Newt Newts are small, usually bright-coloured semiaquatic salamanders of North America, Europe and North Asia, distinguished from other salamanders by the lack of rib or costal grooves along the sides of the body.
	Newtonian telescope The Newtonian telescope is a type of reflecting telescope invented by the British scientist Sir Isaac Newton, using a parabolic reflector primary mirror and a flat diagonal secondary mirror.
	NeXT NeXT was a computer company headquartered in Redwood City, California, California, that developed and manufactured two workstation during its existence, the NeXTcube and NeXTstation. Both systems were aimed at the higher education and business markets.
	Next Next can refer to: * the object which comes after the current object. * Next, a 1977 album by Journey * Next, a 2005 album by Sevendust * Next, a dating television show on MTV * Next, a science fiction movie scheduled to be released in 2007
	Ney The ney is an end-blown flute that figures prominently in Middle Eastern music. In some of these musical traditions, it is the only wind instrument used. It is a very ancient instrument, with depictions of ney players appearing in wall paintings in the Egyptian pyramids and actual neys being found in the excavations at Ur.
	Nez Perce The Nez Perce or Nez Perc are a tribe of Native Americans in the United States who inhabited the Pacific Northwest region of the United States at the time of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. The Nez Perce's name for themselves is Ni-Mii-Puu , which means simply "the People." This self-designation is a common practice of indigenous peoples peoples the world over.
	Niacin Niacin, also known as nicotinic acid or vitamin B3, is a water-soluble vitamin whose derivatives such as NADH, NAD, NAD+, and NADP play essential roles in energy metabolism in the living cell and DNA repair. The designation vitamin B3 also includes the amide form, nicotinamide or niacinamide, whose chemical formula is C6H6N2O.
	Niagara Falls Niagara Falls is a set of massive waterfalls located on the Niagara River in eastern North America, on the border between the United States and Canada. Niagara Falls comprises three separate waterfalls: the Horseshoe Falls , the American Falls, and the smaller, adjacent Bridal Veil Falls .
	Niagara River The Niagara River flows to the north from Lake Erie to Lake Ontario. It serves as part of the border between the Province of Ontario in Canada and New York State in the United States. The river, which is occasionally described as a "strait," is about 56 kilometres long and includes Niagara Falls along its course.
	Niamey Niamey, population 674,950 , is the capital of Niger It is Niger's largest city, lying at the Niger River, mostly on the right bank. It is an administrative, cultural and economic center. Niamey is located at 1331'17" North, 26'19" East . The city is located in a peanut growing region, while manufacturing industries include bricks, ceramic goods, cement and weaving.
	Nibelungenlied The Nibelungenlied is an epic poetry in Middle High German. It tells the story of dragon-slayer Siegfried at the court of the Burgundians, and of his wife's revenge, which leads to the death of all the protagonists. Based on pre-Christian Germanic heroic motifs, which includes oral traditions and reports based on historic events and individuals of the 5th century and 6th century centuries.
	Nicandra physaloides The Shoo-fly Plant, also known as the Apple of Peru, is an annual plant native to Peru. It is the only species in the genus Nicandra. They are known for their property of repelling insects. Plants grow to 1 metre tall and are vigorous with spreading branches and ovate, mid-green, toothed and waved Leaf.
	Nicaragua Nicaragua is a republic in Central America. Although it is the largest nation in the region, it is also the least densely populated. The country is bordered on the north by Honduras and on the south by Costa Rica. Its western coastal is on the Pacific Ocean, while the east side of the country is on the Caribbean Sea.
	Niccolò Machiavelli Niccol di Bernado dei Machiavelli was a political philosopher, musician, poet, and romantic comedic playwright. Machiavelli is a key figure of the Renaissance, most known for his treatises on realist political theory on the one hand and idealistic Republicanism on the other.
	Niccolò Paganini Niccol Paganini, was an Italy violinist, violist, guitarist and composer. He is one of the most famous violin virtuoso, and is considered one of the greatest violinists who ever lived, with perfect intonation and innovative techniques.
	Nice Nice is a city in Southern France France located on the Mediterranean Sea coast, between Marseille and Genoa, with 933,080 inhabitants in the aire urbaine at the 1999 census. The city is a major tourist center and a leading resort on the French Riviera .
	Nicene Creed The Nicene Creed , Niceno-Constantinopolitan Creed or Icon/Symbol of the Faith, is the most widespread Christianity statement of faith. Since its original formulation it continues to be used in the Roman Catholic, Syrian Orthodox Eastern Orthodox Church, Oriental Orthodoxy, Assyrian Church of the East, Anglican Communion, Lutheranism, and most other Protestant Churches.
	Nickel Nickel is a metallic chemical element in the periodic table that has the symbol Ni and atomic number 28.
	Nickel-iron battery The nickel-iron battery is a storage battery having a Nickel(III) oxide-hydroxide cathode and an iron anode, with an electrolyte of potassium hydroxide. The nominal cell voltage is 1.2V. It is a very robust battery which is tolerant of abuse, and can have very long life even if so treated.
	Nicol prism A Nicol prism is a type of polarizer, an optical device used to generate a beam of polarization. It was the first type of polarizing prism to be invented, in 1828 by William Nicol of Edinburgh. It consists of a rhombohedral crystal of calcite that has been cut at a 68 angle, split diagonally, and then joined again using Canada balsam.
	Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot Nicolas Lonard Sadi Carnot was a France physicist, mathematician and engineer who gave the first successful theoretical account of heat engines, the Carnot cycle, and laid the foundations of the second law of thermodynamics.
	Nicolas Poussin Nicolas Poussin was a France painter, the founder and greatest practitioner of 17th century French classical painting. His work embodies the virtues of clarity, logic, and order. Until the 20th century he remained the dominant inspiration for such classically oriented artists as Jacques-Louis David and Paul Czanne.
	Nicolaus Copernicus Nicolaus Copernicus was an astronomer who provided the first modern formulation of a heliocentrism theory of the solar system in his epochal book, De revolutionibus orbium coelestium. Copernicus was born in 1473 in the city of Torun, in Royal Prussia, an autonomous province of the Kingdom of Poland.
	Nicosia Nicosia, known locally as Lefkosia is the capital and largest city of Cyprus. Nicosia is located at 3510' north, 3321' east . Located on the Pedieos river and situated roughly in the centre of the island, it is the seat of government as well as the main business centre. Nicosia is the center and capital of an administrative district , and after the fall of the Berlin Wall, it is currently the only divided capital city in the world , with the northern and southern portions divided by the "Green Line
	Nicotiana glauca Nicotiana glauca is sometimes referred to as "Brazilian Tree Tobacco" or simply "Tree Tobacco". Its leaves are attached to the stalk by petioles, and its leaves and stems are neither pubescent nor sticky like Tobacco. It grows to heights of more than 6'. Tree tobacco has naturalized in the southwestern United States, becoming a common weed.
	Nicotiana rustica Nicotiana rustica, known in South America as Mapacho, is a very potent variety of tobacco. The high concentration of nicotine in its leaves makes it useful for creating organic pesticides. Rustica is also used for entheogenic purposes by South American Shamanism.
	Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide and nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate are two important cofactors found in cells. NADH is the redox form of NAD+, and NAD+ is the oxidized form of NADH. It forms NADP with the addition of a phosphate group to the 2' position of the adenosyl nucleotide through an ester linkage.
	Nicotine Nicotine is an alkaloid found in the nightshade family of plants , predominantly in tobacco, and in lower quantities in tomato, potato, eggplant , and Bell pepper. Nicotine alkaloids are also found in the leaves of the coca plant. Nicotine constitutes 0.3 to 5% of the tobacco plant by dry weight, with biosynthesis taking place in the roots, and accumulates in the leaves.
	Nicotinic acids Nicotinic acids are derivatives of pyridine which have a substituted carboxy group. Although the term niacin is sometimes used interchangeably with "nicotinic acid", it is more precise to only apply it to the 1-3 substituted form. Examples include: * arecoline * niacinamide
	Nictitating membrane Many species of land animals have a nictitating membrane, which can move across the eyeball to give the sensitive eye structures additional protection in particular circumstances. It is often called a third eyelid or haw and may be referred to as the plica semilunaris in more advanced applications.
	Nidaros Nidaros was the old name of Trondheimjem, sometimes Drontheim), a city of Norway, in the Middle Ages. Nidaros was Northern Europe's most important Christian pilgrimage site during this time, the pilgrims' goal being the Nidaros Cathedral, established as the seat of the archdiocese of al Norway in 1152 by Pope Adrian IV, who later became the only English pope as Pope Adrian IV.
	Niels Bohr Niels Bohr was a Denmark physicist who made fundamental contributions to understanding atom structure and quantum mechanics. Bohr is widely considered one of the greatest physicists of the twentieth century.
	Niels Henrik Abel Niels Henrik Abel , Norway mathematician, was born in Nedstrand, near Finny where his father acted as rector. In 1815 he entered the cathedral school at Christiania , and three years later he gave proof of his mathematical genius by his brilliant solutions of the original problems proposed by Bernt Holmboe.
	Niemann-Pick disease Niemann-Pick disease is an inherited condition involving lipid metabolism in which harmful amounts of lipids accumulate in the spleen, liver, lungs, bone marrow, and brain. There are four variants of Niemann-Pick disease based on the genetics cause and the symptoms exhibited by the patient.
	Nifedipine Nifedipine is a dihydropyridine calcium channel blocker. Its main uses are in Angina and Hypertension, although a large number of other uses have recently been found for this agent, such as Raynaud's phenomenon, Premature birth, and painful spasms of the Esophagus in Cancer patients.
	Nigella Nigella is a genus of about 14 species of annual plants in the family Ranunculaceae, native to southern Europe, north Africa and southwest Asia. Common names applied to members of this genus are Devil-in-a-bush or Love in the mist. The species grow to 20-90 cm tall, with finely divided leaf, the leaf segments narrowly linear to threadlike.
	Nigella damascena Nigella damascena is an Annual plant garden flowering plant, belonging to the buttercup family. It is native to southern Europe, north Africa and southwest Asia. It is also commonly grown in gardens in North America. It is found on neglected, damp patches of land.
	Nigella sativa Nigella sativa is an Annual plant flowering plant, native to southwest Asia. It grows to 20-30 cm tall, with finely divided, linear leaf. The flowers are delicate, and usually coloured pale blue and white, with 5-10 petals. The fruit is a large and inflated Capsule composed of 3-7 united follicles, each containing numerous seeds.
	Niger Niger, officially the Republic of Niger, is a landlocked Sub-Saharan Africa country in Western Africa, named after the Niger River. It borders Nigeria and Benin to the south, Burkina Faso and Mali to the west, Algeria and Libya to the north and Chad to the East.
	Niger River The Niger River is the principal river of western Africa, extending over 2500 miles . It runs in a crescent through Guinea, Mali, Niger, on the border with Benin and then through Nigeria, discharging through a massive River delta, known as the Oil Rivers, into the Gulf of Guinea.
	Nigeria Nigeria, officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa and the most populous country on the Africa. Nigeria shares land borders with the Republic of Benin in the west, Chad and Cameroon in the east, Niger in the north, and borders the Gulf of Guinea in the south.
	Nigger Nigger is a term used to refer to dark-skinned peoples, especially Africans or people of African diaspora. Its use by other races, particularly white people, is regarded as offensive in most social contexts. At the time of the Atlantic slave trade, it was a standard, casual English language term for black people.
	Night Night or night-time is the period in which the sun is below the horizon. The opposite of night is day.
	Night Court Night Court was an United States television situation comedy that aired on NBC from January 1984 until May 1992. The show focused on the nutty antics during the night shift of a Manhattan arraignment courtroom, presided over by the young, unorthodox Judge Harold T.
	Night heron The night herons are medium-sized herons in the genera Nycticorax and Gorsachius. The genus name Nycticorax derives from the Greek language for night raven and refers to the largely nocturnal feeding habits of this group of birds, and the croaking crow call of the best known species, the Black-crowned Night Heron.
	Night lizard Night lizards are a group of very small, vivipary lizards, averaging from less than 4 cm to over 12 cm long. It has only three genus, with approximately 23 living species. The genera are divided by geographic range: Xantusia in southwestern North America and Baja California, Cricosaura in Cuba, and Lepidophyma, the most populous night lizard genus, in Central America.
	Night Raven Night Raven is a fictional superhero created by Marvel UK a division of Marvel Comics. Night Raven first appeared in Hulk Weekly #1. He was created by Dez Skinn and Richard Burton and assigned to Steve Parkhouse as writer and David Lloyd.
	Night vision Night vision is the ability to see, whether through biological or technological means, in a dark environment. Most instances, whether biological or technological, use a combination of two approaches: enhanced spectral range, and enhanced intensity range.
	Nightbird Nightbird is the eleventh full-length studio album by the United Kingdom synthpop band Erasure. Produced by Erasure, it was released on January 25, 2005 by Mute Records in the UK and the U.S. It proved to be both critically and commercially successful, thanks to positive reviews by music critics who dubbed it both a "mature masterpiece" and "return to form" - meaning meticulously produced, shimmering three-minute pop songs.
	Nightclub A nightclub is an entertainment venue which does its primary business after dark. In most other languages, nightclubs are referred to as "discos" or "discothques". In Japanese language ????, disuko refers to an older, smaller, less hip venue; while ???, kurabu refers to a more recent, larger, more popular venue.
	Nightcrawlers Nightcrawlers are a form of earthworm. Prized primarily for use as fishing bait, nightcrawlers are generally known as either Canadian or European. Canadian nightcrawlers are the larger of the two, measuring up to 14 inches when fully extended. Fishermen enjoy the Canadian worm more because of its size.
	Nightgown A nightgown is a loosely hanging item of nightwear nowadays mostly for woman, Its length may vary from hip-length to floor-length but is typically knee-length. A nightgown is manufactured of e.g. cotton, silk, satin, or nylon. It may be decorated with lace appliqus or embroidery at cups and hem.
	Nighthawk Nighthawks are birds of the nightjar family in the New World subfamily Chordeilinae. They are medium-sized nocturnal birds with long wings, short legs and very short bills that usually nest on the ground and catch flying insects. Nightjars are sometimes referred to as goatsuckers from the mistaken belief that they suck milk from goats.
	Nighthawks Nighthawks is a painting by Edward Hopper that portrays people sitting in a downtown diner late at night. It is not only Hopper's most famous painting, but one of the most recognizable in American art. It is currently in the collection of the Art Institute of Chicago. The scene was inspired by a diner in Greenwich Village, Hopper's home neighborhood in Manhattan.
	Nightingale The Nightingale, also known as Rufous Nightingale and Common Nightingale, is a small passerine bird that was formerly classed as a member of the Thrush family Turdidae, but is now more generally considered to be an Old World flycatcher, Muscicapidae. It, and similar small European species, are often called chats.
	Nightjar Nightjars are medium-sized nocturnal birds with long wings, short legs and very short bills that usually nest on the ground. Nightjars are sometimes referred to as goatsuckers from the mistaken belief that they suck milk from goats . Some North American species are named as nighthawks.
	Nightmare In common current usage, the term nightmare refers to dreams of particular intensity, with content that the sleeper finds disturbing, related either to physiological causes, such as a high fever, or to psychological ones, such as unusual Psychological trauma or stress in the sleeper's life.
	Nightwalker is an anime created by Ayana Itsuki that combines elements of the horror fiction, detective fiction and vampire fiction genres. The anime is based on a IBM PC compatible game titled ', developed by TomBoy. The main character is Shido, a vampire who has promised to protect humans.
	Nightwear Nightwear, also called "sleepwear", "nightclothes", or "nightdress", is clothing designed to be worn while sleeping. It is generally worn otherwise only in the company of those one knows well. Some people do not use nightwear at all, preferring to sleep nude or in some kind of underwear.
	Nihil Nihil is an album by the Germany industrial music musical band KMFDM released in 1995. It is largely considered by fans to be their best album, and the best example of the original KMFDM sound. It was recorded in Seattle, Washington Nihil is one of the only KMFDM albums that does not feature cover artwork by pop-artist Aidan Hughes.
	Nijmegen Media:Nl-Nijmegen.ogg is a municipality and a city in the east of the Netherlands, near the Germany border. It is considered to be the oldest city in the Netherlands and celebrated its 2000th year of existence in 2005.
	Nikita Khrushchev Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchyov was the leader of the Soviet Union after the death of Joseph Stalin. He was General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1953 to 1964 and Premier of the Soviet Union from 1958 to 1964.
	Nikola Tesla Nikola Tesla he United States of America, Tesla's fame rivaled that of any other inventor or scientist in history or popular culture. After his demonstration of Transmission in 1893 and after being the victor in the "War of Currents", he was widely respected as America's greatest electrical engineer.
	Nikolaas Tinbergen Nikolaas "Niko" Tinbergen was a Netherlands ethology and ornithologist who shared the 1973 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Karl von Frisch and Konrad Lorenz for their discoveries concerning organization and elicitation of individual and social behaviour patterns in animals.
	Nikolai Ivanovich Lobachevsky Nikolai Ivanovich Lobachevsky was a Russian mathematician.
	NiL NiL is a free software clone of the once popular DOS computer game Liero, which is freeware. NiL runs on Linux and Microsoft Windows and is released under the terms of the GNU General Public License. NiL is not, like Liero, limited to two players as it has support for an infinite number of players over a Transmission Control Protocol network.
	NIL /nil/ 1. New Implementation of Lisp. A language intended to be the successor of MacLisp. A large Lisp, implemented mostly in VAX assembly language. A forerunner of Common LISP. ["NIL: A Perspective", Jon L. White, MACSYMA Users' Conf Proc, 1979]. Category:Lisp programming language family
	Nile The Nile ; Ancient Egyptian iteru), a river in Africa, is accepted by most authorities as being the River lengths, about 4,184 miles long. The Nile has two tributaries, the White Nile and Blue Nile, the former being the longer of the two. The White Nile rises in the Great Lakes region of central Africa, with the most distant source in southern Rwanda , and flows north from there through Tanzania, Lake Victoria, Uganda and southern Sudan, while the Blue Nile starts a
	Nile crocodile The Nile crocodile is one of the 3 species of crocodiles found in Africa, and one of the largest species of crocodile. Its range covers most of Africa south of the Sahara, and the island of Madagascar. Known as a man-eater, it has been both hated and revered, especially in Ancient Egypt where crocodiles were mummified, and worshipped as gods.
	Nilgai The Nilgai is an antelope which is one of the most commonly seen wild animals of northern India and eastern Pakistan. It appears ox-like and is also called as the Blue bull.