1. (architecture) the inner part of an ancient temple; it contained a statue of the appropriate deity surrounded by a colonnaded portico
   - cella

Derived forms: naoi

Encyclopedia: Naos

• black-marked
• black-market
• black-necked cobra
• black-necked grebe
• black-necked stilt
• black-necked stork
• black-seeded
• black-stem spleenwort
• black-stemmed spleenwort
• black-tailed deer
• black-tie
• black-winged stilt
• blackamoor
• blackback flounder
• blackball
• Blackbeard
• blackbeetle
• blackberry
• blackberry bush
• blackberry-lily
• blackbird
• blackboard
• blackboard eraser
• blackbody
• blackbody radiation