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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
NAND circuit n a logic gate that produces an output that is the inverse of the output of an AND gate Synonym(s): NAND circuit, NAND gate
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NAND gate n a logic gate that produces an output that is the inverse of the output of an AND gate Synonym(s): NAND circuit, NAND gate
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nanotechnology n the branch of engineering that deals with things smaller than 100 nanometers (especially with the manipulation of individual molecules)
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Nantes n a port city in western France on the Loire estuary
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Nanticoke n a member of the Algonquian people formerly of Maryland and eastern Delaware the Algonquian language spoken by the Nanticoke and Conoy
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Nantucket n an island resort off Cape Cod; formerly a center of the whaling industry
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Nematocera n mosquitoes; fungus gnats; crane flies; gnats; sand flies Synonym(s): Nematocera, suborder Nematocera
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Nenets n a Uralic language spoken by a Samoyed of northern Siberia Synonym(s): Nenets, Nentsi, Nentsy, Yurak-Samoyed
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Nentsi n a Uralic language spoken by a Samoyed of northern Siberia Synonym(s): Nenets, Nentsi, Nentsy, Yurak-Samoyed
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Nentsy n a Uralic language spoken by a Samoyed of northern Siberia Synonym(s): Nenets, Nentsi, Nentsy, Yurak-Samoyed
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Nimitz n United States admiral of the Pacific fleet during World War II who used aircraft carriers to destroy the Japanese navy (1885-1966) Synonym(s): Nimitz, Chester Nimitz, Chester William Nimitz, Admiral Nimitz
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nineties n the decade from 1890 to 1899 Synonym(s): nineties, 1890s the decade from 1990 to 1999 Synonym(s): nineties, 1990s the time of life between 90 and 100 Synonym(s): nineties, mid- nineties
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ninety-eight adj being eight more than ninety [syn: ninety-eight, 98, xcviii]
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ninety-seven adj being seven more than ninety [syn: ninety-seven, 97, xcvii]
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ninety-six adj being six more than ninety [syn: ninety-six, 96, xcvi]
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ninth cranial nerve n sensory nerve to the pharynx and back of the tongue; motor fibers innervate muscles that elevate the pharynx and larynx; includes parasympathetic fibers to the otic ganglion Synonym(s): glossopharyngeal nerve, nervus glossopharyngeus, ninth cranial nerve
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nom de guerre n a fictitious name used when the person performs a particular social role Synonym(s): pseudonym, anonym, nom de guerre
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nomadic adj migratory; "a restless mobile society"; "the nomadic habits of the Bedouins"; "believed the profession of a peregrine typist would have a happy future"; "wandering tribes" Synonym(s): mobile, nomadic, peregrine, roving, wandering
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non-discrimination n fairness in treating people without prejudice
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nonaddictive adj not causing or characterized by addiction; "for years tobacco companies have contended that tobacco is nonaddictive" Antonym(s): addictive, habit-forming
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nonadhesive adj not tending to adhere Antonym(s): adhesive
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nonadjacent adj not adjacent; not next
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nonadsorbent adj lacking a capacity to adsorb or cause to accumulate on a surface Synonym(s): nonadsorbent, nonadsorptive Antonym(s): adsorbent, adsorptive, surface-assimilative
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nonadsorptive adj lacking a capacity to adsorb or cause to accumulate on a surface Synonym(s): nonadsorbent, nonadsorptive Antonym(s): adsorbent, adsorptive, surface-assimilative
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nondescript adj lacking distinct or individual characteristics; dull and uninteresting; "women dressed in nondescript clothes"; "a nondescript novel" Synonym(s): characterless, nondescript n a person is not easily classified and not very interesting
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nondigestible adj not digestible
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nondiscretionary trust n an investment trust that can buy only those securities listed when the trust was organized Synonym(s): nondiscretionary trust, fixed investment trust
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nondisjunction n meiosis in which there is a failure of paired homologous chromosomes to separate; results in an abnormal number of chromosomes in the daughter cells
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nondisposable adj (of assets) unavailable for use Antonym(s): disposable not designed to be thrown away after use Antonym(s): disposable
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nonmedicinal adj not having a medicinal effect or not medically prescribed; "he took mind-altering drugs for nonmedicinal reasons" Synonym(s): unmedicinal, unmedicative, unmedical, nonmedicinal
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nontaxable adj (of goods or funds) not subject to taxation; "the funds of nonprofit organizations are nontaxable"; "income exempt from taxation" Synonym(s): nontaxable, exempt Antonym(s): nonexempt, taxable
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nontechnical adj not characteristic of or skilled in applied arts and sciences; "nontechnical aspects of the job"; "nontechnical training"; "an untechnical reader"; "in clear effective nontechnical language" Synonym(s): nontechnical, untechnical Antonym(s): technical
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nontextual matter n photographs or other visual representations in a printed publication; "the publisher was responsible for all the artwork in the book" Synonym(s): artwork, art, graphics, nontextual matter
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nontoxic adj not producing or resulting from poison [syn: nontoxic, atoxic] Antonym(s): toxic safe to eat Synonym(s): nonpoisonous, non-poisonous, nontoxic
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now and again adv now and then or here and there; "he was arrogant and occasionally callous"; "open areas are only occasionally interrupted by clumps of trees"; "they visit New York on occasion"; "now and again she would take her favorite book from the shelf and read to us"; "as we drove along, the beautiful scenery now and then attracted his attention" Synonym(s): occasionally, on occasion, once in a while, now and then, now and again, at times, from time to time
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Nemathecium \[d8]Nem`athe"cium\ (? [or] [?]), n.; pl. {Nemathecia}. [NL., fr. gr. [?] a thread + [?] a box.] (Bot.) A peculiar kind of fructification on certain red alg[91], consisting of an external mass of filaments at length separating into tetraspores.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Nematocalyx \[d8]Nem`atoca"lyx\, n.; pl. {Nematocalyces}, E. -{calyxes}. [NL. See {Nemato-}, and {Calyx}.] (Zo[94]l.) One of a peculiar kind of cups, or calicles, found upon hydroids of the family {Plumularid[91]}. They contain nematocysts. See {Plumularia}.
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Nematocyst \Nem"atocyst\, n. [Nemato- + cyst.] (Zo[94]l.) A lasso cell, or thread cell. See {Lasso cell}, under {Lasso}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Nematogene \Nem"atogene\, n. [Nemato- + root of Gr. [?] to be born.] (Zo[94]l.) One of the dimorphic forms of the species of Dicyemata, which produced vermiform embryos; -- opposed to {rhombogene}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Nematognath \Nem`a*tog"nath\, n. (Zo[94]l.) one of the Nematognathi.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Currant \Cur"rant\ (k?r"rant), n. [F. corinthe (raisins de Corinthe raisins of Corinth) currant (in sense 1), from the city of Corinth in Greece, whence, probably, the small dried grape (1) was first imported, the Ribes fruit (2) receiving the name from its resemblance to that grape.] 1. A small kind of seedless raisin, imported from the Levant, chiefly from Zante and Cephalonia; -- used in cookery. 2. The acid fruit or berry of the {Ribes rubrum} or common red currant, or of its variety, the white currant. 3. (Bot.) A shrub or bush of several species of the genus {Ribes} (a genus also including the gooseberry); esp., the {Ribes rubrum}. {Black currant},a shrub or bush ({Ribes nigrum} and {R. floridum}) and its black, strong-flavored, tonic fruit. {Cherry currant}, a variety of the red currant, having a strong, symmetrical bush and a very large berry. {Currant borer} (Zo[94]l.), the larva of an insect that bores into the pith and kills currant bushes; specif., the larvae of a small clearwing moth ({[92]geria tipuliformis}) and a longicorn beetle ({Psenocerus supernotatus}). {Currant worm} (Zo[94]l.), an insect larva which eats the leaves or fruit of the currant. The most injurious are the currant sawfly ({Nematus ventricosus}), introduced from Europe, and the spanworm ({Eufitchia ribearia}). The fruit worms are the larva of a fly ({Epochra Canadensis}), and a spanworm ({Eupithecia}). {Flowering currant}, {Missouri currant}, a species of {Ribes} ({R. aureum}), having showy yellow flowers.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ninety \Nine"ty\, n.; pl. {Nineties}. 1. The sum of nine times ten; the number greater by a unit than eighty-nine; ninety units or objects. 2. A symbol representing ninety units, as 90 or xc.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Noematachograph \Noe`matach"o*graph\, n. [Gr. [?] the understanding + [?] swiftness + -graph.] An instrument for determining and registering the duration of more or less complex operations of the mind. --Dunglison.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Noematic \No`emat"ic\, Noematical \No`emat"ic*al\, a. [Gr. [?] the understanding. See {Noetic}.] Of or pertaining to the understanding. [Obs.] --Cudworth.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Noematic \No`emat"ic\, Noematical \No`emat"ic*al\, a. [Gr. [?] the understanding. See {Noetic}.] Of or pertaining to the understanding. [Obs.] --Cudworth.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Nomadic \Nomad"ic\, a. [Gr. [?]. See {Nomad}.] Of or pertaining to nomads, or their way of life; wandering; moving from place to place for subsistence; as, a nomadic tribe. -- {Nomad"ically}, adv.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Nomadic \Nomad"ic\, a. [Gr. [?]. See {Nomad}.] Of or pertaining to nomads, or their way of life; wandering; moving from place to place for subsistence; as, a nomadic tribe. -- {Nomad"ically}, adv.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Nomadism \Nom"ad*ism\, n. The state of being a nomad.
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Nomadize \Nom"ad*ize\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Nomadized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Nomadizing}.] To lead the life of a nomad; to wander with flocks and herds for the sake of finding pasturage. The Vogules nomadize chiefly about the Rivers Irtish, Obi, Kama, and Volga. --W. Tooke.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Nomadize \Nom"ad*ize\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Nomadized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Nomadizing}.] To lead the life of a nomad; to wander with flocks and herds for the sake of finding pasturage. The Vogules nomadize chiefly about the Rivers Irtish, Obi, Kama, and Volga. --W. Tooke.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Nomadize \Nom"ad*ize\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Nomadized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Nomadizing}.] To lead the life of a nomad; to wander with flocks and herds for the sake of finding pasturage. The Vogules nomadize chiefly about the Rivers Irtish, Obi, Kama, and Volga. --W. Tooke.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Nondecane \Non*dec"ane\, n. [L. nonus ninth + decem ten.] (Chem.) A hydrocarbon of the paraffin series, a white waxy substance, {C19H40}; -- so called from the number of carbon atoms in the molecule.
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Nondeciduate \Non`decid"uate\, a. (Anat.) Characterized by the absence of a decidua; indeciduate.
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Nondescript \Non"de*script\, a. [Pref. non- + L. descriptus described.] Not hitherto described; novel; hence, odd; abnormal; unclassifiable.
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Nondescript \Non"de*script\, n. A thing not yet described; that of which no account or explanation has been given; something abnormal, or hardly classifiable.
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Nondiscovery \Non`discov"ery\, n. Want or failure of discovery.
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Nontoxic \Non*tox"ic\, a. Not toxic.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Now \Now\, adv. [OE. nou, nu, AS. n[d4], nu; akin to D., OS., & OHG. nu, G. nu, nun, Icel., n[d4], Dan., Sw., & Goth. nu, L. nunc, Gr. [?], [?], Skr. nu, n[d4]. [fb]193. Cf. {New}.] 1. At the present time; at this moment; at the time of speaking; instantly; as, I will write now. I have a patient now living, at an advanced age, who discharged blood from his lungs thirty years ago. --Arbuthnot. 2. Very lately; not long ago. They that but now, for honor and for plate, Made the sea blush with blood, resign their hate. --Waller. 3. At a time contemporaneous with something spoken of or contemplated; at a particular time referred to. The ship was now in the midst of the sea. --Matt. xiv. 24. 4. In present circumstances; things being as they are; -- hence, used as a connective particle, to introduce an inference or an explanation. How shall any man distinguish now betwixt a parasite and a man of honor ? --L'Estrange. Why should he live, now nature bankrupt is ? --Shak. Then cried they all again, saying, Not this man, but Barabbas. Now, Barabbas was a robber. --John xviii. 40. The other great and undoing mischief which befalls men is, by their being misrepresented. Now, by calling evil good, a man is misrepresented to others in the way of slander. --South. {Now and again}, now and then; occasionally. {Now and now}, again and again; repeatedly. [Obs.] --Chaucer. {Now and then}, at one time and another; indefinitely; occasionally; not often; at intervals. [bd]A mead here, there a heath, and now and then a wood.[b8] --Drayton. {Now now}, at this very instant; precisely now. [Obs.] [bd]Why, even now now, at holding up of this finger, and before the turning down of this.[b8] --J. Webster (1607). {Now . . . now}, alternately; at one time . . . at another time. [bd]Now high, now low, now master up, now miss.[b8] --Pope.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Again \A*gain"\ (?; 277), adv. [OE. agein, agayn, AS. ongegn, onge[a0]n, against, again; on + ge[a0]n, akin to Ger. gegewn against, Icel. gegn. Cf. {Gainsay}.] 1. In return, back; as, bring us word again. 2. Another time; once more; anew. If a man die, shall he live again? --Job xiv. 14. 3. Once repeated; -- of quantity; as, as large again, half as much again. 4. In any other place. [Archaic] --Bacon. 5. On the other hand. [bd]The one is my sovereign . . . the other again is my kinsman.[b8] --Shak. 6. Moreover; besides; further. Again, it is of great consequence to avoid, etc. --Hersche[?]. {Again and again}, more than once; often; repeatedly. {Now and again}, now and then; occasionally. {To and again}, to and fro. [Obs.] --De Foe. Note: Again was formerly used in many verbal combinations, as, again-witness, to witness against; again-ride, to ride against; again-come, to come against, to encounter; again-bring, to bring back, etc.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Nunatak \Nu"na*tak\, n.; pl. {-taks}(the pl. form {Nunatakker} is Swedish). [Eskimo nun[91]ttak.] In Greenland, an insular hill or mountain surrounded by an ice sheet.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Nunatak \Nu"na*tak\, n.; pl. {-taks}(the pl. form {Nunatakker} is Swedish). [Eskimo nun[91]ttak.] In Greenland, an insular hill or mountain surrounded by an ice sheet.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Nanticoke, MD Zip code(s): 21840 Nanticoke, PA (city, FIPS 52584) Location: 41.20027 N, 76.00001 W Population (1990): 12267 (5635 housing units) Area: 9.1 sq km (land), 0.3 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 18634
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Nantucket, MA (CDP, FIPS 43755) Location: 41.28560 N, 70.10272 W Population (1990): 3069 (3192 housing units) Area: 6.4 sq km (land), 3.7 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 02554
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Nantucket County, MA (county, FIPS 19) Location: 41.25299 N, 70.12666 W Population (1990): 6012 (7021 housing units) Area: 123.8 sq km (land), 661.7 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Nanty Glo, PA Zip code(s): 15943
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Nanty-Glo, PA (borough, FIPS 52616) Location: 40.47029 N, 78.83494 W Population (1990): 3190 (1296 housing units) Area: 4.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
New Madison, OH (village, FIPS 54978) Location: 39.96852 N, 84.70828 W Population (1990): 928 (370 housing units) Area: 1.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 45346
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
New Meadows, ID (city, FIPS 56890) Location: 44.97075 N, 116.28432 W Population (1990): 534 (258 housing units) Area: 1.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 83654
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
New Windsor, IL Zip code(s): 61465 New Windsor, MD (town, FIPS 55925) Location: 39.54397 N, 77.10171 W Population (1990): 757 (332 housing units) Area: 1.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 21776 New Windsor, NY (CDP, FIPS 50837) Location: 41.47015 N, 74.02715 W Population (1990): 8898 (3495 housing units) Area: 9.8 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 12553
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Niantic, CT (CDP, FIPS 53120) Location: 41.32283 N, 72.19426 W Population (1990): 3048 (1690 housing units) Area: 3.8 sq km (land), 5.4 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 06357 Niantic, IL (village, FIPS 52961) Location: 39.85386 N, 89.16549 W Population (1990): 647 (253 housing units) Area: 2.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 62551
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Nimitz, WV Zip code(s): 25978
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Nimitz Hill Annex, GU (CDP, FIPS 52750) Location: 13.45916 N, 144.72480 E Population (1990): 440 (147 housing units) Area: 3.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Ninety Six, SC (town, FIPS 50290) Location: 34.17202 N, 82.02354 W Population (1990): 2099 (882 housing units) Area: 3.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 29666
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
nanotechnology /nan'-oh-tek-no`l*-jee/ n. A hypothetical fabrication technology in which objects are designed and built with the individual specification and placement of each separate atom. The first unequivocal nanofabrication experiments took place in 1990, for example with the deposition of individual xenon atoms on a nickel substrate to spell the logo of a certain very large computer company. Nanotechnology has been a hot topic in the hacker subculture ever since the term was coined by K. Eric Drexler in his book "Engines of Creation" (Anchor/Doubleday, ISBN 0-385-19973-2), where he predicted that nanotechnology could give rise to replicating assemblers, permitting an exponential growth of productivity and personal wealth (there's an authorized transcription at `http://www.foresight.org/EOC/index.html.'). See also {blue goo}, {gray goo}, {nanobot}.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
nanotechnology /nan'-oh-tek-no"l*-jee/ Any fabrication technology in which objects are designed and built by the specification and placement of individual atoms or molecules or where at least one dimension is on a scale of {nanometers}. The first unequivocal nanofabrication experiments took place in 1990, for example with the deposition of individual xenon atoms on a nickel substrate to spell the logo of a certain very large computer company. Nanotechnology has been a hot topic in the hacker subculture ever since the term was coined by K. Eric Drexler in his book "Engines of Creation", where he predicted that nanotechnology could give rise to replicating assemblers, permitting an exponential growth of productivity and personal wealth. See also {nanobot}. {(http://www.lucifer.com/~sean/Nano.html)}. (2003-05-02)