1) Catnip 2) Cluster of fibers 3) Cotton knot 4) Fiber cluster 5) Fibrous cluster 6) India neighbor, to the IOC 7) Knot in cotton 8) Knot in cotton fiber 9) Little knot in cotton fiber 10) Noise equivalent power 11) Wool cluster 
small lump on cotton fibre
Novaia ekonomicheskaia politika. Instituted in 1921, it let peasants sell produce on an open market and permitted small enterprises to be privately owned and operated. Cultural restrictions were also relaxed during this period. NEP declined with the forced collectivization of farms and was officially ended by Stalin in December 1929.
• (n.) Catnip. • (n.) Catnip.
Abbreviation for the Soviet leader Lenin's New Economic Policy. ...
(= neutral endopeptidase) Cell surface zinc endopeptidase (EC 3.4.24.11) that hydrolyzes regulatory peptides such as ANP. Spontaneously hypertensive hamsters have elevated levels of NEP in two organs that contribute appreciably to vascular resistance, skeletal muscle and kidney.
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Nep noun [ Abbrev. from Nepeta .] (Botany) Catnip. 
NEP: 1. Neutral endopeptidase. See: Metallomembrane endopeptidase. 2. Neuroepithelial.
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New Economic Policy. Instituted in 1921, it let peasants sell produce on an open market and permitted small enterprises (q.v.) to be privately owned and operated. Cultural restrictions were also relaxed during this period. NEP declined with the forced collectivization (q.v.) of farms and was officially ended by Stalin in December 1929.
Small knots of tangled fibers added intentionally to increase the fabric’s aesthetic appeal. The knots can be made from the same or different color and material.
acronym: Noise Equivalent Power
Abbreviation for the Soviet leader Lenin's New Economic Policy