neutered
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English Dictionary: nitrohydrochloric acid	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
nitrate n any compound containing the nitrate group (such as a salt or ester of nitric acid) v treat with nitric acid, so as to change an organic compound into a nitrate; "nitroglycerin is obtained by nitrating glycerol"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
nitrate bacterium n any of the nitrobacteria that oxidize nitrites into nitrates Synonym(s): nitrate bacterium, nitric bacterium
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
nitride n a compound containing nitrogen and a more electropositive element (such as phosphorus or a metal)
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
nitrite n the radical -NO2 or any compound containing it (such as a salt or ester of nitrous acid)
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
nitrite bacterium n any of the nitrobacteria that oxidize ammonia into nitrites Synonym(s): nitrite bacterium, nitrous bacterium
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
nitrohydrochloric acid n a yellow fuming corrosive mixture of nitric and hydrochloric acid that dissolves metals (including gold) Synonym(s): aqua regia, nitrohydrochloric acid
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
noteworthy adj worthy of notice; "a noteworthy advance in cancer research" Synonym(s): noteworthy, notable worthy of notice; "a noteworthy fact is that her students rarely complain"; "a remarkable achievement" Synonym(s): noteworthy, remarkable
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
notoriety n the state of being known for some unfavorable act or quality Synonym(s): notoriety, ill fame
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
nutrition n (physiology) the organic process of nourishing or being nourished; the processes by which an organism assimilates food and uses it for growth and maintenance a source of materials to nourish the body Synonym(s): nutriment, nourishment, nutrition, sustenance, aliment, alimentation, victuals the scientific study of food and drink (especially in humans)
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
nutritional adj of or relating to or providing nutrition; "nutritional information" Synonym(s): nutritional, nutritionary
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
nutritionally adv with regard to nutrition; "nutritionally, her new diet is suicide"
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nutritionary adj of or relating to or providing nutrition; "nutritional information" Synonym(s): nutritional, nutritionary
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
nutritionist n a specialist in the study of nutrition [syn: dietician, dietitian, nutritionist]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
nutritionist's calorie n a unit of heat equal to the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one kilogram of water by one degree at one atmosphere pressure; used by nutritionists to characterize the energy-producing potential in food Synonym(s): Calorie, kilogram calorie, kilocalorie, large calorie, nutritionist's calorie
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
nutritious adj of or providing nourishment; "good nourishing stew" [syn: alimentary, alimental, nourishing, nutrient, nutritious, nutritive]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
nutritiousness n the quality of being nourishing and promoting healthy growth Synonym(s): nutritiousness, nutritiveness
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
nutritive adj of or providing nourishment; "good nourishing stew" [syn: alimentary, alimental, nourishing, nutrient, nutritious, nutritive]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
nutritiveness n the quality of being nourishing and promoting healthy growth Synonym(s): nutritiousness, nutritiveness
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Natured \Na"tured\ (?; 135), a.       Having (such) a nature, temper, or disposition; disposed; --       used in composition; as, good-natured, ill-natured, etc.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Naturity \Na*tu"ri*ty\, n.       The quality or state of being produced by nature. [Obs.]       --Sir T. Browne.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Neatherd \Neat"herd`\, n.       A person who has the care of neat cattle; a cowherd.       --Dryden.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Head \Head\, n. [OE. hed, heved, heaved, AS. he[a0]fod; akin to       D. hoofd, OHG. houbit, G. haupt, Icel. h[94]fu[?], Sw.       hufvud, Dan. hoved, Goth. haubip. The word does not       corresponds regularly to L. caput head (cf. E. {Chief},       {Cadet}, {Capital}), and its origin is unknown.]       1. The anterior or superior part of an animal, containing the             brain, or chief ganglia of the nervous system, the mouth,             and in the higher animals, the chief sensory organs; poll;             cephalon.          2. The uppermost, foremost, or most important part of an             inanimate object; such a part as may be considered to             resemble the head of an animal; often, also, the larger,             thicker, or heavier part or extremity, in distinction from             the smaller or thinner part, or from the point or edge;             as, the head of a cane, a nail, a spear, an ax, a mast, a             sail, a ship; that which covers and closes the top or the             end of a hollow vessel; as, the head of a cask or a steam             boiler.          3. The place where the head should go; as, the head of a bed,             of a grave, etc.; the head of a carriage, that is, the             hood which covers the head.          4. The most prominent or important member of any organized             body; the chief; the leader; as, the head of a college, a             school, a church, a state, and the like. [bd]Their princes             and heads.[b8] --Robynson (More's Utopia).                         The heads of the chief sects of philosophy.                                                                               --Tillotson.                         Your head I him appoint.                     --Milton.          5. The place or honor, or of command; the most important or             foremost position; the front; as, the head of the table;             the head of a column of soldiers.                         An army of fourscore thousand troops, with the duke                      Marlborough at the head of them.         --Addison.          6. Each one among many; an individual; -- often used in a             plural sense; as, a thousand head of cattle.                         It there be six millions of people, there are about                      four acres for every head.                  --Graunt.          7. The seat of the intellect; the brain; the understanding;             the mental faculties; as, a good head, that is, a good             mind; it never entered his head, it did not occur to him;             of his own head, of his own thought or will.                         Men who had lost both head and heart. --Macaulay.          8. The source, fountain, spring, or beginning, as of a stream             or river; as, the head of the Nile; hence, the altitude of             the source, or the height of the surface, as of water,             above a given place, as above an orifice at which it             issues, and the pressure resulting from the height or from             motion; sometimes also, the quantity in reserve; as, a             mill or reservoir has a good head of water, or ten feet             head; also, that part of a gulf or bay most remote from             the outlet or the sea.          9. A headland; a promontory; as, Gay Head. --Shak.          10. A separate part, or topic, of a discourse; a theme to be             expanded; a subdivision; as, the heads of a sermon.          11. Culminating point or crisis; hence, strength; force;             height.                         Ere foul sin, gathering head, shall break into                      corruption.                                       --Shak.                         The indisposition which has long hung upon me, is                      at last grown to such a head, that it must quickly                      make an end of me or of itself.         --Addison.          12. Power; armed force.                         My lord, my lord, the French have gathered head.                                                                               --Shak.          13. A headdress; a covering of the head; as, a laced head; a             head of hair. --Swift.          14. An ear of wheat, barley, or of one of the other small             cereals.          15. (Bot.)             (a) A dense cluster of flowers, as in clover, daisies,                   thistles; a capitulum.             (b) A dense, compact mass of leaves, as in a cabbage or a                   lettuce plant.          16. The antlers of a deer.          17. A rounded mass of foam which rises on a pot of beer or             other effervescing liquor. --Mortimer.          18. pl. Tiles laid at the eaves of a house. --Knight.          Note: Head is often used adjectively or in self-explaining                combinations; as, head gear or headgear, head rest. Cf.                {Head}, a.          {A buck of the first head}, a male fallow deer in its fifth             year, when it attains its complete set of antlers. --Shak.          {By the head}. (Naut.) See under {By}.          {Elevator head}, {Feed head}, etc. See under {Elevator},             {Feed}, etc.          {From head to foot}, through the whole length of a man;             completely; throughout. [bd]Arm me, audacity, from head to             foot.[b8] --Shak.          {Head and ears}, with the whole person; deeply; completely;             as, he was head and ears in debt or in trouble. [Colloq.]                      {Head fast}. (Naut.) See 5th {Fast}.          {Head kidney} (Anat.), the most anterior of the three pairs             of embryonic renal organs developed in most vertebrates;             the pronephros.          {Head money}, a capitation tax; a poll tax. --Milton.          {Head pence}, a poll tax. [Obs.]          {Head sea}, a sea that meets the head of a vessel or rolls             against her course.          {Head and shoulders}.             (a) By force; violently; as, to drag one, head and                   shoulders. [bd]They bring in every figure of speech,                   head and shoulders.[b8] --Felton.             (b) By the height of the head and shoulders; hence, by a                   great degree or space; by far; much; as, he is head                   and shoulders above them.          {Head or tail}, this side or that side; this thing or that;             -- a phrase used in throwing a coin to decide a choice,             guestion, or stake, head being the side of the coin             bearing the effigy or principal figure (or, in case there             is no head or face on either side, that side which has the             date on it), and tail the other side.          {Neither head nor tail}, neither beginning nor end; neither             this thing nor that; nothing distinct or definite; -- a             phrase used in speaking of what is indefinite or confused;             as, they made neither head nor tail of the matter.             [Colloq.]          {Head wind}, a wind that blows in a direction opposite the             vessel's course.          {Out one's own head}, according to one's own idea; without             advice or co[94]peration of another.          {Over the head of}, beyond the comprehension of. --M. Arnold.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Nitrate \Ni"trate\, n. [Cf. F. nitrate.] (Chem.)       A salt of nitric acid.          {Nitrate of silver}, a white crystalline salt ({AgNO3}), used             in photography and as a cauterizing agent; -- called also             {lunar caustic}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Nitrate \Ni"trate\, n. [Cf. F. nitrate.] (Chem.)       A salt of nitric acid.          {Nitrate of silver}, a white crystalline salt ({AgNO3}), used             in photography and as a cauterizing agent; -- called also             {lunar caustic}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Nitrated \Ni"tra*ted\, a.       1. (Chem.) Combined, or impregnated, with nitric acid, or             some of its compounds.          2. (Photog.) Prepared with nitrate of silver.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Nitratine \Ni"tra*tine\, n. (Min.)       A mineral occurring in transparent crystals, usually of a       white, sometimes of a reddish gray, or lemon-yellow, color;       native sodium nitrate. It is used in making nitric acid and       for manure. Called also {soda niter}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Nitride \Ni"tride\ (? [or] ?), n. [from{Nitrogen}.] (Chem.)       A binary compound of nitrogen with a more metallic element or       radical; as, boric nitride.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Nitrite \Ni"trite\, n. [Cf. F. nitrite. See {Niter}.] (Chem.)       A salt of nitrous acid.          {Amyl nitrite}, a yellow oily volatile liquid, used in             medicine as a depressant and a vaso-dilator. Its             inhalation produces an instantaneous flushing of the face.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Nitrohydrochloric \Ni`tro*hy`dro*chlo"ric\, a. [Nitro- +       hydrochloric.] (Chem.)       Of, pertaining to, or containing, nitric and hydrochloric       acids.          {Nitrohydrochloric acid}, a mixture of nitric and             hydrochloric acids, usually in the proportion of one part             of the former to three of the latter, and remarkable for             its solvent action on gold and platinum; -- called also             {nitromuriatic acid}, and {aqua regia}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Nitrohydrochloric \Ni`tro*hy`dro*chlo"ric\, a. [Nitro- +       hydrochloric.] (Chem.)       Of, pertaining to, or containing, nitric and hydrochloric       acids.          {Nitrohydrochloric acid}, a mixture of nitric and             hydrochloric acids, usually in the proportion of one part             of the former to three of the latter, and remarkable for             its solvent action on gold and platinum; -- called also             {nitromuriatic acid}, and {aqua regia}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Cress \Cress\ (kr[ecr]s), n.; pl. {Cresses} (kr[ecr]s"[ecr]z).       [OE. ces, cresse, kers, kerse, AS. cresse, cerse; akin to D.       kers, G. kresse, Dan. karse, Sw. krasse, and possibly also to       OHG. chresan to creep.] (Bot.)       A plant of various species, chiefly cruciferous. The leaves       have a moderately pungent taste, and are used as a salad and       antiscorbutic.          Note: The garden cress, called also {peppergrass}, is the                {Lepidium sativum}; the water cress is the {Nasturtium                officinale}. Various other plants are sometimes called                cresses.                            To strip the brook with mantling cresses spread.                                                                               --Goldsmith.          {Bitter cress}. See under {Bitter}.          {Not worth a cress}, [or] {[bd]not worth a kers.[b8]} a             common old proverb, now turned into the meaningless             [bd]not worth a curse.[b8] --Skeat.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Curse \Curse\, n. [AS. curs. See {Curse}, v. t.]       1. An invocation of, or prayer for, harm or injury;             malediction.                         Lady, you know no rules of charity, Which renders                      good for bad, blessings for curses.   --Shak.          2. Evil pronounced or invoked upon another, solemnly, or in             passion; subjection to, or sentence of, divine             condemnation.                         The priest shall write these curses in a book.                                                                               --Num. v. 23.                         Curses, like chickens, come home to roost. --Old                                                                               Proverb.          3. The cause of great harm, evil, or misfortune; that which             brings evil or severe affliction; torment.                         The common curse of mankind, folly and ignorance.                                                                               --Shak.                         All that I eat, or drink, or shall beget, Is                      propagated curse.                              --Milton.          {The curse of Scotland} (Card Playing), the nine of diamonds.                      {Not worth a curse}. See under {Cress}.          Syn: Malediction; imprecation; execration. See {Malediction}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hair \Hair\, n. [OE. her, heer, h[91]r, AS. h[aemac]r; akin to       OFries, h[emac]r, D. & G. haar, OHG. & Icel. h[amac]r, Dan.       haar, Sw. h[86]r; cf. Lith. kasa.]       1. The collection or mass of filaments growing from the skin             of an animal, and forming a covering for a part of the             head or for any part or the whole of the body.          2. One the above-mentioned filaments, consisting, in             invertebrate animals, of a long, tubular part which is             free and flexible, and a bulbous root imbedded in the             skin.                         Then read he me how Sampson lost his hairs.                                                                               --Chaucer.                         And draweth new delights with hoary hairs.                                                                               --Spenser.          3. Hair (human or animal) used for various purposes; as, hair             for stuffing cushions.          4. (Zo[94]l.) A slender outgrowth from the chitinous cuticle             of insects, spiders, crustaceans, and other invertebrates.             Such hairs are totally unlike those of vertebrates in             structure, composition, and mode of growth.          5. An outgrowth of the epidermis, consisting of one or of             several cells, whether pointed, hooked, knobbed, or             stellated. Internal hairs occur in the flower stalk of the             yellow frog lily ({Nuphar}).          6. A spring device used in a hair-trigger firearm.          7. A haircloth. [Obc.] --Chaucer.          8. Any very small distance, or degree; a hairbreadth.          Note: Hairs is often used adjectively or in combination; as,                hairbrush or hair brush, hair dye, hair oil, hairpin,                hair powder, a brush, a dye, etc., for the hair.          {Against the hair}, in a rough and disagreeable manner;             against the grain. [Obs.] [bd]You go against the hair of             your professions.[b8] --Shak.          {Hair bracket} (Ship Carp.), a molding which comes in at the             back of, or runs aft from, the figurehead.          {Hair cells} (Anat.), cells with hairlike processes in the             sensory epithelium of certain parts of the internal ear.                      {Hair compass}, {Hair divider}, a compass or divider capable             of delicate adjustment by means of a screw.          {Hair glove}, a glove of horsehair for rubbing the skin.          {Hair lace}, a netted fillet for tying up the hair of the             head. --Swift.          {Hair line}, a line made of hair; a very slender line.          {Hair moth} (Zo[94]l.), any moth which destroys goods made of             hair, esp. {Tinea biselliella}.          {Hair pencil}, a brush or fine hair, for painting; --             generally called by the name of the hair used; as, a             camel's hair pencil, a sable's hair pencil, etc.          {Hair plate}, an iron plate forming the back of the hearth of             a bloomery fire.          {Hair powder}, a white perfumed powder, as of flour or             starch, formerly much used for sprinkling on the hair of             the head, or on wigs.          {Hair seal} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of eared             seals which do not produce fur; a sea lion.          {Hair seating}, haircloth for seats of chairs, etc.          {Hair shirt}, a shirt, or a band for the loins, made of             horsehair, and worn as a penance.          {Hair sieve}, a strainer with a haircloth bottom.          {Hair snake}. See {Gordius}.          {Hair space} (Printing), the thinnest metal space used in             lines of type.          {Hair stroke}, a delicate stroke in writing.          {Hair trigger}, a trigger so constructed as to discharge a             firearm by a very slight pressure, as by the touch of a             hair. --Farrow.          {Not worth a hair}, of no value.          {To a hair}, with the nicest distinction.          {To split hairs}, to make distinctions of useless nicety.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Kers \Kers\, Kerse \Kerse\, n.       A cress. [Obs.] --Chaucer.          {Not worth a kers}. See under {Cress}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
{Not to care a rap}, to care nothing.          {Not worth a rap}, worth nothing.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Candle \Can"dle\, n. [OE. candel, candel, AS, candel, fr. L.       candela a (white) light made of wax or tallow, fr. cand[89]re       to be white. See {Candid}, and cf. {Chandler}, {Cannel},       {Kindle}.]       1. A slender, cylindrical body of tallow, containing a wick             composed of loosely twisted linen of cotton threads, and             used to furnish light.                         How far that little candle throws his beams! So                      shines a good deed in a naughty world. --Shak.          Note: Candles are usually made by repeatedly dipping the                wicks in the melted tallow, etc. ([bd]dipped                candles[b8]), or by casting or running in a mold.          2. That which gives light; a luminary.                         By these blessed candles of the night. --Shak.          {Candle nut}, the fruit of a euphorbiaceous shrub ({Aleurites             triloba}), a native of some of the Pacific islands; --             socalled because, when dry, it will burn with a bright             flame, and is used by the natives as a candle. The oil has             many uses.          {Candle power} (Photom.), illuminating power, as of a lamp,             or gas flame, reckoned in terms of the light of a standard             candle.          {Electric candle}, A modification of the electric arc lamp,             in which the carbon rods, instead of being placed end to             end, are arranged side by side, and at a distance suitable             for the formation of the arc at the tip; -- called also,             from the name of the inventor, {Jablockoff candle}.          {Excommunication by inch of candle}, a form of             excommunication in which the offender is allowed time to             repent only while a candle burns.          {Not worth the candle}, not worth the cost or trouble.          {Rush candle}, a candle made of the pith of certain rushes,             peeled except on one side, and dipped in grease.          {Sale by inch of candle}, an auction in which persons are             allowed to bid only till a small piece of candle burns             out.          {Standard candle} (Photom.), a special form of candle             employed as a standard in photometric measurements;             usually, a candle of spermaceti so constructed as to burn             at the rate of 120 grains, or 7.8 grams, per hour.          {To curse by bell, book and candle}. See under {Bell}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Noteworthy \Note"wor`thy\, a.       Worthy of observation or notice; remarkable.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Notoriety \No`to*ri"e*ty\, n. [Cf. F. notori[82]t[82]. See       {Notorious}.]       The quality or condition of being notorious; the state of       being generally or publicly known; -- commonly used in an       unfavorable sense; as, the notoriety of a crime.                   They were not subjects in their own nature so exposed                to public notoriety.                              --Addison.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Nutritial \Nu*tri"tial\, a.       Pertaining to, or connected with, nutrition; nutritious.       [Obs.] --Chapman.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Nutrition \Nu*tri"tion\, n. [Cf. F. nutrition. See       {Nutritious}.]       1. (Physiol.) In the broadest sense, a process or series of             processes by which the living organism as a whole (or its             component parts or organs) is maintained in its normal             condition of life and growth.          Note: In this wide sense it comprehends digestion,                absorption, circulation, assimilation, etc., in fact                all of the steps by which the nutritive matter of the                food is fitted for incorporation with the different                tissues, and the changes which it undergoes after its                assimilation, prior to its excretion. See {Metabolism}.          2. (Physiol.) In a more limited sense, the process by which             the living tissues take up, from the blood, matters             necessary either for their repair or for the performance             of their healthy functions.          3. That which nourishes; nutriment.                         Fixed like a plant, on his peculiar spot, To draw                      nutrition, propagate, and rot.            --Pope.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Nutritional \Nu*tri"tion*al\, a.       Of or pertaining to nutrition; as, nutritional changes.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Nutritious \Nu*tri"tious\, a. [L. nutricius, nutritius, from       nutrix, -icis, a nurse, nutrire to nourish. See {Nurse},       {Nourish}.]       Nourishing; promoting growth, or preventing decay; alimental.       -- {Nu*tri"tious*ly}, adv. -- {Nu*tri"tious*ness}, n.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Nutritious \Nu*tri"tious\, a. [L. nutricius, nutritius, from       nutrix, -icis, a nurse, nutrire to nourish. See {Nurse},       {Nourish}.]       Nourishing; promoting growth, or preventing decay; alimental.       -- {Nu*tri"tious*ly}, adv. -- {Nu*tri"tious*ness}, n.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Nutritious \Nu*tri"tious\, a. [L. nutricius, nutritius, from       nutrix, -icis, a nurse, nutrire to nourish. See {Nurse},       {Nourish}.]       Nourishing; promoting growth, or preventing decay; alimental.       -- {Nu*tri"tious*ly}, adv. -- {Nu*tri"tious*ness}, n.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Nutritive \Nu"tri*tive\, a. [Cf. F. nutritif.]       Of or pertaining to nutrition; as, the nutritive functions;       having the quality of nourishing; nutritious; nutrimental;       alimental; as, nutritive food or berries.          {Nutritive plasma}. (Biol.) See {Idioplasma}.          {Nutritive polyp} (Zo[94]l.), any one of the zooids of a             compound hydroid, or coral, which has a mouth and             digestive cavity. -- {Nu"tri*tive*ly}, adv. --             {Nu"tri*tive*ness}, n.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Nutritive \Nu"tri*tive\, a. [Cf. F. nutritif.]       Of or pertaining to nutrition; as, the nutritive functions;       having the quality of nourishing; nutritious; nutrimental;       alimental; as, nutritive food or berries.          {Nutritive plasma}. (Biol.) See {Idioplasma}.          {Nutritive polyp} (Zo[94]l.), any one of the zooids of a             compound hydroid, or coral, which has a mouth and             digestive cavity. -- {Nu"tri*tive*ly}, adv. --             {Nu"tri*tive*ness}, n.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Nutritive \Nu"tri*tive\, a. [Cf. F. nutritif.]       Of or pertaining to nutrition; as, the nutritive functions;       having the quality of nourishing; nutritious; nutrimental;       alimental; as, nutritive food or berries.          {Nutritive plasma}. (Biol.) See {Idioplasma}.          {Nutritive polyp} (Zo[94]l.), any one of the zooids of a             compound hydroid, or coral, which has a mouth and             digestive cavity. -- {Nu"tri*tive*ly}, adv. --             {Nu"tri*tive*ness}, n.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Nutritive \Nu"tri*tive\, a. [Cf. F. nutritif.]       Of or pertaining to nutrition; as, the nutritive functions;       having the quality of nourishing; nutritious; nutrimental;       alimental; as, nutritive food or berries.          {Nutritive plasma}. (Biol.) See {Idioplasma}.          {Nutritive polyp} (Zo[94]l.), any one of the zooids of a             compound hydroid, or coral, which has a mouth and             digestive cavity. -- {Nu"tri*tive*ly}, adv. --             {Nu"tri*tive*ness}, n.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Nutritive \Nu"tri*tive\, a. [Cf. F. nutritif.]       Of or pertaining to nutrition; as, the nutritive functions;       having the quality of nourishing; nutritious; nutrimental;       alimental; as, nutritive food or berries.          {Nutritive plasma}. (Biol.) See {Idioplasma}.          {Nutritive polyp} (Zo[94]l.), any one of the zooids of a             compound hydroid, or coral, which has a mouth and             digestive cavity. -- {Nu"tri*tive*ly}, adv. --             {Nu"tri*tive*ness}, n.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Nutriture \Nu"tri*ture\, n. [L. nutritura, fr. nutrir[?] to       nourish.]       Nutrition; nourishment. [Obs.] --Harvey.
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Naturita, CO (town, FIPS 53120)       Location: 38.21899 N, 108.56799 W       Population (1990): 434 (230 housing units)       Area: 1.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 81422
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
not ready for prime time adj.   Usable, but only just so; not    very robust; for internal use only.   Said of a program or device.    Often connotes that the thing will be made more solid {Real Soon    Now}.   This term comes from the ensemble name of the original cast    of "Saturday Night Live", the "Not Ready for Prime Time Players".    It has extra flavor for hackers because of the special (though now    semi-obsolescent) meaning of {prime time}.   Compare {beta}.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Netware Directory Services          (NDS) {Novell, Inc.}'s {directory services} for       {Netware}, {Windows NT}, and {Unix}.   The NDS directory       represents each {network} resource (user, hardware, or       application) as an {object} of a certain {class}, where each       class has certain properties.   For example, User and Print       Server are object classes and a user has over 80 properties       such as name, login, password, department, and title.          The directory is hierarchical, divided into branches by {rules       of containment}.   A given object can only belong to a given       container (or branch).   The rules governing classes,       properties and, {rules of containment} are known as the       {schema}.          (2001-03-20)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
not ready for prime time          Usable, but only just so; not very robust; for internal use       only.   Said of a program or device.   Often connotes that the       thing will be made more solid {Real Soon Now}.   This term       comes from the ensemble name of the original cast of "Saturday       Night Live", the "Not Ready for Prime Time Players".   It has       extra flavour for hackers because of the special (though now       semi-obsolescent) meaning of {prime time}.   Compare {beta}.          [{Jargon File}]