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

news bulletin
newsflash noun a short news announcement concerning some on-going news story

news event
noun a newsworthy event

news item
noun an item in a newspaper

news photography
noun photography of newsworthy events

news program
news show noun a program devoted to news; `we watch the 7 o`clock news every night`

newsagent
newsdealer noun someone who sells newspapers

newsboy
noun a boy who delivers newspapers

newscast
noun a broadcast of news or commentary on the news

newscaster
noun someone who broadcasts the news

newsless
adjective not providing news or information

newsletter
newssheet noun report or open letter giving informal or confidential news of interest to a special group

newspaper
paper noun the physical object that is the product of a newspaper publisher; `when it began to rain he covered his head with a newspaper`

newspaper ad
newspaper advertisement noun a printed advertisement that is published in a newspaper

newspaper columnist
noun a columnist who writes for newspapers

newspaper critic
noun a critic who writes a column for the newspapers

newspaper editor
noun the editor of a newspaper

newspaper publisher
noun the proprietor of a newspaper

newspapering
noun journalism practiced for the newspapers

newspaperman
newspaperwoman noun a journalist employed to provide news stories for newspapers or broadcast media

newspeak
noun deliberately ambiguous and contradictory language use to mislead and manipulate the public; `the welfare state brought its own newspeak`

newsreader
news reader noun someone who reads out broadcast news bulletin

newsreel
noun a short film and commentary about current events

newsroom
noun a reading room (in a library or club) where newspapers and other periodicals can be read

newsstand
noun a stall where newspapers and other periodicals are sold

newswoman
noun a female newsperson

newsworthiness
news noun the quality of being sufficiently interesting to be reported in news bulletins; `the judge conceded the newsworthiness of the trial`; `he is no longer news in the fashion world`

newsworthy
adjective sufficiently interesting to be reported in a newspaper

newsy
adjective full of news; `a newsy letter`

newt
noun small usually bright-colored semiaquatic salamanders of North America and Europe and northern Asia

Newton
Isaac Newton noun English mathematician and physicist; remembered for developing the calculus and for his law of gravitation and his three laws of motion (1642-1727)

Newton`s law of motion
Newton`s law noun one of three basic laws of classical mechanics

Newtonian
adjective of or relating to or inspired by Sir Isaac Newton or his science; `Newtonian physics`

Newtonian telescope
Newtonian reflector noun reflecting telescope in which the image is viewed through an eyepiece perpendicular to main axis

Newtown Wonder
noun apple used primarily in cooking

next
adverb at the time or occasion immediately following; `next the doctor examined his back`

next
adjective immediately following in time or order; `the following day`; `next in line`; `the next president`; `the next item on the list`

next door
in the adjacent house adverb at or in or to the adjacent residence; `the criminal had been living next door all this time`

next friend
noun (law) a person who acts on behalf of an infant or disabled person

next of kin
noun the person who is (or persons who are) most closely related to a given person

nexus
noun a connected series or group

Ney
Michel Ney noun French marshal in the Napoleonic Wars (1769-1815)

Nez Perce
noun the Shahaptian language spoken by the Nez Perce

Nganasan
noun the Uralic language spoken by the Nganasan

ngultrum
noun the basic unit of money in Bhutan

Nguni
noun a group of southern Bantu languages

ngwee
noun 100 ngwee equal 1 kwacha in Zambia

Ni-hard
Ni-hard iron noun cast iron to which nickel has been added to make it resist abrasion

Ni-resist
Ni-resist iron noun cast iron consisting of graphite in a matrix of austenite

niacin
nicotinic acid noun a B vitamin essential for the normal function of the nervous system and the gastrointestinal tract

Niagara
Niagara River noun a river flowing from Lake Erie into Lake Ontario; forms boundary between Ontario and New York

Niagara
noun waterfall in Canada is the Horseshoe Falls; in the United States it is the American Falls

Niagara Falls
noun a city in western New York State at the falls of the Niagara river; tourist attraction and honeymoon resort

Niagara Falls
noun waterfall in Canada is the Horseshoe Falls; in the United States it is the American Falls

Niamey
capital of Niger noun the capital and largest city of Niger

nib
pen nib noun the writing point of a pen

nibbed
adjective (used of pens) having a writing point or nib especially of a certain kind; `a broad-nibbed pen`

nibble
noun gentle biting

nibble
piece verb eat intermittently; take small bites of; `He pieced at the sandwich all morning`; `She never eats a full meal--she just nibbles`

nibbler
noun a biter who takes dainty repeated bites

Nibelung
noun (German mythology) any of the race of dwarfs who possessed a treasure hoard that was stolen by Siegfried

Nibelungenlied
noun an epic poem written in Middle High German and based on the legends of Siegfried and Teutonic kings

niblick
nine iron noun an iron with considerable loft

nicad
nickel-cadmium accumulator noun a rechargeable battery with a nickel cathode and a cadmium anode; often used in emergency systems because of its low discharge rate when not in use

Nicaea
First Council of Nicaea noun the first ecumenical council in 325 which produced the wording of the Nicene Creed and condemned the heresy of Arianism

Nicaea
noun the seventh ecumenical council in 787 which refuted iconoclasm and regulated the veneration of holy images

Nicaean
Nicene adjective of or relating to the ancient city of Nicaea in Asia Minor

Nicandra
genus Nicandra noun sturdy annual of Peru

Nicaragua
Republic of Nicaragua noun a republic in Central America; achieved independence from Spain in 1821

Nicaraguan
adjective of or relating to Nicaragua or is people; `Nicaraguan earthquakes`

Nicaraguan monetary unit
noun monetary unit in Nicaragua

nice
adjective pleasant or pleasing or agreeable in nature or appearance; `what a nice fellow you are and we all thought you so nasty`- George Meredith; `nice manners`; `a nice dress`; `a nice face`; `a nice day`; `had a nice time at the party`; `the corn and tomatoes are nice today`

nice
adjective done with delicacy and skill; `a nice bit of craft`; `a job requiring nice measurements with a micrometer`; `a nice shot`

nicely
adverb in a nice way; `a nicely painted house`

Nicene Creed
noun (Christianity) a formal creed summarizing Christian beliefs; first adopted in 325 and later expanded

niceness
noun the quality of nice

nicety
noun conformity with some esthetic standard of correctness or propriety; `it was performed with justness and beauty`

niche
noun a position particularly well suited to the person who occupies it; `he found his niche in the academic world`

niche
noun (ecology) the status of an organism within its environment and community (affecting its survival as a species)

Nicholas
Saint Nicholas noun a bishop in Asia Minor who is associated with Santa Claus (4th century)

Nicholas I
Czar Nicholas I noun czar of Russia from 1825 to 1855 who led Russia into the Crimean War (1796-1855)

Nicholas II
noun the last czar of Russia who was forced to abdicate in 1917 by the Russian Revolution; he and his family were executed by the Bolsheviks (1868-1918)

Nicholas V
Tomasso Parentucelli noun Italian pope from 1447 to 1455 who founded the Vatican library (1397-1455)

Nichrome
noun an alloy of nickel and chromium with high electrical resistance and an ability to withstand high temperatures; used for resistance heating elements

nick
noun (British slang) a prison; `he`s in the nick`

nick
verb cut slightly, with a razor; `The barber`s knife nicked his cheek`

nickel
Ni noun a hard malleable ductile silvery metallic element that is resistant to corrosion; used in alloys; occurs in pentlandite and smaltite and garnierite and millerite

nickel
noun five dollars worth of a drug; `a nickel bag of drugs`; `a nickel deck of heroin`

nickel bronze
noun a bronze containing up to 30% nickel

nickel note
noun five dollars worth of a drug; `a nickel bag of drugs`; `a nickel deck of heroin`

nickel silver
German silver noun a silver-white alloy containing copper and zinc and nickel

nickel steel
noun an alloy steel containing nickel

nickel-and-dime
small-time adjective of minor importance; `a nickel-and-dime operation run out of a single rented room`; `a small-time actor`

nickel-and-dime(a)
adjective low-paying; `a nickel-and-dime job`

nickel-base alloy
nickel alloy noun an alloy whose main constituent is nickel

nickel-iron battery
nickel-iron accumulator noun a storage battery having a nickel oxide cathode and an iron anode with an electrolyte of potassium hydroxide; each cell gives about 1.2 volts

nickname
moniker noun a familiar name for a person (often a shortened version of a person`s given name); `Joe`s mother would not use his nickname and always called him Joseph`; `Henry`s nickname was Slim`

Nicol prism
noun optical device that produces plane-polarized light

Nicolson
Harold Nicolson noun English diplomat and author (1886-1968)

Nicosia
capital of Cyprus noun the capital and largest city of Cyprus

Nicotiana
genus Nicotiana noun American and Asiatic aromatic herbs and shrubs with viscid foliage