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Noyade
- - A drowning of many persons at once, -- a method of execution practiced at Nantes in France during the Reign of Terror, by Jean Baptiste Carrier.
Nozzle
- noun - a projecting spout from which a fluid is discharged
- informal terms for the nose
Oocyte
- noun - a female gametocyte that develops into an ovum after two meiotic divisions
Oolite
- - A variety of limestone, consisting of small round grains, resembling the roe of a fish. It sometimes constitutes extensive beds, as in the European Jurassic. See the Chart of Geology.
Ootype
- - The part of the oviduct of certain trematode worms in which the ova are completed and furnished with a shell.
POINTE
- unknown - Ballet position where the body is balanced on the extreme tips of the toes.
Police
- noun - maintain the security of by carrying out a patrol
- the force of policemen and officers; "the law came looking for him"
Polite
- adjective - marked by refinement in taste and manners; "cultivated speech"; "cultured Bostonians"; "cultured tastes"; "a genteel old lady"; "polite society"
- not rude; marked by satisfactory (or especially minimal) adherence to social usages and sufficient but not noteworthy consideration for others; "even if he didn't like them he should have been civil"- W.S. Maugham
- showing regard for others in manners, speech, behavior, etc.