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denominate, pinpoint, specify: She has been named 'Woman of the
Year'. I asked her to name our wedding day. She refuses to name
her attacker. 6 name names. identify, specify, mention, cite:
In exchange for a lighter sentence, the witness agreed to name
names.
nameless adj. 1 unnamed, innominate, unidentified, anonymous,
pseudonymous, incognito, unknown, unheard-of, unsung: How much
we owe the nameless inventor of the wheel! 2 inexpressible,
indefinable, unidentifiable, unspecified, unspecifiable: A
nameless dread seized him as he entered the cave. 3 ineffable,
unutterable, unspeakable, unmentionable, abominable, horrible,
indescribable, repulsive: Paganism allowed man to sink beneath
a flood of nameless sensualities.
namely adv. specifically, to wit, that is (to say), id est, i.e.,
videlicet, viz., scilicet, sc.; for example, for instance,
exempli gratia, e.g. or eg or eg.: We visited three countries,
namely, France, Italy, and Switzerland.
nap° v. 1 doze, nod (off), catnap, Colloq catch forty winks, drop
off (to sleep), get some shut-eye, snooze, zizz, US catch or log
a few zees (Z's): I nap every afternoon.
--adv. 2 napping. unawares, off guard, unexpectedly, in an
unguarded moment: The ball, hit to his backhand, caught him
napping.
--n. 3 doze, catnap, siesta, Colloq forty winks, shut-eye,
snooze, zizz, Brit lie-down: Take a short nap before dinner.
napý n. pile, fibre, texture, weave, down, shag: Choose a carpet
with a short nap for areas of heavy wear.
narcotic adj. 1 soporific, stuporific, hypnotic, sedative, somnolent,
sleep-inducing, opiate, dulling, numbing, anaesthetic,
stupefacient, stupefying, stupefactive, tranquillizing, Lethean:
Most narcotic drugs may be sold only with a doctor's
prescription.
--n. 2 drug, soporific, stuporific, hypnotic, sedative, opiate,
anaesthetic, stupefacient, tranquillizer: Many doctors are
reluctant to prescribe narcotics.