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   Native Alaskan
         n 1: a member or descendant of any of the aboriginal peoples of
               Alaska [syn: {Alaska Native}, {Alaskan Native}, {Native
               Alaskan}]

English Dictionary: notable by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
native holly
n
  1. low spreading evergreen shrub of southern Australia having triangular to somewhat heart-shaped foliage and orange- yellow flowers followed by flat winged pods
    Synonym(s): common flat pea, native holly, Playlobium obtusangulum
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
native land
n
  1. the country where you were born [syn: fatherland, homeland, motherland, mother country, country of origin, native land]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
native language
n
  1. the language that a person has spoken from earliest childhood
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Ndebele
n
  1. a Bantu language sometimes considered a dialect of Zulu
    Synonym(s): Ndebele, Matabele
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
needful
adj
  1. necessary for relief or supply; "provided them with all things needful"
    Synonym(s): needed, needful, required, requisite
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
needfully
adv
  1. in an essential manner; "such expenses are necessarily incurred"
    Synonym(s): necessarily, needfully
    Antonym(s): unnecessarily
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
net ball
n
  1. a serve that strikes the net before falling into the receiver's court; the ball must be served again
    Synonym(s): let, net ball
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
netball
n
  1. a team game that resembles basketball; a soccer ball is to be thrown so that it passes through a ring on the top of a post
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
not by a long sight
adv
  1. definitely not; "the prize is by no means certain"; "and that isn't all, not by a long sight"
    Synonym(s): by no means, not by a long sight, not by a blame sight
    Antonym(s): by all means
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
notability
n
  1. a celebrity who is an inspiration to others; "he was host to a large gathering of luminaries"
    Synonym(s): luminary, leading light, guiding light, notable, notability
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
notable
adj
  1. worthy of notice; "a noteworthy advance in cancer research"
    Synonym(s): noteworthy, notable
  2. widely known and esteemed; "a famous actor"; "a celebrated musician"; "a famed scientist"; "an illustrious judge"; "a notable historian"; "a renowned painter"
    Synonym(s): celebrated, famed, far-famed, famous, illustrious, notable, noted, renowned
n
  1. a celebrity who is an inspiration to others; "he was host to a large gathering of luminaries"
    Synonym(s): luminary, leading light, guiding light, notable, notability
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
notably
adv
  1. especially; in particular; "notably in the social sciences, the professors teach too much"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
note value
n
  1. (music) the relative duration of a musical note [syn: value, time value, note value]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Kaka \Ka"ka\, n. [Maori kaka a parrot; -- so named from its
      note.] (Zo[94]l.)
      A New Zealand parrot of the genus {Nestor}, especially the
      {brown parrot} ({Nestor meridionalis}).
  
      Note: The {mountain kaka}, or {kea} ({N. notabilis}), is
               remarkable for having recently acquired carnivorous
               habits. It attacks and kills lambs and pigs, sometimes
               doing great damage.
  
      {Night kaka}. (Zo[94]l.) The kakapo.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Wallflower \Wall"flow`er\, n. (Bot.)
      In Australia, the desert poison bush ({Gastrolobium
      grandiflorum}); -- called also {native wallflower}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Natively \Na"tive*ly\, adv.
      By natural or original condition; naturally; originally.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Needful \Need"ful\, a.
      1. Full of need; in need or want; needy; distressing.
            [Archaic] --Chaucer.
  
                     The needful time of trouble.               --Bk. of Com.
                                                                              Prayer.
  
      2. Necessary for supply or relief; requisite.
  
                     All things needful for defense abound. --Dryden.
            -- {Need"ful*ly}, adv. -- {Need"ful*ness}, n.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Needful \Need"ful\, a.
      1. Full of need; in need or want; needy; distressing.
            [Archaic] --Chaucer.
  
                     The needful time of trouble.               --Bk. of Com.
                                                                              Prayer.
  
      2. Necessary for supply or relief; requisite.
  
                     All things needful for defense abound. --Dryden.
            -- {Need"ful*ly}, adv. -- {Need"ful*ness}, n.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Needful \Need"ful\, a.
      1. Full of need; in need or want; needy; distressing.
            [Archaic] --Chaucer.
  
                     The needful time of trouble.               --Bk. of Com.
                                                                              Prayer.
  
      2. Necessary for supply or relief; requisite.
  
                     All things needful for defense abound. --Dryden.
            -- {Need"ful*ly}, adv. -- {Need"ful*ness}, n.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Notability \Not`a*bil"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Notabilities}. [Cf. F.
      notabilit[82] .]
      1. Quality of being notable.
  
      2. A notable, or remarkable, person or thing; a person of
            note. [bd]Parisian notabilities[b8] --Carlyle.
  
      3. A notable saying. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Notability \Not`a*bil"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Notabilities}. [Cf. F.
      notabilit[82] .]
      1. Quality of being notable.
  
      2. A notable, or remarkable, person or thing; a person of
            note. [bd]Parisian notabilities[b8] --Carlyle.
  
      3. A notable saying. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Notable \Not"a*ble\, n.
      1. A person, or thing, of distinction.
  
      2. (French Hist.) One of a number of persons, before the
            revolution of 1789, chiefly of the higher orders,
            appointed by the king to constitute a representative body.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Notable \Not"a*ble\, a. [F. notable, L. notabilis, fr. notare to
      mark, nota mark, note. See 5th {Note}.]
      1. Capable of being noted; noticeable; plan; evident.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Notableness \Not"a*ble*ness\, n.
      The quality of being notable.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Notably \Not"a*bly\, adv.
      In a notable manner.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Noteful \Note"ful\, a.
      Useful. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
      {Nut pine}. (Bot.) See under {Pine}.
  
      {Nut rush} (Bot.), a genus of cyperaceous plants ({Scleria})
            having a hard bony achene. Several species are found in
            the United States and many more in tropical regions.
  
      {Nut tree}, a tree that bears nuts.
  
      {Nut weevil} (Zo[94]l.), any species of weevils of the genus
            {Balaninus} and other allied genera, which in the larval
            state live in nuts.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Needville, TX (city, FIPS 50628)
      Location: 29.39572 N, 95.83923 W
      Population (1990): 2199 (818 housing units)
      Area: 3.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 77461

From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
   NetBOLLIX n.   [from bollix: to bungle, or Britsish `bollocks']
   {IBM}'s NetBIOS, an extremely {brain-damaged} network protocol that,
   like {Blue Glue}, is used at commercial shops that don't know any
   better.
  
  

From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
   net.police /net-p*-lees'/ n.   (var. `net.cops') Those Usenet
   readers who feel it is their responsibility to pounce on and {flame}
   any posting which they regard as offensive or in violation of their
   understanding of {netiquette}.   Generally used sarcastically or
   pejoratively.   Also spelled `net police'.   See also {net.-}, {code
   police}.
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   Native Language System
  
      (NLS) A set of interfaces specified by {X/Open} for developing
      applications to run in different {natural language}
      environments.
  
      (1995-02-03)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   NetBOLLIX
  
      ["bollix": to bungle] {IBM}'s {NetBIOS}, an extremely
      {brain-damaged} {network} {protocol} that, like {Blue Glue},
      is used at commercial shops that don't know any better.
  
      [{Jargon File}]
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   net.police
  
      /net-p*-lees'/ (Or "net police", "net.cops") Those {Usenet}
      readers who feel it is their responsibility to pounce on and
      {flame} any posting which they regard as offensive or in
      violation of their understanding of {netiquette}.   Generally
      used sarcastically or pejoratively.
  
      See also {net.-}, {code police}.
  
      [{Jargon File}]
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   NT File System
  
      (NTFS) The {native} {file system} of {Windows
      NT}.
  
      (1995-03-06)
  
  
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