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nastily

adverb · in a nasty ill-tempered manner

Example: `Don't expect me to help you,' he added nastily

national oceanic and atmospheric administration

noun · an agency in the Department of Commerce that maps the oceans and conserves their living resources; predicts changes to the earth's environment; provides weather reports and forecasts floods and hurricanes and other natural disasters related to weather

nationalise

verb · put under state control or ownership

Example: Mitterand nationalized the banks

nationalize

verb · put under state control or ownership

Example: Mitterand nationalized the banks

nationally

adverb · with regard to a nation taken as a whole

Example: a nationally uniform culture

natter

verb · talk socially without exchanging too much information

Example: the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze

nattily

adverb · in a natty manner; with smartness

Example: it was arranged carefully and nattily

nattiness

noun · stylishness as evidenced by a smart appearance

natural law

noun · a rule or body of rules of conduct inherent in human nature and essential to or binding upon human society

naturalise

verb · adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment

Example: domesticate oats

naturalize

verb · adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment

Example: domesticate oats

naturally

adverb · as might be expected

Example: naturally, the lawyer sent us a huge bill

naught

noun · complete failure

Example: all my efforts led to naught

naughtily

adverb · in a disobedient or naughty way

Example: he behaved badly in school

nauseate

verb · cause aversion in; offend the moral sense of

Example: The pornographic pictures sickened us

nauseated

adjective · feeling nausea; feeling about to vomit

navigate

verb · travel on water propelled by wind or by other means

Example: The QE2 will sail to Southampton tomorrow

navy bean

noun · white-seeded bean; usually dried

nay

adverb · not this merely but also; not only so but

Example: each of us is peculiar, nay, in a sense unique

nazify

verb · cause or force to adopt Nazism or a Nazi character

Example: Hitler nazified Germany in the 1930's

ne'er

adverb · not ever; at no time in the past or future

Example: I have never been to China

nearer

adverb · (comparative of `near' or `close') within a shorter distance

Example: come closer, my dear!

nearest

adverb · (superlative of `near' or `close') within the shortest distance

Example: that was the time he came nearest to death

nearly

adverb · (of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but

Example: the job is (just) about done

neaten

verb · care for one's external appearance

Example: He is always well-groomed

neatly

adverb · with neatness

Example: she put the slippers under the bed neatly

necessarily

adverb · in such a manner as could not be otherwise

Example: it is necessarily so

necessitate

verb · require as useful, just, or proper

Example: It takes nerve to do what she did

necessitous

adjective · poor enough to need help from others

necrobiosis lipoidica

noun · skin disease marked by thin shiny patches (especially on the legs); often associated with diabetes mellitus

necromantic

adjective · given to or produced by or used in the art of conjuring up the dead

Example: a necromantic sorcerer

necromantical

adjective · relating to or associated with necromancy

Example: mysterious necromantic rites

necrose

verb · undergo necrosis

Example: the tissue around the wound necrosed

needful

adjective · necessary for relief or supply

Example: provided them with all things needful

needfully

adverb · in an essential manner

Example: such expenses are necessarily incurred

needle spike rush

noun · fine-leaved aquatic spike rush; popular as aerator for aquariums

needless

adjective · unnecessary and unwarranted

Example: a strikers' tent camp...was burned with needless loss of life

needlessly

adverb · without need

Example: it would needlessly bring badness into the world

needlewood

noun · large bushy shrub with pungent pointed leaves and creamy white flowers; central and eastern Australia

needs

adverb · in such a manner as could not be otherwise

Example: it is necessarily so

nefariously

adverb · in a nefarious manner or to a nefarious degree

Example: nefariously involved in a conspiracy

negate

verb · make ineffective by counterbalancing the effect of

Example: Her optimism neutralizes his gloom

negatively

adverb · in a negative way

Example: he was negatively inclined

neglectful

adjective · failing in what duty requires

Example: derelict (or delinquent) in his duty

neglige

noun · a loose dressing gown for women

negligently

adverb · in a negligent manner

Example: he did his work negligently

negociate

verb · discuss the terms of an arrangement

Example: They negotiated the sale of the house

negotiate

verb · discuss the terms of an arrangement

Example: They negotiated the sale of the house

negro peach

noun · a stout spreading or semi-climbing tropical shrub with round brownish-red warty fruit; Africa

negro vine

noun · twining vine with hairy foliage and dark purplish-brown flowers

nem con

adverb · of one mind; without dissent

Example: the Senate unanimously approved the bill

nemine contradicente

adverb · of one mind; without dissent

Example: the Senate unanimously approved the bill

neo jazz

noun · any of various styles of jazz that appeared after 1940

neohygrophorus

noun · a genus of fungi belonging to the family Hygrophoraceae