| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| nibblingly | adverb | In a nibbling manner; cautiously. |
| nickar nut | Alt. of Nickar tree | |
| nicker 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. C. Bonduc has yellowish seeds; C. Bonducella, bluish gray. | |
| nicknaming | present participle & vb. noun | of Nickname |
| nicolaitan | noun | One of certain corrupt persons in the early church at Ephesus, who are censured in rev. ii. 6, 15. |
| nicotidine | noun | A complex, oily, nitrogenous base, isomeric with nicotine, and obtained by the reduction of certain derivatives of the pyridine group. |
| nidamental | adjective | Of, pertaining to, or baring, eggs or egg capsules; as, the nidament capsules of certain gastropods; nidamental glands. See Illust. of Dibranchiata. |
| nidificate | verb i. | To make a nest. |
| nidulating | present participle & vb. noun | of Nidulate |
| nidulation | noun | The time of remaining in the nest. |
| niggardise | noun | Niggardliness. |
| niggardish | adjective | Somewhat niggard. |
| niggardous | adjective | Niggardly. |
| nightdress | noun | A nightgown. |
| night-eyed | adjective | Capable of seeing at night; sharp-eyed. |
| nightshade | noun | 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. |
| nightshirt | noun | A kind of nightgown for men. |
| nigrescent | adjective | Growing black; changing to a black color; approaching to blackness. |
| nihilistic | adjective | Of, pertaining to, or characterized by, nihilism. |
| nimbleness | noun | The quality of being nimble; lightness and quickness in motion; agility; swiftness. |
| nincompoop | noun | A fool; a silly or stupid person. |
| ninepences | plural | of Ninepence |
| nineteenth | adjective | Following the eighteenth and preceding the twentieth; coming after eighteen others., Constituting or being one of nineteen equal parts into which anything is divided., The quotient of a unit divided by nineteen; one of nineteen equal parts of anything., The next in order after the eighteenth., An interval of two octaves and a fifth. |
| nipplewort | noun | A yellow-flowered composite herb (Lampsana communis), formerly used as an external application to the nipples of women; — called also dock-cress. |
| nitranilic | adjective | Of, pertaining to, or designating, a complex organic acid produced as a white crystalline substance by the action of nitrous acid on hydroquinone. |
| nitrifying | present participle & vb. noun | of Nitrify |
| nitrometer | noun | An apparatus for determining the amount of nitrogen or some of its compounds in any substance subjected to analysis; an azotometer. |
| nitrophnol | noun | 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. |
| nitrosylic | adjective | Of, pertaining to, or containing, nitrosyl; as, nitrosylic acid. |