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noun (plural: nautiluses or nautili)
- A marine mollusc, of the family Argonautidae native to the Pacific Ocean and Indian Ocean, which has tentacles and a spiral shell with a series of air-filled chambers.
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noun - An explosive device placed in the water and intended to destroy or deter vessels. (See mine.)
- The ship hit a mine and sank with all hands.
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noun (nav, ies)
- a country's entire sea force, including ships and personnel.
- a governmental department in charge of a country's sea force.
- (color) a dark blue color, colour, usually called navy blue
- <table><tr><td>navy colour: </td><td bgcolor="
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adjective
- belonging to the navy.
- (colour) having a dark blue colour.
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abbreviation
- North Carolina, a state of the United States of America.
- (comptheory) Nick's Class, the complexity class of decision problems solvable in polylogarithmic time using a polynomial number of processors
- Nolo contendre, no contest, a plea in criminal cases.
- no, No change.
- no, No charge.
- (linguistics) noun class.
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verb (neutraliz, ing)
- To make inactive or ineffective.
- The antidote neutralized the toxin.
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proper noun - Greek goddess of victory and triumph; Athena's companion
| | no-fly zone |
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noun
- an airspace in which aircraft, especially military aircraft, are forbidden to fly
| | no man's land |
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noun no man's, "s land
- A place where no one can or should be.
- 2006, March 25, Melissa Hoyos, ""No man"s land" has no fire protection", Tri City Herald
- There"s a 137-square-mile chunk of Franklin County ... referred to as "no man"s land" because it isn"t protected by any of the county"s four fire districts.
- 1867: T W Robertson, Caste
- Now, George, if you"re going to consider this question from the point of view of poetry, you"re off to No Man"s Land, where I won"t follow you.
- (tennis) The area between the backcourt and the space close to the net, from which it is difficult to return the ball.
- (context, politics, geography) Territory, often disputed, that cannot be inhabited because of fear of conflict, especially:
- (context, politics, geography) Tracts of uninhabited territory close to the Iron Curtain.
- (context, politics, geography) The stretch of land between the border posts of two contiguous sovereign states, sometimes separated by great distance.
- (context, politics, geography) Land not claimed by any recognized sovereign state; terra nullius.
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noun (Plural: noncoms)
- Shortened term for a non-commissioned officer, such as a sergeant (army) or petty officer (navy).
| | nuclear weapon |
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noun
- A weapon that derives its energy from the nuclear reactions of either fission or fusion
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