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31num|ber|less — «NUHM buhr lihs», adjective. 1. very numerous; too many to count: »There are numberless fish in the sea. SYNONYM(S): countless, myriad, infinite. 2. without a number; not numbered …
32num|bles — «NUHM buhlz», noun plural. Archaic. the heart, liver, or certain other internal organs of an animal, especially of a deer, used as food. ╂[< Old French nombles, or numbles a loin or fillet, apparently an alteration of unrecorded lombles <… …
33num|é|raire — «noo may RAIR», noun. French. a standard for currency exchange rates: »The Bretton Woods agreement…established the dollar as the numeraire, or measuring rod, against which the value of other currencies was set (New Yorker) …
34num|mu|lar|y — «NUHM yuh LEHR ee», adjective. = nummary. (Cf. ↑nummary) …
35num|mu|lar — «NUHM yuh luhr», adjective. Medicine. somewhat flat and nearly round; shaped like a coin ╂[< Latin nummulus money (diminutive) < nummus a coin + English ar] …
36num|mu|lat|ed — «NUHM yuh LAY tihd», adjective. Medicine. nummular …
37num|mu|la|tion — «NUHM yuh LAY shuhn», noun. Medicine. the arrangement, like that of rolls of coins, assumed by red blood cells in freshly drawn blood. ╂[< Latin nummulus money (see etym. under nummular (Cf. ↑nummular)) + English ation] …
38num|mu|lite — «NUHM yuh lyt», noun. any foraminifer of an extinct group of the early Tertiary period, having a flat spiral shell. Their fossils are abundant in limestones of the Mediterranean area. ╂[< Latin nummulus (diminutive) < nummus coin + ite1] …
39num|mu|lit|ic — «NUHM yuh LIHT ihk», adjective. 1. containing nummulites: »nummulitic limestone. 2. characterized by nummulites …
40num|skull — «NUHM SKUHL», noun. a stupid person; blockhead; dolt: »We considered them to be numskulls and little better than idiots (Anthony Trollope). Also, numbskull …
