| 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. |
| newly |
recently. [3 definitions] |
| newlywed |
one who has recently married. |
| 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. |
| new penny |
the official name of the smaller monetary unit of the United Kingdom and Ireland. (See penny.) |
| news |
(used with a sing. verb) a report of recent events considered noteworthy, as transmitted through the media. [3 definitions] |
| news agency |
a business organization that gathers and sells news to subscribers such as newspapers and radio and television stations; news service. |
| newsagent |
(chiefly British) a store, or the owner of a store, that sells newspapers, magazines, and sweets; newsstand. |
| newsboy |
a boy who sells or delivers newspapers. |
| newscast |
a news broadcast on television or radio. |
| newsdealer |
someone, esp. a retailer, who sells newspapers, magazines, or the like. |