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Word
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Definition
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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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| naevus
| birthmark
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| naiant
| swimming horizontally
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| nail
| old measure of two and a quarter inches
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| nainsook
| fine cotton fabric
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| naissant
| nascent, rising or coming forth
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| nanism
| the condition of being dwarfed or being a dwarf
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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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| 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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| napiform
| shaped like a turnip
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| nappe
| sheet of water flowing over a weir
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| napper
| one who naps cloth after it is fulled
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| narcohypnia
| numbness experienced upon awakening
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| narcolepsy
| pathological drowsiness
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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
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| narquois
| mocking; malicious
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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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| 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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| nasology
| study of the nose
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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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| natatorium
| swimming-pool
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| nates
| the buttocks
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| natheless
| nevertheless; notwithstanding
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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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| naturism
| communal nudism
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| naumachy
| mock sea-battle
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| naupathia
| sea sickness
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| nauseant
| producing nausea
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| nautics
| art of navigation
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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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| naviform
| boat-shaped
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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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| neatherd
| cowherd
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| nebbich
| colourless; inconsequential person
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| nebulaphobia
| fear of fog
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| nebulize
| to reduce to spray
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| necessarianism
| theory that actions are determined by prior history; fatalism
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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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| necropsy
| post-mortem examination
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| necrotic
| undergoing death of part of the body
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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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| nef
| ornamental stand in shape of ship for holding salt or cutlery
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| nefandous
| abominable; despicable
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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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| 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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| 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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| nemorous
| wooded
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| neoblastic
| of, like or pertaining to new growth
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| neocracy
| government by new or inexperienced rulers
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| neogenesis
| producing regeneration of tissue
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| neolagnium
| puberty
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| neolatry
| worship of novelty
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| neomenia
| period of the new moon
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| neomorphic
| developed suddenly and not inherited
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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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| 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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| neorama
| view of interior of building
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| neossology
| study of nestling birds
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| neoteric
| of recent origin; modern
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| neoterism
| introduction of new things, especially words
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| neovitalism
| theory that total material explanation is impossible
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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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| 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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| nephric
| of, like or pertaining to 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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| 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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| nestitherapy
| medical treatment by reducing food intake
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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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| 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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| nevus
| birthmark
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| newel
| upright column in middle of circular staircase; post at end of stairs
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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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| 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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| 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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| 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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| 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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| 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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| 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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| 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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| 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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| 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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| 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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| 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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| 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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| nutrication
| nourishment
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| nutrice
| nurse
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| nutricial
| of, like or pertaining to nurses
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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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