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   narrow escape
         n 1: something achieved (or escaped) by a narrow margin [syn:
               {close call}, {close shave}, {squeak}, {squeaker}, {narrow
               escape}]

English Dictionary: narrow escape by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Neurospora
n
  1. genus of fungi with black perithecia used extensively in genetic research; includes some forms with orange spore masses that cause severe damage in bakeries
    Synonym(s): Neurospora, genus Neurospora
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
neurosyphilis
n
  1. syphilis of the central nervous system
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
New Year's Eve
n
  1. the last day of the year [syn: New Year's Eve, {December 31}]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
New York Bay
n
  1. a bay of the North Atlantic; fed by the Hudson River
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
New York fern
n
  1. slender shield fern of moist woods of eastern North America; sometimes placed in genus Dryopteris
    Synonym(s): New York fern, Parathelypteris novae-boracensis, Dryopteris noveboracensis
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Norway spruce
n
  1. tall pyramidal spruce native to northern Europe having dark green foliage on spreading branches with pendulous branchlets and long pendulous cones
    Synonym(s): Norway spruce, Picea abies
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
nurse practitioner
n
  1. a registered nurse who has received special training and can perform many of the duties of a physician
    Synonym(s): nurse practitioner, NP, nurse clinician
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
nurse-patient relation
n
  1. the responsibility of a nurse to act in the best interests of the patient
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Neurospast \Neu"ro*spast\, n. [L. neurospaston, Gr. [?], fr. [?]
      drawn by strings.]
      A puppet. [R.] --Dr. H. More.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Point \Point\, n.
      1. (Med.) A pointed piece of quill or bone covered at one end
            with vaccine matter; -- called also {vaccine point}.
  
      2. One of the raised dots used in certain systems of printing
            and writing for the blind. The first practical system was
            that devised by Louis Braille in 1829, and still used in
            Europe (see {Braille}). Two modifications of this are
            current in the United States:
  
      {New York point} founded on three bases of equidistant points
            arranged in two lines (viz., : :: :::), and a later
            improvement,
  
      {American Braille}, embodying the Braille base (:::) and the
            New-York-point principle of using the characters of few
            points for the commonest letters.
  
      3. In technical senses:
            (a) In various games, a position of a certain player, or,
                  by extension, the player himself; as: (1) (Lacrosse &
                  Ice Hockey) The position of the player of each side
                  who stands a short distance in front of the goal
                  keeper; also, the player himself. (2) (Baseball) (pl.)
                  The position of the pitcher and catcher.
            (b) (Hunting) A spot to which a straight run is made;
                  hence, a straight run from point to point; a
                  cross-country run. [Colloq. Oxf. E. D.]
            (c) (Falconry) The perpendicular rising of a hawk over the
                  place where its prey has gone into cover.
            (d) Act of pointing, as of the foot downward in certain
                  dance positions.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Nourishable \Nour"ish*a*ble\, a. [Cf. F. nourrissable.]
      1. Capable of being nourished; as, the nourishable parts of
            the body. --Grew.
  
      2. Capable of giving nourishment. [Obs.] --Bp. Hall.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Nursepond \Nurse"pond`\, n.
      A pond where fish are fed. --Walton.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Narrowsburg, NY
      Zip code(s): 12764

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   New Rockford, ND (city, FIPS 56620)
      Location: 47.68058 N, 99.13578 W
      Population (1990): 1604 (760 housing units)
      Area: 3.4 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Newark Valley, NY (village, FIPS 49902)
      Location: 42.22298 N, 76.18591 W
      Population (1990): 1082 (454 housing units)
      Area: 2.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 13811

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Nora Springs, IA (city, FIPS 56910)
      Location: 43.14404 N, 93.00873 W
      Population (1990): 1505 (588 housing units)
      Area: 5.6 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 50458
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