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Princeton University - WordNet - a lexical database for the English language Category: General Date & country: 27/01/2008, USA Words: 85192

myxedema
myxoedema noun hypothyroidism marked by dry skin and swellings around lips and nose as well as mental deterioration

Myxine
genus Myxine noun type genus of the Myxinidae (typical hagfishes)

Myxine glutinosa
noun typical hagfish

Myxinidae
family Myxinidae noun slime-producing marine animals: hagfishes

Myxiniformes
suborder Myxiniformes noun hagfishes as distinguished from lampreys

Myxinikela
genus Myxinikela noun fossil hagfishes

Myxinikela siroka
noun fossil hagfish of the Pennsylvanian period (c. 300 million years ago) that resembled modern hagfishes

myxobacteria
myxobacterium noun bacteria that form colonies in self-produced slime; inhabit moist soils or decaying plant matter or animal waste

Myxocephalus
genus Myxocephalus noun grubby

myxoma
noun a benign tumor of connective tissue containing jellylike material

myxoma virus
noun a poxvirus closely related to smallpox virus; causes benign gelatinous tumors in humans

myxomatosis
noun a viral disease (usually fatal) of rabbits

Myxomycetes
class Myxomycetes noun the class of true slime molds; essentially equivalent to the division Myxomycota

Myxomycota
division Myxomycota noun slime molds; organisms having a noncellular and multinucleate creeping vegetative phase and a propagative spore-producing stage: comprises Myxomycetes and Acrasiomycetes; in some classifications placed in the kingdom Protoctista

Myxophyceae
family Myxophyceae noun former terms for Cyanophyceae

Myxosporidia
order Myxosporidia noun an order in the subclass Cnidosporidia

myxosporidian
noun mostly parasitic in fishes and including various serious pathogens

myxovirus
noun any of a group of RNA viruses including those that cause influenza and mumps

Na-Dene
noun a family of North American Indian languages

Nabalus
genus Nabalus noun genus of North American and east Asian perennial herbs; sometimes included in genus Prenanthes

Nablus
noun an ancient city in the West Bank north of Jerusalem; the home of Jacob in biblical times

nabob
noun a wealthy man (especially one who made his fortune in the Orient)

naboom
cactus euphorbia noun small tree of dry open parts of southern Africa having erect angled branches suggesting candelabra

nabothian cyst
nabothian follicle noun a cyst that forms in the nabothian glands of the uterine cervix

nabothian gland
noun one of many small glands of the uterine cervix that secrete mucus

Nabu
Nebo noun Babylonian god of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools

nabumetone
Relafen noun a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Relafen)

nacelle
noun a streamlined enclosure for an aircraft engine

nacho
noun a tortilla chip topped with cheese and chili-pepper and broiled

Nacimiento
noun a mountain peak in the Andes in Argentina (21,302 feet high)

nacreous
adjective consisting of or resembling mother-of-pearl

nacreous cloud
mother-of-pearl cloud noun a luminous iridescent cloud at a high altitude that may be seen when the sun is a few degrees below the horizon

NADA daiquiri
noun a daiquiri made without alcohol

nadir
low-water mark noun an extreme state of adversity; the lowest point of anything

nadolol
Corgard noun a beta-adrenergic blocking agent (trade name Corgard) that is used to treat hypertension and angina

Naegele`s rule
noun 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

Naemorhedus
genus Naemorhedus noun gorals

nafcillin
Nafcil noun a penicillinase-resistant form of penicillin (trade name Nafcil) used (usually in the form of its sodium salt) to treat infections caused by penicillin-resistant strains of staphylococci

Nag Hammadi
Nag Hammadi Library noun a collection of 13 ancient papyrus codices translated from Greek into Coptic that were discovered by farmers near the town of Nag Hammadi in 1945; the codices contain 45 distinct works including the chief sources of firsthand knowledge of Gnosticism

Naga
noun Kamarupan languages spoken in northeastern India and western Burma

nagami
nagami kumquat noun shrub bearing oval-fruited kumquats

Nagano
noun a city in central Honshu northwest of Tokyo; site of a Buddhist shrine

Nagasaki
noun a city in southern Japan on Kyushu; a leading port and shipbuilding center; on August 9, 1945 Nagasaki became the second populated area to receive an atomic bomb

Nageia
genus Nageia noun small genus of Asian evergreen trees having columnar crowns and distinguished by leaves lacking a midrib; eastern Asia including India and Philippines and New Guinea

nagi
Nageia nagi noun medium-sized tree having glossy lanceolate leaves; southern China to Taiwan and southern Japan

Nagoya
noun an industrial city in southern Honshu

Naha City
noun the chief city in the Ryukyu Islands

Nahuatl
noun the Uto-Aztecan language spoken by the Nahuatl

Nahum
Book of Nahum noun an Old Testament book telling Nahum`s prophecy of the fall of Nineveh

naiad
noun (Greek mythology) a nymph of lakes and springs and rivers and fountains

Naiadaceae
family Naiadaceae noun monotypic family of aquatic plants having narrow leaves and small flowers

Naiadales
order Naiadales noun an order of aquatic monocotyledonous herbaceous plants

naiant
swimming adjective applied to a fish depicted horizontally

Naias
genus Naias noun sole genus of the family Naiadaceae

naif
noun a naive or inexperienced person

Naiki
noun a Dravidian language spoken in south central India

nail
noun a thin pointed piece of metal that is hammered into materials as a fastener

nail hole
noun a hole left after a nail is removed

nail polish
nail enamel noun a cosmetic lacquer that dries quickly and that is applied to the nails to color them or make them shiny

nail pulling
nail removal noun a form of torture in which the fingernails or toenails are removed

nail-tailed wallaby
nail-tailed kangaroo noun small wallabies with a horny nail on the tip of the tail

nailbrush
noun a brush used to clean a person`s fingernails

nailer
noun a worker who attaches something by nailing it

nailfile
noun a small flat file for shaping the nails

nailhead
noun flattened boss on the end of nail opposite to the point

nailrod
reed mace noun tall marsh plant with cylindrical seed heads that explode when mature shedding large quantities of down; its long flat leaves are used for making mats and chair seats; of North America, Europe, Asia and North Africa

nainsook
noun a soft lightweight muslin used especially for babies

naira
noun the basic unit of money in Nigeria

Nairobi
capital of Kenya noun the capital and largest city of Kenya; a center for tourist safaris

naive
naif adjective marked by or showing unaffected simplicity and lack of guile or worldly experience; `a teenager`s naive ignorance of life`; `the naive assumption that things can only get better`; `this naive simple creature with wide friendly eyes so eager to believe appearances`

naively
adverb in a naive manner; `he believed, naively, that she would leave him her money`

naivete
naivety noun lack of sophistication or worldliness

Naja
genus Naja noun cobras

naked
defenseless adjective having no protecting or concealing cover; `naked to mine enemies`- Shakespeare

naked eye
noun the eye unaided by any optical instrument that alters the power of vision or alters the apparent size or distance of objects; `it is not safe to look directly at the sun with the naked eye`

naked mole rat
noun fetal-looking colonial rodent of East Africa; neither mole nor rat; they feed on tubers and have a social structure similar to that of honeybees and termites

naked option
noun a put or call option for which the seller or buyer has no underlying security position

naked-muzzled
adjective having a muzzle that is hairless

naked-tailed
adjective having a tail that is hairless

nakedly
adverb without clothing; `Henriette saw the weaving figure of an Apache warrior reel nakedly on a pony and rush by with a rifle raised`

nakedness
nudity noun the state of being without clothing or covering of any kind

nakedness
noun characterized by an attitude of ready accessibility (especially about one`s actions or purposes); without concealment; not secretive

nakedwood
Eugenia dicrana noun tree of extreme southern Florida and West Indies having thin scaly bark and aromatic fruits and seeds and yielding hard heavy close-grained zebrawood

Nakuru
noun a city in western Kenya; commercial center of an agricultural region

Nalchik
noun a city in southwestern Russia in a valley of the Caucasus Mountains; an industrial center and health resort

nalidixic acid
NegGram noun antibacterial agent used especially to treat genitourinary infections

nalorphine
Nalline noun a narcotic antagonist (trade name Nalline) that counteracts the effects of narcotics (especially the effects of poisoning by morphine)

naloxone
Narcan noun a potent narcotic antagonist (trade name Narcan) especially effective with morphine

naltrexone
noun an oral antagonist against the action of opiates

namby-pamby
gutless adjective weak in willpower, courage or vitality

name
gens noun family based on male descent; `he had no sons and there was no one to carry on his name`

name
verb give the name or identifying characteristics of; refer to by name or some other identifying characteristic property; `Many senators were named in connection with the scandal`; `The almanac identifies the auspicious months`

name calling
names noun verbal abuse; a crude substitute for argument; `sticks and stones may break my bones but names can never hurt me`

name day
noun the feast day of a saint whose name one bears

name dropper
noun someone who pretends that famous people are his/her friends

name tag
noun a tag showing the name of the person who wears it

name-dropping
noun the practice of casually mentioning important people in order to impress your listener; `the hard thing about name-dropping is to avoid being too obvious about it`

named
adjective bearing the author`s name; `a named source`

nameko
viscid mushroom noun one of the most important fungi cultivated in Japan

nameless
unidentified adjective being or having an unknown or unnamed source; `a poem by an unknown author`; `corporations responsible to nameless owners`; `an unnamed donor`