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   nabumetone
         n 1: a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Relafen)
               [syn: {nabumetone}, {Relafen}]

English Dictionary: nip and tuck by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Nepenthaceae
n
  1. coextensive with the genus Nepenthes [syn: Nepenthaceae, family Nepenthaceae]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Nepenthes
n
  1. pitcher plants
    Synonym(s): Nepenthes, genus Nepenthes
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
newfound
adj
  1. newly discovered; "his newfound aggressiveness"; "Hudson pointed his ship down the coast of the newfound sea"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Newfoundland
n
  1. a breed of very large heavy dogs with a thick coarse usually black coat; highly intelligent dogs and vigorous swimmers; developed in Newfoundland
    Synonym(s): Newfoundland, Newfoundland dog
  2. an island in the north Atlantic
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Newfoundland and Labrador
n
  1. a Canadian province on the island of Newfoundland and on the mainland along the coast of the Labrador Sea; became Canada's 10th province in 1949
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Newfoundland dog
n
  1. a breed of very large heavy dogs with a thick coarse usually black coat; highly intelligent dogs and vigorous swimmers; developed in Newfoundland
    Synonym(s): Newfoundland, Newfoundland dog
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Newfoundland dwarf birch
n
  1. small shrub of colder parts of North America and Greenland
    Synonym(s): Newfoundland dwarf birch, American dwarf birch, Betula glandulosa
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
nip and tuck
adv
  1. even or close in a race or competition or comparison; "the horses ran neck and neck"; "he won nip and tuck"
    Synonym(s): neck and neck, head-to-head, nip and tuck
adj
  1. inconclusive as to outcome; close or just even in a race or comparison or competition; "as they approached the finish line they were neck and neck"; "the election was a nip and tuck affair"
    Synonym(s): neck and neck, head-to- head, nip and tuck
n
  1. plastic surgery to remove wrinkles and other signs of aging from your face; an incision is made near the hair line and skin is pulled back and excess tissue is excised; "some actresses have more than one face lift"
    Synonym(s): face lift, facelift, lift, face lifting, cosmetic surgery, rhytidectomy, rhytidoplasty, nip and tuck
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Nubian Desert
n
  1. an arid sandstone plateau in northeastern Sudan between the Nile and the Red Sea
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Nefand \Ne"fand\, Nefandous \Ne*fan"dous\, a. [L. nefandus not
      to be spoken; ne not + fari to speak.]
      Unfit to speak of; unmentionable; impious; execrable. [Obs.]
      [bd]Nefand adominations.[b8] --Sheldon. [bd]Nefandous high
      treason.[b8] --Cotton Mather.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Nefand \Ne"fand\, Nefandous \Ne*fan"dous\, a. [L. nefandus not
      to be spoken; ne not + fari to speak.]
      Unfit to speak of; unmentionable; impious; execrable. [Obs.]
      [bd]Nefand adominations.[b8] --Sheldon. [bd]Nefandous high
      treason.[b8] --Cotton Mather.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Nepenthe \Ne*pen"the\, n. [Fr. Gr. [?] removing all sorrow;
      hence, an epithet of an Egyptian drug which lulled sorrow for
      the day; [?] not + [?] sorrow, grief.]
      A drug used by the ancients to give relief from pain and
      sorrow; -- by some supposed to have been opium or hasheesh.
      Hence, anything soothing and comforting.
  
               Lulled with the sweet nepenthe of a court. --Pope.
  
               Quaff, O quaff this kind nepenthe.         --Poe.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Nepenthes \Ne*pen"thes\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?]. See {Nepenthe}.]
      1. Same as {Nepenthe}. --Milton.
  
      2. (Bot.) A genus of climbing plants found in India, Malaya,
            etc., which have the leaves prolonged into a kind of stout
            tendril terminating in a pitcherlike appendage, whence the
            plants are often called pitcher plants and monkey-cups.
            There are about thirty species, of which the best known is
            Nepenthes distillatoria. See {Pitcher plant}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Pitcher \Pitch"er\, n. [OE. picher, OF. pichier, OHG. pehhar,
      pehh[be]ri; prob. of the same origin as E. beaker. Cf.
      {Beaker}.]
      1. A wide-mouthed, deep vessel for holding liquids, with a
            spout or protruding lip and a handle; a water jug or jar
            with a large ear or handle.
  
      2. (Bot.) A tubular or cuplike appendage or expansion of the
            leaves of certain plants.
  
      {American pitcher plants}, the species of Sarracenia. See
            {Sarracenia}.
  
      {Australian pitcher plant}, the {Cephalotus follicularis}, a
            low saxifragaceous herb having two kinds of radical
            leaves, some oblanceolate and entire, others transformed
            into little ovoid pitchers, longitudinally triple-winged
            and ciliated, the mouth covered with a lid shaped like a
            cockleshell.
  
      {California pitcher plant}, the {Darlingtonia California}.
            See {Darlingtonia}.
  
      {Pitcher plant}, any plant with the whole or a part of the
            leaves transformed into pitchers or cuplike organs,
            especially the species of {Nepenthes}. See {Nepenthes}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Newfoundland \New"found*land`\ (?, often [?]), n.
      1. An island on the coast of British North America, famed for
            the fishing grounds in its vicinity.
  
      2. A Newfoundland dog. --Tennyson.
  
      {Newfoundland dog} (Zo[94]l.), a breed of large dogs, with
            shaggy hair, which originated in Newfoundland, noted for
            intelligence, docility, and swimming powers.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Newfoundland \New"found*land`\ (?, often [?]), n.
      1. An island on the coast of British North America, famed for
            the fishing grounds in its vicinity.
  
      2. A Newfoundland dog. --Tennyson.
  
      {Newfoundland dog} (Zo[94]l.), a breed of large dogs, with
            shaggy hair, which originated in Newfoundland, noted for
            intelligence, docility, and swimming powers.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Nip \Nip\, n.
      1. A seizing or closing in upon; a pinching; as, in the
            northern seas, the nip of masses of ice.
  
      2. A pinch with the nails or teeth.
  
      3. A small cut, or a cutting off the end.
  
      4. A blast; a killing of the ends of plants by frost.
  
      5. A biting sarcasm; a taunt. --Latimer.
  
      6. (Naut.) A short turn in a rope.
  
      {Nip and tuck}, a phrase signifying equality in a contest.
            [Low, U.S.]

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   New Point, VA
      Zip code(s): 23125

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Newfoundland, NJ
      Zip code(s): 07435
   Newfoundland, PA
      Zip code(s): 18445

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Newpoint, IN (town, FIPS 53478)
      Location: 39.30890 N, 85.33010 W
      Population (1990): 296 (113 housing units)
      Area: 0.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
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