| a new lease on life |
an opportunity to live a happier life because of improved circumstances. |
| brand-new |
in an unused, fresh condition; completely new. [2 definitions] |
| New American Bible |
an English language edition Bible, published in 1970, that is approved for use by Roman Catholics. |
| new blood |
new persons, members, or personnel, esp. ones bringing new and energetic attitudes. |
| New Brunswick |
a Canadian Maritime Province located northeast of Maine. |
| new candle |
see "candela." |
| New Deal |
the political and economic policies of the administration of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, focusing primarily on helping the United States recover from the Great Depression. |
| New Delhi |
the capital of India. |
| New England |
the six northeasternmost U.S. states; Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont, and Maine. |
| New English Bible |
a translation of the Bible into modern idiomatic English based upon ancient Greek and other sources, that was published between 1961 and 1970. |
| New Guinea |
a large East Indies island north of Australia, occupied by an Indonesian province and Papua New Guinea. [2 definitions] |
| new halfpenny |
the official name of the halfpenny currently minted in the United Kingdom. (See halfpenny.) |
| New Hampshire |
a New England state between Vermont and Maine. (abbr.: NH) [2 definitions] |
| New High German |
the High German language since the sixteenth century. |
| New Jersey |
an eastern U.S. state on the Atlantic coast between New York and Delaware. (abbr.: NJ) |
| new journalism |
(sometimes cap.) a style of reporting characterized by the reporter's subjective interpretations and the insertion of dramatized, fictional events, conversations, and the like. |
| New Left |
a radical political movement from the 1960s advocating revolutionary changes in the political, social, and economic structure of society, esp. U.S. society. |
| new math |
a system of teaching mathematics based on set theory, used in many U.S. elementary and secondary schools since the middle of the twentieth century. |
| New Mexico |
a southwestern U.S. state between Texas and Arizona. (abbr.: NM) |
| new moon |
the phase of the moon when it passes directly between the sun and the earth. |