Nathan Hale Nathan Hale was a captain in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. Hale is best remembered for his "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country" speech before being hanged following the Battle of Long Island. Widely considered America's first spy, he volunteered for an intelligence-gathering mission and was caught and Execution.
	Nathaniel Bowditch Nathaniel Bowditch was an early United States mathematician, who wrote on ocean navigation. Bowditch is credited as the founder of modern maritime navigation; his book The New American Practical Navigator, first published in 1802, was carried onboard every commissioned U.S.
	Nathaniel Currier Nathaniel Currier was an United States of America lithography, who headed the company Currier and Ives with James Ives.
	Nathaniel Hawthorne Nathaniel Hawthorne was a 19th century United States the novel and short story writer. He is seen as a key figure in the development of American literature.
	National Archives and Records Administration The United States National Archives and Records Administration is an Independent Agencies of the United States Government of the United States federal government of the United States charged with preserving and documenting government and historical records.
	National flag A national flag is a flag that symbolises a country and that can usually be flown by citizens of that country. Both public and private buildings such as schools and courthouses often fly the national flag. In some countries, the national flags are only flown from non-military buildings on certain flag days.
	National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency |- |style= align="center" colspan="2"| |- |Established:||1 October 1996 |- |Director:||Vice Admiral Robert B. Murrett, United States Navy |- |Motto:||"Know the Earth, Show the Way." |- |Budget:|| Est.
	National Guard National Guard may refer to: Military forces * Cypriot National Guard * United States National Guard * National Guard, active during the French Revolution * Saudi Arabian National Guard * Iraqi National Guard * Portuguese Republican National Guard * National Guard
	National holiday A national holiday is a statute holiday enacted by a country to commemorate the country itself. It is usually the anniversary of the country's independence, the signature of its constitution, or other significant event, though this is not always the case; in some cases it is the saint's day of the country's patron saint.
	National Institute of Justice The National Institute of Justice is the research, development and evaluation agency of the United States Department of Justice. NIJ, along with the Bureau of Justice Statistics, Bureau of Justice Assistance, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, Office for Victims of Crime, and other program offices, comprises the Office of Justice Programs branch of the Department of Justice.
	National Institute of Standards and Technology The National Institute of Standards and Technology is a non-regulatory agency of the United States Department of Commerces Technology Administration. The institute's mission is to promote U.S. innovation and industrial competitiveness by advancing metrology, standards, and technology in ways that enhance economic security and improve quality of life.
	National Institutes of Health The National Institutes of Health is an agency of the United States Department of Health and Human Services and is the primary agency of the United States government responsible for biomedical research. The Institutes are responsible for 28% - about $28 billion - of the total biomedical research funding spent annually in the U.S, with most of the rest coming from industry.
	National Insurance National Insurance is a system of taxation, and related social security benefits, that has operated in the United Kingdom since its introduction in 1911, and wider extension by the government of Clement Attlee in 1946.
	National Labor Relations Board The National Labor Relations Board is an independent agency of the United States Government charged with conducting elections for labor union representation and with investigating and remedying unfair labor practices. It is governed by a five-person board and a General Counsel, all of whom are appointed by the President of the United States.
	National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is a scientific agency of the United States Department of Commerce focused on the conditions of the oceans and the Earth's atmosphere. NOAA warns of dangerous weather, charts seas and skies, guides the use and protection of ocean and coastal resources, and conducts research to improve understanding and stewardship of the natural_environment.
	National park A national park is a reserve of land, usually declared and owned by a national government, protected from most human development and pollution. A National Park also has a set of rules which the public must abide by, such as no littering. National parks are a protected area of World Conservation Union category II.
	National Park Service The National Park Service is the United States federal agency that manages all U.S. National Park, many U.S. National Monument, and other conservation and historical properties with various title designations. It was created on August 25, 1916 by United States Congress through the Organic Act in order to "conserve the scenery and the natural and historic objects and the wild life therein and to provide for the enjoyment of the same in such manner and by such means as w
	National Reconnaissance Office The National Reconnaissance Office is an agency in the United States Department of Defense which designs, builds and operates the reconnaissance satellites of the United States government. It also coordinates collection and analysis of information from airplane and satellite reconnaissance by the military services and the Central Intelligence Agency.
	National Rifle Association The National Rifle Association, or NRA, is a 501(c)(4) group for the promotion of marksmanship, firearm safety, and the protection of hunting and personal protection firearm rights in the United States, established in New York in 1871 as the American Rifle Association. It sponsors firearm safety training courses, as well as marksmanship events featuring shooting skills and sports.
	National Science Foundation The National Science Foundation is an independent United States government agency that supports fundamental research and education in all the non-medical fields of science and engineering. With an annual budget of about $5.6 billion, NSF funds approximately 20 percent of all federally supported basic research conducted by America's colleges and universities.
	National Security Agency The National Security Agency / Central Security Service is believed to be the largest United States government of the United States intelligence gathering agency. It is responsible for the collection and analysis of foreign communications and for the security of U.S.
	National Technical Information Service External links Category:United States Department of Commerce
	National Weather Service The National Weather Service is one of the six scientific agencies that make up the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration of the United States Government of the United States. It is tasked with providing "weather, hydrologic, and climate forecasts and warnings for the United States, its territories, adjacent waters and ocean areas, for the protection of life and property and the enhancement of the national economy." This is done through a collection of national and regional centers, and more than 122 local
	Nationalism Nationalism is an ideology that holds that a nation is the fundamental unit for human social life, and takes precedence over any other social and political principles. Nationalism makes certain politics claims based upon this belief: above all, the claim that the nation is the only legitimate basis for the state, that each nation is entitled to its own state, and that the borders of the state should be congruent with the borders of the nation.
	Native Americans Native Americans is a term which has several different common meanings and scope, according to regional use and context. See the below articles, which describe various indigenous peoples in the following contexts: *Indigenous peoples of the Americas, natives of the Americas
	Native Hawaiians Native Hawaiians are the Polynesian peoples of the Hawaiian Islands who trace their ancestry back to Marquesas Islands and possibly Tahiti settlers, before the arrival of British explorer Captain James Cook in 1778. According to the United States Census Bureau report for 2000, there are 476,000 people who identified themselves as being native Hawaiian, part native Hawaiian and mixed native Hawaiian.
	NATO Aznar also proposed a strategic co-operation with India and Colombia.
	Natrolite Natrolite is a Silicate minerals mineral species belonging to the zeolite group. It is a hydrated sodium and aluminium silicate with the formula . It was named natrolite by Martin Heinrich Klaproth in 1803. Needle stone or needle-zeolite are other names, alluding to the common acicular habit of the crystals, which are often very slender and are aggregated in divergent tufts.
	Natural gas Natural gas, commonly referred to as gas, is a gaseous fossil fuel consisting primarily of methane. It is found in oil fields and natural gas fields, and in coal beds. When methane-rich gases are produced by the anaerobic exercise decay of non-fossil organic compound material, these are referred to as biogas.
	Natural history Natural history is an umbrella term for what are now usually viewed as several distinct List of academic disciplines. Most definitions include the study of living things; other definitions extend the topic to include paleontology, ecology or biochemistry, as well as parts of geology, astronomy, and physics and even meteorology.
	Natural logarithm The natural logarithm, formerly known as the hyperbolic logarithm, is the logarithm to the base e , where e is equal to 2.718281828459... . The natural logarithm can be defined for all positive real numbers x as the area under the curve y = 1/t from 1 to x, and can also be defined for non-zero complex numbers as will be explained below.
	Natural resource Natural resources are naturally occurring substances that are considered valuable in their relatively unmodified form. A commodity is generally considered a natural resource when the primary activities associated with it are extraction and purification, as opposed to creation. Thus, mining, petroleum extraction, fishing, and forestry are generally considered natural-resource industries, while agriculture is not.
	Natural science In science, natural science is the reason study of the universe via rules or laws of natural order. The term natural science is also used to differentiate those fields using scientific method in the study of nature, in contrast with social sciences which use the scientific method applied to human behavior, and in contrast to formal science, which uses different methodology.
	Natural selection Natural selection is the process by which individual organisms with favorable trait s are more likely to survive and Biological reproduction than those with unfavorable traits. Natural selection works on the whole individual, but only the Heritability component of a trait will be passed on to the offspring, with the result that favorable, heritable traits become more common in the next generation.
	Naturalization In law, naturalization is the act whereby a person voluntarily and actively acquires a nationality which is not his or her nationality at birth. Naturalization is most associated with economic migrants or refugees who have immigration to a country and resided there as an Alien , and who have voluntarily chosen to become a citizen of that country after meeting specific requirements.
	Nature Nature, in the broadest sense, is equivalent to the natural world, physical universe, material world or material universe. "Nature" refers to the phenomena of the physical world, and also to life in general. The term generally does not include manufactured objects and human interaction unless qualified in ways such as, e.g., "human nature" or "the whole of nature".
	Naturism The meanings of naturism and nudism are very similar, and refer to a cultural movement and political movement practicing, advocating and defending social nudity in private and public spaces. Several other terms have been proposed as a replacement of these terms, but none has yet found the same wide-spread acceptance as the older terms naturism and nudism.
	Naumachia The naumachia in the Ancient Rome world referred to both the re-enactment of naval battles and the basin in which this took place.
	Nauru Nauru , officially the Republic of Nauru, is an island nation in the Micronesian Pacific Ocean. The nearest neighbour is Banaba Island in the Kiribati, 300 km due east. Nauru is the world's smallest island nation, covering just 21 square kilometre , the smallest independent republic, and the only republican state in the world without an official capital.
	Nautilus Nautilus is the common name of any marine creatures of the cephalopod family Nautilidae, the sole family of the suborder Nautilina. It comprises 6 very similar species in 2 genera, the type genus of which is the genus Nautilus. The name chambered nautilus is also used for any species of the Nautilidae, though it more specifically refers to the species Nautilus pompilius.
	Naval battle A naval battle is a battle fought using ships or other waterborne vessels. Most naval battles have occurred at sea, but a few have taken place on lakes or rivers. The earliest recorded naval battle took place in 1210 BC near Cyprus. Most naval battles are undertaken in indirect support of land operations - either to obtain local command of the area so that a seaborne invasion or bombardment can take place, or to destroy or damage an enemy fleet so that he cannot do these things at some time in the futu
	Naval Tactical Data System Naval Tactical Data System, commonly NTDS, refers to a computerized information processing system developed by the United States Navy in the 1950s and first deployed in the early 1960s for use in Surface warfares.
	Nave Links to full descriptions of the elements of a Gothic floorplan are also found at the entry Cathedral diagram. In Romanesque and Gothic architecture Christian abbey, cathedral and church architecture, the nave is the central approach to the high altar.
	Navel The navel, also called a bellybutton or umbilicus, is a scar on the abdomen, caused when the umbilical cord is removed from a newborn baby. All Placentalia mammals have a navel. While it is fairly conspicuous in humans, in most mammals it appears only as a thin hairless line.
	Navigation There are several traditions of navigation. The art of navigation was born in the river Indus River in India over six thousand years ago. In the pre-modern history of human migration and discovery of new lands by navigating the oceans, a few peoples have excelled as sea-faring explorers.
	Navy A navy is the branch of a country's military forces principally designated for naval warfare and amphibious warfare namely lake or ocean borne combat operations and related functions. It includes operations conducted by surface ships, amphibious ships, submarines, and seaborne naval aviation, as well as ancillary support, communications, training, and other fields; recent developments have included outer space related operations.
	Navy Cross The Navy Cross is the second highest medal that can be awarded by the Department of the Navy. It is normally only awarded to members of the United States Navy, United States Marine Corps and United States Coast Guard but could be awarded to all branches of United States military.
	Nay Nay may refer to: *ney, a wind instrument *Nay, Manche, a place in the Manche dpartement of France *Nay, Pyrnes-Atlantiques, a place in the Pyrnes-Atlantiques dpartement of France
	Nazareth Nazareth is an ancient town in the North District of Israel in Israel. In the New Testament, it is described as the childhood home of Jesus, and is a center of Christianity pilgrimage, with many shrines commemorating biblical associations.
	Nazi Germany Nazi Germany, or the Third Reich, refers to Germany in the years 1933 to 1945, when it was governed by the National Socialist German Workers Party , or Nazism Party, with the Fhrer Adolf Hitler as Chancellor of Germany and, from 1934, Head of State.
	Nazism National Socialism, commonly shortened to Nazism or Naziism, originated as a fascist movement in Europe, and refers especially to the movement of the German National Socialist German Workers Party under Adolf Hitler.
	NB The letters NB' or Nb' can stand for: *Nb' – the symbol for the chemical element Niobium *Norwegian language *NB' – the Canadian province of New Brunswick *NB', n.b., please note – the List of Latin phrases Nota Bene
	Neanderthal The Neanderthal or Neandertal was a species of the Homo genus that inhabited Europe and parts of western Asia. The first proto-Neanderthal traits appear in Europe as early as 350,000 years ago. By 130,000 years ago, full blown Neanderthal characteristics had appeared and by 50,000 years ago, Neanderthals disappeared from Asia, although they did not reach extinction in Europe until 33,000 to 24,000 years ago, perhaps 15,000 years after Homo sapiens had migrated into Europe.
	Neapolitan ice cream Neapolitan ice cream is chocolate, vanilla, and strawberry ice cream side-by-side in the same container . Neapolitan ice cream was named in the late 19th century as a reflection of its presumed origins in the cuisine of the Italy city of Naples, and the many Neapolitan immigrants who brought their expertise in frozen desserts with them to the United States.
	Near-death experience A near-death experience is the perception reported by a person who nearly died or who was Clinical death and revived. The experience is somewhat common, especially since the development of cardiac resuscitation techniques. According to a Gallup poll approximately eight million Americans claim to have had a near-death experience .
	Nebraska Nebraska is a Great Plains U.S. state of the United States. Nebraska gets its name from a Native Americans in the United States word meaning "flat water", after the Platte River that flows through the state. Once considered part of the Great American Desert, it is now a leading agriculture state.
	Nebuchadrezzar II Nebuchadrezzar II is perhaps the best known ruler of Babylon in the Chaldean Dynasty. He is famous for his conquests of Kingdom of Judah and Jerusalem, his monumental building within his capital of Babylon, his role in the Book of Daniel, and his construction of the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, which as legend has it, he made for his wife because she was homesick for the mountain springs where she grew up.
	Nebula A nebula is an interstellar cloud of dust, gas and Plasma . Originally nebula was a general name for any extended astronomy astronomical object, including galaxy beyond the Milky Way .
	Nebulizer In medicine, a nebulizer is a device used to administer medication to people in forms of a liquid mist to the airways. It is commonly used in treating cystic fibrosis, asthma, and other respiratory disease. Also called "atomizers", they pump air or oxygen through a liquid medicine to turn it into a vapor, which is then inhaled by the patient.
	NEC NEC Corporation is a multi-national information technology company headquartered in Minato, Tokyo23 special wards, Tokyo, Japan. NEC, part of the Sumitomo Group, provides information technology and network solutions to business enterprises, communications services providers and government.
	Neck The neck is the part of the body on many limbed vertebrates that distinguishes the head from the torso or trunk.
	Neckar The Neckar is a 367 km long river in Germany, a major tributary of the Rhine, which it joins at Mannheim. Rising in the Black Forest, it flows through a steep valley in the Odenwald hills and passes through Tbingen, Nrtingen, Esslingen am Neckar, Stuttgart, and Heidelberg.
	Neckerchief A neckerchief is a piece of cloth, usually a scarf, worn on the neck in similar fashion to a necktie. In unfolded form, it consists of a piece of cloth in the shape of a right triangle, with the hypotenuse about three feet long. When a neckerchief is to be worn, the hypotenuse side is rolled in the direction of the right angle until most of the neckerchief is consumed in the roll, leaving only a small triangle free.
	Necklace A necklace is an article of clothing or jewelry; which is worn around the neck. Necklaces are frequently formed from a metal chain; often attached to a locket or pendant. Necklaces can also be manufacturing with cloth, and they sometimes contain Rocks, wood, and/or Animal shells.
	Necktie A necktie is a long piece of material worn around the neck and under a collar with a knot tied in front. The modern necktie, along with the ascot tie and the bow tie, are all descended from the cravat. They are mainly worn by men, though they are sometimes worn by women, either as fashionable dress wear, to office work - or as part of a uniform.
	Necromancy Necromancy is a form of divination in which the practitioner seeks to summon the spirits of the dead, called "operative spirits" or "spirits of divination", in order to gain knowledge of future events from them. The word necromancy derives from the Greek language ?e???? , "dead", and a?te?a , "divination".
	Necromania Necromania is a formerly "lost" porn film by Ed Wood, Jr., released in 1971. Thought lost for years, it resurfaced in edited form on Mike Vraney's Something Weird Video imprint in the late 1980s, then was re-released on DVD by Fleshbot in 2005.
	Necrophilia Necrophilia, also called thanatophilia and necrolagnia, is a paraphilia characterized by a human sexuality attraction to corpses. The word is artificially derived from Ancient Greek: ?e???? and f???a. The term appears to have originated from Richard Freiherr von Krafft-Ebing's 1886 work Psychopathia Sexualis.
	Necropolis A necropolis is a large cemetery or burying-place. Apart from the occasional application of the word to modern cemeteries outside large towns, the term is chiefly used of burial grounds near the sites of the centers of ancient civilizations.
	Necrose Necrose is a Brazil grindcore band.