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

nine-sided
adjective having nine sides

nine-spot
noun a playing card with nine pips on the face

ninefold
nine times adverb by a factor of nine; `my investment has increased ninefold`

ninepence
noun a coin worth nine pennies

ninepenny
adjective used of nail size; 2 3/4 in or 7 cm long

ninepin
skittle noun a bowling pin of the type used in playing ninepins or (in England) skittles

ninepin ball
skittle ball noun ball used to knock down ninepins

ninepins
skittles noun a bowling game that is played by rolling a bowling ball down a bowling alley at a target of nine wooden pins

nineteen
19 adjective being one more than eighteen

nineteenth
19th adjective coming next after the eighteenth in position

nineties
mid-nineties noun the time of life between 90 and 100

nineties
noun the decade from 1990 to 1999

ninetieth
90th adjective the ordinal number of ninety in counting order

ninety
90 adjective being ten more than eighty

ninety-eight
98 adjective being eight more than ninety

ninety-fifth
95th adjective the ordinal number of ninety-five in counting order

ninety-five
95 adjective being five more than ninety

ninety-four
94 adjective being four more than ninety

ninety-nine
99 adjective being nine more than ninety

ninety-one
91 adjective being one more than ninety

ninety-seven
97 adjective being seven more than ninety

ninety-six
96 adjective being six more than ninety

ninety-three
93 adjective being three more than ninety

ninety-two
92 adjective being two more than ninety

Nineveh
noun an ancient Assyrian city on the Tigris across from the modern city of Mosul in the northern part of what is now known as Iraq

Ningal
noun (Akkadian) a goddess; wife of the moon god Sin

Ningirsu
noun Babylonian god in older pantheon: god of war and agriculture

Ningishzida
noun an underworld Babylonian deity; patron of medicine

Ninigi
Ninigino-Mikoto noun grandson of Amaterasu and first ruler of Japan

ninja
noun a class of 14th century Japanese who were trained in martial arts and were hired for espionage and assassinations

ninjutsu
ninjitsu noun the traditional Japanese method of espionage; involves stealthy movements and the use of camouflage

Ninkhursag
Ninhursag noun the great mother goddess; worshipped also as Aruru and Mama and Nintu

ninon
noun a fine strong sheer silky fabric made of silk or rayon or nylon

ninth
9th adjective coming next after the eighth and just before the tenth in position

Nintu
Nintoo noun a name under which Ninkhursag was worshipped

Ninurta
Ninib noun a solar deity; firstborn of Bel and consort was Gula; god of war and the chase and agriculture; sometimes identified with biblical Nimrod

Niobe
noun (Greek mythology) the daughter of Tantalus whose boasting about her children provoked Apollo and Artemis to slay them all; Niobe was turned to stone while bewailing her loss

niobite
columbite noun a black mineral that is an ore of niobium and tantalum

niobium
Nb noun a soft grey ductile metallic element used in alloys; occurs in niobite; formerly called columbium

Niobrara
Niobrara River noun a tributary of the Missouri River

nip
piquance noun a tart spicy quality

nip
clip 3 snip 7 snip off verb sever or remove by pinching or snipping; `nip off the flowers`

nip off
clip 3 snip 7 snip off verb sever or remove by pinching or snipping; `nip off the flowers`

nipa
noun made from sap of the Australasian nipa palm

nipa palm
Nipa fruticans noun any creeping semiaquatic feather palm of the genus Nipa found in mangrove swamps and tidal estuaries; its sap is used for a liquor; leaves are used for thatch; fruit has edible seeds

nipple
mammilla noun the small projection of a mammary gland

nipple shield
noun a rubber or plastic shield to protect the nipples of nursing women

nipple-shaped
adjective having a convex shape that resembles a nipple

nippy
adjective a sharp biting taste; `a nippy cheese`

niqaabi
noun an observant Muslim woman who covers her face and hands when in public or in the presence of any man outside her immediate family

niqab
noun a face veil covering the lower part of the face (up to the eyes) worn by observant Muslim women

Nirvana
enlightenment noun (Hinduism and Buddhism) the beatitude that transcends the cycle of reincarnation; characterized by the extinction of desire and suffering and individual consciousness

Nisan
Nissan noun the seventh month of the civil year; the first month of the ecclesiastic year (in March and April)

nisi
adjective not final or absolute; `the decree is nisi and not absolute`

Nissen hut
Quonset hut noun a prefabricated hut of corrugated iron having a semicircular cross section

nit
noun egg or young of an insect parasitic on mammals especially a sucking louse; often attached to a hair or item of clothing

Nitella
genus Nitella noun fragile branching stoneworts

nitpicker
noun someone who makes small and unjustified criticisms

nitrate
noun any compound containing the nitrate group (such as a salt or ester of nitric acid)

nitrate bacterium
nitric bacterium noun any of the nitrobacteria that oxidize nitrites into nitrates

nitrazepam
noun a hypnotic and sedative drug of the benzodiazepine type

nitric acid
aqua fortis noun acid used especially in the production of fertilizers and explosives and rocket fuels

nitric bacteria
nitrobacteria noun soil bacteria that convert nitrites to nitrates

nitric oxide
noun a poisonous red-brown gas (NO)

nitride
noun a compound containing nitrogen and a more electropositive element (such as phosphorus or a metal)

nitrification
noun the oxidation of ammonium compounds in dead organic material into nitrates and nitrites by soil bacteria (making nitrogen available to plants)

nitrify
nitrogenise verb treat with nitrogen or a nitrogen compound

nitrile
nitril noun any of a class of organic compounds containing the cyano radical -CN

nitrite
noun the radical -NO2 or any compound containing it (such as a salt or ester of nitrous acid)

nitrite bacterium
nitrous bacterium noun any of the nitrobacteria that oxidize ammonia into nitrites

nitro group
noun the group -NO3

Nitrobacter
genus Nitrobacter noun rod-shaped soil bacteria

Nitrobacteriaceae
family Nitrobacteriaceae noun usually rod-shaped bacteria that oxidize ammonia or nitrites: nitrobacteria

nitrobacterium
noun any of the bacteria in the soil that take part in the nitrogen cycle; they oxidize ammonium compounds into nitrites or oxidize nitrites into nitrates

nitrobenzene
noun a poisonous oily water-soluble liquid used as a solvent and in the manufacture of aniline

nitrocalcite
noun the mineral form of calcium nitrate

nitrochloromethane
noun gaseous form or chloropicrin used as tear gas

nitrofuran
noun derivative of furan used to inhibit bacterial growth

nitrofurantoin
Macrodantin noun derivative of nitrofuran used as an antibacterial medicine (trade name Macrodantin) effective against a broad range of Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria; used to treat infections of the urinary tract

nitrogen
N noun a common nonmetallic element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless inert diatomic gas; constitutes 78 percent of the atmosphere by volume; a constituent of all living tissues

nitrogen balance
noun the balance between the amount of nitrogen taken in (to the soil or the body) and the amount given off (lost or excreted)

nitrogen cycle
noun the circulation of nitrogen; nitrates from the soil are absorbed by plants which are eaten by animals that die and decay returning the nitrogen back to the soil

nitrogen dioxide
noun a highly poisonous brown gas (NO2)

nitrogen fixation
noun the assimilation of atmospheric nitrogen by soil bacteria and its release for plant use on the death of the bacteria

nitrogen mustard
noun a toxic compound resembling mustard gas in structure; important in cancer treatment

nitrogen narcosis
noun confused or stuporous state caused by high levels of dissolved nitrogen in the blood; `deep-sea divers can suffer nitrogen narcosis from breathing air under high pressure`

nitrogen oxide
noun any of several oxides of nitrogen formed by the action of nitric acid on oxidizable materials; present in car exhausts

nitrogen trichloride
Agene noun a yellow pungent volatile oil (trade name Agene) formerly used for bleaching and aging flour

nitrogen-fixing
adjective contributing to the process of nitrogen fixation

nitrogenase
noun an enzyme of nitrogen-fixing microorganisms that catalyzes the conversion of nitrogen to ammonia

nitrogenize
nitrogenise verb treat with nitrogen or a nitrogen compound

nitrogenous
nitrogen-bearing adjective of or relating to or containing nitrogen

nitroglycerin
nitroglycerine noun a heavy yellow poisonous oily explosive liquid obtained by nitrating glycerol; used in making explosives and medically as a vasodilator (trade names Nitrospan and Nitrostat)

nitrosobacteria
nitrous bacteria noun soil bacteria that oxidize ammonia to nitrites

Nitrosomonas
genus Nitrosomonas noun ellipsoidal soil bacteria

Nitrospan
Nitrostat noun trade names for nitroglycerin used as a coronary vasodilator in the treatment of angina pectoris

nitrous acid
noun an unstable inorganic acid known only in solution and as nitrite salts

nitrous oxide
laughing gas noun inhalation anesthetic used as an anesthetic in dentistry and surgery

nitta tree
noun any of several Old World tropical trees of the genus Parkia having heads of red or yellow flowers followed by pods usually containing edible seeds and pulp

nitwitted
senseless adjective (of especially persons) lacking sense or understanding or judgment