nickname
— Noun
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～ a familiar name for a person (often a shortened version of a person's given name); "Joe's mother would not use his nickname and always called him Joseph"; "Henry's nickname was Slim"
Nicola Amati
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～ Italian violin maker in Cremona; taught the craft to Guarneri and Stradivari (1596-1684)
Nicolaus Copernicus
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～ Polish astronomer who produced a workable model of the solar system with the sun in the center (1473-1543)
Nicolo Amati
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～ Italian violin maker in Cremona; taught the craft to Guarneri and Stradivari (1596-1684)
nicolson
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～ English diplomat and author (1886-1968)
Nicosia
— Noun
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～ the capital and largest city of Cyprus
nicotiana
— Noun
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～ American and Asiatic aromatic herbs and shrubs with viscid foliage
Nicotiana glauca
— Noun
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～ evergreen South American shrub naturalized in United States; occasionally responsible for poisoning livestock
Nicotiana alata
— Noun
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～ South American ornamental perennial having nocturnally fragrant greenish-white flowers
nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide
— Noun
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～ a coenzyme present in most living cells and derived from the B vitamin nicotinic acid; serves as a reductant in various metabolic processes
nicotine
— Noun
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～ an alkaloid poison that occurs in tobacco; used in medicine and as an insecticide
nicotinic acid
— Noun
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～ a B vitamin essential for the normal function of the nervous system and the gastrointestinal tract
nictation
— Noun
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～ a reflex that closes and opens the eyes rapidly
nictitating membrane
— Noun
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～ a protective fold of skin in the eyes of reptiles and birds and some mammals
nictitation
— Noun
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～ a reflex that closes and opens the eyes rapidly
nicu
— Noun
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～ an intensive care unit designed with special equipment to care for premature or seriously ill newborn
nidaros
— Noun
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～ a port in central Norway on Trondheim Fjord
nidation
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～ (embryology) the organic process whereby a fertilized egg becomes implanted in the lining of the uterus of placental mammals