a new lease on life |
an opportunity to live a happier life because of improved circumstances. |
brand-new |
having never been used before; 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 province in southeastern Canada. Its capital is Fredericton. |
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 states in the northeastern corner of the United 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 state in the northeastern United States. Its capital is Concord. (abbreviated: NH) |
New High German |
the High German language since the sixteenth century. |
New Jersey |
a state in the eastern United States on the Atlantic Coast. Its capital is Trenton. (abbreviated: 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 state in the southwestern United States. Its capital is Santa Fe. (abbreviated: NM) |
new moon |
the phase of the moon when it cannot be seen because it passes directly between the sun and the earth. |