| neighborhood |
the part of a town or city in which one lives, or a local area that has particular distinguishing characteristics. [3 definitions] |
| neighboring |
situated near or adjacent. |
| neighborly |
relating to or characteristic of neighbors; friendly. |
| neighbour |
a spelling of "neighbor" used in Canada and Britain. See "neighbor" for more information. |
| neighbourhood |
a spelling of "neighborhood" used in Canada and Britain. See "neighborhood" for more information. |
| neighbourly |
a spelling of "neighborly" used in Canada and Britain. See "neighborly" for more information. |
| neither |
not either (usu. fol. by "nor"). [3 definitions] |
| neither here nor there |
irrelevant or immaterial; without significance. |
| nelson |
any of several wrestling holds in which the arm is passed under that of the opponent from behind and the hand is pressed against his head, neck, or arm. |
| Nelson Mandela |
South African statesman, anti-apartheid activist, and Nobel Peace Prize winner, who was held as a political prisoner for 27 years and became the first democratically elected and first black President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999 (b. 1918). |
| nematode |
an unsegmented, usu. parasitic worm having an elongated, cylindrical body; roundworm. |
| nemesis |
that which one cannot beat, conquer, or succeed at; cause or agent of one's often repeated downfall. [3 definitions] |
| nemo me impune lacessit |
(Latin) no one attacks me with impunity (motto of Scotland). |
| neo- |
(sometimes cap.) recent; new; later. |
| Neocene |
see "tertiary." |
| neoclassic |
belonging to or concerning a revival of classical styles, forms, and principles in art, music, literature, or architecture. |
| neoclassicism |
(often cap.) the revival of classical Greek forms and motifs in European and American architecture of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. [2 definitions] |
| neocolonialism |
the use of economic, political, or other means to retain control over former colonies. |
| Neo-Darwinism |
a theory of evolution that denies the inheritance of acquired characteristics and asserts that natural selection determines evolution. |
| neodymium |
a rare-earth metallic chemical element that has sixty protons in each nucleus and that occurs most frequently as a trivalent ion in salts and minerals, used esp. in coloring high-quality optical glass. (symbol: Nd) |
| neo-fascism |
any of various post-World War II political movements or doctrines that are similar in viewpoint to that of fascism. |