nag hammadi

a collection of 13 ancient papyrus codices translated from Greek into Coptic that were discovered by farmers near the town of Nag Hammadi in 1945; the codices contain 45 distinct works including the chief sources of firsthand knowledge of Gnosticism ; a town in Upper Egypt ;

nag hammadi library

a collection of 13 ancient papyrus codices translated from Greek into Coptic that were discovered by farmers near the town of Nag Hammadi in 1945; the codices contain 45 distinct works including the chief sources of firsthand knowledge of Gnosticism ;

naga

Kamarupan languages spoken in northeastern India and western Burma ;

nagami

shrub bearing oval-fruited kumquats ;

nagami kumquat

shrub bearing oval-fruited kumquats ;

nagano

a city in central Honshu northwest of Tokyo; site of a Buddhist shrine ;

nagari

a syllabic script used in writing Sanskrit and Hindi ;

nagari script

a syllabic script used in writing Sanskrit and Hindi ;

nagasaki

a city in southern Japan on Kyushu; a leading port and shipbuilding center; on August 9, 1945 Nagasaki became the second populated area to receive an atomic bomb ;

nageia

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 ;

nageia nagi

medium-sized tree having glossy lanceolate leaves; southern China to Taiwan and southern Japan ;

nagger

someone (especially a woman) who annoys people by constantly finding fault ;

nagi

medium-sized tree having glossy lanceolate leaves; southern China to Taiwan and southern Japan ;

nagoya

an industrial city in southern Honshu ;

naha city

the chief city in the Ryukyu Islands ;

nahuatl

the Uto-Aztecan language spoken by the Nahuatl ; a member of any of various Indian peoples of central Mexico ;

nahum

an Old Testament book telling Nahum's prophecy of the fall of Nineveh ; a Hebrew minor prophet of the 7th century BC ;

naiad

(Greek mythology) a nymph of lakes and springs and rivers and fountains ; submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers; of fresh or brackish water ;

naiad family

monotypic family of aquatic plants having narrow leaves and small flowers ;

naiadaceae

monotypic family of aquatic plants having narrow leaves and small flowers ;

naiadales

an order of aquatic monocotyledonous herbaceous plants ;

naias

sole genus of the family Naiadaceae ;

naif

a naive or inexperienced person ;

naiki

a Dravidian language spoken in south central India ;

nail

a thin pointed piece of metal that is hammered into materials as a fastener ; horny plate covering and protecting part of the dorsal surface of the digits ; a former unit of length for cloth equal to 1/16 of a yard ;

nail-tailed kangaroo

small wallabies with a horny nail on the tip of the tail ;

nail-tailed wallaby

small wallabies with a horny nail on the tip of the tail ;

nail enamel

a cosmetic lacquer that dries quickly and that is applied to the nails to color them or make them shiny ;

nail hole

a hole left after a nail is removed ;

nail polish

a cosmetic lacquer that dries quickly and that is applied to the nails to color them or make them shiny ;

nail pulling

a form of torture in which the fingernails or toenails are removed ;

nail removal

a form of torture in which the fingernails or toenails are removed ;

nail varnish

a cosmetic lacquer that dries quickly and that is applied to the nails to color them or make them shiny ;

nailbrush

a brush used to clean a person's fingernails ;

nailer

a worker who attaches something by nailing it ;

nailfile

a small flat file for shaping the nails ;

nailhead

flattened boss on the end of nail opposite to the point ; something resembling the head of a nail that is used as an ornamental device ;

nailrod

tall marsh plant with cylindrical seed heads that explode when mature shedding large quantities of down; its long flat leaves are used for making mats and chair seats; of North America, Europe, Asia and North Africa ;

nainsook

a soft lightweight muslin used especially for babies ;

naira

the basic unit of money in Nigeria ;