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Naiadaceae
- noun - monotypic family of aquatic plants having narrow leaves and small flowers
Najadaceae
- noun - monotypic family of aquatic plants having narrow leaves and small flowers
Nap-Taking
- - A taking by surprise; an unexpected onset or attack.
Naturalise
- verb - adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment; "domesticate oats"; "tame the soil"
- adopt to another place; "The stories had become naturalized into an American setting"
- make into a citizen; "The French family was naturalized last year"
- make more natural or lifelike
Naturalism
- noun - (philosophy) the doctrine that the world can be understood in scientific terms without recourse to spiritual or supernatural explanations
- an artistic movement in 19th century France; artists and writers strove for detailed realistic and factual description
Naturalist
- noun - a biologist knowledgeable about natural history (especially botany and zoology)
- an advocate of the doctrine that the world can be understood in scientific terms
Naturalize
- verb - adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment; "domesticate oats"; "tame the soil"
- adopt to another place; "The stories had become naturalized into an American setting"
- explain with reference to nature
- make into a citizen; "The French family was naturalized last year"
- make more natural or lifelike
Nauseating
- verb - cause aversion in; offend the moral sense of; "The pornographic pictures sickened us"
- causing or able to cause nausea; "a nauseating smell"; "nauseous offal"; "a sickening stench"
- upset and make nauseated; "The smell of the food turned the pregnant woman's stomach"; "The mold on the food sickened the diners"