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word: Needy
definition:
Needy

Need"y
(?)
a.
[Compar. Needier (?); superl. Neediest.]
1.
Distressed by want of the means of living; very poor; indigent; necessitous.

Thou shalt open thy hand wide unto thy brother, to thy poor, and to thy needy in thy land.
Deut. xv. 11.

Spare the blushes of needy merit.
Dr. T. Dwight.

2.
Necessary; requisite.
[Obs.]

Corn to make your needy bread.
Shak.


word: Neem tree
definition:
Neem tree

Neem" tree`
(?)
[Hind. nīm.]
(Bot.)
An Asiatic name for Melia Azadirachta, and Melia Azedarach. See Margosa.


word: neencephalon
definition:
neencephalon

ne`en*ceph"a*lon
(nē`ĕn*sĕf"ȧ*l&obreve_;n)
(Anat.)
The most recently evolved part of the brain of higher animals.  It includes the cerebral cortex and related structures.


word: Ne'er-do-well
definition:
Ne'er-do-well

Ne'er"-do-well`
(?)
n.
A person who never does, or fares, well; a good for nothing.

The idle and dissolute ne'er-do-wells of their communities.
Harper's Mag.


word: Neese
definition:
Neese

Neese
(?)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Neesed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Neesing.]
[OE. nesen; akin to D. niezen, G. niesen, Icel. hnj&omacrsa.]
To sneeze.
[Obs.]
[Written also neeze.]


word: Ne exeat
definition:
Ne exeat

Ne` ex"e*at
(?)
[L. ne exeat regno let him not go out of the kingdom.]
(Law)
A writ to restrain a person from leaving the country, or the jurisdiction of the court.  The writ was originally applicable to purposes of state, but is now an ordinary process of courts of equity, resorted to for the purpose of obtaining bail, or security to abide a decree.
Kent.


word: Nefandous
definition:
Nefandous

Nefand

{ Ne"fand (?), Ne*fan"dous (?) }
a.
[L. nefandus not to be spoken; ne not + fari to speak.]
Unfit to speak of; unmentionable; impious; execrable.
[Obs.]
Nefand
Sheldon.
Nefandous
Cotton Mather.


word: Nefarious
definition:
Nefarious

Ne*fa"ri*ous
(?)
a.
[L. nefarius, fr. nefas crime, wrong; ne not + fas divine law; akin to fari to speak. See No, adv., and Fate.]
Wicked in the extreme; abominable; iniquitous; atrociously villainous; execrable; detestably vile.


word: Nefasch
definition:
Nefasch

Ne"fasch
(?)
n.
(Zool.)
Any fish of the genus Distichodus.  Several large species inhabit the Nile.


word: Negation
definition:
Negation

Ne*ga"tion
(?)
n.
[L. negatio, fr. negare to say no, to deny; ne not + the root of aio I say; cf. Gr. _;, Skr. ah to say; cf. F. négation. See No, adv., and cf. Adage, Deny, Renegade.]
1.
The act of denying; assertion of the nonreality or untruthfulness of anything; declaration that something is not, or has not been, or will not be; denial; -- the opposite of affirmation.

Our assertions and negations should be yea and nay.
Rogers.

2.
(Logic)
Description or definition by denial, exclusion, or exception; statement of what a thing is not, or has not, from which may be inferred what it is or has.


word: Negative
definition:
Negative

Neg"a*tive
(nĕg"ȧ*tĭv)
a.
[F. négatif, L. negativus, fr. negare to deny. See Negation.]
1.
Denying; implying, containing, or asserting denial, negation or refusal; returning the answer no to an inquiry or request; refusing assent; as, a negative answer; a negative opinion; -- opposed to affirmative.

If thou wilt confess,
Or else be impudently negative.
Shak.

Denying me any power of a negative voice.
Eikon Basilike.

Something between an affirmative bow and a negative shake.
Dickens.

2.
Not positive; without affirmative statement or demonstration; indirect; consisting in the absence of something; privative; as, a negative argument; negative evidence; a negative morality; negative criticism.

There in another way of denying Christ, . . . which is negative, when we do not acknowledge and confess him.
South.

3.
(Logic)
Asserting absence of connection between a subject and a predicate; as, a negative proposition.

4.
(Photog.)
Of or pertaining to a picture upon glass or other material, in which the lights and shades of the original, and the relations of right and left, are reversed.

5.
(Chem.)
Metalloidal; nonmetallic; -- contrasted with positive or basic; as, the nitro group is negative.

&hand_; This word, derived from electro-negative, is now commonly used in a more general sense, when acidiferous is the intended signification.

Negative crystal. (a) A cavity in a mineral mass, having the form of a crystal. (b) A crystal which has the power of negative double refraction. See refraction. -- negative electricity (Elec.), the kind of electricity which is developed upon resin or ebonite when rubbed, or which appears at that pole of a voltaic battery which is connected with the plate most attacked by the exciting liquid; -- formerly called resinous electricity.  Opposed to positive electricity. Formerly, according to Franklin's theory of a single electric fluid, negative electricity was supposed to be electricity in a degree below saturation, or the natural amount for a given body.  See Electricity. -- Negative eyepiece. (Opt.) see under Eyepiece. -- Negative quantity (Alg.), a quantity preceded by the negative sign, or which stands in the relation indicated by this sign to some other quantity. See Negative sign (below). -- Negative rotation, right-handed rotation. See Right-handed, 3. -- Negative sign, the sign -, or minus (opposed in signification to +, or plus), indicating that the quantity to which it is prefixed is to be subtracted from the preceding quantity, or is to be reckoned from zero or cipher in the opposite direction to that of quanties having the sign plus either expressed or understood; thus, in a - b, b is to be substracted from a, or regarded as opposite to it in value; and -10° on a thermometer means 10° below the zero of the scale.


word: Negative₂
definition:
Negative

Neg"a*tive
(nĕg"ȧ*tĭv)
n.
[Cf. F. négative.]
1.
A proposition by which something is denied or forbidden; a conception or term formed by prefixing the negative particle to one which is positive; an opposite or contradictory term or conception.

This is a known rule in divinity, that there is no command that runs in negatives but couches under it a positive duty.
South.

2.
A word used in denial or refusal; as, not, no.

&hand_; In Old England two or more negatives were often joined together for the sake of emphasis, whereas now such expressions are considered ungrammatical, being chiefly heard in iliterate speech.  A double negative is now sometimes used as nearly or quite equivalent to an affirmative.

No wine ne drank she, neither white nor red.
Chaucer.

These eyes that never did nor never shall
So much as frown on you.
Shak.

3.
The refusal or withholding of assents; veto.

If a kind without his kingdom be, in a civil sense, nothing, then . . . his negative is as good as nothing.
Milton.

4.
That side of a question which denies or refuses, or which is taken by an opposing or denying party; the relation or position of denial or opposition; as, the question was decided in the negative.

5.
(Photog.)
A picture upon glass or other material, in which the light portions of the original are represented in some opaque material (usually reduced silver), and the dark portions by the uncovered and transparent or semitransparent ground of the picture.

&hand_; A negative is chiefly used for producing photographs by means of passing light through it and acting upon sensitized paper, thus producing on the paper a positive picture.

6.
(Elect.)
The negative plate of a voltaic or electrolytic cell.

Negative pregnant (Law), a negation which implies an affirmation.


word: Negative₃
definition:
Negative

Neg"a*tive
(nĕg"ȧ*tĭv)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Negatived (nĕg"ȧ*tĭvd); p. pr. & vb. n. Negativing.]
1.
To prove unreal or untrue; to disprove.

The omission or infrequency of such recitals does not negative the existence of miracles.
Paley.

2.
To reject by vote; to refuse to enact or sanction; as, the Senate negatived the bill.

3.
To neutralize the force of; to counteract.


word: Negatively
definition:
Negatively

Neg"a*tive*ly
adv.
1.
In a negative manner; with or by denial.
negatively
Boyle.

2.
In the form of speech implying the absence of something; -- opposed to positively.

I shall show what this image of God in man is, negatively, by showing wherein it does not consist, and positively, by showing wherein it does consist.
South.

Negatively charged or Negatively electrified (Elec.), having a charge of the kind of electricity called negative, as does the electron.


word: Negativity
definition:
Negativity

Negativeness

{ Neg"a*tive*ness, Neg`a*tiv"i*ty  }
(?)
n.
The quality or state of being negative.


word: Negatory
definition:
Negatory

Neg"a*to*ry
(?)
a.
[L. negatorius: cf. F. négatorie.]
Expressing denial; belonging to negation; negative.
Carlyle.


word: neginoth
definition:
neginoth

neg"i*noth
(?)
n. pl.
[Heb. nĕgīn&omacrth.]
(Script.)
Stringed instruments.
Dr. W. Smith.

To the chief musician on Neginoth.
Ps. iv. 9heading).


word: Neglect
definition:
Neglect

Neg*lect"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Neglected; p. pr. & vb. n. Neglecting.]
[L. neglectus, p. p. of neglegere (negligere) to disregard, neglect, the literal sense prob. being, not to pick up; nec not, nor (fr. ne not + -que, a particle akin to Goth. -h, -uh, and prob. to E. who; cf. Goth. nih nor) + L. legere to pick up, gather. See No, adv., Legend, Who.]
1.
Not to attend to with due care or attention; to forbear one's duty in regard to; to allow to pass unimproved, unheeded, undone, etc.; to omit; to disregard; to slight; as, to neglect duty or business; to neglect to pay debts.

I hope
My absence doth neglect no great designs.
Shak.

This, my long suffering and my day of grace,
Those who neglect and scorn shall never taste.
Milton.

2.
To omit to notice; to forbear to treat with attention or respect; to slight; as, to neglect strangers.


word: Neglect₂
definition:
Neglect

Neg*lect"
n.
[L. neglectus. See Neglect, v.]
1.
Omission of proper attention; avoidance or disregard of duty, from heedlessness, indifference, or willfulness; failure to do, use, or heed anything; culpable disregard; as, neglect of business, of health, of economy.

To tell thee sadly, shepherd, without blame,
Or our neglect, we lost her as we came.
Milton.

2.
Omission of attention or civilities; slight; as, neglect of strangers.

3.
Habitual carelessness; negligence.

Age breeds neglect in all.
Denham.

4.
The state of being disregarded, slighted, or neglected.

Rescue my poor remains from vile neglect.
Prior.

benign neglect A deliberate policy of minimizing public discussion of a controversial issue [e.g. by the president] on the theory that excessive discussion in itself is harmful or counterproductive.


word: Neglectful
definition:
Neglectful

Neg*lect"ful
(?)
a.
Full of neglect; heedless; careless; negligent; inattentive; indifferent.
Pope.

A cold and neglectful countenance.
Locke.

Though the Romans had no great genius for trade, yet they were not entirely neglectful of it.
Arbuthnot.


word: Neglection
definition:
Neglection

Neg*lec"tion
(?)
n.
[L. neglectio.]
The state of being negligent; negligence.
[Obs.]
Shak.


word: negligee
definition:
negligee

neglige

neg`li*ge", neg`li*gee"
(nĕg`lĭ*zhā"; F. na̝`gle̝`zha̝")
n.
[Also spelled negligé and negligée.]
[F. négligé, fr. négliger to neglect, L. negligere. See Neglect.]
1.
An easy, unceremonious attire; undress.

2.
A kind of loose, flowing dressing gown worn by women, usually made of sheer fabric.

Syn. -- negligee, peignoir.


word: Negligence
definition:
Negligence

Neg"li*gence
(?)
n.
[F. négligence, L. negligentia.]
The quality or state of being negligent; lack of due diligence or care; omission of duty; habitual neglect; heedlessness.

2.
An act or instance of negligence or carelessness.

remarking his beauties, . . . I must also point out his negligences and defects.
Blair.

3.
(Law)
The omission of the care usual under the circumstances, being convertible with the Roman culpa.  A specialist is bound to higher skill and diligence in his specialty than one who is not a specialist, and liability for negligence varies acordingly.

Contributory negligence. See under Contributory.


word: Negligent
definition:
Negligent

Neg"li*gent
(?)
a.
[F. négligent, L. negligens,p. pr. of negligere. See Neglect.]
Apt to neglect; customarily neglectful; characterized by negligence; careless; heedless; culpably careless; showing lack of attention; as, disposed in negligent order.
negligent
Swift.

He that thinks he can afford to be negligent is not far from being poor.
Rambler.


word: Negligible
definition:
Negligible

Neg"li*gi*ble
(?)
a.
[Cf. F. négligible, négligeable.]
That may be neglected, disregarded, or left out of consideration; too small or unimportant to be worthy of notice.

Within very negligible limits of error.
Sir J. Herschel.


word: Negotiability
definition:
Negotiability

Ne*go`ti*a*bil"i*ty
(? or ?)
n.
[Cf. F. négociabilité.]
The quality of being negotiable or transferable by indorsement.


word: Negotiable
definition:
Negotiable

Ne*go"ti*a*ble
(? or ?)
a.
[Cf. F. négotiable. See Negotiate.]
Capable of being negotiated; transferable by assignment or indorsement to another person; as, a negotiable note or bill of exchange.

Negotiable paper, any commercial paper transferable by sale or delivery and indorsement, as bills of exchange, drafts, checks, and promissory notes.


word: Negotiant
definition:
Negotiant

Ne*go"ti*ant
(?)
n.
[L. negotians, prop. p. pr. of negotiari: cf. F. négociant.]
A negotiator.
[R.]
Sir W. Raleigh.


word: Negotiate
definition:
Negotiate

Ne*go"ti*ate
(?)
v. i.
[L. negotiatus, p. p. of negotiari, fr. negotium business; nec not + otium leisure.  Cf. Neglect.]
1.
To transact business; to carry on trade.
[Obs.]
Hammond.

2.
To treat with another respecting purchase and sale or some business affair; to bargain or trade; as, to negotiate with a man for the purchase of goods or a farm.

3.
To hold intercourse respecting a treaty, league, convention, or other proposed agreement; to treat with, respecting peace or commerce; to conduct communications or conferences.

He that negotiates between God and man
Is God's ambassador.
Cowper.

4.
To intrigue; to scheme.
[Obs.]
Bacon.


word: Negotiate₂
definition:
Negotiate

Ne*go"ti*ate
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Negotiated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Negotiating (?).]
1.
To carry on negotiations concerning; to procure or arrange for by negotiation; as, to negotiate peace, or an exchange.

Constantinople had negotiated in the isles of the Archipelago . . . the most indispensable supplies.
Gibbon.

2.
To transfer for a valuable consideration under rules of commercial law; to sell; to pass.

The notes were not negotiated to them in the usual course of business or trade.
Kent.


word: Negotiation
definition:
Negotiation

Ne*go`ti*a"tion
(?)
n.
[L. negotiatio: cf. F. négociation.]
1.
The act or process of negotiating; a treating with another respecting sale or purchase. etc.

2.
Hence, mercantile business; trading.
[Obs.]

Who had lost, with these prizes, forty thousand pounds, after twenty years' negotiation in the East Indies.
Evelyn.

3.
The transaction of business between nations; the mutual intercourse of governments by diplomatic agents, in making treaties, composing difference, etc.; as, the negotiations at Ghent.

An important negotiation with foreign powers.
Macaulay.


word: Negotiator
definition:
Negotiator

Ne*go"ti*a`tor
(?)
n.
[L.: cf. F. négociateur.]
One who negotiates; a person who treats with others, either as principal or agent, in respect to purchase and sale, or public or private compacts.


word: Negotiosity
definition:
Negotiosity

Ne*go`ti*os"i*ty
(?)
n.
[L. negotiositas.]
The state of being busy; multitude of business.
[Obs.]


word: Negotious
definition:
Negotious

Ne*go"tious
(?)
a.
[L. negotiosus.]
Very busy; attentive to business; active.
[R.]
D. Rogers.


word: Negress
definition:
Negress

Ne"gress
(?)
n.
pl. Negresses (_;).
[Cf. F. négrese, fem. of négre a negro. See Negro.]
A black woman; a female negro.


word: Negrita
definition:
Negrita

Ne*gri"ta
(?)
n.
[Sp., blackish, fem. of negrito, dim. of negro black.]
(Zool.)
A blackish fish (Hypoplectrus nigricans), of the Sea-bass family.  It is a native of the West Indies and Florida.


word: Negritos
definition:
Negritos

Ne*gri"tos
(?)
n. pl.
sing Negrito (_;)
[Sp., dim. of negro black.]
(Ethnol.)
A degraded Papuan race, inhabiting Luzon and some of the other east Indian Islands.  They resemble negroes, but are smaller in size.  They are mostly nomads.


word: Negro
definition:
Negro

Ne"gro
(nē"gro̝)
n.
pl. Negroes (nē"gr&omacrz).
[Sp. or Pg. negro, fr. negro black, L. niger; perh. akin to E. night.]
A black man; especially, one of a race of black or very dark persons who inhabit the greater part of tropical Africa, and are distinguished by crisped or curly hair, flat noses, and thick protruding lips; also, any black person of unmixed African blood, wherever found.

2.
A person of dark skin color descended at least in part from African negroes; in the United States, an African-American.
[U.S. usage, sometimes considered offensive.]


word: Negro₂
definition:
Negro

Ne"gro
a.
Of or pertaining to negroes; black.

Negro bug (Zool.), a minute black bug common on the raspberry and blackberry.  It produces a very disagreeable flavor. -- negro corn, the Indian millet or durra; -- so called in the West Indies.  See Durra. McElrath. -- Negro fly (Zool.), a black dipterous fly (Psila rosae) which, in the larval state, is injurious to carrots; -- called also carrot fly. -- Negro head (Com.), Cavendish tobacco. [Cant] McElrath. -- Negro monkey (Zool.), the moor monkey.


word: Negrohead
definition:
Negrohead

Ne"gro*head`
(?)
n.
An inferior commercial variety of India rubber made up into round masses.


word: Negroid
definition:
Negroid

Ne"groid
(?)
a.
[Negro + -oid.]
1.
Characteristic of the negro.

2.
Resembling the negro or negroes; of or pertaining to those who resemble the negro.


word: Negroid₂
definition:
Negroid

Ne"groid
(?)
n.
[Negro + -oid.]
A member of any one of several East African tribes whose physical characters show an admixture with other races.


word: Negus
definition:
Negus

Ne"gus
(?)
n.
A beverage made of wine, water, sugar, nutmeg, and lemon juice; -- so called, it is said, from its first maker, Colonel Negus.


word: Nehiloth
definition:
Nehiloth

Ne"hi*loth
(?)
n. pl.
[Heb.]
(Script.)
A term supposed to mean, perforated wind instruments of music, as pipes or flutes.
Ps. v. (heading).


word: Nehushtan
definition:
Nehushtan

Ne*hush"tan
(?)
n.
[Heb.]
A thing of brass; -- the name under which the Israelites worshiped the brazen serpent made by Moses.
2 Kings xviii. 4.


word: Neife
definition:
Neife

Neif

{ Neif, Neife  }
(nēf)
n.
[OF. neïf, naïf, a born serf, fr. L. nativus born, imparted by birth. See Native.]
A woman born in the state of villeinage; a female serf.
Blackstone.


word: Neaf₂
definition:
Neaf

Neif

{ Neif, Neaf (nēf), }
n.
[Icel. hnefi; akin to Dan. naeve, Sw. näfve.]
The fist.
[Obs.]
neif
neaf
Shak.


word: Neigh
definition:
Neigh

Neigh
(nā)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Neighed (nād); p. pr. & vb. n. Neighing.]
[OE. neien, AS. hn&aemacr_;gan, prob. of imitative origin; cf. MHG. nēgen, Icel. hneggja, gneggja, Sw. gnägga.  Cf. Nag a horse.]
1.
To utter the cry of the horse; to whinny.

2.
To scoff or sneer; to jeer.
[Obs.]

Neighed at his nakedness.
Beau. & Fl.


word: Neighbor
definition:
Neighbor

Neigh"bor
(nā"bẽr)
n.
[OE. neighebour, AS. neáhgebūr; neáh nigh + gebūr a dweller, farmer; akin to D. nabuur, G. nachbar, OHG. nāhgibūr. See Nigh, and Boor.]
[Spelt also neighbour.]
1.
A person who lives near another; one whose abode is not far off.
Chaucer.

Masters, my good friends, mine honest neighbors.
Shak.

2.
One who is near in sympathy or confidence.

Buckingham
No more shall be the neighbor to my counsel.
Shak.

3.
One entitled to, or exhibiting, neighborly kindness; hence, one of the human race; a fellow being.

Which now of these three, thinkest thou, was neighbor unto him that fell among the thieves?
Luke x. 36.

The gospel allows no such term as “stranger;” makes every man my neighbor.
South.


word: Neighbor₂
definition:
Neighbor

Neigh"bor
a.
Near to another; adjoining; adjacent; next; neighboring.
neighbor
Jer. l. 40.
neighbor
Shak.


word: neighbor
definition:
neighbor

neigh"bor
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Neighbored (?); p. pr. & vb. n Neighboring.]
1.
To adjoin; to border on; to be near to.

Leisurely ascending hills that neighbor the shore.
Sandys.

2.
To associate intimately with.
[Obs.]
Shak.


word: Neighbor₃
definition:
Neighbor

Neigh"bor
v. i.
To dwell in the vicinity; to be a neighbor, or in the neighborhood; to be near.
[Obs.]

A copse that neighbors by.
Shak.


word: Neighborhood
definition:
Neighborhood

Neigh"bor*hood
(?)
n.
[Written also neighbourhood.]
1.
The quality or condition of being a neighbor; the state of being or dwelling near; proximity.

Then the prison and the palace were in awful neighborhood.
Ld. Lytton.

2.
A place near; vicinity; adjoining district; a region the inhabitants of which may be counted as neighbors; as, he lives in my neighborhood.

3.
The inhabitants who live in the vicinity of each other; as, the fire alarmed all the neiborhood.

4.
The disposition becoming a neighbor; neighborly kindness or good will.
[Obs.]
Jer. Taylor.


word: Neighboring
definition:
Neighboring

Neigh"bor*ing
a.
Living or being near; adjacent; as, the neighboring nations or countries.


word: Neighborly
definition:
Neighborly

Neigh"bor*ly
a.
[Also written neighbourly.]
Appropriate to the relation of neighbors; having frequent or familiar intercourse; kind; civil; social; friendly.
adv. In a neighborly manner.

Judge if this be neighborly dealing.
Arbuthnot.


word: neighbourly
definition:
neighbourly

neighbourhood

neighbouring

neighbour

neighbour, neighbouring, neighbourhood, neighbourly
Same as neighbor, neighboring, neighborhood, neighborly.
[Chiefly Brit.]


word: Neishout
definition:
Neishout

Neis"hout
(?)
n.
[From D. niezen to sneeze + hout wood.]
(Bot.)
The mahogany-like wood of the South African tree Pteroxylon utile, the sawdust of which causes violent sneezing (whence the name).  Also called sneezewood.


word: Neither
definition:
Neither

Nei"ther
(nē"&thlig_;ẽr or nī"&thlig_;ẽr; 277)
a.
[OE. neither, nother, nouther, AS. nāwðer, nāhwaeðer; nā never, not + hwaeðer whether.  The word has followed the form of either.  See No, and Whether, and cf. Neuter, Nor.]
Not either; not the one or the other.

Which of them shall I take?
Both? one? or neither? Neither can be enjoyed,
If both remain alive.
Shak.

He neither loves,
Nor either cares for him.
Shak.


word: Neither₂
definition:
Neither

Nei"ther
conj.
Not either; generally used to introduce the first of two or more coordinate clauses of which those that follow begin with nor.

Fight neither with small nor great, save only with the king.
1 Kings xxii. 31.

Hadst thou been firm and fixed in thy dissent,
Neither had I transgressed, nor thou with me.
Milton.

When she put it on, she made me vow
That I should neither sell, nor give, nor lose it.
Shak.

&hand_; Neither was formerly often used where we now use nor. “For neither circumcision, neither uncircumcision is anything at all.” Tyndale. “Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it.” Gen. iii. 3. Neither is sometimes used colloquially at the end of a clause to enforce a foregoing negative (nor, not, no). “He is very tall, but not too tall neither.” Addison. ” ‘I care not for his thrust' ‘No, nor I neither.'” Shak.

Not so neither, by no means. [Obs.] Shak.


word: nekton
definition:
nekton

nekton
n.
The aggregate of actively swimming animals in a body of water ranging from microscopic organisms to whales.


word: Nelumbo
definition:
Nelumbo

Ne*lum"bo
(?)
prop. n.
[Ceylonese word.]
(Bot.)
A genus of great water lilies.  The North American species is Nelumbo lutea, the Asiatic is the sacred lotus, Nelumbo speciosa.
[Written also Nelumbium.]


word: Nemaline
definition:
Nemaline

Nem"a*line
(nĕm"ȧ*līn)
a.
[L. nema thread, Gr. nh^ma, fr. ne`ein to spin.]
(Min.)
Having the form of threads; fibrous.


word: Nemalite
definition:
Nemalite

Nem"a*lite
(?)
n.
[Gr. nh^ma thread + -lite: cf. F. némalite.]
(Min.)
A fibrous variety of brucite.


word: Nemathecium
definition:
Nemathecium

Nem`a*the"ci*um
(? or _;)
n.
pl. Nemathecia (#).
[NL., fr. Gr. nh^ma a thread + _; a box.]
(Bot.)
A peculiar kind of fructification on certain red algae, consisting of an external mass of filaments at length separating into tetraspores.


word: Nematelminthes
definition:
Nematelminthes

Nemathelminthes

{ &VerbarNem`a*thel*min"thes (?), &VerbarNem`a*tel*min"thes (?) }
prop. n. pl.
[NL. See Nemato-, and Helminthes.]
(Zool.)
An order of helminths, including the Nematoidea and Gordiacea; the roundworms.
[Written also Nematelminthea.]


word: Nematocalyx
definition:
Nematocalyx

Nem`a*to*ca"lyx
(?)
n.
pl. Nematocalyces (#), E. Nematocalyxes (#).
[NL. See Nemato-, and Calyx.]
(Zool.)
One of a peculiar kind of cups, or calicles, found upon hydroids of the family Plumularidae.  They contain nematocysts. See Plumularia.


word: Nematocera
definition:
Nematocera

Nem`a*toc"e*ra
(?)
n. pl.
[NL., fr. Gr. nh^ma, nh`matos, a thread + ke`ras horn.]
(Zool.)
A suborder of dipterous insects, having long antennae, as the mosquito, gnat, and crane fly; -- called also Nemocera.


word: nematocidal
definition:
nematocidal

nem`a*to*cid"al
(nĕm`ă*to̝*sīd"al)
a.
Having the property of killing nematodes; lethal to nematodes.
[Also spelled nematicidal.]


word: nematocide
definition:
nematocide

nem"a*to*cide
(nĕm"ȧ*to̝*sīd or nĭ*măt"o̝*sīd)
n.
A substance that kills nematodes, especially one used in medicine or to kill plant pathogens.
[Also spelled nematicide.]


word: Nematocyst
definition:
Nematocyst

Nem"a*to*cyst
(?)
n.
[Nemato- + cyst.]
(Zool.)
A lasso cell, or thread cell. See Lasso cell, under Lasso.


word: Nematoda
definition:
Nematoda

Nem`a*to"da
(?)
prop. n. pl.
(Zool.)
A phylum of worms, having a long, round, and generally smooth body; the roundworms.  They are mostly parasites, in plants and animals, but some are free-living in soil or water.  Also called Nematoidea.


word: nematode₂
definition:
nematode

nem"a*tode
(?)
n.
(Zool.)
Any worm of the phylum Nematoda; a roundworm; -- they are unsegmented worms having a cylindrical elongated body.  They may live freely in soil or water, or as parasites in plants or animals.


word: Nematogene
definition:
Nematogene

Nem"a*to*gene
(?)
n.
[Nemato- + root of Gr. _; to be born.]
(Zool.)
One of the dimorphic forms of the species of Dicyemata, which produced vermiform embryos; -- opposed to rhombogene.


word: Nematognathi
definition:
Nematognathi

Nem`a*tog"na*thi
(?)
n. pl.
[NL. See nemato-, and Gnathic.]
(Zool.)
An order of fishes having barbels on the jaws.  It includes the catfishes, or siluroids. See Siluroid.


word: Nematoid
definition:
Nematoid

Nem"a*toid
(?)
a.
[Nemato- + -oid.]
(Zool.)
Of or pertaining to the Nematoda.
n. One of the Nematoda.  See Illustration in Appendix.


word: Nematoidea
definition:
Nematoidea

Nem`a*toi"de*a
(?)
prop. n. pl.
[NL., fr. Gr. nh^ma, nh`matos, thread + -oid.]
(Zool.)
A phylum of worms, having a long, round, and generally smooth body; the roundworms.  Called also Nematodea, and more commonly Nematoda.  Formerly, it was classed as a taxonomic order.

&hand_; The trichina, stomach worm, and pinworm of man belong to this group.  See also Vinegar eel, under Vinegar, and Gapeworm.


word: Nematophora
definition:
Nematophora

Nem`a*toph"o*ra
(?)
n. pl.
[NL., fr. Gr. nh^ma, nh`matos, a thread + fe`rein to bear.]
(Zool.)
Same as Coelenterata.


word: Nemean
definition:
Nemean

Ne"me*an
(nē"me̝*an; 277)
a.
[L. Nemeus, fr. Nemea, Gr. Neme`h.]
Of or pertaining to Nemea, in Argolis, where the ancient Greeks celebrated games, and Hercules killed a lion.


word: Nemertina
definition:
Nemertina

Nem`er*ti"na
(nĕm`ẽr*tī"nȧ)
prop. n. pl.
[NL. See Nemrtes.]
(Zool.)
An order of helminths usually having a long, slender, smooth, often bright-colored body, covered with minute vibrating cilia; -- called also Nemertea, Nemertida, and Rhynchocoela.

&hand_; The mouth is beneath the head, and the straight intestine at the posterior end.  They have a very singular long tubular proboscis, which can be everted from a pore in the front of the head.  Their nervous system and blood vessels are well developed.  Some of the species become over one hundred feet long.  They are mostly marine and seldom parasitic; a few inhabit fresh water.  The two principal divisions are Anopla and Enopla.


word: nemertine
definition:
nemertine

nemertine
n.
Any of an order (Nemertina) of soft unsegmented marine worms having an eversible threadlike proboscis and the ability to stretch and contract.

Syn. -- ribbon worm, nemertean, proboscis worm.


word: Nemesis
definition:
Nemesis

Nem"e*sis
(nĕm"e̝*sĭs)
prop. n.
[L., fr. Gr. Ne`mesis, orig., distribution, fr. ne`mein to distribute. See Nomad.]
(Class. Myth.)
The goddess of retribution or vengeance; hence, retributive justice personified; divine vengeance.

This is that ancient doctrine of nemesis who keeps watch in the universe, and lets no offense go unchastised.
Emerson.


word: Nemophilist
definition:
Nemophilist

Ne*moph"i*list
(?)
n.
[See Nemophily.]
One who is fond of forest or forest scenery; a haunter of the woods.
[R.]


word: Nemophily
definition:
Nemophily

Ne*moph"i*ly
(?)
n.
[Gr. ne`mos wooded pasture, glade + filei^n to love.]
Fondness for forest scenery; love of the woods.
[R.]


word: Nemoral
definition:
Nemoral

Nem"o*ral
(?)
a.
[L. nemoralis, fr. nemus, nemoris, a wood or grove: cf. F. némoral.]
Of or pertaining to a wood or grove.
[R.]


word: Nemorous
definition:
Nemorous

Nem"o*rous
(?)
a.
[L. nemorosus.]
Woody.
[R.]

Paradise itself was but a kind of nemorous temple.
Evelyn.


word: Nempne
definition:
Nempne

Nemp"ne
(?)
v. t.
[AS. nemnan to name or call. See Name, v.]
To name or call.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.


word: Nenuphar
definition:
Nenuphar

Nen"u*phar
(nĕn"&uuptack_;*fär)
n.
[F. nénufar: cf. Sp. nenúfar, It. nenufár; all fr. Per. nīlūfar.]
(Bot.)
The great white water lily of Europe; the Nymphaea alba.


word: Neo-
definition:
Neo-

Ne"o-
(_;)
[Gr. ne`os youthful, new. See New.]
A prefix meaning new, recent, late; and in chemistry designating specifically that variety of metameric hydrocarbons which, when the name was applied, had been recently classified, and in which at least one carbon atom is connected directly with four other carbon atoms; -- contrasted with normal and iso-; as, neopentane; the neoparaffins. Also used adjectively.


word: Neocarida
definition:
Neocarida

Ne`o*car"i*da
(?)
n. pl.
[NL., fr. Gr. ne`os new + _;, _;, a kind of crustacean.]
(Zool.)
The modern, or true, Crustacea, as distinguished from the Merostomata.


word: Neocene
definition:
Neocene

Ne"o*cene
(?)
a.
[Neo- + Gr. ne`os new.]
(Geol.)
More recent than the Eocene, that is, including both the Miocene and Pliocene divisions of the Tertiary.


word: Neoclassical
definition:
Neoclassical

Neoclassic

Ne`o*clas"sic, Ne`o*clas"si*cal
(?)
a.
[Neo- + classic.]
Belonging to, or designating, the modern revival or adaptation of classical, esp. Greco-Roman, style, taste and manner of work in architecture, arts, literature, etc.


word: Neoclassic architecture
definition:
Neoclassic architecture

Neoclassic architecture
All that architecture which, since the beginning of the Italian Renaissance, about 1420, has been designed with deliberate imitation of Greco-Roman buildings.


word: neoclassicism
definition:
neoclassicism

neoclassicism
n.
a revival of the classical Greek and Roman style in art or literature.


word: neocolonialism
definition:
neocolonialism

neocolonialism
n.
Control by a powerful country of its former colonies (or other less developed countries) by economic pressures.  In contrast to colonialism, in which one country controls another territory by military force.


word: Neocomian
definition:
Neocomian

Ne`o*co"mi*an
(?)
n.
[From Neocomium, the Latin name of Neuchatel, in Switzerland, where these rocks occur.]
(Geol.)
A term applied to the lowest deposits of the Cretaceous or chalk formation of Europe, being the lower greensand.


word: neocortex
definition:
neocortex

neocortex
n.
The cortical part of the neencephalon; the most recently evolved part of the cerebral cortex of the brain of higher animals, and the site of most of the higher brain functions; called also neopallium.

Syn. -- neopallium.


word: Neocosmic
definition:
Neocosmic

Ne`o*cos"mic
(?)
a.
[Neo- + cosmic.]
Of or pertaining to the universe in its present state; specifically, pertaining to the races of men known to history.


word: Neocracy
definition:
Neocracy

Ne*oc"ra*cy
(?)
n.
[Neo-+ -cracy, as in aristocracy.]
Government by new or inexperienced hands; upstart rule; raw or untried officials.


word: Neocriticism
definition:
Neocriticism

Ne`o*crit"i*cism
(?)
n.
[Neo- + classicism.]
The form of Neo-Kantianism developed by French idealists, following C. Renouvier.  It rejects the noumena of Kant, restricting knowledge to phenomena as constituted by a priori categories.


word: Neodamode
definition:
Neodamode

Ne*od"a*mode
(ne̝*&obreve_;d"ȧ*m&omacrd)
n.
[Gr. neodamw`dhs; ne`os new + da^mos, dh^mos, the people + e'i^dos shape.]
In ancient Sparta, one of those Helots who were freed by the state in reward for military service.
Milford.


word: Neo-Darwinism
definition:
Neo-Darwinism

Ne`o-Dar"win*ism
(?)
n.
The theory which holds natural selection, as explained by Darwin, to be the chief factor in the evolution of plants and animals, and denies the inheritance of acquired characters; -- esp. opposed to Neo-Lamarckism. Weismannism is an example of extreme Neo-Darwinism.
Ne`o-Dar*win"i*an, a. & n.


word: Neodymium
definition:
Neodymium

Ne`o*dym"i*um
(?)
n.
[NL. Dee Neo-, and Didymium.]
(Chem.)
The chemical element of atomic number 60, one of the rare earth elements.  Symbol Nd.  Atomic weight 144.27.
It is a rare metallic element occurring in combination with cerium, lanthanum, and other rare metals, and forming amethyst-colored salts.  It was originally thought to be part of a supposed new element didymium, obtained from cerite in 1843.  Later this was resolved into two elements, neodymium and praesodymium by von Welsbach in 1885.  It is chiefly trivalent.  It is a faintly yellow metal.


word: Neogaean
definition:
Neogaean

Ne`o*gae"an
(nē`o̝*jē"an)
a.
[Neo- + Gr. gai^a earth.]
(Zool.)
Of or pertaining to the New World, or Western Hemisphere.


word: Neogamist
definition:
Neogamist

Ne*og"a*mist
(ne̝*&obreve_;g"ȧ*mĭst)
n.
[Gr. neo`gamos newly married.]
A person recently married.


word: Neogen
definition:
Neogen

Ne"o*gen
(nē"o̝*jĕn)
n.
[Neo- + -gen.]
(Chem.)
An alloy resembling silver, and consisting chiefly of copper, zinc, and nickel, with small proportions of tin, aluminium, and bismuth.
Ure.


word: Neogrammarian
definition:
Neogrammarian

Ne`o*gram*ma"ri*an
(?)
n.
[Neo- + grammarian; a translation of G. junggrammatiker.]
One of a group of philologists who apply phonetic laws more widely and strictly than was formerly done, and who maintain that these laws admit of no real exceptions.
Ne`o*gram*mat"ic*al (#), a.


word: Neo-Greek
definition:
Neo-Greek

Ne`o-Greek"
n.
A member of a body of French painters (F. les néo-Grecs) of the middle 19th century.  The term is rather one applied by outsiders to certain artists of grave and refined style, such as Hamon and Aubert, than a name adopted by the artists themselves.


word: Neo-Hebraic
definition:
Neo-Hebraic

Ne`o-He*bra"ic
a.
Of, pert. to, or designating, modern Hebrew, or Hebrew of later date than the Biblical.


word: Neo-Hegelianism
definition:
Neo-Hegelianism

Ne`o-He*ge"li*an*ism
n.
The philosophy of a school of British and American idealists who follow Hegel in dialectical or logical method and in the general outcome of their doctrine.  The founders and leaders of Neo-Hegelianism include: in England, T. H. Green (1836-1882); in Scotland, J. Caird (1820-98) and E. Caird (1835-1908); in the United States, W. T. Harris (1835-1909) and Josiah Royce (1855- -).


word: Neo-Hellenism
definition:
Neo-Hellenism

Ne`o-Hel"len*ism
(?)
n.
Hellenism as surviving or revival in modern times; the practice or pursuit of ancient Greek ideals in modern life, art, or literature, as in the Renaissance.


word: Pointillism
definition:
Pointillism

Neoimpressionism

Ne`o*im*pres"sion*ism
(nē`o̝*ĭm*prĕsh"ŭn*ĭz'm)
n.
(Painting)
A theory or practice which is a further development, on more rigorously scientific lines, of the theory and practice of Impressionism, originated by George Seurat (1859-91), and carried on by Paul Signac (1863- -) and others.  Its method is marked by the laying of pure primary colors in minute dots upon a white ground, any given line being produced by a variation in the proportionate quantity of the primary colors employed.  This method is also known as Pointillism (stippling).


word: Neo-Kantianism
definition:
Neo-Kantianism

Ne`o-Kant"i*an*ism
n.
The philosophy of modern thinkers who follow Kant in his general theory of knowledge, esp. of a group of German philosophers including F. A. Lange, H. Cohen, Paul Natorp, and others.


word: Neo-Lamarckism
definition:
Neo-Lamarckism

Ne`o-La*marck"ism
n.
(Biol.)
Lamarckism as revived, modified, and expounded by recent biologists, esp. as maintaining that the offspring inherits characters acquired by the parent from change of environment, use or disuse of parts, etc.; -- opposed of Neo-Darwinism (which see, above).
This theory has been thoroughly discredited, though it had some support for a time in the Soviet Union due to the influence of the biologist Lysenko.
Ne`o-La*marck"i*an, a. & n.


word: Neo-Latin
definition:
Neo-Latin

Ne`o-Lat"in
(?)
a.
[Neo- + Latin.]
Applied to the Romance languages, as being mostly of Latin origin.


word: neoliberalism
definition:
neoliberalism

neoliberalism
n.
A political orientation originating in the 1960s, blending liberal political views with an emphasis on economic growth.


word: Neolithic
definition:
Neolithic

Ne`o*lith"ic
(?)
a.
[Neo- + -lith + -ic.]
(Archaeol. & Geol.)
Of or pertaining to, or designating, an era characterized by late remains in stone; the late stone age.  Estimated as beginning around 9000 b. c. in the Middle East, this period is characterized by the beginnings of farming, the domestication of animals, and the manufacture of textiles and pottery.

The Neolithic era includes the latter half of the “Stone age;” the human relics which belong to it are associated with the remains of animals not yet extinct.  The kitchen middens of Denmark, the lake dwellings of Switzerland, and the stockaded islands, or “crannogs,” of the British Isles, belong to this era.
Lubbock.


word: Neological
definition:
Neological

Neologic

{ Ne`o*log"ic (?), Ne`o*log"ic*al (?) }
a.
[Cf. F. néologique.]
Of or pertaining to neology; employing new words; of the nature of, or containing, new words or new doctrines.

A genteel neological dictionary.
Chesterfield.


word: Neologism
definition:
Neologism

Ne*ol"o*gism
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. néologisme.]
1.
The introduction of new words, or the use of old words in a new sense.
Mrs. Browning.

2.
A new word, phrase, or expression.

3.
A new doctrine; specifically, rationalism.


word: Neologist
definition:
Neologist

Ne*ol"o*gist
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. néologiste.]
1.
One who introduces new words or new senses of old words into a language.

Syn. -- verbarian.

2.
An innovator in any doctrine or system of belief, especially in theology; one who introduces or holds doctrines subversive of supernatural or revealed religion; a rationalist, so-called.


word: Neologistical
definition:
Neologistical

Neologistic

{ Ne*ol`o*gis"tic (?), Ne*ol`o*gis"tic*al (?) }
a.
Of or pertaining to neology; neological.


word: Neologize
definition:
Neologize

Ne*ol"o*gize
(?)
v. i.
1.
To introduce or use new words or terms or new uses of old words.

2.
To introduce innovations in doctrine, esp. in theological doctrine.


word: Neology
definition:
Neology

Ne*ol"o*gy
(?)
n.
[Neo- + -logy: cf. F. néologie.]
1.
The introduction of a new word, or of words or significations, into a language; as, the present nomenclature of chemistry is a remarkable instance of neology.

2.
A new doctrine;
esp.
(Theol.)
a doctrine at variance with the received interpretation of revealed truth; a new method of theological interpretation; rationalism.


word: Neo-Malthusian
definition:
Neo-Malthusian

Ne`o-Mal*thu"sian
a.
Designating, or pertaining to, a group of modern economists who hold to the Malthusianism doctrine that permanent betterment of the general standard of living is impossible without decrease of competition by limitation of the number of births.
Ne`o-Mal*thu"sian, Ne`o-Mal*thu"sian*ism, n.


word: Neomenia
definition:
Neomenia

Ne`o*me"ni*a
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. _;; ne`os new + mh`n month.]
The time of the new moon; the beginning of the month in the lunar calendar.


word: Neomenoidea
definition:
Neomenoidea

Ne`o*me*noi"de*a
(?)
n. pl.
[NL., fr. Neomenia, a representative genus (See Neomenia) + -oid.]
(Zool.)
A division of vermiform gastropod mollusks, without a shell, belonging to the Isopleura.


word: Neomorph
definition:
Neomorph

Ne"o*morph
(?)
n.
[Neo- + Gr. _; form.]
(Biol.)
A structure, part, or organ developed independently, that is, not derived from a similar structure, part, or organ, in a preexisting form.


word: neonatal
definition:
neonatal

neonatal
adj.
1.
of or pertaining to a neonate; as, neonatal care; a neonatal unit at a hospital.

2.
newly born; recently born.

Syn. -- newborn.


word: neonate
definition:
neonate

ne"o*nate
(nē"o̝*nāt)
n.
A newborn child, especially one less than one month old.

Syn. -- baby, babe, infant.


word: Neonomian
definition:
Neonomian

Ne`o*no"mi*an
(?)
n.
[Neo- + Gr. _; law.]
One who advocates adheres to new laws; esp. one who holds or believes that the gospel is a new law.


word: Neonomian₂
definition:
Neonomian

Ne`o*no"mi*an
a.
Of or pertaining to the Neonomians, or in accordance with their doctrines.


word: Neophyte
definition:
Neophyte

Ne"o*phyte
(nē"o̝*fīt)
n.
[L. neophytis, Gr. neo`fytos, prop., newly planted; ne`os new + fyto`s grown, fyto`n that which has grown, a plant, fr. fy`ein to grow: cf. F. néophyte. See New, and Be.]
1.
A new convert or proselyte; -- a name given by the early Christians, and still given by the Roman Catholics, to such as have recently embraced the Christian faith, and been admitted to baptism, esp. to converts from heathenism or Judaism.

2.
Hence:
A novice; a tyro; a beginner in anything.


word: Neoplasia
definition:
Neoplasia

Ne`o*pla"si*a
(nē`o̝*plā"zhĭ*ȧ)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. ne`os new + pla`ssein to form, mold.]
(Physiol. & Med.)
Growth or development of new material; neoplasty.


word: Neoplasm
definition:
Neoplasm

Ne"o*plasm
(nē"o̝*plăz'm)
n.
[See Neoplasia.]
(Physiol. & Med.)
A new formation or tissue, the product of morbid action.


word: Neoplastic
definition:
Neoplastic

Ne`o*plas"tic
(nē`o̝*plăs"tĭk)
a.
(Physiol. & Med.)
Of or pertaining to neoplasty, or neoplasia.


word: Neoplasty
definition:
Neoplasty

Ne"o*plas`ty
(nē"o̝*plăs`t&ybreve_;)
n.
[See Neoplasia.]
(Physiol. & Med.)
Restoration of a part by granulation, adhesive inflammation, or autoplasty.


word: Neoplatonic
definition:
Neoplatonic

Ne`o*pla"ton"ic
(?)
a.
Of, pertaining to, or resembling, Neoplatonism or the Neoplatonists.


word: Neoplatonism
definition:
Neoplatonism

Ne`o*pla"to*nism
(?)
n.
[Neo- + Platonism.]
A pantheistic eclectic school of philosophy, of which Plotinus was the chief (a. d. 205-270), and which sought to reconcile the Platonic and Aristotelian systems with Oriental theosophy.  It tended to mysticism and theurgy, and was the last product of Greek philosophy.


word: Neoplatonist
definition:
Neoplatonist

Ne`o*pla"to*nist
(?)
n.
One who held to Neoplatonism; a member of the Neoplatonic school.


word: Neorama
definition:
Neorama

Ne`o*ra"ma
(? or ?)
n.
[Gr. _; temple + _; a view.]
A panorama of the interior of a building, seen from within.


word: Neo-Scholasticism
definition:
Neo-Scholasticism

Ne`o-Scho*las"ti*cism
n.
The modern revival of the Scholastic philosophy, esp. of that of Thomas Aquinas, with critical revision to suit the exigencies of the general advance in learning.  The Neo-Scholastic movement received a great impetus from Leo XIII.'s interest in it.


word: Neossine
definition:
Neossine

Ne*os"sine
(?)
n.
[Gr. neossia` a bird's nest.]
The substance constituting the edible bird's nest.


word: Neoterical
definition:
Neoterical

Neoteric

{ Ne`o*ter"ic (?), Ne`o*ter"ic*al (?) }
a.
[L. neotericus, Gr. newteriko`s, fr. new`teros, compar. of ne`os young, new.]
Recent in origin; modern; new.
neoteric
Fitzed. Hall.

Some being ancient, others neoterical.
Bacon.


word: Neoterism
definition:
Neoterism

Ne*ot"er*ism
(?)
n.
[Gr. _; innovation]
An innovation or novelty; a neoteric word or phrase.


word: Neoterize
definition:
Neoterize

Ne*ot"er*ize
(?)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Neoterized; p. pr. & vb. n. Neoterized.]
[Gr. _; to innovate.]
To innovate; to coin or introduce new words.

Freely as we of the nineteenth century neoterize.
fized. Hall.


word: Neotropical
definition:
Neotropical

Ne`o*trop"ic*al
(?)
a.
[Neo- + tropical.]
(Geog. & Zool.)
Belonging to, or designating, a region of the earth's surface which comprises most of South America, the Antilles, and tropical North America.


word: Neozoic
definition:
Neozoic

Ne`o*zo"ic
(?)
a.
[Neo- + Gr. _; life.]
(Geol.)
More recent than the Paleozoic, -- that is, including the Mesozoic and Cenozoic.


word: Nepa
definition:
Nepa

Ne"pa
(?)
n.
[L. nepa scorpion.]
(Zool.)
A genus of aquatic hemipterous insects.  The species feed upon other insects and are noted for their voracity; -- called also scorpion bug and water scorpion.


word: Nepalese
definition:
Nepalese

Nep`a*lese"
(? or ?)
prop. a.
Of or pertaining to Nepal, a kingdom North of India; as, Nepalese troops massed at the border.
[Formerly written Nepaulese.]

Syn. -- Nepali.


word: Nepalese₂
definition:
Nepalese

Nep`a*lese"
(? or ?)
prop. n. sing. & pl.
A native or natives of Nepal, or an inhabitant of Nepal.


word: Nepaulese
definition:
Nepaulese

Nep`au*lese"
(? or ?)
prop. a.
Of or pertaining to Nepal (formerly written Nepaul), a kingdom North of India; same as Nepalese.
n. sing. & pl. A native or natives of Nepal.


word: Nepenthaceae
definition:
Nepenthaceae

Nepenthaceae
prop. n.
A natural family coextensive with the genus Nepenthes.

Syn. -- family Nepenthaceae.


word: Nepenthe
definition:
Nepenthe

Ne*pen"the
(?)
n.
[Fr. Gr. _; removing all sorrow; hence, an epithet of an Egyptian drug which lulled sorrow for the day; _; not + _; sorrow, grief.]
A drug used by the ancients to give relief from pain and sorrow; -- by some supposed to have been opium or hasheesh.  Hence, anything soothing and comforting.

Lulled with the sweet nepenthe of a court.
Pope.

Quaff, O quaff this kind nepenthe.
Poe.


word: Nepenthes
definition:
Nepenthes

Ne*pen"thes
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. _;. See Nepenthe.]
1.
Same as Nepenthe.
Milton.

2.
(Bot.)
A genus of climbing plants found in tropical areas of India, Malaya, Australia, etc., which have the leaves prolonged into a kind of stout tendril terminating in a pitcherlike appendage, whence the plants are often called pitcher plants and monkey-cups.  There are about thirty species, of which the best known is Nepenthes distillatoria. See Pitcher plant.


word: Nepeta
definition:
Nepeta

Nep"e*ta
(?)
n.
[L.]
(Bot.)
A genus of labiate plants, including the catnip and ground ivy.


word: Nephalism
definition:
Nephalism

Neph"a*lism
(nĕf"ȧ*lĭz'm)
n.
[Gr. _; soberness, fr. _; sober, _; to drink no wine: cf. F. néphalisme.]
Total abstinence from spirituous liquor.


word: Nephalist
definition:
Nephalist

Neph"a*list
(nĕf"ȧ*lĭst)
n.
[Cf. F. néphaliste.]
One who advocates or practices nephalism.


word: Nephelite
definition:
Nephelite

Nepheline

{ Neph"e*line (nĕf"e̝*lĭn), Neph"e*lite (nĕf"e̝*līt) }
n.
[Gr. nefe`lh cloud: cf. F. néphéline.  Cf. Nebula.]
(Min.)
A mineral occuring at Vesuvius, in glassy hexagonal crystals; also elsewhere, in grayish or greenish masses having a greasy luster, as the variety elaeolite.  It is a silicate of aluminia, soda, and potash.


word: Nephelodometer
definition:
Nephelodometer

Neph`e*lo*dom"e*ter
(nĕf`e̝*lo̝*d&obreve_;m"e̝*tẽr)
n.
[Gr. nefe`lh a cloud + "odo`s way + -meter.]
(Meteorol.)
An instrument for reckoning the distances or velocities of clouds.


word: Nephelometer
definition:
Nephelometer

Neph`e*lom"e*ter
(nĕf`e̝*l&obreve_;m"e̝*tẽr)
n.
[Gr. nefe`lh a cloud + -meter.]
1.
An instrument for measuring or registering the amount of cloudiness.

2.
(Chem., Microbiol.)
An instrument which measures the degree to which liquid suspensions scatter light, and by inference, the concentration of scattering particles in the suspension.  It is used for various purposes, such as to estimate the number of bacteria in suspension in a liquid.


word: Nephew
definition:
Nephew

Neph"ew
(nĕf"&uuptack_;; in England nĕv"&uuptack_;; 277)
n.
[OE. neveu, nevou, nevu, fr. F. neveu, OF. also, nevou, L. nepos; akin to AS. nefa, D. neef, G. neffe, OHG. nevo, Icel. nefi a kinsman, Gr. ne`podes, pl., brood, young, Skr. nepāt grandson, descendant. √262.  Cf. Niece, Nepotism.]
1.
A grandson or grandchild, or remoter lineal descendant.
[Obs.]

But if any widow have children or nephews [Rev. Ver. grandchildren].
1 Tim. v. 4.

If naturalists say true that nephews are often liker to their grandfathers than to their fathers.
Jer. Taylor.

2.
A cousin.
[Obs.]
Shak.

3.
The son of a brother or a sister, or of a brother-in-law or sister-in-law.
Chaucer.


word: Nephoscope
definition:
Nephoscope

Neph"o*scope
(?)
n.
[Gr. ne`fos a cloud + -scope.]
(Meteorol.)
An instrument for observing the clouds and their velocity.


word: Nephralgy
definition:
Nephralgy

Nephralgia

{ &VerbarNe*phral"gi*a (?), Ne*phral"gy (?) }
n.
[NL. nephralgia, fr. Gr. nefro`s a kidney + _; pain: cf. F. néphralgie.]
(Med.)
Neuralgia of the kidneys; a disease characterized by pain in the region of the kidneys without any structural lesion of the latter.
Quain.


word: Nephridium
definition:
Nephridium

Ne*phrid"i*um
(?)
n.
pl. Nephridia (#).
[NL., fr. Gr. _; of the kidneys.]
(Zool. & Anat.)
A segmental tubule; one of the tubules of the primitive urinogenital organs; a segmental organ. See Illust. under Loeven's larva.


word: nephrite
definition:
nephrite

neph"rite
(?; 277)
n.
[Cf. F. néphrite. See nephritis.]
(Min.)
A hard compact mineral, of a dark green color, formerly worn as a remedy for diseases of the kidneys, whence its name; kidney stone; a kind of jade.  It varies in color from white to dark green.  It is the more common and less valuable variety of jade, the other being jadeite.  Large deposits are found in Australia.  Called also nephritic stone.  See also Jade.
[MW10]


word: Nephritical
definition:
Nephritical

Nephritic

{ Ne*phrit"ic (?), Ne*phrit"ic*al (?) }
a.
[L. nephriticus, Gr. nefritiko`s: cf. F. néphrétique. See Nephritis.]
1.
Of or pertaining to the kidneys or urinary organs; renal; as, a nephritic disease.

2.
(Med.)
(a)
Affected with a disease of the kidneys; as, a nephritic patient.
(b)
Relieving disorders of the kidneys; affecting the kidneys; as, a nephritic medicine.

3.
Of or pertaining to nephrite.

Nephritic stone (Min.), Nephrite; jade. See Nephrite.


word: Nephritis
definition:
Nephritis

Ne*phri"tis
(?)
n.
[L., fr. Gr. nefri^tis (sc. _;), fr. nefro`s a kidney.]
(Med.)
An inflammation of the kidneys.


word: nephrolithic
definition:
nephrolithic

neph`ro*lith"ic
(?)
a.
[Gr. nefro`s a kidney + -lith + ic.]
(Med.)
Of or pertaining to kidney stones, or renal calculi.
Dunglison.


word: Nephrology
definition:
Nephrology

Ne*phrol"o*gy
(?)
n.
[Gr. nefro`s a kidney + -logy.]
A treatise on, or the science which treats of, the kidneys, and their structure and functions.


word: Nephropsidae
definition:
Nephropsidae

Nephropsidae
prop. n.
A natural family in some classifications coextensive with the Homaridae.

Syn. -- family Nephropsidae.


word: Nephrostome
definition:
Nephrostome

Neph"ro*stome
(?)
n.
[Gr. nefro`s a kidney + sto`ma mouth.]
(Zool. & Anat.)
The funnel-shaped opening of a nephridium into the body cavity.


word: Nephrotomy
definition:
Nephrotomy

Ne*phrot"o*my
(?)
n.
[Gr. nefro`s a kidney + te`mnein to cut: cf. F. néphrotomie.]
(Surg.)
Extraction of stone from the kidney by cutting.


word: Nephthys
definition:
Nephthys

Nephthys
prop. n.
The goddess associated with ritual of the dead; sister of Geb and Nut; wife of Set.


word: Ne plus ultra
definition:
Ne plus ultra

Ne plus ul"tra
(?)
[L., no further; ne no, not + plus more + ultra beyond.]
1.
The uttermost point to which one can go or attain; hence, the summit of achievement; the highest point or degree; the acme.

2.
A prohibition against proceeding further; an insuperable obstacle or limiting condition.
[Obs. or R.]


word: Nepotic
definition:
Nepotic

Ne*pot"ic
(?)
a.
[See nepotism.]
Of or pertaining to nepotism.

The nepotic ambition of the ruling pontiff.
Milman.


word: Nepotism
definition:
Nepotism

Nep"o*tism
(?; 277)
n.
[L. nepus, nepotus, nephew: cf. F. népotisme. See Nephew.]
Undue attachment to relations; favoritism shown to members of one's family; bestowal of patronage in consideration of relationship, rather than of merit or of legal claim.

From nepotism Alexander V. was safe; for he was without kindred or relatives.  But there was another perhaps more fatal nepotism, which turned the tide of popularity against him -- the nepotism of his order.
Milman.


word: Neptune
definition:
Neptune

Nep"tune
(?)
prop. n.
[L. Neptunus.]
1.
(Rom. Myth.)
The son of Saturn and Ops, the god of the waters, especially of the sea.  He is represented as bearing a trident for a scepter.

2.
(Astron.)
The remotest major planet of our solar system, discovered -- as a result of the computations of Leverrier, of Paris -- by Galle, of Berlin, September 23, 1846.  It is classed as a gas giant, and has a radius of 22,716 km and an estimated mass of 1.027 x 1026 kg, with an average density of 2.27 g/cc.  Its mean distance from the sun is about 5,000,000,000 km (3,106,856,000 miles), and its period of revolution is about 164.78 years.

Neptune powder, an explosive containing nitroglycerin, -- used in blasting. -- Neptune's cup (Zool.), a very large, cup-shaped, marine sponge (Thalassema Neptuni).


word: Neptunian
definition:
Neptunian

Nep*tu"ni*an
(?)
prop. a.
[L. Neptunius belonging to Neptune: cf. F. neptunien.]
1.
Of or pertaining to the ocean or sea.

2.
(Geol.)
Formed by water or aqueous solution; as, Neptunian rocks.

Neptunian races (Ethnol.), the Malay and Polynesian races. -- Neptunian theory (Geol.), the theory of Werner, which referred the formation of all rocks and strata to the agency of water; -- opposed to the Plutonic theory.


word: Neptunist
definition:
Neptunist

Neptunian

{ Nep*tu"ni*an (?), Nep"tu*nist (?) }
prop. n.
[Cf. F. neptinien, neptuniste.]
(Geol.)
One who adopts the Neptunian theory.


word: Neptunicentric
definition:
Neptunicentric

Nep*tu`ni*cen"tric
(?)
a.
[Neptune + centric.]
(Astron.)
As seen from Neptune, or having Neptune as a center; as, Neptunicentric longitude or force.


word: Neptunium
definition:
Neptunium

Nep*tu"ni*um
(?)
n.
[NL.]
A radioactive metallic element of atomic number 93, produced in nuclear reactors from Plutonium or Uranium.  Symbol Np;  The atomic weight of the most stable isotope is 237.0482.


word: Nereid
definition:
Nereid

Ne"re*id
(?)
n.
pl. E. Nereids (#), L. Nereides (#).
[L. Nereis, -idis, Gr. Nhrei:`s Nhrhi:`s, Nhrhi:`dos, a daughter of Nereus, a nymph of the sea, fr. Nhrey`s Nereus, an ancient sea god; akin to nhro`s wet, Skr. nāra water, cf. Gr. na`ein to flow.]
1.
(Class. Myth.)
A sea nymph, one of the daughters of Nereus, who were attendants upon Neptune, and were represented as riding on sea horses, sometimes with the human form entire, and sometimes with the tail of a fish.

2.
(Zool.)
Any species of Nereis.  The word is sometimes used for similar annelids of other families.


word: Nereidian
definition:
Nereidian

Ne`re*id"i*an
(?)
n.
(Zool.)
Any annelid resembling Nereis, or of the family Lycoridae or allied families.


word: Nereis
definition:
Nereis

Ne"re*is
(? or ?)
prop. n.
pl. Nereides (#).
[L.]
1.
(Class. Myth.)
A Nereid. See Nereid.

2.
(Zool.)
A genus, including numerous species, of marine chaetopod annelids, having a well-formed head, with two pairs of eyes, antennae, four pairs of tentacles, and a protrusile pharynx, armed with a pair of hooked jaws.


word: Nereocystis
definition:
Nereocystis

Ne`re*o*cys"tis
(?)
prop. n.
[NL. See Nereid, and Cyst.]
(Bot.)
A genus of gigantic seaweeds.

&hand_; Nereocystis Lutkeana, of the North Pacific, has a stem many fathoms long, terminating in a great vesicle, which is crowned with a tuft of long leaves.  The stem is used by the Alaskans for fishing lines.


word: Nerita
definition:
Nerita

Ne*ri"ta
(?)
prop. n.
[L., a sort of sea mussel, Gr. nhri`ths, nhrei`ths.]
(Zool.)
A genus of marine gastropods, mostly natives of warm climates.


word: neritic
definition:
neritic

neritic
adj.
Relating to the belt or region of shallow water adjoining the seacost; as, neritic fauna.


word: neritid
definition:
neritid

neritid
n.
An operculate seasnail of coastal waters with a short spiral shell.

Syn. -- neritid gastropod.


word: Neritina
definition:
Neritina

Ner`i*ti"na
(?)
prop. n.
(Zool.)
A genus including numerous species of shells resembling Nerita in form.  They mostly inhabit brackish water, and are often delicately tinted.


word: Nerka
definition:
Nerka

Ner"ka
(?)
n.
[Russ. niarka, prob. fr. native name.]
(Zool.)
The most important salmon of Alaska (Oncorhinchus nerka), ascending in spring most rivers and lakes from Alaska to Oregon, Washington, and Idaho; -- called also red salmon, redfish, blueback, and sawqui.


word: Nero
definition:
Nero

Ne"ro
(nē"ro̝)
prop. n.
A Roman emperor notorious for debauchery and barbarous cruelty; hence, any profligate and cruel ruler or merciless tyrant.
Ne*ro"ni*an (ne̝*r&omacr"nĭ*an), a.


word: Nero-antico
definition:
Nero-antico

Ne`ro-an*ti"co
(?)
n.
[It.; nero black + antico ancient.]
(Art)
A beautiful black marble found in fragments among Roman ruins, and usually thought to have come from ancient Laconia.


word: Neroli
definition:
Neroli

Ner"o*li
(?)
n.
[F. néroli, said to be from the name of an Italian princess.]
(Chem.)
An essential oil obtained by distillation from the flowers of the orange.  It has a strong odor, and is used in perfumery, etc.

Neroli camphor (Chem.), a white crystalline waxy substance, tasteless and odorless, obtained from neroli oil; -- called also auradin.


word: Nerre
definition:
Nerre

Ner"re
(?)
adv. & a.
[See Near.]
Nearer.
[Obs.]
[Written also neer, ner.]
Chaucer.

Never the neer, never the nearer; no nearer. [Obs.]


word: Nerthus
definition:
Nerthus

Nerthus
prop. n.
The Teutonic goddess of fertility; later identified with Norse Njord.

Syn. -- Hertha.


word: Nervation
definition:
Nervation

Ner*va"tion
(nẽr*vā"shŭn)
n.
The arrangement of nerves and veins, especially those of leaves; neuration.

The outlines of the fronds of ferns, and their nervation, are frail characters if employed alone for the determination of existing genera.
J. D. Hooker.


word: nerve
definition:
nerve

nerve
(nẽrv)
n.
[OE. nerfe, F. nerf, L. nervus, akin to Gr. ney^ron sinew, nerve; cf. neyra` string, bowstring; perh. akin to E. needle.  Cf. Neuralgia.]
1.
(Anat.)
One of the whitish and elastic bundles of fibers, with the accompanying tissues, which transmit nervous impulses between nerve centers and various parts of the animal body.

&hand_; An ordinary nerve is made up of several bundles of nerve fibers, each bundle inclosed in a special sheath (the perineurium) and all bound together in a connective tissue sheath and framework (the epineurium) containing blood vessels and lymphatics.

2.
A sinew or a tendon.
Pope.

3.
Physical force or steadiness; muscular power and control; constitutional vigor.

he led me on to mightiest deeds,
Above the nerve of mortal arm.
Milton.

4.
Steadiness and firmness of mind; self-command in personal danger, or under suffering; unshaken courage and endurance; coolness; pluck; resolution.

5.
Audacity; assurance.
[Slang]

6.
(Bot.)
One of the principal fibrovascular bundles or ribs of a leaf, especially when these extend straight from the base or the midrib of the leaf.

7.
(Zool.)
One of the nervures, or veins, in the wings of insects.

Nerve cell (Anat.), a neuron, one of the nucleated cells with which nerve fibers are connected; a ganglion cell is one type of nerve cell. -- Nerve fiber (Anat.), one of the fibers of which nerves are made up.  These fibers are either medullated or nonmedullated.  In both kinds the essential part is the translucent threadlike axis cylinder which is continuous the whole length of the fiber. -- Nerve stretching (Med.), the operation of stretching a nerve in order to remedy diseases such as tetanus, which are supposed to be influenced by the condition of the nerve or its connections.


word: Nerve
definition:
Nerve

Nerve
(nẽrv)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Nerved (nẽrvs); p. pr. & vb. n. Nerving.]
To give strength or vigor to; to supply with force; as, fear nerved his arm.


word: Nerved
definition:
Nerved

Nerved
(nẽrvd)
a.
1.
Having nerves of a special character; as, weak-nerved.

2.
(Bot.)
Having nerves, or simple and parallel ribs or veins.
Gray.


word: nerveless
definition:
nerveless

nerve"less
(nẽrv"lĕs)
a.
1.
Destitute of nerves.

2.
Destitute of strength or of courage; wanting vigor; weak; powerless.

A kingless people for a nerveless state.
Byron.

Awaking, all nerveless, from an ugly dream.
Hawthorne.


word: nerve-racking
definition:
nerve-racking

nerve-racking
(nẽrv"-răk`ĭng)
adj.
Extremely irritating to the nerves; stressful; trying; as, nerve-wracking noise.
[Also spelled nerve-wracking.]

Syn. -- stressful, trying.


word: Nerve-shaken
definition:
Nerve-shaken

Nerve"-shak`en
(nẽrv-shāk"'n)
a.
Affected by a tremor, or by a nervous disease; weakened; overcome by some violent influence or sensation; shocked.


word: nerve-wracking
definition:
nerve-wracking

nerve-wracking
(nẽrv"-răk`ĭng)
adj.
Same as nerve-racking.

Syn. -- stressful, trying.


word: Nervimotion
definition:
Nervimotion

Ner`vi*mo"tion
(nẽr`vĭ*m&omacr"shŭn)
n.
[Nerve + motion.]
(Physiol.)
The movement caused in the sensory organs by external agents and transmitted to the muscles by the nerves.
Dunglison.


word: Nervimotor
definition:
Nervimotor

Ner`vi*mo"tor
(nẽr`vĭ*m&omacr"tẽr)
n.
[Nerve + motor.]
(Physiol.)
Any agent capable of causing nervimotion.
Dunglison.


word: nervine
definition:
nervine

nerv"ine
(nẽrv"ĭn; 277)
a.
[L. nervinus made of sinews: cf.F. nervin. See Nerve.]
(Med.)
Having the quality of acting upon or affecting the nerves; quieting nervous excitement.
n. A nervine agent.


word: nervomuscular
definition:
nervomuscular

ner`vo*mus"cu*lar
(nẽr`vo̝*mŭs"k&uuptack_;*lẽr)
a.
[Nerve + muscular.]
(Physiol.)
Of or pertaining to both nerves and muscles; of the nature of nerves and muscles; as, nervomuscular energy.


word: nervosity
definition:
nervosity

ner*vos"i*ty
(nẽr*v&obreve_;s"ĭ*t&ybreve_;)
n.
[L. nervositas strength.]
Nervousness.
[R.]


word: Nervous
definition:
Nervous

Nerv"ous
(nẽrv"ŭs)
a.
[L. nervosus sinewy, vigorous: cf. F. nerveux. See Nerve.]
1.
Possessing nerve; sinewy; strong; vigorous.
Nervous
Pope.

2.
Possessing or manifesting vigor of mind; characterized by strength in sentiment or style; forcible; spirited; as, a nervous writer.

3.
Of or pertaining to the nerves; seated in the nerves; as, nervous excitement; a nervous fever.

4.
Having the nerves weak, diseased, or easily excited; subject to, or suffering from, undue excitement of the nerves; easily agitated or annoyed.

Poor, weak, nervous creatures.
Cheyne.

5.
Sensitive; excitable; timid.

6.
Apprehensive; as, a child nervous about his mother's reaction to his bad report card.

Our aristocratic class does not firmly protest against the unfair treatment of Irish Catholics, because it is nervous about the land.
M. Arnold.

Nervous fever (Med.), a low form of fever characterized by great disturbance of the nervous system, as evinced by delirium, or stupor, disordered sensibility, etc. -- Nervous system (Anat.), the specialized coordinating apparatus which endows animals with sensation and volition. In vertebrates it is often divided into three systems: the central, brain and spinal cord; the peripheral, cranial and spinal nerves; and the sympathetic. See Brain, Nerve, Spinal cord, under Spinal, and Sympathetic system, under Sympathetic, and Illust. in Appendix. -- Nervous temperament, a condition of body characterized by a general predominance of mental manifestations. Mayne.


word: Nervure
definition:
Nervure

Nerv"ure
(nẽrv"&uuptack_;r)
n.
[F. See Nerve.]
1.
(Bot.)
One of the nerves of leaves.

2.
(Zool.)
One of the chitinous supports, or veins, in the wings of insects.


word: nervus
definition:
nervus

nerv"us
(nẽrv"ŭs)
n.
Any bundle of nerve fibers running to various organs and tissues of the body.

Syn. -- nerve.


word: nervy
definition:
nervy

nerv"y
(nẽrv"&ybreve_;)
a.
[Compar. nervier (nẽrv"ĭ*ẽr); superl. nerviest.]
1.
Strong; sinewy.
nervy
Keats.

2.
Offensively bold or presumptuous; insolent; cheeky; pushy.

3.
Exhibiting courage or daring; bold; plucky.

4.
Nervous{6}; apprehensive; edgy{1}.


word: Nescience
definition:
Nescience

Nes"cience
(?)
n.
[L. nescientia, fr. nesciens, p. pr. of nescire not to know; ne not + scire to know.]
Want of knowledge; ignorance; agnosticism.

God fetched it about for me, in that absence and nescience of mine.
Bp. Hall.


word: Nesh
definition:
Nesh

Nesh
(?)
a.
[AS. hnesc, hnaesc, akin to Goth. hnasqus.]
Soft; tender; delicate.
[Obs. or Prov. Eng.]


word: Ness
definition:
Ness

Ness
(?)
n.
[AS. naes, ns; akin to Icel. nes, Sw. näs, Dan. naes, and E. nose. √ 261. See Nose.]
A promontory; a cape; a headland.
Hakluyt.

&hand_; Ness is frequently used as a suffix in the names of places and promontories; as, Sheerness.


word: -ness
definition:
-ness

-ness
(_;)
[AS. -ness, -nyss, -nys; akin to OS. -nissi, nussi, D. -nis, OHG. -nissa, -nassī, -nussī, G. -nis, -niss, Goth. -inasus.]
A suffix used to form abstract nouns expressive of quality or state; as, goodness, greatness.


word: Nesslerize
definition:
Nesslerize

Ness"ler*ize
(?)
v. t.
[From Nessler, the chemist.]
(Chem.)
To treat or test, as a liquid, with a solution of mercuric iodide in potassium iodide and potassium hydroxide, which is called Nessler's solution or Nessler's test, and is used to detect the presence of ammonia.


word: Nest
definition:
Nest

Nest
(nĕst)
n.
[AS. nest; akin to D. & G. nest, Sw. näste, L. nidus, for nisdus, Skr. nī&dsdot_;a resting place, nest; cf. Lith. lizdas, Arm. neiz, Gael. & Ir. nead. Prob. from the particle ni down, Skr. ni + the root of E. sit, and thus orig., a place to sit down in. √ 264. See Nether, and Sit, and cf. Eyas, Nidification, Nye.]
1.
The bed or receptacle prepared by a fowl for holding her eggs and for hatching and rearing her young.

The birds of the air have nests.
Matt. viii. 20.

2.
Hence:
The place in which the eggs of other animals, as insects, turtles, etc., are laid and hatched; a snug place in which young animals are reared.
Bentley.

3.
A snug, comfortable, or cozy residence or situation; a retreat, or place of habitual resort; hence, those who occupy a nest, frequent a haunt, or are associated in the same pursuit; as, a nest of traitors; a nest of bugs.

A little cottage, like some poor man's nest.
Spenser.

4.
(Geol.)
An aggregated mass of any ore or mineral, in an isolated state, within a rock.

5.
A collection of boxes, cases, or the like, of graduated size, each put within the one next larger.

6.
(Mech.)
A compact group of pulleys, gears, springs, etc., working together or collectively.


word: Nest₂
definition:
Nest

Nest
(?)
v. i.
To build and occupy a nest.

The king of birds nested within his leaves.
Howell.


word: Nest₃
definition:
Nest

Nest
v. t.
To put into a nest; to form a nest for.

From him who nested himself into the chief power.
South.


word: nest egg
definition:
nest egg

nest egg
n.
1.
An egg left in the nest to prevent the hen from forsaking it, and to induce her to lay more in the same place.

2.
Hence,
(figuratively)
Money set aside in a special fund to be used for special occasions, or more commonly, for retirement; as, she set aside a large hunk of her salary every month and had a considerable nest egg for her retirement.


word: Nestle
definition:
Nestle

Nes"tle
(?)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Nestled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Nestling (?).]
[AS. nestlian.]
1.
To make and occupy a nest; to nest.
[Obs.]

The kingfisher . . . nestles in hollow banks.
L'Estrange.

2.
To lie close and snug, as a bird in her nest; to cuddle up; to settle, as in a nest; to harbor; to take shelter.

Their purpose was to fortify in some strong place of the wild country, and there nestle till succors came.
Bacon.

The children were nestled all snug in their beds
While visions of sugarplums danced in their heads.
Clement Clarke Moore (A Visit From St. Nicholas, (a poem [1823]) also called The Night Before Christmas).

3.
To move about in one's place, like a bird when shaping the interior of her nest or a young bird getting close to the parent; as, a child nestles.


word: Nestling
definition:
Nestling

Nes"tling
(?)
n.
1.
A young bird which has not abandoned the nest.
Piers Plowman.

2.
A nest; a receptacle.
[Obs.]
Bacon.


word: Nestor
definition:
Nestor

Nes"tor
(?)
prop. n.
(Zool.)
A genus of parrots with gray heads, of New Zealand and Papua, allied to the cockatoos. See Kaka.


word: Nestorian
definition:
Nestorian

Nes*to"ri*an
(?)
prop. n.
(Eccl. Hist.)
An adherent of Nestorius, patriarch of Constantinople in the fifth century, who was condemned as a heretic for maintaining that the divine and the human natures were not merged into one nature in Christ (who was God in man), and, hence, that it was improper to call Mary the mother of God though she might be called the mother of Christ; also, one of the sect established by the followers of Nestorius in Persia, India, and other Oriental countries, and still in existence.  Opposed to Eutychian.


word: Nestorian₂
definition:
Nestorian

Nes*to"ri*an
a.
1.
Of or relating to the Nestorians.

2.
Relating to, or resembling, Nestor, the aged warrior and counselor mentioned by Homer; hence, wise; experienced; aged; as, Nestorian caution.


word: Net
definition:
Net

Net
(nĕt)
n.
[AS. net; akin to D. net, OS. net, netti, OHG. nezzi, G. netz, Icel. & Dan. net, Sw. nät, Goth. nati; of uncertain origin.]
1.
A fabric of twine, thread, or the like, wrought or woven into meshes, and used for catching fish, birds, butterflies, etc.

2.
Anything designed or fitted to entrap or catch; a snare; any device for catching and holding.

A man that flattereth his neighbor spreadeth a net for his feet.
Prov. xxix. 5.

In the church's net there are fishes good or bad.
Jer. Taylor.

3.
Anything wrought or woven in meshes; as, a net for the hair; a mosquito net; a tennis net.

4.
(Geom.)
A figure made up of a large number of straight lines or curves, which are connected at certain points and related to each other by some specified law.

5.
A network.
[informal]

6.
Specifically:
The internet; -- usually the net; as, I found it on the net.
[slang]


word: Net₂
definition:
Net

Net
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Netted (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Netting.]
1.
To make into a net; to make in the style of network; as, to net silk.

2.
To take in a net; to capture by stratagem or wile.

And now I am here, netted and in the toils.
Sir W. Scott.

3.
To inclose or cover with a net; as, to net a tree.


word: Net₄
definition:
Net

Net
a.
[F. See Neat clean.]
1.
Without spot; pure; shining.
[Obs.]

Her breast all naked as net ivory.
Spenser.

2.
Free from extraneous substances; pure; unadulterated; neat; as, net wine, etc.
[R.]

3.
Not including superfluous, incidental, or foreign matter, as boxes, coverings, wraps, etc.; free from charges, deductions, etc; as, net profit; net income; net weight, etc.
[Less properly written nett.]

Net tonnage (Naut.), the tonnage of a vessel after a deduction from the gross tonnage has been made, to allow space for crew, machinery, etc.


word: Net₅
definition:
Net

Net
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Netted; p. pr. & vb. n. Netting.]
To produce or gain as clear profit; as, he netted a thousand dollars by the operation.


word: Netball
definition:
Netball

Netball
n.
A team game that resembles basketball; a soccer ball is to be thrown so that it passes through a ring on the top of a post.


word: Ne Temere
definition:
Ne Temere

Ne Te"me*re
(?)
[So named from L. ne not + temere rashly, the first two words in the decree.]
(R. C. Ch.)
A decree of the Congregation of the Council declaring invalid [so far as the laws of the Roman Catholic Church are concerned] any marriage of a Roman Catholic, or of a person who has ever been a Roman Catholic, if not contracted before a duty qualified priest (or the bishop of the diocese) and at least two witnesses.  The decree was issued Aug. 2, 1907, and took effect on Easter Apr. 19, 1908. The decree by its terms does not affect mixed marriages (those between Roman Catholics and persons of another faith) in Germany.


word: Nether
definition:
Nether

Neth"er
(nĕ&thlig_;"ẽr)
a.
[OE. nethere, neithere, AS. niðera, fr. the adv. niðer downward; akin to neoðan below, beneath, D. neder down, G. nieder, Sw. nedre below, nether, a. & adv., and also to Skr. ni down. √201.  Cf. Beneath.]
Situated down or below; lying beneath, or in the lower part; having a lower position; belonging to the region below; lower; under; -- opposed to upper.

'Twixt upper, nether, and surrounding fires.
Milton.

This darksome nether world her light
Doth dim with horror and deformity.
Spenser.

All my nether shape thus grew transformed.
Milton.


word: Nethermost
definition:
Nethermost

Neth"er*most`
(nĕ&thlig_;"ẽr*m&omacrst`)
a.
[AS. niðemest. See Nether, and cf. Aftermost.]
Lowest; as, the nethermost abyss.
Milton.


word: Nethinim
definition:
Nethinim

Neth"i*nim
(?)
n. pl.
[Heb., pl. of nāthīn given, granted, a slave of the temple, fr. nāthan to give.]
(jewish Antiq.)
Servants of the priests and Levites in the menial services about the tabernacle and temple.


word: Netify
definition:
Netify

Net"i*fy
(?)
v. t.
[Net, a. + -fy.]
To render neat; to clean; to put in order.
[R.]
Chapman.


word: Netsuke
definition:
Netsuke

Net"su*ke
(?)
n.
[Jap.]
In Japanese costume and decorative art, a small object carved in wood, ivory, bone, or horn, or wrought in metal, and pierced with holes for cords by which it is connected, for convenience, with the inro, the smoking pouch (tabako-ire), and similar objects carried in the girdle. It is now much used on purses sold in Europe and America.


word: nett
definition:
nett

nett
adj.
remaining after all deductions; same as net a., 3.  Contrasted to gross.
[Brit.]
take-home

Syn. -- net, clear.


word: Netting
definition:
Netting

Net"ting
(?)
n.
[From Net, n.]
1.
The act or process of making nets or network, or of forming meshes, as for fancywork, fishing nets, etc.

2.
A piece of network; any fabric, made of cords, threads, wires, or the like, crossing one another with open spaces between.

3.
(Naut.)
A network of ropes used for various purposes, as for holding the hammocks when not in use, also for stowing sails, and for hoisting from the gunwale to the rigging to hinder an enemy from boarding.
Totten.

Netting needle, a kind of slender shuttle used in netting. See Needle, n., 3.


word: Nettle
definition:
Nettle

Net"tle
(?)
n.
[AS. netele; akin to D. netel, G. nessel, OHG. nezzïla, nazza, Dan. nelde, nälde, Sw. nässla; cf, Lith. notere.]
(Bot.)
A plant of the genus Urtica, covered with minute sharp hairs containing a poison that produces a stinging sensation.  Urtica gracilis is common in the Northern, and Urtica chamaedryoides in the Southern, United States.  The common European species, Urtica urens and Urtica dioica, are also found in the Eastern united States. Urtica pilulifera is the Roman nettle of England.

&hand_; The term nettle has been given to many plants related to, or to some way resembling, the true nettle; as: Australian nettle, a stinging tree or shrub of the genus Laportea (as Laportea gigas and Laportea moroides); -- also called nettle tree. -- Bee nettle, Hemp nettle, a species of Galeopsis. See under Hemp. -- Blind nettle, Dead nettle, a harmless species of Lamium. -- False nettle (Baehmeria cylindrica), a plant common in the United States, and related to the true nettles. -- Hedge nettle, a species of Stachys.  See under Hedge. -- Horse nettle (Solanum Carolinense).  See under Horse. -- nettle tree. (a) Same as Hackberry. (b) See Australian nettle (above). -- Spurge nettle, a stinging American herb of the Spurge family (Jatropha urens). -- Wood nettle, a plant (Laportea Canadensis) which stings severely, and is related to the true nettles.

Nettle cloth, a kind of thick cotton stuff, japanned, and used as a substitute for leather for various purposes. -- Nettle rash (Med.), an eruptive disease resembling the effects of whipping with nettles. -- Sea nettle (Zool.), a medusa.


word: Nettle₂
definition:
Nettle

Net"tle
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Nettled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Nettling (?).]
To fret or sting; to irritate or vex; to cause to experience sensations of displeasure or uneasiness not amounting to violent anger.

The princes were so nettled at the scandal of this affront, that every man took it to himself.
L'Estrange.


word: Nettles
definition:
Nettles

Net"tles
(?)
n. pl.
[See Knittle.]
(Naut.)
(a)
The halves of yarns in the unlaid end of a rope twisted for pointing or grafting.
(b)
Small lines used to sling hammocks under the deck beams.
(c)
Reef points.


word: nettlesome
definition:
nettlesome

nettlesome
adj.
same as irritating, 1.

Syn. -- annoying, galling, chafing, irritating, pesky, pestiferous, pestilent, plaguy, plaguey, teasing, vexatious, vexing.


word: Nettling
definition:
Nettling

Net"tling
(?)
n.
(Rope Making)
(a)
A process (resembling splicing) by which two ropes are joined end to end so as to form one rope.
(b)
The process of tying together the ends of yarns in pairs, to prevent tangling.


word: Nettling₂
definition:
Nettling

Net"tling
p. pr. & a.
Stinging; irritating.

Nettling cell (Zool.), a lasso cell. See under Lasso.


word: Net-veined
definition:
Net-veined

Net"-veined`
(?)
a.
Having veins, or nerves, reticulated or netted; as, a net-veined wing or leaf.


word: Network
definition:
Network

Net"work`
(?)
n.
1.
A fabric of threads, cords, or wires crossing each other at certain intervals, and knotted or secured at the crossings, thus leaving spaces or meshes between them.

2.
Any system of lines or channels interlacing or crossing like the fabric of a net; as, a network of veins; a network of railroads.

3.
Hence:
(Computers)
A system of computers linked together by communications channels allowing the exchange of data between the linked computers.

4.
(Radio, Television)
A group of transmitting stations connected by communications channels that permit the same program to be broadcast simultaneously from multiple stations over a very wide area; as, the CBS television network;
also,
the organization that controls the programming that is broadcast over such a network.  Contrasted with a local station or local transmitter.

5.
(Electricity, Electronics)
Any arrangement of electrical devices or elements connected together by conducting wires; as, a power transmission network.

6.
A group of buildings connected by means of transportation and communication between them, and controlled by a central organization for a common purpose; as, a book distribution network.


word: network
definition:
network

net"work`
(?)
v. i.
To take steps to make and cultivate the acquaintance of people who can be helpful to oneself, especially in finding new employment, advancing to a higher position in one's occupation, or exchanging information.


word: network₂
definition:
network

net"work`
(?)
v. t.
To connect together into a network; as, to network computers; to network the printer with computers.


word: networking
definition:
networking

net"work*ing
(?)
n.
Interchanging information or services, among a group; -- of persons or organizations.


word: networklike
definition:
networklike

net"work*like`
adj.
having a network of veins or ribs.

Syn. -- reticular, reticulated.


word: Neufchatel
definition:
Neufchatel

Neuf`châ`tel"
(?)
n.
A kind of soft sweet-milk cheese; -- so called from Neufchâtel-en-Bray in France.


word: Neurad
definition:
Neurad

Neu"rad
(?)
adv.
[Gr. ney^ron nerve + L. ad to.]
(Anat.)
Toward the neural side; -- opposed to haemad.


word: Neural
definition:
Neural

Neu"ral
(?)
a.
[Gr. ney^ron nerve.]
(Anat. & Zool.)
relating to the nerves or nervous system; taining to, situated in the region of, or on the side with, the neural, or cerebro-spinal, axis; -- opposed to hemal. As applied to vertebrates, neural is the same as dorsal; as applied to invertebrates it is usually the same as ventral.  Cf. Hemal.

Neural arch (Anat.), the cartilaginous or bony arch on the dorsal side of the centrum of the vertebra in a segment of the spinal skeleton, usually inclosing a segment of the spinal cord.


word: Neuralgia
definition:
Neuralgia

Neu*ral"gi*a
(?)
n.
[NL., from Gr. ney^ron nerve + _; pain. See nerve.]
(Med.)
A disease, the chief symptom of which is a very acute pain, exacerbating or intermitting, which follows the course of a nervous branch, extends to its ramifications, and seems therefore to be seated in the nerve.  It seems to be independent of any structural lesion.
Dunglison.


word: Neuralgic
definition:
Neuralgic

Neu*ral"gic
(?)
a.
Of or pertaining to, or having the character of, neuralgia; as, a neuralgic headache.


word: Neurapophysis
definition:
Neurapophysis

Neu`ra*poph"y*sis
(?)
n.
pl. Neurapophyses (#).
[NL. See Neuro-, and Apophysis.]
(Anat.)
(a)
One of the two lateral processes or elements which form the neural arch.
(b)
The dorsal process of the neural arch; neural spine; spinous process.


word: Neurasthenia
definition:
Neurasthenia

Neu*ras`the*ni"a
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. ney^ron nerve + _; weakness.]
(Med.)
A condition of nervous debility supposed to be dependent upon impairment in the functions of the spinal cord.


word: Neuration
definition:
Neuration

Neu*ra"tion
(?)
n.
(Biol.)
The arrangement or distribution of nerves, as in the leaves of a plant or the wings of an insect; nervation; venation.


word: Neurenteric
definition:
Neurenteric

Neu`ren*ter"ic
(?)
a.
[Neuro- + enteric.]
(Anat.)
Of or pertaining to both the neuron and the enteron; as, the neurenteric canal, which, in embroys of many vertebrates, connects the medullary tube and the primitive intestine. See Illust. of Ectoderm.


word: neurergic
definition:
neurergic

neurergic
adj.
same as neuropharmacologic.

Syn. -- neuropharmacological, neuropharmacologic.


word: Neuridin
definition:
Neuridin

Neu"ri*din
(?)
n.
[From Neurine.]
(Physiol. Chem.)
A nontoxic base, C5H14N2, found in the putrescent matters of flesh, fish, decaying cheese, etc.


word: Neurilemma
definition:
Neurilemma

Neu`ri*lem"ma
(?)
n.
[NL., from Gr. ney^ron nerve + _; peel, skin.]
(Anat.)
(a)
The delicate outer sheath of a nerve fiber; the primitive sheath.
(b)
The perineurium.


word: Neurility
definition:
Neurility

Neu*ril"i*ty
(?)
n.
[Gr. ney^ron nerve.]
(Physiol.)
The special properties and functions of the nerves; that capacity for transmitting a stimulus which belongs to nerves.
[archaic]
G. H. Lewes.


word: Neurine
definition:
Neurine

Neu"rine
(? or ?)
n.
[Gr. ney^ron a nerve.]
(Physiol. Chem.)
A poisonous organic base (a ptomaine) formed in the decomposition of protagon with boiling baryta water, and in the putrefaction of proteid matter.  It was for a long time considered identical with choline, a crystalline body originally obtained from bile.  Chemically, however, choline is oxyethyl-trimethyl-ammonium hydroxide, while neurine is vinyl-trimethyl-ammonium hydroxide.
[Written also neurin.]


word: Neuro-
definition:
Neuro-

Neu"ro-
(_;)
[Gr. ney^ron nerve.]
(Anat.)
A combining denoting a nerve, of or pertaining to a nerve or the nervous system.


word: Neuro-central
definition:
Neuro-central

Neu`ro-cen"tral
(?)
a.
[Neuro- + central.]
(Anat.)
Between the neural arch and the centrum of a vertebra; as, the neurocentral suture.
Huxley.


word: Neurocoele
definition:
Neurocoele

Neu"ro*coele
(?)
n.
[Neuro- + Gr. koi^los a hollow.]
(Anat.)
The central canal and ventricles of the spinal cord and brain; the myelencephalic cavity.


word: Neurocord
definition:
Neurocord

Neu"ro*cord
(?)
n.
[Neuro- + cord.]
(Zool.)
A cordlike organ composed of elastic fibers situated above the ventral nervous cord of annelids, like the earthworm.
Neu`ro*cor"dal (#), a.


word: Neuro-epidermal
definition:
Neuro-epidermal

Neu`ro-ep`i*der"mal
(?)
a.
[Neuro- + epidermal.]
(Anat.)
Pertaining to, or giving rise to, the central nervous system and epidermis; as, the neuroepidermal, or epiblastic, layer of the blastoderm.


word: Neuroglia
definition:
Neuroglia

Neu*rog"li*a
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. ney^ron ligament + gli`a glue.]
(Anat.)
The delicate connective tissue framework which supports the nervous matter and blood vessels of the brain and spinal cord; called also Kölliker's reticulum.  It is composed of cells which are not neurons.   Once thought to serve merely a supporting funciton, they are now believed to have important metablolic functions.  Among them are the astrocytes, ependymal cells, oligodendroglia cells, and microglia cells.
Stedman.


word: Neurography
definition:
Neurography

Neu*rog"ra*phy
(?)
n.
[Neuro- + -graphy.]
(Anat.)
A description of the nerves.
Dunglison.


word: Neurokeratin
definition:
Neurokeratin

Neu`ro*ker"a*tin
(?)
n.
[Neuro- + keratin.]
(Physiol. Chem.)
A substance, resembling keratin, present in nerve tissue, as in the sheath of the axis cylinder of medullated nerve fibers. Like keratin it resists the action of most chemical agents, and by decomposition with sulphuric acid yields leucin and tyrosin.


word: Neurologist
definition:
Neurologist

Neu*rol"o*gist
(?)
n.
One who is versed in neurology; also, one skilled in the treatment of nervous diseases.


word: Neurology
definition:
Neurology

Neu*rol"o*gy
(?)
n.
[Neuro- + -logy.]
The branch of science which treats of the nervous system.


word: Neuroma
definition:
Neuroma

Neu*ro"ma
(?)
n.
[NL. See Neuro-, and -oma.]
(Med.)
A tumor developed on, or connected with, a nerve, esp. one consisting of new-formed nerve fibers.


word: Neuromere
definition:
Neuromere

Neu"ro*mere
(?)
n.
[Neuro- + -mere.]
(Anat.)
A metameric segment of the cerebro-spinal nervous system.


word: Neuron
definition:
Neuron

Neu"ron
(?)
n.
pl. Neura (#).
[NL., from Gr. ney^ron nerve.]
(Anat.)
1.
The brain and spinal cord; the cerebro-spinal axis; myelencephalon.
[obsolete]
B. G. Wilder.

2.
(Cell Biology)
The characteristic specialized cell that is part of the nervous system, serving to conduct electrical impulses to and from the brain, and also between other parts of the body, and composed of a main cell body, the axon, with a varying number of processes of varying length, the dendrites; a nerve cell.  The movement and behavior of higher animals depends on the signals tranmsitted by such nerve cells.


word: Neuropathic
definition:
Neuropathic

Neu`ro*path"ic
(?)
a.
Of or pertaining to neuropathy; of the nature of, or suffering from, nervous disease.


word: Neuropathy
definition:
Neuropathy

Neu*rop"a*thy
(?)
n.
[Neuro- + Gr. _;, _;, to suffer.]
(Med.)
An affection of the nervous system or of a nerve.


word: neuropharmacological
definition:
neuropharmacological

neuropharmacologic

neuropharmacologic neuropharmacological
adj.
acting upon or influencing nervous functions; -- of chemical substances.

Syn. -- neurergic.


word: Neuropodium
definition:
Neuropodium

Neu`ro*po"di*um
(?)
n.
[NL., from Gr. ney^ron a nerve + _;, dim. of _;, _;, the foot.]
(Zool.)
The ventral lobe or branch of a parapodium.


word: Neuropodous
definition:
Neuropodous

Neu*rop"o*dous
(?)
a.
[Neuro- + -pod + -ous.]
(Zool.)
Having the limbs on, or directed toward, the neural side, as in most invertebrates; -- opposed to haemapodous.
G. Rolleston.


word: Neuropore
definition:
Neuropore

Neu"ro*pore
(?)
n.
[Neuro- + pore.]
(Anat.)
An opening at either end of the embryonic neural canal.


word: neuropsychology
definition:
neuropsychology

neuropsychology
n.
the branch of psychology that is concerned with the physiological bases of psychological processes.

Syn. -- physiological psychology, psychophysiology.


word: Neuroptera
definition:
Neuroptera

Neu*rop"te*ra
(n&uuptack_;*r&obreve_;p"te̝*rȧ)
prop. n. pl.
[NL., fr. Gr. ney^ron nerve + ptero`n a wing, fr. pte`sqai to fly.]
(Zool.)
An order of hexapod insects having two pairs of large, membranous, net-veined wings.  The mouth organs are adapted for chewing.  They feed upon other insects, and undergo a complete metamorphosis.  The ant-lion, hellgamite, and lacewing fly are examples. Formerly, the name was given to a much more extensive group, including the true Neuroptera and the Pseudoneuroptera.


word: Neuropteral
definition:
Neuropteral

Neu*rop"ter*al
(n&uuptack_;*r&obreve_;p"tẽr*al)
a.
(Zool.)
Of or pertaining to the Neuroptera.


word: Neuropteris
definition:
Neuropteris

Neu*rop"te*ris
(?)
prop. n.
[NL., fr. Gr. ney^ron a nerve + _; a kind of fern.]
(Paleon.)
An extensive genus of fossil ferns, of which species have been found from the Devonian to the Triassic formation.


word: Neurosensiferous
definition:
Neurosensiferous

Neu`ro*sen*sif"er*ous
(?)
a.
[neuro- + sensiferous.]
(Zool.)
Pertaining to, or forming, both nerves and sense organs.


word: Neurosis
definition:
Neurosis

Neu*ro"sis
(?)
n.
pl. Neuroses (#).
[NL., fr. Gr. ney^ron nerve.]
1.
(Med.)
A functional nervous affection or disease, that is, a disease of the nerves without any appreciable change of nerve structure.

2.
(Psychiatry)
a mental or emotional disorder that affects only part of the personality, and involves less distorted perceptions of reality than a psychosis.  As used in medicine, anxiety is a prominent characteristic, and the condition may be accompanied by psychosomatic symptoms.  Phobias and compulsive behavior are common varieties.
[MW10]


word: Neuroskeleton
definition:
Neuroskeleton

Neu`ro*skel"e*ton
(?)
n.
[Neuro- + skeleton.]
(Anat.)
The deep-seated parts of the vertebrate skeleton which are in relation with the nervous axis and locomotion.
Owen.


word: Neurospast
definition:
Neurospast

Neu"ro*spast
(?)
n.
[L. neurospaston, Gr. _;, fr. _; drawn by strings.]
A puppet.
[R.]
Dr. H. More.


word: Neurotic
definition:
Neurotic

Neu*rot"ic
(?)
a.
[Gr. ney^ron nerve.]
1.
Of or pertaining to the nerves; seated in the nerves; nervous; as, a neurotic disease.

2.
Useful in disorders of, or affecting, the nerves.

3.
Of or pertaining to neurosis{2}; characteristic of neurosis{2}; caused by neurosis{2}.


word: Neurotic₂
definition:
Neurotic

Neu*rot"ic
n.
1.
A disease seated in the nerves.

2.
(Med.)
Any toxic agent whose action is mainly directed to the great nerve centers.

&hand_; Neurotics as a class include all those poisons whose main action is upon the brain and spinal cord.  They may be divided into three orders: (a) Cerebral neurotics, or those which affect the brain only. (b) Spinal neurotics, or tetanics, those which affect the spinal cord. (c) Cerebro-spinal neurotics, or those which affect both brain and spinal cord.

3.
A person afflicted with a neurosis{2}.


word: Neurotome
definition:
Neurotome

Neu"ro*tome
(?)
n.
[See Neurotomy.]
1.
An instrument for cutting or dissecting nerves.

2.
(Anat.)
A neuromere.


word: Neurotomy
definition:
Neurotomy

Neu*rot"o*my
(?)
n.
[Neuro- + Gr. te`mnein to cut.]
1.
The dissection, or anatomy, of the nervous system.

2.
(Med.)
The division of a nerve, for the relief of neuralgia, or for other purposes.
Dunglison.


word: Neurula
definition:
Neurula

Neu"ru*la
(?)
n.
[NL., dim. of Gr. ney^ron a nerve.]
(Zool.)
An embryo of certain invertebrates in the stage when the primitive band is first developed.


word: Neuter
definition:
Neuter

Neu"ter
(?)
a.
[L., fr. ne not + uter whether; akin to E. whether. See No, and Whether, and cf. Neither.]
1.
Neither the one thing nor the other; on neither side; impartial; neutral.
[Archaic]

In all our undertakings God will be either our friend or our enemy; for Providence never stands neuter.
South.

2.
(Gram.)
(a)
Having a form belonging more especially to words which are not appellations of males or females; expressing or designating that which is of neither sex; as, a neuter noun; a neuter termination; the neuter gender.
(b)
Intransitive; as, a neuter verb.

3.
(Biol.)
Having no generative organs, or imperfectly developed ones; sexless. See Neuter, n., 3.


word: Neuter₂
definition:
Neuter

Neu"ter
n.
1.
A person who takes no part in a contest; one who is either indifferent to a cause or forbears to interfere; a neutral.

The world's no neuter; it will wound or save.
Young.

2.
(Gram.)
(a)
A noun of the neuter gender; any one of those words which have the terminations usually found in neuter words.
(b)
An intransitive verb.

3.
(Biol.)
An organism, either vegetable or animal, which at its maturity has no generative organs, or but imperfectly developed ones, as a plant without stamens or pistils, as the garden Hydrangea; esp., one of the imperfectly developed females of certain social insects, as of the ant and the common honeybee, which perform the labors of the community, and are called workers.


word: neuter
definition:
neuter

neu"ter
(?)
v. t.
To render incapable of sexual reproduction; to remove or alter the sexual organs so as to make infertile; to alter; to fix; to desex; -- in male animals, to castrate; in female animals, to spay.


word: neutered
definition:
neutered

neutered
adj.
Deprived of sexual capacity or sexual attributes.

Syn. -- altered, castrated, unsexed, fixed, apayed, desexed.


word: Neutral
definition:
Neutral

Neu"tral
(?)
a.
[L. neutralis, fr. neuter. See Neuter.]
1.
Not engaged on either side; not taking part with or assisting either of two or more contending parties; neuter; indifferent.

The heart can not possibly remain neutral, but constantly takes part one way or the other.
Shaftesbury.

2.
Neither good nor bad; of medium quality; middling; not decided or pronounced.

Some things good, and some things ill, do seem,
And neutral some, in her fantastic eye.
Sir J. Davies.

3.
(Biol.)
Neuter. See Neuter, a., 3.

4.
(Chem.)
Having neither acid nor basic properties; unable to turn red litmus blue or blue litmus red; -- said of certain salts or other compounds. Contrasted with acid, and alkaline.

Neutral axis, Neutral surface (Mech.), that line or plane, in a beam under transverse pressure, at which the fibers are neither stretched nor compressed, or where the longitudinal stress is zero. See Axis. -- Neutral equilibrium (Mech.), the kind of equilibrium of a body so placed that when moved slighty it neither tends to return to its former position not depart more widely from it, as a perfect sphere or cylinder on a horizontal plane. -- Neutral salt (Chem.), a salt formed by the complete replacement of the hydrogen in an acid or base; in the former case by a positive or basic, in the latter by a negative or acid, element or radical. -- Neutral tint, a bluish gray pigment, used in water colors, made by mixing indigo or other blue some warm color. the shades vary greatly. -- Neutral vowel, the vowel element having an obscure and indefinite quality, such as is commonly taken by the vowel in many unaccented syllables.  It is regarded by some as identical with the ŭ in up, and is called also the natural vowel, as unformed by art and effort; it is also called the indefinite vowel.  It is symbolized in some phonetic alphabets by the schwa (&schwa_;).  See Guide to Pronunciation, § 17.


word: Neutral₂
definition:
Neutral

Neu"tral
(?)
n.
A person or a nation that takes no part in a contest between others; one who is neutral.

The neutral, as far as commerce extends, becomes a party in the war.
R. G. Harper.


word: neutralism
definition:
neutralism

neutralism
n.
a policy of neutrality or nonalignment in international affairs.

Syn. -- neutrality.


word: Neutrality
definition:
Neutrality

Neu*tral"i*ty
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. neutralité.]
1.
The state or quality of being neutral; the condition of being unengaged in contests between others; state of taking no part on either side; indifference.

Men who possess a state of neutrality in times of public danger, desert the interest of their fellow subjects.
Addison.

2.
Indifference in quality; a state neither very good nor bad.
[Obs.]
Donne.

3.
(Chem.)
The quality or state of being neutral. See Neutral, a., 4.

4.
(International Law)
The condition of a nation or government which refrains from taking part, directly or indirectly, in a war between other powers.

5.
Those who are neutral; a combination of neutral powers or states.

Armed neutrality, the condition of a neutral power, in time of war, which holds itself ready to resist by force any aggression of either belligerent.


word: Neutralization
definition:
Neutralization

Neu`tral*i*za"tion
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. neutralisation.]
1.
The act or process of neutralizing, or the state of being neutralized.

2.
(Chem.)
The act or process by which an acid and a base are combined in such proportions that the resulting compound is neutral. See Neutral, a., 4.


word: Neutralize
definition:
Neutralize

Neu"tral*ize
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Neutralized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Neutralizing (?).]
[Cf. F. neutraliser.]
1.
To render neutral; to reduce to a state of neutrality.

So here I am neutralized again.
Sir W. Scott.

2.
(Chem.)
To render inert or imperceptible the peculiar affinities of, as a chemical substance; to destroy the effect of; as, to neutralize an acid with a base.

3.
To destroy the peculiar properties or opposite dispositions of; to reduce to a state of indifference or inefficiency; to counteract; to render ineffective; as, to neutralize parties in government; to neutralize efforts, opposition, etc.

Counter citations that neutralize each other.
E. Everett.


word: Neutralizer
definition:
Neutralizer

Neu"tral*i`zer
(?)
n.
One who, or that which, neutralizes; that which destroys, disguises, or renders inert the peculiar properties of a body.


word: Neutrally
definition:
Neutrally

Neu"tral*ly
adv.
In a neutral manner; without taking part with either side; indifferently.


word: Neutrophile
definition:
Neutrophile

Neutrophil

{ Neu"tro*phil (?), Neu"tro*phile (?) }
n.
[L. neuter + Gr. _; loving.]
(Physiol.)
One of a group of leukocytes whose granules stain only with neutral dyes; it is the chief phagocytic leukocyte in the circulating blood, comprising from 54% to 65% of the total number of leukocytes.
Neu"tro*phil"ic (#), a., Neu*troph"i*lous (#), a.


word: neutrosophy
definition:
neutrosophy

neutrosophy
(?)
n.
[L. neuter neutral, Greek sofia  skill, wisdom.]
(Philosophy)
A branch of philosophy, introduced by Florentin Smarandache in 1980, which studies the origin, nature, and scope of neutralities, as well as their interactions with different ideational spectra.  Neutrosophy considers a proposition, theory, event, concept, or entity, “A” in relation to its opposite, “Anti-A” and that which is not A, “Non-A”, and that which is neither “A” nor “Anti-A”, denoted by “Neut-A”.  Neutrosophy is the basis of neutrosophic logic, neutrosophic probability, neutrosophic set, and neutrosophic statistics.
Neutrosophy / Neutrosophic Probability, Set, and Logic, Florentin Smarandache, American Research Press, 1998].


word: Neuvaines
definition:
Neuvaines

Neu`vaines"
(?)
n. pl.
[F. neuvaine, fr. LL. novena, fr. L. novem. See Noon.]
(R. C. Ch.)
Prayers offered up for nine successive days.


word: Neve
definition:
Neve

Né`vé"
(?)
n.
[F., fr. _; nix, nivis, snow.]
(Geol.)
The upper part of a glacier, above the limit of perpetual snow. See Glacier.


word: Neven
definition:
Neven

Nev"en
(?)
v. t.
[Icel. nefna. √ 267.]
To name; to mention; to utter.
[Obs.]

As oft I heard my lord them neven.
Chaucer.


word: Never
definition:
Never

Nev"er
(nĕv"ẽr)
adv.
[AS. n&aemacr_;fre; ne not, no + &aemacr_;fre ever.]
1.
Not ever; not at any time; at no time, whether past, present, or future.
Shak.

Death still draws nearer, never seeming near.
Pope.

2.
In no degree; not in the least; not.

Whosoever has a friend to guide him, may carry his eyes in another man's head, and yet see never the worse.
South.

And he answered him to never a word.
Matt. xxvii. 14.

&hand_; Never is much used in composition with present participles to form adjectives, as in never-ceasing, never-dying, never-ending, never-fading, never-failing, etc., retaining its usual signification.

Never a deal, not a bit. [Obs.] Chaucer. -- Never so, as never before; more than at any other time, or in any other circumstances; especially; particularly; -- now often expressed or replaced by ever so.

Ask me never so much dower and gift. Gen. xxxiv. 12.

A fear of battery, . . . though never so well grounded, is no duress. Blackstone.


word: never-ending
definition:
never-ending

never-ending
adj.
endless or seemingly endless; as, the never-ending search for happiness.

Syn. -- endless, interminable.


word: Nevermore
definition:
Nevermore

Nev"er*more`
(?)
adv.
Never again; at no time hereafter.
Testament of Love. Tyndale.

Where springtime of the Hesperides
Begins, but endeth nevermore.
Longfellow.


word: Nevertheless
definition:
Nevertheless

Nev`er*the*less"
(?)
adv. & conj.
[Never + the (see The by that) + less.]
Not the less; notwithstanding; in spite of that; yet.

No chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous; nevertheless, afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness.
Heb. xii. 11.


word: New
definition:
New

New
(nū)
a.
[Compar. Newer (nū"ẽr); superl. Newest.]
[OE. OE. newe, AS. niwe, neowe; akin to D. nieuw, OS. niwi, OHG. niuwi, G. neu, Icel. n&ymacr_;r, Dan. & Sw. ny, Goth. niujis, Lith. naujas, Russ. novuii, Ir. nua, nuadh, Gael. nuadh, W. newydd, Armor. nevez, L. novus, Gr. ne`os, Skr. nava, and prob. to E. now. √263. See Now, and cf. Announce, Innovate, Neophyte, Novel.]
1.
Having existed, or having been made, but a short time; having originated or occured lately; having recently come into existence, or into one's possession; not early or long in being; of late origin; recent; fresh; modern; -- opposed to old, as, a new coat; a new house; a new book; a new fashion.
new
Chaucer.

2.
Not before seen or known, although existing before; lately manifested; recently discovered; as, a new metal; a new planet; new scenes.

3.
Newly beginning or recurring; starting anew; now commencing; different from what has been; as, a new year; a new course or direction.

4.
As if lately begun or made; having the state or quality of original freshness; also, changed for the better; renovated; unworn; untried; unspent; as, rest and travel made him a new man.

Steadfasty purposing to lead a new life.
Bk. of Com. Prayer.

Men after long emaciating diets, fat, and almost new.
Bacon.

5.
Not of ancient extraction, or of a family of ancient descent; not previously known or famous.
Addison.

6.
Not habituated; not familiar; unaccustomed.

New to the plow, unpracticed in the trace.
Pope.

7.
Fresh from anything; newly come.

New from her sickness to that northern air.
Dryden.

New birth. See under Birth. -- New Church, or New Jerusalem Church, the church holding the doctrines taught by Emanuel Swedenborg. See Swedenborgian. -- New heart (Theol.), a heart or character changed by the power of God, so as to be governed by new and holy motives. -- New land, land cleared and cultivated for the first time. -- New light. (Zool.) See Crappie. -- New moon. (a) The moon in its first quarter, or when it first appears after being invisible. (b) The day when the new moon is first seen; the first day of the lunar month, which was a holy day among the Jews. 2 Kings iv. 23. -- New Red Sandstone (Geol.), an old name for the formation immediately above the coal measures or strata, now divided into the Permian and Trias. See Sandstone. -- New style. See Style. -- New testament. See under Testament. -- New world, the land of the Western Hemisphere; -- so called because not known to the inhabitants of the Eastern Hemisphere until recent times.


word: New₂
definition:
New

New
(nū)
adv.
Newly; recently.
Chaucer.

&hand_; New is much used in composition, adverbially, in the sense of newly, recently, to qualify other words, as in new-born, new-formed, new-found, new-mown.

Of new, anew. [Obs.] Chaucer.


word: Newcastle
definition:
Newcastle

New"cast`le
(?)
prop. n.
A town in England.

Carry coals to Newcastle to do something utterly superfluous; to do something useless or wasteful; -- from the nearness of Newcastle to the coal-mining district.


word: Newel₂
definition:
Newel

New"el
(nū"ĕl)
n.
[OF. nual, F. noyau sone, of fruit, noyau d'escaler newel, fr. L. nucalis like a nut, fr. nux, nucis, nut.  Cf. Nowel the inner wall of a mold, Nucleus.]
(Arch.)
The upright post about which the steps of a circular staircase wind; hence, in stairs having straight flights, the principal post at the foot of a staircase, or the secondary ones at the landings.  Also called newel post.  See Hollow newel, under Hollow.


word: Newfangle
definition:
Newfangle

New"fan`gle
(?)
a.
[New + fangle.]
Eager for novelties; desirous of changing.
[Obs.]

So newfangel be they of their meat.
Chaucer.


word: Newfangled
definition:
Newfangled

New"fan`gled
(?)
a.
1.
Newly made; of a new type or fashion; formed with the affectation of novelty; -- sometimes used to express disapproval or disdain.
newfangled
Sir W. Hamilton.

2.
Disposed to change; inclined to novelties; given to new theories or fashions.
Newfangled
1 Tim. vi. (heading).
Newfangled
Latimer.


word: Newfangledness
definition:
Newfangledness

New"fan`gled*ness
n.
Affectation of, or fondness for, novelty; vain or affected fashion or form.


word: Newfangleness
definition:
Newfangleness

New"fan`gle*ness
(?)
n.
[OE. newefanglenes. See Fangle.]
Newfangledness.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.

Proud newfangleness in their apparel.
Robynson (More's Utopia).


word: Newfanglist
definition:
Newfanglist

New"fan`glist
(?)
n.
One who is eager for novelties or desirous of change.
[Obs.]
Tooker.


word: Newfangly
definition:
Newfangly

New"fan`gly
(?)
adv.
In a newfangled manner; with eagerness for novelty.
[Obs.]
Sir T. More.


word: Newfoundland
definition:
Newfoundland

New"found*land`
(?, often _;)
prop. n.
1.
An island on the coast of British North America, famed for the fishing grounds in its vicinity.

2.
A Newfoundland dog.
Tennyson.

Newfoundland dog (Zool.), a breed of large dogs, with shaggy hair, which originated in Newfoundland, noted for intelligence, docility, and swimming powers.


word: Newly
definition:
Newly

New"ly
adv.
1.
Lately; recently.

He rubbed it o'er with newly gathered mint.
Dryden.

2.
Anew; afresh; freshly.

And the refined mind doth newly fashion
Into a fairer form.
Spenser.


word: Newness
definition:
Newness

New"ness
(?)
n.
The quality or state of being new; as, the newness of a system; the newness of a scene; newness of life.


word: News
definition:
News

News
(nūz)
n
[From New; cf. F. nounelles. News is plural in form, but is commonly used with a singular verb.]
1.
A report of recent occurrences; information of something that has lately taken place, or of something before unknown; fresh tidings; recent intelligence.

Evil news rides post, while good news baits.
Milton.

2.
Something strange or newly happened.

It is no news for the weak and poor to be a prey to the strong and rich.
L'Estrange.

3.
A bearer of news; a courier; a newspaper.
[Obs.]

There cometh a news thither with his horse.
Pepys.


word: newsless
definition:
newsless

newsless
adj.
1.
not having or receiving news or information.

2.
not providing news or information; as, a newsless day.


word: news-letter
definition:
news-letter

newsletter

news"let`ter, news"-let`ter
(?)
n.
A circular letter, written or printed for the purpose of disseminating news.  This was the name given to the earliest English newspapers.

Syn. -- newssheet.


word: Newsman
definition:
Newsman

News"man
(?)
n.
pl. Newsmen (_;).
1.
One who brings news.
[Obs.]
Spenser.

2.
A man who distributes or sells newspapers.


word: Newsmonger
definition:
Newsmonger

News"mon`ger
(?)
n.
One who deals in news; one who is active in hearing and telling news.


word: Newspaper
definition:
Newspaper

News"pa`per
(?)
n.
A sheet of paper printed and distributed, at stated intervals, for conveying intelligence of passing events, advocating opinions, etc.; a public print that circulates news, advertisements, proceedings of legislative bodies, public announcements, etc.


word: newsprint
definition:
newsprint

news"print`
n.
Cheap paper made from wood pulp and used for printing newspapers.

Syn. -- newspaper.


word: new-sprung
definition:
new-sprung

new-sprung
adj.
1.
having just or recently arisen or come into existence.
[prenominal]

Syn. -- newborn, newly arisen.


word: newsroom
definition:
newsroom

news"room`
(?)
n.
A room where news is collected and disseminated, located in the offices of a newspaper, magazine, or news broadcast organization; as, the CBS newsroom.

2.
A room where periodicals are sold; a reading room supplied with newspapers, magazines, etc.


word: newsworthy
definition:
newsworthy

newsworthy
adj.
Sufficiently interesting to be reported in a newspaper; as, a dog biting a man is not a newsworthy item.


word: News-writer
definition:
News-writer

News"-writ`er
(?)
n.
One who gathers news for, and writes, news-letters, articles in news periodicals, or items for broadcast on news programs.


word: Newt
definition:
Newt

Newt
(?)
n.
[OE. ewt, evete, AS. efete, with n prefixed, an ewt being understood as a newt.  Cf. Eft.]
(Zool.)
Any one of several species of small aquatic salamanders. The common British species are the crested newt (Triton cristatus) and the smooth newt (Lophinus punctatus). In America, Diemictylus viridescens is one of the most abundant species.


word: New Thought
definition:
New Thought

New` Thought"
Any form of belief in mental healing, other than (1) Christian Science and (2) hypnotism or psychotherapy.  It was practised in the 19th century, and its central principle was affirmative thought, or suggestion, employed with the conviction that man produces changes in his health, his finances, and his life by the adoption of a favorable mental attitude.  As a therapeutic doctrine it stands for silent and absent mental treatment, and the theory that all diseases are mental in origin.  As a cult it has its unifying idea the inculcation of workable optimism in contrast with the “old thought” of sin, evil, predestination, and pessimistic resignation.  The term is essentially synonymous with the term High Thought, used in England.
New` Thought"er, n. -- New` Thought"ist, n.


word: newton
definition:
newton

new"ton
(nō"t'n)
n.
[Named in honor of Isaac Newton.  ca. 1900.]
A unit of force of the Systeme Internationale system of units of measure, equal to the force that produces an acceleration of one meter per second per second when applied to a mass of one kilogram.  Abbreviated N.


word: Newton
definition:
Newton

Isaac Newton

Sir Isaac Newton

Newton Newton, Sir Isaac
prop. n.
A famous English mathematician and natural philosopher, born at Woolsthorpe, near Grantham, Lincolnshire, Dec. 25, 1642 (O. S.): died at Kensington, March 20, 1727.  His father, Isaac Newton, was a small freehold farmer.  He matriculated at Cambridge (Trinity College) July 8, 1661; was elected to a scholarship April 28, 1664; and graduated in Jan., 1665.  At the university he was especially attracted by the study of Descartes's geometry.  The method of fluxions is supposed to have first occurred to him in 1665.  He was made a fellow of Trinity in 1667, and Lucasian professor at Cambridge in Oct., 1669.  He became a fellow of the Royal Society in Jan., 1672. Newton's attention was probably drawn to the subject of gravitation as early as 1665.  The story of the fall of the apple was first told by Voltaire, who had it from Mrs. Conduitt, Newton's niece.  Kepler had established the laws of the planetary orbits, and from these laws Newton proved that the attraction of the sun upon the planets varies inversely as the squares of their distances.  Measuring the actual deflection of the moon's orbit from its tangent, he found it to be identical with the deflection which would be created by the attraction of the earth, diminishing in the ratio of the inverse square of the distance.  The hypothesis that the same force acted in each case was thus confirmed. The success of Newton's work really depended on the determination of the length of a degree on the earth's surface by Picard in 1671.  The universal law of gravitation was Completely elaborated by 1685.  The first book of the "principia" or "Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica" Was presented to the Royal Society, April 28, 1686, and the entire work was published in 1687.  In 1689 he sat in Parliament for the University of Cambridge, and at this time was associated with John Locke; in 1701 he was reelected.  When his friend Charles Montagu (afterward earl of Halifax) was appointed chancellor of the exchequer, Newton was made warden of the mint, and in 1699 master of the mint.  The reformation of English coinage was largely his work.  The method of fluxions, which he had discovered, was employed in the calculations for the "Principia," but did not appear until 1693, when it was published by Wallis.  It also appeared in 1704 in the first edition of the "Optics."  On Feb. 21, 1699, he was elected foreign associate of the French Academy of Sciences.  In 1703 he was elected president of the Royal Society, and held the office till his death.
    Newton was buried in Westminster Abbey on 28 March, eight days after his death.  His grave is close to a monument in the Abbey erected in his honor.   The Latin inscription reads: Hic depositum est, quod mortale fuit Isaaci Newtoni.  This may be translated as “Here lies that which was mortal of Isaac Newton”.  Before the funeral his body lay in state in the Jerusalem Chamber and his coffin was followed to its grave by most of the Fellows of the Royal Society.  The Lord Chancellor, two dukes and three earls were pall bearers.
    Newton is most commonly known for his conception of the law of universal gravitation, but his other discoveries and inventions in mathematics (e.g. the binomial theorem, differential and integral calculus), optics, mechanics, and astronomy place him at the very forefront of all scientists.  His study and understanding of light, the invention of the reflecting telescope (1668), and his revelation in his Principia of the mathematical ordering of the universe are all represented on his monument in Westminster Abbey.
Century Dictionary 1906
http://westminster-abbey.org


word: Newtonian
definition:
Newtonian

New*to"ni*an
(?)
a.
Of or pertaining to Sir Isaac Newton, or his discoveries.

Newtonian philosophy, the philosophy of Sir Isaac Newton; -- applied to the doctrine of the universe as expounded in Newton's “Principia,” to the modern or experimental philosophy (as opposed to the theories of Descartes and others), and, most frequently, to the mathematical theory of universal gravitation. -- Newtonian telescope (Astron.), a reflecting telescope, in which rays from the large speculum are received by a plane mirror placed diagonally in the axis, and near the open end of the tube, and thrown at right angles toward one side of the tube, where the image is formed and viewed through the eyeplace. -- Newtonian theory of light. See Note under Light.


word: New-year
definition:
New-year

New"-year`
(?)
a.
Of or pertaining to, or suitable for, the commencement of the year; as, New-year gifts or odes.


word: New Year's Day
definition:
New Year's Day

New" Year's` Day"
(?)
the first day of a calendar year; the first day of January. Often colloquially abbreviated to New year's or new year.


word: New Zealand
definition:
New Zealand

New` Zea"land
(?)
A group of islands in the South Pacific Ocean.

New Zealand flax. (a) (Bot.) A tall, liliaceous herb (Phormium tenax), having very long, sword-shaped, distichous leaves which furnish a fine, strong fiber very valuable for cordage and the like. (b) The fiber itself. -- New Zealand tea (Bot.), a myrtaceous shrub (Leptospermum scoparium) of New Zealand and Australia, the leaves of which are used as a substitute for tea.


word: Nexible
definition:
Nexible

Nex"i*ble
(?)
a.
[L. nexibilis, from nectere, nexum, to bind.]
That may be knit together.
[R.]


word: Next
definition:
Next

Next
(nĕkst)
a.
superl.
Nigh
[AS. nēhst, niéhst, n&ymacr_;hst, superl. of neáh nigh. See Nigh.]
1.
Nearest in place; having no similar object intervening.
Chaucer.

Her princely guest
Was next her side; in order sat the rest.
Dryden.

Fear followed me so hard, that I fled the next way.
Bunyan.

2.
Nearest in time; as, the next day or hour.

3.
Adjoining in a series; immediately preceding or following in order.

None could tell whose turn should be the next.
Gay.

4.
Nearest in degree, quality, rank, right, or relation; as, the next heir was an infant.

The man is near of kin unto us, one of our next kinsmen.
Ruth ii. 20.

&hand_; Next is usually followed by to before an object, but to is sometimes omitted.  In such cases next in considered by many grammarians as a preposition.

Next friend (Law), one who represents an infant, a married woman, or any person who can not appear sui juris, in a suit at law.


word: Next₂
definition:
Next

Next
adv.
In the time, place, or order nearest or immediately succeeding; as, this man follows next.


word: Nexus
definition:
Nexus

Nex"us
(?)
n.
[L.]
Connection; tie.

Man is doubtless one by some subtile nexus . . . extending from the new-born infant to the superannuated dotard.
De Quincey.


word: next-to-last
definition:
next-to-last

next-to-last
adj.
next preceding the last; as, the figures in the next-to-last column.
junior(prenominal), third-year

Syn. -- penultimate.


word: Nez Perces
definition:
Nez Perces

Nez" Per`cés"
(?)
pl.
sing. Nez Percé (_;)
[F., pierced noses.]
(Ethnol.)
A tribe of Indians, in the late 1800's mostly inhabiting Idaho.  They were involved under Chief Joseph, in the last major battle of the Indian wars, attempting to resist being moved to a reservation.


word: niacin
definition:
niacin

niacin
n.
A B vitamin (vitamin B5) essential for the normal function of the nervous system and the gastrointestinal tract.  Called also nicotinic acid and antipellagra vitamin.  Chemical formula C6H5NO2, chemically it is 3-pyridinecarboxylic acid.

Syn. -- nicotinic acid.


word: niacinamide
definition:
niacinamide

niacinamide
n.
The amide of niacin (nicotinic acid), called also nicotinamide.  It was at one time called vitamin B3, and can function to relieve nicotinic acid deficiency.  Chemical formula C6H6N2O, chemically it is 3-pyridinecarboxamide.

Syn. -- nicotinic acid amide, nicotinamide.


word: niagara
definition:
niagara

niagara
n.
lower case
[from the famous water falls.]
A large flow, used figuratively.

Syn. -- cascade.


word: Niagara Falls
definition:
Niagara Falls

Niagara

Niagara, Niagara Falls
prop. n.
A large waterfall on the Niagara River near Buffalo remarkable for the volume and constancy of the water flowing over it.  That part of the waterfall in Canada is the Horseshoe Falls; the U. S. portion is called the American Falls.


word: Niagara River
definition:
Niagara River

Niagara

Niagara, Niagara River
prop. n.
A river flowing from Lake Erie into Lake Ontario, which forms the boundary between Ontario and New York.


word: Niagara period
definition:
Niagara period

Ni*ag"a*ra pe"ri*od
(?)
(Geol.)
A subdivision or the American Upper Silurian system, embracing the Medina, Clinton, and Niagara epoch. The rocks of the Niagara epoch, mostly limestones, are extensively distributed, and at Niagara Falls consist of about eighty feet of shale supporting a greater thickness of limestone, which is gradually undermined by the removal of the shale. See Chart of Geology.


word: Nias
definition:
Nias

Ni"as
(?)
n.
[F. niais. See Eyas.]
A young hawk; an eyas; hence, an unsophisticated person.
[Obs.]


word: Nib
definition:
Nib

Nib
(nĭb)
n.
[A variabt of neb.]
1.
A small and pointed thing or part; a point; a prong.
nib
Sir T. Browne.

2.
(Zool.)
The bill or beak of a bird; the neb.

3.
The points of a pen; also, the pointed part of a pen; a short pen adapted for insertion in a holder.

4.
One of the handles which project from a scythe snath;
also,
[Prov. Eng.]
the shaft of a wagon.

5.
pl.
See his nibs, below.

his nibs Someone who gives a command or makes a demand, often one who acts in a self-important manner, sometimes one with authority; -- used mockingly as a jocose term, as if a title of honor, but not usually in the presence of the person referred to, and usually indicating resentment or contempt. [Colloq.]


word: Nib₂
definition:
Nib

Nib
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Nebbed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Nibbing.]
To furnish with a nib; to point; to mend the point of; as, to nib a pen.


word: Nibble
definition:
Nibble

Nib"ble
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Nibbled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Nibbling (?).]
[Cf. Nip.]
To bite by little at a time; to seize gently with the mouth; to eat slowly or in small bits.

Thy turfy mountains, where live nibbling sheep.
Shak.


word: Nibble₂
definition:
Nibble

Nib"ble
v. t.
To bite upon something gently or cautiously; to eat a little of a thing, as by taking small bits cautiously; as, fishes nibble at the bait.

Instead of returning a full answer to my book, he manifestly falls a-nibbling at one single passage.
Tillotson.


word: nibble
definition:
nibble

nib"ble
n.
1.
A small or cautious bite.

2.
Hence:
(Fig.)
An expression of interest, often tentative, as at the beginning of a sale or negotiation process.


word: Nibelungenlied
definition:
Nibelungenlied

Ni"be*lung`en*lied`
(?)
n.
[G. See Nibelungs; Lied.]
A great medieval German epic of unknown authorship containing traditions which refer to the Burgundians at the time of Attila (called Etzel in the poem) and mythological elements pointing to heathen times.


word: Nibelungs
definition:
Nibelungs

Ni"be*lungs
(?)
n. pl.
sing. Nibelung (_;) 
In German mythology, the children of the mist, a race of dwarfs or demonic beings, the original possessors of the famous hoard and ring won by Siegfrid; also, the Burgundian kings in the Nibelungenlied.


word: Nicaraguan
definition:
Nicaraguan

Nicaraguan
prop. adj.
1.
of or pertaining to Nicaragua; as, Nicaraguan earthquakes.

2.
Of or pertaining to the inhabitants of Nicaragua; as, Nicaraguan orphans.


word: Niccolite
definition:
Niccolite

Nic"co*lite
(?)
n.
[from NL. niccolum nickel.]
(Min.)
A mineral of a copper-red color and metallic luster; an arsenide of nickel; -- called also coppernickel, kupfernickel.


word: Nice
definition:
Nice

Nice
(nīs)
a.
[Compar. Nicer (nī"sẽr); superl. Nicest.]
[OE., foolish, fr. OF. nice ignorant, fool, fr. L. nescius ignorant; ne not + scius knowing, scire to know.  Perhaps influenced by E. nesh delicate, soft. See No, and Science.]
1.
Foolish; silly; simple; ignorant; also, weak; effeminate.
[Obs.]
Gower.

But say that we ben wise and nothing nice.
Chaucer.

2.
Of trifling moment; unimportant; trivial.
[Obs.]

The letter was not nice, but full of charge
Of dear import.
Shak.

3.
Wanton.
[Obs.]

4.
Overscrupulous or exacting; hard to please or satisfy; fastidious in small matters.

Curious not knowing, not exact but nice.
Pope.

And to taste
Think not I shall be nice.
Milton.

5.
Delicate; refined; dainty; pure; -- of people.

Dear love, continue nice and chaste.
Donne.

A nice and subtile happiness.
Milton.

6.
Apprehending slight differences or delicate distinctions; distinguishing accurately or minutely; carefully discriminating; as, a nice taste or judgment; -- of people.
nice
Pope.
Nice
Coleridge.

7.
Done or made with careful labor; suited to excite admiration on account of exactness; evidencing great skill; exact; fine; finished; as, nice proportions, nice workmanship, a nice application.

8.
Hence:
Exactly or fastidiously discriminated; requiring close discrimination; fine; subtle; as, a nice point of law, a nice distinction in philosophy.

The difference is too nice
Where ends the virtue, or begins the vice.
Pope.

9.
Pleasing; agreeable; gratifying; delightful; good; as, a nice party; a nice excursion; a nice day; a nice sauce, etc.; -- of events, actions, experiences.

10.
Pleasant; kind; as, a nice person; -- of people.

11.
Hence:
Well-mannered; well-behaved; as, nice children; -- of people.

He's making a list, checking it twice.
Gonna find out who's naughty or nice 
Santa Claus is coming to town.
Song.
To make nice of, to be scrupulous about. [Obs.] Shak.


word: Nicene
definition:
Nicene

Ni"cene
(?)
a.
[L. Nicaenus, fr. Nicaea Nice, Gr. _;.]
Of or pertaining to Nice, a town of Asia Minor, or to the ecumenical council held there a. d. 325.

Nicene Creed (_;), a summary of Christian faith, composed and adopted by the Council of Nice, against Arianism, a. d. 325, altered and confirmed by the Council of Constantinople, a. d. 381, and by subsequent councils.


word: Nicety
definition:
Nicety

Ni"ce*ty
(?)
n.
pl. Niceties (#).
[OE. niceté foolishness.]
1.
The quality or state of being nice (in any of the senses of that word.).

The miller smiled of her nicety.
Chaucer.

2.
Delicacy or exactness of perception; minuteness of observation or of discrimination; precision.

3.
A delicate expression, act, mode of treatment, distinction, or the like; a minute distinction.

The fineness and niceties of words.
Locke.

To a nicety, with great exactness or accuracy.


word: Niche
definition:
Niche

Niche
(nĭch)
n.
[F., fr. It. nicchia, prop., a shell-like recess in a wall, fr. nicchio a shellfish, mussel, fr. L. mytilus.]
A cavity, hollow, or recess, generally within the thickness of a wall, for a statue, bust, or other erect ornament.  Hence, any similar position, literal or figurative.

Images defended from the injuries of the weather by niches of stone wherein they are placed.
Evelun.


word: nichts
definition:
nichts

nichts
n.
[German nothing.]
A quantity of no importance; nothing.
[slang]

Syn. -- nothing, nihil, nix, nada, aught, cipher, cypher, goose egg, naught, nil, zero, zilch, zip.


word: Nick
definition:
Nick

Nick
(nĭk)
n.
[AS. nicor a marine monster; akin to D. nikker a water spite, Icel. nykr, ONG. nihhus a crocodile, G. nix a water sprite; cf. Gr. ni`ptein to wash, Skr. nij.  Cf. Nix.]
(Northern Myth.)
An evil spirit of the waters.

Old Nick, the evil one; the devil. [Colloq.]


word: Nick₂
definition:
Nick

Nick
n.
[Akin to Nock.]
1.
A notch cut into something
as:
(a)
A score for keeping an account; a reckoning.
[Obs.]
(b)
(Print.)
A notch cut crosswise in the shank of a type, to assist a compositor in placing it properly in the stick, and in distribution.
W. Savage.

2.
Hence:
A broken or indented place in any edge or surface; as, nicks in a china plate; a nick in the table top.

3.
A particular point or place considered as marked by a nick; the exact point or critical moment.

To cut it off in the very nick.
Howell.

This nick of time is the critical occasion for the gaining of a point.
L'Estrange.


word: Nick₃
definition:
Nick

Nick
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Nicked (nĭkt); p. pr. & vb. n. Nicking.]
1.
To make a nick or nicks in; to notch; to keep count of or upon by nicks; as, to nick a stick, tally, etc.

2.
To mar; to deface; to make ragged, as by cutting nicks or notches in; to create a nick{2} in, deliberately or accidentally; as, to nick the rim of a teacup.

And thence proceed to nicking sashes.
Prior.

The itch of his affection should not then
Have nicked his captainship.
Shak.

3.
To suit or fit into, as by a correspondence of nicks; to tally with.

Words nicking and resembling one another are applicable to different significations.
Camden.

4.
To hit at, or in, the nick; to touch rightly; to strike at the precise point or time.

The just season of doing things must be nicked, and all accidents improved.
L'Estrange.

5.
To make a cross cut or cuts on the under side of (the tail of a horse, in order to make him carry it higher).


word: Nickar tree
definition:
Nickar tree

Nickar nut

{ Nick"ar nut` (?), Nick"ar tree` (?) }
(Bot.)
Same as Nicker nut, Nicker tree.


word: Nickel
definition:
Nickel

Nick"el
(?)
n.
[G., fr. Sw. nickel, abbrev. from Sw. kopparnickel copper-nickel, a name given in derision, as it was thought to be a base ore of copper. The origin of the second part of the word is uncertain.  Cf. Kupfer-nickel, Copper-nickel.]
1.
(Chem.)
A bright silver-white metallic element of atomic number 28.  It is of the iron group, and is hard, malleable, and ductile.  It occurs combined with sulphur in millerite, with arsenic in the mineral niccolite, and with arsenic and sulphur in nickel glance.  Symbol Ni.  Atomic weight 58.70.

&hand_; On account of its permanence in air and inertness to oxidation, it is used in the smaller coins, for plating iron, brass, etc., for chemical apparatus, and in certain alloys, as german silver.  It is magnetic, and is very frequently accompanied by cobalt, both being found in meteoric iron.

2.
A small coin made of or containing nickel; esp., a five-cent piece.
[Colloq. U.S.]

Nickel silver, an alloy of nickel, copper, and zinc; -- usually called german silver; called also argentan.


word: nickel-and-dime
definition:
nickel-and-dime

nick"el-and-dime"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. nickel-and-dimed or nickeled-and-dimed (#); p. pr. & vb. n. nickel-and-diming or nickeling-and-diming.]
1.
To harass or annoy with petty demands or for trivial reasons;
specifically,
to insist on minor concessions in a negotiation.

2.
To weaken or impair gradually or by small steps; as, to be nickel-and-dimed into bankruptcy by the operating overhead.
[informal]


word: nickel-and-dime₂
definition:
nickel-and-dime

nick"el-and-dime"
(?)
a.
1.
Trivial; unimportant; petty; as, nickel-and-dime criticisms.
[informal]

2.
Involving only small amounts of money; small-time; as, a nickel-and-dime business operation.
[informal]


word: Nickelic
definition:
Nickelic

Nick*el"ic
(?)
a.
(Chem.)
Pertaining to, or containing, nickel; specifically, designating compounds in which, as contrasted with the nickelous compounds, the metal has a higher valence; as nickelic oxide.


word: Nickeliferous
definition:
Nickeliferous

Nick`el*if"er*ous
(?)
a.
[Nickel + -ferous.]
Containing nickel; as, nickelferous iron.


word: Nickeline
definition:
Nickeline

Nick"el*ine
(? or ?)
n.
1.
(Chem.)
An alloy of nickel, a variety of German silver.

2.
(Min.)
Niccolite.


word: nickelodeon
definition:
nickelodeon

nick`el*o"de*on
(?)
n.
[Nickel + odeon.]
1.
A place of entertainment, as for moving picture exhibition, charging a fee or admission price of five cents.
[U. S.]

2.
An early version of a jukebox that was operated by insertion of a nickel{2}.

3.
(capitalized)
The name of a Cable Television channel, specializing in programs for children.
[Trademark]


word: Nickelous
definition:
Nickelous

Nick"el*ous
(?)
a.
(Chem.)
Of, pertaining to, or designating, those compounds of nickel in which, as contrasted with the nickelic compounds, the metal has a lower valence; as, nickelous oxide.
Frankland.


word: Nickel steel
definition:
Nickel steel

Nickel steel
A kind of cast steel containing nickel, which greatly increases its strength.  It is used for armor plate, bicycle tubing, propeller shafts, etc.


word: Nicker
definition:
Nicker

Nick"er
(?)
n.
[From Nick, v. t.]
1.
One of the night brawlers of London formerly noted for breaking windows with half-pence.
[Cant]
Arbuthnot.

2.
The cutting lip which projects downward at the edge of a boring bit and cuts a circular groove in the wood to limit the size of the hole that is bored.


word: Nicker nut
definition:
Nicker nut

Nick"er nut`
(?)
A rounded seed, rather smaller than a nutmeg, having a hard smooth shell, and a yellowish or bluish color.  The seeds grow in the prickly pods of tropical, woody climbers of the genus Caesalpinia.  Caesalpinia Bonduc has yellowish seeds; Caesalpinia Bonducella, bluish gray.
[Spelt also neckar nut, nickar nut.]


word: Nicker tree
definition:
Nicker tree

Nick"er tree`
(?)
(Bot.)
The plant producing nicker nuts.
[Written also neckar tree and nickar tree.]


word: Nicking
definition:
Nicking

Nick"ing
n.
[From Nick, v. t.]
(Coal Mining)
(a)
The cutting made by the hewer at the side of the face.
(b)
pl.
Small coal produced in making the nicking.


word: nickname
definition:
nickname

nick"name`
(?)
n.
[OE. ekename surname, hence, a nickname, an ekename being understood as a nekename, influenced also by E. nick, v. See Eke, and Name.]
A name given in affectionate familiarity, sportive familiarity, contempt, or derision; a familiar or an opprobrious appellation; as, Nicholas's nickname is Nick.


word: Nickname
definition:
Nickname

Nick"name`
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Nicknamed (#); p. pr. & vb. n. Nicknaming.]
To give a nickname to; to call by a nickname.

You nickname virtue; vice you should have spoke.
Shak.

I altogether disclaim what has been nicknamed the doctrine of finality.
Macaulay.


word: Nicolaitan
definition:
Nicolaitan

Ni`co*la"i*tan
(nĭk`o̝*lā"ĭ*tan)
n.
[So called from Nicolas of Antioch, mentioned in Acts vi. 5.]
(Eccl. Hist.)
One of certain corrupt persons in the early church at Ephesus, who are censured in Rev. ii. 6, 15.


word: Nicotian
definition:
Nicotian

Ni*co"tian
(nĭ*k&omacr"shan)
n.
[F. nicotiane; -- so called from Nicot, who introduced it into France, a. d. 1560.]
Tobacco.
[R.]
B. Jonson.


word: Nicotiana
definition:
Nicotiana

Ni*co`ti*a"na
(?)
prop. n.
[NL. See Nicotian.]
(Bot.)
A genus of American and Asiatic solanaceous herbs, with viscid foliage and funnel-shaped blossoms.  Several species yield tobacco. See Tobacco.


word: Nicotianine
definition:
Nicotianine

Ni*co"ti*a*nine
(? or ?)
n.
[F. nicotianine. See Nicotian.]
(Chem.)
A white waxy substance having a hot, bitter taste, extracted from tobacco leaves and called also tobacco camphor.


word: Nicotidine
definition:
Nicotidine

Ni*cot"i*dine
(? or ?)
n.
[Nicotine + pyridine.]
(Chem.)
A complex, oily, nitrogenous base, isomeric with nicotine, and obtained by the reduction of certain derivatives of the pyridine group.


word: Nicotine
definition:
Nicotine

Nic"o*tine
(? or ?)
n.
[F. nicotine. See Nicotian.]
(Chem.)
An alkaloid which is the active principle of tobacco (C10H14N2).  It occurs in tobacco plants (Nicotiana tabacum and Nicotiana rusticum) to the extent of 2 to 8%, in combination with malic acid or citric acid.  It is a colorless, transparent, oily liquid, having an acrid odor, and an acrid burning taste.  It is intensely poisonous.  The apparently addictive effects of tobacco smoking have been ascribed largely to the effect of nicotine, and the controlled administration of nicotine on various forms has been used as a technique for assisting efforts to stop the smoking habit.
Ure.


word: Nicotinic
definition:
Nicotinic

Nic`o*tin"ic
(?)
a.
(Chem.)
Pertaining to, or derived from, nicotine; nicotic; -- used specifically to designate an acid related to pyridine, obtained by the oxidation of nicotine, and called nicotinic acid.


word: nicotinic acid
definition:
nicotinic acid

nic`o*tin"ic ac"id
(?)
n.
(Chem.)
An organic acid (C6H5NO2), a carboxylated derivative of pyridine, obtained by the oxidation of nicotine; called also niacin and antipellagra vitamin, and vitamin B5.  Chemically it is 3-pyridinecarboxylic acid.
It is a cofactor in several enzymatic reactions, and is used to prevent a pellagra-like disease in dogs. [MI11]

Syn. -- 3-pyridinecarboxylic acid, niacin, antipellagra vitamin.


word: Nicotinism
definition:
Nicotinism

Nic"o*tin*ism
(?)
n.
[Nicotine + -ism.]
(Med.)
The morbid condition produced by the excessive use of tobacco.


word: Nictitate
definition:
Nictitate

Nic"ti*tate
(?)
v. i.
[See Nictate.]
To wink; to nictate.

Nictitating membrane (Anat.), a thin membrane, found in many animals at the inner angle, or beneath the lower lid, of the eye, and capable of being drawn across the eyeball; the third eyelid; the haw.


word: Nidamental
definition:
Nidamental

Nid`a*men"tal
(?)
a.
[L. nidamentum materials for a nest, fr. nidus nest. See Nest.]
(Zool.)
Of, pertaining to, or bearing, eggs or egg capsules; as, the nidamental capsules of certain gastropods; nidamental glands. See Illust. of Dibranchiata.


word: Nide
definition:
Nide

Nide
(nīd)
n.
[L. nidus a nest: cf. F. nid.]
A nestful; a brood; as, a nide of pheasants.
[Obs.]


word: Nidget
definition:
Nidget

Nidg"et
(?)
n.
[Written also nigget, nigeot.]
[Cf. F. nigaud a booby, fool, OF. niger to play the fool.]
A fool; an idiot, a coward.
[Obs.]
Camden.


word: Nidificate
definition:
Nidificate

Nid"i*fi*cate
(?)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Nidificated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Nidificating.]
[L. nidificare, nidificatum; nidus nest + -ficare (in comp.) to make. See -fy, and cf. nest.]
To make a nest.

Where are the fishes which nidificated in trees?
Lowell.


word: Nidification
definition:
Nidification

Nid`i*fi*ca"tion
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. nidification.]
The act or process of building a nest.


word: Niding
definition:
Niding

Ni"ding
(nī"dĭng)
n.
[Written also nithing.]
[AS. nīðing, fr. nīð wickedness, malice, hatred.]
A coward; a dastard; -- a term of utmost opprobrium.
[Obs.]

He is worthy to be called a niding.
Howell.


word: Nidor
definition:
Nidor

Ni"dor
(nī"dẽr)
n.
[L.]
Scent or savor of meat or food, cooked or cooking.
[Obs.]
Jer. Taylor.


word: Nidorous
definition:
Nidorous

Ni"dor*ous
(?)
a.
[L. nidorosus steaming, reeking: cf. F. nidoreux. See Nidor.]
Resembling the smell or taste of roast meat, or of corrupt animal matter.
[R.]


word: Nidulant
definition:
Nidulant

Nid"u*lant
(?)
a.
[L. nidulans, p. pr.: cf. F. Nidulant.]
1.
Nestling, as a bird in its nest.

2.
(Bot.)
Lying loose in pulp or cotton within a berry or pericarp, as in a nest.


word: Nidulate
definition:
Nidulate

Nid"u*late
(?)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Nidulated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Nidulating.]
[L. nidulari, fr. nidulus, dim. of nidus a nest.]
To make a nest, as a bird.
[R.]
Cockeram.


word: Nidulite
definition:
Nidulite

Nid"u*lite
(?)
n.
[L. nidulus a little nest.]
(Paleon.)
A Silurian fossil, formerly supposed to consist of eggs.


word: Nidus
definition:
Nidus

Ni"dus
(?)
n.
pl. nidi (#).
[L. See Nidi, Nest.]
A nest: a repository for the eggs of birds, insects, etc.; a breeding place; esp., the place or substance where parasites or the germs of a disease effect lodgment or are developed.


word: Niece
definition:
Niece

Niece
(nēs)
n.
[OE. nece, F. nièce, LL. neptia, for L. neptis a granddaughter, niece, akin to nepos. See Nephew.]
1.
A relative, in general; especially, a descendant, whether male or female; a granddaughter or a grandson.
[Obs.]
B. Jonson. Wyclif. Shak.

2.
Especially:
A daughter of one's brother or sister, or of one's brother-in-law or sister-in-law.  In modern English, this is the primary meaning.


word: Niello
definition:
Niello

Ni*el"lo
(?)
n.
[It. niello, LL. nigellum a black of blackish enamel, fr. L. nigellus, dim. of niger black. See Negro, and cf. Anneal.]
1.
A metallic alloy of a deep black color.

2.
The art, process, or method of decorating metal with incised designs filled with the black alloy.

3.
A piece of metal, or any other object, so decorated.

4.
An impression on paper taken from an ancient incised decoration or metal plate.

5.
An impression on paper taken from the engraved or incised surface before the niello alloy has been inlaid.


word: Niepce's process
definition:
Niepce's process

Niep"ce's proc"ess
(?)
(Photog.)
A process, now no longer used, invented by J. N. Niepce, a French chemist, in 1829.  It depends upon the action of light in rendering a thin layer of bitumen, with which the plate is coated, insoluble.
[Obsolescent]


word: nifty
definition:
nifty

nifty
adj.
1.
Very good; excellent; -- an informal term meaning about the same as groovy, sense 1.
[informal, 1960's]

Syn. -- bang-up, bully, cool, corking, cracking, dandy, great, groovy, keen, neat, not bad(predicate), peachy, slap-up, swell, smashing.

2.
Stylish; attractive; -- of clothing; as, a nifty outfit.


word: Nigerian₂
definition:
Nigerian

Nigerian
prop. adj.
1.
of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the country Nigeria; as, The Nigerian capital used to be Lagos.

2.
Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the inhabitants of Nigeria; as, A Nigerian novelist won the Noble Prize for literature this year.


word: Nigerien
definition:
Nigerien

Nigerien
prop. adj.
Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the inhabitants of Niger.

Syn. -- Nigerian.


word: Niggard
definition:
Niggard

Nig"gard
(nĭg"gẽrd)
n.
[Icel. hnöggr niggardly, stingy + -ard; cf. Sw. njugg, AS. hneáw.]
A person meanly stingy and covetous; one who spends grudgingly; a stingy, parsimonious fellow; a miser.
Chaucer.

A penurious niggard of his wealth.
Milton.

Be niggards of advice on no pretense.
Pope.


word: Niggardliness
definition:
Niggardliness

Nig"gard*li*ness
(nĭg"gẽrd*lĭ*nĕs)
n.
The quality or state of being niggard; meanness in giving or spending; parsimony; stinginess.

Niggardliness is not good husbandry.
Addison.


word: Niggardly
definition:
Niggardly

Nig"gard*ly
(nĭg"gẽrd*l&ybreve_;)
a.
Meanly covetous or avaricious in dealing with others; stingy; niggard.

Where the owner of the house will be bountiful, it is not for the steward to be niggardly.
Bp. Hall.


word: Niggardous
definition:
Niggardous

Nig"gard*ous
(?)
a.
Niggardly.
[Obs.]

Covetous gathering and niggardous keeping.
Sir T. More.


word: nigged
definition:
nigged

nigged
(nĭgd)
n.
[Prov. E. nig to clip money.]
(Masonry)
Hammer-dressed; -- said of building stone.


word: nigger
definition:
nigger

nig"ger
(?)
n.
A negro; -- in vulgar derision or depreciation.  It is usually intended and interpreted as highly insulting and vulgar.
[Low, deprecatory, and vulgar]


word: Niggerhead
definition:
Niggerhead

Nig"ger*head`
(?)
n.
A strong black chewing tobacco, usually in twisted plug form; negro head.
[archaic]


word: Niggle
definition:
Niggle

Nig"gle
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Niggled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Niggling (?).]
[Dim. of Prov. E. nig to clip money; cf. also Prov. E. nig a small piece.]
To trifle with; to deceive; to mock.
[Obs.]
Beau. & Fl.


word: Niggle₂
definition:
Niggle

Nig"gle
v. i.
1.
To trifle or play.

Take heed, daughter,
You niggle not with your conscience and religion.
Massinger.

2.
To act or walk mincingly.
[Prov. Eng.]

3.
To fret and snarl about trifles.
[Prov. Eng.]

4.
(Chiefly Eng.)
1.
To move about restlessly or without result; to fidget.

5.
To be finicky or excessively critical; to potter; esp., to work with excessive care for trifling details, as in painting.


word: Niggle₃
definition:
Niggle

Nig"gle
(?)
v. t.
1.
To use, spend, or do in a petty or trifling manner.

2.
To elaborate excessively, as in art.


word: Niggling
definition:
Niggling

Nig"gling
(?)
a.
1.
petty, trivial, or inconsequential.

2.
Excessively demanding of time or attention; as, niggling little details.


word: niggling
definition:
niggling

nig"gling
(?)
n.
Finicky or pottering work;
specif.
(Fine Arts)
Minute and very careful workmanship in drawing, painting, or the like, esp. when bestowed on unimportant detail.


word: Nigh
definition:
Nigh

Nigh
(nī)
a.
[Compar. Nigher (nī"ẽr); superl. Nighest, or Next (nĕkst).]
[OE. nigh, neigh, neih, AS. neáh, nēh; akin to D. na, adv., OS. nāh, a., OHG. nāh, G. nah, a., nach to, after, Icel. nā (in comp.) nigh, Goth. nēhw, nēhwa, adv., nigh.  Cf. Near, Neighbor, Next.]
1.
Not distant or remote in place or time; near.

The loud tumult shows the battle nigh.
Prior.

2.
Not remote in degree, kindred, circumstances, etc.; closely allied; intimate.
Nigh
Knolles.

Ye . . . are made nigh by the blood of Christ.
Eph. ii. 13.


word: Nigh₂
definition:
Nigh

Nigh
adv.
[AS. neáh, nēh. See Nigh, a.]
1.
In a situation near in place or time, or in the course of events; near.

He was sick, nigh unto death.
Phil. ii. 27.

He drew not nigh unheard; the angel bright,
Ere he drew nigh, his radiant visage turned.
Milton.

2.
Almost; nearly; as, he was nigh dead.


word: Nighly
definition:
Nighly

Nigh"ly
adv.
In a near relation in place, time, degree, etc.; within a little; almost.
[Obs.]

A cube and a sphere . . . nighly of the same bigness.
Locke.


word: Night
definition:
Night

Night
(nīt)
n.
[OE. night, niht, AS. neaht, niht; akin to D. nacht, OS. & OHG. naht, G. nacht, Icel. n&omacrtt, Sw. natt, Dan. nat, Goth. nahts, Lith. naktis, Russ. noche, W. nos, Ir. nochd, L. nox, noctis, Gr. ny`x, nykto`s, Skr. nakta, nakti. √265.  Cf. Equinox, Nocturnal.]
1.
That part of the natural day when the sun is beneath the horizon, or the time from sunset to sunrise; esp., the time between dusk and dawn, when there is no light of the sun, but only moonlight, starlight, or artificial light.

And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night.
Gen. i. 5.

2.
(a)
Darkness; obscurity; concealment.

Nature and nature's laws lay hid in night.
Pope.

She closed her eyes in everlasting night.
Dryden.

Do not go gentle into that good night
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
Dylan Thomas.

&hand_; Night is sometimes used, esp. with participles, in the formation of self-explaining compounds; as, night-blooming, night-born, night-warbling, etc.

Night by night, Night after night, nightly; many nights.
[1913 Webster]
So help me God, as I have watched the night,
Ay, night by night, in studying good for England. Shak.
[1913 Webster]
-- Night bird. (Zool.) (a) The moor hen (Gallinula chloropus). (b) The Manx shearwater (Puffinus Anglorum). -- Night blindness. (Med.) See Hemeralopia. -- Night cart, a cart used to remove the contents of privies by night. -- Night churr, (Zool.), the nightjar. -- Night crow, a bird that cries in the night. -- Night dog, a dog that hunts in the night, -- used by poachers. -- Night fire. (a) Fire burning in the night. (b) Ignis fatuus; Will-o'-the-wisp; Jask-with-a-lantern. -- Night flyer (Zool.), any creature that flies in the night, as some birds and insects. -- night glass, a spyglass constructed to concentrate a large amount of light, so as see objects distinctly at night. Totten. -- Night green, iodine green. -- Night hag, a witch supposed to wander in the night. -- Night hawk (Zool.), an American bird (Chordeiles Virginianus), allied to the goatsucker.  It hunts the insects on which it feeds toward evening, on the wing, and often, diving down perpendicularly, produces a loud whirring sound, like that of a spinning wheel. Also sometimes applied to the European goatsuckers. It is called also bull bat. -- Night heron (Zool.), any one of several species of herons of the genus Nycticorax, found in various parts of the world. The best known species is Nycticorax griseus, or Nycticorax nycticorax, of Europe, and the American variety (var. naevius).  The yellow-crowned night heron (Nyctanassa violacea syn. Nycticorax violaceus) inhabits the Southern States. Called also qua-bird, and squawk. -- Night house, a public house, or inn, which is open at night. -- Night key, a key for unfastening a night latch. -- Night latch, a kind of latch for a door, which is operated from the outside by a key. -- Night monkey (Zool.), an owl monkey. -- night moth (Zool.), any one of the noctuids. -- Night parrot (Zool.), the kakapo. -- Night piece, a painting representing some night scene, as a moonlight effect, or the like. -- Night rail, a loose robe, or garment, worn either as a nightgown, or over the dress at night, or in sickness. [Obs.] -- Night raven (Zool.), a bird of ill omen that cries in the night; esp., the bittern. -- Night rule. (a) A tumult, or frolic, in the night; -- as if a corruption, of night revel. [Obs.] (b) Such conduct as generally rules, or prevails, at night.

What night rule now about this haunted grove? Shak.

 -- Night sight. (Med.) See Nyctolopia. -- Night snap, a night thief. [Cant] Beau. & Fl. -- Night soil, human excrement; -- so called because in cities it is collected by night and carried away for manure. -- Night spell, a charm against accidents at night. -- Night swallow (Zool.), the nightjar. -- Night walk, a walk in the evening or night. -- Night walker. (a) One who walks in his sleep; a somnambulist; a noctambulist. (b) One who roves about in the night for evil purposes; specifically, a prostitute who walks the streets. -- Night walking. (a) Walking in one's sleep; sleep walking; somnambulism; noctambulism. (b) Walking the streets at night with evil designs. -- Night warbler (Zool.), the sedge warbler (Acrocephalus phragmitis); -- called also night singer. [Prov. Eng.] -- Night watch. (a) A period in the night, as distinguished by the change of watch. (b) A watch, or guard, to aford protection in the night. -- Night watcher, one who watches in the night; especially, one who watches with evil designs. -- Night witch. Same as Night hag, above.


word: Night Before Christmas
definition:
Night Before Christmas

Night Before Christmas
(?)
n.
The popular name for a poem by Clement Clarke Moore titled A Visit from St. Nicholas, a popular poem with the theme of St. Nicholas (Santa Claus) coming to bring gifts to children on Christmans eve.

&hand_;  The full text of the poem follows:
        T'was the night before Christmas, when all through the house,
        Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse;
        The stockings were hung by the chimney with care,
        In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there.
     The children were nestled all snug in their beds,
        While visions of sugarplums danced in their heads;
        And Mama in her kerchief and I in my cap,
        Had just settled down for a long winter's nap.
     When out on the lawn there arose such a clatter,
        I sprang from my bed to see what was the matter.
        Away to the window I flew like a flash,
        Tore open the shutters, and threw up the sash.
     The moon on the breast of the new-fallen snow,
        Gave the luster of midday to objects below,
        When what to my wondering eyes should appear,
        But a miniature sleigh, and eight tiny reindeer.
        With a little old driver, so lively and quick,
        I knew in a moment it must be St. Nick.
     More rapid than eagles his coursers they came,
        And he whistled, and shouted, and called them by name:
        “Now, Dasher! Now, Dancer!, Now Prancer and Vixen!
        On, Comet! On, Cupid!, On, Donner and Blitzen!
        To the top of the porch! To the top of the wall!
        Now dash away! Dash away! Dash away all!!”
     As the dry leaves that before the wild hurricane fly,
        When they meet with an obstacle, mount to the sky,
        So up to the housetop the coursers they flew,
        With a sleigh full of toys, and St. Nicholas, too.
     And then in a twinkling, I heard on the roof,
        The prancing and pawing of each little  hoof.
        As I drew in my head, and was turning around,
        Down the chimney St. Nicholas came with a bound.
     He was dressed all in fur, from his head to his foot,
        And his clothes were all tarnished with ashes and soot.
        A bundle of toys he had flung on his back,
        And he looked like a peddler just opening his pack.
     His eyes -- how they twinkled! His dimples, how merry!
        His cheeks were like roses, his nose like a cherry!
        His droll little mouth was drawn up like a bow,
        And the beard on his chin was as white as the snow;
        He had a broad face and a little round belly,
        That shook when he laughed, like a bowl full of jelly.
        He was chubby and plump, a right jolly old elf,
        And I laughed when I saw him, in spite of myself.
        A wink of his eye, and a twist of his head,
        Soon gave me to know I had nothing to dread.
     He spoke not a word, but went staight to his work,
        And filled all the stockings, then turned with a jerk,
        And laying a finger aside of his nose,
        And  giving a nod, up the chimney he rose;
     He sprang to his sleigh, to his team gave a whistle,
        And away they all flew like the down of a thistle.
        But I heard him exclaim as he drove out of sight,
        “Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night!”


word: nightbird
definition:
nightbird

nightbird
n.
A person who likes to be active late at night; a night owl.

Syn. -- night owl, nighthawk.


word: Night-blooming
definition:
Night-blooming

Night"-bloom`ing
(?)
a.
Blooming in the night.

Night-blooming cereus. (Bot.) See Note under Cereus.


word: Nightcap
definition:
Nightcap

Night"cap`
(?)
n.
1.
A cap worn in bed to protect the head, or in undress.

2.
An alcoholic beverage drunk at bedtime.
[Cant]
Wright.


word: nightclothes
definition:
nightclothes

nightclothes
n.
garments designed to be worn in bed, such as pyjamas, a nightgown, etc.

Syn. -- nightwear.


word: nightclub
definition:
nightclub

nightclub
n.
An establishment providing entertainment (as singers, dancers, or comedy acts), usually open late into the night or early morning, typically serving alcoholic beverages and food.

Syn. -- cabaret.


word: nightcrawler
definition:
nightcrawler

nightcrawler
n.
A terrestrial worm that burrows into and helps aerate soil; an earthworm.  It often surfaces when the ground is cool or wet, and is used as bait by anglers.  The term is used mostly in the northern and western U. S.

Syn. -- earthworm, angleworm, fishworm, fishing worm, wiggler, nightwalker, dew worm, red worm.


word: Nightertale
definition:
Nightertale

Night"er*tale
(?)
n.
[Cf. Icel. nāttarpel.]
Period of night; nighttime.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.


word: Nightfall
definition:
Nightfall

Night"fall`
(?)
n.
The close of the day; the arrival of the night; the period at and just after dusk.
Swift.


word: Nightgown
definition:
Nightgown

Night"gown`
(?)
n.
A loose gown used for undress; also, a gown used for a sleeping garment.


word: nighthawk
definition:
nighthawk

nighthawk
n.
1.
A person who likes to be active late at night; a night owl.

Syn. -- night owl, nightbird.

2.
(Zool.)
Any of several mainly nocturnal North American goatsuckers, especially Chordeiles minor, or the related European goatsucker Caprimulgus europaeus, also called the nightjar.

Syn. -- bullbat, mosquito hawk.


word: nightie
definition:
nightie

nightie
n.
1.
Any loose-fitting clothing for wear in bed.

2.
Especially:
a loose dress designed to be worn in bed by women; a nightgown.

Syn. -- nightgown, night-robe, nightdress.


word: Nightingale
definition:
Nightingale

Night"in*gale
(?)
n.
[OE. nihtegale,nightingale, AS. nihtegale; niht night + galan to sing, akin to E. yell; cf. D. nachtegaal, OS. nahtigala, OHG. nahtigala, G. nachtigall, Sw. näktergal, Dan. nattergal. See Night, and Yell.]
1.
(Zool.)
A small, plain, brown and gray European song bird (Luscinia megarhynchos syn. Luscinia luscinia). It sings at night, and is celebrated for the sweetness of its song.

2.
(Zool.)
A larger species (Lucinia philomela), of Eastern Europe, having similar habits; the thrush nightingale. The name is also applied to other allied species.

Mock nightingale. (Zool.) See Blackcap, n., 1 (a).


word: night-line
definition:
night-line

night-line
n.
A fishing line with baited hooks left in the water to catch fish over night.


word: Nightly
definition:
Nightly

Night"ly
a.
Of or pertaining to the night, or to every night; happening or done by night, or every night; as, nightly shades; he kept nightly vigils.


word: Nightman
definition:
Nightman

Night"man
(nīt"măn)
n.
pl. Nightmen (nīt"mĕn).
One whose business is emptying privies by night.


word: Nightmare
definition:
Nightmare

Night"mare`
(nīt"mâr`)
n.
[Night + mare incubus. See Mare incubus.]
1.
A fiend or incubus formerly supposed to cause trouble in sleep.
[archaic]

2.
A trerrifying or oppressive dream characterized by a sense of helplessness in the face of danger, extreme uneasiness or discomfort (as of weight on the chest or stomach, impossibility of motion or speech, etc.) or extreme anxiety, from which one wakes in a troubled state of mind.

3.
Any overwhelming, oppressive, or terrifying experience resembling a nightmare{2} especially in the inability to escape from an unpleasant situation.


word: nightmarish
definition:
nightmarish

nightmarish
adj.
Terrifying, as if in a nightmare{2}; resembling a nightmare{2}.

Syn. -- bloodcurdling, hair-raising.


word: night owl
definition:
night owl

night" owl`
n.
A person who likes to be active late at night.

Syn. -- nighthawk, nightbird.


word: nightrider
definition:
nightrider

nightrider
n.
member of a secret mounted band in the southern U. S. after the Civil War, which committed acts of intimidation and revenge.

Syn. -- night rider.


word: night-robe
definition:
night-robe

nightrobe

night"robe`, night"-robe`
n.
1.
A loose dress designed to be worn in bed by women; a nightgown.

Syn. -- nightgown, nightie, nightdress.


word: Nightshade
definition:
Nightshade

Night"shade`
(?)
n.
[AS. nichtscadu.]
(Bot.)
A common name of many species of the genus Solanum, given esp. to the Solanum nigrum, or black nightshade, a low, branching weed with small white flowers and black berries reputed to be poisonous.

Deadly nightshade. Same as Belladonna (a). -- Enchanter's nightshade. See under Enchanter. -- Stinking nightshade. See Henbane. -- Three-leaved nightshade. See Trillium.


word: night-sight
definition:
night-sight

night-sight
n.
The ability to see in reduced illumination (as in moonlight); night vision.

Syn. -- night vision.


word: Night terrors
definition:
Night terrors

Night terrors
(Med.)
A sudden awakening associated with a sensation of terror, occurring in children, esp. those of unstable nervous constitution.


word: night vision
definition:
night vision

night vision
n.
The ability to see in reduced illumination (as in moonlight).

Syn. -- night-sight.


word: Nigraniline
definition:
Nigraniline

Ni*gran"i*line
(? or ?)
n.
[L. niger black + E. aniline.]
(Chem.)
The complex, nitrogenous, organic base and dyestuff called also aniline black.


word: Nigrescent
definition:
Nigrescent

Ni*gres"cent
(?)
a.
[L. nigrescens, p. pr. of nigrescere to grow black, fr. niger black. See Negro.]
Growing black; changing to a black color; approaching to blackness.
Johnson.


word: Nigrification
definition:
Nigrification

Nig`ri*fi*ca"tion
(?)
n.
[L. nigrificare to blacken; niger black + -ficare (in comp.) to make. See -fy.]
The act or process of making black.
[R.]
Johnson.


word: Nigritic
definition:
Nigritic

Ni*grit"ic
(?)
a.
(Ethnol.)
Pertaining to, or having the characteristics of, negroes, or of the Negritos, Papuans, and the Melanesian races; negritic.


word: Nigritude
definition:
Nigritude

Nig"ri*tude
(?)
n.
[L. nigritudo, fr. niger black.]
Blackness; the state of being black.
Lamb.


word: Nigromancien
definition:
Nigromancien

Nig"ro*man`cien
(?)
n.
A necromancer.
[Obs.]

These false enchanters or nigromanciens.
Chaucer.


word: Nigrosine
definition:
Nigrosine

Ni"gro*sine
(? or ?)
n.
[From L. niger black.]
(Chem.)
A dark blue dyestuff, of the induline group; -- called also azodiphenyl blue.


word: Ni-hard iron
definition:
Ni-hard iron

Ni-hard

Ni-hard, Ni-hard iron
n.
Cast iron to which nickel has been added to make it resist abrasion.


word: Nihil
definition:
Nihil

Ni"hil
(?)
n.
[L.]
Nothing.

Nihil album [L., white nothing] (Chem.), oxide of zinc. See under Zinc. --  Nihil debet [L., he owes nothing] (Law), the general issue in certain actions of debt. -- Nihil dicit [L., he says nothing] (Law), a declinature by the defendant to plead or answer. Tomlins.


word: Nihilism
definition:
Nihilism

Ni"hil*ism
(?)
n.
[L. nihil nothing: cf. F. nihilisme. See Annihilate.]
1.
Nothingness; nihility.

2.
The doctrine that nothing can be known; scepticism as to all knowledge and all reality.

3.
(Politics)
The theories and practices of the Nihilists.


word: Nihilist
definition:
Nihilist

Ni"hil*ist
n.
[Cf. F. nihiliste. See Nihilism.]
1.
One who advocates the doctrine of nihilism; one who believes or teaches that nothing can be known, or asserted to exist.

2.
(Politics)
A member of a secret association (esp. in Russia), which is devoted to the destruction of the present political, religious, and social institutions.


word: Nihility
definition:
Nihility

Ni*hil"i*ty
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. nihilité. See Nihilism.]
Nothingness; a state of being nothing.


word: -nik
definition:
-nik

-nik
(nĭk)
suff.
[Yiddish, fr. Slavik suffix -nik indicating a person.]
A suffix attached to other words indicating a person with certain characteristics or associated with a certain group or behavior; as, beatnik, kibbutznik; it is sometimes used derogatorily; as in no-goodnik, peacenik.


word: Nike
definition:
Nike

Nike
prop. n.
(Greek Mythology)
[Gr., victory.]
The Greek winged goddess of victory; identified with Roman Victoria.


word: Nil₂
definition:
Nil

Nil
n. & a.
[L., a contr. of nihil.]
Nothing; of no account; worthless; -- a term often used for canceling, in accounts or bookkeeping.
A. J. Ellis.


word: Nil₃
definition:
Nil

Nil
n.
(computers)
A special value for a variable used in certain computer languages to mean no assigned value, to be distinguished from the value zero.


word: Nile
definition:
Nile

Nile
(nīl)
n.
[L. Nilus, Gr. Nei^los.]
The great river of Egypt.

Nile bird. (Zool.) (a) The wryneck. [Prov. Eng.] (b) The crocodile bird. -- Nile goose (Zool.), the Egyptian goose. See Note under Goose, 2.


word: Nill
definition:
Nill

Nill
(nĭl)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Nilled (nĭld); p. pr. & vb. n. Nilling.]
[AS. nilan, nyllan; ne not + willan to will. See No, and Will.]
Not to will; to refuse; to reject.
[Obs.]

Certes, said he, I nill thine offered grace.
Spenser.


word: Nill₂
definition:
Nill

Nill
v. i.
To be unwilling; to refuse to act.

The actions of the will are “velle” and “nolle,” to will and nill.
Burton.

Will he, nill he, whether he wills it or not; usually contracted to willy-nilly.


word: Nill₃
definition:
Nill

Nill
n.
[Cf. Ir. & Gael. neul star, light.  Cf. Nebula.]
1.
Shining sparks thrown off from melted brass.

2.
Scales of hot iron from the forge.
Knight.


word: Nilometer
definition:
Nilometer

Ni*lom"e*ter
(?)
n.
[Gr. _;; Nei^los the Nile + _; measure: cf. F. nilomètre.]
An instrument for measuring the rise of water in the Nile during its periodical flood.


word: Nilotic
definition:
Nilotic

Ni*lot"ic
(?)
a.
[L. Niloticus, fr. Nilus the Nile, Gr. _;: cf. F. nilotique.]
Of or pertaining to the river Nile; as, the Nilotic crocodile.


word: Nim
definition:
Nim

Nim
(nĭm)
v. t.
[imp. Nam (näm) or Nimmed (nĭmd); p. p. Nomen (n&omacr"men) or Nome (n&omacrm).]
[AS. niman.  √7.  Cf. Nimble.]
To take; to steal; to filch.
[Obs.]

This canon it in his hand nam.
Chaucer.


word: Nimbiferous
definition:
Nimbiferous

Nim*bif"er*ous
(?)
a.
[L. nimbifer; nimbus a cloud + ferre to bear.]
Serving to bring clouds or stormy weather.


word: Nimble
definition:
Nimble

Nim"ble
(nĭm"b'l)
a.
[Compar. Nimbler (nĭm"blẽr); superl. Nimblest (nĭm"blĕst).]
[OE. nimel, prob. orig., quick at seizing, fr. nimen to take, AS. niman; akin to D. nemen, G. nehmen, OHG. neman, Icel. nema, Goth. nima, and prob. to Gr. ne`mein to distribute. √ 7.  Cf. Nomand, Numb.]
Light and quick in motion; moving with ease and celerity; lively; swift.

Through the mid seas the nimble pinnace sails.
Pope.

&hand_; Nimble is sometimes used in the formation of self-explaining compounds; as, nimble-footed, nimble-pinioned, nimble-winged, etc.

Nimble Will (Bot.), a slender, branching, American grass (Muhlenbergia diffusa), of some repute for grazing purposes in the Mississippi valley.


word: nimble-fingered
definition:
nimble-fingered

nimble-fingered
adj.
same as light-fingered; thievish; pilfering.

Syn. -- light-fingered.


word: Nimbleness
definition:
Nimbleness

Nim"ble*ness
n.
The quality of being nimble; lightness and quickness in motion; agility; swiftness.


word: Nimbus
definition:
Nimbus

Nim"bus
(?)
n.
pl. L. Nimbi (#), E. Nimbuses (#).
[L., a rain storm, a rain cloud, the cloudshaped which enveloped the gods when they appeared on earth.]
1.
(Fine Arts)
A circle, or disk, or any indication of radiant light around the heads of divinities, saints, and sovereigns, upon medals, pictures, etc.; a halo. See Aureola, and Glory, n., 5.

&hand_; “The nimbus is of pagan origin.” “As an attribute of power, the nimbus is often seen attached to the heads of evil spirits.”  Fairholl.

2.
(Meteor.)
A rain cloud; one of the four principal varieties of clouds. See Cloud.


word: Nimiety
definition:
Nimiety

Ni*mi"e*ty
(?)
n.
[L. nimietas, fr. nimius, a., nimis, adv., too much.]
State of being in excess.
[R.]

There is a nimiety, a too-muchness, in all Germans.
Coleridge.


word: nincompoop
definition:
nincompoop

nin"com*poop
(?)
n.
[A corruption of non compos.]
A fool; a silly or stupid person.
[Law]

An old ninnyhammer, a dotard, a nincompoop, is the best language she can afford me.
Addison.


word: nine
definition:
nine

nine
(nīn)
a.
[OE. nine, nihen, AS. nigon, nigan; akin to D. & LG. negen, OS. & OFries. nigun, OHG. niun, G. neun, Icel. nīu, sw. nio, Dan. ni, Goth. niun, Ir. & Gael. naoi, W. naw, L. novem, Gr. 'enne`a, Skr. navan; of unknown origin. √307.  Cf. Novembeer.]
Eight and one more; one less than ten; as, nine miles.

Nine men's morris. See Morris. -- Nine points circle (Geom.), a circle so related to any given triangle as to pass through the three points in which the perpendiculars from the angles of the triangle upon the opposite sides (or the sides produced) meet the sides.  It also passes through the three middle points of the sides of the triangle and through the three middle points of those parts of the perpendiculars that are between their common point of meeting and the angles of the triangle.  The circle is hence called the nine points circle or six points circle.


word: Nine
definition:
Nine

Nine
n.
1.
The number greater than eight by a unit; nine units or objects.

2.
A symbol representing nine units, as 9 or ix.

3.
A group of nine people; as, the New York nine (a baseball team).

The Nine, the nine Muses.


word: Nine-bark
definition:
Nine-bark

Nine"-bark`
(?)
n.
(Bot.)
A white-flowered rosaceous shrub (Neillia opulifolia, or  Spiraea opulifolia), common in the Northern United States.  The bark separates into many thin layers, whence the name.


word: Nineholes
definition:
Nineholes

Nine"holes`
(?)
n. pl.
A game in which nine holes are made in the ground, into which a ball is bowled.


word: Nine-killer
definition:
Nine-killer

Nine"-kill`er
(?)
n.
[So called because it is believed to kill and impale on thorns nine birds, etc., in succession.]
(Zool.)
The northern butcher bird.


word: Ninepence
definition:
Ninepence

Nine"pence
(?)
n.
pl. Ninepences (_;).
1.
An old English silver coin, worth nine pence.

2.
A New England name for the Spanish real, a coin formerly current in the United States, as valued at twelve and a half cents.


word: ninepenny
definition:
ninepenny

ninepenny
adj.
1.
2-3/4 in or 7 cm long; -- used of nail size; as, a ninepenny nail.

2.
costing 9 cents (US) or 5 pence (Britain).


word: ninepin
definition:
ninepin

ninepin
n.
a bowling pin of the type used in ninepins (or (in England) skittles).

Syn. -- skittle, skittle pin.


word: Ninepins
definition:
Ninepins

Nine"pins
(?)
n. pl.
A game played with nine pins, or pieces of wood, set on end, at which a wooden ball is bowled to knock them down; bowling.

&hand_; In the United States, ten pins are used for this game, which is therefore often called tenpins.


word: Ninescore
definition:
Ninescore

Nine"score`
(?)
a.
Nine times twenty, or one hundred and eighty.
n. The product of nine times twenty; ninescore units or objects.


word: Nineteen
definition:
Nineteen

Nine"teen`
(?)
a.
[AS. nigont&ymacr_;ne, nigontēne. See Nine, and Ten.]
Nine and ten; eighteen and one more; one less than twenty; as, nineteen months.


word: Nineteen₂
definition:
Nineteen

Nine"teen`
n.
1.
The number greater than eighteen by a unit; the sum of ten and nine; nineteen units or objects.

2.
A symbol for nineteen units, as 19 or xix.


word: Nineteenth
definition:
Nineteenth

Nine"teenth`
(?)
a.
[Cf. AS. nigonteóða.]
1.
Following the eighteenth and preceding the twentieth; coming after eighteen others.

2.
Constituting or being one of nineteen equal parts into which anything is divided.


word: Nineteenth₂
definition:
Nineteenth

Nine"teenth`
n.
1.
The quotient of a unit divided by nineteen; one of nineteen equal parts of anything.

2.
The next in order after the eighteenth.

3.
(Mus.)
An interval of two octaves and a fifth.


word: nineties
definition:
nineties

nineties
n. pl.
1.
The decade from 1890 to 1899; as, the gay nineties.

2.
The decade from 1990 to 1999; as, they spent a ton of money to solve the Y2K bug in the nineties.

3.
The time of life between ages 90 and 100.

Syn. -- mid-nineties.


word: Ninetieth
definition:
Ninetieth

Nine"ti*eth
(?)
a.
1.
Next in order after the eighty-ninth.

2.
Constituting or being one of ninety equal parts.


word: Ninetieth₂
definition:
Ninetieth

Nine"ti*eth
n.
1.
The quotient of a unit divided by ninety; one of ninety equal parts of anything.

2.
The next in order after the eighty-ninth.


word: Ninety
definition:
Ninety

Nine"ty
(?)
a.
[See Nine, and cf. Forty.]
Nine times ten; eighty-nine and one more; as, ninety men.


word: Ninety₂
definition:
Ninety

Nine"ty
n.
pl. Nineties (_;).
1.
The sum of nine times ten; the number greater by a unit than eighty-nine; ninety units or objects.

2.
A symbol representing ninety units, as 90 or xc.


word: Ningirsu
definition:
Ningirsu

Ningirsu
prop. n.
(Babylonian mythology)
The Babylonian god of war and agriculture, in an older pantheon.


word: Ningishzida
definition:
Ningishzida

Ningishzida
prop. n.
(Babylonian mythology)
A Babylonian underworld deity, the patron of medicine.


word: Ninhursag
definition:
Ninhursag

Ninhursag
prop. n.
(Sumerian mythology)
The great mother goddess in Sumerian mythology, worshipped also as Aruru and Mama and Nintu.

Syn. -- Ninkhursag, Ninkharsag.


word: Ninib
definition:
Ninib

Ninib
prop. n.
(Sumerian and Babylonian mythology)
A solar deity, first-born of Bel and consort was Gula; god of war and the chase and agriculture; sometimes identifed with Biblical Nimrod.

Syn. -- Ninurta.


word: Ninigino-Mikoto
definition:
Ninigino-Mikoto

Ninigi

Ninigi, Ninigino-Mikoto
prop. n.
The grandson of Amaterasu and first ruler of Japan.


word: Ninny
definition:
Ninny

Nin"ny
(?)
n.
pl. Ninnies (#).
[Cf. It. ninno, ninna, a baby, Sp. niño, niña, child, infant, It. ninna, ninna nanna, lullably, prob. fr. ni, na, as used in singing a child to sleep.]
A fool; a simpleton.
Shak.


word: ninon
definition:
ninon

ni"non
(nē"n&obreve_;n; F. nē*nôN")
n.
[F: nickname for proper name Anne; 1910-15]
A sturdy cloth material of chiffon or voile, used for the manufacture of dresses and other women's garments, and for curtains, and drapery.  The material may be constructed by either a plain or a novelty weaving technique.
RHUD


word: Ninth
definition:
Ninth

Ninth
(?)
a.
[From Nine; cf. AS. nigoða.]
1.
Following the eight and preceding the tenth; coming after eight others.

2.
Constituting or being one of nine equal parts into which anything is divided.


word: Ninth₂
definition:
Ninth

Ninth
n.
1.
The quotient of one divided by nine; one of nine equal parts of a thing; the next after the eighth.

2.
(Mus.)
(a)
An interval containing an octave and a second.
(b)
A chord of the dominant seventh with the ninth added.


word: Niobe
definition:
Niobe

Ni"o*be
(?)
n.
[L. Nioba, Niobe, Gr. _;.]
(Class. Myth.)
The daughter of Tantalus, and wife of Amphion, king of Thebes.  Her pride in her children provoked Apollo and Diana, who slew them all.  Niobe herself was changed by the gods into stone.


word: niobium
definition:
niobium

ni*o"bi*um
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. L. & E. Niobe.]
(Chem.)
The chemical element of atomic number 41.  Chemical symbol Nb.  Atomic weight 92.91.  Previously called columbium. See also Columbium.


word: Niopo
definition:
Niopo

Ni*o"po
(?)
n.
A kind of snuff prepared by the natives of Venezuela from the roasted seeds of a leguminous tree (Piptadenia peregrina), thence called niopo tree.


word: Nip
definition:
Nip

Nip
(?)
n.
[LG. & D. nippen to sip; akin to Dan. nippe, G. nippen.]
A sip or small draught; esp., a draught of intoxicating liquor; a dram.


word: Nip₂
definition:
Nip

Nip
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Nipped (?), less properly Nipt; p. pr. & vb. n. Nipping (?).]
[OE. nipen; cf. D. niipen to pinch, also knippen to nip, clip, pinch, snap, knijpen to pinch, LG. knipen, G. kneipen, kneifen, to pinch, cut off, nip, Lith. knebti.]
1.
To catch and inclose or compress tightly between two surfaces, or points which are brought together or closed; to pinch; to close in upon.

May this hard earth cleave to the Nadir hell,
Down, down, and close again, and nip me flat,
If I be such a traitress.
Tennyson.

2.
To remove by pinching, biting, or cutting with two meeting edges of anything; to clip.

The small shoots . . . must be nipped off.
Mortimer.

3.
Hence: To blast, as by frost; to check the growth or vigor of; to destroy.

4.
To vex or pain, as by nipping; hence, to taunt.

And sharp remorse his heart did prick and nip.
Spenser.

To nip in the bud, to cut off at the very commencement of growth; to kill in the incipient stage.


word: Nip₃
definition:
Nip

Nip
n.
1.
A seizing or closing in upon; a pinching; as, in the northern seas, the nip of masses of ice.

2.
A pinch with the nails or teeth.

3.
A small cut, or a cutting off the end.

4.
A blast; a killing of the ends of plants by frost.

5.
A biting sarcasm; a taunt.
Latimer.

6.
(Naut.)
A short turn in a rope.

Nip and tuck, a phrase signifying equality in a contest; as, it was nip and tuck right to the last minute of play. [Low, U.S.]


word: Nipa
definition:
Nipa

Nipa
prop. n.
A monotypic genus of palms of Australasia.

Syn. -- genus Nipa, Nypa, genus Nypa.

2.
from sap of an Australasian palm.


word: Nipper
definition:
Nipper

Nip"per
(?)
n.
1.
One who, or that which, nips.

2.
A fore tooth of a horse.  The nippers are four in number.

3.
A satirist.
[Obs.]
Ascham.

4.
A pickpocket; a young or petty thief.
[Old Cant]

5.
(Zool.)
(a)
The cunner.
(b)
A European crab (Polybius Henslowii).


word: Nippers
definition:
Nippers

Nip"pers
(?)
n. pl.
[From 2d Nip.]
1.
Small pinchers for holding, breaking, or cutting.

2.
(Mach.)
A device with fingers or jaws for seizing an object and holding or conveying it; as, in a printing press, a clasp for catching a sheet and conveying it to the form.

3.
(Naut.)
A number of rope-yarns wound together, used to secure a cable to the messenger.


word: Nipping
definition:
Nipping

Nip"ping
(?)
a.
Biting; pinching; painful; destructive; as, a nipping frost; a nipping wind.


word: Nippitate
definition:
Nippitate

Nip"pi*tate
(?)
a.
[Cf. 1st Nip.]
Peculiarly strong and good; -- said of ale or liquor.
[Old Cant]

'T will make a cup of wine taste nippitate.
Chapman.


word: Nipple
definition:
Nipple

Nip"ple
(nĭp"p'l)
n.
[Formerly neble, a dim. of neb. See Neb, Nib.]
1.
(Anat.)
The protuberance through which milk is drawn from the breast or mamma; the mammilla; a teat; a pap.

2.
The orifice at which any animal liquid, as the oil from an oil bag, is discharged.
[R.]
Derham.

3.
Any small projection or article in which there is an orifice for discharging a fluid, or for other purposes; as, the nipple of a nursing bottle; the nipple of a percussion lock, or that part on which the cap is put and through which the fire passes to the charge.

4.
(Mech.)
A pipe fitting, consisting of a short piece of pipe, usually provided with a screw thread at each end, for connecting two other fittings.

Solder nipple, a short pipe, usually of brass, one end of which is tapered and adapted for attachment to the end of a lead pipe by soldering.


word: Nipplewort
definition:
Nipplewort

Nip"ple*wort`
(nĭp"p'l*wûrt`)
n.
(Bot.)
A yellow-flowered composite herb (Lampsana communis), formerly used as an external application to the nipples of women; -- called also dock-cress.


word: Nipponese
definition:
Nipponese

Nipponese
n.
[From Japanese nippon, Japan.]
a native or inhabitant of Japan.

Syn. -- Japanese.


word: Nipponese₂
definition:
Nipponese

Nipponese
adj.
Of or relating to or characteristic of Japan or its people or their culture or language; Japanese.


word: nippy
definition:
nippy

nippy
adj.
Pleasantly cold and invigorating; -- of weather conditions.

Syn. -- crisp, frosty, nipping, snappy.


word: Ni-resist
definition:
Ni-resist

Ni-resist
n.
Cast iron consisting of graphite in a matrix of austenite.

Syn. -- Ni-resist iron.


word: Nirvana
definition:
Nirvana

Nir*va"na
(?)
n.
[Skr. nirvā&nsdot_;a.]
In the Buddhist system of religion, the final emancipation of the soul from transmigration, and consequently a beatific enfrachisement from the evils of worldly existence, as by annihilation or absorption into the divine. See Buddhism.


word: Nisan
definition:
Nisan

Ni"san
(?)
n.
[Heb. nīsān.]
The first month of the Jewish ecclesiastical year, formerly answering nearly to the month of April, now to March, of the Christian calendar. See Abib.


word: Nisi
definition:
Nisi

Ni"si
(?)
conj.
[L.]
Unless; if not; -- used mostly in law.

&hand_; In legal proceedings, this word is used to indicate that any order, etc., shall take effect at a given time, unless before that time the order, etc., in modified, or something else is done to prevent its taking effect.  Continuance nisi is a conditional continuance of the case till the next term of the court, unless otherwise disposed of in the mean time.

Nisi prius (Law), unless before; -- a phrase applied to terms of court, held generally by a single judge, with a jury, for the trial of civil causes.  The term originated in a legal fiction.  An issue of fact being made up, it is, according to the English practice, appointed by the entry on the record, or written proceedings, to be tried by a jury from the county of which the proceedings are dated, at Westminster, unless before the day appointed (nisi prius) the judges shall have come to the county in question (which they always do) and there try the cause.  See In banc, under Banc.


word: Nisus
definition:
Nisus

Ni"sus
(?)
n.
[L., fr. niti, p. p. nisus, to strive.]
1.
A striving; an effort; a conatus.

A nisus or energizing towards a presented object.
Hickok.

2.
(Physiol.)
(a)
The periodic procreative desire manifested in the spring by birds, etc.
(b)
The contraction of the diaphragm and abdominal muscles to evacuate feces or urine.


word: Nit
definition:
Nit

Nit
(nĭt)
n.
[AS. hnitu; akin to D. neet, G. niss, OHG. niz; cf. Gr. koni`s, koni`dos, Icel. gnit, Sw. gnet, Dan. gnid, Russ. & Pol. gnida, Bohem. hnida, W. nedd.]
(Zool.)
The egg of a louse or other small insect.

Nit grass (Bot.), a pretty annual European grass (Gastridium lendigerum), with small spikelets somewhat resembling a nit. It is also found in California and Chile.


word: Nitency₂
definition:
Nitency

Ni"ten*cy
n.
[From L. nitens, p. pr. of niti to strive.]
Endeavor; effort; tendency.
[R.]
Boyle.


word: Nitre
definition:
Nitre

Niter

{ Ni"ter, Ni"tre  }
(?)
n.
[F. nitre, L. nitrum native soda, natron, Gr. _;; cf. Ar. nitūn, natrūn natron.  Cf. Natron.]
1.
(Chem.)
A white crystalline semitransparent salt; potassium nitrate; saltpeter. See Saltpeter.

2.
(Chem.)
Native sodium carbonate; natron.
[Obs.]

For though thou wash thee with niter, and take thee much soap, yet thine iniquity is marked before me.
Jer. ii. 22.

Cubic niter, a deliquescent salt, sodium nitrate, found as a native incrustation, like niter, in Peru and Chile, whence it is known also as Chile saltpeter. -- Niter bush (Bot.), a genus (Nitraria) of thorny shrubs bearing edible berries, and growing in the saline plains of Asia and Northern Africa.


word: Nitid
definition:
Nitid

Nit"id
(?)
a.
[L. nitidus, fr. nitere. See 3d Neat.]
1.
Bright; lustrous; shining.
[R.]
Boyle.

2.
Gay; spruce; fine; -- said of persons.
[R.]
T. Reeve.


word: Nitranilic
definition:
Nitranilic

Ni`tra*nil"ic
(?)
a.
[Nitro- + chloranil + -ic.]
(Chem.)
Of, pertaining to, or designating, a complex organic acid produced as a white crystalline substance by the action of nitrous acid on hydroquinone.


word: Nitraniline
definition:
Nitraniline

Ni*tran"i*line
(? or ?)
n.
[Nitro- + aniline.]
(Chem.)
Any one of a series of nitro derivatives of aniline; nitroaniline. In general they are yellow crystalline substances.


word: Nitrate
definition:
Nitrate

Ni"trate
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. nitrate.]
(Chem.)
A salt of nitric acid.

Nitrate of silver, a white crystalline salt (AgNO3), used in photography and as a cauterizing agent; -- called also lunar caustic, and more commonly called silver nitrate.


word: Nitrated
definition:
Nitrated

Ni"tra*ted
(?)
a.
1.
(Chem.)
Combined, or impregnated, with nitric acid, or some of its compounds.

2.
(Photog.)
Prepared with silver nitrate.


word: Nitratine
definition:
Nitratine

Ni"tra*tine
(?)
n.
(Min.)
A mineral occurring in transparent crystals, usually of a white, sometimes of a reddish gray, or lemon-yellow, color; native sodium nitrate. It is used in making nitric acid and for manure. Called also soda niter.


word: Nitriary
definition:
Nitriary

Ni"tri*a*ry
(?)
n.
[See Niter.]
An artificial bed of animal matter for the manufacture of niter by nitrification. See Nitrification, 2.


word: Nitric
definition:
Nitric

Ni"tric
(?)
a.
[Cf. F. nitrique. See Niter.]
(Chem.)
Of, pertaining to, or containing, nitrogen; specifically, designating any one of those compounds in which, as contrasted with nitrous compounds, the element has a higher valence; as, nitric oxide; nitric acid.

Nitric acid, a colorless or yellowish liquid obtained by distilling a nitrate with sulphuric acid.  It is powerfully corrosive, being a strong acid, and in decomposition a strong oxidizer. -- Nitric anhydride, a white crystalline oxide of nitrogen (N2O5), called nitric pentoxide, and regarded as the anhydride of nitric acid. -- Nitric oxide, a colorless poisous gas (NO) obtained by treating nitric acid with copper.  On contact with the air or with oxygen, it becomes reddish brown from the formation of nitrogen dioxide (NO2, also called nitric dioxide or nitric peroxide).


word: Nitride
definition:
Nitride

Ni"tride
(? or ?)
n.
[fromNitrogen.]
(Chem.)
A binary compound of nitrogen with a more metallic element or radical; as, boric nitride.


word: Nitriferous
definition:
Nitriferous

Ni*trif"er*ous
(?)
a.
[Niter + -ferous.]
Bearing niter; yielding, or containing, niter.


word: Nitrification
definition:
Nitrification

Ni`tri*fi*ca"tion
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. nitrification. see Nitrify.]
1.
(Chem.)
(a)
The act, process, or result of combining with nitrogen or some of its compounds.
(b)
The act or process of oxidizing nitrogen or its compounds so as to form nitrous or nitric acid.

2.
A process of oxidation, in which nitrogenous vegetable and animal matter in the presence of air, moisture, and some basic substances, as lime or alkali carbonate, is converted into nitrates.

&hand_; The process is going on at all times in porous soils and in water contaminated with nitrogenous matter, and is supposed to be due to the presence of a bacteria, such as members of the genus Azotobacter, formerly called nitrification ferments.  In former times the process was extensively made use of in the production of saltpeter.


word: Nitrify
definition:
Nitrify

Ni"tri*fy
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Nitrified (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Nitrifying (?).]
[Niter + -fy: cf. F. nitrifer. See Niter.]
(Chem.)
To combine or impregnate with nitrogen; to convert, by oxidation, into nitrous or nitric acid; to subject to, or produce by, nitrification.


word: Nitrile
definition:
Nitrile

Ni"trile
(? or ?)
n.
[See Nitro-.]
(Chem.)
Any one of a series of compounds bearing the cyanide radical (-CN); particularly, one of those cyanides of alcohol radicals which, by boiling with acids or alkalies, produce a carboxyl acid, with the elimination of the nitrogen as ammonia.

&hand_; The nitriles are named with reference to the acids produced by their decomposition, thus, hydrocyanic acid is formic nitrile, methyl cyanide is acetonitrile (also acetic nitrile), and ethyl cyanide is propionitrile (from propionic acid).


word: Nitrite
definition:
Nitrite

Ni"trite
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. nitrite. See Niter.]
(Chem.)
A salt or ester of nitrous acid; a compound bearing the -NO2 radical.

Amyl nitrite, a yellow oily volatile liquid, used in medicine as a depressant and a vaso-dilator.  Its inhalation produces an instantaneous flushing of the face.


word: nitro-
definition:
nitro-

ni"tro-
(_;)
pref.
1.
A combining form or an adjective denoting the presence of niter.

2.
(Chem.)
A combining form (used also adjectively) designating certain compounds of nitrogen or of its acids; as nitrohydrochloric, nitrocalcite; also, designating the group or radical NO2, or its compounds, as nitrobenzene (C6H5.NO2).

Nitro group, the radical NO2; -- called also nitroxyl.


word: nitrobacteria
definition:
nitrobacteria

nitrobacteria
n.
Soil bacteria that convert nitrites to nitrates.

Syn. -- nitric bacteria.


word: Nitrobacteriaceae
definition:
Nitrobacteriaceae

Nitrobacteriaceae
prop. n.
A natural family of usually rod-shaped bacteria that oxidize ammonia or nitrites: nitrobacteria.

Syn. -- family Nitrobacteriaceae.


word: Nitrobenzene
definition:
Nitrobenzene

Ni`tro*ben"zene
(? or ?)
n.
[Nitro- + benzene.]
(Chem.)
A yellow aromatic liquid (C6H5.NO2), produced by the action of nitric acid on benzene, and called from its odor imitation oil of bitter almonds, or essence of mirbane.  It is used in perfumery, and is manufactured in large quantities in the preparation of aniline.  Fornerly called also nitrobenzol.


word: Nitrocalcite
definition:
Nitrocalcite

Ni`tro*cal"cite
(?)
n.
[Nitro- + calcite.]
(Min.)
Nitrate of calcium, a substance having a grayish white color, occuring in efflorescences on old walls, and in limestone caves, especially where there exists decaying animal matter.


word: Nitrocellulose
definition:
Nitrocellulose

Ni`tro*cel"lu*lose`
(?)
n.
[Nitro- + cellulose.]
(Chem.)
See Gun cotton, under Gun.


word: Nitroform
definition:
Nitroform

Ni"tro*form
(?)
n.
[Nitro- + formyl.]
(Chem.)
A nitro derivative of methane, analogous to chloroform, obtained as a colorless oily or crystalline substance, CH.(NO2)3, quite explosive, and having well-defined acid properties.


word: Nitrogelatin
definition:
Nitrogelatin

Ni`tro*gel"a*tin
(?)
n.
[Nitro- + gelatin.]
An explosive consisting of gun cotton and camphor dissolved in nitroglycerin.
[Written also nitrogelatine.]


word: Nitrogen
definition:
Nitrogen

Ni`tro*gen
(nī"tro̝*jĕn)
n.
[L. nitrum natron + -gen: cf. F. nitrogène. See Niter.]
(Chem.)
A colorless nonmetallic element of atomic number 7, tasteless and odorless, comprising four fifths of the atmosphere by volume in the form of molecular nitrogen (N2).  It is chemically very inert in the free state, and as such is incapable of supporting life (hence the name azote still used by French chemists); but it forms many important compounds, such as ammonia, nitric acid, the cyanides, etc, and is a constituent of all organized living tissues, animal or vegetable.  Symbol N.  Atomic weight 14.007.  It was formerly regarded as a permanent noncondensible gas, but was liquefied in 1877 by Cailletet of Paris, and Pictet of Geneva, and boils at -195.8 ° C at atmospheric pressure.  Liquid nitrogen is used as a refrigerant to store delicate materials, such as bacteria, cells, and other biological materials.


word: Nitrogenize
definition:
Nitrogenize

Ni"tro*gen*ize
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Nitrogenized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Nitrogenizing.]
(Chem.)
To combine, or impregnate, with nitrogen or its compounds.


word: Nitrogenous
definition:
Nitrogenous

Ni*trog"e*nous
(?)
a.
(Chem.)
Of, pertaining to, or resembling, nitrogen; as, a nitrogenous principle; nitrogenous compounds.

Nitrogenous foods. See 2d Note under Food, n., 1.


word: Nitroglycerine
definition:
Nitroglycerine

Nitroglycerin

Ni`tro*glyc"er*in, Ni`tro*glyc"er*ine
(nī`tro̝*glĭs"ẽr*ĭn)
n.
[Nitro- + glycerin.]
(Chem.)
A liquid appearing like a heavy oil, colorless or yellowish, and consisting of a mixture of several glycerin salts of nitric acid, and hence more properly called glycerin nitrate; also called trinitroglycerin and glyceryl trinitrate.  It is made by the action of nitric acid on glycerin in the presence of sulphuric acid. It is extremely unstable and terribly explosive. A very dilute solution is used in medicine as a neurotic under the name of glonion.
[Written also nitroglycerine.]

&hand_; A great number of explosive compounds have been produced by mixing nitroglycerin with different substances; as, dynamite, or giant powder, nitroglycerin mixed with siliceous earth; lithofracteur, nitroglycerin with gunpowder, or with sawdust and nitrate of sodium or barium; Colonia powder, gunpowder with nitroglycerin; dualin, nitroglycerin with sawdust, or with sawdust and nitrate of potassium and some other substances; lignose, wood fiber and nitroglycerin.


word: Nitrohydrochloric
definition:
Nitrohydrochloric

Ni`tro*hy`dro*chlo"ric
(?)
a.
[Nitro- + hydrochloric.]
(Chem.)
Of, pertaining to, or containing, nitric and hydrochloric acids.

Nitrohydrochloric acid, a mixture of nitric and hydrochloric acids, usually in the proportion of one part of the former to three of the latter, and remarkable for its solvent action on gold and platinum; -- called also aqua regia, and  nitromuriatic acid.


word: Nitrol
definition:
Nitrol

Ni"trol
(?)
n.
(Chem.)
Any one of a series of hydrocarbons containing the nitro and the nitroso or isonitroso group united to the same carbon atom.


word: Nitrolic
definition:
Nitrolic

Ni*trol"ic
(?)
a.
(Chem.)
Of, derived from, or designating, a nitrol; as, a nitrolic acid.


word: Nitromagnesite
definition:
Nitromagnesite

Ni`tro*mag"ne*site
(?)
n.
[Nitro- + magnesite.]
(Chem.)
Nitrate of magnesium, a saline efflorescence closely resembling nitrate of calcium.


word: Nitrometer
definition:
Nitrometer

Ni*trom"e*ter
(?)
n.
[Nitro- + -meter: cf. F. nitromètre.]
(Chem.)
An apparatus for determining the amount of nitrogen or some of its compounds in any substance subjected to analysis; an azotometer.


word: Nitromethane
definition:
Nitromethane

Ni`tro*meth"ane
(?)
n.
[Nitro- + methane.]
(Chem.)
A nitro derivative of methane (CH3.NO2), obtained as a mobile liquid; -- called also nitrocarbol.  It has been used as a rocket fuel and as a gasoline additive to add power to the fuel, especially in racing cars.


word: Nitromuriatic
definition:
Nitromuriatic

Ni`tro*mu`ri*at"ic
(?)
a.
[Cf. F. nitromuriatique. See Nitro-, and Muriatic.]
(Chem.)
Of, pertaining to, or composed of, nitric acid and muriatic acid; nitrohydrochloric. See Nitrohydrochloric.


word: Nitrophnol
definition:
Nitrophnol

Ni`tro*ph"nol
(?)
n.
[Nitro- + phenol.]
(Chem.)
Any one of a series of nitro derivatives of phenol.  They are yellow oily or crystalline substances and have well-defined acid properties, as picric acid.


word: Nitroprussic
definition:
Nitroprussic

Ni`tro*prus"sic
(? or _;)
a.
[Nitro- + prussic.]
(Chem.)
Pertaining to, derived from, or designating, a complex acid called nitroprussic acid, obtained indirectly by the action of nitric acid on potassium ferrocyanide (yellow prussiate), as a red crystalline unstable substance.  It forms salts called nitroprussides, which give a rich purple color with alkaline sulphides.


word: Nitroquinol
definition:
Nitroquinol

Ni`tro*qui"nol
(?)
n.
[Nitro- + quine + -ol.]
(Chem.)
A hypothetical nitro derivative of quinol or hydroquinone, not known in the free state, but forming a well defined series of derivatives.


word: Nitrosaccharin
definition:
Nitrosaccharin

Ni`tro*sac"cha*rin
(?)
n.
[Nitro- + saccharin.]
(Chem.)
An explosive nitro derivative of certain sugars, analogous to nitroglycerin, gun cotton, etc.


word: Nitrosalicylic
definition:
Nitrosalicylic

Ni`tro*sal`i*cyl"ic
(?)
a.
[Nitro- + salicylic.]
(Chem.)
Of, pertaining to, or designating, a nitro derivative of salicylic acid, called also anilic acid.


word: Nitroso-
definition:
Nitroso-

Ni*tro"so-
 (_; or _;). (Chem.) A prefix (also used adjectively) designating the group or radical -NO, called the nitroso group, or its compounds.


word: Nitrosyl
definition:
Nitrosyl

Ni*tro"syl
(?)
n.
[Nitroso- + -yl.]
(Chem.)
The radical -NO, called also the nitroso group.  The term is sometimes loosely used to designate certain nitro compounds; as, nitrosyl sulphuric acid.  Used also adjectively.


word: Nitrosylic
definition:
Nitrosylic

Ni`tro*syl"ic
(?)
a.
(Chem.)
Of, pertaining to, or containing, nitrosyl; as, nitrosylic acid.


word: Nitrous
definition:
Nitrous

Ni"trous
(?)
a.
[L. nitrosus full of natron: cf. F. nitreux. See Niter.]
1.
Of, pertaining to, or containing, niter; of the quality of niter, or resembling it.

2.
(Chem.)
Of, pertaining to, or designating, any one of those compounds in which nitrogen has a relatively lower valence as contrasted with nitric compounds.

Nitrous acid (Chem.), a hypothetical acid of nitrogen HNO2, not known in the free state, but forming a well known series of salts, viz., the nitrites. -- Nitrous oxide. See Laughing gas.


word: Nitroxyl
definition:
Nitroxyl

Ni*trox"yl
(?)
n.
[Nitro- + oxygen + -yl.]
(Chem.)
The group -NO2, usually called the nitro group.


word: Nitrum
definition:
Nitrum

Ni"trum
(?)
n.
[L., natron. See Niter.]
(Old Chem.)
Niter.

Nitrum flammans [L., flaming niter] (Old Chem.), ammonium nitrate; -- probably so called because it deflagrates when suddenly heated.


word: Nitryl
definition:
Nitryl

Ni"tryl
(?)
n.
[Nitro- + -yl.]
(Chem.)
A name sometimes given to the nitro group or radical.


word: Nitter
definition:
Nitter

Nit"ter
(?)
n.
[From Nit.]
(Zool.)
The horse louse; an insect that deposits nits on horses.


word: Nival
definition:
Nival

Ni"val
(?)
a.
[L. nivalis, fr. nix, nivis, snow.]
Abounding with snow; snowy.
[Obs.]
Johnson.


word: Niveous
definition:
Niveous

Niv"e*ous
(?)
a.
[L. niveus, fr. nix, nivis, snow.]
Snowy; resembling snow; partaking of the qualities of snow.
Sir T. Browne.


word: Nivose
definition:
Nivose

Ni`vose"
(?)
n.
[F., fr. L. nix. nivis, snow.]
The fourth month of the French republican calendar [1792-1806].  It commenced December 21, and ended January 19.  See Vendémiaire.


word: Nix
definition:
Nix

Nix
(?)
n.
fem.
Nixe
(_;)
[G.  Cf. 1st Nick.]
(Teut. Myth.)
One of a class of water spirits, commonly described as of a mischievous disposition.

The treacherous nixes who entice men to a watery death.
Tylor.


word: Nixie
definition:
Nixie

Nix"ie
(?)
n.
1.
See Nix.

2.
Nothing.
[Slang]

3.
(U. S. Mail Service)
A piece of mail matter which cannot be delivered, either because no post office exists at the place to which is it addressed, or because there is no place of the name mentioned in the designated State, Territory, or the like.
[Cant]


word: Nizam
definition:
Nizam

Ni*zam"
(?)
n.
[Hind. & Ar. nizām order, a ruler, fr. Ar. nazama arrange, govern.]
The title of the native sovereigns of Hyderabad, in India, since 1719.


word: Nizam₂
definition:
Nizam

Ni*zam"
(?)
n.
pl. Nizam
[Turk. nizām.]
A regular soldier of the Turkish army. See Army organization, above.


word: Njorth
definition:
Njorth

Njord

Njord, Njorth
n.
(Teutonic mythology)
Chief of the Vanir; god of the sea and winds and prosperity; father of Frey and Freya; sometimes subsumes Teutonic Nerthus.


word: NNE
definition:
NNE

NNE
n.
(All capitals)
north northeast; the compass point that is midway between north and northeast.

Syn. -- north northeast, nor'-nor'-east.


word: NNW
definition:
NNW

NNW
n.
(All capitals)
north northwest; the compass point that is midway between north and northwest.

Syn. -- north northwest, nor'-nor'-west.


word: No
definition:
No

No
(n&omacr)
a.
[OE. no, non, the same word as E. none; cf. E. a, an. See None.]
Not any; not one; none; as, yes, we have no bananas; -- often used as a quantifier.

Let there be no strife . . . between me and thee.
Gen. xiii. 8.

That goodness is no name, and happiness no dream.
Byron.

&hand_; In Old England before a vowel the form non or noon was used. “No man.” “Noon apothercary.”
Chaucer.


word: No₂
definition:
No

No
adv.
[OE. no, na, AS. nā; ne not + ā ever. AS. ne is akin to OHG. ni, Goth. ni, Russ. ne, Ir., Gael. & W. ni, L. ne, Gr. nh (in comp.), Skr. na, and also to E. prefix un-. √ 193. See Aye, and cf. Nay, Not, Nice, Nefarious.]
Nay; not; not at all; not in any respect or degree; -- a word expressing negation, denial, or refusal. Before or after another negative, no is emphatic.

We do no otherwise than we are willed.
Shak.

I am perplx'd and doubtful whether or no
I dare accept this your congratulation.
Coleridge.

There is none righteous, no, not one.
Rom. iii. 10.

No! Nay, Heaven forbid.
Coleridge.


word: No₃
definition:
No

No
(n&omacr)
n.
pl. Noes (n&omacrz).
1.
A refusal by use of the word no; a denial.

2.
A negative vote; one who votes in the negative; as, to call for the ayes and noes; the noes have it.


word: Noah
definition:
Noah

No"ah
(?)
prop. n.
[Heb. N&omacrakh rest.]
A patriarch of Biblical history, in the time of the Deluge.


word: Noah's ark
definition:
Noah's ark

No"ah's ark
(?)
prop. n.
The ship built by Noah according to God's command, as related in the bible.

2.
(Zool.)
A marine bivalve shell (Arca Noae), which somewhat resembles an ark, or ship, in form.

3.
A child's toy, consisting of an ark-shaped box containing many different wooden animals.

4.
(Fig.)
Anything having a wide and representative assortment of people or objects of a particular class; as, the bar scene in Star Wars was a Noah's Ark of almost every imaginable alien form..


word: Nobby
definition:
Nobby

Nob"by
(?)
a.
[From 2d Nob.]
Stylish; modish; elegant; showy; aristocratic; fashionable.
[Slang]


word: Nobel prize
definition:
Nobel prize

No*bel" prize
(?)
n.
pl. No*bel" prizes
Prizes for the encouragement of men and women who work for the interests of humanity, established by the will of Alfred B. Nobel (1833-1896), the Swedish inventor of dynamite, who left his entire estate for this purpose.  They are awarded yearly for what is regarded as the most important work during the year in physics, chemistry, medicine or physiology, idealistic literature, and service in the interest of peace.  The prizes, averaging $40,000 each, were first awarded in 1901.  The monetary value of the awards have increased each year, to near one million U. S. dollars by the end of the 20th century.
The awards are administered by the Nobel Foundation, which maintains a Web Page where the lists of prize winners and other information about the Nobel Prize may be found.


word: Nobert's lines
definition:
Nobert's lines

No"bert's lines
(?)
[After F. A. Nobert, German manufacturer in Pomerania.]
Fine lines ruled on glass in a series of groups of different closeness of line, and used to test the power of a microscope.


word: Nobiliary
definition:
Nobiliary

No*bil"ia*ry
(?)
a.
[F. nobiliare. See Noble.]
Of or pertaining to the nobility.
Fitzed. Hall.


word: Nobili's rings
definition:
Nobili's rings

No"bi*li's rings
(?)
[After Leopoldo Nobili, an Italian physicist who first described them in 1826.]
(Physics)
Colored rings formed upon a metal plate by the electrolytic disposition of copper, lead peroxide, etc. They may be produced by touching with a pointed zinc rod a silver plate on which is a solution of copper sulphate.


word: Nobilitate
definition:
Nobilitate

No*bil"i*tate
(?)
v. t.
[L. nobilitatus, p. p. of nobilitare.]
To make noble; to ennoble; to exalt.
[Obs.]


word: Nobilitation
definition:
Nobilitation

No*bil`i*ta"tion
(?)
n.
[Cf. OF. nobilitation.]
The act of making noble.
[Obs.]
Dr. H. More.


word: Nobility
definition:
Nobility

No*bil"i*ty
(?)
n.
[L. nobilitas: cf. OF. nobilité. See Noble.]
1.
The quality or state of being noble; superiority of mind or of character; commanding excellence; eminence.

Though she hated Amphialus, yet the nobility of her courage prevailed over it.
Sir P. Sidney.

They thought it great their sovereign to control,
And named their pride nobility of soul.
Dryden.

2.
The state of being of high rank or noble birth; patrician dignity; antiquity of family; distinction by rank, station, or title, whether inherited or conferred.

I fell on the same argument of preferring virtue to nobility of blood and titles, in the story of Sigismunda.
Dryden.

3.
Those who are noble; the collective body of nobles or titled persons in a state; the aristocratic and patrician class; the peerage; as, the English nobility.


word: Noble
definition:
Noble

No"ble
(?)
a.
[Compar. Nobler (?); superl. Noblest (?).]
[F. noble, fr. L. nobilis that can be or is known, well known, famous, highborn, noble, fr. noscere to know. See know.]
1.
Possessing eminence, elevation, dignity, etc.; above whatever is low, mean, degrading, or dishonorable; magnanimous; as, a noble nature or action; a noble heart.

Statues, with winding ivy crowned, belong
To nobler poets for a nobler song.
Dryden.

2.
Grand; stately; magnificent; splendid; as, a noble edifice.

3.
Of exalted rank; of or pertaining to the nobility; distinguished from the masses by birth, station, or title; highborn; as, noble blood; a noble personage.

&hand_; Noble is used in the formation of self-explaining compounds; as, noble-born, noble-hearted, noble-minded.

Noble gas (Chem.), a gaseous element belonging to group VIII of the periodic table of elements, not combining with other elements under normal reaction conditions; specifically, helium, neon, argon, krypton, xenon, or radon; also called inert gas. -- Noble metals (Chem.), silver, gold, and platinum; -- so called from their resistance to oxidation by air and to dissolution by acids.  Copper, mercury, aluminium, palladium, rhodium, iridium, and osmium are sometimes included.


word: Noble₂
definition:
Noble

No"ble
n.
1.
A person of rank above a commoner; a nobleman; a peer.

2.
An English money of account, and, formerly, a gold coin, of the value of 6 s. 8 d. sterling, or about $1.61 (in 1913).

3.
(Zool.)
A European fish; the lyrie.


word: Noble₃
definition:
Noble

No"ble
v. t.
To make noble; to ennoble.
[Obs.]

Thou nobledest so far forth our nature.
Chaucer.


word: Nobleman
definition:
Nobleman

No"ble*man
(?)
n.
pl. Noblemen (_;).
One of the nobility; a noble; a peer; one who enjoys rank above a commoner, either by virtue of birth, by office, or by patent.


word: Noble-minded
definition:
Noble-minded

No"ble-mind`ed
(?)
a.
Having a noble mind; of high moral or intellectual character; honorable; magnanimous.
No"ble-mind`ed*ness, n.

Syn. -- exalted, high-flown, high-minded, lofty, idealistic.


word: noble-mindedness
definition:
noble-mindedness

noble-mindedness
n.
elevated ideals or conduct.

Syn. -- high-mindedness, idealism.


word: Nobleness
definition:
Nobleness

No"ble*ness
n.
The quality or state of being noble; greatness; dignity; magnanimity; elevation of mind, character, or station; nobility; grandeur; stateliness.

His purposes are full honesty, nobleness, and integrity.
Jer. Taylor.


word: Noblesse
definition:
Noblesse

Nobless

{ No*bless", No*blesse"  }
(?; 277)
n.
[F. noblesse. See Noble.]
1.
Dignity; greatness; noble birth or condition.
[Obs.]
Chaucer. Spenser. B. Jonson.

2.
The nobility; persons of noble rank collectively, including males and females.
Dryden.


word: Nobley
definition:
Nobley

No"bley
(?)
n.
[OF. nobleie.]
1.
The body of nobles; the nobility.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.

2.
Noble birth; nobility; dignity.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.


word: Nobly
definition:
Nobly

No"bly
(?)
adv.
1.
Of noble extraction; as, nobly born or descended.

2.
In a noble manner; with greatness of soul; heroically; with magnanimity; as, a deed nobly done.

3.
Splendidly; magnificently.


word: Nobody
definition:
Nobody

No"bod*y
(?)
n.
pl. Nobodies (#).
[No, a. + body.]
1.
No person; no one; not anybody.

2.
Hence:
A person of no influence or importance; an insignificant or contemptible person.
[Colloq.]


word: Nocake
definition:
Nocake

No"cake
(?)
n.
[Corrupted fr. Indian nookhik meal. Palfrey.]
Indian corn parched, and beaten to powder, -- used for food by the Northern American Indians.


word: Nocent
definition:
Nocent

No"cent
(n&omacr"sent)
a.
[L. nocens, p. pr. of nocere to hurt. See Nuisance, Noxious.]
1.
Doing hurt, or having a tendency to hurt; hurtful; mischievous; noxious; as, nocent qualities.
I. Watts.

2.
Guilty; -- the opposite of innocent.
[Obs.]
Foxe.


word: Nock
definition:
Nock

Nock
(?)
n.
[See Notch.]
1.
A notch.

He took his arrow by the nock.
Chapman.

2.
(Naut.)
The upper fore corner of a boom sail or of a trysail.


word: Noctambulation
definition:
Noctambulation

Noc*tam`bu*la"tion
(?)
n.
[L. nox, noctis, night + ambulare to walk: cf. F. noctambulation.]
Somnambulism; sleepwalking; walking in one's sleep.
Quain.


word: Noctidial
definition:
Noctidial

Noc*tid"i*al
(?)
a.
[L. nox, noctos, night + dies day.]
Comprising a night and a day; as, a noctidial day.
[R.]
Holder.


word: Noctiferous
definition:
Noctiferous

Noc*tif"er*ous
(?)
a.
[L. noctifer; nox, noctis + ferre to bring.]
Bringing night.
[Obs.]
Johnson.


word: Noctilionid
definition:
Noctilionid

Noc*til"i*o*nid
(?)
n.
[Etymol. uncertain.]
(Zool.)
A South American bat of the genus Noctilio, having cheek pouches and large incisor teeth.


word: Noctiluca
definition:
Noctiluca

Noc`ti*lu"ca
(?)
n.
pl. Noctilucae (#).
[L. noctiluca something that shines by night, fr. nox, noctis, night + lucere to shine, lux light.]
1.
(Old Chem.)
That which shines at night; -- a fanciful name for phosphorus.

2.
(Zool.)
A genus of marine flagellate Infusoria, remarkable for their unusually large size and complex structure, as well as for their phosphorescence.  The brilliant diffuse phosphorescence of the sea is often due to myriads of Noctilucae.


word: Noctilucin
definition:
Noctilucin

Noc*ti*lu"cin
(?)
n.
(Zool.)
A fatlike substance in certain marine animals, to which they owe their phosphorescent properties.


word: Noctivagant
definition:
Noctivagant

Noc*tiv"a*gant
(?)
a.
[L. nox, noctis, night + vagans, p. pr. of vagari to wander about.]
(Zool.)
Going about in the night; night-wandering.


word: Noctograph
definition:
Noctograph

Noc"to*graph
(?)
n.
[L. nox, noctis, night + -graph.]
1.
A kind of writing frame for the blind.

2.
An instrument or register which records the presence of watchmen on their beats.
Knight.


word: Noctuary
definition:
Noctuary

Noc"tu*a*ry
(?; 135)
n.
[L. noctu by night.]
A record of what passes in the night; a nightly journal; -- distinguished from diary.
[R.]
Addison.


word: Noctuid
definition:
Noctuid

Noc"tu*id
(?)
n.
[From L. nox, noctis, night.]
(Zool.)
Any one of numerous moths of the family Noctuidae, or Noctuaelitae, as the cutworm moths, and armyworm moths; -- so called because they fly at night.
a. Of or pertaining to the noctuids, or family Noctuidae.


word: Noctule
definition:
Noctule

Noc"tule
(?; 135)
n.
[F., fr. L. noctua a night owl, fr. nox, noctis, night.]
(Zool.)
A large European bat (Vespertilio altivolans syn. Noctulina altivolans).


word: Nocturn
definition:
Nocturn

Noc"turn
(?)
n.
[F. nocturne, fr. L. nocturnus. See Nocturnal, and cf. Nocturne.]
1.
An office of devotion, or act of religious service, by night.

2.
One of the portions into which the Psalter was divided, each consisting of nine psalms, designed to be used at a night service.
Hook.


word: Nocturnal
definition:
Nocturnal

Noc*tur"nal
(?)
a.
[L. nocturnalis, nocturnus, fr. nox, noctis, night. See Night, and cf. Nocturn.]
1.
Of, pertaining to, done or occuring in, the night; as, nocturnal darkness, cries, expedition, etc.; -- opposed to diurnal.
Dryden.

2.
Having a habit of seeking food or moving about at night; as, nocturnal birds and insects; raccoons are nocturnal.; -- of animals.


word: Nocturnal₂
definition:
Nocturnal

Noc*tur"nal
n.
An instrument formerly used for taking the altitude of the stars, etc., at sea.
I. Watts.


word: Nocturne
definition:
Nocturne

Noc*turne"
(?)
n.
[F. See Nocturn.]
(Mus.)
A night piece, or serenade. The name is now used for a certain graceful and expressive form of instrumental composition, as the nocturne for orchestra in Mendelsohn's “Midsummer-Night's Dream” music.


word: Nocument
definition:
Nocument

Noc"u*ment
(?)
n.
[LL. nocumentum, fr. L. nocere to hurt.]
Harm; injury; detriment.
[Obs.]


word: Nocuous
definition:
Nocuous

Noc"u*ous
(?)
a.
[L. nocuus, fr. nocere to hurt.]
Hurtful; noxious.
[R.]
Noc"u*ous*ly, adv. [R.]


word: Nod
definition:
Nod

Nod
(n&obreve_;d)
v. i.
[OE. nodden; cf. OHG. kn&omacrt&omacrn, genuot&omacrn, to shake, and E. nudge.]
1.
To bend or incline the upper part, with a quick motion; as, nodding plumes.

2.
To incline the head with a quick motion; to make a slight bow; to make a motion of assent, of salutation, or of drowsiness, with the head; as, to nod at one.

3.
To be careless or inattentive; to make a mistake from lack of attention.

Nor is it Homer nods, but we that dream.
Pope.

4.
To be drowsy or dull; to doze off, especially while in a sitting position; as, half the class nodded while the professor droned on.


word: Nod₂
definition:
Nod

Nod
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Nodded (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Nodding.]
1.
To incline or bend, as the head or top; to make a motion of assent, of salutation, or of drowsiness with; as, to nod the head.

2.
To signify by a nod; as, to nod approbation.

3.
To cause to bend.
[Poetic]

By every wind that nods the mountain pine.
Keats.


word: Nod₃
definition:
Nod

Nod
(n&obreve_;d)
n.
1.
A dropping or bending forward of the upper part or top of anything.

Like a drunken sailor on a mast,
Ready with every nod to tumble down.
Shak.

2.
A quick or slight downward or forward motion of the head, in assent, in familiar salutation, in drowsiness, or in giving a signal, or a command; as, a nod of approval.

A look or a nod only ought to correct them [the children] when they do amiss.
Locke.

Nations obey my word and wait my nod.
Prior.

The land of Nod, sleep.


word: Nodal
definition:
Nodal

Nod"al
(?)
a.
Of the nature of, or relating to, a node; as, a nodal point.

Nodal line, Nodal point, in a vibrating plate or cord, that line or point which remains at rest while the other parts of the body are in a state of vibration.


word: Nodated
definition:
Nodated

No"da*ted
(?)
a.
[L. nodatus, p. p. of nodare to make knotty, fr. nodus knot. See Node.]
Knotted.

Nodated hyperbola (Geom.), a certain curve of the third order having two branches which cross each other, forming a node.


word: Nodation
definition:
Nodation

No*da"tion
(?)
n.
[L. nodatio knottiness.]
Act of making a knot, or state of being knotted.
[R.]


word: Noddle
definition:
Noddle

Nod"dle
(?)
n.
[OE. nodil, nodle; perh. fr. nod, because the head is the nodding part of the body, or perh. akin to E. knot; cf. Prov. E. nod the nape of the neck.]
1.
The head; also, noodle; -- used jocosely or contemptuously.

Syn. -- noggin.

Come, master, I have a project in my noddle.
L'Estrange.

2.
The back part of the head or neck.
[Obs.]

For occasion . . . turneth a bald noddle, after she hath presented her locks in front, and no hold taken.
Bacon.


word: Noddy
definition:
Noddy

Nod"dy
(?)
n.
pl. Noddies (#).
[Prob. fr. nod to incline the head, either as in assent, or from drowsiness.]
1.
A simpleton; a fool.
L'Estrange.

Syn. -- tomnoddy.

2.
(Zool.)
(a)
Any tern of the genus Anous, as Anous stolidus.
(b)
The arctic fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis).  Sometimes also applied to other sea birds.

3.
An old game at cards.
Halliwell.

4.
A small two-wheeled one-horse vehicle.

5.
An inverted pendulum consisting of a short vertical flat spring which supports a rod having a bob at the top; -- used for detecting and measuring slight horizontal vibrations of a body to which it is attached.


word: Node
definition:
Node

Node
(n&omacrd)
n.
[L. nodus; perh. akin to E. knot.  Cf. Noose, Nowed.]
1.
A knot, a knob; a protuberance; a swelling.

2.
(a)
(Astron.)
One of the two points where the orbit of a planet, or comet, intersects the ecliptic, or the orbit of a satellite intersects the plane of the orbit of its primary.
(b)
(Bot.)
The joint of a stem, or the part where a leaf or several leaves are inserted.
(c)
(Dialing)
A hole in the gnomon of a dial, through which passes the ray of light which marks the hour of the day, the parallels of the sun's declination, his place in the ecliptic, etc.
(d)
(Geom.)
The point at which a curve crosses itself, being a double point of the curve. See Crunode, and Acnode.
(e)
(Mech.)
The point at which the lines of a funicular machine meet from different angular directions; -- called also knot.
W. R. Johnson.
(f)
(Poet.)
The knot, intrigue, or plot of a piece.
(g)
(Med.)
A hard concretion or incrustation which forms upon bones attacked with rheumatism, gout, or syphilis; sometimes also, a swelling in the neighborhood of a joint.
Dunglison.
(h)
(Mus)
One of the fixed points of a sonorous string, when it vibrates by aliquot parts, and produces the harmonic tones; nodal line or point.
(i)
(Zool.)
A swelling.

3.
(Math., Computers)
A special point in a graph or diagram which is attached to other points by links.  It is often labeled and represented graphically as a box or circle.  A node may represent any object which is related to other objects in a conceptual structure that can be represented as a graph, the relations being represented as links between the nodes.

4.
(Anat.)
A small mass of tissue differing from other tissue in its immediate vicinity; as, a lymph node.

Ascending node (Astron.), the node at which the body is passing northerly, marked with the symbol &ascendnode_;, called the Dragon's head. Called also northern node. -- Descending node, the node at which the body is moving southwardly, marked thus &descendnode_;, called Dragon's tail. -- Line of nodes, a straight line joining the two nodes of an orbit.


word: Nodical
definition:
Nodical

Nod"ic*al
(?)
a.
Of or pertaining to the nodes; from a node to the same node again; as, the nodical revolutions of the moon.

Nodical month. See Lunar month, under Month.


word: Nodosarine
definition:
Nodosarine

No`do*sa"rine
(?)
a.
(Zool.)
Resembling in form or structure a foraminiferous shell of the genus Nodosaria.
n. (Zool.) A foraminifer of the genus Nodosaria or of an allied genus.


word: Nodose
definition:
Nodose

No*dose"
(?)
a.
[L. nodosus, fr. nodus knot.]
1.
Knotty; having numerous or conspicuous nodes.

2.
(Zool.)
Having nodes or prominences; having the alternate joints enlarged, as the antennae of certain insects.


word: Nodosity
definition:
Nodosity

No*dos"i*ty
(_;)
n.
[L. nodositas.]
1.
The quality of being knotty or nodose; resemblance to a node or swelling; knottiness.
Holland.

2.
A knot; a node.


word: Nodular
definition:
Nodular

Nod"u*lar
(n&obreve_;d"&uuptack_;*lẽr; 135)
a.
[Cf. F. nodulaire.]
1.
Of or pertaining to a nodule or knot.

2.
Having nodules or in the form of a nodule or knot.


word: nodulated
definition:
nodulated

nodulated
adj.
Having nodules or occurring in the form of nodules.

Syn. -- nodular, noduled.


word: Nodule
definition:
Nodule

Nod"ule
(n&obreve_;d"&uuptack_;l)
n.
[L. nodulus, dim. of nodus knot: cf. F. nodule.]
A rounded mass or irregular shape; a little knot or lump.


word: Nodulous
definition:
Nodulous

Nodulose

{ Nod"u*lose` (n&obreve_;d"&uuptack_;*l&omacrs`), Nod"u*lous (n&obreve_;d"&uuptack_;*lŭs), }
a.
(Biol.)
Having small nodes or knots; diminutively nodose.


word: Noel
definition:
Noel

No"el
(n&omacr"ĕl)
n.
[F. noël, L. natalis birthday, fr. natalis natal. See Natal.]
Same as Nowel.


word: Noematachograph
definition:
Noematachograph

No*e`ma*tach"o*graph
(?)
n.
[Gr. no`hma the understanding + ta`chos swiftness + -graph.]
An instrument for determining and registering the duration of more or less complex operations of the mind.
Dunglison.


word: Noematical
definition:
Noematical

Noematic

{ No`e*mat"ic (?), No`e*mat"ic*al (?), }
a.
[Gr. no`hma the understanding. See Noetic.]
Of or pertaining to the understanding.
[Obs.]
Cudworth.


word: Noemics
definition:
Noemics

No*e"mics
(?)
n.
[Gr. no`hma the understanding. See Noetic.]
The science of the understanding; intellectual science.


word: Noetian
definition:
Noetian

No*e"tian
(?)
n.
(Eccl. Hist.)
One of the followers of Noetus, who lived in the third century.  He denied the distinct personality of the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.


word: Noetical
definition:
Noetical

Noetic

{ No*et"ic (?), No*et"ic*al (?), }
a.
[Gr. _;, fr. _; to perceive, _; mind, intellect.]
Of or pertaining to the intellect; intellectual.

I would employ the word noetic to express all those cognitions which originate in the mind itself.
Sir W. Hamilton.


word: Nog
definition:
Nog

Nog
(?)
n.
[Abbrev. fr. noggin.]
1.
A noggin.

2.
A kind of strong ale.
Halliwell.

3.
eggnog.

egg nog A drink make from eggs beaten with milk, cream, and sugar, often spiked with rum or other alcoholic liquor, and sometimes seasoned with cinnamon; usually spelled eggnog.  It is a traditional drink served at social gatherings during the Christmas season.


word: Nog₂
definition:
Nog

Nog
n.
[Etymol. uncertain.]
1.
A wooden block, of the size of a brick, built into a wall, as a hold for the nails of woodwork.

2.
One of the square logs of wood used in a pile to support the roof of a mine.

3.
(Shipbuilding)
A treenail to fasten the shores.


word: Nog₃
definition:
Nog

Nog
v. t.
[From 2d Nog.]
1.
To fill in, as between scantling, with brickwork.

2.
(Shipbuilding)
To fasten, as shores, with treenails.


word: Noggen
definition:
Noggen

Nog"gen
(?)
a.
[Prop., made of hemp, fr. Prov. E. nogs hemp.]
Made of hemp; hence, hard; rough; harsh.
[Obs.]
Johnson.


word: Noggin
definition:
Noggin

Nog"gin
(?)
n.
[Ir. noigin, or Gael. noigean.  Cf. 1st Nog.]
1.
A small mug or cup.

2.
A measure equivalent to a gill.
Hence:
a small quantity of a beverage.
[Prov. Eng.]

3.
The head (of a person).
[slang]

Syn. -- noodle, noddle.


word: Nogging
definition:
Nogging

Nog"ging
(?)
n.
[From Nog, v. t.]
Rough brick masonry used to fill in the interstices of a wooden frame, in building.


word: no-go
definition:
no-go

no-go
adj.
not functioning properly or in suitable condition for proceeding; as, the space launch was no-go.  Opposite of go, a.


word: no-good
definition:
no-good

no-good
adj.
without merit; useless; as, the car was a no-good piece of junk.

Syn. -- good-for-nothing, good-for-naught, meritless, no-account, no-count, sorry.


word: no-goodnik
definition:
no-goodnik

nogoodnik

no`good"nik, no`-good"nik
n.
A worthless, disreputable, or malicious person.
[slang]

Syn. -- good-for-nothing.


word: no-hit
definition:
no-hit

no-hit
(Baseball)
adj.
1.
(Baseball)
having no hits; characterized by one team scoring no hits; -- of a baseball game (or the pitching) in which a pitcher allows the opponent no hits; as, he pitched no-hit ball for seven innings.  A no-hit game is usually referred to as a no-hitter; as, His no-hit pitching.

Syn. -- hitless.

+PJC


word: no-hitter
definition:
no-hitter

no-hitter
n.
(Baseball)
A game in which a pitcher allows the opposing team no hits.

Syn. -- no-hit game.


word: Noiance
definition:
Noiance

Noi"ance
(?)
n.
[Abbrev. fr. OE. anoiance.]
[Written also noyance.]
Annoyance.
[Obs.]
Tusser.


word: Noil
definition:
Noil

Noil
(?)
n.
[Prob. fr. Prov. E. oil, ile, ail, a beard of grain (OE. eil, AS. egl) combined with the indef. article, an oil becoming a noil.]
A short or waste piece or knot of wool separated from the longer staple by combing; also, a similar piece or shred of waste silk.


word: Noils
definition:
Noils

Noils
(?)
n. pl.
[Etymol. uncertain.]
Waste and knots of wool removed by the comb; combings.


word: Noise
definition:
Noise

Noise
(?)
n.
[F. noise noisy strife, quarrel, brawl, fr. L. nausea seasickness, sickness, disgust. See Nausea.]
1.
Sound of any kind.

The heavens turn about in a most rapid motion without noise
to us perceived.
Bacon.

&hand_; Noise is either a sound of too short a duration to be determined, like the report of a cannon; or else it is a confused mixture of many discordant sounds, like the rolling of thunder or the noise of the waves.  Nevertheless, the difference between sound and noise is by no means precise.
Ganot.

2.
Especially, loud, confused, or senseless sound; clamor; din.

3.
Loud or continuous talk; general talk or discussion; rumor; report.
noise
Shak.

What noise have we had about transplantation of diseases and transfusion of blood!
T. Baker.

Socrates lived in Athens during the great plague which has made so much noise in all ages.
Spectator.

4.
Music, in general; a concert; also, a company of musicians; a band.
[Obs.]
Milton.

The king has his noise of gypsies.
B. Jonson.


word: Noise₃
definition:
Noise

Noise
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Noised (?); p pr. & vb. n. Noising.]
1.
To spread by rumor or report.

All these sayings were noised abroad.
Luke i. 65.

2.
To disturb with noise.
[Obs.]
Dryden.


word: Noiseless
definition:
Noiseless

Noise"less
a.
Making, or causing, no noise or bustle; without noise; silent; as, the noiseless foot of time.

So noiseless would I live.
Dryden.


word: noisemaker
definition:
noisemaker

noisemaker
n.
Any device (such as a clapper or bell or horn) used to make a loud noise at a celebration.


word: Noisette
definition:
Noisette

Noi*sette"
(?)
n.
(Bot.)
A hybrid rose produced in 1817, by a French gardener, Noisette, of Charleston, South Carolina, from the China rose and the musk rose.  It has given rise to many fine varieties, as the Lamarque, the Marechal (or Marshal) Niel, and the Cloth of gold.  Most roses of this class have clustered flowers and are of vigorous growth.
P. Henderson.


word: Noisome
definition:
Noisome

Noi"some
(?)
a.
[For noysome, fr. noy for annoy. See Annoy.]
1.
Noxious to health; hurtful; mischievous; unwholesome; insalubrious; destructive; as, noisome effluvia.
Noisome
Ps. xci. 3.

2.
Offensive to the smell or other senses; disgusting; fetid.
noisome
Shak.


word: Noisy
definition:
Noisy

Nois"y
(?)
a.
[Compar. Noisier (?); superl. Noisiest.]
[From Noise.]
1.
Making a noise, esp. a loud sound; clamorous; vociferous; turbulent; boisterous; as, the noisy crowd.

2.
Full of noise.
noisy
Dryden.


word: Noli-me-tangere
definition:
Noli-me-tangere

No"li-me-tan"ge*re
(?)
n.
[L., touch me not.]
1.
(Bot.)
(a)
Any plant of a genus of herbs (Impatiens) having capsules which, if touched when ripe, discharge their seeds. -- See Impatiens.
(b)
The squirting cucumber. See under Cucumber.

2.
(Med.)
A name formerly applied to several varieties of ulcerous cutaneous diseases, but now restricted to Lupus exedens, an ulcerative affection of the nose.


word: Nolition
definition:
Nolition

No*li"tion
(?)
n.
[L. nolle not to will, to be unwilling; ne + velle to will, to be willing.]
Adverse action of will; unwillingness; -- opposed to volition.

A nolition and a direct enmity against the lust.
Jer. Taylor.


word: Noll
definition:
Noll

Noll
(?)
n.
[OE. nol, AS. hnoll top; akin to OHG. hnol top, head.]
The head; the noodle.
[Obs.]

Syn. -- noddle, noggin.


word: Nolleity
definition:
Nolleity

Nol*le"i*ty
(?)
n.
[L. nolle to be unwilling.]
The state of being unwilling; nolition.
[R.]


word: Nolle prosequi
definition:
Nolle prosequi

Nol"le pros"e*qui
(?)
[L., to be unwilling to prosecute.]
(Law)
Will not prosecute; -- an entry on the record, denoting that a plaintiff discontinues his suit, or the attorney for the public a prosecution; either wholly, or as to some count, or as to some of several defendants.


word: Nolo contendere
definition:
Nolo contendere

No"lo con*ten"de*re
(?)
[L., I do not wish to contend.]
(Law)
A plea, by the defendant, in a criminal prosecution, which, without admitting guilt, subjects him to all the consequences of a plea of guilty.


word: Nol-pros
definition:
Nol-pros

Nol`-pros"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. -prossed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. -prossing.]
To discontinue by entering a nolle prosequi; to decline to prosecute.


word: Nom
definition:
Nom

Nom
(?)
n.
[F. See Noun.]
Name.

Nom de guerre (_;), literally, war name; hence, a fictitious name, or one assumed for a time. -- Nom de plume (_;), literally, pen name; hence, a name assumed by an author as his or her signature.


word: Nomad
definition:
Nomad

Nom"ad
(?)
n.
[L. nomas, -adis, Gr. _;, _;, pasturing, roaming without fixed home, fr. _; a pasture, allotted abode, fr. _; to distribute, allot, drive to pasture; prob. akin to AS. niman to take, and E. nimble: cf. F. nomade.  Cf. Astronomy, Economy, Nimble, Nemesis, Numb, Number.]
One of a race or tribe that has no fixed location, but wanders from place to place in search of pasture or game.


word: Nomadic
definition:
Nomadic

No*mad"ic
(?)
a.
[Gr. _;. See Nomad.]
Of or pertaining to nomads, or their way of life; wandering; moving from place to place for subsistence; as, a nomadic tribe.
No*mad"ic*al*ly (#), adv.


word: Nomadize
definition:
Nomadize

Nom"ad*ize
(?)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Nomadized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Nomadizing (?).]
To lead the life of a nomad; to wander with flocks and herds for the sake of finding pasturage.

The Vogules nomadize chiefly about the Rivers Irtish, Obi, Kama, and Volga.
W. Tooke.


word: Nomancy
definition:
Nomancy

No"man*cy
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. nomancie, nomance, abbrev. fr. onomancie. See Onomancy.]
The art or practice of divining the destiny of persons by the letters which form their names.


word: No-man's-land
definition:
No-man's-land

No-man's land

No"-man's` land`, No"-man's`-land`
(?)
1.
(Naut.)
A space amidships used to keep blocks, ropes, etc.; a space on a ship belonging to no one in particular to care for.

2.
An unoccupied area between opposing armies.

3.
Hence:
(Fig.)
An unclaimed space or time.

That no-man's land of twilight.
W. Black.


word: Nomarchy
definition:
Nomarchy

Nom"arch*y
(?)
n.
pl. Nomarchies (_;).
A province or territorial division of a kingdom, under the rule of a nomarch, as in modern Greece; a nome.


word: Nombles
definition:
Nombles

Nom"bles
(?)
n. pl.
[F. nombles, fr. L. lumbulus, dim. of lumbus a loin.  Cf. Numbles, Umbles, Humbles.]
The entrails of a deer; the umbles.
[Written also numbles.]
Johnson.


word: Nombril
definition:
Nombril

Nom"bril
(?)
n.
[F. nombril, for OF. lombril, i. e., ombril, with the article, a dim. fr. L. umbilicus the navel. See Navel.]
(Her.)
A point halfway between the fess point and the middle base point of an escutcheon; -- called also navel point. See Escutcheon.


word: Nome
definition:
Nome

Nome
(?)
n.
[Gr. _;, fr. _; to deal out, distribute.]
1.
A province or political division, as of modern Greece or ancient Egypt; a nomarchy.

2.
Any melody determined by inviolable rules.
[Obs.]


word: Nomenclator
definition:
Nomenclator

No"men*cla`tor
(?)
n.
[L., fr. nomen name + calare to call. See Name, and Calendar.]
1.
One who calls persons or things by their names.

&hand_; In Rome, candidates for office were attended each by a nomenclator, who informed the candidate of the names of the persons whom they met and whose votes it was desirable to solicit.

2.
One who gives names to things, or who settles and adjusts the nomenclature of any art or science; also, a list or vocabulary of technical names.


word: Nomenclature
definition:
Nomenclature

No"men*cla`ture
(?)
n.
[L. nomenclatura: cf. F. nomenclature. See Nomenclator.]
1.
A name.
[Obs.]
Bacon.

2.
A vocabulary, dictionary, or glossary.
[R.]

3.
The technical names used in any particular branch of science or art, or by any school or individual; as, the nomenclature of botany or of chemistry; the nomenclature of Lavoisier and his associates.


word: Nomic
definition:
Nomic

Nom"ic
(?)
a.
[Gr. _;, fr. _; a law, custom.]
Customary; ordinary; -- applied to the usual English spelling, in distinction from strictly phonetic methods.
H Sweet.
n. Nomic spelling. A. J. Ellis.


word: Nominal
definition:
Nominal

Nom"i*nal
(?)
a.
[L. nominalis, fr. nomen, nominis, name. See Name.]
1.
Of or pertaining to a name or names; having to do with the literal meaning of a word; verbal; as, a nominal definition.
Bp. Pearson.

2.
Existing in name only; not real; as, a nominal difference.
Nominal
Macaulay.

4.
Hence:
Insignificant; trifling; -- of prices or costs, as compared with the benefits gained; as, to pay a nominal sum for the data; a nominal fee.

3.
Within acceptable limits; as expected; as, the hydraulic lines are at nominal pressure; -- used mostly in aviation and space operations.


word: Nominal₂
definition:
Nominal

Nom"i*nal
n.
1.
A nominalist.
[Obs.]
Camden.

2.
(Gram.)
A verb formed from a noun.

3.
A name; an appellation.

A is the nominal of the sixth note in the natural diatonic scale.
Moore (Encyc. of Music. )


word: Nominalist
definition:
Nominalist

Nom"i*nal*ist
n.
(Metaph.)
One of a sect of philosophers in the Middle Ages, who adopted the opinion of Roscelin, that general conceptions, or universals, exist in name only.
Reid.


word: Nominalize
definition:
Nominalize

Nom"i*nal*ize
(?)
v. t.
(Grammar, Linguistics)
To convert into a noun; as, a nominalized sentence; a nominalized adjective or verb.

In a sentence of the form:
  “That Kennedy would have been a great president if he had not been assassinated is one of the enduring myths of the Camelot conceit.”
  the sentence “Kennedy would have been a great president if he had not been assassinated” has been nominalized by the introductory “that”.


word: Nominate
definition:
Nominate

Nom"i*nate
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Nominated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Nominating (?).]
[L. nominatus, p. p. of nominare to nominate, fr. nomen name. See Name.]

1.
To mention by name; to name.
[Obs.]

To nominate them all, it is impossible.
Shak.

2.
To call; to entitle; to denominate.
[Obs.]
Spenser.

3.
To set down in express terms; to state.
[Obs.]

Is it so nominated in the bond?
Shak.

4.
To name, or designate by name, for an office or place; to appoint; esp., to name as a candidate for an election, choice, or appointment; to propose by name, or offer the name of, as a candidate for an office or place.


word: Nomination
definition:
Nomination

Nom`i*na"tion
(?)
n.
[L. nominatio: cf. F. nomination.]

1.
The act of naming or nominating; designation of a person as a candidate for office; the power of nominating; the state of being nominated; as, to win the nomination.

The nomination of persons to places being . . . a flower of his crown, he would reserve to himself.
Clarendon.

2.
The denomination, or name.
[Obs.]
Bp. Pearson.


word: Nominative
definition:
Nominative

Nom"i*na*tive
(?)
a.
[L. nominativus belonging to a name, nominative.]
(Gram.)
Giving a name; naming; designating; -- said of that case or form of a noun which stands as the subject of a finite verb.
n. The nominative case.


word: Nominee
definition:
Nominee

Nom`i*nee"
(?)
n.
[See Nominate, and -ee.]
A person named, or designated, by another, to any office, duty, or position; one nominated, or proposed, by others for office or for election to office.  One remains a nominee until one has been elected or has assumed the office.


word: Nomocracy
definition:
Nomocracy

No*moc"ra*cy
(?)
n.
[Gr. no`mos law + -cracy, as in democracy.]
Government in accordance with a system of law.
Milman.


word: Nomography
definition:
Nomography

No*mog"ra*phy
(?)
n.
[Gr. _;; no`mos law + _; to write.]
A treatise on laws; an exposition of the form proper for laws.


word: Nomology
definition:
Nomology

No*mol"o*gy
(?)
n.
[Gr. no`mos law + -logy.]

1.
The science of law; legislation.

2.
The science of the laws of the mind; rational psychology.
Sir W. Hamilton.


word: Nomopelmous
definition:
Nomopelmous

Nom`o*pel"mous
(?)
a.
[Gr. no`mos law, custom + _; sole of the foot.]
(Zool.)
Having a separate and simple tendon to flex the first toe, or hallux, as do passerine birds.


word: Nomothetical
definition:
Nomothetical

Nomothetic

{ Nom`o*thet"ic (?), Nom`o*thet"ic*al (?), }
a.
[Gr. _;.]
Legislative; enacting laws; as, a nomothetical power.
[R.]
Bp. Barlow.


word: Non-
definition:
Non-

Non-
(n&obreve_;n-)
pref.
[L. non, OL. noenu, noenum, fr. neoenum, lit., not one. See None.]
A prefix used in the sense of not; un-; in-; as in nonattention, or non-attention, nonconformity, nonmetallic, nonsuit.

&hand_; The prefix non- may be joined to the leading word by means of a hyphen, or, in most cases, the hyphen may be dispensed with.  The list of words having the prefix non- could easily be lengthened.


word: Nonability
definition:
Nonability

Non`a*bil"i*ty
(?)
n.
1.
Want of ability.

2.
(Law)
An exception taken against a plaintiff in a cause, when he is unable legally to commence a suit.


word: nonabsorptive
definition:
nonabsorptive

nonabsorbent

nonabsorbent nonabsorptive
adj.
not capable of absorbing or soaking up (liquids).  Opposite of absorbent.
repellent, resistant 


word: Nonacid
definition:
Nonacid

Non*ac"id
(n&obreve_;n*ăs"ĭd)
a.
(Chem.)
Destitute of acid properties; hence, basic; metallic; positive; -- said of certain atoms and radicals.


word: nonadsorptive
definition:
nonadsorptive

nonadsorbent

nonadsorbent, nonadsorptive
adj.
lacking capacity to adsorb or cause to accumulate on a surface.  Opposite of adsorbent.


word: Nonaerobiotic
definition:
Nonaerobiotic

Non*a`er*o*bi*ot"ic
(?)
a.
(Biol.)
Capable of living without atmospheric oxygen; anaerobic.


word: Nonage
definition:
Nonage

Non"age
(?)
n.
[LL. nonagium, from L. nonus ninth, novem nine.]
(Eccl.)
The ninth part of movable goods, formerly payable to the clergy on the death of persons in their parishes.
Mozley & W.


word: Nonage₂
definition:
Nonage

Non"age
n.
[Pref. non- + age.]
Time of life before a person becomes of age; legal immaturity; minority.

The human mind . . . was still in its nonage.
Coleridge.


word: Nonagenarian
definition:
Nonagenarian

Non`a*ge*na"ri*an
(?)
n.
[L. nonagenarius containing, or consisting of, ninety, fr. nonageni ninety each; akin to novem nine.]
A person ninety years old.


word: Nonagesimal
definition:
Nonagesimal

Non`a*ges"i*mal
(?)
a.
[L. nonagesimus the ninetieth. See Nonagenarian.]
(Astron.)
Of or pertaining to the ninetieth degree or to a nonagesimal.


word: Nonagesimal₂
definition:
Nonagesimal

Non`a*ges"i*mal
n.
(Astron.)
The middle or highest point of the part of the ecliptic which is at any given moment above the horizon.  It is the ninetieth degree of the ecliptic, reckoned from the points in which it is intersected by the horizon.


word: Nonagon
definition:
Nonagon

Non"a*gon
(?)
n.
[L. nonus ninth + Gr. _; angle.]
(Math.)
A plane figure or polygon having nine sides and nine angles.


word: Nonagrian
definition:
Nonagrian

Non*a"gri*an
(?)
n.
[Etymol. uncertain.]
(Zool.)
Any moth of the genus Nonagria and allied genera, as the spindleworm and stalk borer.


word: Nonalienation
definition:
Nonalienation

Non*al`ien*a"tion
(?)
n.
Failure to alienate; also, the state of not being alienated.


word: Nonane
definition:
Nonane

Non"ane
(?)
n.
[L. nonus ninth.]
(Chem.)
One of a group of metameric hydrocarbons C9H20 of the paraffin series; -- so called because of the nine carbon atoms in the molecule. Normal nonane is a colorless volatile liquid, an ingredient of ordinary kerosene.


word: Nonappearance
definition:
Nonappearance

Non`ap*pear"ance
(?)
n.
Default of appearance, as in court, to prosecute or defend; failure to appear.


word: Nonappointment
definition:
Nonappointment

Non`ap*point"ment
(?)
n.
Neglect of making appointment; failure to receive an appointment.


word: nonarboreal
definition:
nonarboreal

nonarboreal
adj.
not arboreal; not living in trees; -- of animals.  Opposite of arboreal.


word: Non assumpsit
definition:
Non assumpsit

Non` as*sump"sit
(?)
[L., he did not undertake.]
(Law)
The general plea or denial in an action of assumpsit.


word: nonbearing
definition:
nonbearing

nonbearing
adj.
1.
(Arch.)
supporting no vertical weight other than its own; -- of a structural member; as, a non-bearing wall.
dividing(prenominal) 
bearing


word: noncarbonated
definition:
noncarbonated

noncarbonated
adj.
not having supersaturated carbon dioxide in solution; not carbonated; -- of beverages.
noneffervescent (vs. effervescent) 

Syn. -- uncarbonated.


word: Nonce
definition:
Nonce

Nonce
(n&obreve_;ns)
n.
[For the nonce, OE. for the nones, a corruption of for then ones, where n. in then is a relic of AS. m in ðam, dat. of the article and demonstrative pronoun, E. the. See For, Once, and The.]
The one or single occasion; the present call or purpose; -- chiefly used in the phrase for the nonce, i. e. for the present time.

The miller was a stout carl for the nones.
Chaucer.

And that he calls for drink, I 'll have prepared him
A chalice for the nonce.
Shak.

Nonce word, “a word apparently employed only for the nonce”. Murray (New English Dict.).


word: noncellular
definition:
noncellular

noncellular
adj.
Not made up of or divided into cells.  Opposite of cellular.

Syn. -- acellular.


word: Nonchalant
definition:
Nonchalant

Non`cha`lant"
(?)
a.
[F., fr. non not (L. non) + chaloir to concern one's self for, fr. L. calere to be warm, to be inflamed with desire, to be troubled. See Non-, and Caldron.]
Indifferent; careless; cool.


word: Nonclaim
definition:
Nonclaim

Non"claim`
(?)
n.
A failure to make claim within the time limited by law; omission of claim.


word: noncollapsible
definition:
noncollapsible

noncollapsable

noncollapsable noncollapsible
adj.
1.
not able to be folded into a compact form.  Opposite of collapsible.
nontelescopic, nontelescoping


word: noncolumned
definition:
noncolumned

noncolumned
adj.
(Arch.)
not having columns.
astylar
unpillared
columned

Syn. -- uncolumned.


word: Noncombatant
definition:
Noncombatant

Non*com"bat*ant
(?)
n.
1.
(Mil.)
Any person connected with an army, or within the lines of an army, who does not make it his business to fight, as any one of the medical officers and their assistants, chaplains, and others; also, any of the citizens of a place occupied by an army; also, any one holding a similar position with respect to the navy.

2.
A person not attached to a military unit, or not participating in the military activities of a war; a civilian; as, the bomb killed twenty noncombatants.


word: noncombustible
definition:
noncombustible

noncombustible
adj.
Not combustible; not able to burn; as, drapery should be made of noncombustible materials.  Opposite of combustible.

Syn. -- incombustible.


word: noncommercial
definition:
noncommercial

noncommercial
adj.
not connected with or engaged in commercial enterprises.  Opposite of commercial.
nonprofit, non-profit-making 


word: Noncommissioned
definition:
Noncommissioned

Non`com*mis"sioned
(?)
a.
Not having a commission.

Noncommissioned officer (Mil.), a subordinate officer not appointed by a commission from the chief executive or supreme authority of the State; but by the Secretary of War or by the commanding officer of the regiment.


word: Noncommittal
definition:
Noncommittal

Non`com*mit"tal
(?)
n.
A state of not being committed or pledged; forbearance or refusal to commit one's self. Also used adjectively.


word: noncommital
definition:
noncommital

noncommital
adj.
Not expressing a preference; as, although favoring European unity he was noncommittal about the form it should take.

Syn. -- undogmatic.


word: Non compos mentis
definition:
Non compos mentis

Non compos

{ &VerbarNon com"pos (?).  &VerbarNon com"pos men"tis (?). }
[L.]
Not of sound mind; not having the regular use of reason; hence, also, as a noun, an idiot; a lunatic; one devoid of reason, either by nature or from accident.


word: Noncondensible
definition:
Noncondensible

Non`con*den"si*ble
(?)
a.
Not condensible; incapable of being liquefied; -- said of gases.
[archaic]


word: Noncondensing
definition:
Noncondensing

Non`con*dens"ing
a.
(Steam Engine)
Not condensing; discharging the steam from the cylinder at a pressure nearly equal to or above that of the atmosphere and not into a condenser.


word: Nonconducting
definition:
Nonconducting

Non`con*duct"ing
(?)
a.
Not conducting; nonconductive; not transmitting a fluid or force; -- used especially of electric current; thus, in electricity, wax is a nonconducting substance.


word: Nonconduction
definition:
Nonconduction

Non`con*duc"tion
(?)
n.
The quality of not being able to conduct or transmit; failure to conduct.


word: Nonconductor
definition:
Nonconductor

Non`con*duct"or
(?)
n.
(Physics)
A substance which does not conduct, that is, convey or transmit, heat, electricity, sound, vibration, or the like, or which transmits them with difficulty; an insulator; as, wool is a nonconductor of heat; glass and dry wood are nonconductors of electricity.


word: Nonconforming
definition:
Nonconforming

Non`con*form"ing
(?)
a.
Not conforming; declining conformity; especially, not conforming to the established church of a country.


word: Nonconformist
definition:
Nonconformist

Non`con*form"ist
n.
One who does not conform to an established church; especially, one who does not conform to the established church of England; a dissenter.


word: Nonconformity
definition:
Nonconformity

Non*con*form"i*ty
(?)
n.
Neglect or failure of conformity; especially, in England, the neglect or refusal to unite with the established church in its rites and modes of worship.


word: Nonconstat
definition:
Nonconstat

Non`con"stat
(?)
n.
[Law L.]
It does not appear; it is not plain or clear; it does not follow.


word: Noncontagious
definition:
Noncontagious

Non`con*ta"gious
(?)
a.
Not contagious; not catching; not communicable by contact.
Non`con*ta"gious*ness, n.


word: Noncontent
definition:
Noncontent

Non`con*tent"
(?)
n.
(British House of Lords)
One who gives a negative vote; -- sometimes abridged into noncon. or non con.


word: Noncontributory
definition:
Noncontributory

Noncontributing

{ Non`con*trib"u*ting (?), Non`con*trib"u*to*ry (?) }
a.
Not contributing.


word: noncurrent
definition:
noncurrent

noncurrent
adj.
Not current or belonging to the present time.  Opposite of current.
back(prenominal), out-of-date
discontinued, out of print(predicate), out of production(predicate), out of use(predicate)
disused, obsolete 
obsolete, outdated, outmoded, out-of-date, superannuated 
obsolescent 
Also See: old, past.


word: noncyclic
definition:
noncyclic

noncyclic
adj.
1.
not occurring in cycles; not cyclic.  Opposite of cyclic.

Syn. -- nonclyclical.

2.
aperiodic.
periodic


word: Nondecane
definition:
Nondecane

Non*dec"ane
(?)
n.
[L. nonus ninth + decem ten.]
(Chem.)
A hydrocarbon of the paraffin series, a white waxy substance, C19H40; -- so called from the number of carbon atoms in the molecule.


word: Nondeciduate
definition:
Nondeciduate

Non`de*cid"u*ate
(?)
a.
(Anat.)
Characterized by the absence of a decidua; indeciduate.


word: nondecisive
definition:
nondecisive

nondecisive
adj.
not crucial; not comprising a decisive factor in a result.  Opposite of crucial and decisive.

Syn. -- noncrucial, unimportant.


word: nondeductible
definition:
nondeductible

nondeductible
adj.
not allowable as a tax deduction; as, political contributions are nondeductible.  Opposite of deductible.


word: nondenominational
definition:
nondenominational

nondenominational
adj.
not restricted to a particular religious denomination; as, a nondenominational school.


word: nondescript
definition:
nondescript

non"de*script
(?)
a.
[Pref. non-  + L. descriptus described.]
1.
Not hitherto described;
hence,
of no recognizable type or class; odd; abnormal; unclassifiable.

2.
Dull or uninteresting; undistinguished.


word: Nondescript
definition:
Nondescript

Non"de*script
n.
A thing not yet described; that of which no account or explanation has been given; something abnormal, or hardly classifiable.


word: non-discrimination
definition:
non-discrimination

nondiscrimination

nondiscrimination, non-discrimination
n.
Fairness in treating people without prejudice; -- used mostly in reference to discrimination based on race, religion, and nationality.


word: non-discriminatory
definition:
non-discriminatory

non-discriminatory
n.
Fair and unbiased; not discriminating; not biased against a particular group or type of person.


word: Nondo
definition:
Nondo

Non"do
(?)
n.
(Bot.)
A coarse umbelliferous plant (Ligusticum actaeifolium) with a large aromatic root.  It is found chiefly in the Alleghany region.  Also called Angelico.


word: None
definition:
None

None
(nŭn)
a. & pron.
[OE. none, non, nan, no, na, AS. nān, fr. ne not + ān one.  √193.  See No, a. & adv., One, and cf. Non-, Null, a.]

1.
No one; not one; not anything; -- frequently used also partitively, or as a plural, not any.

There is none that doeth good; no, not one.
Ps. xiv. 3.

Six days ye shall gather it, but on the seventh day, which is the Sabbath, in it there shall be none.
Ex. xvi. 26.

Terms of peace yet none
Vouchsafed or sought.
Milton.

None of their productions are extant.
Blair.

2.
No; not any; -- used adjectively before a vowel, in old style; as, thou shalt have none assurance of thy life.

None of, not at all; not; nothing of; -- used emphatically. “They knew that I was none of the register that entered their admissions in the universities.” Fuller. -- None-so-pretty (Bot.), the Saxifraga umbrosa. See London pride (a), under London.


word: Noneffective
definition:
Noneffective

Non`ef*fect"ive
(?)
a.
1.
Not effective; ineffective.

2.
(Mil.)
Not fit or available for duty.


word: Non-ego
definition:
Non-ego

Non-e"go
(?)
n.
[L., not I.]
(Metaph.)
The union of being and relation as distinguished from, and contrasted with, the ego. See Ego.


word: Nonelect
definition:
Nonelect

Non`e*lect"
(?)
n. sing. & pl.
(Theol.)
A person or persons not elected, or chosen, to salvation.


word: Nonelectrical
definition:
Nonelectrical

Nonelectric

{ Non`e*lec"tric (?), Non`e*lec"tric*al (?) }
a.
1.
Not electric; conducting electricity.
[archaic]

2.
Not powered by electricity; -- of machines, tools, or devices.


word: Nonelectric
definition:
Nonelectric

Non`e*lec"tric
n.
(Physics)
A substance that is not an insulator (i. e., an electric); that which transmits electricity, as a metal; a conductor.
[archaic]


word: Nonemphatical
definition:
Nonemphatical

Nonemphatic

{ Non`em*phat"ic (?), Non`em*phat"ic*al (?) }
a.
Having no emphasis; unemphatic.


word: non-engagement
definition:
non-engagement

non-engagement
n.
Withdrawal from the activities of a group.

Syn. -- nonparticipation, non-involvement.


word: Nonentity
definition:
Nonentity

Non*en"ti*ty
(?)
n.
pl. Nonentities (_;).
1.
Nonexistence; the negation of being.

2.
A thing not existing.
South.

3.
A person or thing of little or no account; an unimportant person; -- usually used as a disparaging term.
[Colloq.]


word: Non-Episcopal
definition:
Non-Episcopal

Non`-E*pis"co*pal
(?)
a.
Not Episcopal; not pertaining to the Episcopal church or system.


word: nonequivalent
definition:
nonequivalent

nonequivalent
adj.
Not equal or interchangeable in value, quantity, or significance.


word: Nones
definition:
Nones

Nones
(?)
n. pl.
[L. nonae, so called because it was the ninth day before the ides, fr. nonus ninth, from novem nine. See Nine, Nones, 2, Noon .]

1.
(Roman Calendar)
The fifth day of the months January, February, April, June, August, September, November, and December, and the seventh day of March, May, July, and October.  The nones were nine days before the ides, reckoning inclusively, according to the Roman method.

2.
[F. none, fr. L. See Noon.]
The canonical office, being a part of the Breviary, recited at noon (formerly at the ninth hour, 3 p. m.) in the Roman Catholic Church.

3.
The hour of dinner; the noonday meal.
[Obs.]

At my supper and sometimes at nones.
P. Plowman.


word: Non est factum
definition:
Non est factum

Non` est` fac"tum
(?)
[Law L. it is not (his) deed.]
(Law)
The plea of the general issue in an action of debt on bond.


word: Non est inventus
definition:
Non est inventus

Non` est` in*ven"tus
(?)
[L., he is not found.]
(Law)
The return of a sheriff on a writ, when the defendant is not found in his county.
Bouvier.


word: Nonesuch
definition:
Nonesuch

None"such`
(?)
n.
A person or thing of a sort that there is no other such; something extraordinary; a thing that has not its equal.  It is given as a name to various objects, as to a choice variety of apple, a species of medic (Medicago lupulina), a variety of pottery clay, etc.


word: Nonetto
definition:
Nonetto

Nonet

{ No*net" (?), &VerbarNo*net"to (?) }
n.
[From L. nonus ninth, like E. duet, fr. L. duo.]
(Mus.)
A composition for nine instruments, rarely for nine voices.


word: nonexempt
definition:
nonexempt

nonexempt
adj.
1.
Not exempt; subject to (some specified) rule.  Opposite of exempt.
liable to(predicate)
subject, subject to(predicate)

2.
Specifically:
(U. S. Labor Law)
Not exempt from the provisions of the fair labor practises act; -- a term applied mostly to persons who are hourly employees, who are required by law to be treated in certain ways.  Many salaried and management personnnel are not covered by the law and are therefore exempt.


word: Nonexistence
definition:
Nonexistence

Non`ex*ist"ence
(?)
n.
1.
The state of not existing; absence of existence; the negation of being; -- usually used with reference to existince in the real world, or logical possiblity; as, the nonexistence of vaporware does not go unnoticed long.
A. Baxter.

Syn. -- nonentity{1}.

2.
A thing that has no existence.
Sir T. Browne.


word: nonexploratory
definition:
nonexploratory

nonexploratory
adj.
not exploratory.  Opposite of exploratory.

Syn. -- nonexplorative, unexploratory, unexplorative.


word: Nonexportation
definition:
Nonexportation

Non*ex`por*ta"tion
(?)
n.
A failure of exportation; a not exporting of commodities.


word: nonextant
definition:
nonextant

nonextant
adj.
No longer existing; inaccessible through loss or destruction.

Its nonextant original was written on vellum
G. B. Saul


word: Non-feasance
definition:
Non-feasance

Non-fea"sance
(?)
n.
[Pref. non- + OF. faisance a doing, fr. faire to do.]
(Law)
An omission or neglect to do something, esp. that which ought to have been done.  Cf. Malfeasance.


word: non-finite
definition:
non-finite

non-finite
adj.
(Grammar)
Infinitive, uninflected; -- of verbs.   Opposite of finite.

Syn. -- infinite.


word: nonfissionable
definition:
nonfissionable

nonfissionable
adj.
(Physics)
not capable of undergoing fission{4}; -- of atoms or chemical elements.  Opposite of fissionable.


word: nonflammable
definition:
nonflammable

nonflammable
adj.
Not easily ignited, and burning only slowly if ignited.
noncombustible (vs. combustible), incombustible


word: nonfunctional
definition:
nonfunctional

nonfunctional
adj.
1.
Not having or performing a function.
cosmetic, decorative, ornamental 
Also See: unserviceable.
functional

2.
Not performing or able to perform its regular function; as, the yard was littered with nonfunctional vehicles waiting to be repaired.
down(predicate) 
functioning

Syn. -- malfunctioning, unserviceable, out of order.


word: nonglutinous
definition:
nonglutinous

nonglutenous

nonglutenous nonglutinous
adj.
not sticky or viscous.
nonadhesive (vs. adhesive)

Syn. -- nonviscid.


word: nongregarious
definition:
nongregarious

nongregarious
adj.
Not growing or living in groups or colonies; -- of plants and animals.

Syn. -- nonsocial, solitary.


word: nonhereditary
definition:
nonhereditary

nonhereditary
adj.
Not inheritable through genetic transmission.  Opposite of inheritable, and heritable.
acquired, nurtural
congenital, inborn, innate 

Syn. -- nontransmissible, nonheritable, noninheritable.


word: nonhierarchical
definition:
nonhierarchical

nonhierarchic

nonhierarchic nonhierarchical
adj.
Not arranged in a hierarchy.  Opposite of hierarchical.
ungraded, unordered, unranked


word: nonhuman
definition:
nonhuman

nonhuman
adj.
not human.  Opposite of human.
anthropoid, anthropoidal, apelike
bloodless
dehumanized, unhuman
grotesque, monstrous, unnatural
mechanical


word: Nonillion
definition:
Nonillion

No*nil"lion
(?)
n.
[L. nonus ninth + -illion, as in E. million.]
According to the French and American notation, a thousand octillions, or a unit with thirty ciphers annexed; according to the English notation, a million octillions, or a unit with fifty-four ciphers annexed. See the Note under Numeration.


word: nonimmune
definition:
nonimmune

nonimmune
adj.
(Med.)
Not having immunity; susceptible; likely to be affected with, if exposed.

Syn. -- liable to(predicate), nonresistant, unresistant, susceptible to(predicate).


word: Nonimportation
definition:
Nonimportation

Non*im`por*ta"tion
(?)
n.
Want or failure of importation; a not importing of commodities.


word: nonindulgent
definition:
nonindulgent

nonindulgent
adj.
1.
not indulgent.
austere, forbidding, stern 
blue(prenominal), puritan, puritanical 
corrective, disciplinary, disciplinal 
monkish 
renunciant, renunciative, self-abnegating, self-denying 
self-disciplined 
spartan, strict 
Also See abstemious.
indulgent

2.
unpermissive.  Opposite of permissive.


word: nonindustrial
definition:
nonindustrial

nonindustrial
adj.
1.
not industrial; -- used of societies.  Opposite of industrial and industrialized.
developing, underdeveloped
unindustrialized 


word: Noninhabitant
definition:
Noninhabitant

Non`in*hab"it*ant
(?)
n.
One who is not an inhabitant; a stranger; a foreigner; a nonresident.


word: noninheritable
definition:
noninheritable

noninheritable
adj.
not capable of transmission by heredity.  Opposite of inheritable.
acquired, nurtural
congenital, inborn, innate

Syn. -- nonheritable, nonhereditary, nontransmissible.


word: noninstitutionalized
definition:
noninstitutionalized

noninstitutionalized
adj.
not committed to an institution; -- op people.  Opposite of institutionalized.


word: nonintellectual
definition:
nonintellectual

nonintellectual
adj.
not intellectual.  Opposite of intellectual.
anti-intellectual, philistine
lowbrow, uncultivated 
Also See unscholarly.


word: noninterchangeable
definition:
noninterchangeable

noninterchangeable
adj.
1.
(math, logic)
not able to be interchanged without changing the truth value.

2.
Not able to be substituted for each other; -- of objects, such as parts of machinery; as, the ink cartidges on the new printer are noninterchangeable with those on the older model.


word: noninterference
definition:
noninterference

noninterference
n.
a foreign policy of staying out of other countries' disputes; nonintervention.

Syn. -- nonintervention.


word: nonintersecting
definition:
nonintersecting

nonintersecting
adj.
not sharing a common point; -- of lines, planes, or surfaces.
parallel (vs. nonparallel) 

Syn. -- nonconvergent.


word: Nonintervention
definition:
Nonintervention

Non*in`ter*ven"tion
(?)
n.
The state or habit of not intervening or interfering; as, the nonintervention of one state in the affairs of another.


word: non-involvement
definition:
non-involvement

non-involvement
n.
withdrawing from the activities of a group.

Syn. -- non-engagement, nonparticipation.


word: non-issue
definition:
non-issue

non-issue
n.
the state of something that has outlived its relevance.

Syn. -- dead letter.


word: Nonius
definition:
Nonius

No"ni*us
(?)
n.
[Latinized form of Nunez, the name of a Portuguese mathematician.]
A vernier.


word: Nonjoinder
definition:
Nonjoinder

Non*join"der
(?)
n.
(Law)
The omission of some person who ought to have been made a plaintiff or defendant in a suit, or of some cause of action which ought to be joined.


word: Nonjuring
definition:
Nonjuring

Non*ju"ring
(?)
a.
[F. jurer to swear, or L. jurare, jurari, to swear, fr. L. jus, juris, right, law, justice. See Jury.]
Not swearing allegiance; -- applied to the party in Great Britain that would not swear allegiance to William and Mary, or their successors.


word: Nonjuror
definition:
Nonjuror

Non*ju"ror
(?)
n.
(Eng. Hist.)
One of those adherents of James II. who refused to take the oath of allegiance to William and Mary, or to their successors, after the revolution of 1688; a Jacobite.


word: nonlinear
definition:
nonlinear

nonlinear
adj.
1.
(Math.)
Not depictable graphically as a straight line; not changing by a constant amount for each unit of time, distance, or other independent variable.  Opposite of linear.

2.
(Math.)
Containing variables of greater than the first degree; -- of an equation.  Opposite of linear.

3.
(Physics)
Represented by equations containing variables of greater than the first degree; -- of physical processes or relationships.  Opposite of linear.


word: Non liquet
definition:
Non liquet

Non` li"quet
(?)
[L.]
It is not clear; -- a verdict given by a jury when a matter is to be deferred to another day of trial.


word: nonliterary
definition:
nonliterary

nonliterary
adj.
Characteristic of or appropriate to everyday language.

Syn. -- common, vernacular, vulgar.


word: nonliterate
definition:
nonliterate

nonliterate
adj.
not using a writing system; -- of societies, cultures, or tribes.
uncivilized (vs. civilized)

Syn. -- preliterate.


word: nonliving
definition:
nonliving

nonliving
adj.
Not endowed with life; same as inanimate.  Opposite of living and animate.

Syn. -- inanimate.


word: Nonmalignant
definition:
Nonmalignant

Non`ma*lig"nant
(?)
a.
Not malignant, as a disease; -- used especially of tumors; as, a nonmalignant growth on the liver.


word: nonmechanical
definition:
nonmechanical

nonmechanical
adj.
1.
not using a mechanism.  Opposite of mechanical.
nonmechanistic
unmechanized 

2.
Not having an aptitude to work with machinery; without mechanical skills; -- of persons.

Syn. -- unmechanical.


word: nonmechanistic
definition:
nonmechanistic

nonmechanistic
adj.
not determined by a mechanical process; partly resulting from a creative process.


word: Nonmedullated
definition:
Nonmedullated

Non*med"ul*la`ted
(?)
a.
Not medullated;
Specifically:
(Anat.)
without a medulla or marrow, or without a medullary sheath; as, a nonmedullated nerve fiber.


word: Nonmember
definition:
Nonmember

Non*mem"ber
n.
One who is not a member; as, nonmembers are not allowed in the club reading room.


word: Nonmetal
definition:
Nonmetal

Non"met`al
(?)
n.
(Chem.)
Any one of the set of elements which, as contrasted with the metals, possess, produce, or receive, acid rather than basic properties; a metalloid; as, oxygen, sulphur, and chlorine are nonmetals.


word: Nonmetallic
definition:
Nonmetallic

Non`me*tal"lic
(?)
a.
1.
Not metallic.

2.
(Chem.)
Resembling, or possessing the properties of, a nonmetal or metalloid; as, sulphur is a nonmetallic element.


word: nonmetamorphic
definition:
nonmetamorphic

nonmetamorphic
adj.
1.
not metamorphic.  Opposite of metamorphic.
ametabolic  metamorphosis)

2.
(Geol.)
not produced by metamorphosis.
metamorphic


word: nonmigratory
definition:
nonmigratory

nonmigratory
adj.
1.
Not participating in migrations; -- used of animals that do not migrate.  Opposite of migratory.

Syn. -- resident.

2.
living in one area throughout the year; -- used of animals.


word: nonmodern
definition:
nonmodern

nonmodern
adj.
1.
not modern; of or characteristic of an earlier time.  Opposite of modern.
antebellum
fogyish, mossgrown, mossy, stick-in-the-mud(prenominal), stodgy  old-fashioned
medieval, mediaeval, gothic
old-time, quaint
unmodernized
victorian
old-fashioned, outmoded
old-world
Also See: old, past.


word: nonmonotonic
definition:
nonmonotonic

nonmonotonic
adj.
(Math. or logic)
not monotonic; -- of relations between variables.  Opposite of monotonic.


word: Nonmoral
definition:
Nonmoral

Non*mor"al
(?)
a.
Neither moral nor immoral; having no connection with morals; not within the sphere of morals or ethics; not ethical; as, imagination is of its nature nonmoral; infants are nonmoral.


word: nonmoving
definition:
nonmoving

nonmoving
adj.
Not moving.  Opposite of moving.
at rest, inactive, motionless, static, still
becalmed 
dead(prenominal), stagnant, standing(prenominal), still
frozen(predicate), rooted(predicate), stock-still 
inert 
sitting 
slack 
stationary 
immobile, unmoving
Also See: immobile.


word: nonnative
definition:
nonnative

nonnative
adj.
1.
not being or composed of aborigines; as, the nonnative population of South Africa.  Opposite of native.

2.
Of persons born in another area or country than that lived in; foreign-born; as, our large nonnative population.

Syn. -- foreign-born.

3.
Originating in a different region and acclimated to a new environment; -- of plants or animals.

Syn. -- domesticated, naturalized.


word: Nonnecessity
definition:
Nonnecessity

Non`ne*ces"si*ty
(?)
n.
Absence of necessity; the quality or state of being unnecessary.


word: Nonnitrogenous
definition:
Nonnitrogenous

Non`ni*trog"e*nous
(?)
a.
Devoid of nitrogen; as, a nonnitrogenous principle; a nonnitrogenous food.  See the Note under Food, n., 1.


word: no-no
definition:
no-no

no"-no
(?)
n.
Something improper, unethical, inadvisable, or illegal; as, salt is a no-no for someone after a heart attack.
[informal]


word: Nonobedience
definition:
Nonobedience

Non`o*be"di*ence
(n&obreve_;n`o̝*bē"dĭ*ens)
n.
Neglect of obedience; failure to obey.


word: Nonobservance
definition:
Nonobservance

Non`ob*serv"ance
(n&obreve_;n`&obreve_;b*zẽrv"ans)
n.
Neglect or failure to observe or fulfill.


word: Non obstante
definition:
Non obstante

Non` ob*stan"te
(n&obreve_;n` &obreve_;b*stăn"te̝)
[L.]
1.
Notwithstanding; in opposition to, or in spite of, what has been stated, or is to be stated or admitted.

2.
(Law)
A clause in old English statutes and letters patent, importing a license from the crown to do a thing notwithstanding any statute to the contrary. This dispensing power was abolished by the Bill of Rights.

In this very reign [Henry III.] the practice of dispensing with statutes by a non obstante was introduced.
Hallam.

Non obstante veredicto [LL.] (Law), a judgment sometimes entered by order of the court, for the plaintiff, notwithstanding a verdict for the defendant. Stephen.


word: Nonoic
definition:
Nonoic

No*no"ic
(?)
a.
(Chem.)
Pertaining to, derived from, or resembling, nonane; as, nonoic acid, which is also called pelargonic acid.  Cf. Pelargonic.


word: Nonone
definition:
Nonone

Non"one
(?)
n.
[Nonane + -one, suffix denoting the third degree of unsaturation.]
(Chem.)
1.
Any one of several metameric unsaturated hydrocarbons (C9H14) of the valylene series.
[archaic?]

2.
Any of several isomeric ketones (C9H18O) conceptually derived from nonane by substituting an oxygen for two hydrogen atoms on one of the non-terminal carbon atoms.


word: no-nonsense
definition:
no-nonsense

no`-non"sense
(n&omacr`n&obreve_;n"sĕns)
adj.
1.
Not tolerating irrelevant or frivolous distractions; businesslike; serious; as, the no-nonsense tones of a stern parent; the chairman adopted a no-nonsense attitude.
[wns=1]

2.
Serving the purpose without unnecessary complications; uncomplicated; plain; not fancy.

3.
Hence:
Practical and economical.


word: Nonoxygenous
definition:
Nonoxygenous

Non`ox*yg"e*nous
(?)
a.
(Chem.)
Without oxygen; characterized by the absence of oxygen; as, a nonoxygenous alkaloid.


word: nonparallel
definition:
nonparallel

nonparallel
adj.
1.
not parallel; -- of lines or linear objects.  Opposite of parallel.
bias, catacorner, cata-cornered, catercorner, cater-cornered, catty-corner, catty-cornered, diagonal, kitty-corner, kitty-cornered, oblique, skew, skewed, slanted 
crossed, decussate, intersectant, intersecting
cross-grained 
diagonal
orthogonal, orthographic, rectangular, right-angled 
right, perpendicular
angled 
convergent
Also See: convergent, divergent, diverging.

2.
(Computers)
Not using parallel processing; -- of computers.
serial


word: Nonpareil
definition:
Nonpareil

Non`pa*reil"
(?)
n.
[See Nonpareil, a. ]
1.
Something of unequaled excellence; a peerless thing or person; a nonesuch; -- often used as a name.

2.
[F. nonpareille.]
(Print.)
A size of type next smaller than minion and next larger than agate (or ruby).

&hand_; This line is printed in the type called nonpareil.

3.
(Zool.)
(a)
A beautifully colored finch (Passerina ciris), native of the Southern United States.  The male has the head and neck deep blue, rump and under parts bright red, back and wings golden green, and the tail bluish purple.  Called also painted bunting and painted finch.
(b)
Any other similar bird of the same genus.

4.
(Cookery)
A small sphere, less than 1 mm diamter, of colored sugar, used to decorate confections; -- usually used in the plural as though the name of a substance; as, sprinkled with nonpareils.

5.
pl.
A type of candy chocolate consisting of a small flat disk of chocolate, less than one inch diameter, having nonpareils{4} sprinkled on the top; as, she ate a box of nonpareils at the movie.


word: Nonpareil₂
definition:
Nonpareil

Non`pa*reil"
a.
[F., from non not + pareil equal, fr. LL. pariculus, dim. of L. par equal. See Non, and Pair, Peer.]
Having no equal; peerless.


word: nonparticipation
definition:
nonparticipation

nonparticipation
n.
withdrawing from the activities of a group.

Syn. -- non-engagement, non-involvement.


word: nonpartisan
definition:
nonpartisan

nonpartisan
adj.
1.
free from party affiliation or bias.  Opposite of partisan.
bipartisan, bipartizan, two-party, two-way
independent 
nonparty, non-party 

Syn. -- nonpartizan.

2.
not affiliated with any one party; as, a nonpartisan commission to study crime.


word: nonpartisanship
definition:
nonpartisanship

nonpartisanship
n.
An inclination to weigh both views or opinions equally; absence of bias toward any particular party.

Syn. -- impartiality.


word: non-party
definition:
non-party

nonparty

nonparty, non-party
adj.
1.
not based upon or representing political parties; as, a nonparty regime.


word: nonphilosophical
definition:
nonphilosophical

nonphilosophic

nonphilosophic nonphilosophical
adj.
1.
not philosophical.  Opposite of philosophical.


word: Nonphotobiotic
definition:
Nonphotobiotic

Non*pho`to*bi*ot"ic
(?)
a.
(Biol.)
Capable of living without light; as, nonphotobiotic plant cells, or cells which habitually live in darkness.


word: Nonplus
definition:
Nonplus

Non"plus
(?)
n.
[L. non not + plus more, further. See Plural.]
A state or condition which baffles reason or confounds judgment; insuperable difficulty; inability to proceed or decide; puzzle; quandary.

Both of them are a perfect nonplus and baffle to all human understanding.
South.


word: Nonplus₂
definition:
Nonplus

Non"plus`
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Nonplused (?) or Nonplussed; p. pr. & vb. n. Nonplusing or Nonplussing.]
To puzzle; to confound; to perplex; to cause to stop by embarrassment.

He has been nonplused by Mr. Dry's desiring him to tell what it was that he endeavored to prove.
Spectator.


word: nonporous
definition:
nonporous

nonporous
adj.
Not porous; especially, not having vessels that appear as pores; as, nonporous wood.  Opposite of porous.


word: nonpregnant
definition:
nonpregnant

nonpregnant
adj.
not pregnant; as, a drug approved only for use in nonpregnant females.  Opposite of pregnant.


word: nonprehensile
definition:
nonprehensile

nonprehensile
adj.
not prehensile; as, cats have a nonprehensile tail.  Opposite of prehensile.


word: nonprescription
definition:
nonprescription

nonprescription
adj.
1.
able to be sold legally without a doctor's prescription; over-the-counter; -- of medicinal drugs; as, Aspirin is a nonprescription antiinflammatory drug.  Opposite of prescription.
[prenominal]

Syn. -- non-prescription(prenominal), over-the-counter(prenominal), OTC.


word: Nonpresentation
definition:
Nonpresentation

Non*pres`en*ta"tion
(?)
n.
Neglect or failure to present; state of not being presented.


word: Nonprofessional
definition:
Nonprofessional

Non`pro*fes"sion*al
(?)
a.
1.
Not belonging to a profession.

2.
Not done by, or proceeding from, professional men; contrary to professional usage; unprofessional.


word: non-profit-making
definition:
non-profit-making

non-profit-making
adj.
not commercially motivated; not profit-making; nonprofit; not for profit.
charitable, eleemosynary

Syn. -- nonprofit.


word: Non-pros
definition:
Non-pros

Non`-pros"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Nonprossed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Non-prossing (?).]
To decline or fail to prosecute; to allow to be dropped (said of a suit); to enter judgment against (a plaintiff who fails to prosecute); as, the plaintiff was non-prossed.


word: Non prosequitur
definition:
Non prosequitur

Non" pro*seq"ui*tur
(?)
[L. he does not prosecute.]
(Law)
A judgment entered against the plaintiff in a suit where he does not appear to prosecute. See Nolle prosequi.


word: nonrecreational
definition:
nonrecreational

nonrecreational
adj.
involving gainful employment in something often done as a hobby; as, nonrecreational footbal.
professional (vs. amateur)

Syn. -- paid.


word: Nonrecurring
definition:
Nonrecurring

Non`re*cur"ring
(?)
a.
Nonrecurrent; as, the costs of a layoff are considered as a nonrecurring expense.


word: nonreflective
definition:
nonreflective

nonreflecting

nonreflecting nonreflective
adj.
1.
not capable of total reflection of light; not polished or shiny; as, It is complicated to create realistic shading effects on nonreflecting surfaces.
echoless 
reflective


word: Nonregent
definition:
Nonregent

Non`re"gent
(?)
n.
(Eng. Universities)
A master of arts whose regency has ceased. See Regent.


word: nonremittal
definition:
nonremittal

nonremittal
n.
1.
The act of failing to meet a financial obligation.

Syn. -- default, nonpayment.

2.
A loss resulting from failure of a debt to be paid.

Syn. -- nonpayment, default.


word: Nonrendition
definition:
Nonrendition

Non`ren*di"tion
(?)
n.
Neglect of rendition; the not rendering what is due.

The nonrendition of a service which is due.
S. E. Dwight.


word: nonrenewable
definition:
nonrenewable

nonrenewable
adj.
That can not be renewed; as, a nonrenewable option; books on that shelf are nonrenewable.  Opposite of renewable.

Syn. -- unrenewable.


word: nonrepresentational
definition:
nonrepresentational

nonrepresentational
adj.
(Art)
not intended to realistically represent a physical object; -- of visual art work.  Opposite of representational.
abstract, abstractionist, nonfigurative, nonobjective 
conventional, formal, schematic 
geometric, geometrical 
protogeometric 
semiabstract 
Also See: abstract.

Syn. -- nonobjective.


word: nonrepresentative
definition:
nonrepresentative

nonrepresentative
adj.
1.
Not standing for something else.  Opposite of representative.

Syn. -- unsymbolic.

2.
Not giving a true representation of the characteristics of a group; -- of a sample or subgroup of a group; as, the weather we had in the summer of 1996 gave a nonrepresentative view of our normal weather.

Syn. -- biased, unrepresentative.


word: Nonresident
definition:
Nonresident

Non*res"i*dent
(?)
a.
Not residing in a particular place, on one's own estate, or in one's proper place; as, a nonresident clergyman or proprietor of lands.


word: Nonresident₂
definition:
Nonresident

Non*res"i*dent
n.
A nonresident person; one who does not reside in the State or jurisdiction.


word: nonresilient
definition:
nonresilient

nonresilient
adj.
Not rebounding with the normal or expected velocity.
inelastic (vs. elastic)

Syn. -- dead.


word: Nonresistance
definition:
Nonresistance

Non`re*sist"ance
(?)
n.
The principles or practice of a nonresistant; passive obedience; submission to authority, power, oppression, or violence without opposition.


word: Nonresistant₂
definition:
Nonresistant

Non`re*sist"ant
n.
1.
One who maintains that no resistance should be made to constituted authority, even when unjustly or oppressively exercised; one who advocates or practices absolute submission.

2.
One who holds that violence should never be resisted by force;
especially,
a reformer who believes in passive resistance.

Syn. -- passive resister.


word: nonretractile
definition:
nonretractile

nonretractable

nonretractable nonretractile
adj.
not able to be drawn into the main body; -- of claws and other extensile parts of animals or objects; as, a bear's claws, unlike a cat's, are nonretractile.  Opposite of retractile.


word: nonreturnable
definition:
nonreturnable

nonreturnable
adj.
That may not be returned for a refund; -- of purchased goods, or containers for purchased items; as, nonreturnable bottles.  Opposite of returnable.


word: nonreversible
definition:
nonreversible

nonreversible
adj.
Not reversible or capable of having either side out; -- used mostly of clothing.  Opposite of reversible.

Syn. -- one-sided.


word: nonrigid
definition:
nonrigid

nonrigid
adj.
(Aeronautics)
Not rigid; especially, designating an airship having a shape maintained only by internal gas pressure and without a supporting structure.  Opposite of rigid.


word: nonsectarian
definition:
nonsectarian

nonsectarian
adj.
not restricted to one sect or school or party; as, religious training in a nonsectarian atmosphere; public funding is restricted to nonsectarian colleges.  Opposite of sectarian.
ecumenic, oecumenic, ecumenical, oecumenical
interchurch, interdenominational
nondenominational
undenominational, unsectarian 


word: nonsegregated
definition:
nonsegregated

nonsegregated
adj.
integrated.  Opposite of segregated.

Syn. -- desegrated, unsegregated.


word: nonself
definition:
nonself

non"self`
(?)
n.
1.
That which is not oneself.

2.
(Immunology)
Any material that enters the body and is not recognized by the immune system as being part of its body, thereby triggering an immune response; any material appearing to the immune system to be foreign to its body.


word: Nonsense
definition:
Nonsense

Non"sense
(?)
n.
[Pref. non- + sense: cf. F. nonsens.]
1.
That which is not sense, or has no sense; words, or language, which have no meaning, or which convey no intelligible ideas; absurdity.

2.
Trifles; things of no importance.

Nonsense verses, lines made by taking any words which occur, but especially certain words which it is desired to recollect, and arranging them without reference to anything but the measure, so that the rhythm of the lines may aid in recalling the remembrance of the words.


word: Nonsensical
definition:
Nonsensical

Non*sen"si*cal
(?)
a.
Without sense; unmeaning; absurd; foolish; irrational; preposterous.
Non*sen"si*cal*ly, adv. -- Non*sen"si*cal*ness, n.


word: Nonsensitive
definition:
Nonsensitive

Non*sen"si*tive
(?)
a.
Not sensitive; wanting sense or perception; not easily affected.


word: Non sequitur
definition:
Non sequitur

Non seq"ui*tur
(?)
[L., it does not follow.]
(Logic)
An inference which does not follow from the premises.


word: Nonslaveholding
definition:
Nonslaveholding

Non*slave"hold`ing
(?)
a.
Not possessing or holding slaves; as, a nonslaveholding State.


word: non-standard
definition:
non-standard

nonstandard

nonstandard, non-standard
adj.
1.
varying from or not adhering to a standard; as, nonstandard windows; envelopes of nonstandard sizes; non-standard lengths of board cost more per foot.  Opposite of standard.
deficient, inferior, substandard

Syn. -- nonstandard.

2.
(Linguistics)
Not conforming to the language usage of a prestige group within a community; as, a nonstandard dialect is one used by uneducated speakers or socially disfavored groups.  Opposite of standard.


word: nonstarter
definition:
nonstarter

nonstarter
n.
1.
a person with a record of failing.

Syn. -- loser, failure, unsuccessful person.

2.
A horse that fails to run in a race for which it has been entered.

3.
A proposal that will not receive serious consideration by those with authority to decide.


word: non-stick
definition:
non-stick

nonstick

nonstick, non-stick
adj.
1.
permitting easy removal of adherent food particles; -- of surfaces, especially of cooking utensils; as, a frying pan with a nonstick surface.


word: nonstop
definition:
nonstop

nonstop
adj.
1.
without an intermediate stop; -- of trips in public conveyances, especially of a flight.

2.
same as around-the-clock.

Syn. -- around-the-clock, day-and-night, round-the-clock.


word: nonstop₂
definition:
nonstop

nonstop
n.
A flight made without intermediate landings between source and destination; as, how many nonstops are there to Dallas?.

Syn. -- nonstop flight.


word: Nonstriated
definition:
Nonstriated

Non*stri"a*ted
(?)
a.
(Nat. Hist.)
Without striations; unstriped; as, nonstriated muscle fibers.


word: nonsubjective
definition:
nonsubjective

nonsubjective
adj.
undistorted by emotion or personal bias; based on observable phenomena; objective.  Opposite of subjective.
clinical, detached, unemotional
impersonal, neutral
verifiable 

Syn. -- objective.


word: nonsubmersible
definition:
nonsubmersible

nonsubmergible

nonsubmergible nonsubmersible
adj.
not submersible or submergible.  Opposite of submersible.


word: Nonsuit
definition:
Nonsuit

Non"suit`
(?)
n.
(Law)
A neglect or failure by the plaintiff to follow up his suit; a stopping of the suit; a renunciation or withdrawal of the cause by the plaintiff, either because he is satisfied that he can not support it, or upon the judge's expressing his opinion.  A compulsory nonsuit is a nonsuit ordered by the court on the ground that the plaintiff on his own showing has not made out his case.


word: Nonsuit₂
definition:
Nonsuit

Non"suit`
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Nonsuited; p. pr. & vb. n. Nonsuiting.]
(Law)
To determine, adjudge, or record (a plaintiff) as having dropped his suit, upon his withdrawal or failure to follow it up.
nonsuited
Z. Swift.


word: nontaxable
definition:
nontaxable

nontaxable
adj.
Not subject to taxation; -- of goods imported into a country or sold at retail outlets; as, most laws imposing sales taxes make food nontaxable.  Opposite of taxable.
duty-free
tax-exempt, tax-free
unratable
untaxed 
Also See: exempt.


word: nontechnical
definition:
nontechnical

nontechnical
adj.
1.
not characteristic of or skilled in applied arts and sciences; as, nontechnical aspects of the job; nontechnical training.  Opposite of technical.

Syn. -- untechnical.

2.
comprehensible to the general public; not requiring specialized training to be understood; as, written for the popular press in plain nontechnical language.

Syn. -- lay, plain, popular, unspecialized, untechnical.


word: nontelescoping
definition:
nontelescoping

nontelescopic

nontelescopic nontelescoping
adj.
Not able to be contracted by a telescoping action; as, a nontelescoping tripod would be awkward to carry.


word: Nontenure
definition:
Nontenure

Non*ten"ure
(?)
n.
(Law)
A plea of a defendant that he did not hold the land, as affirmed.


word: nonterritorial
definition:
nonterritorial

nonterritorial
adj.
(Biology)
not displaying territoriality; -- of animals; as, a nonterritorial species.  Opposite of territorial.


word: Nontronite
definition:
Nontronite

Non"tro*nite
(?)
n.
[So called because found in the arrondissement of Nontron, France.]
(Min.)
A greenish yellow or green mineral, consisting chiefly of the hydrous silicate of iron.


word: non-U
definition:
non-U

non-U"
(n&obreve_;n*ū")
adj.
Not characteristic of the upper classes especially in language use.
[Chiefly British]
lower-class (vs. middle-class) (vs. upper-class), low-class

Syn. -- vulgar.


word: Nonuniformist
definition:
Nonuniformist

Non*u"ni*form`ist
(?)
n.
One who believes that past changes in the structure of the earth have proceeded from cataclysms or causes more violent than are now operating; -- called also nonuniformitarian.


word: Nonunion
definition:
Nonunion

Non*un"ion
(?)
a.
1.
Not belonging to, or affiliated with, a trades union; as, a nonunion carpenter.

2.
Not employing trade union members; not recognizing or favoring trades unions or trades-unionists; as, a nonunion contractor; a nonunion subcontractor.
Non*un"ion*ism (#), n.


word: Nonunionist
definition:
Nonunionist

Non*un"ion*ist
(?)
n.
One who does not belong, or refuses to belong, to a trades union.


word: Nonuser
definition:
Nonuser

Non*us"er
(?)
1.
A not using; failure to use.

An office may be forfeited by misuser or nonuser.
Blackstone.

2.
(Law)
Neglect or omission to use an easement or franchise or to assert a right.
Kent.


word: non-verbal
definition:
non-verbal

nonverbal

nonverbal, non-verbal
adj.
Involving little or no use of language; as, gestures are a form of nonverbal communication.

Syn. -- non-verbal.


word: Nonvernacular
definition:
Nonvernacular

Non`ver*nac"u*lar
(?)
a.
Not vernacular.

A nonvernacular expression.
Sir W. Hamilton.


word: nonviolence
definition:
nonviolence

nonviolence
n.
The theory, doctrine, or practice of peaceful resistance to a government by fasting or refusing to cooperate.

Syn. -- passive resistance.


word: nonviolent
definition:
nonviolent

nonviolent
adj.
1.
peacefully resistant in response to injustice; not using violence; -- used of protests and demonstrations; as, nonviolent resistance.  Opposite of violent.

Syn. -- passive, peaceful.

2.
achieved without bloodshed.  Contrasted with bloody.

Syn. -- unbloody, bloodless.


word: nonvocalic
definition:
nonvocalic

nonvocalic
adj.
(Phonology)
not vocalic; not having vowel character; -- used of liquids and nasals.  Opposite of vocalic.

Syn. -- consonantal, nonsyllabic.


word: nonwashable
definition:
nonwashable

nonwashable
adj.
not washable; damaged by washing; -- used mostly of clothing, especially clothing that must be cleaned by a dry-cleaning process.  Opposite of washable.


word: nonwoody
definition:
nonwoody

nonwoody
adj.
not woody; not consisting of or resembling wood; as, nonwoody plants.  Opposite of woody.
herbaceous
pulpy, fleshy


word: Nonyl
definition:
Nonyl

Non"yl
(?)
n.
[Nonane + -yl.]
(Chem.)
The hydrocarbon radical, C9H19-, derived from nonane and forming many compounds. Used also adjectively; as, nonyl alcohol.


word: Nonylene
definition:
Nonylene

Non"y*lene
(?)
n.
[Nonane + ethylene.]
(Chem.)
Any one of a series of metameric, unsaturated hydrocarbons C9H18 of the ethylene series.


word: Nonylenic
definition:
Nonylenic

Non`y*len"ic
(?)
a.
(Chem.)
Of, pertaining to, related to, or designating, nonylene or its compounds; as, nonylenic acid.


word: Nonylic
definition:
Nonylic

No*nyl"ic
(?)
a.
(Chem.)
Of, pertaining to, or designating, nonyl or its compounds; as, nonylic acid.


word: Noodle
definition:
Noodle

Noo"dle
(?)
n.
[Cf. Noddle, Noddy.]
1.
A simpleton; a blockhead; a stupid person; a ninny.
[Low]

The chuckling grin of noodles.
Sydney Smith.

2.
The head; also, noddle; -- used jocosely or contemptuously; as, use your noodle.

Syn. -- noggin.


word: Noodle₂
definition:
Noodle

Noo"dle
n.
[G. nudel vermicelli.]
A thin strip of dough, made with eggs, rolled up, cut into small pieces, and used in soup.


word: Nook
definition:
Nook

Nook
(nŏk; 277)
n.
[OE. nok; cf. Gael. & Ir. niuc.]
A narrow place formed by an angle in bodies or between bodies; a corner; a recess; a secluded retreat.

How couldst thou find this dark, sequestered nook?
Milton.


word: Nook-shotten
definition:
Nook-shotten

Nook"-shot`ten
(?)
a.
Full of nooks, angles, or corners.
[Obs. or Prov. Eng.]

That nook-shotten isle of Albion.
Shak.


word: Noon₂
definition:
Noon

Noon
(nōn)
n.
[AS. n&omacrn, orig., the ninth hour, fr. L. nona (sc. hora) the ninth hour, then applied to the church services (called nones) at that hour, the time of which was afterwards changed to noon. See Nine, and cf. Nones, Nunchion.]
1.
The middle of the day; midday; the time when the sun is in the meridian; twelve o'clock in the daytime.

2.
Hence, the highest point; culmination.

In the very noon of that brilliant life which was destined to be so soon, and so fatally, overshadowed.
Motley.

High noon, the exact meridian; midday. -- Noon of night, midnight. [Poetic] Dryden.


word: Noonday₂
definition:
Noonday

Noon"day`
(?)
a.
Of or pertaining to midday; meridional; as, the noonday heat; only mad dogs and Englishmen go out in the noonday sun.
Noonday
Addison.


word: Noontide
definition:
Noontide

Noon"tide`
(?)
n.
[From noon + tide time; cf. AS. n&omacrntīd the ninth hour.]
The time of noon; midday.


word: Noose
definition:
Noose

Noose
(?)
n.
[Prob. fr. OF. nous, nom. sing. or acc. pl. of nou knot, F. nœud, L. nodus.  Cf. Node.]
A running knot, or loop, which binds the closer the more it is drawn.


word: Noose₂
definition:
Noose

Noose
(nōz)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Noosed (nōzd); p. pr. & vb. n. Noosing.]
To tie in a noose; to catch in a noose; to entrap; to insnare.


word: Nopal
definition:
Nopal

No"pal
(?)
n.
[Mexican nopalli.]
(Bot.)
A cactaceous plant (Nopalea cochinellifera), originally Mexican, on which the cochineal insect feeds, and from which it is collected.  The name is sometimes given to other species of Cactaceae.


word: Nopalry
definition:
Nopalry

No"pal*ry
(?)
n.
pl. Nopalries (_;).
A plantation of the nopal for raising the cochineal insect.


word: Nor
definition:
Nor

Nor
(nôr)
conj.
[OE. nor, contr. from nother. See Neither.]
A negative connective or particle, introducing the second member or clause of a negative proposition, following neither, or not, in the first member or clause (as or in affirmative propositions follows either).  Nor is also used sometimes in the first member for neither, and sometimes the neither is omitted and implied by the use of nor.

Provide neither gold nor silver, nor brass, in your purses, nor scrip for your journey.
Matt. x. 9, 10.

Where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt.
Matt. vi. 20.

I love him not, nor fear him.
Shak.

Where neither party is nor true, nor kind.
Shak.

Simois nor Xanthus shall be wanting there.
Dryden.


word: Nordic
definition:
Nordic

Nordic
prop. adj.
1.
of or pertaining to the inhabitants of Scandinavia; as, Nordic languages have a gender system.

2.
Relating to Germany and Scandinavia; as, Hitler wanted Nordic people to rule Europe.

3.
Resembling the peoples of Scandinavia.


word: nor'easter
definition:
nor'easter

noreaster

noreaster, nor'easter
n.
a storm blowing from the northeast; -- a term used especially in the northeastern region of the United States.

Syn. -- northeaster.


word: norepinephrine
definition:
norepinephrine

norepinephrine
n.
A hormone (C8H11NO3) secreted by the adrenal medulla; it also serves as a neurotransmitter, released at synapses; called also noradrenaline.  Chemically it is 2-amino-1-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)ethanol.  It is a precursor of epinephrine in the body.

Syn. -- noradrenaline.


word: norethindrone
definition:
norethindrone

norethandrolone

norethandrolone, norethindrone
n.
1.
a progestin compound used in oral contraceptives and to treat endometriosis.


word: Norfolk dumpling
definition:
Norfolk dumpling

Norfolk dumpling
(Eng.)
(a)
A kind of boiled dumpling made in Norfolk.
(b)
A native or inhabitant of Norfolk.


word: Norfolk spaniel
definition:
Norfolk spaniel

Norfolk spaniel
One of a breed of field spaniels similar to the clumbers, but shorter in body and of a liver-and-white or black-and-white color.


word: nori
definition:
nori

no"ri
(?)
n.
[Jap.]
A type of dried seaweed, pressed into sheets and used as a seasoning or as a wrapper for sushi.


word: Noria
definition:
Noria

No"ri*a
(n&omacr"rĭ*ȧ)
n.
[Sp., from Ar. nā'ūra.]
A large water wheel, turned by the action of a stream against its floats, and carrying at its circumference buckets, by which water is raised and discharged into a trough; used in Arabia, China, and elsewhere for irrigating land; a Persian wheel.


word: Norian
definition:
Norian

No"ri*an
(?)
a.
[From norite.]
(Geol.)
Pertaining to the upper portion of the Laurentian rocks.
T. S. Hunt.


word: Norite
definition:
Norite

No"rite
(?)
n.
[F., fr. Norvège Norway .]
(Min.)
A granular crystalline rock consisting essentially of a triclinic feldspar (as labradorite) and hypersthene.


word: norium
definition:
norium

no"ri*um
(?)
n.
[NL.]
(Chem.)
A supposed metal alleged to have been discovered in 1845 by the Swedish chemist Swanberg in zircon.  After many unsuccessful attempts to verify this new element, the element named Hafnium (atomic number 72) was discoverd in 1923 by D. Coster and G. von Hevesey in the zirconium-containing mineral zircon.  Hafnium, present at 1 to 5% in many zirconium-bearing minerals, but difficult to separate from zirconium, is probably the element that gave rise to the properties attributed to the hypothetical norium.


word: Norland
definition:
Norland

Nor"land
(?)
n.
[For Northland.]
1.
The land in the north; north country.
[Chiefly Poetic]

2.
same as Norlander.
[Scot. & Eng.]


word: Norm
definition:
Norm

Norm
(?)
n.
[L. norma a rule. See Normal, a.]

1.
A rule or authoritative standard; a model; a type; as, deviations from the norm are not tolerated.

2.
(Biol.)
A typical, structural unit; a type.
Agassiz.


word: Norma
definition:
Norma

Nor"ma
(?)
n.
[L.]
1.
A norm; a principle or rule; a model; a standard.
J. S. Mill.

2.
A mason's or a carpenter's square or rule.

3.
A templet or gauge.


word: Normal
definition:
Normal

Nor"mal
(nôr"mal)
a.
[L. normalis, fr. norma rule, pattern, carpenter's square; prob. akin to noscere to know; cf. Gr. gnw`rimos well known, gnw`mwn gnomon, also, carpenter's square: cf. F. normal. See Known, and cf. Abnormal, Enormous.]

1.
According to an established norm, rule, or principle; conformed to a type, standard, or regular form; performing the proper functions; not abnormal; regular; natural; analogical.

Deviations from the normal type.
Hallam.

2.
(Geom.)
According to a square or rule; perpendicular; forming a right angle; as, a line normal to the base. Specifically: Of or pertaining to a normal.

3.
(Chem.)
Standard; original; exact; typical.
Specifically:
(a)
(Quantitative Analysis)
Denoting a solution of such strength that every cubic centimeter contains the same number of milligrams of the element in question as the number of its molecular weight.
(b)
(Chem.)
Denoting certain hypothetical compounds, as acids from which the real acids are obtained by dehydration; thus, normal sulphuric acid and normal nitric acid are respectively S(OH)6, and N(OH)5.
(c)
(Organ. Chem.)
Denoting that series of hydrocarbons in which no carbon atom is bound to more than two other carbon atoms; as, normal pentane, hexane, etc.  Cf. Iso-.

Normal equations (Method of Least Squares), a set of equations of the first degree equal in number to the number of unknown quantities, and derived from the observations by a specified process.  The solution of the normal equations gives the most probable values of the unknown quantities. -- Normal group (Geol.), a group of rocks taken as a standard. Lyell. -- Normal place (of a planet or comet) (Astron.), the apparent place in the heavens of a planet or comet at a specified time, the place having been determined by a considerable number of observations, extending perhaps over many days, and so combined that the accidental errors of observation have largely balanced each other. -- Normal school, a school whose methods of instruction are to serve as a model for imitation; an institution for the training of teachers.


word: Normal₂
definition:
Normal

Nor"mal
(nôr"mal)
n.
[Cf. F. normale, ligne normale. See Normal, a.]
1.
(Geom.)
Any perpendicular.

2.
(Geom.)
A straight line or plane drawn from any point of a curve or surface so as to be perpendicular to the curve or surface at that point.

&hand_; The term normal is also used to denote the distance along the normal line from the curve to the axis of abscissas or to the center of curvature.


word: normalcy
definition:
normalcy

nor"mal*cy
(?)
n.
The quality, state, or fact of being normal; the normal situation or condition; as, the point of normalcy.
[R.]

Syn. -- normality.


word: normality
definition:
normality

nor*mal"i*ty
n.
1.
Conformity with the norm; the state of being normal; the normal condition.

Syn. -- normalcy.


word: normalize
definition:
normalize

normalize
v.
1.
To make normal; as, to normalize relations with China.

Syn. -- renormalize.

2.
To make standard; determine the value by comparison to an item of known standard value; as, The test results were normalized for changes in the number of questions before comparison with the previous year's values.

Syn. -- standardize.

3.
To convert to a standard form or measure; adjust the value or values so as to conform to a standard measure or pattern; as, The probabilities were normalized to add up to 1.00.


word: Norman
definition:
Norman

Nor"man
prop. a.
[F. normand, of Scand. origin. See Northman, and cf. Norse.]
Of or pertaining to Normandy or to the Normans; as, the Norman language; the Norman conquest.

Norman style (Arch.), a style of architecture which arose in the tenth century, characterized by great massiveness, simplicity, and strength, with the use of the semicircular arch, heavy round columns, and a great variety of ornaments, among which the zigzag and spiral or cable-formed ornaments were prominent.


word: Norman₂
definition:
Norman

Nor"man
prop. n.
A native or inhabitant of Normandy; originally, one of the Northmen or Scandinavians who conquered Normandy in the 10th century; afterwards, one of the mixed (Norman-French) race which conquered England, under William the Conqueror.


word: Normandy
definition:
Normandy

Normandy
prop. n.
A region of France divided into Haute-Normandie and Basse-Normandie.

Syn. -- Normandie.


word: Normanism
definition:
Normanism

Nor"man*ism
(?)
n.
A Norman idiom; a custom or expression peculiar to the Normans.
M. Arnold.


word: normative
definition:
normative

normative
adj.
1.
relating to or dealing with norms; as, normative discipline; normative samples.

2.
(Grammar)
giving directives or rules; prescriptive.  Opposed to descriptive.

Syn. -- prescriptive.

3.
based on or prescribing a norm or standard; as, normative grammar.


word: Norna
definition:
Norna

Norn

{ Norn (?), Nor"na (?) }
n.
[Icel. norn, pl. nornir.]
1.
(Scandinavian Myth.)
Any one of the three Fates, Past, Present, and Future.  Their names were Urd, Verdandi, and Skuld.  They are identified with the Anglo-Saxon Wyrd, and are similar to the Greek Moirae and Roman Parcae.

2.
A tutelary deity; a genius.


word: Noropianic
definition:
Noropianic

No*ro`pi*an"ic
(?)
a.
[Etymology uncertain.]
(Chem.)
Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid of the aromatic series obtained from opianic acid.


word: Norroy
definition:
Norroy

Nor"roy
(?)
n.
[Lit., north king, fr. F. nord north + roi king.]
(Her.)
The most northern of the English Kings-at-arms. See King-at-arms, under King.


word: Norse
definition:
Norse

Norse
(nôrs)
prop. a.
[Dan. Norsk, fr. nord north. See North.]
Of or pertaining to ancient Scandinavia, or to the language spoken by its inhabitants.


word: Nortelry
definition:
Nortelry

Nor"tel*ry
(?)
n.
[Cf. Nurture.]
Nurture; education; culture; bringing up.
[Obs.]

Nortelry . . . learned at the nunnery.
Chaucer.


word: North
definition:
North

North
(nôrth)
n.
[AS. norð; akin to D. noord, G., Sw., & Dan. nord, Icel. norðr.  Cf. Norman, Norse.]

1.
That one of the four cardinal points of the compass, at any place, which lies in the direction of the true meridian, and to the left hand of a person facing the east; the direction opposite to the south.

2.
Any country or region situated farther to the north than another; the northern section of a country.

3.
Specifically: That part of the United States lying north of Mason and Dixon's line. See under Line.


word: North₂
definition:
North

North
a.
Lying toward the north; situated at the north, or in a northern direction from the point of observation or reckoning; proceeding toward the north, or coming from the north.

North following. See Following, a., 2. -- North pole, that point in the heavens, or on the earth, ninety degrees from the equator toward the north. -- North preceding. See Following, a., 2. -- North star, the star toward which the north pole of the earth very nearly points, and which accordingly seems fixed and immovable in the sky.  The star α (alpha) of the Little Bear, is our present north star, being distant from the pole about 1° 25′, and from year to year approaching slowly nearer to it.  It is called also Cynosura, polestar, and by astronomers, Polaris.


word: North₃
definition:
North

North
v. i.
To turn or move toward the north; to veer from the east or west toward the north.


word: North-American
definition:
North-American

North-American
prop. adj.
of or pertaining to or characteristic of the continent or countries of North America and their peoples.


word: northbound
definition:
northbound

northbound
adj.
1.
Moving toward the north; as, northbound traffic.

Syn. -- northward.

2.
intended to be used by vehicles moving toward the north; -- of roads and parts of roads; as, The northbound lane was blocked by an overturned tractor-trailer.


word: North-Central
definition:
North-Central

North-Central
adj.
Of or pertaining to a region of the U. S. generally including states of the upper Mississippi valley and Great Lakes region lying north of the Ohio River and the southern boundaries of Kansas and Missouri and between the western boundary of Pennsylvania and the eastern boundaries of Montana; Wyoming; and Colorado.


word: Northeast
definition:
Northeast

North`east"
(?)
n.
The point between the north and east, at an equal distance from each; the northeast part or region.


word: Northeast₂
definition:
Northeast

North`east"
a.
Of or pertaining to the northeast; proceeding toward the northeast, or coming from that point; as, a northeast course; a northeast wind.

Northeast passage, a passage or communication by sea between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans along the north coast of Asia.


word: Northeaster
definition:
Northeaster

North`east"er
(?)
n.
A storm, strong wind, or gale, coming from the northeast.

Syn. -- noreaster, nor'easter.


word: Northeasterly
definition:
Northeasterly

North`east"er*ly
a.
Pertaining to the northeast; toward the northeast, or coming from the northeast.


word: Northeastwardly
definition:
Northeastwardly

Northeastward

{ North`east"ward (?), North`east"ward*ly (?) }
adv.
Toward the northeast.


word: Norther
definition:
Norther

North"er
(?)
n.
A wind from the north; esp., a strong and cold north wind in Texas and the vicinity of the Gulf of Mexico.


word: Northerliness
definition:
Northerliness

North"er*li*ness
(?)
n.
The quality or state of being northerly; direction toward the north.


word: Northerly
definition:
Northerly

North"er*ly
a.
Of or pertaining to the north; toward the north, or from the north; northern.


word: Northern
definition:
Northern

North"ern
(?)
a.
[AS. norðerne.]
1.
Of or pertaining to the north; being in the north, or nearer to that point than to the east or west.

2.
In a direction toward the north; as, to steer a northern course; coming from the north; as, a northern wind.

Northern diver. (Zool.) See Loon. -- Northern lights. See Aurora borealis, under Aurora. -- Northern spy (Bot.), an excellent American apple, of a yellowish color, marked with red.


word: Northerner
definition:
Northerner

North"ern*er
(?)
n.
1.
One born or living in the north.

2.
A native or inhabitant of the Northern States; -- contradistinguished from Southerner.
[U. S.]


word: Northing
definition:
Northing

North"ing
n.
1.
(Surv. & Navigation)
Distance northward from any point of departure or of reckoning, measured on a meridian; -- opposed to southing.

2.
(Astron.)
The distance of any heavenly body from the equator northward; north declination.


word: Northman
definition:
Northman

North"man
(nôrth"man)
prop. n.
pl. Northmen (#).
[AS. norðman. See North, and Man, and cf. Norman.]
One of the inhabitants of the north of Europe; esp., one of the ancient Scandinavians; a Norseman.


word: northmost
definition:
northmost

north"most`
(nôrth"m&omacrst`)
a.
[AS. norðmest.  Cf. Aftermost.]
Lying farthest north; northernmost.

Northmost part of the coast of Mozambique.
De Foe.


word: Northness
definition:
Northness

North"ness
n.
A tendency in the end of a magnetic needle to point to the north.
Faraday.


word: north-polar
definition:
north-polar

north-polar
adj.
Of or pertaining to the North Pole; at or near the north pole; characteristic of the north pole.

Syn. -- Arctic.


word: Northumbrian
definition:
Northumbrian

North*um"bri*an
(?)
a.
Of or pertaining to Northumberland in England.
n. A native or inhabitant of Northumberland.


word: Northward
definition:
Northward

North"ward
(?)
a.
[AS. norðweard.]
Toward the north; nearer to the north than to the east or west point.


word: Northwards
definition:
Northwards

Northward

{ North"ward (?), North"wards (?) }
adv.
Toward the north, or toward a point nearer to the north than to the east or west point.


word: Northwest
definition:
Northwest

North`west"
(?)
n.
[AS. norðwest.]
1.
The point in the horizon between the north and west, and equally distant from each; the northwest part or region.

2.
The northwestern part of the contiguous forty-eight states of the United States, especially the states of Washington and Oregon.
[U.S.]


word: Northwest₂
definition:
Northwest

North`west"
a.
1.
Pertaining to, or in the direction of, the point between the north and west; being in the northwest; toward the northwest, or coming from the northwest; as, the northwest coast.

2.
Coming from the northwest; as, a northwest wind.

Northwest passage, a passage or communication by sea between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans along the north coast of America, long sought for by navigators.


word: Northwestern
definition:
Northwestern

North`west"ern
(?)
a.
Of, pertaining to, or being in, the northwest; in a direction toward the northwest; coming from the northwest; northwesterly; as, a northwestern course.


word: Northwestwardly
definition:
Northwestwardly

Northwestward

{ North`west"ward (?), North`west"ward*ly (?), }
adv.
Toward the northwest.


word: Norwegian
definition:
Norwegian

Nor*we"gi*an
(?)
prop. a.
[Cf. Icel. Noregr, Norvegr, Norway. See North, and Way.]
Of or pertaining to Norway, its inhabitants, or its language.


word: Norwegian₂
definition:
Norwegian

Nor*we"gi*an
prop. n.
1.
A native of Norway.

2.
That branch of the Scandinavian language spoken in Norway.


word: Norwegium
definition:
Norwegium

Nor*we"gi*um
(?)
n.
[NL. See Norwegian.]
(Chem.)
A rare metallic element, of doubtful identification, said to occur in the copper-nickel of Norway.  Not recognized as an element (1999).


word: nor'-west
definition:
nor'-west

nor'-west
n.
Northwest; the compass point midway between north and west; at 315 degrees.

Syn. -- northwest, NW.


word: Nose
definition:
Nose

Nose
(n&omacrz)
n.
[AS. nosu; akin to D. neus, G. nase, OHG. nasa, Icel. nös, Sw. näsa, Dan. näse, Lith. nosis, Russ. nos', L. nasus, nares, Skr. nāsā, nās. √261.  Cf. Nasal, Nasturtium, Naze, Nostril, Nozzle.]

1.
(Anat.)
The prominent part of the face or anterior extremity of the head containing the nostrils and olfactory cavities; the olfactory organ. See Nostril, and Olfactory organ under Olfactory.

2.
The power of smelling; hence, scent.

We are not offended with a dog for a better nose than his master.
Collier.

3.
A projecting end or beak at the front of an object; a snout; a nozzle; a spout; as, the nose of a bellows; the nose of a teakettle.

Nose bit (Carp.), a bit similar to a gouge bit, but having a cutting edge on one side of its boring end. -- Nose hammer (Mach.), a frontal hammer. -- Nose hole (Glass Making), a small opening in a furnace, before which a globe of crown glass is held and kept soft at the beginning of the flattening process. -- Nose key (Carp.), a fox wedge. -- Nose leaf (Zool.), a thin, broad, membranous fold of skin on the nose of many species of bats.  It varies greatly in size and form. -- Nose of wax, (fig.), a person who is pliant and easily influenced. “A nose of wax to be turned every way.” Massinger -- Nose piece, the nozzle of a pipe, hose, bellows, etc.; the end piece of a microscope body, to which an objective is attached. -- To hold one's nose to the grindstone, To put one's nose to the grindstone, or To bring one's nose to the grindstone. See under Grindstone. -- To lead by the nose, to lead at pleasure, or to cause to follow submissively; to lead blindly, as a person leads a beast. Shak. -- To put one's nose out of joint, to humiliate one's pride, esp. by supplanting one in the affections of another. [Slang] -- To thrust one's nose into, to meddle officiously in. -- To wipe one's nose of, to deprive of; to rob. [Slang] -- on the nose, (a) exactly, accurately. (b) (racing) to win, as opposed to to place or to show.


word: Nose₂
definition:
Nose

Nose
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Nosed (n&omacrzd); p. pr. & vb. n. Nosing.]
1.
To smell; to scent; hence, to track, or trace out.

2.
To touch with the nose; to push the nose into or against; hence, to interfere with; to treat insolently.

Lambs . . . nosing the mother's udder.
Tennyson.

A sort of national convention, dubious in its nature . . . nosed Parliament in the very seat of its authority.
Burke.

3.
To utter in a nasal manner; to pronounce with a nasal twang; as, to nose a prayer.
[R.]
Cowley.

4.
To confront; be closely face to face or opposite to; meet.

5.
To furnish with a nose; as, to nose a stair tread.

6.
To examine with the nose or sense of smell.

7.
To make by advancing the nose or front end; as, the train nosed its way into the station;

8.
(Racing Slang)
to beat by (the length of) a nose.
Hence,
to defeat in a contest by a small margin; also used in the form nose out.


word: Nose₃
definition:
Nose

Nose
(?)
v. i.
To push or move with the nose or front forward.

A train of cable cars came nosing along.
Hamlin Garland.


word: Nose₄
definition:
Nose

Nose
(n&omacrz)
v. i.
1.
To smell; to sniff; to scent.
Audubon.

2.
To pry officiously into what does not concern one; to nose around.


word: Nose around
definition:
Nose around

Nose around
(?)
v. i.
to look around or search, especially where one has no authority to do so; to pry; to be nosy.  Same as nose{2}, v. i.


word: Nosebag
definition:
Nosebag

Nose"bag`
(?)
n.
A bag in which feed for a horse, ox, or the like, may be fastened under the nose by a string passing over the head.


word: Noseband
definition:
Noseband

Nose"band`
(?)
n.
That part of the headstall of a bridle which passes over a horse's nose.


word: nosecount
definition:
nosecount

nosecount
n.
A count of the number of persons present or who are to be included in a group; as, get a nosecount of those who are planning to go; also, a periodic count of the population.

Syn. -- census.


word: nose-dive
definition:
nose-dive

nosedive

nose"dive`, nose"-dive`
v. i.
To drop with the nose or front first, as of an airplane.

Syn. -- nosedive.


word: no-see-um
definition:
no-see-um

no-see-um
n.
(Zool.)
Any of several minute two-winged biting insects of the family Ceratopogonidae that suck the blood of mammals and birds and other insects; also called biting midge and punkie.

Syn. -- punkie, punky, punkey, biting midge.


word: nosegay
definition:
nosegay

nose"gay`
(?)
n.
[Nose + gay in the sense of a gay or showy thing.]
A bunch of odorous and showy flowers; a bouquet; a posy.
Pope.


word: Nosel
definition:
Nosel

Nos"el
(?)
v. t.
[See Noursle.]
To nurse; to lead or teach; to foster; to nuzzle.
[Obs.]

If any man use the Scripture . . . to nosel thee in anything save in Christ, he is a false prophet.
Tyndale.


word: Nosesmart
definition:
Nosesmart

Nose"smart`
(?)
n.
(Bot.)
A kind of cress, a pungent cruciferous plant, including several species of the genus Nasturtium.


word: nosey
definition:
nosey

nosey
adj.
Offensively or intrusively curious; prying; nosy; as, a nosy neighbor.

Syn. -- inquisitorial, nosy, prying, snoopy.


word: Nosethril
definition:
Nosethril

Nosethirl

{ Nose"thirl (?), Nose"thril (?) }
n.
Nostril.
[Obs.]
[Written also nosethurl, nosthrill.]
Chaucer.


word: no-show
definition:
no-show

no-show
n.
1.
someone who shirks a duty.

Syn. -- nonattender, truant.

2.
A person who is expected to attend a gathering but does not come.
Specifically,
a person who buys a ticket to a game or other entertainment and does not attend.


word: Nosing
definition:
Nosing

Nos"ing
(?)
n.
(Arch.)
That part of the treadboard of a stair which projects over the riser; hence, any like projection, as the projecting edge of a molding.


word: Nosocomial
definition:
Nosocomial

Nos`o*co"mi*al
(n&obreve_;s`o̝*k&omacr"mĭ*al)
a.
[L. nosocomium a hospital, Gr. nosokomei^on; no`sos disease + komei^n to attend to.]
1.
Of or pertaining to a hospital; as, nosocomial atmosphere.
Dunglison.

2.
Acquired in a hospital; as, a nosocomial infection.


word: Nosography
definition:
Nosography

No*sog"ra*phy
(?)
n.
[Gr. no`sos disease + -graphy: cf. F. nosographie.]
A description or classification of diseases.


word: Nosology
definition:
Nosology

No*sol"o*gy
(?)
n.
[Gr. no`sos disease + -logy: cf. F. nosologie.]
1.
A systematic arrangement, or classification, of diseases.

2.
That branch of medical science which treats of diseases, or of the classification of diseases.


word: Nosophen
definition:
Nosophen

Nos"o*phen
(?)
n.
[Nose + phenol; orig. used for affections of the nose.]
(Pharm.)
An iodine compound obtained as a yellowish gray, odorless, tasteless powder by the action of iodine on phenolphthalein.


word: Nosophobia
definition:
Nosophobia

Nos`o*pho"bi*a
(?)
n.
[NL.; no`sos disease + fo`bos fear.]
(Med.)
Morbid dread of disease.


word: Nosopoetic
definition:
Nosopoetic

Nos`o*po*et"ic
(?)
a.
[Gr. no`sos disease + _; productive, fr. poiei^n to make.]
Producing diseases.
[R.]
Arbuthnot.


word: nostalgia
definition:
nostalgia

nos*tal"gi*a
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. _; a return home + _; pain.]
1.
(Med.)
Homesickness; esp., a severe and sometimes fatal form of melancholia, due to homesickness.

2.
A sentimental yearning to return to an earlier time remembered as happier or more pleasant, or a former place evoking happy memories; a longing to experience again a former happy time; as, a nostalgia for the brotherhood of the Woodstock music festival; a nostalgia for the comradeship of one's college friends.


word: Nostalgic
definition:
Nostalgic

Nos*tal"gic
(?)
a.
[Cf. F. nostalgique.]
Of or pertaining to nostalgia; affected with nostalgia.


word: Nostoc
definition:
Nostoc

Nos"toc
(?)
prop. n.
[F.]
(Bot.)
A genus of algae. The plants are composed of moniliform cells imbedded in a gelatinous substance.

&hand_; Nostoc commune is found on the ground, and is ordinarily not seen; but after a rain it swells up into a conspicuous jellylike mass, which was formerly supposed to have fallen from the sky, whence the popular names, fallen star and star jelly. Also called witches' butter.


word: Nostocaceae
definition:
Nostocaceae

Nostocaceae
prop. n.
A natural family of blue-green algae.

Syn. -- family Nostocaceae.


word: Nostril
definition:
Nostril

Nos"tril
(?)
n.
[OE. nosethril, nosethirl, AS. nosþyrl; nos for nosu nose + þyrel opening, hole, from þyrel pierced, for þyrhel, fr. purh through.  √261.  See Nose, and Through, and cf. Thrill.]

1.
(Anat.)
One of the external openings of the nose, which give passage to the air breathed and to secretions from the nose and eyes; one of the anterior nares.

&hand_; In sperm whales, porpoises, and allied animals, there is only one nostril, which is situated on the top of the head and called a spiracle.

2.
Perception; insight; acuteness.
[Obs.]

Methinks a man
Of your sagacity and clear nostril should
Have made another choice.
B. Jonson.


word: Nostrum
definition:
Nostrum

Nos"trum
(-trŭm)
n.
pl. Nostrums (-trŭmz).
[Neut. sing. of L. noster ours, fr. nos we. See Us.]

1.
A medicine, the ingredients of which are kept secret for the purpose of restricting the profits of sale to the inventor or proprietor; a quack medicine.

2.
Any scheme or device proposed by a quack.

The incentives of agitators, the arts of impostors and the nostrums of quacks.
Brougham.

3.
Any scheme asserted to solve a problem, but with no objective basis for belief in its effectiveness; esp., in politics, a scheme or proposal likely to prove popular with voters.


word: nosy
definition:
nosy

nosy
adj.
Offensively or intrusively curious; prying; nosey; as, he flipped through my letters in his nosy way.

Syn. -- inquisitorial, nosey, prying, snoopy.


word: Not₃
definition:
Not

Not
adv.
[OE. not, noht, nought, naught, the same word as E. naught. See Naught.]
A word used to express negation, prohibition, denial, or refusal.

Not one word spake he more than was need.
Chaucer.

Thou shalt not steal.
Ex. xx. 15.

Thine eyes are upon me, and I am not.
Job vii. 8.

The question is, may I do it, or may I not do it?
Bp. Sanderson.

Not . . . but, or Not but, only. [Obs. or Colloq.] Chaucer.


word: Notability
definition:
Notability

Not`a*bil"i*ty
(?)
n.
pl. Notabilities (#).
[Cf. F. notabilité .]
1.
Quality of being notable.

2.
A notable, or remarkable, person or thing; a person of note.
notabilities
Carlyle.

3.
A notable saying.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.


word: Notable
definition:
Notable

Not"a*ble
(?)
a.
[F. notable, L. notabilis, fr. notare to mark, nota mark, note. See 5th Note.]

1.
Capable of being noted; noticeable; plain; evident.

2.
Worthy of notice; remarkable; memorable; noted or distinguished; as, a notable event, person.

&hand_; Notable in the sense of careful, thrifty, characterized by thrift and capacity (as, a notable housekeeper) is pronounced by many good orthoepists, n&obreve_;t"ȧ*b'l, the derivatives notableness, and notably, being also similarly pronounced with short o in the first syllable.

3.
Well-known; notorious.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.


word: Notable₂
definition:
Notable

Not"a*ble
(n&omacrt"ȧ*b'l)
n.
1.
A person, or thing, of distinction.

2.
(French Hist.)
One of a number of persons, before the revolution of 1789, chiefly of the higher orders, appointed by the king to constitute a representative body.


word: Notaeum
definition:
Notaeum

No*tae"um
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. _; pertaining to the notum or back.]
(Zool.)
The back or upper surface, as of a bird.


word: Notandum
definition:
Notandum

No*tan"dum
(?)
n.
pl. Notanda (#).
[L., fr. notare to observe.]
A thing to be noted or observed; a notable fact; -- chiefly used in the plural.


word: Notarial
definition:
Notarial

No*ta"ri*al
(?)
a.
[Cf. F. notarial.]
Of or pertaining to a notary; done or taken by a notary; as, a notarial seal; notarial evidence or attestation.


word: Notary
definition:
Notary

No"ta*ry
(?)
n.
pl. Notaries (#).
[F. notaire, L. notarius notary (in sense 1), fr. nota mark. See 5th Note.]

1.
One who records in shorthand what is said or done; as, the notary of an ecclesiastical body.

2.
(Eng. & Am. Law)
A public officer who attests or certifies deeds and other writings, or copies of them, usually under his official seal, to make them authentic, especially in foreign countries.  His duties chiefly relate to instruments used in commercial transactions, such as protests of negotiable paper, ship's papers in cases of loss, damage, etc.  He is generally called a notary public.


word: Notate
definition:
Notate

No"tate
(?)
a.
[L. notatus marked, p. p. of notare to mark.  See 5th Note.]
(Bot.)
Marked with spots or lines, which are often colored.
Henslow.


word: Notation
definition:
Notation

No*ta"tion
(?)
n.
[L. notatio a marking, observing, etymology, fr. notare to mark, nota a mark: cf. F. notation. See 5th Note.]
1.
The act or practice of recording anything by marks, figures, or characters.

2.
Any particular system of characters, symbols, or abbreviated expressions used in art or science, to express briefly technical facts, quantities, etc.
Esp.,
the system of figures, letters, and signs used in arithmetic and algebra to express number, quantity, or operations.

3.
Literal or etymological signification.
[Obs.]

“Conscience” is a Latin word, and, according to the very notation of it, imports a double or joint knowledge.
South.


word: Notch
definition:
Notch

Notch
(n&obreve_;ch)
n.
[Akin to nock; cf. OD. nock, OSw. nocka.  Cf. Nick a notch.]

1.
A hollow cut in anything; a nick; an indentation.

And on the stick ten equal notches makes.
Swift.

2.
A narrow passage between two elevations; a deep, close pass; a defile; as, the notch of a mountain.


word: Notch₂
definition:
Notch

Notch
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Notched (n&obreve_;cht); p. pr. & vb. n. Notching.]
1.
To cut or make notches in; to indent; also, to score by notches; as, to notch a stick.

2.
To fit the notch of (an arrow) to the string.

God is all sufferance; here he doth show
No arrow notched, only a stringless bow.
Herrick.


word: Notchboard
definition:
Notchboard

Notch"board`
(?)
n.
(Carp.)
The board which receives the ends of the steps in a staircase.


word: Notching
definition:
Notching

Notch"ing
n.
1.
The act of making notches; the act of cutting into small hollows.

2.
The small hollow, or hollows, cut; a notch or notches.

3.
(Carp.)
A method of joining timbers, scantling, etc., by notching them, as at the ends, and overlapping or interlocking the notched portions.

4.
(Engin.)
A method of excavating, as in a bank, by a series of cuttings side by side. See also Gulleting.


word: Notchweed
definition:
Notchweed

Notch"weed`
(?)
n.
(Bot.)
A foul-smelling weed, the stinking goosefoot (Chenopodium Vulvaria).


word: Note
definition:
Note

Note
(n&omacrt)
v. t.
[AS. hnītan to strike against, imp. hnāt.]
To butt; to push with the horns.
[Prov. Eng.]


word: Note₅
definition:
Note

Note
n.
[F. note, L. nota; akin to noscere, notum, to know. See Know.]
1.
A mark or token by which a thing may be known; a visible sign; a character; a distinctive mark or feature; a characteristic quality.

Whosoever appertain to the visible body of the church, they have also the notes of external profession.
Hooker.

She [the Anglican church] has the note of possession, the note of freedom from party titles,the note of life -- a tough life and a vigorous.
J. H. Newman.

What a note of youth, of imagination, of impulsive eagerness, there was through it all  !
Mrs. Humphry Ward.

2.
A mark, or sign, made to call attention, to point out something to notice, or the like; a sign, or token, proving or giving evidence.

3.
A brief remark; a marginal comment or explanation; hence, an annotation on a text or author; a comment; a critical, explanatory, or illustrative observation.

The best writers have been perplexed with notes, and obscured with illustrations.
Felton.

4.
A brief writing intended to assist the memory; a memorandum; a minute.

5.
pl.
Hence, a writing intended to be used in speaking; memoranda to assist a speaker, being either a synopsis, or the full text of what is to be said; as, to preach from notes; also, a reporter's memoranda; the original report of a speech or of proceedings.

6.
A short informal letter; a billet.

7.
A diplomatic missive or written communication.

8.
A written or printed paper acknowledging a debt, and promising payment; as, a promissory note; a note of hand; a negotiable note.

9.
A list of items or of charges; an account.
[Obs.]

Here is now the smith's note for shoeing.
Shak.

10.
(Mus.)
(a)
A character, variously formed, to indicate the length of a tone, and variously placed upon the staff to indicate its pitch. Hence:
(b)
A musical sound; a tone; an utterance; a tune.
(c)
A key of the piano or organ.

The wakeful bird . . . tunes her nocturnal note.
Milton.

That note of revolt against the eighteenth century, which we detect in Goethe, was struck by Winckelmann.
W. Pater.

11.
Observation; notice; heed.

Give orders to my servants that they take
No note at all of our being absent hence.
Shak.

12.
Notification; information; intelligence.
[Obs.]

The king . . . shall have note of this.
Shak.

13.
State of being under observation.
[Obs.]

Small matters . . . continually in use and in note.
Bacon.

14.
Reputation; distinction; as, a poet of note.

There was scarce a family of note which had not poured out its blood on the field or the scaffold.
Prescott.

15.
Stigma; brand; reproach.
[Obs.]
Shak.

Note of hand, a promissory note.


word: Note₆
definition:
Note

Note
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Noted; p. pr. & vb. n. Noting.]
[F. noter, L. notare, fr. nota. See Note, n.]

1.
To notice with care; to observe; to remark; to heed; to attend to.
Pope.

No more of that; I have noted it well.
Shak.

The world will little note, nor long remember, what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here.
Abraham Lincoln (Gettysburg Address, 1863).

2.
To record in writing; to make a memorandum of.

Every unguarded word . . . was noted down.
Maccaulay.

3.
To charge, as with crime (with of or for before the thing charged); to brand.
[Obs.]

They were both noted of incontinency.
Dryden.

4.
To denote; to designate.
Johnson.

5.
To annotate.
[R.]
W. H. Dixon.

6.
To set down in musical characters.

To note a bill or To note a draft, to record on the back of it a refusal of acceptance, as the ground of a protest, which is done officially by a notary.


word: Notebook
definition:
Notebook

Note"book`
(?)
n.
1.
A book in which notes or memorandums are written.

2.
A book in which notes of hand are registered.


word: Noted
definition:
Noted

Not"ed
(?)
a.
Well known by reputation or report; eminent; famous; prominent; celebrated; as, a noted author, or traveler.
Not"ed*ly, adv. -- Not"ed*ness, n.


word: Noteless
definition:
Noteless

Note"less
a.
Not attracting notice; not conspicuous.

Noteless as the race from which he sprung.
Sir W. Scott.


word: Note paper
definition:
Note paper

Note" pa`per
(?)
Writing paper, not exceeding in size, when folded once, five by eight inches.


word: nother
definition:
nother

noth"er
(?)
a.
Other; -- variant spelling used mostly in the phrase a whole nother (i. e., a completely different), as though formed by splitting the word “another”.


word: Nothing
definition:
Nothing

Noth"ing
(?)
n.
[From no, a. + thing.]
1.
Not anything; no thing (in the widest sense of the word thing); -- opposed to anything and something.

Yet had his aspect nothing of severe.
Dryden.

2.
Nonexistence; nonentity; absence of being; nihility; nothingness.
Shak.

3.
A thing of no account, value, or note; something irrelevant and impertinent; something of comparative unimportance; utter insignificance; a trifle.

Behold, ye are of nothing, and your work of nought.
Is. xli. 24.

'T is nothing, says the fool; but, says the friend,
This nothing, sir, will bring you to your end.
Dryden.

4.
(Arith.)
A cipher; naught.

Nothing but, only; no more than. Chaucer. -- To make nothing of. (a) To make no difficulty of; to consider as trifling or important. “We are industrious to preserve our bodies from slavery, but we make nothing of suffering our souls to be slaves to our lusts.” Ray. (b) Not to understand; as, I could make nothing of what he said.


word: Nothing₂
definition:
Nothing

Noth"ing
adv.
In no degree; not at all; in no wise.

Adam, with such counsel nothing swayed.
Milton.

The influence of reason in producing our passions is nothing near so extensive as is commonly believed.
Burke.

Nothing off (Naut.), an order to the steersman to keep the vessel close to the wind.


word: Nothingarian
definition:
Nothingarian

Noth`ing*a"ri*an
(?)
n.
One of no certain belief; one belonging to no particular sect.


word: Nothingness
definition:
Nothingness

Noth"ing*ness
n.
1.
Nihility; nonexistence.

2.
The state of being of no value; a thing of no value.


word: nothings
definition:
nothings

nothings
n.
1.
inconsequential conversation; as, they traded a few nothings as they parted.


word: Nothofagus
definition:
Nothofagus

Nothofagus
prop. n.
A genus of beeches of temperate southern hemisphere except Africa; the southern beech.

Syn. -- genus Nothofagus.


word: nothosaur
definition:
nothosaur

nothosaur
n.
An extinct marine reptile with longer more slender limbs than plesiosaurs and less completely modified for swimming.


word: Notice
definition:
Notice

No"tice
(?)
n.
[F., fr. L. notitia a being known, knowledge, fr. noscere, notum, to know. See Know.]
1.
The act of noting, remarking, or observing; observation by the senses or intellect; cognizance; note.

How ready is envy to mingle with the notices we take of other persons!
I. Watts.

2.
Intelligence, by whatever means communicated; knowledge given or received; means of knowledge; express notification; announcement; warning.

I . . . have given him notice that the Duke of Cornwall and Regan his duchess will be here.
Shak.

3.
An announcement, often accompanied by comments or remarks; as, book notices; theatrical notices.

4.
A writing communicating information or warning.

5.
Attention; respectful treatment; civility.

To take notice of, to perceive especially; to observe or treat with particular attention.


word: Notice₂
definition:
Notice

No"tice
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Noticed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Noticing (?).]
1.
To observe; to see; to mark; to take note of; to heed; to pay attention to.

2.
To show that one has observed; to take public note of; remark upon; to make comments on; to refer to; as, to notice a book.

This plant deserves to be noticed in this place.
Tooke.

Another circumstance was noticed in connection with the suggestion last discussed.
Sir W. Hamilton.

3.
To treat with attention and civility; as, to notice strangers.


word: Noticeable
definition:
Noticeable

No"tice*a*ble
(?)
a.
Capable of being observed; worthy of notice; likely to attract observation; conspicuous.

A noticeable man, with large gray eyes.
Wordsworth.


word: Notidanian
definition:
Notidanian

No`ti*da"ni*an
(?)
n.
[Gr. _; back + _; comely.]
(Zool.)
Any one of several species of sharks of the family Notidanidae, or Hexanchidae. Called also cow sharks. See Shark.


word: Notification
definition:
Notification

No`ti*fi*ca"tion
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. notification. See Notify.]
1.
The act of notifying, or giving notice; the act of making known; especially, the act of giving official notice or information to the public or to individuals, corporations, companies, or societies, by words, by writing, or by other means.

2.
Notice given in words or writing, or by signs.

3.
The writing which communicates information; an advertisement, or citation, etc.


word: Notify
definition:
Notify

No"ti*fy
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Notified (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Notifying (?).]
[F. notifier, L. notificare; notus known (p. p. of noscere to known) + -ficare (in comp.) to make. See Know, and -fy.]

1.
To make known; to declare; to publish; as, to notify a fact to a person.

No law can bind till it be notified or promulged.
Sowth.

2.
To give notice to; to inform by notice; to apprise; as, the constable has notified the citizens to meet at the city hall; the bell notifies us of the time of meeting.

The President of the United States has notified the House of Representatives that he has approved and signed the act.
Journal of the Senate, U. S.

&hand_; This application of notify has been condemned; but it is in constant good use in the United States, and in perfect accordance with the use of certify.


word: notifying
definition:
notifying

notifying
n.
The act or process of informing by words.

Syn. -- telling, apprisal, notification.


word: Notion
definition:
Notion

No"tion
(?)
[L. notio, fr. noscere to know: cf. F. notion. See Know.]
1.
Mental apprehension of whatever may be known or imagined; an idea; a conception; more properly, a general or universal conception, as distinguishable or definable by marks or notae.

What hath been generally agreed on, I content myself to assume under the notion of principles.
Sir I. Newton.

Few agree in their notions about these words.
Cheyne.

That notion of hunger, cold, sound, color, thought, wish, or fear which is in the mind, is called the “idea” of hunger, cold, etc.
I. Watts.

Notion, again, signifies either the act of apprehending, signalizing, that is, the remarking or taking note of, the various notes, marks, or characters of an object which its qualities afford, or the result of that act.
Sir W. Hamilton.

2.
A sentiment; an opinion.

The extravagant notion they entertain of themselves.
Addison.

A perverse will easily collects together a system of notions to justify itself in its obliquity.
J. H. Newman.

3.
Sense; mind.
[Obs.]
Shak.

4.
An invention; an ingenious device; a knickknack; as, Yankee notions.
[Colloq.]

5.
Inclination; intention; disposition; as, I have a notion to do it.
[Colloq.]

6.
Miscellaneous small objects; sundries; -- usually referring to articles displayed together for sale.


word: Notional
definition:
Notional

No"tion*al
(?)
a.
1.
Consisting of, or conveying, notions or ideas; expressing abstract conceptions.

2.
Existing in idea only; visionary; whimsical.

Discourses of speculative and notional things.
Evelyn.

3.
Given to foolish or visionary expectations; whimsical; fanciful; as, a notional man.


word: Notionally
definition:
Notionally

No"tion*al*ly
(?)
adv.
In mental apprehension; in conception; not in reality.

Two faculties . . . notionally or really distinct.
Norris.


word: Notobranchiata
definition:
Notobranchiata

No`to*bran`chi*a*ta
(?)
n. pl.
[NL. See Notum, and Branchia.]
(Zool.)
(a)
A division of nudibranchiate mollusks having gills upon the back.
(b)
The Dorsibranchiata.


word: Notochord
definition:
Notochord

No"to*chord
(?)
n.
[Gr. nw^ton the back + E. chord.]
(Anat.)
An elastic cartilagelike rod which is developed beneath the medullary groove in the vertebrate embryo, and constitutes the primitive axial skeleton around which the centra of the vertebrae and the posterior part of the base of the skull are developed; the chorda dorsalis. See Illust. of Ectoderm.


word: Notodontian
definition:
Notodontian

No`to*don"tian
(?)
n.
[Gr. nw^ton the back + 'odoy`s, 'odo`ntos a tooth.]
(Zool.)
Any one of several species of bombycid moths belonging to Notodonta, Nerice, and allied genera. The caterpillar of these moths has a hump, or spine, on its back.


word: Notophthalmus
definition:
Notophthalmus

Notophthalmus
prop. n.
One of the genera of newts, included in the family Salamandridae.

Syn. -- genus Notophthalmus.


word: Notopodium
definition:
Notopodium

No`to*po"di*um
(?)
n.
pl. L. Notopodia (#), E. Notopodiums (#).
[NL., fr. Gr. nw^ton the back + poy`s, podo`s, the foot.]
(Zool.)
The dorsal lobe or branch of a parapodium. See Parapodium.


word: Notorhizal
definition:
Notorhizal

No`to*rhi"zal
(n&omacr`to̝*rī"zal)
a.
[Gr. nw^ton the back + "ri`za a root.]
(Bot.)
Having the radicle of the embryo lying against the back of one of the cotyledons; incumbent.


word: Notoriety
definition:
Notoriety

No`to*ri"e*ty
(n&omacr`to̝*rī"e̝*t&ybreve_;)
n.
[Cf. F. notoriété. See Notorious.]
The quality or condition of being notorious; the state of being generally or publicly known; -- commonly used in an unfavorable sense; as, the notoriety of a crime.

They were not subjects in their own nature so exposed to public notoriety.
Addison.


word: Notorious
definition:
Notorious

No*to"ri*ous
(?)
a.
[L. notorius pointing out, making known, fr. noscere, notum, to known: cf. F. notoire. See Know.]
Generally known and talked of by the public; universally believed to be true; manifest to the world; evident; -- usually in an unfavorable sense; as, a notorious thief; a notorious crime or vice.

Your goodness,
Since you provoke me, shall be most notorious.
Shak.


word: Notornis
definition:
Notornis

No*tor"nis
(?)
prop. n.
[NL., fr. Gr. no`tos the south, or southwest + _; bird.]
(Zool.)
A genus of birds allied to the gallinules, but having rudimentary wings and incapable of flight.  Notornis Mantelli was first known as a fossil bird of New Zealand, but subsequently a few individuals were found living on the southern island.  It is supposed to be now nearly or quite extinct.


word: Nototherium
definition:
Nototherium

No`to*the"ri*um
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. no`tos the south + qhri`on a wild animal.]
(Zool.)
An extinct genus of gigantic herbivorous marsupials, found in the Pliocene formation of Australia.


word: Nototrema
definition:
Nototrema

No`to*tre"ma
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. nw^ton back + _; a hole.]
(Zool.)
The pouched, or marsupial, frog of South America.


word: Notwithstanding
definition:
Notwithstanding

Not`with*stand"ing
(?)
prep.
Without prevention, or obstruction from or by; in spite of.

We gentil women bee
Loth to displease any wight,
Notwithstanding our great right.
Chaucer's Dream.

Those on whom Christ bestowed miraculous cures were so transported that their gratitude made them, notwithstanding his prohibition, proclaim the wonders he had done.
Dr. H. More.

&hand_; Notwithstanding was, by Johnson and Webster, viewed as a participle absolute, an English equivalent of the Latin non obstante. Its several meanings, either as preposition, adverb, or conjunction, are capable of being explained in this view. Later grammarians, while admitting that the word was originally a participle, and can be treated as such, prefer to class it as a preposition or disjunctive conjunction.


word: Notwithstanding₂
definition:
Notwithstanding

Not`with*stand"ing
adv. or conj.
[Originally the participle of withstand, with not prefixed.]
Nevertheless; however; although; as, I shall go, notwithstanding it rains.

I will surely rend the kingdom from thee, and will give it to thy servant. Notwithstanding, in thy days I will not do it.
1 Kings xi. 11, 12.

They which honor the law as an image of the wisdom of God himself, are, notwithstanding, to know that the same had an end in Christ.
Hooker.

You did wisely and honestly too, notwithstanding
She is the greatest beauty in the parish.
Fielding.

Notwithstanding that, notwithstanding; although.

These days were ages to him, notwithstanding that he was basking in the smiles of the pretty Mary.
W. Irving.


word: Noumenal
definition:
Noumenal

Nou"me*nal
(?)
a.
(Metaph.)
Of or pertaining to the noumenon; real; -- opposed to phenomenal.
G. H. Lewes.


word: Noumenon
definition:
Noumenon

Nou"me*non
(nou"me̝*n&obreve_;n)
n.
[NL. fr. Gr. _; the thing perceived, p. pr. pass. of _; to perceive, _; the mind.]
(Metaph.)
The of itself unknown and unknowable rational object, or thing in itself, which is distinguished from the phenomenon through which it is apprehended by the senses, and by which it is interpreted and understood; -- so used in the philosophy of Kant and his followers.


word: Noun
definition:
Noun

Noun
(noun)
n.
[OF. noun, nun, num, non, nom, F. nom, fr. L. nomen name. See Name.]
(Gram.)
A word used as the designation or appellation of a creature or thing, existing in fact or in thought; a substantive.

&hand_; By some grammarians the term noun is so used as to include adjectives, as being descriptive; but in general it is limited to substantives.


word: Nounal
definition:
Nounal

Noun"al
(?)
a.
Of or pertaining to a noun.

Verbs which in whole or in part have shed their old nounal coat.
Earle.


word: Nounize
definition:
Nounize

Noun"ize
(?)
v. t.
To change (an adjective, verb, etc.) into a noun; to nominalize.
Earle.


word: Nourish
definition:
Nourish

Nour"ish
(nŭr"ĭsh)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Nourished (nŭr"ĭsht); p. pr. & vb. n. Nourishing.]
[OE. norisen, norischen, OF. nurir, nurrir, norir, F. nourrir, fr. L. nutrire.  Cf. Nurse, Nutriment, and see -ish.]

1.
To feed and cause to grow; to supply with matter which increases bulk or supplies waste, and promotes health; to furnish with nutriment.

He planteth an ash, and the rain doth nourish it.
Is. xliv. 14.

2.
To support; to maintain.

Whiles I in Ireland nourish a mighty band.
Shak.

3.
To supply the means of support and increase to; to encourage; to foster; as, to nourish rebellion; to nourish the virtues.
Nourish
Hooker.

4.
To cherish; to comfort.

Ye have nourished your hearts.
James v. 5.

5.
To educate; to instruct; to bring up; to nurture; to promote the growth of in attainments.
Chaucer.

Nourished up in the words of faith.
1 Tim. iv. 6.


word: Nourish₂
definition:
Nourish

Nour"ish
v. i.
1.
To promote growth; to furnish nutriment.

Grains and roots nourish more than their leaves.
Bacon.

2.
To gain nourishment.
[R.]
Bacon.


word: Nourishable
definition:
Nourishable

Nour"ish*a*ble
(?)
a.
[Cf. F. nourrissable.]

1.
Capable of being nourished; as, the nourishable parts of the body.
Grew.

2.
Capable of giving nourishment.
[Obs.]
Bp. Hall.


word: Nourishment
definition:
Nourishment

Nour"ish*ment
(?)
n.
[Cf. OF. norrissement.]

1.
The act of nourishing, or the state of being nourished; nutrition.

2.
That which serves to nourish; nutriment; food.

Learn to seek the nourishment of their souls.
Hooker.


word: Noursle
definition:
Noursle

Nour"sle
(?)
v. t.
[Freq., fr. OE. nourse. See Nurse.]
To nurse; to rear; to bring up.
[Obs.]
[Written also nosel, nousel, nousle, nowsle, nusle, nuzzle, etc.]

She noursled him till years he raught.
Spenser.


word: Nous
definition:
Nous

Nous
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. noy^s mind.]
1.
Intellect; understanding; talent; -- used humorously.

2.
(Philos.)
The reason; the highest intellect; God regarded as the World Reason.


word: Nousle
definition:
Nousle

Nousel

{ Nous"el, Nou"sle  }
(?)
v. t.
[See Noose.]
To insnare; to entrap.
[Obs.]
Johnson.


word: Nowthe
definition:
Nowthe

Nouthe

{ Nou"the, Now"the (?) }
adv.
[Now + the.]
Just now; at present.
[Obs.]

But thereof needeth not to speak as nouthe.
Chaucer.


word: Nouvelle riche
definition:
Nouvelle riche

Nouveau riche

{ &VerbarNou`veau" riche" (?), m., &VerbarNou`velle" riche" (?), f. }
pl. m. Noveaux riches (#), f. Nouvelles riches (#)
[F.]
A person newly rich.  Contrasted with old money.


word: Nova
definition:
Nova

No"va
(n&omacr"vȧ)
n.
pl. L. Novae (n&omacr"vē), E. Novas (n&omacr"vȧz)
[L., fem. sing. of novus new.]
(Astron.)
A star which suddenly increases in brightness thousands of times, then fades back to near its original intensity.  It may appear as a “new” star if its original brightness was too low for routine observation.  A star which suddenly increases in brightness to many millions of times its original intensity is a supernova, and the postulated mechanisms for the increases of brightness of novae and supernovae are different.
The most important modern novae are: -- No"va Co*ro"nae Bo`re*a"lis (_;) [1866]; No"va Cyg"ni (_;) [1876]; No"va An*dro"me*dae (_;) [1885]; No"va Au*ri"gae (_;) [1891-92]; No"va Per"se*i (_;) [1901]. There are two novae called Nova Persei. They are: (a) A small nova which appeared in 1881. (b) An extraordinary nova which appeared in Perseus in 1901.  It was first sighted on February 22, and for one night (February 23) was the brightest star in the sky.  By July it had almost disappeared, after which faint surrounding nebulous masses were discovered, apparently moving radially outward from the star at incredible velocity.


word: Novaculite
definition:
Novaculite

No*vac"u*lite
(?)
n.
[L. novacula a sharp knife, razor: cf. F. novaculite.]
(Min.)
A variety of siliceous slate, of which hones are made; razor stone; Turkey stone; hone stone; whet slate.


word: Novatian
definition:
Novatian

No*va"tian
(?)
n.
(Eccl. Hist.)
One of the sect of Novatius, or Novatianus, who held that the lapsed might not be received again into communion with the church, and that second marriages are unlawful.


word: Novation
definition:
Novation

No*va"tion
(?)
n.
[L. novatio; novus new: cf. F. novation.]
1.
Innovation.
[Obs.]

I shall easily grant that novations in religion are a main cause of distempers in commonwealths.
Laud.

2.
(Law)
A substitution of a new debt for an old one; also, the remodeling of an old obligation; debt restructuring.


word: Novel
definition:
Novel

Nov"el
(?)
a.
[OF. novel, nuvel, F. nouvel, nouveau, L. novellus, dim. of novus new. See New.]
Of recent origin or introduction; not ancient; new; hence, out of the ordinary course; unusual; strange; surprising.

&hand_; In civil law, the novel or new constitutions are those which are supplemental to the code, and posterior in time to the other books.  These contained new decrees of successive emperors.

Novel assignment (Law), a new assignment or specification of a suit.


word: Novel₂
definition:
Novel

Nov"el
n.
[F. nouvelle. See Novel, a.]
1.
That which is new or unusual; a novelty.

2.
pl.
News; fresh tidings.
[Obs.]

Some came of curiosity to hear some novels.
Latimer.

3.
A fictitious tale or narrative, longer than a short story, having some degree of complexity and development of characters; it is usually organized as a time sequence of events, and is commonly intended to exhibit the operation of the passions, and often of love.
Dryden.

4.
[L. novellae (sc. constitutiones): cf. F. novelles.]
(Law)
A new or supplemental constitution. See the Note under Novel, a.


word: Novelist
definition:
Novelist

Nov"el*ist
n.
1.
An innovator; an asserter of novelty.
[Obs.]
Cudworth.

2.
[Cf. F. nouvelliste, It. novellista.]
A writer of news.
[Obs.]
Tatler (178).

3.
[Cf. F. nouvelliste.]
A writer of a novel or novels.


word: Novelize₂
definition:
Novelize

Nov"el*ize
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Novelized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Novelizing (?).]
1.
To innovate.
[Obs.]

2.
To put into the form of novels; to represent by fiction; to fictionalize.
novelize
Sir J. Herschel.


word: Novelty
definition:
Novelty

Nov"el*ty
(?)
n.
pl. Novelties (#).
[OF. novelté, F. nouveauté, L. novellitas.]
1.
The quality or state of being novel; newness; freshness; recentness of origin or introduction.

Novelty is the great parent of pleasure.
South.

2.
Something novel; a new or strange thing.

3.
A small mass-produced article of little value; a knickknack.

Syn. -- knickknack.


word: November
definition:
November

No*vem"ber
(?)
n.
[L. November, or Novembris (sc. mensis), the ninth month of the old Roman year, which began with March, fr. novem nine: cf. F. Novembre. See Nine.]
The eleventh month of the year, containing thirty days.


word: Novenary
definition:
Novenary

Nov"e*na*ry
(?)
a.
[L. novenarius, from novem nine.]
Of or pertaining to the number nine.


word: Novene
definition:
Novene

No"vene
(?)
a.
[L. novenus nine each, in LL., ninth, fr. L. novem nine.]
Relating to, or dependent on, the number nine; novenary.
[R.]

The triple and novene division ran throughout.
Milman.


word: Novennial
definition:
Novennial

No*ven"ni*al
(?)
a.
[L. novennis of nine years; novem nine + annus year.]
Done or recurring every ninth year.


word: Novercal
definition:
Novercal

No*ver"cal
(?)
a.
[L. novennis of nine years; novem nine + annus year.]
Done or recurring every ninth year.


word: Novercal₂
definition:
Novercal

No*ver"cal
(?)
a.
[L. novercalis, from noverca a stepmother.]
Of or pertaining to a stepmother; suitable to, or in the manner of, a stepmother.
Derham.


word: Novice
definition:
Novice

Nov"ice
(?)
n.
[F., from L. novicius, novitius, new, from novus new. See New, and cf. Novitious.]
1.
One who is new in any business, profession, or calling; one unacquainted or unskilled; one yet in the rudiments; a beginner; a tyro.

I am young; a novice in the trade.
Dryden.

2.
One newly received into the church, or one newly converted to the Christian faith.
1 Tim. iii. 6.

3.
(Eccl.)
One who enters a religious house, whether of monks or nuns, as a probationist.
Shipley.

No poore cloisterer, nor no novys.
Chaucer.


word: Novilunar
definition:
Novilunar

No`vi*lu"nar
(?)
a.
[L. novus new + luna the moon.]
Of or pertaining to the new moon.
[R.]


word: Novitiate
definition:
Novitiate

No*vi"ti*ate
(?)
n.
[LL. novitiatus: cf. F. noviciat.]

1.
The state of being a novice; time of initiation or instruction in rudiments.

2.
Hence:
The time of probation in a religious house before taking the vows.

3.
One who is going through a novitiate, or period of probation; a novice.
Addison.

4.
The place where novices live or are trained.
[R.]


word: Novitious
definition:
Novitious

No*vi"tious
(?)
a.
[L. novitius, novicius.]
Newly invented; recent; new.
[Obs.]
Bp. Pearson.


word: Novosibirsk
definition:
Novosibirsk

Novosibirsk
prop. n.
A city in the Asian part of Russia.  Much Soviet military research was performed there, and until the 1990's it was restricted from entry by foreigners.


word: Novum
definition:
Novum

No"vum
(?)
n.
A game at dice, properly called novem quinque (L., nine five), the two principal throws being nine and five.
[Obs.]
Shak.


word: Now
definition:
Now

Now
(nou)
adv.
[OE. nou, nu, AS. nū, nu; akin to D., OS., & OHG. nu, G. nu, nun, Icel., nū, Dan., Sw., & Goth. nu, L. nunc, Gr. ny`, ny^n, Skr. nu, nū. √193.  Cf. New.]

1.
At the present time; at this moment; at the time of speaking; instantly; as, I will write now.

I have a patient now living, at an advanced age, who discharged blood from his lungs thirty years ago.
Arbuthnot.

2.
Very lately; not long ago.

They that but now, for honor and for plate,
Made the sea blush with blood, resign their hate.
Waller.

3.
At a time contemporaneous with something spoken of or contemplated; at a particular time referred to.

The ship was now in the midst of the sea.
Matt. xiv. 24.

4.
In present circumstances; things being as they are; -- hence, used as a connective particle, to introduce an inference or an explanation.

How shall any man distinguish now betwixt a parasite and a man of honor?
L'Estrange.

Why should he live, now nature bankrupt is?
Shak.

Then cried they all again, saying, Not this man, but Barabbas.  Now, Barabbas was a robber.
John xviii. 40.

The other great and undoing mischief which befalls men is, by their being misrepresented.  Now, by calling evil good, a man is misrepresented to others in the way of slander.
South.

Now and again, now and then; occasionally. -- Now and now, again and again; repeatedly. [Obs.] Chaucer. -- Now and then, at one time and another; indefinitely; occasionally; not often; at intervals. “A mead here, there a heath, and now and then a wood.” Drayton. -- Now now, at this very instant; precisely now. [Obs.] “Why, even now now, at holding up of this finger, and before the turning down of this.” J. Webster (1607). -- Now . . . now, alternately; at one time . . . at another time. “Now high, now low, now master up, now miss.” Pope.


word: Now₃
definition:
Now

Now
n.
The present time or moment; the present.

Nothing is there to come, and nothing past;
But an eternal now does ever last.
Cowley.


word: Nowadays
definition:
Nowadays

Now"a*days`
(nou"ȧ*dāz`)
adv.
[For now on (OE. an) days. See A-, 1.]
In these days; at the present time.

What men of spirit, nowadays,
Come to give sober judgment of new plays?
Garrick.


word: No way
definition:
No way

Noways

Noway

{ No"way` (?), No"ways` (?), No" way` }
adv.
[No, a. + way. Cf. -wards.]
In no manner or degree; not at all; nowise.

But Ireland will noways allow that name unto it.
Fuller.


word: Nowed
definition:
Nowed

Now"ed
(?)
a.
[F. noué, p. p. of nouer to knot, fr. L. nodare. See Nodated.]
(Her.)
Knotted; tied in a knot, as a serpent.


word: Nowel
definition:
Nowel

Now"el
(?)
n.
[See Noel.]
[Written also noel.]

1.
Christmas; also, a shout of joy at Christmas for the birth of the Savior.
[Obs.]

2.
(Mus.)
A kind of hymn, or canticle, of mediaeval origin, sung in honor of the Nativity of our Lord; a Christmas carol.
Grove.


word: Nowel₂
definition:
Nowel

Now"el
n.
[F. noyau, prop., a kernel. See Noyau, Newel a post.]
(Founding)
(a)
The core, or the inner part, of a mold for casting a large hollow object.
(b)
The bottom part of a mold or of a flask, in distinction from the cope; the drag.


word: Nowhere
definition:
Nowhere

No"where`
(?)
adv.
[AS. nāhw&aemacr_;r. See No, and Where.]
Not anywhere; not in any place or state; as, the book is nowhere to be found.


word: Nowhither
definition:
Nowhither

No"whith`er
(?)
adv.
[No + whither.]
Not anywhither; in no direction; nowhere.
[Archaic]
nowhither
2 Kings v. 25.


word: Nowise
definition:
Nowise

No"wise`
(?)
adv.
[For in no wise. See Wise, n.]
Not in any manner or degree; in no way; noways.

Others whose case is nowise different.
Earle.


word: Noxious
definition:
Noxious

Nox"ious
(?)
a.
[L. noxius, fr. noxa harm; akin to nocere to harm, hurt.  Cf. Nuisance, Necromancy.]

1.
Hurtful; harmful; baneful; pernicious; injurious; destructive; unwholesome; insalubrious; as, noxious air, food, or climate; pernicious; corrupting to morals; as, noxious practices or examples.

Too frequent an appearance in places of public resort is noxious to spiritual promotions.
Swift.

2.
Guilty; criminal.
[R.]

Those who are noxious in the eye of the law.
Abp. Bramhall.


word: Noy
definition:
Noy

Noy
(?)
v. t.
[See Annoy.]
To annoy; to vex.
[Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
Piers Plowman.

All that noyed his heavy spright.
Spenser.


word: Noyade
definition:
Noyade

No`yade"
(?)
n.
[F., fr. noyer to drown, L. necare to kill.]
A drowning of many persons at once, -- a method of execution practiced at Nantes in France during the Reign of Terror, by Jean Baptiste Carrier.


word: Noyau
definition:
Noyau

Noy`au"
(?)
n.
[F., prop., the stone or nut of a fruit, fr. L. nucalis like a nut. See Newel a post.]
A cordial of brandy, etc., flavored with the kernel of the bitter almond, or of the peach stone, etc.


word: Noyous
definition:
Noyous

Noy"ous
(?)
a.
Annoying; disagreeable.
[Obs.]

Watch the noyous night, and wait for joyous day.
Spenser.


word: Nozzle
definition:
Nozzle

Noz"zle
(?)
n.
[A dim. of nose. √261.]
[Written also nosle.]
1.
The nose; the snout; hence, the projecting vent of anything; as, the nozzle of a bellows.

2.
Specifically:
(a)
A short tube, usually tapering, forming the vent of a hose or pipe.
(b)
A short outlet, or inlet, pipe projecting from the end or side of a hollow vessel, as a steam-engine cylinder or a steam boiler.


word: Np
definition:
Np

Np
n.
The chemical symbol for Neptunium, a transuranic element having atomic number 93.

Syn. -- Neptunium, atomic number 93.


word: Nuance
definition:
Nuance

Nu`ance"
(?)
n.
[F.]
1.
A shade of difference; a delicate gradation.

2.
A small difference in meaning, significance, or expression.


word: Nub₂
definition:
Nub

Nub
n.
A jag, or snag; a knob; a protuberance; also, the point or gist, as of a story.
[Colloq.]


word: Nubble
definition:
Nubble

Nub"ble
(?)
v. t.
[Cf. LG. nubben to knock, cuff.]
To beat or bruise with the fist.
[Obs.]
Ainsworth.


word: Nubecula
definition:
Nubecula

Nu*bec"u*la
(?)
n.
pl. Nubeculae (-lē).
[L., dim. of nubes cloud.]
1.
(Astron.)
(a)
A nebula.
(b)
pl.
Specifically, the Magellanic clouds.

2.
(Med.)
(a)
A slight spot on the cornea.
(b)
A cloudy object or appearance in urine.
Dunglison.


word: nubia
definition:
nubia

nu"bi*a
(?)
n.
[From L. nubes cloud.]
A light fabric of wool, worn on the head by women; a cloud.


word: nubiferous
definition:
nubiferous

nu*bif"er*ous
(?)
a.
[L. nubifer; nubes cloud + ferre to bear: cf. F. nubifère.]
Bringing, or producing, clouds.


word: Nubigenous
definition:
Nubigenous

Nu*big"e*nous
(?)
a.
[L. nubes cloud + -genous.]
Born of, or produced from, clouds.
[R.]


word: Nubilate
definition:
Nubilate

Nu"bi*late
(?)
v. t.
[L. nubilatus, p. p. of nubilare to cloud, fr. nubes cloud.]
To cloud.
[Obs.]


word: Nubile
definition:
Nubile

Nu"bile
(?)
a.
[L. nubilis, fr. nubere to marry: cf. F. nubile. See Nuptial.]
Of an age suitable for marriage; marriageable.
Prior.

2.
Sexually attractive, sometimes used as a genteel euphemism for having well-developed breasts; -- of a young woman.


word: Nubilous
definition:
Nubilous

Nubilose

{ Nu"bi*lose` (?), Nu"bi*lous (?), }
a.
[L. nubilosus, nubilus, fr. nubes cloud.]
Cloudy.
[R.]


word: Nucament
definition:
Nucament

Nu"ca*ment
(?)
n.
[L. nucamenta fir cones, fr. nux, nucis, a nut.]
(Bot.)
A catkin or ament; the flower cluster of the hazel, pine, willow, and the like.


word: Nucamentaceous
definition:
Nucamentaceous

Nu`ca*men*ta"ceous
(?)
a.
[See Nucament.]
(Bot.)
Like a nut either in structure or in being indehiscent; bearing one-seeded nutlike fruits.
[Written also nucumentaceous.]


word: Nucellus
definition:
Nucellus

Nu*cel"lus
(?)
n.
pl. Nucelli (#).
[NL., dim. of nux, nucis, a nut.]
(Bot.)
See Nucleus, 3 (a).


word: Nuchal
definition:
Nuchal

Nu"chal
(?)
a.
[Cf. F. nucal.]
(Anat.)
Of, pertaining to, or in the region of, the back, or nape, of the neck; -- applied especially to the anterior median plate in the carapace of turtles.


word: Nuclear
definition:
Nuclear

Nucleal

{ Nu"cle*al (?), Nu"cle*ar (?), }
a.
1.
Of or pertaining to a nucleus; as, the nuclear spindle (see Illust. of Karyokinesis) or the nuclear fibrils of a cell; the nuclear part of a comet, etc.


word: Nuclear₂
definition:
Nuclear

Nu"cle*ar
(?)
a.
1.
of, pertaining to, or using nuclear weapons; a nuclear exchange, i.e. a reciprocal bombardment by nuclear weapons..

2.
Of, pertaining to, or powered by atomic energy; same as nuclear-powered; as, a nuclear submarine; a nuclear power plant.

3.
Of or pertaining to nations possessing nuclear weapons;  as, the nuclear club.


word: Nuclear device
definition:
Nuclear device

Nu"cle*ar dev"ice
(?)
n.
an explosive device, whether used as a weapon or for other purposes, which depends for most of its explosive power on the release of energy from within atomic nuclei.  A fission device or a fusion device.


word: nuclear energy
definition:
nuclear energy

nuclear energy
n.
Energy derived from nuclear reactions; -- used at present especially of electrical power generated in atomic reactors, but encompassing also fusion energy.

Syn. -- atomic energy, atomic power, nuclear energy, nuclear power.


word: nuclear engineering
definition:
nuclear engineering

nuclear engineering
n.
The branch of engineering concerned with the design and construction and operation of nuclear reactors.


word: nuclear explosion
definition:
nuclear explosion

nuclear explosion
n.
The explosion of an atomic bomb or atomic device; -- sometimes also used of fusion-powered explosions.

Syn. -- atomic explosion.


word: nuclear family
definition:
nuclear family

nuclear family
n.
A family consisting of parents and their children and grandparents of a marital partner.


word: nuclear fission
definition:
nuclear fission

nuclear fission
n.
A nuclear reaction in which a heavy atomic nucleus splits into smaller nuclei with the simultaneous release of energy.

Syn. -- fission.


word: nuclear fusion
definition:
nuclear fusion

nuclear fusion
n.
A type of nuclear reaction in which atomic nuclei combine to form more massive nuclei with the simultaneous release of energy.
Syn. -- fusion, nuclear fusion reaction.


word: nuclear fusion reaction
definition:
nuclear fusion reaction

nuclear fusion reaction
n.
A nuclear reaction in which nuclei combine to form more massive nuclei with the simultaneous release of energy.
Syn. -- fusion, nuclear fusion.


word: nuclear magnetic resonance
definition:
nuclear magnetic resonance

nu"cle*ar mag*net"ic res"on*ance
n.
(Physics)
The specific absorption and re-emission of electromagnetic radiation at characteristic wavelengths by atomic nuclei in a magnetic field.  It is abbreviated NMR.  The wavelength of the radiation absorbed depends on the type of nucleus, the intensity of the magnetic field, and the local chemical environment in which the nucleus resides.  It is the latter effect (called the chemical shift), by which atoms of specific elements in different chemical compounds show a different resonance frequency, which gives rise to the greatest utility of this phenomenon in analyzing the chemical structure of substances.  Similar effects of the chemical environment permit the discrimination of different types of living tissue by virtue of their different chemical composition, thus permitting utilization of the phenomenon in medical diagnostic instruments, especially for magnetic resonance imaging.


word: Nuclear physics
definition:
Nuclear physics

Nu"cle*ar phys"ics
(?)
n.
That branch of physics which studies the structure of and phenomena observed in atomic nuclei.


word: nuclear power
definition:
nuclear power

nuclear power
n.
1.
Power derived from nuclear reactions; -- used at present especially of electrical power generated in atomic reactors, but encompassing also fusion power.

Syn. -- atomic energy, atomic power, nuclear energy, nuclear energy.

2.
A country possessing nuclear weapons.


word: nuclear-powered ship
definition:
nuclear-powered ship

nuclear-powered ship
n.
A ship for which the motive power comes from the energy generated by a nuclear reactor.


word: nuclear-powered submarine
definition:
nuclear-powered submarine

nuclear-powered submarine
n.
A submarine for which the motive power comes from the energy generated by a nuclear reactor.  Same as nuclear submarine.


word: nuclear reaction
definition:
nuclear reaction

nuclear reaction
n.
A process that alters the energy or structure or composition of an atomic nucleus.


word: nuclear reactor
definition:
nuclear reactor

nuclear reactor
n.
(phys.)
Any of several devices that maintain and control a sustained nuclear fission chain reaction, for the production of energy, heat, or artificial elements, or for research purposes.  The main fuel sustaining the reaction and consumed by the process is typically uranium or plutonium.
Syn. -- reactor, atomic pile, fission reactor, nuclear pile


word: nuclear resonance
definition:
nuclear resonance

nuclear resonance
n.
(Physics)
The resonance absorption of a gamma ray by a nucleus identical to the nucleus that emitted the gamma ray.


word: nuclear war
definition:
nuclear war

nuclear war
n.
A war in which nuclear weapons are used by both sides.  As generally used, the term assumes major use of nuclear weapons by at least two opposing warring states.  As of 1999, no nuclear war has occurred.


word: nuclear warhead
definition:
nuclear warhead

nuclear warhead
n.
The warhead of a missile containing an atom bomb or hydrogen bomb.

Syn. -- atomic warhead, thermonuclear warhead, nuke.


word: Nuclear weapon
definition:
Nuclear weapon

Nu"cle*ar wea"pon
(?)
n.
A weapon of great explosive power, such as an atomic bomb or a hydrogen bomb, which depends for most of its explosive power on the release of energy from within atomic nuclei by a nuclear reaction.  A fission weapon or a fusion weapon.  The term includes atomic shells for cannon.


word: nuclear winter
definition:
nuclear winter

nuclear winter
n.
a hypothetical lowering of global temperature postulated as the aftermath of a full nuclear war.  The mechanism of such an effect depends primarily on the injection into the atmosphere of small solid particles, as soot from burning forests, which reflect sunlight and cause a reduction in solar energy retained by the earth.


word: Nucleate₂
definition:
Nucleate

Nu"cle*ate
(?)
v. t.
[Cf. L. nucleare to become kernelly.]
To gather, as about a nucleus or center.


word: nucleate
definition:
nucleate

nu"cle*ate
(?)
v. i.
To form into a nucleus or multiple nuclei; as, raindrops may nucleate around silver iodide crystals.


word: nucleic acid
definition:
nucleic acid

nu*cle"ic ac"id
(nō*klā"ĭk ăs"ĭd or nō*klē"ĭk)
n.
(Chem., Biochem., Genetics)
A natural or synthetic polymer consisting of chains of ribonucleotide or deoxyribonucleotide units.
The nucleic acids are vital constituents of all living cells, carrying the genetic information propagated between generations, and, while a cell is alive, having a continued function in coding for the amino acid sequence of proteins being synthesized by the cell.  The two natural types of nucleic adic are ribonucleic acid (RNA) and deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA).


word: Nuclein
definition:
Nuclein

Nu"cle*in
(?)
n.
(Physiol. Chem.)
A constituent of the nuclei of all cells, containing protein and nucleic acid.  It is a colorless amorphous substance, readily soluble in alkaline fluids and especially characterized by its comparatively large content of phosphorus.  It also contains nitrogen and sulphur.


word: Nucleobranch
definition:
Nucleobranch

Nu"cle*o*branch
(?)
a.
(Zool.)
Belonging to the Nucleobranchiata.
n. One of the Nucleobranchiata.


word: Nucleobranchiata
definition:
Nucleobranchiata

Nu`cle*o*bran`chi*a"ta
(?)
n. pl.
[NL. See Nucleus, and Branchia]
(Zool.)
See Heteropoda.


word: Nucleoidioplasma
definition:
Nucleoidioplasma

Nu`cle*o*id`i*o*plas"ma
(?)
n.
[NL. See Nucleus, and Idioplasma.]
(Biol.)
Hyaline plasma contained in the nucleus of vegetable cells.


word: Nucleolus
definition:
Nucleolus

Nu*cle"o*lus
(?)
n.
pl. Nucleoli (#).
[L., a little nut, dim. of nucleus.]
1.
A little nucleus.

2.
(Biol.)
A small rounded body contained in the nucleus of a cell or a protozoan.

&hand_; It was termed by Agassiz the entoblast. In the protozoa, where it may be situated on one side of the nucleus, it is sometimes called the endoplastule, and is supposed to be concerned in the male part of the reproductive process. See Nucleus.


word: nucleon number
definition:
nucleon number

nucleon number
n.
The sum of the number of neutrons and protons in an atomic nucleus.
Syn. -- mass number.


word: Nucleoplasm
definition:
Nucleoplasm

Nu"cle*o*plasm
(?)
n.
[Nucleus + -plasm.]
(Biol.)
The matter composing the nucleus of a cell; the protoplasm of the nucleus; karyoplasma.


word: Nucleoplasmic
definition:
Nucleoplasmic

Nu`cle*o*plas"mic
(?)
a.
(Biol.)
Of or pertaining to nucleoplasm; -- esp. applied to a body formed in the developing ovum from the plasma of the nucleus of the germinal vesicle.


word: nucleoside
definition:
nucleoside

nucleoside
n.
(Biochem.)
A type of molecule found in all living organisms, present mostly in chemically combined form as a component of nucleic acids, and also in smaller amounts in free form, consisting of a pentose sugar bound to a purine or pyrimidine base; two types of nucleoside, ribonucleoside and deoxyribonucleoside, are present.  The most common bases present in nucleosides are adenine, cytosine, uracil, guanine, and thymine, and to a lesser extent hypoxanthine and other bases are found.  The most commmon ribonucleosides composed from these bases are called adenosine, cytidine, uridine, and guanosine.  The forms esterified with orthophosphoric at the 5-position of the pentose are called nucleotides.  The nucleotides form the monomer units which are combined into DNA and RNA, which carry the genetic information required for reproduction in all known organisms.


word: nucleotide
definition:
nucleotide

nucleotide
n.
a phosphate ester of a nucleoside; one of the monomeric components of DNA or RNA.


word: Nucleus
definition:
Nucleus

Nu"cle*us
(?)
n.
pl. E. Nucleuses (#), L. Nuclei (#).
[L., a kernel, dim. fr. nux, nucis, nut.  Cf. Newel post.]

1.
A kernel; hence, a central mass or point about which matter is gathered, or to which accretion is made; the central or material portion; -- used both literally and figuratively.

It must contain within itself a nucleus of truth.
I. Taylor.

2.
(Astron.)
The body or the head of a comet.

3.
(Bot.)
(a)
An incipient ovule of soft cellular tissue.
(b)
A whole seed, as contained within the seed coats.

4.
(Biol.)
A body, usually spheroidal, in a eukaryotic cell, distinguished from the surrounding protoplasm by a difference in refrangibility and in behavior towards chemical reagents, which contains the chromosomal genetic material, including the chromosomal DNA.  It is more or less protoplasmic, and consists of a clear fluid (achromatin) through which extends a network of fibers (chromatin) in which may be suspended a second rounded body, the nucleolus (see Nucleoplasm). See Cell division, under Division.

&hand_; The nucleus is sometimes termed the endoplast or endoblast, and in the protozoa is supposed to be concerned in the female part of the reproductive process. See Karyokinesis.

5.
(Zool.)
(a)
The tip, or earliest part, of a univalve or bivalve shell.
(b)
The central part around which additional growths are added, as of an operculum.
(c)
A visceral mass, containing the stomach and other organs, in Tunicata and some mollusks.


word: Nucula
definition:
Nucula

Nu"cu*la
(?)
n.
[L., little nut, dim. of nux, nucis, a nut.]
(Zool.)
A genus of small marine bivalve shells, having a pearly interior.


word: Nudation
definition:
Nudation

Nu*da"tion
(?)
n.
[L. nudatio, fr. nudare to make naked, fr. nudus naked. See Nude.]
The act of stripping, or making bare or naked.


word: Nuddle
definition:
Nuddle

Nud"dle
(?)
v. i.
To walk quickly with the head bent forward; -- often with along.
[Prov. Eng.]


word: Nude
definition:
Nude

Nude
(nūd)
a.
[L. nudus. See Naked.]
1.
Bare; naked; unclothed; undraped; as, a nude statue.

2.
(Law)
Naked; without consideration; void; as, a nude contract. See Nudum pactum.
Blackstone.

The nude, the undraped human figure in art.


word: Nudge
definition:
Nudge

Nudge
(nŭj)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Nudged (nŭjd); p. pr. & vb. n. Nudging.]
[Cf. Prov. G. knütschen to squeeze, pinch, E. Knock.]
To touch gently, as with the elbow, in order to call attention or convey intimation.


word: Nudibrachiate
definition:
Nudibrachiate

Nu`di*brach"i*ate
(?)
a.
[L. nudus naked + brachium an arm.]
(Zool.)
Having tentacles without vibratile cilia.
Carpenter.


word: Nudibranch
definition:
Nudibranch

Nu"di*branch
(?)
a.
(Zool.)
Of or pertaining to the Nudibranchiata.
n. One of the Nudibranchiata.


word: Nudibranchiata
definition:
Nudibranchiata

Nu`di*bran`chi*a"ta
(?)
n. pl.
[NL. See Nude, and Branchia.]
(Zool.)
A division of opisthobranchiate mollusks, having no shell except while very young.  The gills are naked and situated upon the back or sides. See Ceratobranchia.


word: Nudification
definition:
Nudification

Nu`di*fi*ca"tion
(?)
n.
[L. nudus naked + -ficare (in comp.) to make. See -fy.]
The act of making nude.


word: Nudity
definition:
Nudity

Nu"di*ty
(?)
n.
pl. Nudities (#).
[Cf. F. nudité.]
1.
The quality or state of being nude; nakedness.

2.
That which is nude or naked; naked part; undraped or unclothed portion;
esp.
(Fine Arts)
the human figure represented unclothed; any representation of nakedness; -- chiefly used in the plural and in a bad sense.

There are no such licenses permitted in poetry any more than in painting, to design and color obscene nudities.
Dryden.


word: nudnik
definition:
nudnik

nud"nik
(nŏd"nĭk)
n.
[Yiddish, fr. Russ. nudnyi tiresome.]
a pestiferous boring and dull person.


word: Nudum pactum
definition:
Nudum pactum

Nu"dum pac"tum
(?)
[L., a nude pact.]
(Law)
A bare, naked contract, without any consideration and therefore unenforceable in a court of law.
Tomlins.


word: Nugacity
definition:
Nugacity

Nu*gac"i*ty
(?)
n.
[L. nugacitas, fr. nugax, -acis, trifling.]
Futility; trifling talk or behavior; drollery.
[R.]
Dr. H. More.


word: Nugatory
definition:
Nugatory

Nu"ga*to*ry
(?)
a.
[L. nugatorius, fr. nugari to trifle, nugae jests, trifles.]
1.
Trifling; vain; futile; insignificant.

2.
Of no force; inoperative; ineffectual.

If all are pardoned, and pardoned as a mere act of clemency, the very substance of government is made nugatory.
I. Taylor.


word: Nugget
definition:
Nugget

Nug"get
(?)
n.
[Earlier niggot, prob. for nigot, an ingot. See Ingot.]
1.
A lump; a mass, esp. a native lump of a precious metal; as, a nugget of gold.

2.
Something of value, usually found among many other less valuable things; -- often used figuratively; as, a nugget of useful information in a sea of data.


word: Nugify
definition:
Nugify

Nu"gi*fy
(?)
v. t.
[L. nugae trifles + -fy.]
To render trifling or futile; to make silly.
[R.]
Coleridge.


word: Nuisance
definition:
Nuisance

Nui"sance
(?)
n.
[OE. noisance, OF. noisance, nuisance, fr. L. nocentia guilt, fr. nocere to hurt, harm; akin to necare to kill. Cf Necromancy, Nocent, Noxious, Pernicious.]
That which annoys or gives trouble and vexation; that which is offensive or noxious.

&hand_; Nuisances are public when they annoy citizens in general; private, when they affect individuals only.


word: Null
definition:
Null

Null
(?)
a.
[L. nullus not any, none; ne not + ullus any, a dim. of unus one; cf. F. nul. See No, and One, and cf. None.]
1.
Of no legal or binding force or validity; of no efficacy; invalid; void; nugatory; useless.

Faultily faultless, icily regular, splendidly null,
Dead perfection; no more.
Tennyson.

2.
Having a value of zero; as, of null utility.

3.
(Math.)
Empty; having no members; as, the null set.

4.
(Computers)
Unassigned or meaningless; -- a special value given to variables, especially pointers or logical variables, indicating that it is meaningless and cannot be used in computation; as, an uninitialized pointer in "C" is given a null value.  The actual value that is stored in memory to indicate the null condition may vary with the computer language used.


word: Null₂
definition:
Null

Null
n.
1.
Something that has no force or meaning.

2.
That which has no value; a cipher; zero.
Bacon.

Null method (Physics.), a zero method. See under Zero.


word: Nullah
definition:
Nullah

Nul"lah
(?)
n.
[Hind. nālā, fr. Skr. nāla tube.]
A water course, esp. a dry one; a gully; a gorge; -- orig. an East Indian term.
E. Arnold.


word: Nulled
definition:
Nulled

Nulled
(?)
a.
Turned so as to resemble nulls.

Nulled work (Cabinetwork), ornamental turned work resembling beads (called nulls) strung on a rod.


word: Nullibiety
definition:
Nullibiety

Nul`li*bi"e*ty
(?)
n.
[L. nullibi nowhere.]
The state or condition of being nowhere.
[Obs.]


word: Nullification
definition:
Nullification

Nul`li*fi*ca"tion
(?)
n.
[L. nullificatio contempt. See Nullify.]
The act of nullifying; a rendering void and of no effect, or of no legal effect.

Right of nullification (U. S. Hist.), the right claimed in behalf of a State to nullify or make void, by its sovereign act or decree, an enactment of the general government which it deems unconstitutional.


word: Nullifidian
definition:
Nullifidian

Nul`li*fid"i*an
(?)
a.
[L. nullus none + fides faith.]
Of no faith; also, not trusting to faith for salvation; -- opposed to solifidian.
Feltham.


word: Nullifier
definition:
Nullifier

Nul"li*fi`er
(?)
n.
One who nullifies or makes void; one who maintains the right to nullify a contract by one of the parties.


word: Nullify
definition:
Nullify

Nul"li*fy
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Nullified (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Nullifying (?).]
[L. nullificare; nullus none + -ficare (in comp.) to make. See Null, a., and -fy.]
To make void; to render invalid; to deprive of legal force or efficacy.

Such correspondence would at once nullify the conditions of the probationary system.
I. Taylor.


word: Nullipore
definition:
Nullipore

Nul"li*pore
(?)
n.
[L. nullus none + porus pope.]
(Bot.)
A name for certain crustaceous marine algae which secrete carbonate of lime on their surface, and were formerly thought to be of animal nature.  They are now considered corallines of the genera Melobesia and Lithothamnion.


word: Nullity
definition:
Nullity

Nul"li*ty
(nŭl"lĭ*t&ybreve_;)
n.
pl. Nullities.
[LL. nullitias, fr. L. nullus none: cf. F. nullité . See Null.]

1.
The quality or state of being null; nothingness; want of efficacy or force.

2.
(Law)
Nonexistence; as, a decree of nullity of marriage is a decree that no legal marriage exists.

3.
That which is null.

Was it not absurd to say that the convention was supreme in the state, and yet a nullity?
Macaulay.


word: Numb
definition:
Numb

Numb
(nŭm)
a.
[OE. nume, nome, prop., seized, taken, p. p. of nimen to take, AS. niman, p. p. numen. √7. See Nimble, Nomad, and cf. Benumb.]

1.
Enfeebled in, or destitute of, the power of sensation and motion; rendered torpid; benumbed; insensible; as, the fingers or limbs are numb with cold.
numb
Shak.

2.
Producing numbness; benumbing; as, the numb, cold night.
[Obs.]
Shak.


word: Numb₂
definition:
Numb

Numb
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Numbed (nŭmd); p. pr. & vb. n. Numbing (nŭm"ĭng).]
To make numb; to deprive of the power of sensation or motion; to render senseless or inert; to deaden; to benumb; to stupefy.

For lazy winter numbs the laboring hand.
Dryden.

Like dull narcotics, numbing pain.
Tennyson.


word: Number
definition:
Number

Num"ber
(nŭm"bẽr)
n.
[OE. nombre, F. nombre, L. numerus; akin to Gr. no`mos that which is dealt out, fr. ne`mein to deal out, distribute. See Numb, Nomad, and cf. Numerate, Numero, Numerous.]
1.
That which admits of being counted or reckoned; a unit, or an aggregate of units; a numerable aggregate or collection of individuals; an assemblage made up of distinct things expressible by figures.

2.
A collection of many individuals; a numerous assemblage; a multitude; many.

Ladies are always of great use to the party they espouse, and never fail to win over numbers.
Addison.

3.
A numeral; a word or character denoting a number; as, to put a number on a door.

4.
Numerousness; multitude.

Number itself importeth not much in armies where the people are of weak courage.
Bacon.

5.
The state or quality of being numerable or countable.

Of whom came nations, tribes, people, and kindreds out of number.
2 Esdras iii. 7.

6.
Quantity, regarded as made up of an aggregate of separate things.

7.
That which is regulated by count; poetic measure, as divisions of time or number of syllables; hence, poetry, verse; -- chiefly used in the plural.

I lisped in numbers, for the numbers came.
Pope.

8.
(Gram.)
The distinction of objects, as one, or more than one (in some languages, as one, or two, or more than two), expressed (usually) by a difference in the form of a word; thus, the singular number and the plural number are the names of the forms of a word indicating the objects denoted or referred to by the word as one, or as more than one.

9.
(Math.)
The measure of the relation between quantities or things of the same kind; that abstract species of quantity which is capable of being expressed by figures; numerical value.

Abstract number, Abundant number, Cardinal number, etc. See under Abstract, Abundant, etc. -- In numbers, in numbered parts; as, a book published in numbers.


word: Number₂
definition:
Number

Num"ber
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Numbered (nŭm"bẽrd); p. pr & vb. n. Numbering.]
[OE. nombren, noumbren, F. nombrer, fr. L. numerare, numeratum. See Number, n.]

1.
To count; to reckon; to ascertain the units of; to enumerate.

If a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbered.
Gen. xiii. 16.

2.
To reckon as one of a collection or multitude.

He was numbered with the transgressors.
Is. liii. 12.

3.
To give or apply a number or numbers to; to assign the place of in a series by order of number; to designate the place of by a number or numeral; as, to number the houses in a street, or the apartments in a building.

4.
To amount; to equal in number; to contain; to consist of; as, the army numbers fifty thousand.

Thy tears can not number the dead.
Campbell.

Numbering machine, a machine for printing consecutive numbers, as on railway tickets, bank bills, etc.


word: Numbers
definition:
Numbers

Num"bers
(?)
prop. n.
pl. of Number. The fourth book of the Pentateuch, containing the census of the Hebrews.


word: Numbfish
definition:
Numbfish

Numb"fish`
(?)
n.
(Zool.)
The torpedo, which numbs by the electric shocks which it gives.


word: Numbness
definition:
Numbness

Numb"ness
(?)
n.
The condition of being numb; that state of a living body in which it loses, wholly or in part, the power of feeling or motion.


word: Numenius
definition:
Numenius

Numenius
prop. n.
A genus of birds comprising certain of the curlews.

Syn. -- genus Numenius.


word: numeracy
definition:
numeracy

numeracy
n.
skill with numbers and mathematics; -- the skill with numbers analogous to literacy, the skill of reading.


word: Numerable
definition:
Numerable

Nu"mer*a*ble
(?)
a.
[L. numerabilis. See Number, v. t.]
Capable of being numbered or counted.


word: Numeral
definition:
Numeral

Nu"mer*al
(?)
a.
[L. numeralis, fr. numerus number: cf. F. numéral. See Number, n.]

1.
Of or pertaining to number; consisting of number or numerals.

A long train of numeral progressions.
Locke.

2.
Expressing number; representing number; as, numeral letters or characters, as X or 10 for ten.


word: Numeral₂
definition:
Numeral

Nu"mer*al
n.
1.
A figure or character used to express a number; as, the Arabic numerals, 1, 2, 3, etc.; the Roman numerals, I, V, X, L, etc.

2.
A word expressing a number.


word: Numerary
definition:
Numerary

Nu"mer*a*ry
(?)
a.
[LL. numerarius: cf. F. numéraire.]
Belonging to a certain number; counting as one of a collection or body.

A supernumerary canon, when he obtains a prebend, becomes a numerary canon.
Ayliffe.


word: Numerate
definition:
Numerate

Nu"mer*ate
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Numerated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Numerating (?).]
[L. numeratus, p. p. of numerare to count. See Number, v.]
(Arith.)
To divide off and read according to the rules of numeration; as, to numerate a row of figures.


word: Numeration
definition:
Numeration

Nu`mer*a"tion
(?)
n.
[L. numeratio a counting out: cf. F. numération.]
1.
The act or art of numbering.

Numeration is but still the adding of one unit more, and giving to the whole a new name or sign.
Locke.

2.
The act or art of reading numbers when expressed by means of numerals.  The term is almost exclusively applied to the art of reading numbers written in the scale of tens, by the Arabic method.
Davies & Peck.

&hand_; For convenience in reading, numbers are usually separated by commas into periods of three figures each, as 1,155,465; in continental Europe, periods are used for a similar division.  According to what is called the “English” system, the billion is a million of millions, a trillion a million of billions, and each higher denomination is a million times the one preceding.  According to the system of the French and other Continental nations and also that of the United States, the billion is a thousand millions, and each higher denomination is a thousand times the preceding.


word: Numerative
definition:
Numerative

Nu"mer*a*tive
(?)
a.
Of or pertaining to numeration; as, a numerative system.
Eng. Cyc.


word: Numerator
definition:
Numerator

Nu"mer*a"tor
(?)
n.
[L. numerator: cf. F. numérateur.]
1.
One who numbers.

2.
(Math.)
The term in a fraction which indicates the number of fractional units that are taken.

&hand_; In a vulgar fraction the numerator is written above a line; thus, in the fraction 5/9 (five ninths) 5 is the numerator; in a decimal fraction it is the number which follows the decimal point. See Fraction.


word: Numerical
definition:
Numerical

Numeric

{ Nu*mer"ic (?), Nu*mer"ic*al (?), }
a.
[Cf. F. numérique. See Number, n.]

1.
Belonging to number; denoting number; consisting in numbers; expressed by numbers, and not letters; as, numerical characters; a numerical equation; a numerical statement.

&hand_; Numerical, as opposed to algebraical, is used to denote a value irrespective of its sign; thus, -5 is numerically greater than -3, though algebraically less.

2.
The same in number; hence, identically the same; identical; as, the same numerical body.
[Obs.]
South.

Would to God that all my fellow brethren, which with me bemoan the loss of their books, . . . might rejoice for the recovery thereof, though not the same numerical volumes.
Fuller.

3.
relating to or having ability to think in or work with numbers; as, tests for rating numerical aptitude.  Contrasted with verbal.

Syn. -- mathematical.

Numerical equation (Alg.), an equation which has all the quantities except the unknown expressed in numbers; -- distinguished from literal equation. -- Numerical value of an equation or expression, that deduced by substituting numbers for the letters, and reducing.


word: Numeric
definition:
Numeric

Nu*mer"ic
n.
(Math.)
Any number, proper or improper fraction, or incommensurable ratio. The term also includes any imaginary expression like m + n√-1, where m and n are real numerics.


word: Numerically
definition:
Numerically

Nu*mer"ic*al*ly
adv.
In a numerical manner; in numbers; with respect to number, or sameness in number; as, a thing is numerically the same, or numerically different.


word: Numero
definition:
Numero

Nu"me*ro
(?)
n.
[It., or F. numéro ; both fr. L. numerus number.]
Number; -- often abbrev. No.


word: Numerosity
definition:
Numerosity

Nu`mer*os"i*ty
(?)
n.
[L. numerositas.]
1.
The state of being numerous; numerousness.
[Obs.]

2.
Rhythm; harmony; flow.
[Obs.]

The numerosity of the sentence pleased the ear.
S. Parr.


word: Numerous
definition:
Numerous

Nu"mer*ous
(?)
a.
[L. numerosus. See Number.]
1.
Consisting of a great number of units or individual objects; being many; as, a numerous army; numerous objections.

Such and so numerous was their chivalry.
Milton.

2.
Consisting of poetic numbers; rhythmical; measured and counted; melodious; musical.
[Obs.]

Such prompt eloquence
Flowed from their lips, in prose or numerous verse.
Milton.


word: Numidian
definition:
Numidian

Nu*mid"i*an
(?)
prop. a.
Of or pertaining to ancient Numidia in Northern Africa.

Numidian crane. (Zool.) See Demoiselle, 2.


word: Numidinae
definition:
Numidinae

Numididae

Numididae, Numidinae
prop. n.
(Zool.)
A subfamily of birds including the guinea fowl and related birds of Africa and Madagascar.

Syn. -- subfamily Numididae, subfamily Numidinae.


word: numinous
definition:
numinous

numinous
adj.
1.
Evincing the presence of a deity; as, a numinous wood; the most numinous moment in the Mass.

2.
same as supernatural.


word: Numismatical
definition:
Numismatical

Numismatic

{ Nu`mis*mat"ic (?), Nu`mis*mat"ic*al (?), }
a.
[L. numisma, nomisma, a piece of money, coin, fr. Gr. _; anything sanctioned by usage, the current coin, fr. _; to introduce a custom, or usage, fr. no`mos a custom, or usage, fr. ne`mein to distribute, assign: cf. F. numismatique. See Nomad.]
Of or pertaining to coins; relating to the science of coins or medals.


word: Numismatography
definition:
Numismatography

Nu*mis`ma*tog"ra*phy
(?)
n.
[L. numisma, -atis (Gr. _;) + -graphy.]
A treatise on, or description of, coins and medals.


word: Numismatologist
definition:
Numismatologist

Nu*mis`ma*tol"o*gist
(?)
n.
One versed in numismatology; usually called a numismatist.


word: Numismatology
definition:
Numismatology

Nu*mis`ma*tol"o*gy
(?)
n.
[L. numisma, -atis + -logy.]
The science which treats of coins and medals, in their relation to history; numismatics.


word: Nummulary
definition:
Nummulary

Nummular

{ Num"mu*lar (?), Num"mu*la*ry (?), }
a.
[L. nummularius, fr. nummulus, dim. of nummus a coin: cf. F. nummulaire.]

1.
Of or pertaining to coin or money; pecuniary; as, the nummulary talent.

2.
(Pathol.)
Having the appearance or form of a coin.
Nummular
Sir T. Watson.


word: Nummulation
definition:
Nummulation

Num`mu*la"tion
(?)
n.
(Physiol.)
The arrangement of the red blood corpuscles in rouleaux, like piles of coins, as when a drop of human blood is examined under the microscope.


word: Nummulite
definition:
Nummulite

Num"mu*lite
(?)
n.
[L. nummus a coin + -lite: cf. F. nummulite.]
(Paleon.)
A fossil of the genus Nummulites and allied genera.


word: Nummulites
definition:
Nummulites

Num`mu*li"tes
(?)
n.
[NL. See Nummulite.]
(Paleon.)
A genus of extinct Tertiary Foraminifera, having a thin, flat, round shell, containing a large number of small chambers arranged spirally.


word: Nummulitic
definition:
Nummulitic

Num`mu*lit"ic
(?)
a.
Of, like, composed of, containing, nummulites; as, nummulitic beds.


word: Numskull
definition:
Numskull

Num"skull`
(?)
n.
[Numb + skull.]
A dunce; a dolt; a stupid fellow.
[Also spelled numbskull.]
[Colloq.]

They have talked like numskulls.
Arbuthnot.


word: nun
definition:
nun

nun
(nŭn)
n.
[OE. nunne, AS. nunne, fr. L. nonna nun, nonnus monk; cf. Gr. _;, _;; of unknown origin.  Cf. Nunnery.]

1.
A woman devoted to a religious life, who lives in a convent, under the three vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience.

They holy time is quiet as a nun
Breathless with adoration.
Wordsworth.

2.
(Zool.)
(a)
A white variety of domestic pigeons having a veil of feathers covering the head.
(b)
The smew.
(c)
The European blue titmouse.

Gray nuns (R. C. Ch.), the members of a religious order established in Montreal in 1745, whence branches were introduced into the United States in 1853; -- so called from the color or their robe, and known in religion as Sisters of Charity of Montreal. -- Nun buoy. See under Buoy.


word: nun₂
definition:
nun

nun
(nŏn or nōn)
n.
The 14th letter of the Hebrew alphabet, corresponding in pronunciation to n.


word: Nunatak
definition:
Nunatak

Nu"na*tak
(?)
n.
pl. -taks (#) (the pl. form Nunatakker is Swedish).
[Eskimo nunaettak.]
In Greenland, an insular hill or mountain surrounded by an ice sheet.


word: Nunc dimittis
definition:
Nunc dimittis

Nunc" di*mit"tis
(?)
[L. nunc now + dimittis thou lettest depart.]
(Eccl.)
The song of Simeon (Luke ii. 29-32), used in the ritual of many churches.  It begins with these words in the Vulgate.


word: Nunchion
definition:
Nunchion

Nun"chion
(?)
n.
[OE. nonechenche, for noneschenche, prop., a noon drink; none noon + schenchen, schenken, skinken, to pour, AS. scencan. See Noon, and Skink, v. i.]
A portion of food taken at or after noon, usually between full meals; a luncheon.
[Written also noonshun.]
Hudibras.


word: Nunciature
definition:
Nunciature

Nun"ci*a*ture
(?)
n.
[L. nunciare, nuntiare, to announce, report, fr. nuncius, nuntius, messenger: cf. F. nonciature, It. nunziatura. See Nuncio.]
The office of a nuncio.
Clarendon.


word: Nuncio
definition:
Nuncio

Nun"ci*o
(?)
n.
pl. Nuncios (#).
[It. nunzio, nuncio, fr. L. nuncius, nuntius, messenger; perh. akin to novus new, E. new, and thus, one who brings news.  Cf. Announce.]

1.
A messenger.
[Obs.]
Shak.

2.
The permanent official representative of the pope at a foreign court or seat of government.  Distinguished from a legate a latere, whose mission is temporary in its nature, or for some special purpose.  Nuncios are of higher rank than internuncios.


word: Nuncius
definition:
Nuncius

Nun"ci*us
(?)
n.
pl. Nuncii (#).
[L.]
(Roman & Old Eng. Law)
(a)
A messenger.
(b)
The information communicated.


word: Nuncupate
definition:
Nuncupate

Nun"cu*pate
(?)
v. t.
[L. nuncupatus, p. p. of nuncupare to nuncupate, prob. fr. nomen name + capere to take.]
1.
To declare publicly or solemnly; to proclaim formally.
[Obs.]

In whose presence did St. Peter nuncupate it?
Barrow.

2.
To dedicate by declaration; to inscribe; as, to nuncupate a book.
[Obs.]
Evelyn.


word: Nuncupative
definition:
Nuncupative

Nun*cu"pa*tive
(?)
a.
[L. nuncupativus nominal: cf. F. nuncupatif.]
1.
Publicly or solemnly declaratory.
[Obs.]

2.
Nominal; existing only in name.
[Obs.]

3.
Oral; not written.

Nuncupative will or Nuncupative testament, a will or testament made by word of mouth only, before witnesses, as by a soldier or seaman, and depending on oral testimony for proof. Blackstone.


word: Nundinary
definition:
Nundinary

Nundinal

{ Nun"di*nal (?), Nun"di*na*ry (?), }
a.
[L. nundinalis, nundinarius, fr. nundinae the market day, the weekly market, prop., the ninth day, fr. nundinus belonging to nine days; novem nine + dies day: cf. F. nundinal.]
Of or pertaining to a fair, or to a market day.

Nundinal letter, among the Romans, one of the first eight letters of the alphabet, which were repeated successively from the first to the last day of the year.  One of these always expressed the market day, which returned every nine days (every eight days by our reckoning).


word: Nundinate
definition:
Nundinate

Nun"di*nate
(?)
v. i.
[L. nundinatus, p. p. of nundinary to attend fairs, to traffic. See Nundinal, a.]
To buy and sell at fairs or markets.
[Obs.]


word: Nundination
definition:
Nundination

Nun`di*na"tion
(?)
n.
[L. nundinatio.]
Traffic at fairs; marketing; buying and selling.
[Obs.]

Common nundination of pardons.
Abp. Bramhall.


word: Nunnation
definition:
Nunnation

Nun*na"tion
(?)
n.
[From nun, the Arabic name of the letter n: cf. NL. nunnatio, F. nunnation.]
(Arabic Gram.)
The pronunciation of n at the end of words.


word: Nunnery
definition:
Nunnery

Nun"ner*y
(?)
n.
pl. Nunneries (#).
[OE. nonnerie, OF. nonerie, F. nonnerie, fr. nonne nun, L. nonna. See Nun.]
A house in which nuns reside; a cloister or convent in which women reside for life, under religious vows. See Cloister, and Convent.


word: Nunnish
definition:
Nunnish

Nun"nish
(?)
a.
Of, pertaining to, or resembling a nun; characteristic of a nun.
Nun"nish*ness, n.


word: Nuphar
definition:
Nuphar

Nu"phar
(nū"fär)
prop. n.
[Per. nūfar.]
(Bot.)
A genus of plants found in the fresh-water ponds or lakes of Europe, Asia, and North America; the yellow water lily.  Cf. Nymphaea.


word: Nuprin
definition:
Nuprin

Nuprin
n.
[A trade name.]
A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory medicine used to relieve the pain of arthritis and as an analgesic and antipyretic; Advil and Motrin and Nuprin are trademarks of brands of ibuprofen tablets.
[Trademark.]

Syn. -- ibuprofen, isobutylphenyl propionic acid, Advil, Motrin.


word: Nuptial
definition:
Nuptial

Nup"tial
(nŭp"shal)
a.
[L. nuptialis, fr. nuptiae marriage, wedding, fr. nubere, nuptum, prop., to cover, to veil, hence, to marry, as the head of the bride was covered with a veil; cf. Gr. _; bride, nymph: cf. F. nuptial.]
Of or pertaining to marriage; done or used at a wedding; as, nuptial rites and ceremonies.

Then, all in heat,
They light the nuptial torch.
Milton.


word: Nuptial₂
definition:
Nuptial

Nup"tial
n.
pl. Nuptials (nŭp"shalz).
Marriage; wedding; nuptial ceremony; -- now only in the plural.

Celebration of that nuptial, which
We two have sworn shall come.
Shak.

Preparations . . . for the approaching nuptials.
Prescott.


word: Nur
definition:
Nur

Nur
(?)
n.
[Cf. Knur.]
A hard knot in wood; also, a hard knob of wood used by boys in playing hockey.

I think I'm as hard as a nur, and as tough as whitleather.
W. Howitt.


word: Nuragh
definition:
Nuragh

Nuraghe

{&VerbarNu*ra"ghe (?), n.; It. pl. -ghi (_;). Also Nu"ragh (?), etc.}
[It. dial. (Sardinia) nuraghe).]
One of the prehistoric towerlike structures found in Sardinia.
The so-called nuraghi, conical monuments with truncated summits, 30-60 ft. in height, 35-100 ft. in diameter at the base, constructed sometimes of hewn, and sometimes of unhewn blocks of stone without mortar.  They are situated either on isolated eminences or on the slopes of the mountains, seldom on the plains, and usually occur in groups.  They generally contain two (in some rare instances three) conically vaulted chambers, one above the other, and a spiral staircase constructed in the thick walls ascends to the upper stories.
Baedeker.


word: Nurl
definition:
Nurl

Nurl
(nûrl)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Nurled (nûrld); p. pr. & vb. n. Nurling.]
[Cf. Knurl.]
To cut with reeding or fluting on the edge of, as coins, the heads of screws, etc.; to knurl.


word: Nurse
definition:
Nurse

Nurse
(nûrs)
n.
[OE. nourse, nurice, norice, OF. nurrice, norrice, nourrice, F. nourrice, fr. L. nutricia nurse, prop., fem. of nutricius that nourishes; akin to nutrix, -icis, nurse, fr. nutrire to nourish. See Nourish, and cf. Nutritious.]
1.
One who nourishes; a person who supplies food, tends, or brings up; as: (a) A woman who has the care of young children; especially, one who suckles an infant not her own. (b) A person, especially a woman, who has the care of the sick or infirm.

2.
One who, or that which, brings up, rears, causes to grow, trains, fosters, or the like.

The nurse of manly sentiment and heroic enterprise.
Burke.

3.
(Naut.)
A lieutenant or first officer, who is the real commander when the captain is unfit for his place.

4.
(Zool.)
(a)
A peculiar larva of certain trematodes which produces cercariae by asexual reproduction. See Cercaria, and Redia.
(b)
Either one of the nurse sharks.

Nurse shark. (Zool.) (a) A large arctic shark (Somniosus microcephalus), having small teeth and feeble jaws; -- called also sleeper shark, and ground shark. (b) A large shark (Ginglymostoma cirratum), native of the West Indies and Gulf of Mexico, having the dorsal fins situated behind the ventral fins. -- To put to nurse, or To put out to nurse, to send away to be nursed; to place in the care of a nurse. -- Wet nurse, Dry nurse. See Wet nurse, and Dry nurse, in the Vocabulary.


word: Nurse₂
definition:
Nurse

Nurse
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Nursed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Nursing.]
1.
To nourish; to cherish; to foster
(a)
To nourish at the breast; to suckle; to feed and tend, as an infant.
(b)
To take care of or tend, as a sick person or an invalid; to attend upon.

Sons wont to nurse their parents in old age.
Milton.

Him in Egerian groves Aricia bore,
And nursed his youth along the marshy shore.
Dryden.

2.
To bring up; to raise, by care, from a weak or invalid condition; to foster; to cherish; -- applied to plants, animals, and to any object that needs, or thrives by, attention.
nurse
Milton.

By what hands [has vice] been nursed into so uncontrolled a dominion?
Locke.

3.
To manage with care and economy, with a view to increase; as, to nurse our national resources.

4.
To caress; to fondle, as a nurse does.
A. Trollope.

To nurse billiard balls, to strike them gently and so as to keep them in good position during a series of caroms.


word: nursed
definition:
nursed

nursed
adj.
fed mother's milk from the breast; -- of an infant.

Syn. -- suckled, breast-fed.


word: nurseling
definition:
nurseling

nurseling
n.
An infant considered in relation to its nurse.

Syn. -- nursling, suckling.


word: Nursery
definition:
Nursery

Nurs"er*y
(?)
n.
pl. Nurseries (#).
[Cf. F. nourricerie.]
1.
The act of nursing.
[Obs.]
nursery
Shak.

2.
The place where nursing is carried on
(a)
The place, or apartment, in a house, appropriated to the care of children.
(b)
A place where young of any species, plant or animal, are nourished preparatory to transfer elsewhere;
especially
a place where young trees, shrubs, vines, etc., are propagated for the purpose of transplanting; a plantation of young trees.
(c)
The place where anything is fostered and growth promoted.
nursery
Shak.

Christian families are the nurseries of the church on earth, as she is the nursery of the church in heaven.
J. M. Mason.

3.
That which is nursed.
[R.]
Milton.


word: Nurseryman
definition:
Nurseryman

Nurs"er*y*man
(?)
n.
pl. Nurserymen (_;).
One who cultivates or keeps a nursery, or place for rearing trees, etc.


word: Nursing
definition:
Nursing

Nurs"ing
a.
Supplying or taking nourishment from, or as from, the breast; as, a nursing mother; a nursing infant.


word: Nursling
definition:
Nursling

Nurs"ling
(?)
n.
[Nurse + -ling.]
One who, or that which, is nursed; an infant; a fondling.

I was his nursling once, and choice delight.
Milton.


word: Nurture
definition:
Nurture

Nur"ture
(?)
n.
[OE. norture, noriture, OF. norriture, norreture, F. nourriture, fr. L. nutritura a nursing, suckling. See Nourish.]
1.
The act of nourishing or nursing; tender care; education; training.

A man neither by nature nor by nurture wise.
Milton.

2.
That which nourishes; food; diet.
Spenser.


word: Nurture₂
definition:
Nurture

Nur"ture
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Nurtured (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Nurturing.]
1.
To feed; to nourish.

2.
To educate; to bring or train up.

He was nurtured where he had been born.
Sir H. Wotton.


word: Nusku
definition:
Nusku

Nusku
prop. n.
(Assyrian mythology)
The god of fire and light; corresponds to the Babylonian Girru.


word: Nut
definition:
Nut

Nut
(nŭt)
n.
[OE. nute, note, AS. hnutu; akin to D. noot, G. nuss, OHG. nuz, Icel. hnot, Sw. nöt, Dan. nöd.]

1.
(Bot.)
The fruit of certain trees and shrubs (as of the almond, walnut, hickory, beech, filbert, etc.), consisting of a hard and indehiscent shell inclosing a kernel.

2.
A perforated block (usually a small piece of metal), provided with an internal or female screw thread, used on a bolt, or screw, for tightening or holding something, or for transmitting motion. See Illust. of 1st Bolt.

3.
The tumbler of a gunlock.
Knight.

4.
(Naut.)
A projection on each side of the shank of an anchor, to secure the stock in place.

5.
pl.
Testicles.
[vulgar slang]

Check nut, Jam nut, Lock nut, a nut which is screwed up tightly against another nut on the same bolt or screw, in order to prevent accidental unscrewing of the first nut. -- Nut buoy. See under Buoy. -- Nut coal, screened coal of a size smaller than stove coal and larger than pea coal; -- called also chestnut coal. -- Nut crab (Zool.), any leucosoid crab of the genus Ebalia as, Ebalia tuberosa of Europe. -- Nut grass (Bot.), See nut grass in the vocabulary. -- Nut lock, a device, as a metal plate bent up at the corners, to prevent a nut from becoming unscrewed, as by jarring. -- Nut pine. (Bot.) See under Pine. -- Nut rush (Bot.), a genus of cyperaceous plants (Scleria) having a hard bony achene.  Several species are found in the United States and many more in tropical regions. -- Nut tree, a tree that bears nuts. -- Nut weevil (Zool.), any species of weevils of the genus Balaninus and other allied genera, which in the larval state live in nuts.


word: Nutant
definition:
Nutant

Nu"tant
(?)
a.
[L. nutans, p. pr. of nutare to nod, v. intens. fr. nuere (in comp.) to nod; cf. Gr. _;.]
Nodding; having the top bent downward.


word: Nutation
definition:
Nutation

Nu*ta"tion
(?)
n.
[L. nutatio a nodding, fr. nutare to nod: cf. F. nutation.]
1.
The act of nodding.

So from the midmost the nutation spreads,
Round and more round, o'er all the sea of heads.
Pope.

2.
(Astron.)
A very small libratory motion of the earth's axis, by which its inclination to the plane of the ecliptic is constantly varying by a small amount.

3.
(Bot.)
(a)
The motion of a flower in following the apparent movement of the sun, from the east in the morning to the west in the evening.
(b)
Circumnutation.


