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Nibbana
- unknown - Alternative word for nirvana
- This process of birth and death continues ad infinitum until this flux is transmuted, so to say, to nibbanadhatu, the ultimate goal of Buddhists.
The Pali word Nibbana is formed of Ni and Vana. Ni is a negative particle and vana means lusting or cravi
Nicking
- verb - cut a nick into
- cut slightly, with a razor; "The barber's knife nicked his cheek"
- divide or reset the tail muscles of; "nick horses"
- mate successfully; of livestock
- stolen
Nigrine
- - A ferruginous variety of rutile.
Nipping
- verb - capable of wounding; "a barbed compliment"; "a biting aphorism"; "pungent satire"
- give a small sharp bite to; "The Queen's corgis always nip at her staff's ankles"
- pleasantly cold and invigorating; "crisp clear nights and frosty mornings"; "a nipping wind"; "a nippy fall day"; "snappy weather"
- sever or remove by pinching or snipping; "nip off the flowers"
- squeeze tightly between the fingers; "He pinched her behind"; "She squeezed the bottle"
Nirvana
- noun - (Hinduism and Buddhism) the beatitude that transcends the cycle of reincarnation; characterized by the extinction of desire and suffering and individual consciousness
- any place of complete bliss and delight and peace
Nixxing
- verb - command against; "I forbid you to call me late at night"; "Mother vetoed the trip to the chocolate store"; "Dad nixed our plans"
Nocking
- verb - In Archery, grooves at either end of a bow for holding the bowstring.
- make small marks into the surface of; "score the clay before firing it"
Nodding
- verb - be almost asleep; "The old man sat nodding by the fireplace"
- express or signify by nodding; "He nodded his approval"
- having branches or flower heads that bend downward; "nodding daffodils"; "the pendulous branches of a weeping willow"; "lilacs with drooping panicles of fragrant flowers"
- let the head fall forward through drowsiness; "The old man was nodding in his chair"
- lower and raise the head, as to indicate assent or agreement or confirmation; "The teacher nodded when the student gave the right answer"
- sway gently back and forth, as in a nodding motion; "the flowers were nodding in the breeze"
Nogging
- noun - rough brick masonry used to fill in the gaps in a wooden frame