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   nanotube
         n 1: a fullerene molecule having a cylindrical or toroidal shape
               [syn: {carbon nanotube}, {nanotube}]

English Dictionary: nondevelopment by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
neon tube
n
  1. a lamp consisting of a small gas-discharge tube containing neon at low pressure; luminescence is produced by the action of currents at high frequencies that are wrapped a few turns around the tube
    Synonym(s): neon lamp, neon induction lamp, neon tube
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ninety-fifth
adj
  1. the ordinal number of ninety-five in counting order [syn: ninety-fifth, 95th]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ninety-five
adj
  1. being five more than ninety [syn: ninety-five, 95, xcv]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ninety-four
adj
  1. being four more than ninety [syn: ninety-four, 94, xciv]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Ninth of Ab
n
  1. (Judaism) a major fast day on the Jewish calendar commemorating the destruction of the temples in Jerusalem
    Synonym(s): Tishah b'Av, Tishah b'Ab, Tisha b'Av, Tisha b'Ab, Ninth of Av, Ninth of Ab, Fast of Av, Fast of Ab
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Ninth of Av
n
  1. (Judaism) a major fast day on the Jewish calendar commemorating the destruction of the temples in Jerusalem
    Synonym(s): Tishah b'Av, Tishah b'Ab, Tisha b'Av, Tisha b'Ab, Ninth of Av, Ninth of Ab, Fast of Av, Fast of Ab
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Noah and the Flood
n
  1. (Biblical) the great deluge that is said in the Book of Genesis to have occurred in the time of Noah; it was brought by God upon the earth because of the wickedness of human beings
    Synonym(s): Noah's flood, Noachian deluge, Noah and the Flood, the Flood
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
nom de plume
n
  1. an author's pseudonym
    Synonym(s): pen name, nom de plume
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
nonadaptive
adj
  1. (of a trait or condition) failing to serve an adjustive purpose; "dysfunctional behavior"
    Synonym(s): dysfunctional, nonadaptive
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
nondepository financial institution
n
  1. a financial institution that funds their investment activities from the sale of securities or insurance
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
nondevelopment
n
  1. failure of normal development to occur [ant: development, growing, growth, maturation, ontogenesis, ontogeny]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
nonnative
adj
  1. not being or composed of aborigines; "the nonnative population of South Africa"
    Antonym(s): aboriginal, native
  2. of persons born in another area or country than that lived in; "our large nonnative population"
    Synonym(s): foreign-born, nonnative
  3. of plants or animals originating in a part of the world other than where they are growing
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Tasmanian \Tas*ma"ni*an\, a.
      Of or pertaining to Tasmania, or Van Diemen's Land. -- {n. A
      native or inhabitant of Tasmania; specifically (Ethnol.)}, in
      the plural, the race of men that formerly inhabited Tasmania,
      but is now extinct.
  
      {Tasmanain cider tree}. (Bot.) See the Note under
            {Eucalyptus}.
  
      {Tasmanain devil}. (Zo[94]l.) See under {Devil}.
  
      {Tasmanain wolf} (Zo[94]l.), a savage carnivorous marsupial;
            -- called also {zebra wolf}. See {Zebra wolf}, under
            {Wolf}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Nematoblast \Nem"a*to*blast\, n. [Nemato- + -blast.] (Biol.)
      A spermatocyte or spermoblast.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Nondeposition \Non*dep`o*si"tion\, n.
      A failure to deposit or throw down.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Nondevelopment \Non`de*vel"op*ment\, n.
      Failure or lack of development.

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   named pipe
  
      A {Unix} {pipe} with a {filename} created
      using the "{mknod}" command.   Named pipes allow unrelated
      processes to communicate with each other whereas the normal
      (un-named) kind can only be used by processes which are parent
      and child or siblings ({fork}ed from the same parent).
  
      (1996-12-01)
  
  
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