English dictionary: words starting with nep

noun

A genus of predatory aquatic bugs (family nepidae), having a flattened, oval body, raptorial front legs, and a thin, tail-like breathing tube; (also nepa) a bug of this genus, a water scorpion.

proper noun

A mountainous landlocked country in southern asia, in the himalayas (and including mount everest); population 28,500,000 (estimated 2015); official language, nepali; capital, kathmandu.

noun

A country in south asia

adjective

Relating to nepal or its people.

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The nepalese material is extraordinarily rich and invariably reliable.

noun

A native or inhabitant of nepal, or a person of nepalese descent.

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Many nepalese have established records on everest

noun

A native or inhabitant of nepal.

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Today ten nepalis have made history and shown our bravery and strength

adjective

Relating to nepal or its language or people.

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A team of nepali guides became the first to climb mount k2 in winter

noun

A drug described in homer's odyssey as banishing grief or trouble from a person's mind.

Usage examples:

Alcohol and morphine - nepenthe means numbing the soul, numbing your soul.

adjective

Of or relating to nepenthe or its properties.

noun

A drug described in homer's odyssey as banishing grief or trouble from a person's mind.

Usage examples:

Alcohol and morphine - nepenthe means numbing the soul, numbing your soul.

noun

A unit of measurement used in comparing voltages, currents, and power levels, especially in communication circuits. the difference between two values in nepers is equal to the natural logarithm of their ratio for voltages and currents or to half of this for power differences.

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The dielectric loss in each case is rated in nepers of attenuation at some arbitrary frequency, 0.

noun

A plant of a genus that includes catmint and several kinds cultivated for their spikes of blue or violet flowers.

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Others are tiny and quite dainty - like the many nepetas and campanulas, or veronica peduncularis ‘…

noun

Analysis of the amounts and kinds of cloud present over an area, now usually based on satellite images; a map or chart showing the results of such an analysis.

noun

A colourless, greenish, or brownish mineral consisting of an aluminosilicate of sodium (often with potassium) and occurring as crystals and grains in igneous rocks.

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All basalt chemical compositions can be plotted in the basalt tetrahedron, which has normative quar…

adjective

Relating to or resembling nepheline; containing nepheline.

noun

A fine-grained basaltic rock containing nepheline in place of plagioclase feldspar.

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Geochemically, the pyroxene nephelinite is highly enriched in lile compared with the first one.

adjective

Containing, resembling, or characteristic of nephelinite.

noun

Nepheline.

adjective

Of sea or lake water: turbid. chiefly in "nepheloid layer" noun a layer of water, typically near the bottom, containing suspended mineral particles and organic matter.

noun

An instrument for measuring the size and concentration of particles suspended in a liquid or gas, especially by means of the light they scatter.

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In the present study, we investigated the technical feasibility of using the nephelometer to measur…

adjective

Of, relating to, or measured by nephelometry.

noun

Measurement of the turbidity of a liquid or gas, specifically by the use of a nephelometer.

noun

James pollard espy's name for: an instrument for compressing and expanding moist air, used to study the formation of clouds.

noun

A son of one's brother or sister, or of one's brother-in-law or sister-in-law.

Usage examples:

He held up his little nephew in his arms

noun

A son of one's brother or sister, or of one's brother-in-law or sister-in-law.

Usage examples:

He held up his little nephew in his arms

noun

The study or contemplation of clouds.

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The word ‘nephology’ has derived from the greek word, ‘nephos’ that literally means cloud.

noun

An instrument for measuring the extent of cloud cover.

noun

An instrument used to determine the direction of motion of clouds and their angular velocity relative to a given point on the ground.