- Doctor, doctor! I"ve had a sore stomach ever since I ate three crabs last week.
- Did they smell bad when you took them out of their shells?
- What do you mean "took them out of their shells"?
adj. (-ier, -iest) 1 a full of nuts. B tasting like nuts.
- slang crazy. nuttiness n.
NYLON
n. - tough light elastic synthetic fibre.
- nylon fabric.
- (in pl.) Stockings of nylon. [invented word]
NYMPH
n. - mythological semi-divine spirit regarded as a maiden and associated with an aspect of nature, esp. Rivers and woods.
- poet. Beautiful young woman.
- immature form of some insects. [greek numphe nymph, bride]
NAEVUS
n. (us nevus) (pl. Naevi) 1 raised red birthmark.
- = *mole2. [latin]
NAMELY
adv. That is to say; in other words.
NAPALM
—n. Thick jellied hydrocarbon mixture used in bombs. —v. Attack with napalm bombs. [from *naphthalene, *palm1]
NAPKIN
n. - piece of linen etc. For wiping the lips, fingers, etc. At meals.
- baby's nappy. [french nappe from latin mappa *map]
NARROW
boat n. Canal boat.
- —adj. (-er, -est) 1 a of small width. B confined or confining (within narrow bounds).
- of limited scope (in the narrowest sense).
- with little margin (narrow escape).
- precise; exact.
- = *narrow-minded. —n. (usu. In pl.) Narrow part of a strait, river, pass, street, etc. —v. Become or make narrow; contract; lessen. narrowly adv. Narrowness n. [old english]
NATION
n. Community of people of mainly common descent, history, language, etc., forming a state or inhabiting a territory. [latin: related to *natal]
NATIVE
—n. - a (usu. Foll. By of) person born in a specified place. B local inhabitant.
- often offens. Member of a non-white indigenous people, as regarded by colonial settlers.
- (usu. Foll. By of) indigenous animal or plant. —adj. - inherent; innate.
- of one's birth (native country).
- (usu. Foll. By to) belonging to a specified place.
- (esp. Of a non-european) indigenous; born in a place.
- (of metal etc.) Found in a pure or uncombined state. [latin: related to *natal]
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