nanna

god of the moon; counterpart of the Akkadian Sin ; (Norse mythology) wife of Balder ;

nanning

an industrial city in southern China ;

nanny

female goat ; a woman who is the custodian of children ;

nanny-goat

female goat ;

nanocephaly

an abnormally small head and underdeveloped brain ;

nanogram

one billionth (1/1,000,000,000) gram ;

nanometer

a metric unit of length equal to one billionth of a meter ;

nanometre

a metric unit of length equal to one billionth of a meter ;

nanomia

small creatures resembling pieces of fuzzy rope; each with a cluster of swimming bells serving as the head and long elastic tentacles for drawing in prey ;

nanophthalmos

condition in which both eyes are abnormally small but otherwise normal ;

nanosecond

one billionth (10^-9) of a second; one thousandth of a microsecond ;

nanotechnology

the branch of engineering that deals with things smaller than 100 nanometers (especially with the manipulation of individual molecules) ;

nanotube

a fullerene molecule having a cylindrical or toroidal shape ;

nanovolt

a unit of potential equal to one billionth of a volt ;

nansen

Norwegian explorer of the Arctic and director of the League of Nations relief program for refugees of World War I (1861-1930) ;

nantes

a port city in western France on the Loire estuary ;

nanticoke

the Algonquian language spoken by the Nanticoke and Conoy ; a member of the Algonquian people formerly of Maryland and eastern Delaware ;

nantua

white sauce with whipping cream and shrimp butter ;

nantucket

an island resort off Cape Cod; formerly a center of the whaling industry ;

nanus

a person who is markedly small ;

naomi

the mother-in-law of Ruth whose story is told in the Book of Ruth in the Old Testament ;

nap

a card game similar to whist; usually played for stakes ; sleeping for a short period of time (usually not in bed) ; the yarn (as in a rug or velvet or corduroy) that stands up from the weave; "for uniform color and texture tailors cut velvet with the pile running the same direction" ; a soft or fuzzy surface texture ; a period of time spent sleeping; "he felt better after a little sleep"; "there wasn't time for a nap" ;

napa

plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery; used as a vegetable in east Asia ;

napaea

Greek mythology ; one species: glade mallow ;

napaea dioica

tall coarse American herb having palmate leaves and numerous small white dioecious flowers; found wild in most alluvial soils of eastern and central United States ;

napalm

gasoline jelled with aluminum soaps; highly incendiary liquid used in fire bombs and flame throwers ;

nape

the back side of the neck ;

napea

Greek mythology ;

napery

linens for the dining table ;

naphazoline

vasoconstrictor (trade names Privine and Sudafed) used in nasal sprays to treat symptoms of nasal congestion and in eyedrops to treat eye irritation ;

naphtha

any of various volatile flammable liquid hydrocarbon mixtures; used chiefly as solvents ;

naphthalene

a white crystalline strong-smelling hydrocarbon made from coal tar or petroleum and used in organic synthesis and as a fumigant in mothballs ;

naphthalene poisoning

toxic condition resulting from inhaling or ingesting naphthalene ;

naphthol

either of two phenols derived from naphthalene ;

naphthoquinone

a fat-soluble vitamin that helps in the clotting of blood ;

napier

Scottish mathematician who invented logarithms; introduced the use of the decimal point in writing numbers (1550-1617) ;

napier's bones

a set of graduated rods formerly used to do multiplication and division by a method invented by John Napier ;

napier's rods

a set of graduated rods formerly used to do multiplication and division by a method invented by John Napier ;

napierian logarithm

a logarithm to the base e ;

napkin

garment consisting of a folded cloth drawn up between the legs and fastened at the waist; worn by infants to catch excrement ; a small piece of table linen that is used to wipe the mouth and to cover the lap in order to protect clothing ;