| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| naphthalenic | adjective | Pertaining to , or derived from, naphthalene; — used specifically to designate a yellow crystalline substance, called naphthalenic acid and also hydroxy quinone, and obtained from certain derivatives of naphthol. |
| naphthazarin | noun | A dyestuff, resembling alizarin, obtained from naphthoquinone as a red crystalline substance with a bright green, metallic luster; — called also naphthalizarin. |
| nasalization | noun | The act of nasalizing, or the state of being nasalized. |
| nasopalatine | adjective | Connected with both the nose and the palate; as, the nasopalatine or incisor, canal connecting the mouth and the nasal chamber in some animals; the nasopalatine nerve. |
| nasoturbinal | adjective | Connected with, or near, both the turbinal and the nasal bones; as, the nasalturbinal bone, made up of the uppermost lammelae of the ethmoturbinal, and sometimes united with the nasal., The nasoturbinal bone. |
| nationalized | imp. & past participle | of Nationalize |
| nationalness | noun | The quality or state of being national; nationality. |
| naturalistic | adjective | Belonging to the doctrines of naturalism., Closely resembling nature; realistic. |
| naturalizing | present participle & vb. noun | of Naturalize |
| nauropometer | noun | An instrument for measuring the amount which a ship heels at sea. |
| navel-string | noun | The umbilical cord. |
| navigability | noun | The quality or condition of being navigable; navigableness. |
| nazariteship | noun | The state of a Nazarite. |
| nebulization | noun | The act or process of nebulizing; atomization. |
| necessitated | imp. & past participle | of Necessitate |
| necrological | adjective | Of or pertaining to necrology; of the nature of necrology; relating to, or giving, an account of the dead, or of deaths. |
| necrophagous | adjective | Of or pertaining to the Necrophaga; eating carrion. See Necrophagan. |
| necropolises | plural | of Necropolis |
| nectocalyces | plural | of Nectocalyx |
| negativeness | noun | Alt. of Negativity |
| neglectingly | adverb | Carelessly; heedlessly. |
| neighborhood | noun | The quality or condition of being a neighbor; the state of being or dwelling near; proximity., A place near; vicinity; adjoining district; a region the inhabitants of which may be counted as neighbors; as, he lives in my neighborhood., The inhabitants who live in the vicinity of each other; as, the fire alarmed all the neiborhood., The disposition becoming a neighbor; neighborly kindness or good will. |
| neighborship | noun | The state of being neighbors. |
| nematognathi | noun pl. | An order of fishes having barbels on the jaws. It includes the catfishes, or siluroids. See Siluroid. |
| neologianism | noun | Neologism. |
| neologically | adverb | In a neological manner. |
| neonomianism | noun | The doctrines or belief of the neonomians. |
| neoplatonism | noun | 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. |
| neoplatonist | noun | One who held to Neoplatonism; a member of the Neoplatonic school. |
| neoterically | adverb | Recently; newly. |
| nephelometer | noun | An instrument for measuring or registering the amount of cloudiness. |
| nephrolithic | adjective | Of or pertaining to gravel, or renal calculi. |
| nerve-shaken | adjective | Affected by a tremor, or by a nervous disease; weakened; overcome by some violent influence or sensation; shoked. |
| nestorianism | noun | The doctrines of the nestorian Christians, or of Nestorius. |
| neurasthenia | noun | A condition of nervous debility supposed to be dependent upon impairment in the functions of the spinal cord. |
| neurochordal | adjective | See Neurocord. |
| neurokeratin | noun | 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. |
| neurological | adjective | Of or pertaining to neurolgy. |
| neuropterous | adjective | Neuropteral. |
| neurotomical | adjective | Of or pertaining to neurotomy. |
| neutralizing | present participle & vb. noun | of Neutralize |
| nevertheless | adverb / conj. | Not the less; notwithstanding; in spite of that; yet. |
| newfashioned | adjective | Made in a new form, or lately come into fashion. |
| newfoundland | noun | An island on the coast of British North America, famed for the fishing grounds in its vicinity., A Newfoundland dog. |
| nidificating | present participle & vb. noun | of Nidificate |
| nidification | noun | The act or process of building a nest. |
| night-faring | adjective | Going or traveling in the night. |
| nigromancien | noun | A necromancer. |
| nitrobenzene | noun | 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. |
| nitrobenzole | noun | See Nitrobenzene. |
| nitrocalcite | noun | Nitrate of calcium, a substance having a grayish white color, occuring in efforescences on old walls, and in limestone caves, especially where there exists decaying animal matter. |
| nitrogelatin | noun | An explosive consisting of gun cotton and camphor dissolved in nitroglycerin. |
| nitrogenized | imp. & past participle | of Nitrogenize |
| nitromethane | noun | A nitro derivative of methane obtained as a mobile liquid; — called also nitrocarbol. |
| nitroprussic | adjective | 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 subphides. |
| nobilitation | noun | The act of making noble. |
| noble-minded | adjective | Having a noble mind; honorable; magnanimous. |
| noctambulism | noun | Somnambulism. |
| noctambulist | noun | A somnambulist. |
| nomenclature | noun | A name., A vocabulary, dictionary, or glossary., 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. |
| nominalistic | adjective | Of or pertaining to the Nominalists. |
| nominatively | adverb | In the manner of a nominative; as a nominative. |
| nomothetical | adjective | Legislative; enacting laws; as, a nomothetical power. |
| nonadmission | noun | Failure to be admitted. |
| nonagenarian | noun | A person ninety years old. |
| nonattention | noun | Inattention. |
| nonchalantly | adverb | In a nonchalant, indifferent, or careless manner; coolly. |
| noncombatant | noun | 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. |
| noncommittal | noun | A state of not being committed or pledged; forbearance or refusal to commit one’s self. Also used adjectively. |
| noncommunion | noun | Neglect or failure of communion. |
| noncomplying | adjective | Neglecting or refusing to comply. |
| nonconductor | noun | 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. |
| nondeciduate | adjective | Characterized by the absence of a decidua; indeciduate. |
| nondiscovery | noun | Want or failure of discovery. |
| noneffective | adjective | Not effective., Not fit or available for duty. |
| nonessential | adjective | Not essential., A thing not essential. |
| nonexecution | noun | Neglect or failure of execution; nonperformance. |
| nonexistence | noun | Absence of existence; the negation of being; nonentity., A thing that has no existence. |
| nonextensile | adjective | Not extensile; incapable of being stretched. |
| non-feasance | noun | An omission or neglect to do something, esp. that which ought to have been done. Cf. Malfeasance. |
| nonimporting | adjective | Not importing; not bringing from foreign countries. |
| nonmalignant | adjective | Not malignant, as a disease. |
| nonnecessity | noun | Absence of necessity; the quality or state of being unnecessary. |
| nonnucleated | adjective | Without a nucleus. |
| nonobedience | noun | Neglect of obedience; failure to obey. |
| non obstante | Notwithstanding; in opposition to, or in spite of, what has been stated, or is to be stated or admitted., 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. | |
| nonoxygenous | adjective | Without oxygen; characterized by the absence of oxygen; as, a nonoxygenous alkaloid. |
| non-prossing | present participle & vb. noun | of Non-pros |
| nonrecurrent | adjective | Not recurring. |
| nonrecurring | adjective | Nonrecurrent. |
| nonrendition | noun | Neglect of rendition; the not rendering what is due. |
| nonresidence | noun | The state or condition of being nonresident, |
| nonresistant | adjective | Making no resistance., 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; also, one who holds that violence should never be resisted by force. |
| nonresisting | adjective | Not making resistance. |
| nonsensitive | adjective | Not sensitive; wanting sense or perception; not easily affected. |
| non sequitur | An inference which does not follow from the premises. | |
| nook-shotten | adjective | Full of nooks, angles, or corners. |
| northeastern | adjective | Of or pertaining to the northeast; northeasterly. |
| northernmost | adjective | Farthest north. |
| northumbrian | adjective | Of or pertaining to Northumberland in England., A native or inhabitant of Northumberland. |
| northwestern | adjective | Of, pertaining to, or being in, the northwest; in a direction toward the northwest; coming from the northwest; northwesterly; as, a northwestern course. |
| notabilities | plural | of Notability |
| notelessness | noun | A state of being noteless. |
| nothingarian | noun | One of no certain belief; one belonging to no particular sect. |
| notification | noun | 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., Notice given in words or writing, or by signs., The writing which communicates information; an advertisement, or citation, etc. |
| nourishingly | adverb | Nutritively; cherishingly. |
| nucleobranch | adjective | Belonging to the Nucleobranchiata., One of the Nucleobranchiata. |
| nudification | noun | The act of making nude. |
| nudum pactum | A bare, naked contract, without any consideration. | |
| numismatical | adjective | Of or pertaining to coins; relating to the science of coins or medals. |
| nymphiparous | adjective | Producing pupas or nymphs. |
| nympholeptic | adjective | Under the influence of nympholepsy; ecstatic; frenzied. |