Crossword-Solution: NEPA
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Nepa | n. | A genus of aquatic hemipterus insects. The species feed upon other insects and are noted for their voracity; -- called also scorpion bug and water scorpion. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| NEPA | anagram | APEN, NAPE, NEAP, PANE, PEAN, PENA, PNEA |
We have 10 clues for the answer “NEPA”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Genus of the water scorpion. | 1 answer |
| Scorpio, to Scipio | 1 answer |
| Scorpion genus | 1 answer |
| Scorpion: Lat. | 1 answer |
| Scorpion: Latin. | 1 answer |
| WATER scorpion (genus) | 1 answer |
| scorpion water | 1 answer |
| Genus of water scorpions. | 2 answers |
| Water scorpion. | 2 answers |
| needle bug | 2 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
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greedy person
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Sentences with NEPA (5)
The distance from the sea is about twenty-five miles, through banks of mangrove and the Nepa palm, until approaching the town, where some jungle-trees first appear.
Low mangrove or Nepa palm banks characterize these streams; and occasionally slight eminences, with timber, are to be seen.
Built, like other Malay houses, on posts, floored with split bamboo, and covered with the leaf of the Nepa palm, it presents the very _beau ideal_ of fragility, but affords, at the same time, many advantages, and with a little improvement might be rendered admirably calculated for a new settler in any warm country.
These apartments are divided one from the other by partitions made of the Nepa; the floors were nicely spread with strong mats of Dyak manufacture, and on our arrival finer white mats were laid over these.
The ebb tide lasted us some distance up the Riam; but the flood making, we entered a small creek, called Tarusongong, scarce wide enough for the boat to get through, and entirely overarched with the Nepa palm.
Quotes with NEPA (2)
When the government undertakes or approves a major project such as a dam or highway project, it must make sure the project's impacts, environmental and otherwise, are considered. In many cases, NEPA gives the public its only opportunity to be heard about the project's impact on their community.
There's something called CEQA in California - NEPA at the federal level. There's indigenous lands and autonomies relating to governance on those lands. There are all kinds of obstructions as it relates to just getting zoning approval and getting building permits.
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Appears in: NYT.
Used 10 times in crossword archives (1942–1985).