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Various

"The Illustrated London Reading Book"

_ that which relates to a sailor
NA'VIGABLE, _a._ capable of being passed by ships or boats
NAVIGA'TOR, _s._ a sailor; seaman
NE'CESSARY, _a._ needful
NECE'SSITY, _s._ compulsion; want; need; poverty
NEGO'TIATION, _s._ treaty of business
NEI'GHBOURHOOD, _s._ vicinity; place adjoining
NE'ITHER, _pron._ not either; nor one nor other
NICHE, _s._ a hollow hi which a statue may be placed
NIDIFICA'TION, _s._ the act of building nests
NI'MBLY, _ad._ quickly; speedily; actively
NI'TROUS, _a._ impregnated with nitre
NOBI'LITY, _s._ high-mindedness; the highest class of people in
civilized life
NO'BLE, _a._ magnificent; great; illustrious
NO'TICE, _s._ remark; heed; regard; information
NOTWITHSTA'NDING, _conj._ although; nevertheless
NO'XIOUS, _a._ hurtful; harmful; baneful; guilty
NU'MBER, _s._ many; more than one.
NU'MBERLESS, _a._ more than can be reckoned
NU'MEROUS, _a._ containing many; consisting of many
NU'TRIMENT, _s._ food

OBE'DIENCE, _s._ submission to authority
OBE'ISANCE, _s._ courtesy
O'BJECT, _s._ that about which any power or faculty is employed
OBJE'CTION, _s._ adverse argument; criminal charge; fault found; the act
of opposing anything
OBLI'QUE, _a.


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