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nadir |
Noun
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an extreme state of adversity |
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national park |
Noun
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a tract of land declared by the national government to be public property |
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north-south direction |
Noun
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in a direction parallel with lines of longitude |
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national capital |
Noun
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the capital city of a nation |
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northern Europe |
Noun
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the northernmost countries of Europe |
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necrophilia |
Noun
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an irresistible sexual attraction to dead bodies |
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necrophilism |
Noun
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an irresistible sexual attraction to dead bodies |
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necromania |
Noun
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an irresistible sexual attraction to dead bodies |
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ness |
Noun
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a strip of land projecting into a body of water |
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natural covering |
Noun
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a natural object that covers or envelops |
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negatron |
Noun
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an elementary particle with negative charge |
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natural enclosure |
Noun
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a naturally enclosed space |
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nephrolith |
Noun
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a calculus formed in the kidney |
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nebule |
Noun
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a small cloud |
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necessity |
Noun
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anything indispensable |
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necessity |
Noun
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the condition of being essential or indispensable |
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neighbor |
Noun
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a nearby object of the same kind |
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neighbor |
Noun
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a person who lives or is located near another |
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neighbor |
Verb
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be located near or adjacent to |
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neighbor |
Verb
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live or be located as a neighbor |
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neighbour |
Noun
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a nearby object of the same kind |
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neighbour |
Noun
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a person who lives (or is located) near another |
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neighbour |
Verb
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be located near or adjacent to |
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neighbour |
Verb
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live or be located as a neighbor |
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neritic zone |
Noun
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the ocean waters from the low tide mark to a depth of about 100 fathoms |
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neutrino |
Noun
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an elementary particle with zero charge and zero mass |
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neutron |
Noun
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an elementary particle with 0 charge and mass about equal to a proton |
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neutron star |
Noun
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a star that has collapsed under its own gravity |
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neve |
Noun
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the upper part of a glacier (beyond the limit of perpetual snow) where the snow turns to ice |
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nidus |
Noun
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a nest in which spiders or insects deposit their eggs |
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nidus |
Noun
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a central point or locus of an infection in an organism |
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nimbus cloud |
Noun
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a dark grey cloud bearing rain |
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normal fault |
Noun
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an inclined fault in which the hanging wall appears to have slipped downward relative to the footwall |
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nova |
Noun
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a star that ejects some of its material in the form of a cloud and become more luminous in the process |
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nubbin |
Noun
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a small nub (especially an undeveloped fruit or ear of corn) |
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nucleon |
Noun
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a constituent (proton or neutron) of an atomic nucleus |
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nugget |
Noun
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a solid lump of a precious metal (especially gold) as found in the earth |
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nullah |
Noun
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a ravine or gully in southern Asia |
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negative muon |
Noun
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an elementary particle with a negative charge and a half-life of 2 microsecond |
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nacreous cloud |
Noun
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a luminous iridescent cloud at a high altitude that may be seen when the sun is a few degrees below the horizon |
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natural depression |
Noun
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a sunken or depressed geological formation |
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natural elevation |
Noun
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a raised or elevated geological formation |
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natural order |
Noun
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the physical universe considered as an orderly system subject to natural (not human or supernatural) laws |
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natural spring |
Noun
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a natural flow of ground water |
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naiad |
Noun
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(Greek mythology) a nymph of lakes and springs and rivers and fountains |
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naiad |
Noun
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submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers |
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number one |
Noun
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a reference to yourself or myself etc. |
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number one |
Noun
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the first element in a countable series |
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number one |
Noun
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the first or highest in an ordering or series |
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naprapath |
Noun
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a therapist who practices naprapathy |