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• nice´-Nel´lie — nice Nelly or nice Nellie, plural nice Nellies. Slang. a person who is overly modest or prudish: »By 1916, Dreiser was the hero of the avant garde and the pet peeve of the nice Nellies, who denounced “The Genius” as literary sewage and got it… …   Useful english dictionary

• nervous Nel·lie — …   Useful english dictionary

• nice´-Nel´ly — nice Nelly or nice Nellie, plural nice Nellies. Slang. a person who is overly modest or prudish: »By 1916, Dreiser was the hero of the avant garde and the pet peeve of the nice Nellies, who denounced “The Genius” as literary sewage and got it… …   Useful english dictionary

• nervousNellie — nervous Nel·lie or nervous Nel·ly (nĕlʹē) n. Informal pl. nervous Nel·lies An unduly timid or anxious person. * * * …   Universalium

• nice nelly — noun or nice nellie ˈ ̷ ̷ˈnelē Usage: usually capitalized 2d N Etymology: probably from nice (I) + Nelly, Nellie, the name 1. : prude I m no nice Nelly Ethel Merman …   Useful english dictionary

• nervous Nellie — nerv′ous Nel′lie (or Nel′ly) [[t]ˈnɛl i[/t]] n. pl. lies. Informal. cvb inf a timid or fearful person • Etymology: 1925–30 …   From formal English to slang

• nice nellie — noun see nice nelly * * * nice Nelly or nice Nellie, plural nice Nellies. Slang. a person who is overly modest or prudish: »By 1916, Dreiser was the hero of the avant garde and the pet peeve of the nice Nellies, who denounced “The Genius” as… …   Useful english dictionary

• Anellierung — A|nel|lie|rung [lat. anellus = kleiner Ring]; angloamer. S: Annel[l]ation; Syn.: Annulation, Ringfusion: in der chem. Nomenklatur die Anfügung eines (weiteren) Ringes an einen schon vorhandenen Ring; vgl. ortho anelliert …   Universal-Lexikon

• Anellierungsname — A|nel|lie|rungs|na|me [↑ Anellierung] Syn.: Fusionsname, Verschmelzungsname: ein systematischer Name für ein kondensiertes Ringsystem (vgl. ortho anelliert). Die Benennung erfolgt mit Anellierungspräfixen (z. B. Benzo , Furo , Pyrido , Pyrrolo ) …   Universal-Lexikon

• literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …   Universalium