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noun
1.
A yellow trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; occurs in monazite and bastnasite in association with cerium and lanthanum and praseodymium.  Synonyms: atomic number 60, neodymium.
2.
A state of north central United States bordering on Canada.  Synonyms: North Dakota, Peace Garden State.






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"Nd" Quotes from Famous Books



... justification | | Page 26: appaling replaced with appalling | | | | On page 16 there is a partially blocked word in the | | scanned image. From the context it is very likely that | | the word is 'demand': | | | | "I have not, at any time, advanced an ultra sentiment, | | or made an extravagant ——nd. I have avoided | | fanaticism on the one hand, fully on the other." | | ...
— No Compromise with Slavery - An Address Delivered to the Broadway Tabernacle, New York • William Lloyd Garrison

... meant—Some One that was dreffle fond o' fishin' an' fishermen, Some One that sot everythin' by the water, an' useter go along by the lakes an' ponds, an' sail on 'em, an' talk with the men that was fishin'. An' how the fishermen all liked him, 'nd asked his 'dvice, an' done jest 's he telled 'em about the likeliest places to fish; an' how they allers ketched more for mindin' him; an' how when he was a-preachin' he would n't go into a big meetin'-house an' talk to rich ...
— Fishin' Jimmy • Annie Trumbull Slosson

... with e, as field, shield, which is sounded as the double ee; except friend, which is sounded as fr[)e]nd. ...
— A Grammar of the English Tongue • Samuel Johnson

... religious ceremonies which there are barely alluded to are here described with almost the detail of a technical handbook. So the N[a]nd[i]ya (xix.) gives an elaborate account of the raising of a dhvaja or standard as a religious ceremony.[26] The legal rules affecting morality and especially caste-intercourse[27] show a laxity in regard to the rules as formerly preached. ...
— The Religions of India - Handbooks On The History Of Religions, Volume 1, Edited By Morris Jastrow • Edward Washburn Hopkins



Words linked to "Nd" :   U.S., Theodore Roosevelt Memorial National Park, United States of America, Bismarck, Little Missouri, metal, atomic number 60, Little Missouri River, United States, North Dakota, monazite, Fargo, Dakota, bastnaesite, the States, James, U.S.A., American state, US, James River, metallic element, USA, Peace Garden State, America, bastnasite, capital of North Dakota



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