Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter N

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Nastiness (n.) The quality or state of being nasty; extreme filthness; dirtiness; also, indecency; obscenity.

The nastiness of Plautus and Aristophanes. -- Dryden.

Nastiness (n.) A state characterized by foul or disgusting dirt and refuse [syn: filth, filthiness, foulness, nastiness].

Nastiness (n.) Malevolence by virtue of being malicious or spiteful or nasty [syn: cattiness, bitchiness, spite, spitefulness, nastiness].

Nastiness (n.) The quality of being unpleasant; "I flinched at the nastiness of his wound" [ant: niceness].

Nasturtion (n.) (Bot.) Same as Nasturtium.

Nasturtium (n.) (Bot.) 【植】旱金蓮屬植物；水田芥；橙黃色 A genus of cruciferous plants, having white or yellowish flowers, including several species of cress. They are found chiefly in wet or damp grounds, and have a pungent biting taste.

Nasturtium (n.) (Bot.) Any plant of the genus {Tropaeolum}, geraniaceous herbs, having mostly climbing stems, peltate leaves, and spurred flowers, and including the common Indian cress (Tropaeolum majus), the canary-bird flower (T. peregrinum), and about thirty more species, all natives of South America. The whole plant has a warm pungent flavor, and the fleshy fruits are used as a substitute for capers, while the leaves and flowers are sometimes used in salads.

Nasturtium (n.) Any tropical American plant of the genus Tropaeolum having pungent juice and long-spurred yellow to red flowers.

Nasturtium (n.) Aquatic herbs [syn: {Nasturtium}, {genus Nasturtium}].

Nasturtium (n.) Flowers and seeds and leaves all used as flavorings.

Nasty (a.) 齷齪的；令人作嘔的；使人難受的；淫猥的，下流的；（天氣等）非常惡劣的 Offensively filthy; very dirty, foul, or defiled; disgusting; nauseous.

Nasty (a.) Hence, loosely: Offensive; disagreeable; unpropitious; wet; drizzling; as, a nasty rain, day, sky.

Nasty (a.) Characterized by obcenity; indecent; indelicate; gross; filthy.

Nasty (a.) Vicious; offensively ill-tempered; insultingly mean; spiteful; as, a nasty disposition.

Nasty (a.) Difficult to deal with; troublesome; as, he fell of his bike and got a nasty bruise on his knee. [slang]

Syn: {Nasty}, {Filthy}, {Foul}, {Dirty}.

Usage: Anything nasty is usually wet or damp as well as filthy or dirty, and disgusts by its stickiness or odor; but filthy and foul imply that a thing is filled or covered with offensive matter, while dirty describes it as defiled or sullied with dirt of any kind; as, filthy clothing, foul vapors, etc.

Nasty (a.) Offensive or even (of persons) malicious; "in a nasty mood"; "a nasty accident"; "a nasty shock"; "a nasty smell"; "a nasty trick to pull"; "Will he say nasty things at my funeral?"- Ezra Pound [syn: {nasty}, {awful}] [ant: {nice}].

Nasty (a.) Exasperatingly difficult to handle or circumvent; "a nasty problem"; "a good man to have on your side in a tight situation" [syn: {nasty}, {tight}].

Nasty (a.) Characterized by obscenity; "had a filthy mouth"; "foul language"; "smutty jokes" [syn: {cruddy}, {filthy}, {foul}, {nasty}, {smutty}].

Nasty (a.) Disgustingly dirty; filled or smeared with offensive matter; "as filthy as a pigsty"; "a foul pond"; "a nasty pigsty of a room" [syn: {filthy}, {foul}, {nasty}].

Nasty (a.) Very bad or unpleasant.

‘Plastic bags burn with a nasty, acrid smell.’

‘Dad's had a nasty accident.’

Nasty (a.) (Of the weather) Unpleasantly cold or wet.

‘It's a nasty old night.’

Nasty (a.) Repugnant to the mind.

‘Her stories are very nasty, full of murder and violence.’

Nasty (a.) Behaving in an unpleasant or spiteful way.

‘Harry was a nasty, foul-mouthed old devil.’

Nasty (a.) Annoying or unwelcome.

‘Life has a nasty habit of repeating itself.’

Nasty (a.) Damaging or harmful.

‘A nasty, vicious-looking hatchet.’

Nasty (n.) (Informal) 討厭的人；令人不快的事物（狀況）[C] An unpleasant or harmful person or thing.

‘A water conditioner to neutralize chlorine and other nasties.’

Nasty (n.) A horror video or film. See also Video nasty.

Nasute (a.) Having a nice sense of smell. [Obs.] -- Evelyn.

Nasute (a.) Critically nice; captious. [Obs.] -- auden.

Nasutness (n.) Quickness of scent; hence, nice discernment; acuteness. [Obs.] -- Dr. H. More.

Nat (adv.) Not. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.

Nat () Not at; nor at. [Obs.] -- haucer.

NAT, () [IP] Network Address Translator (RFC 1631, IP)

Network Address Translation

NAT

Network Address Translator.

(NAT, or Network Address Translator, Virtual LAN)

A technique in which a router or firewall rewrites the source and/ or destination Internet addresses in a packet as it passes through, typically to allow multiple hosts to connect to the Internet via a single external IP address. NAT keeps track of outbound connections and distributes incoming packets to the correct machine.

NAT is an alternative to adopting IPv6 (IPng). It allows the same IP addresses (10.x.x.x is the conventional range) to be used on many private local networks while requiring only one of the increasingly scarce public addresses to be allocated to each private network.

NAT does not however allow an external service to initiate a TCP connection to an internal host, nor does it support stateless protocols based on UDP well unless the router software has extensions to support each specific protocol.

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Natal (a.) 出生的；出生時的 Of or pertaining to one's birth; accompying or dating from one's birth; native.

Princes' children took names from their natal places. -- Camden.

Propitious star, whose sacred power Presided o'er the monarch's natal hour. -- Prior.

Natal (a.) (Astrol.) Presiding over nativity; as, natal Jove.

Syn: Native, natural. See Native.

Natal (a.) Relating to or accompanying birth; "natal injuries"; "natal day"; "natal influences."

Natal (a.) Of or relating to the buttocks.

Natal (n.) A region of eastern South Africa on the Indian Ocean; "Natal was renamed KwaZulu-Natal in 1994" [syn: Natal, KwaZulu-Natal].

Natal (n.) A port city in northeastern Brazil.

NATALE. () The state of condition of a man acquired by birth.

Natalitial (a.) Alt. of Natalitious.

Natalitious (a.) Of or pertaining to one's birth or birthday, or one's nativity. [Obs.] "Natalitial poplar." -- Evelyn. "Natalitious fire." -- W. Cartwright.

Nataloin (n.) (Chem.) A bitter crystalline substance constituting the essential principle of Natal aloes. Cf. Aloon.

Natal plum () (Bot.) The drupaceous fruit of two South African shrubs of the genus Arduina (A. bispinosa and A. grandiflora).

Natal plum () The shrub bearing the natal plum[1]; a very large closely branched South African shrub ({Carissa grandiflora) of the dogbane family having forked bright green spines, white flowers, shiny leaves, and red berries.

Natal plum (n.) Very large closely branched South African shrub having forked bright green spines and shiny leaves [syn: natal plum, amatungulu, Carissa macrocarpa, Carissa grandiflora].

Natal plum (n.) South African shrub having forked spines and plumlike fruit; frequently used as hedging [syn: hedge thorn, natal plum, Carissa bispinosa].

Natal plum (n.) Edible scarlet plumlike fruit of a South African plant [syn: carissa plum, natal plum].

Natals (n. pl.) One's birth, or the circumstances attending it.

Natant (a.) (Bot.) 浮在水上的，漂浮的 Floating in water, as the leaves of water lilies, or submersed, as those of many aquatic plants.

Natant (a.) (Her.) Placed horizontally across the field, as if swimmimg toward the dexter side; said of all sorts of fishes except the flying fish.

Natant (a.) Swimming or floating in water <natant decapods>.

Natantly (adv.) In a floating manner; swimmingly.

Natation (n.) 游泳（術） The act of floating on the water; swimming. -- Sir T. Browne.

Natation (n.) The act of someone who floats on the water [syn: floating, natation].

Natatores (n. pl.) The swimming birds.

Natatorial (a.) Inclined or adapted to swim; swimming; as, natatorial birds.

Natatorial (a.) Of or relating to swimming; adapted to or characterized by swimming.

Natatorious (a.) Adapted for swimming; -- said of the legs of certain insects.

Natatorium (n.) A swimming bath.

Natatory (a.) Adapted for swimming or floating; as, natatory organs.

Natch (n.) The rump of beef; esp., the lower and back part of the rump.

Natchez (n. pl.) A tribe of Indians who formerly lived near the site of the city of Natchez, Mississippi. In 1729 they were subdued by the French; the survivors joined the Creek Confederacy.

Natchnee (n.) An annual grass (Eleusine coracona), cultivated in India as a food plant.

Nates (n. pl.) The buttocks.

Nates (n. pl.) The two anterior of the four lobes on the dorsal side of the midbrain of most mammals; the anterior optic lobes.

Nates (n. pl.) The umbones of a bivalve shell.

Nath () Hath not.

Nathless (conj.) Nevertheless.

Nathmore (adv.) Not the more; never the more.

Naticas (n. pl. ) of Natica.

NaticAe (n. pl. ) of Natica.

Natica (n.) Any one of numerous species of marine gastropods belonging to Natica, Lunatia, Neverita, and other allied genera (family Naticidae.) They burrow beneath the sand, or mud, and drill other shells.

Naticoid (a.) Like or belonging to Natica, or the family Naticidae.

Nation (n.) (Ethnol.) 國民 [G]；國家；民族 A part, or division, of the people of the earth, distinguished from the rest by common descent, language, or institutions; a race; a stock.

All nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues. -- Rev. vii. 9.

Nation (n.) The body of inhabitants of a country, united under an independent government of their own.

A nation is the unity of a people. -- Coleridge.

Praise the power that hath made and preserved us a nation. -- F. S. Key.

Nation (n.) Family; lineage. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.

Nation (n.) One of the divisions of university students in a classification according to nativity, formerly common in Europe.

Nation (n.) (Scotch Universities) One of the four divisions (named from the parts of Scotland) in which students were classified according to their nativity.

Nation (n.) A great number; a great deal; -- by way of emphasis; as, a nation of herbs. -- Sterne.

Five nations. See under Five.

Law of nations. See International law, under International, and Law.

Syn: people; race. See People.

Nation (n.) A politically organized body of people under a single government; "the state has elected a new president"; "African nations"; "students who had come to the nation's capitol"; "the country's largest manufacturer"; "an industrialized land" [syn: state, nation, country, land, commonwealth, res publica, body politic].

Nation (n.) The people who live in a nation or country; "a statement that sums up the nation's mood"; "the news was announced to the nation"; "the whole country worshipped him" [syn: nation, land, country].

Nation (n.) United States prohibitionist who raided saloons and destroyed bottles of liquor with a hatchet (1846-1911) [syn: Nation, Carry Nation, Carry Amelia Moore Nation].

Nation (n.) A federation of tribes (especially Native American tribes); "the Shawnee nation."

National (n.) 國民，國人 [C]；全國性比賽 [P1] A citizen (of a particular country); as, U. S. nationals are advised to contact their embassy when abroad.

National (n.) A country-wide sports competition; for a series of competitions, the plural form is usually used; as, to advance to the nationals.

National (a.) 全國性的；民族的 Of or pertaining to a nation; common to a whole people or race; public; general; as, a national government, language, dress, custom, calamity, etc.

National (a.) Attached to one's own country or nation.

National anthem, A popular song or hymn which has become by general acceptance the recognized musical expression of the patriotic sentiment of a nation; as, "God save the King" is called the national anthem of England.

National bank, The official common name of a class of banking corporations established under the laws of the United States.

National flag. See under Flag.

National guard, A body of militia, or a local military organization, as in Paris during the French Revolution, or as certain bodies of militia in other European countries and in the United States.

National salute, A salute consisting of as many guns as there are States in the Union. [U.S.]

National (a.) Of or relating to or belonging to a nation or country; "national hero"; "national anthem"; "a national landmark."

National (a.) Limited to or in the interests of a particular nation; "national interests"; "isolationism is a strictly national policy" [ant: international].

National (a.) Concerned with or applicable to or belonging to an entire nation or country; "the national government"; "national elections"; "of national concern"; "the national highway system"; "national forests" [ant: local].

National (a.) Owned or maintained for the public by the national government; "national parks."

National (a.) Inside the country; "the British Home Office has broader responsibilities than the United States Department of the Interior"; "the nation's internal politics" [syn: home(a), interior(a), internal, national].

National (a.) Characteristic of or peculiar to the people of a nation; "a national trait."

National (a.) Of or relating to nationality; "national origin."

National (n.) A person who owes allegiance to that nation; "a monarch has a duty to his subjects" [syn: national, subject].

NATIONAL or PUBLIC DOMAIN. () All the property which belongs to the state is comprehended under the name of national or public domain.

NATIONAL or PUBLIC DOMAIN. () Care must be taken not to confound the public or national domain, with the national finances, or the public revenue, as taxes, imposts, contributions, duties, and the like, which are not considered as property, and are essentially attached to the sovereignty. Vide Domain; Eminent Domain.

National anthem (n.) A national anthem (also state anthem, national hymn, national song etc.) is generally a patriotic musical composition that evokes and eulogizes the history, traditions and struggles of its people, recognized either by a nation's government as the official national song, or by convention through use by the people. The majority of national anthems are either marches or hymns in style.

The countries of Latin America tend towards more operatic pieces, while a handful of countries[which?] use a simple fanfare. [1].

// The military band played the national anthem.

Nationalism (n.) [U] 民族主義；國家主義；民族獨立運動 The state of being national; national attachment; nationality.

Nationalism (n.) An idiom, trait, or character peculiar to any nation.

Nationalism (n.) National independence; the principles of the Nationalists.

Nationalism (n.) A devotion to one's country; patriotism; especially. an exaggerated or excessive form of patriotism; chauvinism.

Nationalism (n.) The policy of advocating the independence of one's country.

Nationalism (n.) The policy of advocating the interests of one's own country exclusively, regardless of effects of a country's actions on other countries.

Nationalism (n.) Love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it; "they rode the same wave of popular patriotism"; "British nationalism was in the air and patriotic sentiments ran high" [syn: {patriotism}, {nationalism}].

Nationalism (n.) The doctrine that your national culture and interests are superior to any other [ant: {internationalism}, {multiculturalism}].

Nationalism (n.) The aspiration for national independence felt by people under foreign domination.

Nationalism (n.) The doctrine that nations should act independently (rather than collectively) to attain their goals [ant: {internationalism}].

Nationalist (n.) [C] 民族主義者；國家主義者；民族獨立主義者 One who advocates national unity and independence; -- as, for example, one of a party favoring Irish independence before 1918.

Nationalist (n.) One who advocates nationalism, in any sense.

Nationalist (a.) 民族主義（者）的；國家主義（者）的；民族獨立主義的 Devotion to the interests or culture of a particular nation including promoting the interests of one country over those of others; "nationalist aspirations"; "minor nationalistic differences" [syn: nationalist, nationalistic].

Nationalist (n.) One who loves and defends his or her country [syn: patriot, nationalist].

Nationalist (n.) An advocate of national independence of or a strong national government.

Nationalities (n. pl. ) of Nationality.

Nationality (n.) 國籍 [C] [U]；民族 [C] The quality of being national, or strongly attached to one's own nation; patriotism.

Nationality (n.) The sum of the qualities which distinguish a nation; national character.

Nationality (n.) A race or people, as determined by common language and character, and not by political bias or divisions; a nation.

The fulfillment of his mission is to be looked for in the condition of nationalities and the character of peoples. -- H. W. Beecher.

Nationality (n.) Existence as a distinct or individual nation; national unity and integrity.

Nationality (n.) The state or quality of belonging to or being connected with a nation or government by nativity, character, ownership, allegiance, etc.; as, to record one's nationality on identification papers; the Soviet Union had citizens of many nationalities.

Nationality (n.) People having common origins or traditions and often comprising a nation; "immigrants of the same nationality often seek each other out"; "such images define their sense of nationality."

Nationality (n.) The status of belonging to a particular nation by birth or naturalization.

Nationalization (n.) 國有化；歸化 The act of nationalizing, or the state of being nationalized.

Nationalization (n.) The action of forming or becoming a nation [syn: nationalization, nationalisation].

Nationalization (n.) The action of rendering national in character [syn: nationalization, nationalisation].

Nationalization (n.) Changing something from private to state ownership or control [syn: nationalization, nationalisation, communization, communisation] [ant: denationalisation, denationalization, privatisation, privatization].

Nationalized (imp. & p. p.) of Nationalize.

Nationalizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Nationalize.

Nationalize (v. t.) 使國有化；使成為全國性的；使歸化 To make national; to make a nation of; to endow with the character and habits of a nation, or the peculiar sentiments and attachment of citizens of a nation.

Nationalize (v. t.) To change ownership of (a business, a property) from private ownership to state ownership or control; as, to nationalize the steel industry.

Nationally (adv.) 在全國範圍內；全國性地；作為整個民族 In a national manner or way; as a nation. "The jews . . . being nationally espoused to God by covenant." -- South.

Nationally (adv.) Throughout the nation; as, nationally famous.

Nationally (adv.) With regard to a nation taken as a whole; "a nationally uniform culture."

Nationally (adv.) Extending throughout an entire nation; "nationally advertised"; "it was broadcast nationwide" [syn: nationally, nationwide, across the nation, across the country].

Nationalness (n.) The quality or state of being national; nationality. -- Johnson.

National Thowheeth Jama'ath (n.) (NTJ; "National Monotheism Organization") 國家一神教團（National Thowheeth Jama'ath NTJ），是斯里蘭卡的一個伊斯蘭聖戰主義組織，可能策劃了2019年斯里蘭卡連環爆炸 [11] [12]。該組織提倡伊斯蘭恐怖主義 [11]，疑似與伊斯蘭國有關連 [13]。

Is a Sri Lankan jihadist group implicated in the 2019 Sri Lanka Easter bombings. [13] [14] It is believed to have ties with Islamic State. [15]

Nationwide (adv.) 在全國 Extending throughout an entire nation; "nationally advertised"; "it was broadcast nationwide" [syn: nationally, nationwide, across the nation, across the country].

Nationwide (a.) 全國範圍的；全國性的 Occurring or extending throughout a country or nation; "the event aroused nationwide interest"; "a countrywide fund-raising campaign" [syn: countrywide, nationwide].

Native (a.) 天生的；出生地的，祖國的，家鄉的[B]；本土的，本國的，土生的 [B] [（+to）]；（某地）特有的，原產的 [（+to）]；土人的，土著的；天然的，自然的；樸素的 Arising by birth; having an origin; born. [Obs.]

Anaximander's opinion is, that the gods are native, rising and vanishing again in long periods of times. -- Cudworth.

Native (a.) Of or pertaining to one's birth; natal; belonging to the place or the circumstances in which one is born; -- opposed to foreign; as, native land, language, color, etc.

Native (a.) Born in the region in which one lives; as, a native inhabitant, race; grown or originating in the region where used or sold; not foreign or imported; as, native oysters, or strawberries. In the latter sense, synonymous with domestic.

Native (a.) Original; constituting the original substance of anything; as, native dust. -- Milton.

Native (a.) Conferred by birth; derived from origin; born with one; inherent; inborn; not acquired; as, native genius, cheerfulness, wit, simplicity, rights, intelligence, etc.

Having the same meaning as congenital, but typically used for positive qualities, whereas congenital may be used for negative qualities. See also congenital.

Courage is native to you. -- Jowett (Thucyd.).

Native (a.) Naturally related; cognate; connected (with). [R.]

The head is not more native to the heart, . . . Than is the throne of Denmark to thy father. -- Shak.

Native (a.) (Min.) Found in nature uncombined with other elements; as, native silver , copper, gold.

Native (a.) (Min.) Found in nature; not artificial; as native sodium chloride.

Native American party. See under American, a.

Native bear (Zool.), The koala.

Native bread (Bot.), A large underground fungus, of Australia ({Mylitta australis), somewhat resembling a truffle, but much larger.

Native devil. (Zool.) Same as Tasmanian devil, under Devil.

Native hen (Zool.), An Australian rail ({Tribonyx Mortierii).

Native pheasant. (Zool.) See Leipoa.

Native rabbit (Zool.), An Australian marsupial ({Perameles lagotis) resembling a rabbit in size and form.

Native sloth (Zool.), The koala.

Native thrush (Zool.), An Australian singing bird ({Pachycephala olivacea); -- called also thickhead.

Native turkey (Zool.), The Australian bustard ({Choriotis australis); -- called also bebilya.

Syn: Natural; natal; original; congenital.

Usage: Native, Natural, Natal. natural refers to the nature of a thing, or that which springs therefrom; native, to one's birth or origin; as, a native country, language, etc.; natal, to the circumstances of one's birth; as, a natal day, or star. Native talent is that which is inborn; natural talent is that which springs from the structure of the mind. Native eloquence is the result of strong innate emotion; natural eloquence is opposed to that which is studied or artificial.

Native (n.) [C] 本地人，本國人 [（+of）]；土著，原住民 [P1]；（某地）原有的動（植）物[（+of）] One who, or that which, is born in a place or country referred to; a denizen by birth; an animal, a fruit, or vegetable, produced in a certain region; as, a native of France; the natives are restless.

Native (n.) (Stock Breeding) Any of the live stock found in a region, as distinguished from such as belong to pure and distinct imported breeds. [U.S.]

Native (a.) Characteristic of or existing by virtue of geographic origin; "the native North American sugar maple"; "many native artists studied abroad" [ant: foreign, strange].

Native (a.) Belonging to one by birth; "my native land"; "one's native language" [ant: adopted, adoptive].

Native (a.) Characteristic of or relating to people inhabiting a region from the beginning; "native Americans"; "the aboriginal peoples of Australia" [syn: native, aboriginal] [ant: nonnative].

Native (a.) As found in nature in the elemental form; "native copper."

Native (n.) An indigenous person who was born in a particular place; "the art of the natives of the northwest coast"; "the Canadian government scrapped plans to tax the grants to aboriginal college students" [syn: native, indigen, indigene, aborigine, aboriginal].

Native (n.) A person born in a particular place or country; "he is a native of Brazil."

Native (n.) Indigenous plants and animals.

Native (a.) (B2) [ Before noun ] 出生國的；出生地的；土生土長的 Relating to or describing someone's country or place of birth or someone who was born in a particular country or place.

// She returned to live and work in her native Japan.

// She's a native Californian.

Native (a.) (C2) （動植物）原產於（某地）的，土生的 Used to refer to plants and animals that grow naturally in a place, and have not been brought there from somewhere else.

// Henderson Island in the Pacific has more than 55 species of native flowering plants.

// The horse is not native to America - it was introduced by the Spanish.

Native (a.) (B2) [ Before noun ] 土著的，土著人的 Relating to the first people to live in an area.

// The Aborigines are the native inhabitants of Australia.

// The native population.

// Native customs and traditions.