English Dictionary: nursing aide | by the DICT Development Group |
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Narceine \Nar"ce*ine\, n. [L. narce numbness, torpor, Gr. [?][?][?][?][?]: cf. F. narc[82][8b]ne.] (Chem.) An alkaloid found in small quantities in opium, and extracted as a white crystalline substance of a bitter astringent taste. It is a narcotic. Called also {narceia}. | |
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Narragansetts \Nar`ra*gan"setts\, n. pl.; sing. {Narragansett}. (Ethnol.) A tribe of Indians who formerly inhabited the shores of Narragansett Bay. | |
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Narragansetts \Nar`ra*gan"setts\, n. pl.; sing. {Narragansett}. (Ethnol.) A tribe of Indians who formerly inhabited the shores of Narragansett Bay. | |
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Neurism \Neu"rism\, n. [Gr. [?] nerve.] (Biol.) Nerve force. See {Vital force}, under {Vital}. | |
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Neuro-central \Neu`ro-cen"tral\, a. [Neuro- + central.] (Anat.) Between the neural arch and the centrum of a vertebra; as, the neurocentral suture. --Huxley. | |
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Neurosensiferous \Neu`ro*sen*sif"er*ous\, a. [neuro- + sensiferous.] (Zo[94]l.) Pertaining to, or forming, both nerves and sense organs. | |
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Norseman \Norse"man\, n.; pl. {Norsemen}. One of the ancient Scandinavians; a Northman. | |
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Norseman \Norse"man\, n.; pl. {Norsemen}. One of the ancient Scandinavians; a Northman. | |
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Norwegian \Nor*we"gi*an\, a. [Cf. Icel. Noregr, Norvegr, Norway. See {North}, and {Way}.] Of or pertaining to Norway, its inhabitants, or its language. | |
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Norwegian \Nor*we"gi*an\, n. 1. A native of Norway. 2. That branch of the Scandinavian language spoken in Norway. | |
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Norwegium \Nor*we"gi*um\, n. [NL. See {Norwegian}.] (Chem.) A rare metallic element, of doubtful identification, said to occur in the copper-nickel of Norway. | |
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Nourish \Nour"ish\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Nourished}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Nourishing}.] [OE. norisen, norischen, OF. nurir, nurrir, norir, F. norrir, fr. L. nutrire. Cf. {Nurse}, {Nutriment}, and see {-ish}.] 1. To feed and cause to grow; to supply with matter which increases bulk or supplies waste, and promotes health; to furnish with nutriment. He planteth an ash, and the rain doth nourish it. --Is. xliv. 14. 2. To support; to maintain. Whiles I in Ireland nourish a mighty band. --Shak. 3. To supply the means of support and increase to; to encourage; to foster; as, to nourish rebellion; to nourish the virtues. [bd]Nourish their contentions.[b8] --Hooker. 4. To cherish; to comfort. Ye have nourished your hearts. --James v. 5. 5. To educate; to instruct; to bring up; to nurture; to promote the growth of in attainments. --Chaucer. Nourished up in the words of faith. --1 Tim. iv. 6. Syn: To cherish; feed; supply. See {Nurture}. | |
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Nourishing \Nour"ish*ing\, a. Promoting growth; nutritious, | |
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Nourishingly \Nour"ish*ing*ly\, adv. Nutritively; cherishingly. | |
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Nourishment \Nour"ish*ment\, n. [Cf. OF. norrissement.] 1. The act of nourishing, or the state of being nourished; nutrition. 2. That which serves to nourish; nutriment; food. Learn to seek the nourishment of their souls. --Hooker. | |
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Nursehound \Nurse"hound`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) See {Houndfish}. | |
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Nursemaid \Nurse"maid`\, n. A girl employed to attend children. | |
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Nurse \Nurse\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Nursed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Nursing}.] 1. To nourish; to cherish; to foster; as: (a) To nourish at the breast; to suckle; to feed and tend, as an infant. (b) To take care of or tend, as a sick person or an invalid; to attend upon. Sons wont to nurse their parents in old age. --Milton. Him in Egerian groves Aricia bore, And nursed his youth along the marshy shore. --Dryden. 2. To bring up; to raise, by care, from a weak or invalid condition; to foster; to cherish; -- applied to plants, animals, and to any object that needs, or thrives by, attention. [bd]To nurse the saplings tall.[b8] --Milton. By what hands [has vice] been nursed into so uncontrolled a dominion? --Locke. 3. To manage with care and economy, with a view to increase; as, to nurse our national resources. 4. To caress; to fondle, as a nurse does. --A. Trollope. {To nurse billiard balls}, to strike them gently and so as to keep them in good position during a series of caroms. | |
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Nursing \Nurs"ing\, a. Supplying or taking nourishment from, or as from, the breast; as, a nursing mother; a nursing infant. | |
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Bottle \Bot"tle\, n. [OE. bote, botelle, OF. botel, bouteille, F. bouteille, fr. LL. buticula, dim. of butis, buttis, butta, flask. Cf. {Butt} a cask.] 1. A hollow vessel, usually of glass or earthenware (but formerly of leather), with a narrow neck or mouth, for holding liquids. 2. The contents of a bottle; as much as a bottle contains; as, to drink a bottle of wine. 3. Fig.: Intoxicating liquor; as, to drown one's reason in the bottle. Note: Bottle is much used adjectively, or as the first part of a compound. {Bottle ale}, bottled ale. [Obs.] --Shak. {Bottle brush}, a cylindrical brush for cleansing the interior of bottles. {Bottle fish} (Zo[94]l.), a kind of deep-sea eel ({Saccopharynx ampullaceus}), remarkable for its baglike gullet, which enables it to swallow fishes two or three times its won size. {Bottle flower}. (Bot.) Same as {Bluebottle}. {Bottle glass}, a coarse, green glass, used in the manufacture of bottles. --Ure. {Bottle gourd} (Bot.), the common gourd or calabash ({Lagenaria Vulgaris}), whose shell is used for bottles, dippers, etc. {Bottle grass} (Bot.), a nutritious fodder grass ({Setaria glauca} and {S. viridis}); -- called also {foxtail}, and {green foxtail}. {Bottle tit} (Zo[94]l.), the European long-tailed titmouse; -- so called from the shape of its nest. {Bottle tree} (Bot.), an Australian tree ({Sterculia rupestris}), with a bottle-shaped, or greatly swollen, trunk. {Feeding bottle}, {Nursing bottle}, a bottle with a rubber nipple (generally with an intervening tube), used in feeding infants. | |
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Narragansett, RI Zip code(s): 02879, 02882 | |
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Narragansett Pier, RI (CDP, FIPS 48700) Location: 41.42710 N, 71.46691 W Population (1990): 3721 (2007 housing units) Area: 9.4 sq km (land), 0.8 sq km (water) | |
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New Richmond, IN (town, FIPS 53532) Location: 40.19394 N, 86.97857 W Population (1990): 312 (121 housing units) Area: 0.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 47967 New Richmond, MI Zip code(s): 49447 New Richmond, OH (village, FIPS 55384) Location: 38.96238 N, 84.27978 W Population (1990): 2408 (896 housing units) Area: 8.9 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 45157 New Richmond, WI (city, FIPS 57100) Location: 45.12209 N, 92.53672 W Population (1990): 5106 (2025 housing units) Area: 8.5 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 54017 | |
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New York County, NY (county, FIPS 61) Location: 40.77436 N, 73.97214 W Population (1990): 1487536 (785127 housing units) Area: 73.5 sq km (land), 13.7 sq km (water) | |
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New York Mills, MN (city, FIPS 46060) Location: 46.51971 N, 95.37417 W Population (1990): 940 (433 housing units) Area: 2.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 56567 New York Mills, NY (village, FIPS 51011) Location: 43.10033 N, 75.29324 W Population (1990): 3534 (1809 housing units) Area: 2.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 13417 | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
New York University (NYU) Established in 1831, New York University today includes thirteen schools, colleges and divisions located in New York City's borough of Manhattan, as well as research centers and programs in the surrounding suburbs and abroad. {(http://www.nyu.edu/)}. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
NORC COMPILER Early system on NORC machine. Listed in CACM 2(5):16 (May 1959). |