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   Naegele's rule
         n 1: rule for calculating an expected delivery date; subtract
               three months from the first day of the last menstrual
               period and add seven days to that date

English Dictionary: negligence by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
nasal canthus
n
  1. the inner corner of the eye
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nasal cavity
n
  1. either of the two cavities lying between the floor of the cranium and the roof of the mouth and extending from the face to the pharynx
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
nasal concha
n
  1. one of several turbinate bones in the nasal cavity
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
nasal consonant
n
  1. a consonant produced through the nose with the mouth closed
    Synonym(s): nasal consonant, nasal
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
nasal septum
n
  1. a partition of bone and cartilage between the nasal cavities
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
nasal sinus
n
  1. any of the paired sinuses in the bones of the face adjacent to the nasal cavity that are lined with mucous membrane that is continuous with the lining of the nasal cavities
    Synonym(s): paranasal sinus, sinus paranasales, nasal sinus
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Nasalis
n
  1. proboscis monkeys
    Synonym(s): Nasalis, genus Nasalis
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Nasalis larvatus
n
  1. Borneo monkey having a long bulbous nose [syn: {proboscis monkey}, Nasalis larvatus]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
nasalisation
n
  1. the act of nasalizing; the utterance of sounds modulated by the nasal resonators
    Synonym(s): nasalization, nasalisation
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
nasalise
v
  1. speak nasally or through the nose; "In this part of the country, people tend to nasalize"
    Synonym(s): nasalize, nasalise
  2. pronounce with a lowered velum; "She nasalizes all her vowels"
    Synonym(s): nasalize, nasalise
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
nasalization
n
  1. the act of nasalizing; the utterance of sounds modulated by the nasal resonators
    Synonym(s): nasalization, nasalisation
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
nasalize
v
  1. speak nasally or through the nose; "In this part of the country, people tend to nasalize"
    Synonym(s): nasalize, nasalise
  2. pronounce with a lowered velum; "She nasalizes all her vowels"
    Synonym(s): nasalize, nasalise
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
nasolacrimal duct
n
  1. a duct that carries tears from the lacrimal sac to the nasal cavity
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
necklace
n
  1. jewelry consisting of a cord or chain (often bearing gems) worn about the neck as an ornament (especially by women)
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
necklace poplar
n
  1. a common poplar of eastern and central United States; cultivated in United States for its rapid growth and luxuriant foliage and in Europe for timber
    Synonym(s): Eastern cottonwood, necklace poplar, Populus deltoides
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
necklace tree
n
  1. a tree of the genus Ormosia having seeds used as beads
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
neckless
adj
  1. lacking or apparently lacking a neck
    Antonym(s): necked
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
necklike
adj
  1. resembling a neck
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
neglect
n
  1. lack of attention and due care [syn: disregard, neglect]
  2. the state of something that has been unused and neglected; "the house was in a terrible state of neglect"
    Synonym(s): neglect, disuse
  3. willful lack of care and attention
    Synonym(s): disregard, neglect
  4. the trait of neglecting responsibilities and lacking concern
    Synonym(s): negligence, neglect, neglectfulness
  5. failure to act with the prudence that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances
    Synonym(s): negligence, carelessness, neglect, nonperformance
v
  1. leave undone or leave out; "How could I miss that typo?"; "The workers on the conveyor belt miss one out of ten"
    Synonym(s): neglect, pretermit, omit, drop, miss, leave out, overlook, overleap
    Antonym(s): attend to, take to heart
  2. fail to do something; leave something undone; "She failed to notice that her child was no longer in his crib"; "The secretary failed to call the customer and the company lost the account"
    Synonym(s): fail, neglect
  3. fail to attend to; "he neglects his children"
  4. give little or no attention to; "Disregard the errors"
    Synonym(s): neglect, ignore, disregard
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
neglect of duty
n
  1. (law) breach of a duty
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
neglected
adj
  1. disregarded; "his cries were unheeded"; "Shaw's neglected one-act comedy, `A Village Wooing'"; "her ignored advice"
    Synonym(s): ignored, neglected, unheeded
  2. lacking a caretaker; "a neglected child"; "many casualties were lying unattended"
    Synonym(s): neglected, unattended
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
neglecter
n
  1. a person who is neglectful and gives little attention or respect to people or responsibilities; "he tried vainly to impress his neglecters"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
neglectful
adj
  1. not showing due care or attention; "inattentive students"; "an inattentive babysitter"; "neglectful parents"
    Synonym(s): inattentive, neglectful
  2. failing in what duty requires; "derelict (or delinquent) in his duty"; "neglectful of his duties"; "remiss of you not to pay your bills"
    Synonym(s): derelict, delinquent, neglectful, remiss
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
neglectfully
adv
  1. in a neglectful manner
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
neglectfulness
n
  1. the trait of neglecting responsibilities and lacking concern
    Synonym(s): negligence, neglect, neglectfulness
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
neglige
n
  1. a loose dressing gown for women [syn: negligee, neglige, peignoir, wrapper, housecoat]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
negligee
n
  1. a loose dressing gown for women [syn: negligee, neglige, peignoir, wrapper, housecoat]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
negligence
n
  1. failure to act with the prudence that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances
    Synonym(s): negligence, carelessness, neglect, nonperformance
  2. the trait of neglecting responsibilities and lacking concern
    Synonym(s): negligence, neglect, neglectfulness
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
negligent
adj
  1. characterized by neglect and undue lack of concern; "negligent parents"; "negligent of detail"; "negligent in his correspondence"
    Antonym(s): diligent
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
negligently
adv
  1. in a negligent manner; "he did his work negligently"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
negligible
adj
  1. so small as to be meaningless; insignificant; "the effect was negligible"
  2. not worth considering; "he considered the prize too paltry for the lives it must cost"; "piffling efforts"; "a trifling matter"
    Synonym(s): negligible, paltry, trifling
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
neoclassic
adj
  1. characteristic of a revival of an earlier classical style
    Synonym(s): neoclassic, neoclassical
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
neoclassical
adj
  1. characteristic of a revival of an earlier classical style
    Synonym(s): neoclassic, neoclassical
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
neoclassicism
n
  1. revival of a classical style (in art or literature or architecture or music) but from a new perspective or with a new motivation
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
neoclassicist
adj
  1. relating to or advocating neoclassicism [syn: neoclassicist, neoclassicistic]
n
  1. an advocate of neoclassicism
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
neoclassicistic
adj
  1. relating to or advocating neoclassicism [syn: neoclassicist, neoclassicistic]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
news leak
n
  1. unauthorized (especially deliberate) disclosure of confidential information
    Synonym(s): leak, news leak
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
newsless
adj
  1. not having or receiving news or information
  2. not providing news or information
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Nicholas
n
  1. a bishop in Asia Minor who is associated with Santa Claus (4th century)
    Synonym(s): Nicholas, Saint Nicholas, St. Nicholas
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Nicholas I
n
  1. czar of Russia from 1825 to 1855 who led Russia into the Crimean War (1796-1855)
    Synonym(s): Nicholas I, Czar Nicholas I
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Nicholas II
n
  1. the last czar of Russia who was forced to abdicate in 1917 by the Russian Revolution; he and his family were executed by the Bolsheviks (1868-1918)
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Nicholas V
n
  1. Italian pope from 1447 to 1455 who founded the Vatican library (1397-1455)
    Synonym(s): Nicholas V, Tomasso Parentucelli
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Nicholas Vachel Lindsay
n
  1. United States poet who traveled the country trading his poems for room and board (1879-1931)
    Synonym(s): Lindsay, Vachel Lindsay, Nicholas Vachel Lindsay
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
nickel silver
n
  1. a silver-white alloy containing copper and zinc and nickel
    Synonym(s): nickel silver, German silver
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
nickel steel
n
  1. an alloy steel containing nickel
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
nickel-cadmium accumulator
n
  1. a rechargeable battery with a nickel cathode and a cadmium anode; often used in emergency systems because of its low discharge rate when not in use
    Synonym(s): nicad, nickel- cadmium accumulator
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Nicklaus
n
  1. United States golfer considered by many to be the greatest golfer of all time (born in 1940)
    Synonym(s): Nicklaus, Jack Nicklaus, Jack William Nicklaus
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Nicola Sacco
n
  1. United States anarchist (born in Italy) who with Bartolomeo Vanzetti was convicted of murder and in spite of world-wide protest was executed (1891-1927)
    Synonym(s): Sacco, Nicola Sacco
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Nicolas de Malebranche
n
  1. French philosopher (1638-1715) [syn: Malebranche, Nicolas de Malebranche]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Nicolas Leonard Sadi Carnot
n
  1. French physicist who founded thermodynamics (1796-1832)
    Synonym(s): Carnot, Sadi Carnot, Nicolas Leonard Sadi Carnot
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Nicolas Poussin
n
  1. French painter in the classical style (1594-1665) [syn: Poussin, Nicolas Poussin]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Nicolaus Copernicus
n
  1. Polish astronomer who produced a workable model of the solar system with the sun in the center (1473-1543)
    Synonym(s): Copernicus, Nicolaus Copernicus, Mikolaj Kopernik
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Nicolson
n
  1. English diplomat and author (1886-1968) [syn: Nicolson, Harold Nicolson, Sir Harold George Nicolson]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Nigella hispanica
n
  1. nigella of Spain and southern France [syn: fennel flower, Nigella hispanica]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Nigella sativa
n
  1. herb of the Mediterranean region having pungent seeds used like those of caraway
    Synonym(s): black caraway, nutmeg flower, Roman coriander, Nigella sativa
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Nikolaas Tinbergen
n
  1. Dutch zoologist who showed that much animal behavior is innate and stereotyped (1907-1988)
    Synonym(s): Tinbergen, Nikolaas Tinbergen
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Nogales
n
  1. a town in Arizona on the Mexican border opposite Nogales, Mexico
  2. a town in northern Mexico on the border of Arizona
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
noiseless
adj
  1. making no sound; "th' inaudible and noiseless foot of time"- Shakespeare
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
noiselessly
adv
  1. without a sound; "he stood up soundlessly and speechlessly and glided across the hallway and through a door"
    Synonym(s): noiselessly, soundlessly
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
noiselessness
n
  1. the property of making no noise
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
noseless
adj
  1. having no nose
    Antonym(s): nosed
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
nosology
n
  1. the branch of medical science dealing with the classification of disease
    Synonym(s): nosology, diagnostics
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
nucellus
n
  1. central part of a plant ovule; contains the embryo sac
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
nuclease
n
  1. general term for enzymes that catalyze the hydrolysis of nucleic acid by cleaving chains of nucleotides into smaller units
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
nucleic acid
n
  1. (biochemistry) any of various macromolecules composed of nucleotide chains that are vital constituents of all living cells
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
nucleoside
n
  1. a glycoside formed by partial hydrolysis of a nucleic acid
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor
n
  1. an antiviral drug used against HIV; is incorporated into the DNA of the virus and stops the building process; results in incomplete DNA that cannot create a new virus; often used in combination with other drugs
    Synonym(s): nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor, NRTI
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
nucleosynthesis
n
  1. (astronomy) the cosmic synthesis of atoms more complex than the hydrogen atom
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
nucleus
n
  1. a part of the cell containing DNA and RNA and responsible for growth and reproduction
    Synonym(s): nucleus, cell nucleus, karyon
  2. the positively charged dense center of an atom
  3. a small group of indispensable persons or things; "five periodicals make up the core of their publishing program"
    Synonym(s): core, nucleus, core group
  4. (astronomy) the center of the head of a comet; consists of small solid particles of ice and frozen gas that vaporizes on approaching the sun to form the coma and tail
  5. any histologically identifiable mass of neural cell bodies in the brain or spinal cord
  6. the central structure of the lens that is surrounded by the cortex
    Synonym(s): lens nucleus, nucleus
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
nucleus niger
n
  1. a layer of deeply pigmented grey matter in the midbrain; associated with the striate body; is involved in metabolic disturbances associated with Parkinson's disease and with Huntington's disease
    Synonym(s): substantia nigra, nucleus niger, locus niger
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Nasalization \Na`sal*i*za"tion\, n.
      The act of nasalizing, or the state of being nasalized.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Nasalize \Na"sal*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Nasalized}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Nasalizing}.]
      To render nasal, as sound; to insert a nasal or sound in.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Nasalize \Na"sal*ize\, v. t.
      To utter words or letters with a nasal sound; to speak
      through the nose.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Nasalize \Na"sal*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Nasalized}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Nasalizing}.]
      To render nasal, as sound; to insert a nasal or sound in.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Nasalize \Na"sal*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Nasalized}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Nasalizing}.]
      To render nasal, as sound; to insert a nasal or sound in.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Nasolachrymal \Na`so*lach"ry*mal\, a. [Naso- + lachrymal.]
      (Anat.)
      Connected with the lachrymal apparatus and the nose; as, the
      nasolachrymal, or lachrymal duct.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Necklace \Neck"lace\ (?; 48), n.
      1. A string of beads, etc., or any continuous band or chain,
            worn around the neck as an ornament.
  
      2. (Naut.) A rope or chain fitted around the masthead to hold
            hanging blocks for jibs and stays.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   necklaced \neck"laced\, a.
      Wearing a necklace; marked as with a necklace.
  
               The hooded and the necklaced snake.         --Sir W.
                                                                              Jones.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Neglect \Neg*lect"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Neglected}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Neglecting}.] [L. neglectus, p. p. of neglegere
      (negligere) to disregard, neglect, the literal sense prob.
      neing, not to pick up; nec not, nor (fr. ne not + -que, a
      particle akin to Goth. -h, -uh, and prob. to E. who; cf.
      Goth. nih nor) + L. legere to pick up, gather. See {No},
      adv., {Legend}, {Who}.]
      1. Not to attend to with due care or attention; to forbear
            one's duty in regard to; to suffer to pass unimproved,
            unheeded, undone, etc.; to omit; to disregard; to slight;
            as, to neglect duty or business; to neglect to pay debts.
  
                     I hope My absence doth neglect no great designs.
                                                                              --Shak.
  
                     This, my long suffering and my day of grace, Those
                     who neglect and scorn shall never taste. --Milton.
  
      2. To omit to notice; to forbear to treat with attention or
            respect; to slight; as, to neglect strangers.
  
      Syn: To slight; overlook; disregard; disesteem; contemn. See
               {Slight}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Neglect \Neg*lect"\, n. [L. neglectus. See {Neglect}, v.]
      1. Omission of proper attention; avoidance or disregard of
            duty, from heedlessness, indifference, or willfulness;
            failure to do, use, or heed anything; culpable disregard;
            as, neglect of business, of health, of economy.
  
                     To tell thee sadly, shepherd, without blame, Or our
                     neglect, we lost her as we came.         --Milton.
  
      2. Omission if attention or civilities; slight; as, neglect
            of strangers.
  
      3. Habitual carelessness; negligence.
  
                     Age breeds neglect in all.                  --Denham.
  
      4. The state of being disregarded, slighted, or neglected.
  
                     Rescue my poor remains from vile neglect. --Prior.
  
      Syn: Negligence; inattention; disregard; disesteem;
               remissness; indifference. See {Negligence}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Neglect \Neg*lect"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Neglected}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Neglecting}.] [L. neglectus, p. p. of neglegere
      (negligere) to disregard, neglect, the literal sense prob.
      neing, not to pick up; nec not, nor (fr. ne not + -que, a
      particle akin to Goth. -h, -uh, and prob. to E. who; cf.
      Goth. nih nor) + L. legere to pick up, gather. See {No},
      adv., {Legend}, {Who}.]
      1. Not to attend to with due care or attention; to forbear
            one's duty in regard to; to suffer to pass unimproved,
            unheeded, undone, etc.; to omit; to disregard; to slight;
            as, to neglect duty or business; to neglect to pay debts.
  
                     I hope My absence doth neglect no great designs.
                                                                              --Shak.
  
                     This, my long suffering and my day of grace, Those
                     who neglect and scorn shall never taste. --Milton.
  
      2. To omit to notice; to forbear to treat with attention or
            respect; to slight; as, to neglect strangers.
  
      Syn: To slight; overlook; disregard; disesteem; contemn. See
               {Slight}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Neglectedness \Neg*lect"ed*ness\, n.
      The state of being neglected.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Neglecter \Neg*lect"er\, n.
      One who neglects. --South.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Neglectful \Neg*lect"ful\, a.
      Full of neglect; heedless; careless; negligent; inattentive;
      indifferent. --Pope.
  
               A cold and neglectful countenance.         --Locke.
  
               Though the Romans had no great genius for trade, yet
               they were not entirely neglectful of it. --Arbuthnot.
      -- {Neg*lect"ful*ly}, adv. -- {Neg*lect"ful*ness}, n.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Neglectful \Neg*lect"ful\, a.
      Full of neglect; heedless; careless; negligent; inattentive;
      indifferent. --Pope.
  
               A cold and neglectful countenance.         --Locke.
  
               Though the Romans had no great genius for trade, yet
               they were not entirely neglectful of it. --Arbuthnot.
      -- {Neg*lect"ful*ly}, adv. -- {Neg*lect"ful*ness}, n.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Neglectful \Neg*lect"ful\, a.
      Full of neglect; heedless; careless; negligent; inattentive;
      indifferent. --Pope.
  
               A cold and neglectful countenance.         --Locke.
  
               Though the Romans had no great genius for trade, yet
               they were not entirely neglectful of it. --Arbuthnot.
      -- {Neg*lect"ful*ly}, adv. -- {Neg*lect"ful*ness}, n.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Neglect \Neg*lect"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Neglected}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Neglecting}.] [L. neglectus, p. p. of neglegere
      (negligere) to disregard, neglect, the literal sense prob.
      neing, not to pick up; nec not, nor (fr. ne not + -que, a
      particle akin to Goth. -h, -uh, and prob. to E. who; cf.
      Goth. nih nor) + L. legere to pick up, gather. See {No},
      adv., {Legend}, {Who}.]
      1. Not to attend to with due care or attention; to forbear
            one's duty in regard to; to suffer to pass unimproved,
            unheeded, undone, etc.; to omit; to disregard; to slight;
            as, to neglect duty or business; to neglect to pay debts.
  
                     I hope My absence doth neglect no great designs.
                                                                              --Shak.
  
                     This, my long suffering and my day of grace, Those
                     who neglect and scorn shall never taste. --Milton.
  
      2. To omit to notice; to forbear to treat with attention or
            respect; to slight; as, to neglect strangers.
  
      Syn: To slight; overlook; disregard; disesteem; contemn. See
               {Slight}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Neglectingly \Neg*lect"ing*ly\, adv.
      Carelessly; heedlessly. --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Neglection \Neg*lec"tion\, n. [L. neglectio.]
      The state of being negligent; negligence. [Obs.] --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Neglective \Neg*lect"ive\, a.
      Neglectful. [R.] [bd]Neglective of their own children.[b8]
      --Fuller.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Negligee \Neg`li*gee"\, n. [F. n[82]glig[82], fr. n[82]gliger to
      neglect, L. negligere. See {Neglect}.]
      An easy, unceremonious attire; undress; also, a kind of easy
      robe or dressing gown worn by women.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Negligence \Neg"li*gence\, n. [F. n[82]gligence, L.
      negligentia.]
      The quality or state of being negligent; lack of due
      diligence or care; omission of duty; habitual neglect;
      heedlessness.
  
      2. An act or instance of negligence or carelessness.
  
                     remarking his beauties, . . . I must also point out
                     his negligences and defects.               --Blair.
  
      3. (Law) The omission of the care usual under the
            circumstances, being convertible with the Roman culpa. A
            specialist is bound to higher skill and diligence in his
            specialty than one who is not a specialist, and liability
            for negligence varies acordingly.
  
      {Contributory negligence}. See under {Contributory}.
  
      Syn: Neglect; inattention; heedlessness; disregard; slight.
  
      Usage: {Negligence}, {Neglect}. These two words are freely
                  interchanged in our older writers; but a distinction
                  has gradually sprung up between them. As now generally
                  used, negligence is the habit, and neglect the act, of
                  leaving things undone or unattended to. We are
                  negligent as a general trait of character; we are
                  guilty of neglect in particular cases, or in reference
                  to individuals who had a right to our attentions.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Negligent \Neg"li*gent\, a. [F. n[82]gligent, L. negligens,p.
      pr. of negligere. See {Neglect}.]
      Apt to neglect; customarily neglectful; characterized by
      negligence; careless; heedless; culpably careless; showing
      lack of attention; as, disposed in negligent order. [bd]Be
      thou negligent of fame.[b8] --Swift.
  
               He that thinks he can afford to be negligent is not far
               from being poor.                                    --Rambler.
  
      Syn: Careles; heedless; neglectful; regardless; thoughtless;
               indifferent; inattentive; remiss.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Negligently \Neg"li*gent*ly\, adv.
      In a negligent manner.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Negligible \Neg"li*gi*ble\, a. [Cf. F. n[82]gligible,
      n[82]gligeable.]
      That may neglicted, disregarded, or left out of
      consideration.
  
               Within very negligible limits of error.   --Sir J.
                                                                              Herschel.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Neoclassic \Ne`o*clas"sic\, a. [Neo- + classic.]
      Belonging to, or designating, the modern revival of
      classical, esp. Greco-Roman, taste and manner of work in
      architecture, etc.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Neoclassic architecture \Neoclassic architecture\
      All that architecture which, since the beginning of the
      Italian Renaissance, about 1420, has been designed with
      deliberate imitation of Greco-Roman buildings.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Neo-Scholastic \Ne`o-Scho*las"tic\, a.
      Of or pert. to Neo-Scholasticism.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Neo-Scholasticism \Ne`o-Scho*las"ti*cism\, n.
      The modern revival of the Scholastic philosophy, esp. of that
      of Thomas Aquinas, with critical revision to suit the
      exigencies of the general advance in learning. The
      Neo-Scholastic movement received a great impetus from Leo
      XIII.'s interest in it.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Neossology \Ne`os*sol"o*gy\, n. [Gr. [?] a young bird + -logy.]
      (Zo[94]l.)
      The study of young birds.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Nickel \Nick"el\, n. [G., fr. Sw. nickel, abbrev. from Sw.
      kopparnickel copper-nickel, a name given in derision, as it
      was thought to be a base ore of copper. The origin of the
      second part of the word is uncertain. Cf. {Kupfer-nickel},
      {Copper-nickel}.]
      1. (Chem.) A bright silver-white metallic element. It is of
            the iron group, and is hard, malleable, and ductile. It
            occurs combined with sulphur in millerite, with arsenic in
            the mineral niccolite, and with arsenic and sulphur in
            nickel glance. Symbol Ni. Atomic weight 58.6.
  
      Note: On account of its permanence in air and inertness to
               oxidation, it is used in the smaller coins, for plating
               iron, brass, etc., for chemical apparatus, and in
               certain alloys, as german silver. It is magnetic, and
               is very frequently accompanied by cobalt, both being
               found in meteoric iron.
  
      2. A small coin made of or containing nickel; esp., a
            five-cent piece. [Colloq. U.S.]
  
      {Nickel silver}, an alloy of nickel, copper, and zinc; --
            usually called {german silver}; called also {argentan}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Nickel steel \Nickel steel\
      A kind of cast steel containing nickel, which greatly
      increases its strength. It is used for armor plate, bicycle
      tubing, propeller shafts, etc.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Nickelic \Nick*el"ic\, a. (Chem.)
      Pertaining to, or containing, nickel; specifically,
      designating compounds in which, as contrasted with the
      nickelous compounds, the metal has a higher valence; as
      nickelic oxide.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Nickelous \Nick"el*ous\, a. (Chem.)
      Of, pertaining to, or designating, those compounds of nickel
      in which, as contrasted with the nickelic compounds, the
      metal has a lower valence; as, nickelous oxide. --Frankland.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Prism \Prism\ (pr[icr]z'm), n. [L. prisma, Gr. pri`sma, fr.
      pri`zein, pri`ein, to saw: cf. F. prisme.]
      1. (Geom.) A solid whose bases or ends are any similar,
            equal, and parallel plane figures, and whose sides are
            parallelograms.
  
      Note: Prisms of different forms are often named from the
               figure of their bases; as, a triangular prism, a
               quadrangular prism, a rhombic prism, etc.
  
      2. (Opt.) A transparent body, with usually three rectangular
            plane faces or sides, and two equal and parallel
            triangular ends or bases; -- used in experiments on
            refraction, dispersion, etc.
  
      3. (Crystallog.) A form the planes of which are parallel to
            the vertical axis. See {Form}, n., 13.
  
      {Achromatic prism} (Opt.), a prism composed usually of two
            prisms of different transparent substances which have
            unequal dispersive powers, as two different kinds of
            glass, especially flint glass and crown glass, the
            difference of dispersive power being compensated by giving
            them different refracting angles, so that, when placed
            together so as to have opposite relative positions, a ray
            of light passed through them is refracted or bent into a
            new position, but is free from color.
  
      {Nicol's prism}, {Nicol prism}. [So called from Wm. Nicol, of
            Edinburgh, who first proposed it.] (Opt.) An instrument
            for experiments in polarization, consisting of a rhomb of
            Iceland spar, which has been bisected obliquely at a
            certain angle, and the two parts again joined with
            transparent cement, so that the ordinary image produced by
            double refraction is thrown out of the field by total
            reflection from the internal cemented surface, and the
            extraordinary, or polarized, image alone is transmitted.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Nutmeg \Nut"meg\, n. [OE. notemuge; note nut + OF. muge musk, of
      the same origin as E. musk; cf. OF. noix muguette nutmeg, F.
      noix muscade. See {Nut}, and {Musk}.] (Bot.)
      The kernel of the fruit of the nutmeg tree ({Myristica
      fragrans}), a native of the Molucca Islands, but cultivated
      elsewhere in the tropics.
  
      Note: This fruit is a nearly spherical drupe, of the size of
               a pear, of a yellowish color without and almost white
               within. This opens into two nearly equal longitudinal
               valves, inclosing the nut surrounded by its aril, which
               is mace The nutmeg is an aromatic, very grateful to the
               taste and smell, and much used in cookery. Other
               species of {Myristica} yield nutmegs of inferior
               quality.
  
      {American}, {Calabash}, [or] {Jamaica}, {nutmeg}, the fruit
            of a tropical shrub ({Monodora Myristica}). It is about
            the size of an orange, and contains many aromatic seeds
            imbedded in pulp.
  
      {Brazilian nutmeg}, the fruit of a lauraceous tree,
            {Cryptocarya moschata}.
  
      {California nutmeg}, tree of the Yew family ({Torreya
            Californica}), growing in the Western United States, and
            having a seed which resembles a nutmeg in appearance, but
            is strongly impregnated with turpentine.
  
      {Clove nutmeg}, the {Ravensara aromatica}, a laura ceous tree
            of Madagascar. The foliage is used as a spice, but the
            seed is acrid and caustic.
  
      {Jamaica nutmeg}. See American nutmeg (above).
  
      {Nutmeg bird} (Zo[94]l.), an Indian finch ({Munia
            punctularia}).
  
      {Nutmeg butter}, a solid oil extracted from the nutmeg by
            expression.
  
      {Nutmeg flower} (Bot.), a ranunculaceous herb ({Nigella
            sativa}) with small black aromatic seeds, which are used
            medicinally and for excluding moths from furs and
            clothing.
  
      {Nutmeg liver} (Med.), a name applied to the liver, when, as
            the result of heart or lung disease, it undergoes
            congestion and pigmentation about the central veins of its
            lobules, giving it an appearance resembling that of a
            nutmeg.
  
      {Nutmeg melon} (Bot.), a small variety of muskmelon of a rich
            flavor.
  
      {Nutmeg pigeon} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of
            pigeons of the genus {Myristicivora}, native of the East
            Indies and Australia. The color is usually white, or
            cream-white, with black on the wings and tail.
  
      {Nutmeg wood} (Bot.), the wood of the Palmyra palm.
  
      {Peruvian nutmeg}, the aromatic seed of a South American tree
            ({Laurelia sempervirens}).
  
      {Plume nutmeg} (Bot.), a spicy tree of Australia
            ({Atherosperma moschata}).

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fitch \Fitch\ (?; 224), n.; pl. {Fitches}. [See {Vetch}.]
      1. (Bot.) A vetch. [Obs.]
  
      2. pl. (Bot.) A word found in the Authorized Version of the
            Bible, representing different Hebrew originals. In Isaiah
            xxviii. 25, 27, it means the black aromatic seeds of
            {Nigella sativa}, still used as a flavoring in the East.
            In Ezekiel iv. 9, the Revised Version now reads spelt.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Cumin \Cum"in\ (k?m"?n), n. [OE. comin, AS. cymen, fr. L.
      cuminum, Gr.[?][?][?][?][?][?][?]; of Semitic origin, cf. Ar.
      kamm[?]n, Heb. kamm[?]n; cf. OF. comin, F. cumin. Cf.
      {Kummel}.] (Bot.)
      A dwarf umbelliferous plant, somewhat resembling fennel
      ({Cuminum Cyminum}), cultivated for its seeds, which have a
      bitterish, warm taste, with an aromatic flavor, and are used
      like those of anise and caraway. [Written also {cummin}.]
  
               Rank-smelling rue, and cumin good for eyes. --Spenser.
  
      {Black cumin} (Bot.), a plant ({Nigella sativa}) with pungent
            seeds, used by the Afghans, etc.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Noiseless \Noise"less\, a.
      Making, or causing, no noise or bustle; without noise;
      silent; as, the noiseless foot of time.
  
               So noiseless would I live.                     --Dryden.
      -- {Noise"less*ly}, adv. -- {Noise"less*ness}, n.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Noiseless \Noise"less\, a.
      Making, or causing, no noise or bustle; without noise;
      silent; as, the noiseless foot of time.
  
               So noiseless would I live.                     --Dryden.
      -- {Noise"less*ly}, adv. -- {Noise"less*ness}, n.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Noiseless \Noise"less\, a.
      Making, or causing, no noise or bustle; without noise;
      silent; as, the noiseless foot of time.
  
               So noiseless would I live.                     --Dryden.
      -- {Noise"less*ly}, adv. -- {Noise"less*ness}, n.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Noseless \Nose"less\, a.
      Destitute of a nose.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Nosological \Nos`o*log"ic*al\, a. [Cf. F. nosologique.]
      Of or pertaining to nosology.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Nosologist \No*sol"o*gist\, n. [Cf. F. nosologiste.]
      One versed in nosology.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Nosology \No*sol"o*gy\, n. [Gr. [?] disease + -logy: cf. F.
      nosologie.]
      1. A systematic arrangement, or classification, of diseases.
  
      2. That branch of medical science which treats of diseases,
            or of the classification of diseases.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Pathology \Pa*thol"o*gy\ (-j[ycr]), n.; pl. {Pathologies}
      (-j[icr]z). [Gr. pa`qos a suffering, disease + -logy: cf. F.
      pathologie.] (Med.)
      The science which treats of diseases, their nature, causes,
      progress, symptoms, etc.
  
      Note: Pathology is general or special, according as it treats
               of disease or morbid processes in general, or of
               particular diseases; it is also subdivided into
               internal and external, or medical and surgical
               pathology. Its departments are {nosology},
               {[91]tiology}, {morbid anatomy}, {symptomatology}, and
               {therapeutics}, which treat respectively of the
               classification, causation, organic changes, symptoms,
               and cure of diseases.
  
      {Celluar pathology}, a theory that gives prominence to the
            vital action of cells in the healthy and diseased function
            of the body. --Virchow.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Nosology \No*sol"o*gy\, n. [Gr. [?] disease + -logy: cf. F.
      nosologie.]
      1. A systematic arrangement, or classification, of diseases.
  
      2. That branch of medical science which treats of diseases,
            or of the classification of diseases.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Pathology \Pa*thol"o*gy\ (-j[ycr]), n.; pl. {Pathologies}
      (-j[icr]z). [Gr. pa`qos a suffering, disease + -logy: cf. F.
      pathologie.] (Med.)
      The science which treats of diseases, their nature, causes,
      progress, symptoms, etc.
  
      Note: Pathology is general or special, according as it treats
               of disease or morbid processes in general, or of
               particular diseases; it is also subdivided into
               internal and external, or medical and surgical
               pathology. Its departments are {nosology},
               {[91]tiology}, {morbid anatomy}, {symptomatology}, and
               {therapeutics}, which treat respectively of the
               classification, causation, organic changes, symptoms,
               and cure of diseases.
  
      {Celluar pathology}, a theory that gives prominence to the
            vital action of cells in the healthy and diseased function
            of the body. --Virchow.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Nucleus \Nu"cle*us\, n.; pl. E. {Nucleuses}, L. {Nuclei}. [L., a
      kernel, dim. fr. nux, nucis, nut. Cf. {Newel} post.]
      1. A kernel; hence, a central mass or point about which
            matter is gathered, or to which accretion is made; the
            central or material portion; -- used both literally and
            figuratively.
  
                     It must contain within itself a nucleus of truth.
                                                                              --I. Taylor.
  
      2. (Astron.) The body or the head of a comet.
  
      3. (Bot.)
            (a) An incipient ovule of soft cellular tissue.
            (b) A whole seed, as contained within the seed coats.
  
      4. (Biol.) A body, usually spheroidal, in a cell or a
            protozoan, distinguished from the surrounding protoplasm
            by a difference in refrangibility and in behavior towards
            chemical reagents. It is more or less protoplasmic, and
            consists of a clear fluid (achromatin) through which
            extends a network of fibers (chromatin) in which may be
            suspended a second rounded body, the nucleolus (see
            {Nucleoplasm}). See {Cell division}, under {Division}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Nucleus \Nu"cle*us\, n.; pl. E. {Nucleuses}, L. {Nuclei}. [L., a
      kernel, dim. fr. nux, nucis, nut. Cf. {Newel} post.]
      1. A kernel; hence, a central mass or point about which
            matter is gathered, or to which accretion is made; the
            central or material portion; -- used both literally and
            figuratively.
  
                     It must contain within itself a nucleus of truth.
                                                                              --I. Taylor.
  
      2. (Astron.) The body or the head of a comet.
  
      3. (Bot.)
            (a) An incipient ovule of soft cellular tissue.
            (b) A whole seed, as contained within the seed coats.
  
      4. (Biol.) A body, usually spheroidal, in a cell or a
            protozoan, distinguished from the surrounding protoplasm
            by a difference in refrangibility and in behavior towards
            chemical reagents. It is more or less protoplasmic, and
            consists of a clear fluid (achromatin) through which
            extends a network of fibers (chromatin) in which may be
            suspended a second rounded body, the nucleolus (see
            {Nucleoplasm}). See {Cell division}, under {Division}.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   New Gloucester, ME
      Zip code(s): 04260

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   New Salisbury, IN
      Zip code(s): 47161

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Nicholas County, KY (county, FIPS 181)
      Location: 38.34109 N, 84.01351 W
      Population (1990): 6725 (2930 housing units)
      Area: 509.2 sq km (land), 0.6 sq km (water)
   Nicholas County, WV (county, FIPS 67)
      Location: 38.29026 N, 80.79640 W
      Population (1990): 26775 (11235 housing units)
      Area: 1680.1 sq km (land), 14.9 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Nicholasville, KY (city, FIPS 56136)
      Location: 37.87826 N, 84.58004 W
      Population (1990): 13603 (5220 housing units)
      Area: 16.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 40356

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Nicholls, GA (city, FIPS 55440)
      Location: 31.51824 N, 82.63578 W
      Population (1990): 1003 (455 housing units)
      Area: 3.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 31554

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Nichols, IA (city, FIPS 56685)
      Location: 41.47909 N, 91.30813 W
      Population (1990): 366 (135 housing units)
      Area: 0.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 52766
   Nichols, NY (village, FIPS 51110)
      Location: 42.01991 N, 76.36885 W
      Population (1990): 573 (206 housing units)
      Area: 1.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 13812
   Nichols, SC (town, FIPS 50110)
      Location: 34.23475 N, 79.14925 W
      Population (1990): 528 (226 housing units)
      Area: 3.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 29581
   Nichols, WI (village, FIPS 57375)
      Location: 44.56545 N, 88.46708 W
      Population (1990): 254 (92 housing units)
      Area: 2.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Nichols Hills, OK (city, FIPS 51800)
      Location: 35.54615 N, 97.54439 W
      Population (1990): 4020 (1869 housing units)
      Area: 5.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 73116

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Nicholson, GA (city, FIPS 55468)
      Location: 34.11382 N, 83.43274 W
      Population (1990): 535 (213 housing units)
      Area: 6.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 30565
   Nicholson, PA (borough, FIPS 54400)
      Location: 41.62740 N, 75.78575 W
      Population (1990): 857 (372 housing units)
      Area: 3.2 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 18446

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Nickelsville, VA (town, FIPS 56304)
      Location: 36.75132 N, 82.41627 W
      Population (1990): 411 (179 housing units)
      Area: 1.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 24271

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Nikolski, AK (CDP, FIPS 54260)
      Location: 52.96130 N, 168.82206 W
      Population (1990): 35 (26 housing units)
      Area: 228.9 sq km (land), 300.5 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 99638

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Nogales, AZ (city, FIPS 49640)
      Location: 31.36372 N, 110.93264 W
      Population (1990): 19489 (5537 housing units)
      Area: 54.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 85621

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Nuckolls County, NE (county, FIPS 129)
      Location: 40.17656 N, 98.04637 W
      Population (1990): 5786 (2699 housing units)
      Area: 1490.1 sq km (land), 1.7 sq km (water)

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   Niklaus Wirth
  
      The designer of the {Modula-2}, {Modula-3}, and, in
      around 1970, {Pascal} programming languages.
  
      [More info?]
  
      (2001-09-22)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   nslookup
  
      A {Unix} utility by Andrew Cherenson for querying {Internet}
      {domain name server}s.   The basic use is to find the {Internet
      address} corresponding to a given {hostname} (or vice versa).
      By changing the query type (e.g. "set type=CNAME") other types
      of information can be obtained including CNAME - the
      {canonical name} for an alias; HINFO - the host {CPU} and
      {operating system} type; MINFO - mailbox or mail list
      information; {MX} - {mail exchanger} information; NS - the
      {name server} for the named zone; PTR - the hostname if the
      query is an Internet address, otherwise the pointer to other
      information; SOA the domain's start-of-authority information;
      TXT - text information; UINFO - user information; WKS -
      supported {well-known service}s.   Other types (ANY, AXFR, MB,
      MD, MF, NULL) are described in {RFC 1035}.
  
      {(ftp://src.doc.ic.ac.uk/computing/operating-systems/unix/bsd-sources/usr.sbin/named/tools/nslookup/)}.
  
      (1994-10-27)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   nu-calculus
  
      An asynchronous version of {pi-calculus}.
  
  

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   Nicolas
      the victory of the people, a proselyte of Antioch, one of the
      seven deacons (Acts 6:5).
     

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
   Nicolas, same as Nicodemus
  
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