National Science Foundation, n.
an independent agency of the federal government responsible for the promotion of progress in science and engineering by supporting programs in research and education
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National Security Agency, n.
the United States cryptologic organization that coordinates and directs highly specialized activities to protect United States information systems and to produce foreign intelligence information
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| National Security Agency |
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National Security Council, n.
a committee in the executive branch of government that advises the president on foreign and military and national security; supervises the Central Intelligence Agency
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| National Security Council |
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National Socialist German Workers' Party, n.
the political party founded in Germany in 1919 and brought to power by Hitler in 1933
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| Nazi Party |
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National Technical Information Service, n.
an agency in the Technology Administration that is a primary resource for government-funded scientific and technical and engineering and business related information
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| National Technical Information Service |
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National Trust, n.
an organization concerned to preserve historic monuments and buildings and places of historical interest or natural beauty; founded in 1895 and supported by endowment and private subscription
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National Volunteers Association, n.
an all-male organization begun in 1925 to foster nationalism in India's Hindus
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| Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh |
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National Weather Service, n.
the federal agency in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration that is responsible for weather forecast and preparation of weather maps
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Nationalist China, n.
a government on the island of Taiwan established in 1949 by Chiang Kai-shek after the conquest of mainland China by the Communists led by Mao Zedong
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| Nationalist China |
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| Republic of China |
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| Taiwan |
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Native Alaskan, n.
a member or descendant of any of the aboriginal peoples of Alaska
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| Alaskan Native |
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| Native Alaskan |
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Native American, adj.
of or pertaining to Native Americans or their culture or languages
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| Amerindic |
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| Indian |
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| Native American |
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"Native American religions""Indian arrowheads"
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Native American, n.
any member of the peoples living in North or South America before the Europeans arrived
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| Native American |
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Algonquian, Algonquin
Anasazi
Athapaskan, Athapascan, Athabaskan, Athabascan
Mayan, Maya
Nahuatl
Olmec
Zapotec, Zapotecan
Plains Indian, Buffalo Indian
Chickasaw
Coeur d'Alene
Creek
Haida
Hokan, Hoka
Iroquois
Muskhogean, Muskogean
Penutian
Pueblo
Redskin, Injun, red man
Salish
Shoshone, Shoshoni
Tlingit
Wakashan
South American Indian
Carib, Carib Indian
Aleut, Aleutian
Arawak, Arawakan
Eskimo, Esquimau, Inuit
Paleo-American, Paleo-Amerind, Paleo-Indian
sannup
squaw
Native Hawaiian, n.
a member or descendant of the indigenous Polynesian people who lived in the Hawaiian Islands
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Nativity, n.
the theological doctrine that Jesus Christ had no human father; Christians believe that Jesus's birth fulfilled Old Testament prophecies and was attended by miracles; the Nativity is celebrated at Christmas
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Natrix, n.
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Natrix maura, n.
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Natrix natrix, n.
harmless European snake with a bright yellow collar; common in England
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| Natrix natrix |
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| grass snake |
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| ring snake |
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| ringed snake |
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Natrix sipedon, n.
in some classifications placed in the genus Nerodia; western United States snake that seldom ventures far from water
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| Natrix sipedon |
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| Nerodia sipedon |
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| banded water snake |
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| common water snake |
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Natta, n.
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Nauclea, n.
small genus of evergreen tropical shrubs or trees with smooth leathery leaves
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| Nauclea |
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| genus Nauclea |
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Nauclea diderrichii, n.
large African forest tree yielding a strong hard yellow to golden brown lumber; sometimes placed in genus Sarcocephalus
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| Nauclea diderrichii |
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| Sarcocephalus diderrichii |
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| opepe |
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Naucrates, n.
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Naucrates ductor, n.
Nauru, n.
a small island in the central Pacific Ocean 2,800 miles to the southwest of Hawaii; in Micronesia to the west of the Gilbert Islands
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| Nauru |
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| Nauru Island |
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| Pleasant Island |
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an island republic on Nauru Island; phosphate exports support the economy
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| Nauru |
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| Republic of Nauru |
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Nauru Island, n.
a small island in the central Pacific Ocean 2,800 miles to the southwest of Hawaii; in Micronesia to the west of the Gilbert Islands
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| Nauru |
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| Nauru Island |
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| Pleasant Island |
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Nauruan, adj.
Nauruan, n.
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Nautilidae, n.
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Navaho, n.
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a member of an Athapaskan people that migrated to Arizona and New Mexico and Utah
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| Navaho |
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| Navajo |
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Navajo, n.