Nyctimene
1: East Indian fruit bats [syn: {genus Nyctimene}]
nycturia
1: excessive urination at night; especially common in older men [syn: {nocturia}]
Nydrazid
1: antibacterial drug (trade name Nydrazid) used to treat tuberculosis [syn: {isoniazid}, {INH}]
nylghai
1: large Indian antelope; male is blue-grey with white markings; female is brownish with no horns [syn: {nilgai}, {nylghau}, {blue bull}, {Boselaphus tragocamelus}]
nylghau
1: large Indian antelope; male is blue-grey with white markings; female is brownish with no horns [syn: {nilgai}, {nylghai}, {blue bull}, {Boselaphus tragocamelus}]
nylon
1: a thermoplastic polyamide; a family of high-strength resilient synthetic materials 2: a synthetic fabric
nylon stocking
1: women's stockings made from a sheer material (nylon or rayon or silk) [syn: {nylons}, {rayons}, {rayon stocking}, {silk stocking}]
nylons
1: women's stockings made from a sheer material (nylon or rayon or silk) [syn: {nylon stocking}, {rayons}, {rayon stocking}, {silk stocking}]
nymph
1: (classical mythology) a minor nature goddess usually depicted as a beautiful maiden; "the ancient Greeks believed that nymphs inhabited forests and bodies of water" 2: a larva of an insect with inc...
Nymphaea
1: the type genus of the family Nymphaeaceae; any of a variety of water lilies [syn: {genus Nymphaea}]
Nymphaea alba
1: a water lily with white flowers [syn: {European white lily}]
Nymphaea caerulea
1: blue Egyptian lotus: held sacred by the Egyptians [syn: {blue lotus}]
Nymphaea lotus
1: white Egyptian lotus: water lily of Egypt to southeastern Africa; held sacred by the Egyptians [syn: {lotus}, {white lotus}, {Egyptian water lily}, {white lily}]
Nymphaea odorata
1: a water lily having large leaves and showy fragrant flowers that float on the water; of temperate and tropical regions [syn: {water nymph}, {fragrant water lily}, {pond lily}]
Nymphaeaceae
1: dicot aquatic plants [syn: {family Nymphaeaceae}, {water-lily family}]
nymphalid
1: medium to large butterflies found worldwide typically having brightly colored wings and much-reduced nonfunctional forelegs carried folded on the breast [syn: {nymphalid butterfly}, {brush-footed b...
nymphalid butterfly
1: medium to large butterflies found worldwide typically having brightly colored wings and much-reduced nonfunctional forelegs carried folded on the breast [syn: {nymphalid}, {brush-footed butterfly},...
Nymphalidae
1: large beautifully colored butterflies [syn: {family Nymphalidae}]
Nymphalis
1: type genus of the Nymphalidae: mourning cloak butterflies [syn: {genus Nymphalis}]
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Nymphalis antiopa
1: of temperate regions; having dark purple wings with yellow borders [syn: {mourning cloak}, {mourning cloak butterfly}, {Camberwell beauty}]
nymphet
1: a sexually attractive young woman
Nymphicus
1: a genus of Psittacidae [syn: {genus Nymphicus}]
Nymphicus hollandicus
1: small gray Australian parrot with a yellow crested head [syn: {cockateel}, {cockatiel}, {cockatoo parrot}]
nympho
1: a woman with abnormal sexual desires [syn: {nymphomaniac}]
nympholepsy
1: a frenzy of emotion; as for something unattainable
nymphomania
1: abnormally intense sexual desire in women
nymphomaniac
1: (used of women) affected with excessive sexual desire [syn: {nymphomaniacal}] n : a woman with abnormal sexual desires [syn: {nympho}]
nymphomaniacal
1: (used of women) affected with excessive sexual desire [syn: {nymphomaniac}]
Nynorsk
1: one of two official languages of Norway; based on rural dialects [syn: {New Norwegian}, {Landsmal}]
Nypa
1: monotypic genus of palms of Australasia [syn: {Nipa}, {genus Nipa}, {genus Nypa}]
Nyquist frequency
1: (telecommunication) twice the maximum frequency occurring in the transmitted signal
Nyquist rate
1: (telecommunicaton) the lowest sampling rate that will permit accurate reconstruction of a sampled analog signal
NYSE
1: a stock exchange in New York [syn: {New York Stock Exchange}, {N. Y. Stock Exchange}, {big board}]
Nyssa
1: tupelos: deciduous trees of moist habitats especially swamps and beside ponds [syn: {genus Nyssa}]
Nyssa aquatica
1: columnar swamp tree of southeastern to midwestern North America yielding pale soft easily worked wood [syn: {water gum}]
Nyssa sylvatica
1: columnar tree of eastern North America having horizontal limbs and small leaves that emerge late in spring and have brilliant color in early fall [syn: {sour gum}, {black gum}, {pepperidge}]
Nyssaceae
1: a family of dicotyledonous trees of order Myrtales that includes the sour gum trees [syn: {family Nyssaceae}, {sour-gum family}, {tupelo family}]
nystagmus
1: involuntary movements of the eyeballs; the presence or absence of nystagmus is used to diagnose a variety of neurological and visual disorders
Nystan
1: an antifungal and antibiotic (trade names Mycostatin and Nystan) discovered in New York State; derived from soil fungi actinomycetes [syn: {nystatin}, {Mycostatin}]
nystatin
1: an antifungal and antibiotic (trade names Mycostatin and Nystan) discovered in New York State; derived from soil fungi actinomycetes [syn: {Mycostatin}, {Nystan}]
Nyx
1: (Greek mythology) Greek goddess of the night; daughter of Chaos; counterpart of Roman Nox
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