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New TownnounMWEa planned urban community created in a rural or undeveloped area and designed to be self-sufficient with its own housing and education and commerce and recreationverified
New WavenounMWEany creative group active in the innovation and application of new concepts and techniques in a given field (especially in the arts)verified
New York MinutenounMWEa very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat)verified
News AgencynounMWEan agency to collects news reports for newspapers and distributes it electronicallyverified
News ConferencenounMWEa conference at which press and tv reporters ask questions of a politician or other celebrityverified
News OrganisationnounMWEan agency to collects news reports for newspapers and distributes it electronicallyverified
News OrganizationnounMWEan agency to collects news reports for newspapers and distributes it electronicallyverified
News ProgramnounMWEa program devoted to current events, often using interviews and commentaryverified
Newsletternounreport or open letter giving informal or confidential news of interest to a special groupverified
Newspapermannouna journalist employed to provide news stories for newspapers or broadcast mediaverified
Newspaperwomannouna journalist employed to provide news stories for newspapers or broadcast mediaverified
Newspeaknoundeliberately ambiguous and contradictory language use to mislead and manipulate the publicverified
Newsroomnounan office in which news is processed by a newspaper or news agency or television or radio stationverified
Newssheetnounreport or open letter giving informal or confidential news of interest to a special groupverified
Newsworthinessnounthe quality of being sufficiently interesting to be reported in news bulletinsverified
Newswriternouna journalist employed to provide news stories for newspapers or broadcast mediaverified
Newtnounsmall usually bright-colored semiaquatic salamanders of North America and Europe and northern Asiaverified
Newtonnouna unit of force equal to the force that imparts an acceleration of 1 m/sec/sec to a mass of 1 kilogramverified
Next of KinnounMWEthe person who is (or persons who are) most closely related to a given personverified
Niacinnouna B vitamin essential for the normal function of the nervous system and the gastrointestinal tractverified
Nichenoun(ecology) the status of an organism within its environment and community (affecting its survival as a species)verified
Nickel-Iron BatterynounMWEa storage battery having a nickel oxide cathode and an iron anode with an electrolyte of potassium hydroxideverified
Nicotinamide Adenine DinucleotidenounMWEa coenzyme present in most living cells and derived from the B vitamin nicotinic acidverified
Nicotinamide Adenine Dinucleotide PhosphatenounMWEa coenzyme similar to NAD and present in most living cells but serves as a reductant in different metabolic processesverified
Nicotine PoisoningnounMWEtoxic condition caused by the ingestion or inhalation of large amounts of nicotineverified