Naja haje
         n 1: cobra used by the Pharaohs as a symbol of their power over
               life and death [syn: {asp}, {Egyptian cobra}, {Naja haje}]

English Dictionary: nosegay	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Najas n sole genus of the family Naiadaceae [syn: Naias, {genus Naias}, Najas, genus Najas]
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nauseous adj causing or able to cause nausea; "a nauseating smell"; "nauseous offal"; "a sickening stench" Synonym(s): nauseating, nauseous, noisome, queasy, loathsome, offensive, sickening, vile feeling nausea; feeling about to vomit Synonym(s): nauseated, nauseous, queasy, sick, sickish
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negus n wine and hot water with sugar and lemon juice and nutmeg
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neo jazz n any of various styles of jazz that appeared after 1940 Synonym(s): modern jazz, new jazz, neo jazz
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Nesokia n bandicoot rats Synonym(s): Nesokia, genus Nesokia
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new jazz n any of various styles of jazz that appeared after 1940 Synonym(s): modern jazz, new jazz, neo jazz
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nexus n the means of connection between things linked in series Synonym(s): link, nexus a connected series or group
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Nicosia n the capital and largest city of Cyprus [syn: Nicosia, capital of Cyprus]
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nisus n an effortful attempt to attain a goal [syn: striving, nisus, pains, strain]
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noesis n the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning Synonym(s): cognition, knowledge, noesis
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Noguchi n United States sculptor (1904-1988) [syn: Noguchi, {Isamu Noguchi}] United States bacteriologist (born in Japan) who discovered the cause of yellow fever and syphilis (1876-1928) Synonym(s): Noguchi, Hideyo Noguchi
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nosegay n an arrangement of flowers that is usually given as a present Synonym(s): bouquet, corsage, posy, nosegay
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noxious adj injurious to physical or mental health; "noxious chemical wastes"; "noxious ideas" Antonym(s): innocuous
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NSWC n the agency that provides scientific and engineering and technical support for all aspects of surface warfare Synonym(s): Naval Surface Warfare Center, NSWC
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Nyssaceae n a family of dicotyledonous trees of order Myrtales that includes the sour gum trees Synonym(s): Nyssaceae, family Nyssaceae, sour-gum family, tupelo family
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Asp \Asp\ ([adot]sp), n. [L. aspis, fr. Gr. 'aspi`s: cf. OF.       aspe, F. aspic.] (Zo[94]l.)       A small, hooded, poisonous serpent of Egypt and adjacent       countries, whose bite is often fatal. It is the {Naja haje}.       The name is also applied to other poisonous serpents, esp. to       {Vipera aspis} of southern Europe. See {Haje}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Haye \Ha"ye\, n. [Ar. hayya snake.] (Zo[94]l.)       The Egyptian asp or cobra ({Naja haje}.) It is related to the       cobra of India, and like the latter has the power of       inflating its neck into a hood. Its bite is very venomous. It       is supposed to be the snake by means of whose bite Cleopatra       committed suicide, and hence is sometimes called {Cleopatra's       snake} or {asp}. See {Asp}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Nassa \Nas"sa\, n.; pl. E. {Nassas}, L. {Nass[92]}. [From L.       nassa a kind of basket, in allusion to the reticulation of       some species.] (Zo[94]l.)       Any species of marine gastropods, of the genera {Nassa},       {Tritia}, and other allied genera of the family {Nassid[91]};       a dog whelk. See Illust. under {Gastropoda}. -- {nas"soid},       a.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Nauseous \Nau"seous\ (?; 277), a. [L. nauseosus.]       Causing, or fitted to cause, nausea; sickening; loathsome;       disgusting; exciting abhorrence; as, a nauseous drug or       medicine. -- {Nau"seous*ly}, adv. -- {Nau"seous*ness}, n.                   The nauseousness of such company disgusts a reasonable                man.                                                      --Dryden.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Yoke \Yoke\ (y[omac]k), n. [OE. yok, [yogh]oc, AS. geoc; akin to       D. juk, OHG. joh, G. joch, Icel. & Sw. ok, Dan. aag, Goth.       juk, Lith. jungas, Russ. igo, L. jugum, Gr. zy`gon, Skr.       yuga, and to L. jungere to join, Gr. [?], Skr. yui.       [root]109, 280. Cf. {Join}, {Jougs}, {Joust}, {Jugular},       {Subjugate}, {Syzygy}, {Yuga}, {Zeugma}.]       1. A bar or frame of wood by which two oxen are joined at the             heads or necks for working together.                         A yearling bullock to thy name shall smoke, Untamed,                      unconscious of the galling yoke.         --Pope.          Note: The modern yoke for oxen is usually a piece of timber                hollowed, or made curving, near each end, and laid on                the necks of the oxen, being secured in place by two                bows, one inclosing each neck, and fastened through the                timber. In some countries the yoke consists of a flat                piece of wood fastened to the foreheads of the oxen by                thongs about the horns.          2. A frame or piece resembling a yoke, as in use or shape.             Specifically:             (a) A frame of wood fitted to a person's shoulders for                   carrying pails, etc., suspended on each side; as, a                   milkmaid's yoke.             (b) A frame worn on the neck of an animal, as a cow, a                   pig, a goose, to prevent passage through a fence.             (c) A frame or convex piece by which a bell is hung for                   ringing it. See Illust. of {Bell}.             (d) A crosspiece upon the head of a boat's rudder. To its                   ends lines are attached which lead forward so that the                   boat can be steered from amidships.             (e) (Mach.) A bent crosspiece connecting two other parts.             (f) (Arch.) A tie securing two timbers together, not used                   for part of a regular truss, but serving a temporary                   purpose, as to provide against unusual strain.             (g) (Dressmaking) A band shaped to fit the shoulders or                   the hips, and joined to the upper full edge of the                   waist or the skirt.          3. Fig.: That which connects or binds; a chain; a link; a             bond connection.                         Boweth your neck under that blissful yoke . . .                      Which that men clepeth spousal or wedlock.                                                                               --Chaucer.                         This yoke of marriage from us both remove. --Dryden.          4. A mark of servitude; hence, servitude; slavery; bondage;             service.                         Our country sinks beneath the yoke.   --Shak.                         My yoke is easy, and my burden is light. --Matt. xi.                                                                               30.          5. Two animals yoked together; a couple; a pair that work             together.                         I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to prove                      them.                                                --Luke xiv.                                                                               19.          6. The quantity of land plowed in a day by a yoke of oxen.             [Obs.] --Gardner.          7. A portion of the working day; as, to work two yokes, that             is, to work both portions of the day, or morning and             afternoon. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.          {Neck yoke}, {Pig yoke}. See under {Neck}, and {Pig}.          {Yoke elm} (Bot.), the European hornbeam ({Carpinus             Betulus}), a small tree with tough white wood, often used             for making yokes for cattle.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Neck \Neck\, n. [OE. necke, AS. hnecca; akin to D. nek the nape       of the neck, G. nacken, OHG. nacch, hnacch, Icel. hnakki, Sw.       nacke, Dan. nakke.]       1. The part of an animal which connects the head and the             trunk, and which, in man and many other animals, is more             slender than the trunk.          2. Any part of an inanimate object corresponding to or             resembling the neck of an animal; as:             (a) The long slender part of a vessel, as a retort, or of                   a fruit, as a gourd.             (b) A long narrow tract of land projecting from the main                   body, or a narrow tract connecting two larger tracts.             (c) (Mus.) That part of a violin, guitar, or similar                   instrument, which extends from the head to the body,                   and on which is the finger board or fret board.          3. (Mech.) A reduction in size near the end of an object,             formed by a groove around it; as, a neck forming the             journal of a shaft.          4. (Bot.) the point where the base of the stem of a plant             arises from the root.          {Neck and crop}, completely; wholly; altogether; roughly and             at once. [Colloq.]          {Neck and neck} (Racing), so nearly equal that one cannot be             said to be before the other; very close; even; side by             side.          {Neck of a capital}. (Arch.) See {Gorgerin}.          {Neck of a cascabel} (Gun.), the part joining the knob to the             base of the breech.          {Neck of a gun}, the small part of the piece between the             chase and the swell of the muzzle.          {Neck of a tooth} (Anat.), the constriction between the root             and the crown.          {Neck or nothing} (Fig.), at all risks.          {Neck verse}.             (a) The verse formerly read to entitle a party to the                   benefit of clergy, said to be the first verse of the                   fifty-first Psalm, [bd]Miserere mei,[b8] etc. --Sir W.                   Scott.             (b) Hence, a verse or saying, the utterance of which                   decides one's fate; a shibboleth.                               These words, [bd]bread and cheese,[b8] were                            their neck verse or shibboleth to distinguish                            them; all pronouncing [bd]broad and cause,[b8]                            being presently put to death.      --Fuller.          {Neck yoke}.             (a) A bar by which the end of the tongue of a wagon or                   carriage is suspended from the collars of the                   harnesses.             (b) A device with projecting arms for carrying things (as                   buckets of water or sap) suspended from one's                   shoulders.          {On the neck of}, immediately after; following closely.             [bd]Commiting one sin on the neck of another.[b8] --W.             Perkins.          {Stiff neck}, obstinacy in evil or wrong; inflexible             obstinacy; contumacy. [bd]I know thy rebellion, and thy             stiff neck.[b8] --Deut. xxxi. 27.          {To break the neck of}, to destroy the main force of.             [bd]What they presume to borrow from her sage and virtuous             rules . . . breaks the neck of their own cause.[b8]             --Milton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Negoce \Ne*goce"\, n. [F. n[82]goce. See {Negotiate}.]       Business; occupation. [Obs.] --Bentley.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Negus \Ne"gus\, n.       A beverage made of wine, water, sugar, nutmeg, and lemon       juice; -- so called, it is said, from its first maker,       Colonel Negus.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Neozoic \Ne`o*zo"ic\, a. [Neo- + Gr. [?] life.] (Geol.)       More recent than the Paleozoic, -- that is, including the       Mesozoic and Cenozoic.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Urethane \U*reth"ane\, n. [F. ur[82]thane. See {Urea}; {Ether}.]       (Org. Chem.)       A white crystalline substance, {NH2.COOC2H5}, produced by the       action of ammonia on ethyl carbonate or by heating urea       nitrate and ethyl alcohol. It is used as a hypnotic,       antipyretic, and antispasmodic. Hence, any ester of carbamic       acid.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Urethane \U*reth"ane\, n. (Chem.)       A white crystalline substance, {NH2.CO.OC2H5}, produced by       the action of ammonia on ethyl carbonate. It is used somewhat       in medicine as a hypnotic. By extension, any one of the       series of related substances of which urethane proper is the       type.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Niggish \Nig"gish\, a. [See {Niggard}.]       Niggardly. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Nocake \No"cake\, n. [Corrupted fr. Indian nookhik meal.       --Palfrey.]       Indian corn parched, and beaten to powder, -- used for food       by the Northern American Indians.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Nocuous \Noc"u*ous\, a. [L. nocuus, fr. nocere to hurt.]       Hurtful; noxious. [R.] -- {Noc"u*ous*ly}, adv. [R.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Nose \Nose\, n. [AS. nosu; akin to D. neus, G. nase, OHG. nasa,       Icel. n[94]s, Sw. n[84]sa, Dan. n[84]se, Lith. nosis, Russ.       nos', L. nasus, nares, Skr. n[be]s[be], n[be]s. [?] Cf.       {Nasal}, {Nasturtium}, {Naze}, {Nostril}, {Nozzle}.]       1. (Anat.) The prominent part of the face or anterior             extremity of the head containing the nostrils and             olfactory cavities; the olfactory organ. See {Nostril},             and {Olfactory organ} under {Olfactory}.          2. The power of smelling; hence, scent.                         We are not offended with a dog for a better nose                      than his master.                                 --Collier.          3. A projecting end or beak at the front of an object; a             snout; a nozzle; a spout; as, the nose of a bellows; the             nose of a teakettle.          {Nose bit} (Carp.), a bit similar to a gouge bit, but having             a cutting edge on one side of its boring end.          {Nose hammer} (Mach.), a frontal hammer.          {Nose hole} (Glass Making), a small opening in a furnace,             before which a globe of crown glass is held and kept soft             at the beginning of the flattening process.          {Nose key} (Carp.), a fox wedge.          {Nose leaf} (Zo[94]l.), a thin, broad, membranous fold of             skin on the nose of many species of bats. It varies             greatly in size and form.          {Nose of wax}, fig., a person who is pliant and easily             influenced. [bd]A nose of wax to be turned every way.[b8]             --Massinger          {Nose piece}, the nozzle of a pipe, hose, bellows, etc.; the             end piece of a microscope body, to which an objective is             attached.          {To hold}, {put}, [or] {bring one's nose to the grindstone}.             See under {Grindstone}.          {To lead by the nose}, to lead at pleasure, or to cause to             follow submissively; to lead blindly, as a person leads a             beast. --Shak.          {To put one's nose out of joint}, to humiliate one's pride,             esp. by supplanting one in the affections of another.             [Slang]          {To thrust one's nose into}, to meddle officiously in.          {To wipe one's nose of}, to deprive of; to rob. [Slang]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Nosegay \Nose"gay`\, n. [Nose + gay in the sense of a gay or       showy thing.]       A bunch of odorous and showy flowers; a bouquet; a posy.       --Pope.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Noxious \Nox"ious\, a. [L. noxius, fr. noxa harm; akin to nocere       to harm, hurt. Cf. {Nuisance}, {Necromancy}.]       1. Hurtful; harmful; baneful; pernicious; injurious;             destructive; unwholesome; insalubrious; as, noxious air,             food, or climate; pernicious; corrupting to morals; as,             noxious practices or examples.                         Too frequent an appearance in places of public                      resort is noxious to spiritual promotions. --Swift.          2. Guilty; criminal. [R.]                         Those who are noxious in the eye of the law. --Abp.                                                                               Bramhall.          Syn: Noisome; hurtful; harmful; injurious; destructive;                pernicious; mischievous; corrupting; baneful;                unwholesome; insalubrious. See {Noisome}. --                {Nox"ious*ly}, adv. -- {Nox"ious*ness}, n.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Tschego \[d8]Tsche"go\, n. [From a native name.] (Zo[94]l.)       A West African anthropoid ape allied to the gorilla and       chimpanzee, and by some considered only a variety of the       chimpanzee. It is noted for building large, umbrella-shaped       nests in trees. Called also {tscheigo}, {tschiego},       {nschego}, {nscheigo}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Tschego \[d8]Tsche"go\, n. [From a native name.] (Zo[94]l.)       A West African anthropoid ape allied to the gorilla and       chimpanzee, and by some considered only a variety of the       chimpanzee. It is noted for building large, umbrella-shaped       nests in trees. Called also {tscheigo}, {tschiego},       {nschego}, {nscheigo}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Nisey \Ni"sey\, n.; pl. {Nyseys}.       A simpleton. [Obs.]
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Naches, WA (town, FIPS 47805)       Location: 46.72950 N, 120.69733 W       Population (1990): 596 (280 housing units)       Area: 1.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
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From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Newsqueak          A {concurrent} {applicative} language with {synchronous}       channels.          ["Newsqueak: A Language for Communicating with Mice", R. Pike       CSTR143, Bell Labs (March 1989)].          ["The Implementation of Newsqueak", Rob Pike, Soft Prac & Exp       20(7):649-659 (July 1990)].