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| NITPICKING | | n. & adj. Colloq. Fault-finding in a petty manner. | |
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| NOBLEWOMAN | | n. Peeress. | |
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| NOMINALISM | | n. Doctrine that universals or general ideas are mere names. nominalist n. Nominalistic adj. | |
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| NOMINATIVE | | gram. —n. Case expressing the subject of a verb. —adj. Of or in this case. | |
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| NONALIGNED | | adj. (of a state) not aligned with a major power. non-alignment n. | |
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| NONCHALANT | | adj. Calm and casual. nonchalance n. Nonchalantly adv. [french chaloir be concerned] | |
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| NONDRINKER | | n. Person who does not drink alcoholic liquor. | |
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| NONFERROUS | | adj. (of a metal) other than iron or steel. | |
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| NONFICTION | | n. Literary work other than fiction. | |
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| NONNUCLEAR | | adj. - not involving nuclei or nuclear energy.
- (of a state etc.) Not having nuclear weapons. | |
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