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

nymph
noun a voluptuously beautiful young woman

Nymphaea
genus Nymphaea noun the type genus of the family Nymphaeaceae; any of a variety of water lilies

Nymphaea caerulea
noun blue Egyptian lotus: held sacred by the Egyptians

Nymphaea stellata
noun blue lotus of India and southeastern Asia

Nymphaeaceae
family Nymphaeaceae noun dicot aquatic plants

nymphalid
nymphalid butterfly noun medium to large butterflies found worldwide typically having brightly colored wings and much-reduced nonfunctional forelegs carried folded on the breast

Nymphalidae
family Nymphalidae noun large beautifully colored butterflies

Nymphalis
genus Nymphalis noun type genus of the Nymphalidae: mourning cloak butterflies

nymphet
noun a sexually attractive young woman

Nymphicus
genus Nymphicus noun a genus of Psittacidae

nympholepsy
noun a frenzy of emotion; as for something unattainable

nympholept
noun a person seized by nympholepsy

nymphomania
noun abnormally intense sexual desire in women

nymphomaniac
nympho noun a woman with abnormal sexual desires

nymphomaniacal
nymphomaniac adjective (used of women) affected with excessive sexual desire

Nyquist frequency
noun (telecommunication) twice the maximum frequency occurring in the transmitted signal

Nyquist rate
noun (telecommunicaton) the lowest sampling rate that will permit accurate reconstruction of a sampled analog signal

Nyssa
genus Nyssa noun tupelos: deciduous trees of moist habitats especially swamps and beside ponds

Nyssaceae
family Nyssaceae noun a family of dicotyledonous trees of order Myrtales that includes the sour gum trees

nystagmus
noun involuntary movements of the eyeballs; its presence or absence is used to diagnose a variety of neurological and visual disorders

nystatin
Mycostatin noun an antifungal and antibiotic (trade names Mycostatin and Nystan) discovered in New York State; derived from soil fungi actinomycetes

Nyx
noun (Greek mythology) Greek goddess of the night; daughter of Chaos; counterpart of Roman Nox

Oahu
Oahu Island noun an island of central Hawaii (between Molokai and Kauai); the chief island of the state

oak
oak tree noun a deciduous tree of the genus Quercus; has acorns and lobed leaves; `great oaks grow from little acorns`

oak apple
noun oak gall caused by larvae of a cynipid wasp

oak blight
noun a black plant louse that lives on oaks and dogwoods

oak chestnut
noun a tree of the genus Castanopsis

oak fern
Gymnocarpium dryopteris noun bright blue-green fern widely distributed especially in damp acid woodlands of temperate northern hemisphere

Oak Leaf Cluster
noun a United States military decoration consisting of bronze or silver oak leaves and acorns awarded to anyone who has won a given medal before

oak-leaved goosefoot
oakleaf goosefoot noun annual European plant with spikes of greenish flowers and leaves that are white and hairy on the underside; common as a weed in North America

oaken
adjective consisting of or made of wood of the oak tree; `a solid oak table`; `the old oaken bucket`

Oakland
noun a city in western California on San Francisco Bay opposite San Francisco; primarily and industrial urban center

Oakley
Annie Oakley noun United States sharpshooter who was featured in Buffalo Bill`s Wild West Show (1860-1926)

oakum
noun loose hemp or jute fiber obtained by unravelling old ropes; when impregnated with tar it was used to caulk seams and pack joints in wooden ships

oar
noun an implement used to propel or steer a boat

oarfish
king of the herring noun thin deep-water tropical fish 20 to 30 feet long having a red dorsal fin

oarsman
rower noun someone who rows a boat

oarsmanship
noun skill as an oarsman

oarswoman
noun a woman oarsman

oasis
noun a fertile tract in a desert (where the water table approaches the surface)

oast
noun a kiln for drying hops

oast house
noun a building containing an oast (a kiln for drying hops); usually has a conical or pyramidal roof

oat
noun seed of the annual grass Avena sativa (spoken of primarily in the plural as `oats`)

oat cell carcinoma
small cell carcinoma noun highly malignant carcinoma composed of small round or egg-shaped cells with little cytoplasm; lung cancers are frequently oat cell carcinomas

oatcake
noun thin flat unleavened cake of baked oatmeal

oaten
adjective of or related to or derived from oats; `oaten bread`

Oates
noun English conspirator who claimed that there was a Jesuit plot to assassinate Charles II (1649-1705)

oath
noun a commitment to tell the truth (especially in a court of law); to lie under oath is to become subject to prosecution for perjury

oatmeal
noun porridge made of rolled oats

oatmeal
noun meal made from rolled or ground oats

oatmeal cookie
noun cookies containing rolled oats

Oaxaca
Oaxaca de Juarez noun a city of southeastern Mexico

Ob
Ob River noun a major river of western Siberia; flows generally northward and westward to the Gulf of Ob and the Kara Sea

Obadiah
Abdias noun an Old Testament book telling Obadiah`s prophecies; the shortest book in the Christian Bible

obbligato
obligato noun a part of the score that must be performed without change or omission

obeah
obi noun a religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery; practiced in parts of the West Indies and tropical Americas

obeche
obechi noun large west African tree having large palmately lobed leaves and axillary cymose panicles of small white flowers and one-winged seeds; yields soft white to pale yellow wood

obedience
obeisance noun the act of obeying; dutiful or submissive behavior with respect to another person

obedient
adjective dutifully complying with the commands or instructions of those in authority; `an obedient soldier`; `obedient children`; `a little man obedient to his wife`; `the obedient colonies...are heavily taxed; the refractory remain unburdened`- Edmund Burke

obediently
yieldingly adverb in an obedient manner; `obediently she slipped off her right shoe and stocking`

obelion
noun the craniometric point on the sagittal suture near the lamboid suture

obelisk
noun a stone pillar having a rectangular cross section tapering towards a pyramidal top

Oberson
noun (Middle Ages) the king of the fairies and husband of Titania in medieval folklore

obidoxime chloride
noun a chloride used as an antidote for nerve gases such as sarin or VX

obiism
noun belief in a kind of sorcery that originated in Africa and is practiced in the West Indies

obiter dictum
noun an opinion voiced by a judge on a point of law not directly bearing on the case in question and therefore not binding

obiter dictum
noun an incidental remark

obituary
obit noun a notice of someone`s death; usually includes a short biography

object
physical object noun a tangible and visible entity; an entity that can cast a shadow; `it was full of rackets, balls and other objects`

object
objective noun the goal intended to be attained (and which is believed to be attainable); `the sole object of her trip was to see her children`

object ball
noun the billiard ball that is intended to be the first ball struck by the cue ball

object code
noun the machine-language output of a compiler that is ready for execution on a particular computer

object program
target program noun a fully compiled or assembled program ready to be loaded into the computer

object recognition
noun the visual perception of familiar objects

object-oriented database
noun a database in which the operations carried out on information items (data objects) are considered part of their definition

objectification
noun the act of representing an abstraction as a physical thing

objection
noun (law) a procedure whereby a party to a suit says that a particular line of questioning or a particular witness or a piece of evidence or other matter is improper and should not be continued and asks the court to rule on its impropriety or illegality

objectionable
obnoxious adjective causing disapproval or protest; `a vulgar and objectionable person`

objectionably
obnoxiously adverb in an obnoxious manner; `he said so in one of his more offensively intellectually arrogant sentences`

objective
accusative adjective serving as or indicating the object of a verb or of certain prepositions and used for certain other purposes; `objective case`; `accusative endings`

objectively
adverb with objectivity; `we must look at the facts objectively`

objectivity
objectiveness noun judgment based on observable phenomena and uninfluenced by emotions or personal prejudices

objet d`art
art object noun a work of art of some artistic value; `this store sells only objets d`art`; `it is not known who created this piece`

oblanceolate
adjective of a leaf shape; having a broad rounded apex and a tapering base

oblanceolate leaf
noun a leaf having a rounded apex and tapering base

oblate
pumpkin-shaped adjective having the equatorial diameter greater than the polar diameter; being flattened at the poles

oblateness
ellipticity noun the property possessed by a round shape that is flattened at the poles; `the oblateness of the planet`

Oblation
religious offering noun the act of offering the bread and wine of the Eucharist

oblation
noun the act of contributing to the funds of a church or charity; `oblations for aid to the poor`

obligate
adjective restricted to a particular condition of life; `an obligate anaerobe can survive only in the absence of OXYGen`

obligate anaerobe
noun an organism that cannot grow in the presence of oxygen

obligated(p)
adjective caused by law or conscience to follow a certain course; `felt obligated to repay the kindness`; `was obligated to pay off the student loan`

obligation
noun a legal agreement specifying a payment or action and the penalty for failure to comply

obligational
adjective relating or constituting or qualified to create a legal or financial obligation; `obligational authority`

obligatory
adjective required by obligation or compulsion or convention; `he made all the obligatory apologies`

oblige
verb provide a service or favor for someone; `We had to oblige him`

obliger
accommodator noun someone who performs a service or does a favor

obligingly
accommodatingly adverb in accommodation; `obligingly, he lowered his voice`

oblique
adjective slanting or inclined in direction or course or position--neither parallel nor perpendicular nor right-angled; `the oblique rays of the winter sun`; `acute and obtuse angles are oblique angles`; `the axis of an oblique cone is not perpendicular to its base`

oblique angle
noun an angle that is not a right angle or a multiple of a right angle