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

numerator
noun the dividend of a fraction

numeric
numerical adjective measured or expressed in numbers; `numerical value`; `the numerical superiority of the enemy`

numerical
mathematical adjective relating to or having ability to think in or work with numbers; `tests for rating numerical aptitude`; `a mathematical whiz`

numerical quantity
noun a quantity expressed as a number

numerically
adverb in number; with regard to numbers; `in ten years` time the Oxbridge mathematicians, scientists, and engineers will not be much more significant numerically than the Oxbridge medical schools are now`

numerological
adjective of or relating to numerology

numerologist
noun a believer in numerology

numerology
noun the study of the supposed occult influence of numbers on human affairs

numerous
adjective amounting to a large indefinite number; `numerous times`; `the family was numerous`

numerousness
numerosity noun a large number

Numida
genus Numida noun guinea fowl

Numidia
noun an ancient kingdom (later a Roman province) North Africa in an area corresponding roughly to present-day Algeria

Numidian
adjective of or relating to ancient Numidia or its people or culture

Numididae
subfamily Numididae noun guinea fowl and related birds of Africa and Madagascar

numinous
adjective evincing the presence of a deity; `a numinous wood`; `the most numinous moment in the Mass`

numismatics
numismatology noun the collection and study of money (and coins in particular)

numismatist
numismatologist noun a collector and student of money (and coins in particular)

nummulite
noun large fossil protozoan of the Tertiary period

Nummulitidae
family Nummulitidae noun a family of fossil protoctists

nun
noun a woman religious

nun`s habit
noun a long loose habit worn by nuns in a convent

Nunavut
noun an Arctic territory in northern Canada created in 1999 and governed solely by the Inuit; includes the eastern part of what was the Northwest Territories and most of the islands of the Arctic Archipelago; `Nunavut is the homeland of the Inuit people`

nuncio
papal nuncio noun (Roman Catholic Church) a diplomatic representative of the Pope having ambassadorial status

nunnery
noun the convent of a community of nuns

Nuphar
genus Nuphar noun spatterdocks

nuptial
adjective of or relating to a wedding; `bridal procession`; `nuptial day`; `spousal rites`; `wedding cake`; `marriage vows`

Nuptse
noun a mountain in the central Himalayas on the border of Tibet and Nepal (25,726 feet high)

Nuremberg
Nurnberg noun a city in southeastern Germany; site of Allied trials of Nazi war criminals (1945-46)

nurse
noun one skilled in caring for young children or the sick (usually under the supervision of a physician)

nurse log
noun a large decomposing tree trunk that has fallen, usually in a forest; the decaying wood provides moisture and nutrients for a variety of insects and plants

nurse practitioner
NP noun a registered nurse who has received special training and can perform many of the duties of a physician

nurse shark
Ginglymostoma cirratum noun small bottom-dwelling shark of warm shallow waters on both coasts of North America and South America and from southeast Asia to Australia

nurse-midwife
noun a registered nurse who has received special training as a midwife

nurse-patient relation
noun the responsibility of a nurse to act in the best interests of the patient

nursed
suckled adjective (of an infant) breast-fed

nurser
noun a person who treats something carefully; `a great nurser of pennies`

nursery
noun a child`s room for a baby

nursery rhyme
noun a tale in rhymed verse for children

nursery school
noun a small preschool for small children

nursing
noun the work of caring for the sick or injured or infirm

nursing
noun nourishing at the breast

nursing aide
nurse`s aide noun someone who assists a nurse in tasks that require little formal training

nursing care
noun care by a skilled nurse

nursing home
rest home noun an institution where people are cared for; `a home for the elderly`

nursing school
school of nursing noun a school for training nurses

nursling
nurseling noun an infant considered in relation to its nurse

nurtural
adjective resulting from nurture

nurturance
noun physical and emotional care and nourishment

nurturant
adjective providing physical and emotional care and nourishment

Nusku
noun god of fire and light; corresponds to Babylonian Girru

nut
noun a small (usually square or hexagonal) metal block with internal screw thread to be fitted onto a bolt

nut and bolt
noun a fastener made by screwing a nut onto a threaded bolt

nut bar
noun paste of nuts and sugar on a pastry base cut into bars

nut bread
noun bread containing chopped nuts

nut butter
noun ground nuts blended with a little butter

nut pine
noun any of several pinons bearing edible nutlike seeds

nut tree
noun tree bearing edible nuts

nut-bearing
adjective (of shrubs or trees) producing nuts

nut-leaved screw tree
Helicteres isora noun East Indian shrub often cultivated for its hairy leaves and orange-red flowers

nutation
noun uncontrolled nodding

nutbrown
adjective of the color of nuts; `nutbrown hair`

nutcracker
noun speckled birds that feed on nuts

nutgrass
nut grass noun a widely distributed perennial sedge having small edible nutlike tubers

nuthatch
noun any of various small short-tailed songbirds with strong feet and a sharp beak that feed on small nuts and insects

nutlet
noun a small nut

nutlike
adjective resembling a nut in shape and size

nutmeg
noun hard aromatic seed of the nutmeg tree used as spice when grated or ground

nutmeg hickory
Carya myristicaeformis noun hickory of southern United States and Mexico having hard nutmeg-shaped nuts

nutmeg-shaped
adjective shaped like a nutmeg

nutrient agar
noun any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent

nutrient artery
arteria nutricia noun an artery that supplies the medullary cavity of the long bone

nutriment
nourishment noun a source of materials to nourish the body

nutrition
noun the scientific study of food and drink (especially in humans)

nutritional
nutritionary adjective of or relating to or providing nutrition; `nutritional information`

nutritionally
adverb with regard to nutrition; `nutritionally, her new diet is suicide`

nutritiousness
nutritiveness noun the quality of being nourishing and promoting healthy growth

nuts and bolts
noun detailed practical information about how something works or how something can be accomplished

nutshell
noun the shell around the kernel of a nut

Nuttall oak
Nuttall`s oak noun similar to the pin oak; grows in damp sites in Mississippi River basin

nutter
wacko noun a person who is regarded as eccentric or mad

nutty
nutlike adjective having the flavor of nuts; `a nutty sherry`

nux vomica
noun a medicine made from the seeds of an Asiatic tree; contains strychnine and brucine; formerly used as a stimulant

Nuytsia
genus Nuytsia noun one species

nyala
Tragelaphus angasi noun spiral-horned South African antelope with a fringe of white hairs along back and neck

Nyamuragira
noun an active volcano in eastern Congo

Nyamwezi
noun a Bantu language spoken in central Tanzania

nybble
nibble noun a small byte

Nyctaginaceae
family Nyctaginaceae noun a family of flowering plants of the order Caryophyllales

Nyctaginia
genus Nyctaginia noun a caryophyllaceous genus of the family Nyctaginaceae having only one species

nyctalopia
night blindness noun inability to see clearly in dim light; due to a deficiency of vitamin A or to a retinal disorder

Nyctanassa
genus Nyctanassa noun American night herons

Nyctereutes
genus Nyctereutes noun raccoon dogs

Nycticebus
genus Nycticebus noun a genus of Lorisidae

Nycticorax
genus Nycticorax noun Old World night herons

Nyctimene
genus Nyctimene noun East Indian fruit bats

nyctophobia
noun a morbid fear of night or darkness

Nyiragongo
noun an active volcano in eastern Congo

nylon
noun a synthetic fabric

nylons
nylon stocking noun women`s stockings made from a sheer material (nylon or rayon or silk)

nymph
noun a larva of an insect with incomplete metamorphosis (as the dragonfly or mayfly)