Words starting with na

Words, definitions, meanings and synonyms

na means: a silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group; occurs abundantly in natural compounds (especially in salt water); burns with a yellow flame and reacts violently in water; occurs in sea water and in the mineral halite (rock salt)

na-dene means: a family of North American Indian languages

naan means: leavened bread baked in a clay oven in India; usually shaped like a teardrop

nab means: seize suddenly

nab means: take into custody

nab means: tag the base runner to get him out

nabalus means: genus of North American and east Asian perennial herbs; sometimes included in genus Prenanthes

nabalus alba means: herb of northeastern North America having drooping clusters of yellowish-white flowers; sometimes placed in genus Prenanthes

nabalus serpentarius means: common perennial herb widely distributed in the southern and eastern United States having drooping clusters of pinkish flowers and thick basal leaves suggesting a lion's foot in shape; sometimes placed in genus Prenanthes

nablus means: an ancient city in the West Bank to the north of Jerusalem; the home of Jacob in biblical times

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beggar-my-neighbor policy means: a policy of promoting oneself at the expense of others; used especially of national policy

camelus bactrianus means: two-humped camel of the cold deserts of central Asia

charitableness means: generosity as manifested by practicing charity (as for the poor or unfortunate)

cowbird means: North American blackbird that follows cattle and lays eggs in other birds' nests

eighty means: the cardinal number that is the product of ten and eight

eighty means: being ten more than seventy

episome means: DNA that is not incorporated into the genome but is replicated together with the genome (especially in bacterial cells)

ethnocentric means: centered on a specific ethnic group, usually one's own

femtometer means: a metric unit of length equal to one quadrillionth of a meter

hansen's disease means: chronic granulomatous communicable disease occurring in tropical and subtropical regions; characterized by inflamed nodules beneath the skin and wasting of body parts; caused by the bacillus Mycobacterium leprae

hospital care means: placing in medical care in a hospital

jainist means: a believer in Jainism

jainist means: relating to or characteristic of Jainism

majority means: the property resulting from being or relating to the greater in number of two parts; the main part

majority means: (elections) more than half of the votes

majority means: the age at which persons are considered competent to manage their own affairs

muenchen means: the capital and largest city of Bavaria in southwestern Germany

nageia means: small genus of Asian evergreen trees having columnar crowns and distinguished by leaves lacking a midrib; eastern Asia including India and Philippines and New Guinea

occupational group means: a body of people doing the same kind of work

pyromancy means: divination by fire or flames