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National Settlement Service (NSS)nounMWEAlso referred to as Deferred Net Settlement. The Federal Reserve Banks' multilateral settlement service. NSS is offered to depository institutions that settle for participants in clearinghouses, financial exchanges, and other clearing and settlement groups. Settlement agents acting on behalf of those depository institutions electronically submit settlement files to the Federal Reserve Banks. Files are processed on receipt, and entries are automatically posted to the depository institutions' Reserve Bank accounts. Entries are final when posted.verified
National SocialismnounMWEa form of socialism featuring racism and expansionism and obedience to a strong leaderverified
National Vulnerability DatabasenounMWEThe U.S. government repository of standards-based vulnerability management data. This data enables automation of vulnerability management, security measurement, and compliance (e.g., FISMA).verified
Native AmericanadjectiveMWEof or pertaining to American Indians or their culture or languagescandidate
Native AustraliannounMWEa dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrivedverified
Native BearnounMWEsluggish tailless Australian arboreal marsupial with grey furry ears and coatverified
Native CranberrynounMWEsmall prostrate or ascending shrub having scarlet flowers and succulent fruit resembling cranberriesverified
Native HollynounMWElow spreading evergreen shrub of southern Australia having triangular to somewhat heart-shaped foliage and orange-yellow flowers followed by flat winged podsverified
Native PomegranatenounMWEsmall Australian tree bearing edible fruit resembling the pomegranateverified
Native SpeakernounMWEa speaker of a particular language who has spoken that language since earliest childhoodverified
Natural ActionnounMWEa process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings)verified
Natural DisasternounMWEAny "act of God" (e.g., fire, flood, earthquake, lightning, or wind) that disables a system component.verified
Natural Family PlanningnounMWEany of several methods of family planning that do not involve sterilization or contraceptive devices or drugsverified
Natural HistorynounMWEthe scientific study of plants or animals (more observational than experimental) usually published in popular magazines rather than in academic journalsverified
Natural ImmunitynounMWEimmunity to disease that occurs as part of an individual's natural biologic makeupverified
Natural Language ProcessingnounMWEThe field concerned with machines capable of processing, analysing, and generating human language, either spoken, written or signed.verified
Natural Language Processing ApplicationnounMWEAny operation or set of operations performed on personal data, whether or not by automated meansverified
Natural Language ProcessornounMWENatural or legal person which processes personal data on behalf of the controllerverified
Natural LawnounMWEa rule or body of rules of conduct inherent in human nature and essential to or binding upon human societyverified
Natural NumbernounMWEthe number 1 and any other number obtained by adding 1 to it repeatedlyverified
Natural OrdernounMWEthe physical universe considered as an orderly system subject to natural (not human or supernatural) lawsverified
Natural ProcessnounMWEa process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings)verified
Natural RubbernounMWEan elastic material obtained from the latex sap of trees (especially trees of the genera Hevea and Ficus) that can be vulcanized and finished into a variety of productsverified
Natural SciencenounMWEthe sciences involved in the study of the physical world and its phenomenaverified
Natural ScientistnounMWEa biologist knowledgeable about natural history (especially botany and zoology)verified
Natural SelectionnounMWEa natural process resulting in the evolution of organisms best adapted to the environmentverified
Natural TheologynounMWEa theology that holds that knowledge of God can be acquired by human reason without the aid of divine revelationverified
Natural VirtuenounMWE(scholasticism) one of the four virtues (prudence, justice, fortitude, and temperance) derived from natureverified
Nature StudynounMWEthe study of animals and plants in the natural world (usually at an elementary level)verified
Nature WorshipnounMWEa system of religion that deifies and worships natural forces and phenomenaverified
Nautch DancenounMWEan intricate traditional dance in India performed by professional dancing girlsverified
Nautical MilenounMWEa former British unit of length equivalent to 6,080 feet (1,853.184 meters)verified
Naval BlockadenounMWEthe interdiction of a nation's lines of communication at sea by the use of naval powerverified
Naval CampaignnounMWEan operation conducted primarily by naval forces in order to gain or extend or maintain control of the seaverified
Naval ChartnounMWEa chart for a navigator showing the prevailing meteorological and hydrographic and navigational conditionsverified
Naval EngineernounMWEa naval officer responsible for the operation and maintenance of the ship's enginesverified
Naval EngineeringnounMWEthe branch of engineering that deals with the design and construction and operation of shipsverified
Naval ForcesnounMWEan organization of military vessels belonging to a country and available for sea warfareverified
Naval Tactical Data SystemnounMWEa shipboard system for collecting and displaying tactical dataverified
Navigation LightnounMWElight on an airplane that indicates the plane's position and orientationverified
Navigational ChartnounMWEa chart for a navigator showing the prevailing meteorological and hydrographic and navigational conditionsverified