A zeolite occuring in groups of glassy acicular crystals, and in masses which often have a radiated structure. It is a hydrous silicate of alumina and soda.

Native sodium carbonate.

To find fault; to be peevish.

A European toad (Bufo calamita), having a yellow line along its back.

Neatly dressed; smart; trim; tidy; spruce.

A native; an aboriginal.

a group of living organisms classed as a family in a toxonomic classification.

The combustible gas found associated with petroleum deposits, and also in other geological formations, comprised predominantly of methane plus variable other constitutents. It is an important source of energy, and is transported long distances by pipelines, or in a liquefied state in tankers, for commercial distribution. Some natural gas deposits contain helium, and comprise the primary source of that rare element.

A chemical substance produced by a living organism; -- a term used commonly in reference to chemical substances found in nature that have distinctive pharmacological effects. Such a substance is considered a natural product even if it can be prepared by total synthesis.

That branch of chemistry which deals with the isolation, identification, structure elucidation, and study of the chemical characteristics of chemical substances produced by living organisms.

A state of nature; conformity to nature.

One versed in natural science; a student of natural history, esp. of the natural history of plants or animals; a botanist or zoologist.

Belonging to the doctrines of naturalism.

Nature; naturalness.

The act or process of naturalizing, esp. of investing an alien with the rights and privileges of a native or citizen; also, the state of being naturalized.

To become as if native.

Acclimated to a new environment; introduced from another region and persisting without cultivation; -- of plants or animals not native to a location.

In a natural manner or way; according to the usual course of things; spontaneously.

The state or quality of being natural; conformity to nature.

To endow with natural qualities.

Having (such) a nature, temper, or disposition; disposed; -- used in composition; as, good-natured, ill-natured, etc.

Not in accordance with nature; unnatural.

The belief or doctrine that attributes everything to nature as a sanative agent.

One who believes in, or conforms to, the theory of naturism.

The quality or state of being produced by nature.

To endow with a nature or qualities; to refer to nature.

an intricate traditional dance in India performed by professional dancing girls.

A small genus of evergreen tropical shrubs or trees with smooth leathery leaves.

Shipwreck; ruin.

causing shipwreck.

Of no value or account; worthless; bad; useless.

In a naughty manner; wickedly; perversely.

The quality or state of being naughty; perverseness; badness; wickedness.

Naughtily; wrongly.

Having little or nothing.

Same as naumachy.

A naval battle; esp., a mock sea fight put on by the ancient Romans.

A crustacean larva having three pairs of locomotive organs (corresponding to the antennules, antennae, and mandibles), a median eye, and little or no segmentation of the body.

An instrument for measuring the amount which a ship heels at sea.

Of or pertaining to Nauru; as, Nauruan artifacts.

The power or act of discovering ships or land at considerable distances.

Seasickness; hence, any similar sickness of the stomach accompanied with a propensity to vomit; qualm; squeamishness of the stomach; loathing.

A substance which produces nausea; an emetic.

To affect with nausea; to sicken; to cause to feel loathing or disgust.

The act of nauseating, or the state of being nauseated.

Causing nausea; nauseous.

Causing, or fitted to cause, nausea; sickening; loathsome; disgusting; exciting abhorrence; as, a nauseous drug or medicine.

An entertainment consisting chiefly of dancing by professional dancing (or Nautch) girls.

Nautical.

Of or pertaining to seamen, to the art of navigation, or to ships; as, nautical skill.

In a nautical manner; with reference to nautical affairs.

Shaped like the hull of a ship.

A natural family of spiral-shelled cephalopods.

A fossil nautilus.

Like or pertaining to the nautilus; shaped like a nautilus shell. A mollusk, or shell, of the genus Nautilus or family Nautilidae.

The only existing genus of tetrabranchiate cephalopods. About four species are found living in the tropical Pacific, but many other species are found fossil. The shell is spiral, symmetrical, and chambered, or divided into several cavities by simple curved partitions, which are traversed and connected together by a continuous and nearly central tube or siphuncle. See Tetrabranchiata.

A tribe of Indians inhabiting New Mexico and Arizona, allied to the Apaches. They are now largely engaged in agriculture.

Having to do with shipping; of or pertaining to ships or a navy; consisting of ships; as, naval forces, successes, stores, etc.

Naval affairs.

The commander of a fleet.

The name of a naval battle in the War of Greek Independence (1827), at which the Turkish and Egyptian fleet was defeated by the allied fleet.

Of or pertaining to Navarre. A native or inhabitant of Navarre; the people of Navarre.

The block in the center of a wheel, from which the spokes radiate, and through which the axle passes; -- called also hub or hob.

The middle or body of a church, extending from the transepts to the principal entrances, or, if there are no transepts, from the choir to the principal entrance, but not including the aisles.

A mark or depression in the middle of the abdomen; the umbilicus; called also belly button in humans. See Umbilicus.

The umbilical cord.

A European perennial succulent herb (Cotyledon umbilicus), having round, peltate leaves with a central depression; -- also called pennywort, and kidneywort.

A kind of small turnip, a variety of Brassica campestris. See Brassica.

The navicular bone.

The quality or condition of being navigable; navigableness.

Capable of being navigated; deep enough and wide enough to afford passage to vessels; as, a navigable river.

To pass over in ships; to sail over or on; as, to navigate the Atlantic.

The act of navigating; the act of passing on water in ships or other vessels; the state of being navigable.

of or pertaining to navigation; used in navigation; as, navigational aids.

One who navigates or sails; esp., one who direct the course of a ship, or one who is skillful in the art of navigation; also, a book which teaches the art of navigation; as, Bowditch's Navigator.

Bearing ships; capable of floating vessels.

Originally, a laborer on canals for internal navigation; hence, a laborer on other public works, as in building railroads, embankments, etc.

Having a color of navy blue.

A dark grayish blue. Also called navy.

A deputy ruler or viceroy in India; also, a title given by courtesy to other persons of high rank in the East.

An awl.

No; -- a negative answer to a question asked, or a request made, now superseded by no. Opposed to aye or yea. See also Yes.

To refuse.

A specied of wild sheep (Ovis Hodgsonii), native of Nepal and Tibet. It has a dorsal mane and a white ruff beneath the neck.

To refuse; to deny.

The negative side.

A byword; a proverb; also, a watchword.

A native or inhabitant of Nazareth; -- a term of contempt applied to Christ and the early Christians.

A Jew bound by a vow to leave the hair uncut, to abstain from wine and strong drink, and to practice extraordinary purity of life and devotion, the obligation being for life, or for a certain time. The word is also used adjectively.

The state of a Nazarite.

Of or pertaining to a Nazarite, or to Nazarites.

The vow and practice of a Nazarite.

A promontory or headland.

A Nazarite.

Nor.

a contraction of Never.

A person who never does, or fares, well; a good for nothing.

See 2d Neif.

The fist.

To be tempered by heat.

uncouth in manners or appearance.

A neanderthal human being; a member of the race Homo sapiens neanderthalensis; as, neanderthals were shorter than modern humans.

Of, pertaining to, or named from, the Neanderthal, a valley in the Rhine Province, in which were found parts of a skeleton of an early type of man. The skull is characterized by extreme dolichocephaly, flat, retreating forehead, with closed frontal sutures, and enormous superciliary ridges. The cranial capacity is estimated at about 1,220 cubic centimeters, being about midway between that of the Pithecanthropus and modern man. pertaining to or designating the Neanderthal race, or Neanderthal man, a species of extinct robust humans, believed to have been widespread in the Middle Paleolithic in Europe and western Asia; as, a Neanderthal skull.

same as Neanderthal{1}.

Like, or pertaining to, the Neanderthal skull, or the type of man it represents.

A neap tide.

Left aground on the height of a spring tide, so that it will not float till the next spring tide; -- called also beneaped.

Of of pertaining to Naples in Italy. A native or citizen of Naples.

To draw near; to approach.

Having the feet so near together that they interfere in traveling.

situated near; as, the nearby towns. Opposite of far away.

Of or pertaining to a region of the earth's surface including all of temperate and arctic North America and Greenland. In the geographical distribution of animals, this region is marked off as the habitat certain species.

less distant in space; as, we walked to the nearer house.

Near; near at hand; closely.

In a near manner; not remotely; closely; intimately; almost; as, he nearly lost his life in the accident.

The state or quality of being near; -- used in the various senses of the adjective.

Seeing distinctly at short distances only; myopic; shortsighted.

An eyesight abnormality resulting from the eye's faulty refractive ability, such that one can see only close objects distinctly; the condition of being nearsighted. See Myopic, and Myopia.

Free from that which soils, defiles, or disorders; clean; cleanly; tidy.

A person who has the care of neat cattle; a cowherd.