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  • nanocrystalline — Of, pertaining to, or composed of nanocrystals.
  • nasopharyngitis — (medicine) An inflammation of the nasal passages, and of the upper pharynx.
  • natural history — the sciences, as botany, mineralogy, or zoology, dealing with the study of all objects in nature: used especially in reference to the beginnings of these sciences in former times.
  • nearly-new shop — a shop that sells secondhand clothes and other objects
  • necessary stool — close-stool.
  • net.personality — Someone who has made a name for him or herself on Usenet, through either longevity or attention-getting posts, but doesn't meet the other requirements of net.godhood.
  • neuroplasticity — the capacity of the nervous system to develop new neuronal connections: research on neuroplasticity of the brain after injury.
  • neuropsychiatry — the branch of medicine dealing with diseases involving the mind and nervous system.
  • neutral density — black, white, or a shade of grey; a colourless tone
  • new jersey plan — a plan, unsuccessfully proposed at the Constitutional Convention, providing for a single legislative house with equal representation for each state.
  • nicholas ridley — Nicholas, c1500–55, English bishop, reformer, and martyr.
  • non-crystalline — of or like crystal; clear; transparent.
  • noncompensatory — serving to compensate, as for loss, lack, or injury.
  • nondisciplinary — of, for, or constituting discipline; enforcing or administering discipline: disciplinary action.
  • nonpsychiatrist — a person who is not a psychiatrist
  • nonstationarity — The condition of being nonstationary.
  • normally-closed — Normally-closed switch contacts are in a closed state at rest.
  • north bay shore — a city on S Long Island, in SE New York.
  • northeastwardly — Towards the northeast.
  • northwestwardly — Towards the northwest.
  • not necessarily — If you reply 'Not necessarily', you mean that what has just been said or suggested may not be true.
  • nuclear physics — the branch of physics that deals with the behavior, structure, and component parts of atomic nuclei.
  • observationally — of, relating to, or founded on observation, especially founded on observation rather than experiment.
  • oligohydramnios — (medicine) A deficit of amniotic fluid in the amniotic sac, causing distinctive deformations of the foetus.
  • orangeman's day — the 12th of July, celebrated by Protestants in Northern Ireland to commemorate the anniversary of the Battle of the Boyne (1690)
  • orangemen's day — July 12, an annual celebration in Northern Ireland and certain cities having a large Irish section, especially Liverpool, to mark both the victory of William III over James II at the Battle of the Boyne, July 1, 1690, and the Battle of Augbrim, July 12, 1690.
  • ordinary seaman — a seaman insufficiently skilled to be classified as an able-bodied seaman. Abbreviation: O.D., O.S., o.s.
  • ordinary shares — British. a share of common stock.
  • ordnance survey — mapmaking agency
  • ortega y gasset — José [haw-se] /hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1883–1955, Spanish philosopher, journalist, and critic.
  • orthopsychiatry — an approach to psychiatry concerned with the study and treatment of behavioral disorders, especially of young people.
  • oscars ceremony — a formal annual event in the United States in which small gold statuettes are awarded by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for outstanding achievements in films
  • ovoviviparously — in an ovoviviparous manner
  • oyster toadfish — See under toadfish (def 1).
  • pamprodactylous — having all four toes directed forward, as in swifts and colies.
  • paradise valley — a town in SW Arizona.
  • parasympathetic — pertaining to that part of the autonomic nervous system consisting of nerves and ganglia that arise from the cranial and sacral regions and function in opposition to the sympathetic system, as in inhibiting heartbeat or contracting the pupil of the eye.
  • passenger ferry — a ferry that carries passengers
  • pastoral prayer — the main prayer in a church service.
  • pay as you earn — a method of paying tax in which the tax is taken off your wages before they are paid to you
  • pearly nautilus — nautilus (def 1).
  • perissosyllabic — (of a line of verse) containing more syllables than expected for the metre being used
  • personal injury — injury to an individual
  • petit serjeanty — serjeanty in which the tenant renders services of an impersonal nature to the king, as providing him annually with an implement of war, as a lance or bow.
  • phosphorylation — to introduce the phosphoryl group into (an organic compound).
  • phosphorylative — of or relating to phosphorylation
  • physical memory — (memory management)   The memory hardware (normally RAM) installed in a computer. The term is only used in contrast to virtual memory.
  • physiotherapist — physical therapy.
  • plane surveying — the surveying of areas of limited size, making no corrections for the earth's curvature
  • plastic surgery — the branch of surgery dealing with the repair or replacement of malformed, injured, or lost organs or tissues of the body, chiefly by the transplant of living tissues.
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