N The letter N is the fourteenth letter in the Latin alphabet. Its name in English language is en . Semitic Nn was probably the picture of a snake; the sound value of the letter was - as in Greek, Etruscan, Latin and all modern languages. Greek name: N?, Ny. It can also be used as a variable in algebra.
	Ñ ' is a letter of the modern Roman alphabet formed by an N with a diacritical mark tilde. It is most famously used in Spanish alphabet, where it represents a palatal nasal, reminiscent of as in "onion" . Unlike other uses of diacritics by alphabets which contain this symbol, in spanish is considered a letter in its own right, with its own name and its own place in the alphabet.
	N'Djamena N'Djamena , population 721,000 , is the capital of Chad, and also by far the country's biggest city. A port on the Chari River, near to the confluence with the Logone River, it directly faces the Cameroonian town of Koussri, by which the city is connected by a bridge.
	Nablus Nablus; ) is a major city under Palestinian Authority in the West Bank and, with a population of over 100,000, is one of the largest Palestinian population centers in the Middle East. Shechem is sometimes used as its name in English. The city lies 63 km north of Jerusalem, between Mount Ebal and Mount Gerizim.
	Nabs bs are also called Toastchee crackers, made and manufactured by Lance, Inc. The term has unknown origins, but many in North Carolina prefer the term Nabs to generically mean the specific Toastchee brand of Lance crackers.
	Nachos Nachos in their simplest form are usually tortilla chips covered in melted cheese. Common additional toppings include: * Ground beef or chicken * Jalapeo pepper slices * Refried beans * Salsa * Guacamole * Sour cream * Olives Nachos were created in Piedras Negras, Coahuila, Mexico, according to a story reported in several newspapers and confirmed by the Oxford English Dictionary, by Ignacio Anaya in 1943.
	Nacre Nacre, also known as mother of pearl, is a naturally-occurring organic-inorganic composite.
	NaDa NaDa is a fake-satirical software that "does nothing, but does it very well." "NaDa does nothing for everybody" NaDa is actually a useless and otherwise harmless empty file, one byte small, compressed and available for download from the "official site." The site is designed to look like an actual professional programming company site, complete with users' testimonials, legal disclaimers, advertisements, etc.
	Nadine Gordimer Nadine Gordimer is a South African novelist and writer, winner of the 1991 Nobel Prize in literature and 1974 Booker Prize. She was born in Springs, Gauteng, an East Rand mining town outside Johannesburg, the daughter of Isidore and Nan Gordimer. Her father was Jewish and emigrated from Lithuania 13 years old, and her mother was English.
	Nadolol Nadolol is a non-selective beta-blocker used in the treatment of hypertension and angina pectoris.
	Nafcillin Nafcillin sodium is an beta-lactam antibiotic related to penicillin. As a beta-lactamase-resistant penicillin, it is used to treat infections caused by Gram-positive bacteria, particularly species of Staphylococci, that are antibiotic resistance to other penicillins.
	Nag Hammâdi Nag Hammdi , is a town in the middle of Egypt, called Chenoboskion in classical antiquity, about 80 kilometres north-west of Luxor with some 30,000 citizens. It is mostly a peasant area where goods such as sugar and aluminium are produced. The town of Nag Hammadi was established by Mahmoud Basha Hammadi, who was a member of a large Egyptian family Hammadi in Sohag.
	Nag Hammadi library ** The Gospel of Philip a sayings gospel ** The Hypostasis of the Archons ** On the Origin of the World ** The Exegesis on the Soul ** The Book of Thomas the Contender *Codex III: ** The Apocryphon of John ** The Coptic Gospel of the Egyptians
	Naga Naga is the Sanskrit and Pali word for a minor deity taking the form of a very large snake, found in Hinduism and Buddhism. The use of the term naga is often ambiguous, as the word may also refer, in similar contexts, to one of several human tribes known as or nicknamed "Nagas"; to elephants; and to ordinary snakes, particularly the King Cobra and the Indian Cobra, the latter of which is still called nag in Hindi and other languages of India.
	Nagasaki listen, literally "long peninsula", is the capital and the largest Municipalities of Japan of Nagasaki Prefecture. It is located on the south-western coast of Kyushu, the southernmost of the four mainland islands of Japan. It was a center of European influence in medieval Japan from first contact through the isolationist era until the opening of Japan and the resultant modernization of Japan during the Meiji Restoration.
	Naiad In Greek mythology, the Naiads were a type of nymph who presided over fountains, wells, springs, streams, and brooks, as river gods embodied rivers, and some very ancient spirits inhabited the still waters of marshes, ponds and lagoon-lakes, such as pre-Mycenaean Lerna in the Argolid.
	Naiant Naiant is a term in Heraldry which means swimming to the viewer's left. The example illustrated below shows the three Dolphins naiant of the arms of the Worshipful Company of Fishmongers of the City of London. These Arms are blazoned - Azure three Dolphins naiant embowed in pale argent finned toothed and crowned or between two pairs of Stockfish in saltire argent over the mouth of each Fish a Crown or on a Chief gules three pairs of Keys of St Peter in saltire or.
	Nail polish Nail polish is a cosmetic lacquer that is applied to the nails of both the fingers and toes, usually as ornamentation but also as protection. Most nail polishes are made of nitrocellulose dissolved in a solvent and either left clear or colored with various pigments.
	Nairobi Nairobi is the Capital city of Kenya, lying on the Nairobi River in the south of the nation. It is also the capital of the administrative area of Nairobi. Nairobi has the highest urban population in East Africa, estimated at between 3 and 4 million . Since its foundation as a railway camp in 1899, Nairobi has grown to become the largest city in Kenya, and one of the largest cities in Africa.
	Naïve art Nave art is created by untrained artists. It is characterized by simplicity and a lack of the elements or qualities found in the art of formally trained artists. The term nave art presumes the existence of an academy and of a generally accepted educated manner of art creation, most often painting.
	Naja Naja is a genus of venom elapid snakes. They are the most recognized, and most widespread group of snakes commonly known as cobras, even though there are several other genera which also make use of that common name. The genus Naja consists of 21 generally accepted species, but has undergone several taxonomy revisions in recent years, so sources vary greatly.
	Najas Najas is the botanical name of a genus of aquatic plants. It is cosmopolitan in distribution, totalling a few dozen species. It usually is taken as constituting the family Najadaceae. The APG II system, of 2003, places the genus in family Hydrocharitaceae, in the order Alismatales of the monocots.
	Naked Mole Rat The Naked Mole Rat, also known as the Sand Puppy, or desert mole rat, is a very unusual burrowing rodent native to parts of East Africa, predominately South Ethiopia, Kenya, and Somalia. It is the only species currently classified in genus Heterocephalus.
	Nakuru Nakuru, the provincial capital of Kenya's Rift Valley Province, Kenya Subdivisions of Kenya, with roughly 300,000 inhabitants, and currently the third largest urban centre in the country, lies about 1850 m above sea level.
	Nalchik Nalchik is a city in the Caucasus region of southern Russia and capital of the Kabardino-Balkaria. It is located at . The city is situated at an altitude of 550 m in the foothills of the Caucasus Mountains. It covers an area of 131 km. Population: 274,974.
	Nalidixic acid Nalidixic acid is the basis for quinolone antibiotics. It acts bacteriostatically or bactericidally on both Gram positive and Gram negative bacterium, depending on the concentration. It is especially used in treating urinary tract infections, caused for example by Escherichia coli, Proteus, shigella, Enterobacter and Klebsiella.
	Naloxone Naloxone is a medication used to counter the effects of opioid overdose, for example heroin and morphine overdose. Specifically, naloxone is used in opioid overdoses for countering life-threatening depression of the central nervous system and respiratory system. It is marketed under trade names including Narcan, Nalone, and Narcanti and has sometimes been mistakenly called "naltrexate."
	Naltrexone Naltrexone is an opioid receptor receptor antagonist used primarily in the management of alcohol drug addiction and opioid dependence. It is marketed as its hydrochloride salt, naltrexone hydrochloride, under the trade name Revia. In some countries, an extended-release formulation is marketed under the trade name Vivitrol.
	Name day Name days or namesdays are a tradition of attaching personal names to each day of the year, and celebrating the association of particular days with those for whom that day is named. It is most common in Catholic and Eastern Orthodox countries, as well as in Sweden, Norway, and Finland.
	Nameplate A name plate is an item that displays someones name. Name plates are usually shaped as rectangles but are also seen in other shapes, sometimes taking on the shape of someones name. The primary use of name plates is for informative purposes, as in an office environment, where name plates are mounted on doors or walls in order to identify employees.
	Namib Desert The Namib Desert is a large desert in Namibia which forms part of the Namib-Naukluft National Park one of Africa's largest. The name "Namib" is Nama language for "enormous" and indeed the desert occupies an area of around 1 E10 m, stretching some 1,000 miles along the Atlantic Ocean coast of Namibia, which is named after this desert.
	Namibia Namibia, officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country in southern Africa on the Atlantic Ocean coast. It shares borders with Angola, and Zambia to the north, Botswana to the east, and South Africa to the south. It gained independence from South Africa in 1990 and its capital city is Windhoek.
	Namur Namur may refer to: *Namur in a Belgian context: **Namur is a province in Wallonia, Belgium, named after the provincial capital city. **Namur is a municipality and a city of Belgium, the capital of Wallonia as well. **It is the seat of the Catholic Bishopric of Namur.
	Nan River The Nan River is one of the most important tributaries of the Chao Phraya River. It originates in Nan Province. The provinces along the river after Nan Province are Uttaradit Province, Phitsanulok Province and Phichit Province. The Yom River joins the Nan River at Amphoe Chum Saeng, Nakhon Sawan Province.
	Nanchang Nanchang is the capital of Jiangxi Province in southeastern China. It is located 60 km south of the Yangtze River and sits on the banks of the Gan River. Nanchang is known for the Tengwang Pavilion, a towering pavilion dating to 653 and Nanchang's People's Square, the second largest public square in China, after Beijing's Tiananmen Square.
	Nancy Nancy is a city and commune in France which is the prfecture of the Meurthe-et-Moselle dpartement in France, in the Lorraine rgion in France of northeastern France. The metropolitan area of Nancy had a population of 410,508 inhabitants at the 1999 census, 103,605 of whom lived in the city of Nancy proper.
	Nancy Mitford The Hon. Nancy Freeman-Mitford, Order of the British Empire, novelist and biographer. She was born in London, the eldest daughter of David Freeman-Mitford, 2nd Baron Redesdale. She is one of the noted Mitford sisters, was an essayist in, and editor of, Noblesse Oblige, in which she famously helped to popularise the famous 'U', or upper-class, and 'non-U' classification of linguistic usage and behaviour — although this is something she saw as a bit of a tease rather than a serious matter.
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	Nandrolone Nandrolone is an anabolic steroid occurring naturally in the human anatomy, albeit in small quantities. Nandrolone is most commonly sold commercially as its decanoate ester and less commonly as a phenylpropionate ester. Nandrolone use is indirectly detectable in urine drug tests by testing for the presence of 19-norandrosterone, a metabolite of this molecule.
	Nanga Parbat Nanga Parbat is the List of highest mountains mountain on Earth and the List of Mountains in Pakistan in Pakistan. Nanga Parbat means "Naked Mountain" in Hindi, parbat deriving from Parvati "mountain". Nanga Parbat is one of the deadliest of the eight-thousanders.
	Nanjing Nanjing is the capital city of China's Jiangsu province of China and a city with a prominent place in Chinese history and Chinese culture. Nanjing has served as the capital of China during several historical periods, and is listed as one of the Capital of China.
	Nanning Nanning is the capital of Guangxi autonomous region in southern China. It is known as the "Green City" because of its abundance of lush tropical foliage.
	Nanotechnology Nanotechnology is a field of applied science focused on the design, synthesis, characterization and application of materials and devices on the nanoscale. Nanotechnology is a sub classification of technology in colloidal science, biology, physics, chemistry and other scientific fields and involves the study of phenomena and manipulation of material at the nanoscale, in essence an extension of existing sciences into the nanoscale.
	Nantes Nantes is a city in western France, near the Atlantic coast, with 711,120 inhabitants in the aire urbaine at the 1999 census. Nantes is the capital of the Pays de la Loire rgion in France, as well as the prfecture of the Loire-Atlantique dpartement in France.
	Nantua Nantua is a commune in France of France, in the Ain dpartement in France, of which it is a sous-prfecture.
	Napalm Napalm is any of a number of flammable liquids used in warfare, often jellied gasoline. Napalm is actually the thickener in such liquids, which when mixed with gasoline makes a sticky incendiary gel. It was developed by the U.S. in World War II by a team of Harvard chemists led by Louis Fieser, and the name comes from the use of the original chemicals, coprecipitated aluminium salts of naphtha and palmitic acids, which were added to the flammable substan
	Naphazoline Naphazoline is the common name for 2-(1-Naphthylmethyl)-2-imidazoline hydrochloride, an α-adrenergic agonist that functions as a decongestant and vasoconstrictor. It commonly used in over-the-counter and prescription eye drops, to eliminate redness and inflammation. It is an active ingredient in Naphcon A.
	Naphthalene Naphthalene is a crystalline, Aromaticity, white, solid hydrocarbon, best known as the primary ingredient of mothballs. Naphthalene is volatile, forming a flammable vapor. Its molecules consist of two fused benzene rings. It is manufactured from coal tar, and converted to phthalic anhydride for the manufacture of plastics, dyes and solvents.
	Naphthol Naphthol, or hydroxynaphthalene or naphthalenol, is either of two colorless crystalline solids with the formula C10H7OH. They are positional isomers differing by the location of the hydroxide on naphthalene. a-Naphthol is naphthalen-1-ol, and ß-naphthol is naphthalen-2-ol.
	Naphthoquinone Naphthoquinone, or more precisely 1,4-naphthoquinone, is an organic compound. It forms yellow triclinic crystals and has an odor similar to benzoquinone. It is sparingly soluble in cold water, slightly soluble in petroleum ether, and freely soluble in most polar organic solvents.
	Napier's bones Napier's bones are an abacus invented by John Napier for calculation of products and quotients of numbers. Also called Rabdology. Napier published his invention of the rods in a work printed in Edinburgh, Scotland, at the end of 1617 entitled Rabdologi. Using the multiplication tables embedded in the rods, multiplication can be reduced to addition operations and division to subtractions.
	Naples Naples is the largest city in southern Italy and capital of Campania region and the Province of Naples. The city has a population of about 1 million. By Largest European metropolitan areas the metropolitan area of Naples is the second largest in Italy after that of Milan, with over 4,200,000 inhabitants.
	Napoleonic Wars The Napoleonic Wars, a series of World war war fought during Napoleon I of France's rule over France , formed to some extent an extension of the wars sparked by the French Revolution of 1789 and continued during the rgime of the Second French Empire of 1852 - 1870.
	Naproxen Naproxen is a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug commonly used for the reduction of mild to moderate pain, fever, inflammation and stiffness caused by conditions such as osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, gout, ankylosing spondylitis, injury, menstrual cramps, tendonitis, bursitis, and the treatment of primary dysmenorrhea.
	Nara Nara can refer to: * Nara Prefecture, part of the Kansai of central Honshu, Japan ** Nara, Nara is the city of Nara Prefecture * The Nara Period of the History of Japan *Nara is a major Manchu clan.
	Naranjilla The naranjilla or lulo is a subtropical perennial plant from northwestern South America. The juice of the naranjillas is somewhat green and is used as a beverage. The specific epithet quitoense was named after Quito. USDA/NRCS symbol: SOQU
	Narcissism Narcissism describes the character trait of self love. The word is derived from Greek mythology. Narcissus was a handsome Greek youth who rejected the desperate advances of the nymph Echo. As a punishment, he was doomed to fall in love with his own reflection in a pool of water.
	Narcissus pseudonarcissus Narcissus pseudonarcissus is a perennial flowering plant of the family Amaryllidaceae which grows from a bulb. It has pale yellow flowers with a darker central trumpet. The long, narrow leaf are slightly greyish in colour and rise from the base of the stem.
	Narragansett Bay Narragansett Bay is a bay on the north side of Rhode Island Sound, forming an expansive natural harbor as well as a small archipelago. The three largest islands in the bay are Aquidneck Island, Conanicut Island, and Prudence Island. The largest cities in the State of Rhode Island have their waterfronts on the bay.
	Narrow gauge Narrow-gauge railways are rail transport where the distance between the two parallel Rail trackss constituting the railway rail tracks is less than the of standard gauge railways. In practice, most presently existing narrow gauge railways have gauges of or less.
	Narrowboat A narrowboat or narrow boat is a characteristically narrow boat of a distinctive design, most commonly used on the canals in the United Kingdom.
	Narthecium Narthecium is the botanical name of a genus of flowering plants. This genus has often been treated as belonging to the family Liliaceae, but the APG II system, of 2003, places it in the family Nartheciaceae. The global distribution of the genus is widely disjunct - 1 species in Asia, 1-5 species in Europe* Narthecium californicum: west coast
	Narthex The narthex of a church is the entrance or lobby area, located at the western end of the nave, at the far end from the church's main altar. Traditionally the narthex was a part of the church building, but was not considered part of the church proper. It was either an indoor area separated from the nave by a screen or rail, or an external structure such as a porch.
	Narwhal The Narwhal is an Arctic species of cetacean with a body similar to that of a Beluga whale and Irrawaddy Dolphin. It is a rare creature found south of latitude 70N. It is one of two species of whale in the Monodontidae family . It is possibly also related to the Irrawaddy dolphin.
	Nas Nasir bin Olu Dara Jones, known commonly as Nas and styled on albums as NaS, is a prominent United States rapping. Raised in the infamous Queensbridge, Queens housing projects in New York City and the son of a jazz trumpeter, Nas is best known for his 1994 debut album Illmatic, widely considered one of the best hip-hop albums of all time.
	NASA The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is an agency of the United States Government, responsible for the nation's public space program. Established on July 29, 1958 by the National Aeronautics and Space Act,, its annual funding amounts to $16 billion. In addition to the space program, it is also responsible for long-term civilian and military aerospace research.
	NASDAQ NASDAQ is an United States electronic stock exchange. It was founded in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers , who divestment it in a series of sales in 2000 and 2001. It is owned and operated by The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc.
	Nasturtium Nasturtium , as a common name, is a genus of roughly 80 species of Annual plant and perennial herbaceous flowering plants Tropaeolum, one of three genera in the family Tropaeolaceae. This genus, native to South America and Central America, includes several very popular garden plants, the most commonly grown being T.
	Natalie Wood Natalie Wood was an United States film actor.
	Nathan Birnbaum Nathan Birnbaum was Austrian journalist, Jewish philosophy, the founder of a Jewish nationalism organisation Kadimah ten years before Theodor Herzl became the leading spokesman of the Zionism. Birnbaum is credited for coining the term "Zionism".