noli-me-tangere
— Noun
– English
~ a cancerous ulcer of soft tissue and bone
northern dune tansy
— Noun
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~ lightly hairy rhizomatous perennial having aromatic feathery leaves and stems bearing open clusters of small buttonlike yellow flowers; sand dunes of Pacific coast of North America
nuisance tax
— Noun
– English
~ a tax based on the cost of the item purchased and collected directly from the buyer
Nellie Tayloe Ross
— Noun
– English
~ a politician in Wyoming who was the first woman governor in the United States (1876-1977)
National Technical Information Service
— Noun
– English
~ an agency in the Technology Administration that is a primary resource for government-funded scientific and technical and engineering and business related information
National Institute of Standards and Technology
— Noun
– English
~ an agency in the Technology Administration that makes measurements and sets standards as needed by industry or government programs
Newtonian telescope
— Noun
– English
~ reflecting telescope in which the image is viewed through an eyepiece perpendicular to main axis
Nusa Tenggara
— Noun
– English
~ a chain of islands forming a province of Indonesia to the east of Java; includes Bali and Timor
normal tension glaucoma
— Noun
– English
~ glaucoma that results from damage to the optic nerve although the intraocular pressure is normal
Norfolk terrier
— Noun
– English
~ English breed of small terrier with a straight wiry grizzled coat and dropped ears
Norwich terrier
— Noun
– English
~ English breed of small short-legged terrier with a straight wiry red or grey or black-and-tan coat and erect ears
Northwest Territories
— Noun
– English
~ a large territory in northwestern Canada; part is now Nunavut
Northern Territory
— Noun
– English
~ a territory in north central Australia
night terror
— Noun
– English
~ an emotional episode (usually in young children) in which the person awakens in terror with feelings of anxiety and fear but is unable to remember any incident that might have provoked those feelings
nuclear terrorism
— Noun
– English
~ the use of a nuclear device by a terrorist organization to cause massive devastation or the use (or threat of use) of fissionable radioactive materials; "assaults on nuclear power plants is one form of nuclear terrorism"
Nikola Tesla
— Noun
– English
~ United States electrical engineer and inventor (born in Croatia but of Serbian descent) who discovered the principles of alternating currents and developed the first alternating-current induction motor and the Tesla coil and several forms of oscillators (1856-1943)
New Testament
— Noun
– English
~ the collection of books of the Gospels, Acts of the Apostles, the Pauline and other epistles, and Revelation; composed soon after Christ's death; the second half of the Christian Bible