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Nepenthe
- - A drug used by the ancients to give relief from pain and sorrow; -- by some supposed to have been opium or hasheesh. Hence, anything soothing and comforting.
Nereites
- - Fossil tracks of annelids.
Neuritic
- unknown - pertaining to nervous pain
Neuritis
- noun - inflammation of a nerve accompanied by pain and sometimes loss of function
Neurotic
- adjective - a person suffering from neurosis
- affected with emotional disorder
- characteristic of or affected by neurosis; "neurotic disorder"; "neurotic symptoms"
Oenanthe
- noun - poisonous herbs: water dropworts
- wheatears
Pedantic
- adjective - marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning especially its trivial aspects
- Over attention to detail
Pedantry
- noun - an ostentatious and inappropriate display of learning
- unduly strict formality
Pedestal
- noun -
- A bone in the sternum of a dromedary
- a position of great esteem (and supposed superiority); "they put him on a pedestal"
- an architectural support or base (as for a column or statue)
Pelleted
- - Made of, or like, pellets; furnished with pellets.