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Nameless
adj. anonymous; lacking a name or distinguishing label; incapable of being described
Naphtha
n. one of many existing volatile, flammable liquid hydrocarbon compounds that are used primarily as solvents and diluents; petroleum
Narcissus
n. in Greek mythology, a gorgeous youth who, through falling hopelessly in love with his own reflection, is transformed into a narcissus flower
Narrate
v. to elaborately relate a story; to voice commentary for
Narration
n. the act of storytelling; the spoken commentary that accompanies a film or exhibit
Narrative
n. an account or a story
Narrator
n. someone who narrates, or tells a story
Narrow-minded
adj. intolerant; petty
Nasal
adj. relating to the nose; marked by the resonating sound produced by passing air through the nose
Natal
adj. relating to one’s birth;
Nationality
n. the state of one's national status; one's national membership
Naturally
adv. in accordance with the natural order of things; devoid of affectation or artificiality; consistent with one’s nature
Nausea
n. the state of being in terrible gastronomical distress that often corresponds with an urge to vomit; intense disgust
Nauseate
v. to cause to feel nausea or disgust
Nauseous
adj. nauseating; causing disgust or revulsion
Nautical
adj. relating to ships or seamen
Naval
adj. relating to the navy
Navel
n. an indentation in the center of the abdomen that notes the point of previous attachment of the umbilical cord
Navigable
adj. capable of being steered or operated; capable of being traversed
Navigate
v. to sail or steer a boat; to traverse; to steer an aircraft
Nebula
n. a vast cloud of interstellar gas or dust
Necessary
adj. inevitable; unavoidable; required
Necessitate
v. to require or compel
Necessity
n. the state of being necessary; a requirement; a pressing need
Necrology
n. an obituary; a record of the recently deceased
Necromancer
n. someone who practices black magic or sorcery; someone who magically conjures the spirits of the deceased with the intention of revealing and influencing the future
Necropolis
n. an elaborate cemetery
Necrosis
n. the specifically oriented death of living tissue
Nectar
n. a sweet, delicious beverage usually made from fruit juice or honey
Needlework
n. embroidery
Needy
adj. characterized by want of emotional support; extremely poor
Nefarious
adj. evil or wicked
Negate
v. to nullify; to deny or refuse to acknowledge the truth of
Negation
n. the act of negating; the opposite of something
Neglectful
adj. inclined to neglect; careless
Negligee
n. a sheer, flowing woman's dressing gown
Negligence
n. the state of being negligent, or culpably careless
Negligent
adj. marked by neglect; hazardously or culpably careless
Negligible
adj. inconsequential; trifling; of little or no importance
Negotiable
adj. capable of being arranged, managed or settled
Nemesis
n. according to Greek mythology, the goddess of justice
Neocracy
n. a government formed or run by the inexperienced
Neo-Darwinism
n. a modern evolutionary theory that borrows from traditional Darwinism regarding the concepts of natural selection and modern population genetics
Neo-Latin
n. New Latin, or Latin employed at the end of the medieval period typically for scientific classification purposes
Neolithic
adj. relating to the final period of the Stone Age; outmoded
Neology
n. a new word or expression
Neopaganism
n. someone who practices a modern form of paganism
Neophyte
adj. a novice; a beginner
Nestle
v. to snuggle; to shelter
Nestling
adj. settling comfortably and inconspicuously
Nettle
v. to sting or irritate
Network
n. a system of interconnected channels or entities
Neural
adj. relating to the nervous system
Neurology
n. the medical scientific study of the biological nervous system that focuses on structure, functions and abnormalities
Neuter
adj. neutral; having defective or nonfunctional generative organs
Neutral
adj. unbiased or indifferent ideologically; nondescript physically
Nevertheless
conj. however
Newtonian
adj. relating to Sir Isaac Newton
Niggardly
adj. reluctant to spend or give money; stingy
Nihilist
n. someone who believes that existence is meaningless and that living is therefore pointless
Nil
n. nothing
Nimble
adj. agile; alert and clever; responsive
Nit
n. a comparatively unimportant defect or shortcoming; an idiot; a young insect
Nocturnal
adj. relating to night; active during the nighttime
Noiseless
adj. silent
Noisome
adj. harmful or offensive to the senses; extremely obnoxious
Noisy
adj. loud or clamorous; showy or gaudy; highly noticeable
Nomad
adj. someone who travels or wanders from temporary residence to temporary residence
Nomic
adj. ordinary or usual
Nominal
adj. relating to a noun; relating to a name; being something only in name; insignificant
Nominate
v. to recommend for an official appointment or office
Nomination
n. the state of being appointed to a position
Nominee
n. someone who has been recommended for an official appointment or office
Nonchalance
n. the state of showing easy unconcern
Non-combatant
n. someone who isn’t required to fight or engage in combat; a civilian
Nondescript
adj. difficult to describe; not belonging to any particular group; indistinct
Nonentity
n. a nonexistent or insignificant person or thing
Non-existent
adj. not existing
Nonpareil
n. a paragon or ideal representative; a group of small sugar pellets
Non-resident
adj. not living in a specific place
Norm
n. an accepted standard; an average; a typical or common practice
Normalcy
n. the state of being normal
Norman
adj. relating to Normandy
Nostrum
n. an unverified, generally questionable medical remedy or societal cure
Noticeable
adj. conspicuous; attracting attention; obvious
Notorious
adj. having a widespread bad reputation
Novelette
n. a novella, or a work of fiction that is longer than a short story but shorter than a novel
Novice
n. a beginner; someone newly admitted into a religious group
Nowadays
adv. presently or currently
Noxious
adj. corrupting or harmful; disagreeable
Nuance
n. an obscure distinction or quality
Nucleus
n. the concentrated center of an organism or community; an entity's core
Nude
adj. bare or uncovered; naked
Nugatory
adj. inconsequential; lacking force or influence
Nuisance
n. an annoyance or pest
Numeration
n. the act of counting or numbering
Numerical
adj. relating to numbers
Nunnery
n. a place where nuns are housed; a convent
Nuptial
adj. relating to marriage
Nurture
n. a nourishing substance; the aggregate of the environmental factors that influence a developing organism's behavior
Nutriment
n. a substance that aids physical growth, energy production and bodily maintenance
Nutritive
adj. relating to nutrition
Oaken
adj. relating to oaks
Oakum
n. a tarred, twisted fiber used to pack joints or make seams secure against leakage
Obdurate
adj. set on wrongdoing; emotionally hardened; stubborn or inflexible
Obelisk
n. a four-sided, upright pillar that tapers as it rises and is crowned by a pyramid structure
Obese
adj. carrying excessive body fat
Obesity
n. the state of having an excessive amount of fat stored in the body
Obituary
adj. a brief biographical note signifying someone’s death
Objective
adj. relating to the state of being an object; perceivable by all observers; independent of subjectivity
Objector
n. someone who firmly opposes something
Obligate
v. to constrain morally or legally
Obligatory
adj. legally or morally required or mandatory
Oblique
adj. lacking a right angle; neither parallel nor perpendicular; indirect or obscure; devious
Obliterate
v. to completely erase from memory; to utterly destroy; to wear away or remove
Oblivion
n. the state of being oblivious, or consciously unaware; the state of being unknown
Oblong
adj. elongated in shape so as to deviate slightly from a circular or spherical form
Obnoxious
adj. extremely offensive
Obsequies
n. a funeral rite
Obsequious
adj. marked by exaggerated flattery
Observance
n. a customary ceremony; the act of observing
Observant
adj. vigilantly attentive; mindful; perceptive
Observatory
n. a structure designed to aid in the observation of natural phenomena
Obsolescence
n. the state of being obsolete, or outdated to the point of uselessness
Obsolescent
adj. obsolete, or old-fashioned to the point of being no longer useful
Obsolete
adj. outdated to the point of uselessness
Obstetrician
n. a doctor who specializes in obstetrics, or birth
Obstetrics
n. the medical science of birth
Obstinacy
n. the state of being obstinate, or stubbornly sticking to a set course in spite of arguments advocating the contrary
Obstreperous
adj. loudly unruly; clamorous
Obstruct
v. to impede or hinder by way of an obstacle; to block
Obstruction
n. the state of being blocked; something that blocks or hinders
Obtrude
v. to impose or intrude without warrant
Obtrusive
adj. inappropriately prominent; protruding
Obvert
v. to maneuver or flip around so as to reveal a different side than that originally presented
Obviate
v. to prevent and therefore establish as unnecessary
Occasion
n. an opportunity; an inciting situation or happening; a celebratory event
Occident
n. West
Occlude
v. to block off or obstruct
Occult
adj. difficult to comprehend or perceive; mysterious
Occupant
n. someone who occupies a specific place; a resident or inhabitant
Occurrence
n. an incident or event
Octagon
n. an eight-angled, eight-sided polygon
Octave
n. in music, an interval consisting of eight diatonic degrees; a tonal combination of two notes that are exactly an octave apart; any period embracing eight entities or markers
Octavo
n. a page or piece of paper that has been cut as one of eight parts from a sheet
Octogenarian
adj. being eighty-something years old
Ocular
adj. relating to the eye
Oculist
n. ophthalmologist or optometrist; a medical doctor who specializes in eye structure, function and disease
Oddity
n. an odd entity or incident
Ode
n. a poem that is lyrical in nature and is characterized by exaltation of feeling
Odious
adj. repugnant or hateful
Odium
n. the state of being socially condemned or regarded with contempt and loathing as a consequence of a despicable act
Odoriferous
adj. aromatically or morally offensive
Odorous
adj. emitting an odor or scent; fragrant
Off
adj. distant; inconsistent or incorrect; abnormal; remote; off-color
Offhand
adv. lacking preparation; extempore
Officiate
v. to officially direct or administer a function or duty
Officious
adj. disposed to volunteer one's services without welcome; meddlesome
Offshoot
n. a lateral branch shooting off or growing out from the main stem
Ogre
n. a huge, hideous humanoid monster that eats human flesh
Ointment
n. a soothing agent applied to the skin
Olfactory
adj. relating to one's sense of smell
Olive-branch
n. a conciliatory or peaceful gesture
Ominous
adj. foreshadowing future events via omens; foreboding or menacing; fateful
Omission
n. a neglected duty or subject
Omnipotence
n. the state of having unlimited influence or authority
Omnipotent
adj. God-like, or Almighty
Omniscience
n. the state of being omniscient, or possessing infinite knowledge
Omniscient
adj. infinitely and universally knowledgeable and aware
Omnivorous
adj. consuming or subsisting on animal and vegetable matter; avidly devouring of something
Onerous
adj. burdensome or especially laborious due to a distasteful nature
Onrush
n. an onset of something
Onset
n. a beginning; an attack
Onslaught
n. an extremely fierce attack
Onus
n. a disagreeable obligation; a burden
Opalescence
n. the state of reflecting iridescent light
Opaque
adj. obscuring or preventing the passage of light; difficult to comprehend or communicate
Operate
v. to function properly; to cause to perform a function or produce an effect
Operative
adj. appropriately effective; essential; influential or formidable; relating to physical operations
Operator
n. someone who operates or manipulates machinery or supervises transactions among personnel
Operetta
n. a comic and often romantic musical opera
Opinion
n. a personal judgment of a particular matter
Opponent
n. someone who assumes a contrary position
Opportune
adj. appropriate or convenient for a specific circumstance
Opportunist
n. someone who seeks and pursues opportunities
Opportunity
n. a circumstance allowing one the chance to advance oneself or establish progress
Opposite
adj. at the other end of; the reverse of; diametrically opposed to
Opprobrium
n. public condemnation or disgrace responding to grossly vicious conduct
Optic
n. an eye or an optical instrument
Optician
n. someone who creates or sells optical instruments; someone who writes or reads optical prescriptions
Optics
n. the scientific study of light genesis, propagation and alteration
Optimism
n. the inclination to predict the most favorable outcome
Option
n. an alternative; a choice
Optometry
n. a medical profession concerned primarily with examining the refractory state of eyes and diagnosing and treating eye diseases.
Opulence
n. affluence or abundance
Opulent
adj. characterized by abundant wealth
Oral
adj. relating to the mouth; spoken; relating to speech; relating to the lips
Orate
v. to speak pompously
Oration
n. a formally delivered speech
Orator
n. an effective and influential public speaker
Oratorio
n. a long and often religious choral piece composed of arias, recitatives and choruses
Oratory
n. the art of public speaking
Ordeal
n. an unpleasantly intense or trying experience
Ordinal
n. a written document detailing the rites for religious ordination
Ordination
n. the act of ordaining, or officially investing with authority
Ordnance
n. a stock of military supplies such as weapons, combat vehicles and maintenance tools
Orgies
n. boisterous events marked by excessive sexual indulgence
Origin
n. the place where something came into being; one's ancestry; something that creates something else
Original
adj. relating to an origin; first or initial rather than derivative; creative and inventive
Originate
v. to begin or come into existence; to initiate
Ornate
adj. characterized by elaborate or florid decoration or style
Orthodox
adj. relating to any of the numerous conservative religious groups or sects; conventional
Orthodoxy
n. the state of being orthodox, or conventional
Orthogonal
adj. forming right angles at points of intersection
Orthopedic
adj. relating to orthopedics
Orthopedist
n. a medical doctor concerned with the prevention or correction of skeletal deformities or injuries
Oscillate
v. to alternate to and from opposing points; to swing back and forth like a pendulum; to vary between incompatible feelings or beliefs
Osculate
v. to kiss
Ossify
v. to harden or morph into bone
Ostentation
n. obnoxious display; pretentiousness
Ostracism
n. the act of socially or politically banishing or excluding someone by popular demand
Ostracize
v. to banish from a social group; to exile
Ought
v. to owe
Oust
v. to forcibly remove from a political position or a piece of property
Out-and-out
adj. being such indisputably at all times and in every way
Outbreak
n. an abrupt, violent increase in activity
Outburst
n. an eruption of emotion, growth or activity
Outcast
n. someone who is cast out by society
Outcry
n. a clamor or impassioned cry
Outdo
v. to exceed expectations of performance
Outlandish
adj. foreign or unordinary; improper or unreasonable; uncivilized
Outlast
v. to last longer than another
Outlaw
n. a legal fugitive or criminal; a rebel; someone who isn’t subject to the law
Outlive
v. to survive longer than someone or something
Out-of-the-way
adj. uncommon; off-the-beaten-track
Outpost
n. a secure military base or settlement stationed at a location other than that of the main military camp for security purposes
Outrage
n. a violent or brutal act; an insult
Outrageous
adj. extremely and sometimes absurdly unusual; fantastic; disregarding or defying standards of taste and decency
Outreach
v. to reach beyond established or expected limits; to trick
Outride
v. to ride faster or longer than another
Outrigger
n. a protruding beam reaching out from a ship’s side that helps to secure the ship’s masts
Outright
adv. unrestrained; instantly; directly
Outskirt
n. a far-away part from something’s center; a border
Outstretch
v. to extend or stretch out
Outstrip
v. to surpass or reach a farther point than
Outweigh
v. to surpass in weight or importance
Overdo
v. to exaggerate or exhaust; to do for too long or too intensely
Overdose
n. an inordinate and sometimes toxic dose of something
Overeat
v. to eat too much
Overhang
n. something that hangs overhead; a roof projection that hangs over a street
Overleap
v. to go too far and thus defeat oneself
Overlord
n. a supreme lord or authority
Overpass
v. to proceed over, across or beyond; to surpass
Overpay
v. to pay a greater amount than is appropriate
Overpower
v. to overwhelm and thus subdue; to give more power than necessary
Overproduction
n. the process of producing too much of something
Overreach
v. to attempt to do too much and thus defeat oneself; to reach beyond
Overrun
v. to swarm over or trample; to exceed or go beyond an established limit
Oversee
v. to supervise or watch; to inspect
Overseer
n. a supervisor
Overshadow
v. to cause one’s shadow to fall over or envelop; to surpass in importance
Overstride
v. to stride beyond what is appropriate
Overthrow
v. to defeat and bring to ruin; to overturn and/or usurp; to toss a ball over
Overtone
n. musically, a harmonic tone; a secondary interpretation or connotation
Overture
n. a movement towards action; an introduction and/or proposal
Overweight
n. excessive weight
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