Vocabulary : Nepenthes to Nephilim

Nepenthes : Same as Nepenthe. ;; A genus of climbing plants found in India, Malaya, etc., which have the leaves prolonged into a kind of stout tendril terminating in a pitcherlike appendage, whence the plants are often called pitcher plants and monkey-cups. There are about thirty species, of which the best known is Nepenthes distillatoria. See Pitcher plant.
Nepeta : A genus of labiate plants, including the catnip and ground ivy.
Nephalism : Total abstinence from spirituous liquor.
Nephalist : One who advocates or practices nephalism.
Nepheline : Alt. of Nephelite

Nephelite : A mineral occuring at Vesuvius, in glassy agonal crystals; also elsewhere, in grayish or greenish masses having a greasy luster, as the variety elaeolite. It is a silicate of aluminia, soda, and potash.
Nephelodometer : An instrument for reckoning the distances or velocities of clouds.
Nephelometer : An instrument for measuring or registering the amount of cloudiness.
Nephew : A grandson or grandchild, or remoter lineal descendant. ;; A cousin. ;; The son of a brother or a sister, or of a brother-in-law or sister-in-law.
Nephilim : Giants.

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