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

nosh-up
noun a large satisfying meal

nosher
snacker noun someone who eats lightly or eats snacks between meals

nosiness
prying noun offensive inquisitiveness

nosocomial
adjective taking place or originating in a hospital; `nosocomial infection`

nosology
diagnostics noun the branch of medical science dealing with the classification of disease

nostalgia
noun longing for something past

nostalgically
adverb in a nostalgic manner; `they spent an hour together, talking nostalgically as they wandered slowly down the coast road`

nostoc
noun found in moist places as rounded jellylike colonies

Nostocaceae
family Nostocaceae noun blue-green algae

Nostradamus
Michel de Notredame noun French astrologer who wrote cryptic predictions whose interpretations are still being debated (1503-1566)

nostril
anterior naris noun either one of the two external openings to the nasal cavity in the nose

nostrum
noun patent medicine whose efficacy is questionable

nosy
nosey adjective offensively curious or inquisitive; `curious about the neighbor`s doings`; `he flipped through my letters in his nosy way`; `prying eyes`; `the snoopy neighbor watched us all day`

not
non adverb negation of a word or group of words; `he does not speak French`; `she is not going`; `they are not friends`; `not many`; `not much`; `not at all`

not far
adverb at a short distance; `the hem fell shortly below her knees`

not long
adverb for a short time; `he was at the airport shortly before she was expected to arrive`

not only
adverb not merely (used to introduce the first phrase of a correlative construction and usually followed by `but` or `but also`); `not only was he poor, but...`

not traded
adjective (of securities) not admitted to trading privileges in an exchange

not yet
adverb subsequent to a specified or implied time; `he hasn`t arrived yet`

nota bene
NB noun a Latin phrase (or its abbreviation) used to indicate that special attention should be paid to something; `the margins of his book were generously supplied with pencilled NBs`

notably
adverb to a notable extent; `notably in the social sciences, the professors teach too much`

notary
notary public noun someone legally empowered to witness signatures and certify a document`s validity and to take depositions

notation
notational system noun a technical system of symbols used to represent special things

notch
nick noun a small cut

note
noun a characteristic emotional quality; `it ended on a sour note`; `there was a note of gaiety in her manner`; `he detected a note of sarcasm`

note
line 4 billet noun a short personal letter; `drop me a line when you get there`

note payable
noun a note promising to pay a certain amount of money at a certain time

note receivable
noun your right in a promissory note in which the maker promises to pay a certain amount of money at a certain time

notebook
notebook computer noun a small compact portable computer

notebook entry
noun an entry in a notebook

Notechis
genus Notechis noun tiger snakes

noted
adjective worthy of notice or attention; `a noted increase in the crime rate`

Notemigonus
genus Notemigonus noun golden shiners

notepad
noun a pad of paper for keeping notes

notepaper
noun writing paper intended for writing short notes or letters

noteworthy
notable adjective worthy of notice; `a noteworthy advance in cancer research`

nothing
adverb in no way; to no degree; `he looks nothing like his father`

nothingness
void noun the state of nonexistence

nothings
noun inconsequential conversation; `they traded a few nothings as they parted`

Nothofagus
genus Nothofagus noun beeches of temperate southern hemisphere except Africa: southern beech

nothosaur
noun extinct marine reptile with longer more slender limbs than plesiosaurs and less completely modified for swimming

Nothosauria
suborder Nothosauria noun a suborder of Sauropterygia

notice
observation noun the act of noticing or paying attention; `he escaped the notice of the police`

noticeable
adjective readily noticed; `a noticeable resemblance`

noticed
adjective being perceived or observed; `an easily noticed effect on the rate of growth`

noticer
noun someone who gives formal notice

notifiable
adjective requiring that official notification be given; `a notifiable disease`

notify
give notice verb inform (somebody) of something; `I advised him that the rent was due`

notion
noun (usually plural) small personal articles or clothing or sewing items; `buttons and needles are notions`

notion
whimsy noun an odd or fanciful or capricious idea; `the theatrical notion of disguise is associated with disaster in his stories`; `he had a whimsy about flying to the moon`; `whimsy can be humorous to someone with time to enjoy it`

notional
speculative adjective not based on fact or investigation; `a notional figure of cost helps in determining production costs`; `speculative knowledge`

notions counter
noun counter where notions are sold

notochord
noun a flexible rodlike structure that forms the supporting axis of the body in the lowest chordates and lowest vertebrates and in embryos of higher vertebrates

Notomys
genus Notomys noun jerboa rats

Notonecta
genus Notonecta noun type genus of the Notonectidae: backswimmers

Notonectidae
family Notonectidae noun aquatic carnivorous insects

Notophthalmus
genus Notophthalmus noun newts

notoriety
ill fame noun the state of being known for some unfavorable act or quality

notoriously
adverb to a notorious degree; `European emigres, who notoriously used to repair to the British Museum to write seditious pamphlets`

notornis
takahe noun flightless New Zealand birds similar to gallinules

Notoryctidae
family Notoryctidae noun pouched moles

Notoryctus
genus Notoryctus noun type genus of the family Notoryctidae: comprising solely the marsupial mole

Notostraca
order Notostraca noun small freshwater crustaceans with a shield-shaped carapace

Notropis
genus Notropis noun shiners

nougat
noun nuts or fruit pieces in a sugar paste

nougat bar
noun a bar of nougat candy often dipped in chocolate

noumenon
thing-in-itself noun the intellectual conception of a thing as it is in itself, not as it is known through perception

noun
noun a word that can be used to refer to a person or place or thing

noun phrase
nominal phrase noun a phrase that can function as the subject or object of a verb

nourished
adjective being provided with adequate nourishment

nourishment
noun the act of nourishing; `her nourishment of the orphans saved many lives`

nouveau-riche
parvenu adjective characteristic of someone who has risen economically or socially but lacks the social skills appropriate for this new position

nouvelle cuisine
noun a school of French cooking that uses light sauces and tries to bring out the natural flavors of foods instead of making heavy use of butter and cream

Nov-Esperanto
noun an artificial language based on Esperanto

Nov-Latin
noun an artificial language based on Latin

nova
noun a star that ejects some of its material in the form of a cloud and become more luminous in the process

Nova Scotia
noun the Canadian province in the Maritimes consisting of the Nova Scotia peninsula and Cape Breton Island; French settlers who called the area Acadia were exiled to Louisiana by the British in the 1750s and their descendants are know as Cajuns

Nova Scotia lox
Nova lox noun brine-cured salmon that is less salty than most; sometimes sugar is also used in the curing

Nova Scotian
bluenose noun a native or inhabitant of Nova Scotia

novation
noun (law) the replacement of one obligation by another by mutual agreement of both parties; usually the replacement of one of the original parties to a contract with the consent of the remaining party

Novaya Zemlya
Nova Zembla noun two islands in the Arctic Ocean belonging to Russia; site of a test center for nuclear warheads

novel
refreshing adjective pleasantly new or different; `common sense of a most refreshing sort`

novelette
novella noun a short novel

novelist
noun one who writes novels

novelization
novelisation noun converting something into the form of a novel

novelty
freshness noun originality by virtue of being new and surprising

November
Nov noun the month following October and preceding December

novena
noun a Roman Catholic devotion consisting of prayers on nine consecutive days

Novgorod
noun a city in northwestern Russia on the Volkhov River; Russia`s oldest city and an important trading center in the Middle Ages

Novial
noun an artificial language

novice
beginner noun someone new to a field or activity

novillada
noun a bullfight in which the bulls are less than four years old

novillero
noun a bullfighter who is required to fight bulls less than four years of age

novitiate
noviciate noun the period during which you are a novice (especially in a religious order)

novobiocin
noun an antibiotic obtained from an actinomycete and used to treat infections by Gram-positive bacteria

Novosibirsk
noun a city in the Asian part of Russia on the Ob river; largest city in Siberia

now
noun the momentary present; `Now is a good time to do it`; `it worked up to right now`

now
adverb at the present moment; `goods now on sale`; `the now-aging dictator`; `they are now abroad`; `he is busy at present writing a new novel`; `it could happen any time now`

now now
adverb interjection of rebuke

nowadays
now adverb in these times; `it is solely by their language that the upper classes nowadays are distinguished`- Nancy Mitford; `we now rarely see horse-drawn vehicles on city streets`; `today almost every home has television`