing}.]
      1. To smell; to scent; hence, to track, or trace out.
  
      2. To touch with the nose; to push the nose into or against;
            hence, to interfere with; to treat insolently.
  
                     Lambs . . . nosing the mother's udder. --Tennyson.
  
                     A sort of national convention, dubious in its nature
                     . . . nosed Parliament in the very seat of its
                     authority.                                          --Burke.
  
      3. To utter in a nasal manner; to pronounce with a nasal
            twang; as, to nose a prayer. [R.] --Cowley.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Nosing \Nos"ing\, n. (Arch.)
      That part of the treadboard of a stair which projects over
      the riser; hence, any like projection, as the projecting edge
      of a molding.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Nuisance \Nui"sance\, n. [OE. noisance, OF. noisance, nuisance,
      fr. L. nocentia guilt, fr. nocere to hurt, harm; akin to
      necare to kill. Cf {Necromancy}, {Nocent}, {Noxious},
      {Pernicious}.]
      That which annoys or gives trouble and vexation; that which
      is offensive or noxious.
  
      Note: Nuisances are public when they annoy citizens in
               general; private, when they affect individuals only.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Nuisancer \Nui"san*cer\, n. (Law)
      One who makes or causes a nuisance.

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   Naknek, AK (CDP, FIPS 52060)
      Location: 58.76072 N, 156.90185 W
      Population (1990): 575 (276 housing units)
      Area: 186.8 sq km (land), 43.9 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 99633

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      Location: 40.84680 N, 73.15236 W
      Population (1990): 10712 (3308 housing units)
      Area: 9.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 11767

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      Zip code(s): 08853

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   New Concord, KY
      Zip code(s): 42076
   New Concord, OH (village, FIPS 54446)
      Location: 39.99737 N, 81.73579 W
      Population (1990): 2086 (600 housing units)
      Area: 2.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 43762

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   New Johnsonville, TN (city, FIPS 52820)
      Location: 36.01687 N, 87.95739 W
      Population (1990): 1643 (680 housing units)
      Area: 12.4 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 37134

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   New Kensington, PA (city, FIPS 53736)
      Location: 40.56989 N, 79.75082 W
      Population (1990): 15894 (7269 housing units)
      Area: 10.3 sq km (land), 0.7 sq km (water)

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   New Kingman-Butler, AZ (CDP, FIPS 49270)
      Location: 35.26014 N, 114.02976 W
      Population (1990): 11627 (5148 housing units)
      Area: 37.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

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      Location: 40.49417 N, 84.31851 W
      Population (1990): 838 (343 housing units)
      Area: 1.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 45871

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   New Washington, IN
      Zip code(s): 47162
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      Location: 40.96141 N, 82.85429 W
      Population (1990): 1057 (420 housing units)
      Area: 3.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 44854
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      Location: 40.82268 N, 78.70141 W
      Population (1990): 78 (39 housing units)
      Area: 5.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

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   Newsoms, VA (town, FIPS 56096)
      Location: 36.62756 N, 77.12487 W
      Population (1990): 337 (159 housing units)
      Area: 1.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 23874

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      Location: 27.12190 N, 82.43670 W
      Population (1990): 3448 (1814 housing units)
      Area: 4.4 sq km (land), 0.8 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 34275
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      Location: 39.30039 N, 89.28533 W
      Population (1990): 2534 (1140 housing units)
      Area: 3.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 62075
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