| AERONAUT | • aeronaut n. A person who travels through the air in an airship or balloon. • aëronaut n. Archaic spelling of aeronaut. • AERONAUT n. a traveller through the air; a balloonist, a pilot. |
| AQUANAUT | • aquanaut n. An underwater explorer. • AQUANAUT n. a skin-diver; someone who explores and/or lives in the sea at considerable depth. |
| ARGONAUT | • argonaut n. Any of several species of shelled octopods of the family Argonautidae (of which only the genus Argonauta… • argonaut n. An adventurer on a dangerous but rewarding quest. • Argonaut prop.n. (Greek mythology) One of the members of the Argo who sailed with Jason in search of the Golden Fleece. |
| BANAUSIC | • banausic adj. (Formal) Of or pertaining to technical matters; mechanical. • banausic adj. (Formal) Uncultured, unrefined, utilitarian. • BANAUSIC adj. mechanical, utilitarian or routine, as opposed to inspiring or imaginative, also BANAUSIAN. |
| BINAURAL | • binaural adj. Of, relating to, affecting, or designed for use with two ears. • BINAURAL adj. hearing with both ears. |
| CARNAUBA | • carnauba n. A Brazilian palm tree having waxy, fan-shaped leaves and toothed leafstalks, Copernicia prunifera. • carnauba n. (Uncountable) The hard wax obtained from the leaves of this plant and used especially in polishes. • CARNAUBA n. (Portuguese) a Brazilian palm tree yielding a fine yellowish wax, also CARNAHUBA. |
| ENAUNTER | • enaunter conj. (Obsolete) lest. • ENAUNTER conj. (obsolete) lest by chance. |
| INAURATE | • inaurate adj. Covered with gold; gilded. • inaurate v. (Obsolete) To cover with gold; to gild. • INAURATE v. to cover with gold. |
| LUNANAUT | • lunanaut n. (Rare) An astronaut who travels to the Moon; a lunarnaut. • LUNANAUT n. an astronaut who has travelled to the moon, also LUNARNAUT. |
| MONAURAL | • monaural adj. Of, relating to, affecting, or designed for use with one ear. • monaural adj. Monophonic. • MONAURAL adj. monophonic, pertaining to one ear. |
| NAUMACHY | • naumachy n. (Obsolete) A place built to stage a mock sea-battle, or the show performed therein. • NAUMACHY n. a mock sea battle, performed as a spectacle among the ancient Romans, also NAUMACHIA. |
| NAUPLIAL | • nauplial adj. Relating to a nauplius. • NAUPLIAL adj. of or like a nauplius, the larval form of certain crustaceans. |
| NAUPLIUS | • nauplius n. (Zoology) A crustacean larva that has three pairs of locomotive organs (corresponding to antennules… • Nauplius prop.n. (Greek mythology) A son of the god Poseidon by Amymone, daughter of Danaus, and founder of the city of Nauplia. • Nauplius prop.n. (Greek mythology) A descendant of the founder of Nauplia who ruled the city (alternatively, Euboea)… |
| NAUSEANT | • nauseant n. (Medicine) A substance that induces nausea. • nauseant adj. Inducing nausea. • NAUSEANT n. an agent that induces nausea. |
| NAUSEATE | • nauseate v. (Transitive) To cause nausea in. • nauseate v. (Transitive) To disgust. • nauseate v. (Intransitive) To become squeamish; to feel nausea; to turn away with disgust. |
| NAUSEOUS | • nauseous adj. Causing nausea; sickening or disgusting. • nauseous adj. (Obsolete) Inclined to nausea; sickly, squeamish. • nauseous adj. (Sometimes proscribed) Afflicted with nausea; sick. |
| NAUTCHES | • nautches n. Plural of nautch. • NAUTCH n. (Hindi) an entertainment in India consisting chiefly of dancing by professional dancing girls, also NACH, NAUCH. |
| NAUTICAL | • nautical adj. Relating to or involving ships or shipping or navigation or seamen. • NAUTICAL adj. relating to ships, also NAUTIC. |
| NAUTILUS | • nautilus n. A marine mollusc, of the family Nautilidae native to the Pacific Ocean and Indian Ocean, which has tentacles… • nautilus n. A kind of diving bell that sinks or rises by means of compressed air. • NAUTILUS n. (Greek) a spiral-shelled mollusk. |
| OCEANAUT | • oceanaut n. An explorer in a submarine. • oceanaut n. Someone who lives or does scientific work underwater. • OCEANAUT n. someone who lives for periods under the sea, to observe and explore. |