Word
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Definition
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nabalism | churlishness
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nabalitic | churlish
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nacarat | bright orange-red
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nacelle | structure on wing of airplane containing engine
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nacket | snack; light lunch
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nacre | mother-of-pearl
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nacreous | of or resembling mother-of-pearl
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nadir | lowest point; point diametrically opposite the sun
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naevous | spotted; freckled
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naevus | birthmark
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nagor | reedbuck of equatorial Africa
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naiant | swimming horizontally
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nail | old measure of two and a quarter inches
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nailage | charge for nailing up a package opened for customs inspection
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nainsook | fine cotton fabric
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naissance | new development; birth
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naissant | nascent, rising or coming forth
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nakedize | to go naked
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nancifully | in an effeminate manner
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nanism | the condition of being dwarfed or being a dwarf
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nanity | condition of deficiency in some respect
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nanization | artificial dwarfing
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nankeen | buff-coloured; durable buff-coloured cotton
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nanocephalous | having an extremely small head
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nanoid | dwarf-like
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naology | study of church or temple architecture
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naos | temple; inner cell of a temple
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napaea | nymph that inhabits wooded dells
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napifolious | having leaves like a turnip
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napiform | shaped like a turnip
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napoh | southeast Asian mouse deer
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napoo | to destroy; to kill
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nappe | sheet of water flowing over a weir
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nappe | ability of a liquid to coat the back of a spoon
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napper | one who naps cloth after it is fulled
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narcocracy | government by those who control the drug trade
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narcohypnia | numbness experienced upon awakening
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narcolepsy | pathological drowsiness
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narcology | study and treatment of narcotic abuse
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narcomancy | divination using sleep
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narcomania | uncontrollable craving for narcotics
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narcose | experiencing a hallucinogenic stupor
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nares | the nostrils
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narial | of, like or pertaining to the nostrils
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naricorn | horny termination of a bird's nostril
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nariform | shaped like the nostrils or like the human nose
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narquois | mocking; malicious
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narratology | study of narrative structure of texts
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narrischkeit | foolishness; nonsense
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narrowback | one who does not engage in manual labour
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narrowcast | to transmit a program aimed at a small segment of the populace
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narthecal | of or relating to fennel
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narthex | small entrance or porch to a church
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nary | not a one; not at all
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nasal | nosepiece of a helmet
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nasard | organ mutation stop
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nascent | immature; in process of birth
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nasicornous | having a horn on the nose
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nasillate | to speak in a nasal manner
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naskin | prison
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nasology | study of the nose
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nason | oak flute-stop for an organ
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nasute | keen-scented; critically discriminating; having a big nose
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nasutiform | shaped like a nose
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natable | able to float; able to be sailed
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natalitial | of, like or pertaining to a birthday
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natation | swimming
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natational | of or relating to swimming
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natatorium | swimming-pool
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nates | the buttocks
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natheless | nevertheless; notwithstanding
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naticide | one who kills one's own child
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natiform | shaped like buttocks
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nativism | belief that the mind possesses inborn thoughts
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natricine | of, like or pertaining to water-snakes
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natron | sodium bicarbonate
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natuary | hospital maternity ward
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naturalism | belief that the world can be explained in terms of natural forces
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naturelle | pale pink or beige colour
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naturism | communal nudism
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naucify | to despise; to hold in low esteem
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naucrary | one of forty-eight local divisions of the citizens of ancient Athens
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naufrageous | in a state of danger or ruin; threatened
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naufrague | shipwrecked person
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naumachy | mock sea-battle
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naupathia | sea sickness
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naupegical | of or relating to shipbuilding
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nauscopy | purported method for observing ships or land beyond the horizon
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nauseant | producing nausea
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nautics | art of navigation
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nautiliform | having the shape of a nautilus
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navalism | cult of naval supremacy or seapower
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navarchy | rulership over the seas
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nave | largest part of church where congregation sits
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navette | pointed oval shape; jewel cut in this shape
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navicular | boat-shaped
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navifauna | the fauna aboard a ship
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naviform | boat-shaped
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navigerous | bearing or able to bear a ship
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naze | headland or cape
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neanic | of, like or pertaining to the adolescent period; young
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neap | tidal period of least difference between high and low tides
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nearabout | nearby; in the vicinity
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nearhand | nearly; almost
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neatherd | cowherd
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nebbich | colourless; inconsequential person
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nebel | ancient Hebrew harp or dulcimer
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nebelwerfer | six-barrelled rocket mortar
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nebris | skin of a fawn worn as a garment in antiquity
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nebulaphobia | fear of fog
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nebule | wavy moulding
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nebulist | artist whose style has indistinct lines
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nebulize | to reduce to spray
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necation | an act of killing
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nécessaire | ornamental small case for personal objects
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necessarianism | theory that actions are determined by prior history; fatalism
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necessitudinarian | determinist
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neckatee | scarf worn around the neck or head
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necrobiosis | death of cells
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necrogenic | deriving from dead animals
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necrographer | obituary writer
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necrolatry | worship of the dead
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necrologue | obituary
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necrology | obituary list
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necromania | sexual obsession with dead bodies; necrophilia
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necrophagous | feeding on the dead
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necrophobia | fear of corpses
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necropolitan | of or relating to a necropolis or cemetery; mournful; funereal
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necropsy | post-mortem examination
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necroscopy | examination of a dead body
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necrotic | undergoing death of part of the body
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necrotomy | dissection; cutting open of a dead body
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necrotype | organism formerly but no longer present in a locality
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nectareal | of or like nectar
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nectariferous | producing nectar
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nectarivorous | feeding on nectar
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nectopod | limb used for swimming
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necyomancy | divination by summoning Satan
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needlecord | thinly ribbed cotton
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needledom | the world of sewing
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needs | of necessity; necessarily
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neencephalon | evolutionarily newer part of the vertebrate brain
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nef | ornamental stand in shape of ship for holding salt or cutlery
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nefandous | abominable; despicable
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nefastous | wretched; miserable
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negaholic | habitually pessimistic
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negannepaut | coarse cotton Indian fabric
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negatory | no; expression of negation
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negentropy | measurement of order or information of a system
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négociant | wine merchant
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negotiosity | habitual state of being occupied with business
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negrophile | one who is sympathetic towards black people
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negrophobia | fear of blacks
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nekton | assemblage of swimming organisms in a body of water
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nelly | large South Pacific petrel
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nemaline | of or like a thread
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nematology | the study of nematodes
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nembutsu | Buddhist invocation chanted to achieve enlightenment
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nemesism | self-directed frustration
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nemophilist | one who loves the woods
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nemoral | of a wood or grove
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nemoricolous | living in forests or groves
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nemorivagant | wandering through forests
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nemorous | wooded
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nene | Hawaiian goose
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neoblastic | of, like or pertaining to new growth
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neocatastrophism | doctrine that natural catastrophic events shaped the evolution of life
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neocolonialism | continued exercise of economic and social power over former colonial states
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neocracy | government by new or inexperienced rulers
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neogamist | newlywed
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neogenesis | producing regeneration of tissue
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neogrammarian | linguist who contends that phonetic laws are exceptionless
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neoist | one who favours novelty
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neolagnium | puberty
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neolatry | worship of novelty
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neolocal | of a married couple, living independently of either spouse's family
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neological | of or relating to the coining of new words
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neology | practice of coining new words; neologism
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neomenia | period of the new moon
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neomorphic | developed suddenly and not inherited
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neomort | brain-dead individual
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neonate | newly born child
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neonaticide | killing or killer of a newborn infant
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neonatology | study of newborn babies
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neonomianism | theory that the gospel abrogates earlier moral codes
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neontology | study of extant or recently living organisms
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neophile | one who loves novelty and trends
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neophobe | one who fears change or novelty
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neophobia | fear of novelty
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neophrastic | of, like or pertaining to neologisms
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neophron | small Egyptian vulture
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neoprimitivism | artistic movement favouring return to earlier or unsophisticated values
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neorama | view of interior of building
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neoslave | one who is re-enslaved or employed at near-slavery conditions
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neossology | study of nestling birds
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neossoptile | soft or downy feathers of a bird
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neotechnic | of or relating to development of new technology
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neotectonics | study of more recent changes in the earth's crust
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neoteny | retention of juvenile characteristics in a mature organism
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neoteric | of recent origin; modern
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neoterism | introduction of new things, especially words
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neottious | resembling a bird's nest
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neovitalism | theory that total material explanation is impossible
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nep | small lump on cotton fibre
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nepenthe | something, such as a drink, capable of making one forget suffering
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neper | unit for expressing ratio of two currents or voltages
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nephalism | total abstinence from alcoholic drinks
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nepheligenous | discharging smoke in clouds
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nephelococcygia | act of finding shapes in clouds
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nephelognosy | observation of clouds
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nepheloid | cloudy
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nephelometer | instrument for measuring cloudiness
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nephelometry | measurement of cloudiness of liquids
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nephogram | photograph of clouds
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nephograph | instrument for photographing clouds
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nephology | study of clouds
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nephoscope | instrument for observing direction and velocity of clouds
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nephralgia | kidney pain
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nephrectomy | removal of one or both kidneys
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nephric | of, like or pertaining to the kidneys
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nephrography | description or imagery of the kidneys
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nephroid | kidney-shaped
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nephrolith | kidney stone
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nephrology | study of the kidneys
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nepionic | of, like or pertaining to the embryonic period of development
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nepotal | of, like or pertaining to one's nephew
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nepotation | riotous behaviour; profligacy
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neritic | belonging to the shallow waters near land
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nerka | sockeye salmon
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nervifolious | having leaves with prominent veins
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nervine | quieting; soothing nervous excitement
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nervure | vein of a leaf
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nescience | lack of knowledge; ignorance
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nesh | soft; delicate; tender
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nesiote | living on an island
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nessberry | small soft North American fruit like a loganberry
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nestitherapy | medical treatment by reducing food intake
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nettlesome | irritable; difficult
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neuralgiform | like or shaped like a nerve
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neurergic | of, like or pertaining to the function or action of the nerves
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neurism | “nerve-force” acting on evolution
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neurobiology | study of anatomy of the nervous system
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neurogenesis | production or generation of nerves
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neuroid | like a nerve
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neuropath | one who believes in nervous origin of most diseases
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neuropsychology | study of relation between brain and behaviour
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neurypnology | study of hypnotism
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neuston | minute organisms floating or swimming on water's surface
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neutrologistic | expressing neither praise nor disapproval
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neutrosophy | study of the origin and nature of philosophical neutralities
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névé | granular snow; field of granular snow
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nevosity | state of being speckled
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nevus | birthmark
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newel | upright column in middle of circular staircase; post at end of stairs
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nexal | of or pertaining to a nexus
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nexility | compactness of speech
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nexus | a bond; a linked group
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niaiserie | simplicity; foolishness
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niccolic | made of, like or pertaining to nickel
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nickeliferous | bearing nickel
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nicotian | of, like or pertaining to tobacco
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nictate | to wink or blink
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nidamental | nest-forming
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nidatory | of, like or pertaining to nests
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niddering | one who shows shameful fear or timidity
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nidicolous | reared in a nest; sharing a nest
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nidificate | to construct a nest
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nidifugous | leaving the nest soon after hatching
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nidify | to build a nest
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nidology | study of nests
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nidor | strong smell or fume of animal cooking
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nidulation | nest-building
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nidus | place where something originates or develops; nest
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niello | ornamenting metal by placing black compound in engravings
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nieve | hand or fist
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niff | an unpleasant smell
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nigh | nearly; almost
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nightjar | nocturnal insectivorous Old World migratory bird
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nightpiece | work of art describing a night scene
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nigrescence | blackness; dark colouring or pigmentation
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nigricant | of a blackish colour
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nigrine | black
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nigrities | exceptionally dark coloration
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nigroglobulate | to blackball
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nigrosine | blackish coal-tar colour dye
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nihilism | denial of all reality; extreme scepticism
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nihility | nothingness; a mere nothing
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nil | nothing; not at all; in no way
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nill | to refuse; to be unwilling
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nim | to steal; to pilfer
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nimbose | cloudy
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nimiety | excess
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nimonic | of alloys used in high-temperature work
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ninon | silk voile or other thin fabric
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nippitatum | exceptionally good and strong ale
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nipter | ecclesiastical ceremony of washing the feet
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niramiai | period of stamping and glaring to cow sumo opponent
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nisus | effort; striving; impulse
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nitency | brightness; lustrousness
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nitency | effort; impulse; tendency
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nithing | infamous person; abject coward; traitor
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nitid | bright; shining; merry
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nitriary | artificial bed of animal matter used to produce nitre
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nitrometer | instrument for measuring nitrogen and its compounds
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nitrophilous | flourishing in or preferring locations with abundant nitrogen
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nivellate | to level or plane
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niveous | snowy; white
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nivial | growing among snow
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nobbut | except; unless
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nobiliary | of, like or pertaining to nobility
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nobilitate | to ennoble
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nocent | hurtful; guilty; harmful
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nociceptive | sensitive to pain; causing pain
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noctambulation | sleep-walking
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noctidiurnal | comprising one day and one night
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noctiflorous | flowering at night
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noctilucent | phosphorescent; glowing in the dark
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noctivagant | wandering in the night
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noctuary | record of one night's thoughts
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nocuous | hurtful; noxious
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nodality | knottedness; state of being nodal
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nodated | knotted
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noddy | plain two-wheeled horse-drawn cart
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noddypeak | fool; imbecile
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nodose | having knots or nodules; knotty
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nodosity | knottiness; a knotty swelling
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nodus | a knotty point; difficulty; complication
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noegenesis | production of knowledge
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noema | stating something obscurely, forcing listeners to work it out
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noesis | intellectual activity; purely intellectual perception
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noetics | laws or rules of logic
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noils | short pieces of fibre separated from longer ones by combing
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noisette | small piece of lamb cut off the bone and rolled
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nolition | adverse action of will; unwillingness
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nomancy | divination by examining letters of name
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nomenclator | lexicon; word-list; one who assigns names
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nomiatrist | lawyer specializing in medical cases
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nomic | customary; conventional
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nominalism | doctrine that naming of things defines reality
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nominatim | by name; expressly
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nominative | indicating subject of a verb
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nomism | view that moral conduct consists in observance of laws
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nomistic | based on law or a sacred book
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nomocracy | government based on legal system; rule of law
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nomogeny | origin of life according to natural law
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nomographer | a writer of laws
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nomography | writing or formulation of laws
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nomology | the science of the laws; especially of the mind
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nomothetical | giving laws; legislative
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nonage | legal infancy; minority; time of immaturity
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nones | prayer service held at 3 p.m.
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nonobstant | notwithstanding
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nonpareil | thing of unequalled excellence; paragon
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nonparous | not having given birth
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nonpathogenic | not causing disease
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noogenesis | evolution of the mind
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noology | science of the intellect
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noometry | mind-measurement
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noosphere | sum of human intellectual activities
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nootropics | cognitive enhancers; mind drugs
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normalism | state of being normal
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norsel | short piece of line for fastening fishing nets and hooks
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nosebag | food bag hung over a horse's head
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nosegay | bouquet of fragrant flowers
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nosism | use of royal "we"; assumption of role of group mouthpiece
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nosocomial | of, like or pertaining to a hospital
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nosocomium | hospital
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nosography | description of diseases
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nosology | study of diseases
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nosomania | delusion of suffering from a disease
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nosophobia | fear of disease
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nostology | study of senility
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nostomania | abnormal desire to go back to familiar places
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nostopathy | fear of returning to familiar places
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nostrification | acceptance of foreign university degrees on par with native
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nostrum | secret or quack medicine
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notabilia | notable sayings; things worthy of notice
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notalgia | back pain
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notandum | something to be specially noted or observed
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notaphily | collecting of bank-notes and cheques
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notarikon | making words from letters taken from throughout a sentence
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nothingarian | person who has no particular belief
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nothous | spurious; bastard
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notitia | roll, list or register
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notonectal | swimming on the back
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noumenalism | belief in existence of noumena
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noumenon | object whose reality defined by reason rather than perception
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nous | pure intellect or reason
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novalia | lands newly brought under cultivation
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novantique | both new and old through repair or imitation
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novation | substitution of a new obligation for an existing one
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novena | series of Catholic church services held on nine successive days
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novenary | of, like or pertaining to the number nine
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novendial | festival lasting nine days
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novercal | of, like or pertaining to a stepmother
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novercaphobia | fear of one's stepmother
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novity | innovation; newness
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nowise | not at all
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noxal | of, like or pertaining to wrongful injury by object or animal of another
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noyade | execution by drowning
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nubecula | a cloudiness
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nubiferous | cloud-bringing
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nubiform | cloudlike
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nubigenous | cloud-born
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nubilate | to obscure
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nubilous | cloudy
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nucal | of, like or pertaining to nuts
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nucha | the nape of the neck
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nuchal | of, like or pertaining to the nape of the neck
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nuciferous | nut-bearing
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nuciform | shaped like a nut
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nucivorous | nut-eating
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nucule | a nutlet
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nudation | the act of making bare
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nugacious | unimportant; trifling; trivial
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nugament | nonsense; trifle
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nugatory | inconsequential; inoperative; futile; trifling
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nullibicity | state of being nowhere
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nullibilism | denial that the soul exists in space
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nullifidian | having no faith; one who is faithless
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nulliparous | having not borne children
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nullism | belief that reality does not exist; nihilism
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nullity | the state of being null or void
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nulliverse | universe devoid of any plan or organizing principle
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numbat | termite-eating anteater-like marsupial with white stripes
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numen | presiding deity
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numenism | belief in local deities or spirits
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numinous | of, like or pertaining to a deity; suffused with religious awe
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numismatics | study of coins
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numismatography | systematic description of coins
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nummamorous | money-loving
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nummary | of, like or pertaining to coins or money
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nummet | light meal or luncheon
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nummiform | shaped like a coin
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numquid | an inquisitive person
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nunciative | bearing messages
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nuncio | one who brings tidings; high-ranking papal legate
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nuncius | messenger
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nuncle | to defraud
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nuncupate | to utter as a vow; to declare verbally
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nuncupative | oral; designative
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nundinal | of, like or pertaining to a fair or market
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nundination | trading; mercantile commerce
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nunnation | addition of a final n in the declension of nouns
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nupson | simpleton; fool
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nuptiality | marriage-rate
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nuque | nape of the neck
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nutant | nodding; drooping
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nutarian | person who believes that nuts are the best kind of food
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nutation | fluctuation or nodding in movement of earth's pole
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nutria | amphibious South American rodent
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nutrication | nourishment
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nutrice | nurse
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nutricial | of, like or pertaining to nurses
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nyala | large south African antelope
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nyatiti | eight-stringed lyre used by Luo people
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nychthemeral | of, like or pertaining to a nychthemeron or 24-hour period
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nychthemeron | a full night and a day; 24 hours
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nyctalopia | night-blindness
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nyctanthous | flowering at night
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nyctograph | device for recording ideas at night or when not fully awake
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nyctophobia | fear of the night or darkness
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nymphean | of, like or pertaining to a nymph
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nympholepsy | emotional frenzy, as that inspired in men by nymphs
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nymphology | study of nymphs
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