All English words - page 3503

Meanings of Navarch:

noun

The commander of a fleet, an admiral; specifically the chief admiral of the spartans.

Meanings of Navarchy:

noun

The office or position of a navarch; the period during which such office is exercised.

Meanings of Navarin:

noun

A casserole of lamb or mutton with vegetables.

Usage examples:

‘you can get soup and a lovely navarin of lamb, or lamb stew and parsley dumplings,’ explains ramsay.

Meanings of Navarrese:

noun

A native or inhabitant of the province of navarre in northern spain (formerly a kingdom which also included part of south-west france).

adjective

Of or relating to navarre.

Meanings of Navars:

noun

A navigational radar system in which the positions of aircraft near an airport are determined by ground radar and then transmitted to pilots in the vicinity.

Meanings of Nave:

noun

The central part of a church building, intended to accommodate most of the congregation. in traditional western churches it is rectangular, separated from the chancel by a step or rail, and from adjacent aisles by pillars.

Usage examples:

The plan of the church is essentially traditional with nave, altar, side chapel and confessional bo…

Meanings of Navel:

noun

A rounded knotty depression in the centre of a person's belly caused by the detachment of the umbilical cord after birth; the umbilicus.

Usage examples:

Abdominal examination revealed a large scar from the navel downwards.

Meanings of Navel-gazing:

noun

The activity of spending too much time considering your own thoughts, feelings, or problems

Usage examples:

One major pitfall in writing is sliding into navel-gazing., you wonder how the characters ever get …

Meanings of Navels:

noun

A rounded knotty depression in the centre of a person's belly caused by the detachment of the umbilical cord after birth; the umbilicus.

Usage examples:

Abdominal examination revealed a large scar from the navel downwards.

Meanings of Navelwort:

noun

Another term for pennywort.

Meanings of Naves:

noun

The central part of a church building, intended to accommodate most of the congregation. in traditional western churches it is rectangular, separated from the chancel by a step or rail, and from adjacent aisles by pillars.

Usage examples:

The plan of the church is essentially traditional with nave, altar, side chapel and confessional bo…

Meanings of Naveta:

noun

A type of bronze age megalithic chambered tomb, shaped like an upturned boat, found on the balearic islands of minorca and majorca.

Meanings of Navette:

noun

A cut of jewel in the shape of a pointed oval; a jewel cut in such a shape.

Meanings of Navettes:

noun

A cut of jewel in the shape of a pointed oval; a jewel cut in such a shape.

Meanings of Navew:

noun

Rape, brassica napus, either (more fully "†navew gentle") in the form grown for its sweet fleshy spindle-shaped root or (more fully "wild navew") in its supposedly wild form. compare "navet", navette .

Meanings of Navicert:

noun

A british consular certificate granted to a neutral ship in wartime testifying that its cargo is correctly described in the manifest.

Meanings of Navicerts:

noun

A british consular certificate granted to a neutral ship in wartime testifying that its cargo is correctly described in the manifest.

Meanings of Navicular:

adjective

Boat-shaped.

Usage examples:

The navicular surface is smaller and more triangular.

noun

A boat-shaped bone in the ankle or wrist, especially that in the ankle, between the talus and the cuneiform bones.

Usage examples:

The team then scrutinized naviculars of a. afarensis, h. habilis, chimpanzees and gorillas.

Meanings of Naviculoid:

adjective

Of, relating to, or resembling a diatom of the genus navicula, which has bilaterally symmetrical boat-shaped or spindle-shaped cells.

Meanings of Navies:

noun

The branch of the armed services of a state which conducts military operations at sea.

Usage examples:

She joined the navy in 1990

Meanings of Naviform:

adjective

Boat-shaped; = "navicular".

Meanings of Navigability:

noun

The degree to which an area of water is deep, wide, or safe enough for a boat to go through

Usage examples:

They have promised to improve the navigability of the river., the agency issued a report on the riv…

Meanings of Navigable:

adjective

(of a waterway or sea) able to be sailed on by ships or boats.

Usage examples:

A navigable channel

Meanings of Navigably:

adverb

In a navigable manner; so as to be navigable.

Meanings of Navigate:

verb

Plan and direct the course of a ship, aircraft, or other form of transport, especially by using instruments or maps.

Usage examples:

They navigated by the stars