navel point : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

naval battle
n 1: a pitched battle between naval fleets

English Dictionary: navel point	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
naval blockade n the interdiction of a nation's lines of communication at sea by the use of naval power
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
naval brass n alpha-beta brass containing tin; resistant to sea water; Admiralty Metal is a trademark Synonym(s): naval brass, Admiralty brass, Admiralty Metal, Tobin bronze
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naval forces n an organization of military vessels belonging to a country and available for sea warfare Synonym(s): navy, naval forces
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naval officer n an officer in the navy
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naval weaponry n weaponry for warships
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navel point n the center point or middle of something; "the Incas believed that Cuzco was the navel of the universe" Synonym(s): navel, navel point
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Nobel prize n an annual award for outstanding contributions to chemistry or physics or physiology and medicine or literature or economics or peace
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Nouvelle Vague n an art movement in French cinema in the 1960s [syn: {New Wave}, Nouvelle Vague]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
{Naval brigade}, a body of seamen or marines organized for military service on land. {Naval officer}. (a) An officer in the navy. (b) A high officer in some United States customhouses. {Naval tactics}, the science of managing or maneuvering vessels sailing in squadrons or fleets. Syn: Nautical; marine; maritime. Usage: {Naval}, {Nautical}. Naval is applied to vessels, or a navy, or the things which pertain to them or in which they participate; nautical, to seamen and the art of navigation. Hence we speak of a naval, as opposed to a military, engagement; naval equipments or stores, a naval triumph, a naval officer, etc., and of nautical pursuits or instruction, nautical calculations, a nautical almanac, etc.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
{Naval brigade}, a body of seamen or marines organized for military service on land. {Naval officer}. (a) An officer in the navy. (b) A high officer in some United States customhouses. {Naval tactics}, the science of managing or maneuvering vessels sailing in squadrons or fleets. Syn: Nautical; marine; maritime. Usage: {Naval}, {Nautical}. Naval is applied to vessels, or a navy, or the things which pertain to them or in which they participate; nautical, to seamen and the art of navigation. Hence we speak of a naval, as opposed to a military, engagement; naval equipments or stores, a naval triumph, a naval officer, etc., and of nautical pursuits or instruction, nautical calculations, a nautical almanac, etc.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
2. The central part or point of anything; the middle. Within the navel of this hideous wood, Immured in cypress shades, a sorcerer dwells. --Milton. 3. (Gun.) An eye on the under side of a carronade for securing it to a carriage. {Navel gall}, a bruise on the top of the chine of the back of a horse, behind the saddle. --Johnson. {Navel point}. (Her.) Same as {Nombril}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Nombril \Nom"bril\, n. [F. nombril, for OF. lombril, i. e., ombril, with the article, a dim. fr. L. umbilicus the navel. See {Navel}.] (Her.) A point halfway between the fess point and the middle base point of an escutcheon; -- called also {navel point}. See {Escutcheon}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
2. The central part or point of anything; the middle. Within the navel of this hideous wood, Immured in cypress shades, a sorcerer dwells. --Milton. 3. (Gun.) An eye on the under side of a carronade for securing it to a carriage. {Navel gall}, a bruise on the top of the chine of the back of a horse, behind the saddle. --Johnson. {Navel point}. (Her.) Same as {Nombril}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Nombril \Nom"bril\, n. [F. nombril, for OF. lombril, i. e., ombril, with the article, a dim. fr. L. umbilicus the navel. See {Navel}.] (Her.) A point halfway between the fess point and the middle base point of an escutcheon; -- called also {navel point}. See {Escutcheon}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Silk \Silk\, n. [OE. silk, selk, AS. seolc, seoloc; akin to Icel. silki, SW. & Dan. silke; prob. through Slavic from an Oriental source; cf. Lith. szilkai, Russ. shelk', and also L. sericum Seric stuff, silk. Cf. {Sericeous}. {Serge} a woolen stuff.] 1. The fine, soft thread produced by various species of caterpillars in forming the cocoons within which the worm is inclosed during the pupa state, especially that produced by the larv[91] of {Bombyx mori}. 2. Hence, thread spun, or cloth woven, from the above-named material. 3. That which resembles silk, as the filiform styles of the female flower of maize. {Raw silk}, silk as it is wound off from the cocoons, and before it is manufactured. {Silk cotton}, a cottony substance enveloping the seeds of the silk-cotton tree. {Silk-cotton tree} (Bot.), a name for several tropical trees of the genera {Bombax} and {Eriodendron}, and belonging to the order {Bombace[91]}. The trees grow to an immense size, and have their seeds enveloped in a cottony substance, which is used for stuffing cushions, but can not be spun. {Silk flower}. (Bot.) (a) The silk tree. (b) A similar tree ({Calliandra trinervia}) of Peru. {Silk fowl} (Zo[94]l.), a breed of domestic fowls having silky plumage. {Silk gland} (Zo[94]l.), a gland which secretes the material of silk, as in spider or a silkworm; a sericterium. {Silk gown}, the distinctive robe of a barrister who has been appointed king's or queen's counsel; hence, the counsel himself. Such a one has precedence over mere barristers, who wear stuff gowns. [Eng.] {Silk grass} (Bot.), a kind of grass ({Stipa comata}) of the Western United States, which has very long silky awns. The name is also sometimes given to various species of the genera {Aqave} and {Yucca}. {Silk moth} (Zo[94]l.), the adult moth of any silkworm. See {Silkworm}. {Silk shag}, a coarse, rough-woven silk, like plush, but with a stiffer nap. {Silk spider} (Zo[94]l.), a large spider ({Nephila plumipes}), native of the Southern United States, remarkable for the large quantity of strong silk it produces and for the great disparity in the sizes of the sexes. {Silk thrower}, {Silk throwster}, one who twists or spins silk, and prepares it for weaving. --Brande & C. {Silk tree} (Bot.), an Asiatic leguminous tree ({Albizzia Julibrissin}) with finely bipinnate leaves, and large flat pods; -- so called because of the abundant long silky stamens of its blossoms. Also called {silk flower}. {Silk vessel}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Silk gland}, above. {Virginia silk} (Bot.), a climbing plant ({Periploca Gr[ae]ca}) of the Milkweed family, having a silky tuft on the seeds. It is native in Southern Europe.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Nobel prizes \No*bel" prizes\ Prizes for the encouragement of men and women who work for the interests of humanity, established by the will of A. B. Nobel (1833-96), the Swedish inventor of dynamite, who left his entire estate for this purpose. They are awarded yearly for what is regarded as the most important work during the year in physics, chemistry, medicine or physiology, idealistic literature, and service in the interest of peace. The prizes, averaging $40,000 each, were first awarded in 1901.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Nobilify \Nobil"ify\, v. t. [L. nobilis noble + -fy.] To make noble; to nobiliate. [Obs.]
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Nobleboro, ME Zip code(s): 04555
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
NAPLPS North American Presentation-Level-Protocol Syntax. Format for sending text and graphics over communication lines. Used by {videotex} systems.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
New Flavors An {object-oriented} {Lisp} from {Symbolics}, the successor to {Flavors}, it led to {CLOS}. ["Reference Guide to Symbolics-Lisp", Symbolics, March 1985]. (1994-10-10)