(Yiddish) someone who is a boring pest
<noun.person>

nudnick

nudnik

(Yiddish) someone who is a boring pest
<noun.person>

nudnick

nudnik

of no real value
<adj.all>

nugatory

sample sentences

"a nugatory law"

a solid lump of a precious metal (especially gold) as found in the earth
<noun.object>

nugget

(law) a broad legal concept including anything that disturbs the reasonable use of your property or endangers life and health or is offensive
<noun.cognition>   freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 3

nuisance

a bothersome annoying person
<noun.person>

nuisance

pain

pain in the neck

sample sentences

"that kid is a terrible pain"

(law) the removal or termination or destruction of something that has been found to be a nuisance
<noun.act>

abatement of a nuisance

nuisance abatement

a tax based on the cost of the item purchased and collected directly from the buyer
<noun.possession>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

nuisance tax

sales tax

the quality of an embarrassing situation
<noun.attribute>

awkwardness

nuisance value

sample sentences

"he sensed the awkwardness of his proposal"

the warhead of a missile designed to deliver an atom bomb
<noun.artifact>

atomic warhead

nuclear warhead

nuke

thermonuclear warhead

cook or heat in a microwave oven
<verb.change>

micro-cook

microwave

nuke

zap

sample sentences

"You can microwave the leftovers"

bomb with atomic weapons
<verb.competition>

atom-bomb

nuke

strike at with firepower or bombs
<verb.competition>

atomise

atomize

nuke

zap

sample sentences

"zap the enemy"

lacking any legal or binding force
<adj.all>   freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

null

void

sample sentences

"null and void"

a quantity of no importance
<noun.quantity>   freq. cnt.: 148 freq. cnt.: 141 freq. cnt.: 6 freq. cnt.: 1

aught

cipher

cypher

goose egg

nada

naught

nil

nix

nothing

null

zero

zilch

zip

zippo

sample sentences

"it looked like nothing I had ever seen before"
"reduced to nil all the work we had done"
"we racked up a pathetic goose egg"
"it was all for naught"
"I didn't hear zilch about it"

a set that is empty; a set with no members
<noun.group>

null set

a space that contains no points; and empty space
<noun.group>   freq. cnt.: 9 freq. cnt.: 9

null space

a ravine or gully in southern Asia
<noun.object>

nullah

the act of nullifying; making null and void; counteracting or overriding the effect or force of something
<noun.act>

nullification

override

the states'-rights doctrine that a state can refuse to recognize or to enforce a federal law passed by the United States Congress
<noun.cognition>

nullification

deprived of legal force
<adj.all>

invalidated

nullified

an official who can invalidate or nullify
<noun.person>

invalidator

nullifier

voider

sample sentences

"my bank check was voided and I wanted to know who the invalidator was"

an advocate of nullification; someone who believes that a state can resist federal laws
<noun.person>

nullifier

make ineffective by counterbalancing the effect of
<verb.change>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

negate

neutralise

neutralize

nullify

sample sentences

"Her optimism neutralizes his gloom"
"This action will negate the effect of my efforts"

show to be invalid
<verb.cognition>

invalidate

nullify

declare invalid
<verb.social>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

annul

avoid

invalidate

nullify

quash

void

sample sentences

"The contract was annulled"
"void a plea"

(obstetrics) a woman who has never give birth to a child
<noun.person>

nullipara

something that is null (especially an enactment that has no legal validity)
<noun.communication>

nullity

the state of nonexistence
<noun.state>

nihility

nothingness

nullity

void

lacking sensation
<adj.all>   (p)   freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 3

asleep

benumbed

numb

sample sentences

"my foot is asleep"
"numb with cold"

so frightened as to be unable to move; stunned or paralyzed with terror; petrified
<adj.all>

numb

sample sentences

"too numb with fear to move"

(followed by `to') not showing human feeling or sensitivity; unresponsive
<adj.all>   (p)   (p)

dead

numb

sample sentences

"passersby were dead to our plea for help"
"numb to the cries for mercy"

make numb or insensitive
<verb.perception>

benumb

blunt

dull

numb

sample sentences

"The shock numbed her senses"

small Australian marsupial having long snout and strong claws for feeding on termites; nearly extinct
<noun.animal>

Myrmecobius fasciatus

anteater

banded anteater

numbat

the property possessed by a sum or total or indefinite quantity of units or individuals
<noun.attribute>   freq. cnt.: 132 freq. cnt.: 131 freq. cnt.: 1

figure

number

sample sentences

"the number of parameters is small"
"the figure was about a thousand"

a concept of quantity involving zero and units
<noun.quantity>   freq. cnt.: 63 freq. cnt.: 63

number

sample sentences

"every number has a unique position in the sequence"

the number is used in calling a particular telephone
<noun.communication>   freq. cnt.: 6 freq. cnt.: 5 freq. cnt.: 1

number

phone number

telephone number

sample sentences

"he has an unlisted number"

a short performance that is part of a longer program
<noun.communication>   freq. cnt.: 10 freq. cnt.: 5 freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 2

act

bit

number

routine

turn

sample sentences

"he did his act three times every evening"
"she had a catchy little routine"
"it was one of the best numbers he ever did"

one of a series published periodically
<noun.communication>   freq. cnt.: 5 freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 2

issue

number

sample sentences

"she found an old issue of the magazine in her dentist's waiting room"

a symbol used to represent a number
<noun.communication>   freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2

number

numeral

sample sentences

"he learned to write the numerals before he went to school"

a clothing measurement
<noun.attribute>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

number

sample sentences

"a number 13 shoe"

a numeral or string of numerals that is used for identification and may be attached to accounts, memberships, etc.
<noun.communication>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

number

sample sentences

"she refused to give them her Social Security number"

a select company of people
<noun.group>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

number

sample sentences

"I hope to become one of their number before I die"

an item of clothing
<noun.artifact>

number

sample sentences

"she preferred the black nylon number"
"this sweater is an all-wool number"

the grammatical category for the forms of nouns and pronouns and verbs that are used depending on the number of entities involved (singular or dual or plural)
<noun.communication>

number

sample sentences

"in English the subject and the verb must agree in number"

a numbered item in a series
<noun.communication>

number

sample sentences

"take the number 2 to the main square, then change to the number 5"

add up in number or quantity
<verb.stative>   freq. cnt.: 27 freq. cnt.: 16 freq. cnt.: 6 freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 1

add up

amount

come

number

total

sample sentences

"The bills amounted to $2,000"
"The bill came to $2,000"

give numbers to
<verb.communication>   freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2

number

sample sentences

"You should number the pages of the thesis"

enumerate
<verb.communication>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

list

number

sample sentences

"We must number the names of the great mathematicians"

place a limit on the number of
<verb.change>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

keep down

number

determine the number or amount of
<verb.communication>   freq. cnt.: 23 freq. cnt.: 23

count

enumerate

number

numerate

sample sentences

"Can you count the books on your shelf?"
"Count your change"

put into a group
<verb.stative>   freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2

count

number

sample sentences

"The academy counts several Nobel Prize winners among its members"

the first element in a countable series
<noun.quantity>   freq. cnt.: 5 freq. cnt.: 5

first

number 1

number one

sample sentences

"the first of the month"

agreement in number between words in the same grammatical construction (e.g., between adjectives and the nouns they modify)
<noun.relation>

number agreement

a computer capable of performing a large number of mathematical operations per second
<noun.artifact>

number cruncher

someone able to perform complex and lengthy calculations
<noun.person>

number cruncher

performing complex and lengthy numerical calculations
<noun.act>

number crunching