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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
Nautilusnouncephalopod of the Indian and Pacific oceans having a spiral shell with pale pearly partitionsverified
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
Navel-Gazingnounliterally, the contemplation of one's navel, which is an idiom usually meaning complacent self-absorptionverified
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
Navigational SystemnounMWEa system that provides information useful in determining the position and course of a ship or aircraftverified
Navynounan organization of military vessels belonging to a country and available for sea warfareverified
NBnounan abbreviation for the Latin phrase "nota bene," used to indicate that special attention should be paid to somethingverified
Neap TidenounMWEa less than average tide occurring at the first and third quarters of the moonverified
Neapolitan Ice CreamnounMWEa block of ice cream with 3 or 4 layers of different colors and flavorsverified
Nearsightednessnoun(ophthalmology) eyesight abnormality resulting from the eye's faulty refractive abilityverified
Nebuchadnezzarnouna very large wine bottle holding the equivalent of 20 normal bottles of wineverified
Nebular HypothesisnounMWE(cosmology) the theory that the solar system evolved from a hot gaseous nebulaverified