nef
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of nef
1680–90; < French: ship < Latin nāvis. See nave
Example Sentences
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Even at royal feasts, the only ornament on the table was a nef, a vessel made to hold salt.
From Slate • May 5, 2015
Could HIV itself, stripped of nef and adjacent sections of genetic material, provide the basis for such a vaccine, as Deacon and his colleagues cautiously suggest?
From Time Magazine Archive
At the very least, the nef gene offers an attractive target for drug developers.
From Time Magazine Archive
In fact, the virus is missing so much of this particular gene--known as nef, for negative factor--that it is hard to imagine how the gene could perform any useful function.
From Time Magazine Archive
P. xliv. mesgnie, properly the suite or household of a prince; see Roquefort s.v. magnie and maignee. nef, a boat. loue, advise.
From Lancelot of the Laik A Scottish Metrical Romance by Skeat, Walter W. (Walter William)
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