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Netherlands.or.Holland.(map)
a country of northwest Europe
on the North Sea. Inhabited by Germanic.tribes
during Roman times, the region
passed to the Franks
(4th-8th century), the Holy Roman
Empire (10th century), the dukes of Burgundy (14th-15th century) and
then to the house of Hapsburg. The northern part of the region formed the
Union of Utrecht in 1579 and achieved its independence as the United Provinces
in 1648 after the Thirty Years' War. In the 17th century the country enjoyed
great commercial prosperity and expanded its territories in the East and
West Indies and elsewhere, although it lost this supremacy to Great Britain
and France in the 18th century. The kingdom of the Netherlands, proclaimed
at the Congress of Vienna (1814-1815), included Belgium until 1830. Amsterdam
is the constitutional capital and the largest city; The Hague is the seat
of government. Population, 14,394,600. Netherlandish.adjective
neigh .noun,.plural.neighs
the long, high-pitched
sound made by a horse
neigh,
neighed,
neighing,
neighs.intransitive
verbs
to utter
the characteristic sound
of a horse; whinny
Johnny Von Neumann,
1903-1957
Hungarian-born American
mathematician noted for his contributions to game
theory and quantum
theory
nostril.noun,.plural.nostrils
either
of the external openings of the nose; from Middle
English 'nostrille' and from Old
English 'nosthyrl', 'nosu' meaning 'nose'
nose.noun,.plural.noses
the part of the human face
or the forward part of the head of other vertebrates that contains the
nostrils
and organs of smell and forms the
beginning of the respiratory
tract
keep
your nose to the grindstone.idiom
norepinephrine.noun,.plural.norepinephrines
also called noradrenalin;
a substance, chemical name C8H11NO3,
that is both a hormone and neurotransmitter,
secreted
by the adrenal medulla
and the nerve endings of the sympathetic
nervous system to cause vasoconstriction
and increases in heart rate, blood pressure and the sugar level of the
blood
nape.noun,.plural.napes
the back of the neck
narcolepsy.noun,.plural.narcolepsies
a disorder.characterized
by sudden and uncontrollable,
though.often.brief,
periods
of deep sleep
narcoleptic.adjective
nightgown.noun,.plural.nightgowns
a loose garment
worn in bed by women and girls; also called nightdress
nudge,
nudged,
nudging,
nudges.transitive
verbs
to gently push against in
order to get the attention of someone close to you; to come close to;
near (the temperature in the Fall, slowly nudges downward)
nudge.noun,.plural.nudges
a gentle push
nudger.noun,.plural.nudgers
nonliteral.adjective
not literal;
using figures of speech;
figurative.language
Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov,
born April 22, 1899, St. Petersburg, Russia. Died July 2, 1977, Montreux,
Switzerland
He was a Russian born American
novelist and critic and wrote in both Russian and English. He had great
affection for his father. His autobiography Speak, Memory has a
revised version, 1967. He wrote many novels and plays. A
quote of his.
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