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Nacker \Nack"er\ (n[a^]k"[~e]r), n. See Nacre. --Johnson. [1913 Webster]See also: Nacre Nacre \Na"cre\ (n[=a]"k[~e]r), n. [F., cf. Sp. n['a]cara, n['a]car, It. nacchera, naccaro, LL. nacara, nacrum; of Oriental origin, cf. Ar. nak[imac]r hollowed.] (Zool.) A pearly substance which lines the interior of many shells, and is most perfect in the mother-of-pearl. [Written also nacker and naker.] See Pearl, and Mother-of-pearl. [1913 Webster]See also: nacker naker Pearl Mother-of-pearl more...
Sodium \So"di*um\, n. [NL., fr.E. soda.] (Chem.) A common metallic element of the alkali group, in nature always occuring combined, as in common salt, in albite, etc. It is isolated as a soft, waxy, white, unstable metal, so highly reactive that it combines violently with water, and to be preserved must be kept under petroleum or some similar liquid. Sodium is used combined in many salts, in the free state as a reducer, and as a means of obtaining other metals (as magnesium and more...
Nacre \Na"cre\ (n[=a]"k[~e]r), n. [F., cf. Sp. n['a]cara, n['a]car, It. nacchera, naccaro, LL. nacara, nacrum; of Oriental origin, cf. Ar. nak[imac]r hollowed.] (Zool.) A pearly substance which lines the interior of many shells, and is most perfect in the mother-of-pearl. [Written also nacker and naker.] See Pearl, and Mother-of-pearl. [1913 Webster]See also: nacker naker Pearl Mother-of-pearl Nacr'e \Na`cr['e]"\ (n[.a]*kr[=a]"), a. [F. See Nacre.] (Art) Having the peculiar iridescence of nacre, or mother-of-pearl, or an iridescence resembling it; as, nacr['e] ware. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]See more...
Nacre \Na"cre\ (n[=a]"k[~e]r), n. [F., cf. Sp. n['a]cara, n['a]car, It. nacchera, naccaro, LL. nacara, nacrum; of Oriental origin, cf. Ar. nak[imac]r hollowed.] (Zool.) A pearly substance which lines the interior of many shells, and is most perfect in the mother-of-pearl. [Written also nacker and naker.] See Pearl, and Mother-of-pearl. [1913 Webster]See also: nacker naker Pearl Mother-of-pearl Nacr'e \Na`cr['e]"\ (n[.a]*kr[=a]"), a. [F. See Nacre.] (Art) Having the peculiar iridescence of nacre, or mother-of-pearl, or an iridescence resembling it; as, nacr['e] ware. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]See more...
Nacreous \Na"cre*ous\ (n[=a]"kr[-e]*[u^]s), a. [See Nacre.] (Zool.) Consisting of, or resembling, nacre; pearly. [1913 Webster] NadSee also: Nacre more...
Nad \Nad\ (n[a^]d), Nadde \Nad"de\ (n[a^]d"de). [Contr. fr. ne hadde.] Had not. [Obs.] --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] more...
nada \nada\ n. 1. [Spanish] Nothing. [informal or jocose] Note: [used mostly jocosely or for emphasis in phrases such as "Nothing, nada, zip!"] [PJC] more...