Newburg |
of seafood, cooked or served in a sauce made from cream, butter, egg yolks, and wine. |
new candle |
see "candela." |
newcomer |
one who has arrived only recently. |
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. |
newel |
a central supporting post to which the steps of a winding staircase are attached at one end. [2 definitions] |
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. |
newfangled |
of a new type or fashion, sometimes objectionably so. |
new-found |
newly discovered or established. |
Newfoundland |
an island in the Atlantic Ocean that is part of the eastern Canadian province officially named Newfoundland and Labrador. [3 definitions] |
Newfoundland and Labrador |
an eastern Canadian province that occupies the Atlantic coast northeast of Quebec, and an island east of Quebec. |
Newfoundland dog |
a type of very large dog with a dense, usu. black coat. |
Newgate |
a prison in London that was razed in 1902. |
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. |