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natural

natural

9.5
In the dice game craps, the first roll of 7 or 11 that wins immediately
  • noun
  • /ˈnæʧərəl/
  • Jargon
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  • If you roll a natural on your first try, you win without any further throws.

Examples

  • Did you see him roll a natural in the game?

  • He rolled a natural on his first try!

  • At the casino, a natural can be an exciting way to start the game.

  • He cheered as he rolled a natural and won instantly in the first round.

  • In the game of craps, rolling a natural with a 7 or 11 means you win instantly.

  • When a player throws a natural, they immediately celebrate their good fortune in the game.

  • Winning is exciting, especially when you score a natural by rolling a 7 on your first try.

Compounds

natural gas
  • Specialized
140 2.7

A gas from underground that burns to make heat and electricity

natural resources
  • Specialized
47 2.1

Things from nature that people use for energy, food, or money

natural selection
  • Specialized
43 3.9

A process in which plants and animals better suited to their home survive and have more young

natural law
  • Formal
26 6.5

A set of moral rules that come from human nature and apply to everyone

natural habitat
  • Specialized
16 3.2

The place where a plant or animal normally lives and grows

An ability someone is born with to do something well

11 2.2

Light that comes from the sun, not from lamps

A change that happens in the world without human help

10 4.1

The condition of land, water, or wildlife left unchanged by people

natural history
  • Specialized
9 3.8

The study of plants and animals by watching them

A talent someone is born with that they do not learn

natural resource
  • Specialized
8 3.0

A material found in nature that people use, like water or oil

An event in nature not caused by people

A branch of science that studies the physical world, like physics and biology

Giving birth with little medical help and no drugs to reduce pain or help the birth

natural immunity
  • Specialized
4 3.6

The body's protection from disease that a person has naturally without a vaccine or previous infection

The regular way the physical world follows rules not made by people

natural fiber
  • Specialized
3 3.2

A material from plants or animals that people use to make cloth

2 8.4

The study of the physical world and its laws, like early physics

natural language
  • Specialized
2 3.5

A system people use to speak and write to each other rather than computer code

A place where water from underground comes out

1 4.8

A way to avoid pregnancy by not having sex during a woman's fertile days, without using medicine or devices

natural number
  • Specialized
1 3.4

A number used for counting that starts at one and goes up

1 5.3

The way computers understand and work with human language

A thing that exists without people making or changing it

A person who studies plants, animals, and where they live

natural logarithm
  • Specialized
1 5.0

A logarithm that uses the number e, about 2.718, as its base

natural rubber
  • Specialized
1 2.9

An elastic material made from the sticky sap of certain trees used for many products

1 9.5

Study that uses reason and nature to learn about God, not holy books

natural demulcent
  • Specialized
8.1

A substance from nature that soothes irritated skin or throat

A low hollow in the ground that often holds water

natural glass
  • Specialized
6.1

A shiny rock that forms when lava cools very fast

The original color of a person's hair before it is dyed

5.1

A player who moves the ball past opponents with skill and ease

9.9

A salt from Bad Ems mineral waters that treats throat and nose infections

An area of land surrounded by natural features like hills or trees

An ability a person has from birth

natural endowment
  • Specialized
4.9

The natural resources a country has, like land or oil

A program that reads, understands, or writes human language text

6.0

A computer program that understands and produces written or spoken language

natural resin
  • Specialized
4.4

A sticky material some plants make, like amber, that people use in varnish and glue

A person who wakes up early without an alarm

A person who easily convinces other people to agree or act

9.9

A moral quality people can have by nature, not given by God, like justice

The form of something made by nature, not changed by people

A normal relaxed way of speaking that sounds honest

An important English society that supports scientists and promotes science

Surface Forms

natural singular
naturals plural

Etymology

A helpful way to remember the gambling word natural is to think of a win that happens at once and without extra rules; it feels like a result that comes 'by nature'.