Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter N - Page 1
N () the fourteenth letter of English alphabet, is a vocal consonent, and, in allusion to its mode of formation, is called the dentinasal or linguanasal consonent. Its commoner sound is that heard in ran, done; but when immediately followed in the same word by the sound of g hard or k (as in single, sink, conquer), it usually represents the same sound as the digraph ng in sing, bring, etc. This is a simple but related sound, and is called the gutturo-nasal consonent. See Guide to Pronunciation, // 243-246.
N (n.) A measure of space equal to half an M (or em); an en.
Na (a. & adv.) No, not. See No.
Nabbed (imp. & p. p.) of Nab.
Nabbing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Nab.
Nab (v. t.) 【口】 突然抓住；逮捕（現行犯）；搶奪；偷盜 To catch or seize suddenly or unexpectedly. [Colloq.] -- Smollett.
Nab (v. t.) To capture; to arrest; as, the police nabbed the culprit wtrying to hide in the basement.
Nab (n.) The summit of an eminence. [Prov. Eng.] -- Halliwell.
Nab (n.) (Firearms) The cock of a gunlock. -- Knight.
Nab (n.) (Locksmithing) The keeper, or box into which the lock is shot. -- Knight.
Nab (v.) Tag the base runner to get him out.
Nab (v.) Take into custody; "the police nabbed the suspected criminals" [syn: collar, nail, apprehend, arrest, pick up, nab, cop].
Nab (v.) Seize suddenly.
NAB () National Association of Broadcasters (org., USA)
NAB () Netware Asynchronous Board (Novell, Netware)
Nabit (n.) Pulverized sugar candy. -- Crabb.
Nabk (n.) (Bot.) The edible berries of the Zizyphys Lotus, a tree of Northern Africa, and Southwestern Europe. [Written also nubk.] See Lotus (b), and Sadr.
Nabob (n.) （印度蒙兀兒即Mogul帝國時代的）地方行政長官；在印度（或其他東方國家）發財歸國的歐洲人；富翁；大人物，名人 A deputy or viceroy in India; a governor of a province of the ancient Mogul empire.
Nabob (n.) One who returns to Europe from the East with immense riches: hence, any man of great wealth. "A bilious old nabob." -- Macaulay.
Nabob (n.) A governor in India during the Mogul empire [syn: nawab, nabob].
Nabob (n.) A wealthy man (especially one who made his fortune in the Orient).
Nacarat (n.) 鮮豔的橘紅色 A pale red color, with a cast of orange. -- Ure.
Nacarat (n.) Fine linen or crape dyed of this color. -- Ure.
Nacre (n.) 珍珠母；珍珠層 A pearly substance which lines the interior of many shells, and is most perfect in the mother-of-pearl. [Written also nacker and naker.] See Pearl, and Mother-of-pearl.
Nacker (n.) See Nacre. -- Johnson.
Nacreous (a.) (Zool.)真珠質的；真珠質的；有彩虹般的 Consisting of, or resembling, nacre; pearly. Nad
Nacreous (a.) Consisting of or resembling mother-of-pearl.
Nacreous (a.) Having a play of lustrous rainbow colors; "an iridescent oil slick"; "nacreous (or pearlescent) clouds looking like mother-of-pearl"; "a milky opalescent (or opaline) luster" [syn: iridescent, nacreous, opalescent, opaline pearlescent].
Nad () Alt. of Nadde.
Nadde () Had not. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Nadder (n.) An adder. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Nadir (n.) 最低點；深淵；【天】天底 That point of the heavens, or lower hemisphere, directly opposite the zenith; the inferior pole of the horizon; the point of the celestial sphere directly under the place where we stand.
Nadir (n.) The lowest point; the time of greatest depression.
The seventh century is the nadir of the human mind in Europe. -- Hallam.
Nadir of the sun (Astron.), The axis of the conical shadow projected by the earth. -- Crabb.
Nadir (n.) An extreme state of adversity; the lowest point of anything [syn: nadir, low-water mark].
Nadir (n.) The point below the observer that is directly opposite the zenith on the imaginary sphere against which celestial bodies appear to be projected [ant: zenith].
Naegleria fowleri (n.) Colloquially known as the "brain-eating amoeba", [1] 福氏內格里蟲（學名：Naegleria fowleri）是異葉足綱（Heterolobosea）的內格里蟲，俗稱食腦菌、食腦變形蟲（brain-eating amoeba）、福氏阿米巴蟲。在其生物生命周期有三種型態：囊胞、類阿米巴以及鞭毛蟲的型態。當環境適於它生存時，福氏內格里蟲以類阿米巴的形式存在，在土壤或水中緩步移動尋找細菌做為食物；當環境不大好的時候，福氏耐格里原蟲就會長出鞭毛成為鞭毛蟲的型態以尋找較為適合生存之地。當環境極度惡劣時則會變成囊胞來度過艱困時期。[1] Is a species of the genus Naegleria, belonging to the phylum Percolozoa, which is technically not classified as true amoeba, but a shapeshifting amoeboflagellate excavate. [2] It is a free-living, bacteria-eating microorganism that can be pathogenic, causing an extremely rare fulminant (sudden and severe) and fatal brain infection called naegleriasis, also known as primary amoebic meningoencephalitis. This microorganism is typically found in bodies of warm freshwater [3], such as ponds, lakes [4], rivers, almost exclusively in hot geographic areas, and naturally hot (geothermal) water (hot springs) [5], warm water discharge from industrial or power plants [6], geothermal well water [7], poorly maintained or minimally chlorinated (under 0.5 mg/ m3 residual) swimming pools [8], water heaters [9], and soil. It can be seen in either an amoeboid or temporary flagellate stage. [10]
Naenia (n.) See Nenia.
Naeve (n.) A naevus. [Obs.] -- Dryden.
Naevoid (a.) Resembling a naevus or naevi; as, naevoid elephantiasis. -- Dunglison.
Naevose (a.) Spotted; frecled.
Naevi (n. pl. ) of Navus.
Navus (n.) (Med.) A spot or mark on the skin of children when born; a birthmark; -- the term includes moles as wells a other types of birthmark, and is most commonly applied to reddish or brownish raised vascular areas of the skin, i. e., those consisting mainly of blood vessels, as dilated arteries, veins, or capillaries. [Usually spelled nevus.]
Nag (n.) A small horse; a pony; hence, any horse , especially one that is of inferior breeding or useless.
Nag (n.) A paramour; -- in contempt. [Obs.] -- Shak.
Nagged (imp. & p. p.) of Nag. g.
Nag (v. t. & i.) To tease in a petty way; to scold habitually; to annoy; to fret pertinaciously. [Colloq.] "She never nagged." -- J. Ingelow.
Nag (n.) A person who nags, especially habitually; called also nagger.
Nag (n.) Someone (especially a woman) who annoys people by constantly finding fault [syn: scold, scolder, nag, nagger, common scold].
Nag (n.) An old or over-worked horse [syn: hack, jade, nag, plug].
Nag (v.) Bother persistently with trivial complaints; "She nags her husband all day long" [syn: nag, peck, hen-peck].
Nag (v.) Worry persistently; "nagging concerns and doubts".
Nag (v.) Remind or urge constantly; "she nagged to take a vacation".
NAG () Numerical Algorithms Group (UK, org.), "NAg".
NAG () National Algorithms Group [ltd] (UK, org., predecessor), "NAg".
NAG () Network Architecture Group (org.)
NAG () Numerical Algorithms Group.
NAG () The Linux Network Administrators' Guide.
Nagano (City) (n.) 長野市（日語：長野市／ながのし ），是一個位在日本本州長野縣北部的城市；該城市地處千曲川與犀川匯流處，為長野縣縣廳所在地，也是該縣人口最多的市。
1998年，當地舉辦1998年度冬奧會與1998年殘疾人冬奧會。此外，建於7世紀的佛教寺院善光寺也位在當地。Nagano (長野市 ) is the capital and largest city of Nagano Prefecture, located in the Nagano Basin (Zenkoji Daira) in the central Chūbu region of Japan. Nagano is categorized as a core city of Japan. Nagano City is the highest prefectural capital in Japan, with an altitude of 371.4 meters (1,219 ft). [2] The city is surrounded by mountains, near the confluence of the Chikuma River - the longest and widest river in Japan - and the Sai River. The total area of the city is 834.81 square kilometres (322.32 sq mi). As of 1 June 2019, the city had an estimated population of 370,632 in 160,625 households, and a population density of 444 persons per km² [3] The total area of the city is 834.81 square kilometres (322.32 sq mi).
Nagano City, () Located in the former Shinano Province, developed from the Nara period (AD 710 to 794) as a temple town (monzen machi). The city of Nagano is home to Zenkō-ji, a 7th-century Buddhist temple that is listed as a Japanese national treasure. Zenkō-ji was established in its current location in 642 AD. The location of Zenkō-ji is approximately 2 kilometers from the present-day central Nagano Station. During the Sengoku Period, the Age of Warring States, Nagano was the site of a series of battles, the Battles of Kawanakajima, between 1553 and 1564. During the Edo period (1603 and 1868), as the city developed, Nagano became an important post station (shukuba) on the Hokkoku Kaidō highway which connected Edo (present day Tokyo) with the Sea of Japan coast. Following the Meiji restoration, Nagano became the first established modern town in Nagano prefecture on April 1, 1897.
The city of Nagano and several surrounding communities hosted the 1998 Winter Olympics and the 1998 Winter Paralympics. Nagano City is an important historical location, an industrial center, as well as a travel destination and a center for accessing surrounding sightseeing spots, including Japan's onsen-bathing snow monkeys in Yamanouchi and world-class ski resorts of Hakuba and Nozawaonsen - throughout the year.
Nagging (a.) Fault-finding; teasing; persistently annoying; as, a nagging toothache. [Colloq.]
Naggy (a.) Irritable; touchy. [Colloq.]
Nagor (n.) (Zool.) A West African gazelle ({Gazella redunca).
Nagyagite (n.) (Min.) A mineral of blackish lead-gray color and metallic luster, generally of a foliated massive structure; foliated tellurium. It is a telluride of lead and gold.
Naiad (n.) (Myth.) A water nymph; one of the lower female divinities, fabled to preside over some body of fresh water, as a lake, river, brook, or fountain.
Naiad (n.) (Zool.) Any species of a tribe (Naiades) of freshwater bivalves, including Unio, Anodonta, and numerous allied genera; a river mussel.
Naiad (n.) (Zool.) One of a group of butterflies. See Nymph.
Naiad (n.) (Bot.) Any plant of the order Naiadaceae, such as eelgrass, pondweed, etc.
Naiad (n.) Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers; of fresh or brackish water [syn: naiad, water nymph].
Naiad (n.) (Greek mythology) A nymph of lakes and springs and rivers and Fountains.
Naiant (a.) See Natant.
Naid (n.) Any one of numerous species of small, fresh-water, chaetopod annelids of the tribe Naidina. They belong to the Oligochaeta.
Naif (a.) Having a true natural luster without being cut; -- applied by jewelers to a precious stone.
Naif (a.) Naive; as, a naif remark.
Naik (n.) A chief; a leader; a Sepoy corporal.
Nail (n.) (Anat.) [C] . 釘子；（手，腳的）指甲；（鳥，獸的）爪；（鳥禽）喙上的硬甲殼 The horny scale of plate of epidermis at the end of the fingers and toes of man and many apes.
His nayles like a briddes claws were. -- Chaucer.
Note: The nails are strictly homologous with hoofs and claws. When compressed, curved, and pointed, they are called talons or claws, and the animal bearing them is said to be unguiculate; when they incase the extremities of the digits they are called hoofs, and the animal is ungulate.
Nail (n.) (Zool.) The basal thickened portion of the anterior wings of certain hemiptera.
Nail (n.) (Zool.) The terminal horny plate on the beak of ducks, and other allied birds.
Nail (n.) A slender, pointed piece of metal, usually with a head, used for fastening pieces of wood or other material together, by being driven into or through them.
Note: The different sorts of nails are named either from the use to which they are applied, from their shape, from their size, or from some other characteristic, as shingle, floor, ship-carpenters', and horseshoe nails, roseheads, diamonds, fourpenny, tenpenny (see Penny, a.), chiselpointed, cut, wrought, or wire nails, etc.
Nail (n.) A measure of length, being two inches and a quarter, or the sixteenth of a yard.
Nail ball (Ordnance), A round projectile with an iron bolt protruding to prevent it from turning in the gun.
Nail plate, Iron in plates from which cut nails are made.
On the nail, In hand; on the spot; immediately; without delay or time of credit; as, to pay money on the nail; to pay cash on the nail. "You shall have ten thousand pounds on the nail." -- Beaconsfield.
To hit the nail on the head, To hit most effectively; to do or say a thing in the right way.
To hit the nail on the head, To describe the most important factor.
Nailed (imp. & p. p.) of Nail.
Nailing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Nail.
Nail (v. t.) 釘，將……釘牢；使固定 [O]；使（目光，注意力等）集中於 [（+on/ to）]；【口】抓住，捕獲 To fasten with a nail or nails; to close up or secure by means of nails; as, to nail boards to the beams.
He is now dead, and nailed in his chest. -- Chaucer.
Nail (v. t.) To stud or boss with nails, or as with nails.
The rivets of your arms were nailed with gold. -- Dryden.
Nail (v. t.) To fasten, as with a nail; to bind or hold, as to a bargain or to acquiescence in an argument or assertion; hence, to catch; to trap.
When they came to talk of places in town, you saw at once how I nailed them. -- Goldsmith.
Nail (v. t.) To spike, as a cannon. [Obs.] -- Crabb.
To nail an assertion or To nail a lie, etc., To detect and expose it, so as to put a stop to its currency; -- an expression probably derived from the former practice of shopkeepers, who were accustomed to nail bad or counterfeit pieces of money to the counter.
Nail (n.) Horny plate covering and protecting part of the dorsal surface of the digits.
Nail (n.) A thin pointed piece of metal that is hammered into materials as a fastener.
Nail (n.) A former unit of length for cloth equal to 1/16 of a yard.
Nail (v.) Attach something somewhere by means of nails; "nail the board onto the wall".
Nail (v.) Take into custody; "the police nabbed the suspected criminals" [syn: collar, nail, apprehend, arrest, pick up, nab, cop].
Nail (v.) Hit hard; "He smashed a 3-run homer" [syn: smash, nail, boom, blast].
Nail (v.) Succeed in obtaining a position; "He nailed down a spot at Harvard" [syn: nail down, nail, peg].
Nail (v.) Succeed at easily; "She sailed through her exams"; "You will pass with flying colors"; "She nailed her astrophysics course" [syn: breeze through, ace, pass with flying colors, sweep through, sail through, nail].
Nail (v.) Locate exactly; "can you pinpoint the position of the enemy?"; "The chemists could not nail the identity of the chromosome" [syn: pinpoint, nail].
Nail (v.) Complete a pass [syn: complete, nail].
Nail, () For fastening. (1.) Hebrew yathed, "piercing," a peg or nail of any material (Ezek. 15:3), more especially a tent-peg (Ex. 27:19; 35:18; 38:20), with one of which Jael (q.v.) pierced the temples of Sisera (Judg. 4:21, 22). This word is also used metaphorically (Zech. 10:4) for a prince or counsellor, just as "the battle-bow" represents a warrior.
Nail, () (2.) Masmer, a "point," the usual word for a nail. The words of the wise are compared to "nails fastened by the masters of assemblies" (Eccl. 12:11, A.V.). The Revised Version reads, "as nails well fastened are the words of the masters," etc. Others (as Plumptre) read, "as nails fastened are the masters of assemblies" (comp. Isa. 22:23; Ezra 9:8). David prepared nails for the temple (1 Chr. 22:3; 2 Chr. 3:9). The nails by which our Lord was fixed to the cross are mentioned (John 20:25; Col. 2:14).
Nail of the finger (Heb. tsipporen, "scraping"). To "pare the nails" is in Deut. 21:12 (marg., "make," or "dress," or "suffer to grow") one of the signs of purification, separation from former heathenism (comp. Lev. 14:8; Num. 8:7). In Jer. 17:1 this word is rendered "point".
NAIL, () A measure of length, equal to two inches and a quarter. Vide Measure.
Nailbrush (n.) A brush for cleaning the nails.
Nailer (n.) One whose occupation is to make nails; a nail maker.
Nailer (n.) One who fastens with, or drives, nails.
Naileress (n.) A women who makes nailes.
Naileries (n. pl. ) of Nailery.
Nailery () A manufactory where nails are made.
Nail-headed (a.) Having a head like that of a nail; formed so as to resemble the head of a nail.
Nailless (a.) Without nails; having no nails.
Nainsook (n.) A thick sort of jaconet muslin, plain or striped, formerly made in India.
Nais (n.) See Naiad.
Naissant (a.) Same as Jessant.
Naive (a.) 天真的；幼稚的；輕信的 Having native or unaffected simplicity; ingenuous; artless; frank; as, naive manners; a naive person; naive and unsophisticated remarks.
Naive (a.) Having a lack of knowledge, judgment, or experience; especially, lacking sophistication in judging the motives of others; credulous; as, a naive belief in the honesty of politicians.
Naive (a.) Marked by or showing unaffected simplicity and lack of guile or worldly experience; "a teenager's naive ignorance of life"; "the naive assumption that things can only get better"; "this naive simple creature with wide friendly eyes so eager to believe appearances" [syn: {naive}, {naif}] [ant: {sophisticated}].
Naive (a.) Of or created by one without formal training; simple or naive in style; "primitive art such as that by Grandma Moses is often colorful and striking" [syn: {primitive}, {naive}].
Naive (a.) Inexperienced.
Naive (a.) Lacking information or instruction; "lamentably unenlightened as to the laws" [syn: {uninstructed}, {unenlightened}, {naive}].
Naive (a.) Not initiated; deficient in relevant experience; "it seemed a bizarre ceremony to uninitiated western eyes"; "he took part in the experiment as a naive subject" [syn: {uninitiate}, {uninitiated}, {naive}].
Naive (a.) Untutored in the perversities of some particular program or system; one who still tries to do things in an intuitive way, rather than the right way (in really good designs these coincide, but most designs aren't ?really good? in the appropriate sense). This trait is completely unrelated to general maturity or competence, or even competence at any other specific program. It is a sad commentary on the primitive state of computing that the natural opposite of this term is often claimed to be experienced user but is really more like cynical user.
Naive (a.) Said of an algorithm that doesn't take advantage of some superior but advanced technique, e.g., the bubble sort. It may imply naivete on the part of the programmer, although there are situations where a naive algorithm is preferred, because it is more important to keep the code comprehensible than to go for maximum performance. ?I know the linear search is naive, but in this case the list typically only has half a dozen items.? Compare brute force.
Naive, () Untutored in the perversities of some particular program or system; one who still tries to do things in an intuitive way, rather than the right way (in really good designs these coincide, but most designs aren't "really good" in the appropriate sense). This trait is completely unrelated to general maturity or competence or even competence at any other specific program. It is a sad commentary on the primitive state of computing that the natural opposite of this term is often claimed to be "experienced user" but is really more like "cynical user". (1994-11-29)
Naively (adv.) 天真爛漫地，無邪地 In a naive manner.
Naively (adv.) In a naive manner; "he believed, naively, that she would leave him her money".
Naivet'e (n.) 天真；輕信；缺乏世故經驗的狀態（或性質、行為） The state or quality of being naive; lack of sophistication or worldliness.
Syn: naivete, naiveness.
A story which pleases me by its na["i]vet['e] -- that is, by its unconscious ingenuousness. -- De Quincey.
Naivet'e (n.) An act displaying naivete; a naive remark or action. naivety
Naivete (n.) Lack of sophistication or worldliness [syn: naivete, naivety, naiveness] [ant: mundaneness, mundanity, sophistication, worldliness].
Naivete (n.) Native simplicity; unaffected plainness or ingenuousness; artlessness.
Naivety (n.) 【主英】Naivete. -- Carlyle.
Naivety (n.) Lack of sophistication or worldliness [syn: naivete, naivety, naiveness] [ant: mundaneness, mundanity, sophistication, worldliness].
Nake (v. t.) 使…裸露 To make naked. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Come, be ready, nake your swords. -- Old Play.
Naked () This word is used in a metaphorical sense to denote that a thing is not complete, and for want of some quality it is either without power, or it possesses a limited power. A naked contract, is one made without consideration, and, for that reason, it is void; a naked authority, is one given without any right in the agent, and wholly for the benefit of the principal. 2 Bouv. Inst. n. 1302. See Nudum Pactum.
Naked (a.) 裸體的，光身的 [Z]；暴露的，無覆蓋的；光禿禿的；（房屋等）未加陳設的；（燈）無罩的 Having no clothes on; uncovered; nude; bare; as, a naked body; a naked limb; a naked sword.
Naked (a.) Having no means of defense or protection; open; unarmed; defenseless; as, naked to invasion.
Had I but served my God with half the zeal I served my king, he would not in mine age Have left me naked to mine enemies. -- King Henry VIII., Act iii. sc. 2 (Shakespeare).
Thy power is full naked. -- Chaucer.
Behold my bosom naked to your swords. -- Addison.
Naked (a.) Unprovided with needful or desirable accessories, means of sustenance, etc.; destitute; unaided; bare.
Patriots who had exposed themselves for the public, and whom they saw now left naked. -- Milton.
Naked (a.) Without addition, exaggeration, or excuses; not concealed or disguised; open to view; manifest; plain.
The truth appears so naked on my side, That any purblind eye may find it out. -- Shak.
All things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do. -- Heb. iv. 13.
Naked (a.) Mere; simple; plain; as, the naked truth.
The very naked name of love. -- Shak.
Naked (a.) (Bot.) Without pubescence; as, a naked leaf or stem; bare, or not covered by the customary parts, as a flower without a perianth, a stem without leaves, seeds without a pericarp, buds without bud scales.
Naked (a.) (Mus.) Not having the full complement of tones; -- said of a chord of only two tones, which requires a third tone to be sounded with them to make the combination pleasing to the ear; as, a naked fourth or fifth.
Naked bed, A bed the occupant of which is naked, no night linen being worn in ancient times. -- Shak.
Naked eye, The eye alone, unaided by eyeglasses, or by telescope, microscope, or other magnifying device.
Naked-eyed medusa. (Zool.) See Hydromedusa.
Naked flooring (Carp.), The timberwork which supports a floor. -- Gwilt.
Naked mollusk (Zool.), A nudibranch.
Naked wood (Bot.), A large rhamnaceous tree ({Colibrina reclinata) of Southern Florida and the West Indies, having a hard and heavy heartwood, which takes a fine polish. -- C. S. Sargent.
Syn: Nude; bare; denuded; uncovered; unclothed; exposed; unarmed; plain; defenseless.
Naked (a.) Completely unclothed; "bare bodies"; "naked from the waist up"; "a nude model" [syn: bare, au naturel(p), naked, nude].
Naked (a.) Having no protecting or concealing cover; "naked to mine enemies"- Shakespeare [syn: naked, defenseless].
Naked (a.) (Of the eye or ear e.g.) Without the aid of an optical or acoustical device or instrument; "visible to the naked eye".
Naked (a.) Devoid of elaboration or diminution or concealment; bare and pure; "naked ambition"; "raw fury"; "you may kill someone someday with your raw power" [syn: naked, raw].
Naked (a.) Lacking any cover; "naked branches of the trees"; "lie on the naked rock".
Naked () This word denotes (1) absolute nakedness (Gen. 2:25; Job 1:21; Eccl. 5:15; Micah 1:8; Amos 2:16); (2) being poorly clad (Isa. 58:7; James 2:15). It denotes also (3) the state of one who has laid aside his loose outer garment (Lat. nudus), and appears clothed only in a long tunic or under robe worn next the skin (1 Sam. 19:24; Isa. 47:3; comp. Mark 14:52; John 21:7). It is used figuratively, meaning "being discovered" or "made manifest" (Job 26:6; Heb. 4:13). In Ex. 32:25 the expression "the people were naked" (A.V.) is more correctly rendered in the Revised Version "the people were broken loose", i.e., had fallen into a state of lawlessness and insubordination. In 2 Chr. 28:19 the words "he made Judah naked" (A.V.), but Revised Version "he had dealt wantonly in Judah," mean "he had permitted Judah to break loose from all the restraints of religion".
Nakedly (adv.) 裸體地；光禿禿地；明顯地；完全地 In a naked manner; without covering or disguise; manifestly; simply; barely.
Nakedly (adv.) In an exposed manner; without protection or defense; "they were attacked as they huddled nakedly on the bare hill".
Nakedly (adv.) Without clothing; "Henriette saw the weaving figure of an Apache warrior reel nakedly on a pony and rush by with a rifle raised".
Nakedness (n.) 赤裸 [U] The condition of being naked.
Nakedness (n.) (Script.) The privy parts; the genitals.
Ham . .
. saw the nakedness of his father. -- Gen. ix. 22.
Nakedness (n.) The state of being without clothing or
covering of any kind [syn: nakedness, nudity, nudeness].
Nakedness (n.) A bleak and desolate atmosphere; "the nakedness of the landscape" [syn: bleakness, desolation, bareness, nakedness].
Nakedness (n.) Characterized by an attitude of ready accessibility (especially about one's actions or purposes); without concealment; not secretive [syn: openness, nakedness] [ant: closeness, secretiveness].
Nacre (n.) (Zool.) A pearly substance which lines the interior of many shells, and is most perfect in the mother-of-pearl. [Written also nacker and naker.] See Pearl, and Mother-of-pearl.
Naker (n.) (Zool.) Same as Nacre.
Naker (n.) A kind of kettledrum. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Nakoo (n.) (Zool.) The gavial. [Written also nako.]
Nale (n.) Ale; also, an alehouse. [Obs.]
Great feasts at the nale. -- Chaucer.
Nall (n.) An awl. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] -- Tusser.
Nim (v. t.) To take; to steal; to filch. [Obs.]
This canon it in his hand nam. -- Chaucer.
Nim (n.) Game in which matchsticks are arranged in rows and players alternately remove one or more of them; in some versions the object is to take the last remaining matchstick on the table and in other versions the object is to avoid taking the last remaining matchstick on the table.
Nam () Am not. [Obs.]
Nam () Obs. imp. of Nim. -- Chaucer.
NAM () Netware Application Manager (Novell, Netware, NAL).
Namable (a.) Capable of being named.
Namation (n.) (O. Eng. & Scots Law) A distraining or levying of a distress; an impounding. -- Burrill.
Namaycush (n.) (Zool.) A large North American lake trout (Salvelinus namaycush). It is usually spotted with red, and sometimes weighs over forty pounds. Called also Mackinaw trout, lake trout, lake salmon, salmon trout, togue, and tuladi.
Namby-pamby (n.) Talk or writing which is weakly sentimental or affectedly pretty. -- Macaulay.
Namby-pamby (a.) Affectedly pretty; weakly sentimental; finical; insipid. -- Thackeray.
Namby-pamby madrigals of love. -- W. Gifford.
Namby-pamby (a.) Indecisive or weak; lacking firmness or resolve; -- of actions and policies.
Namby-pamby (a.) Weak in willpower, courage or vitality [syn: namby-pamby, gutless, spineless, wishy-washy].
Namby-pamby (n.) An insipid weakling who is foolishly sentimental.
Name (n.) 名字，姓名；名稱 [C]；外號；（誣衊性的）綽號 [C]；名聲，聲譽 [S] [（+for）] The title by which any person or thing is known or designated; a distinctive specific appellation, whether of an individual or a class.
Whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof. -- Gen. ii. 19.
What's in a name? That which we call a rose By any other name would smell as sweet. -- Shak.
Name (n.) A descriptive or qualifying appellation given to a person or thing, on account of a character or acts.
His name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. -- Is. ix. 6.
Name (n.) Reputed character; reputation, good or bad; estimation; fame; especially, illustrious character or fame; honorable estimation; distinction.
What men of name resort to him? -- Shak.
Far above . . . every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come. -- Eph. i. 21.
I will get me a name and honor in the kingdom. -- 1 Macc. iii. 14.
He hath brought up an evil name upon a virgin. -- Deut. xxii. 19.
The king's army . . . had left no good name behind. -- Clarendon.
Name (n.) Those of a certain name; a race; a family.
The ministers of the republic, mortal enemies of his name, came every day to pay their feigned civilities. -- Motley.
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